Edvard Lumière

Edvard is a member the Blades in the Dark guild. He is an inventor but he lacks capital, so he turned to crime which would bring him the most money in the shortest amount of time.

He is played by Andy Farrant.

Biography
He comes from a family of prosperous merchants, but has run through the family money with his experiments.

He has an assistant.

Rivalry with Amadeus Astor
His rival is Amadeus Astor, who he calls a "base, deceitful fraud".

According to Edvard, he created a safe and reliable system for lighting the streets, but Astor created a competing one then smashed all of Lumière's lamps. When Edvard created an invention to communicate over large distances, Astor held a demonstration where he used one to beat a horse to death, making the public think it is unsafe.

Because of this, Edvard holds a powerful grudge against Astor and all of Astor's invention and creations.

While in Cab-Con, he used an explosive of his own creation to sabotage an Astor hydraulic press that was in demonstration, and when the explosion caused a fire, he loudly proclaimed that it was proof that Astor's inventions were unsafe and the man was a fraud.

Inventions
He doesn't go anywhere without his fine tools and his vials of chemicals. The list of his creations used in campaigns include a mechanic launcher for a grappling hook and a sleep-gas grenade.

He is a big fan of everything mechanic and loves to study inventions he comes across. For this reason, when he went to Cab Con with Kasimir, he was very exited and he came back with a large totebag full of free merch.

Appearance
He is a dark haired man with a thin mustache. He wears a purple jacket and dark aristocratic clothes, including dark gloves and a black cravat. In the first episode he gets his mustache and eyebrows shaved off, but since there is no clear indication of time between adventures, it is possible they grew back for the next one.

Trivia
He is a Leech, meaning a saboteur and technician : he will earn more XP when he addresses a challenge with technical skill or mayhem.

His vice is weird, which he typically indulges by attending bizarre rituals. At one point, during an incredibly low roll, Edvard reasons that the "séance" he attended was an obvious fake.