Edgin Darvis

Edgin Darvis was a human bard from Targos in Icewind Dale and a former member of the Harpers turned thief in the late 15 century DR.

Description
He wore black leather armor done up with buckles over a loose dark-blue shirt, brown pants, and boots.

Personality
He could be creative, charming, and inspiring, and enjoyed the thrill of a heist.

Abilities
He purported to be skilled in making plans and was talented in singing and playing the lute.

Possessions
He played a lute.

Relationships
He was a fellow adventurer of Holga Kilgore and Simon, and recruited Doric to aid in their quest.

He was married to Zia, with whom he had a daughter, Kira.

History
He was once a member of the Harpers. However, when enemies of the organization killed his wife, Zia, shortly after the birth of their daughter, Kira, Edgin blamed the Harpers and quit, in the late 1480s DR.

Down on his luck, Edgin had a chance meeting with the exiled Elk tribe barbarian Holga, when both tried to rob the same pawn shop in Targos. The shop's owner was an agent of the Zhentarim, and the goods ill-gotten. This led Edgin and Holga into a life of adventuring and theft for some nine years. Eventually, when she was old enough to understand what they did, Kira insisted on joining them. In one incident, Edgin and Holga robbed the house of the unscrupulous Lord and Lady Bantakent, while Kira used an invisibility-induced pendant to fake a ghost haunting and distract the owners.

In the late 1490s DR, Holga and Edgin formed a team with the sorcerer Simon and the confidence trickster Forge Fitzwilliam. They worked together to steal riches and on the way they battled gnoll raiders and fey witches and more. In one notable heist, they infiltrated the estate of the wealthy and eccentric Torlinn Shrake during a party with intent to rob the place. They were also caught in a town threatened by the Bandit King on one Feast of the Moon.

Then, a mysterious hooded figure calling herself "Lady Sofina" met the team in the Trip and Shuffle tavern in Targos and hired them to help her steal a powerful magical horn from Korinn's Keep. But Sofina took it for herself and Forge betrayed his teammates to steal for himself the loot from their heist, while Edgin and Holga were incarcerated in the Revel's End prison.

By the time they escaped and reunited with Simon, they found Forge had somehow used the loot to become Lord of Neverwinter. In this role, Forge painted the wood elves of Neverwinter Wood as enemies and dispatched loggers who cut ever deeper into the woods. There, Holga, Edgin, and Simon recruited the tiefling druid Doric to aid them in their quest to steal Forge Fitzwilliam's fortune from Castle Never.

Background
Edgin is played by actor Chris Pine. He was confirmed to be a bard via a promotional video played at the San Diego Comic-Con 2022's Tavern Experience. In his 30s to late 40s, Edgin was said to be "down on his luck and not the classic hero, but still lovable" and "Edgin is comedic, but with demons." This character was described as similar to Peter Quill/Starlord of Guardians of the Galaxy. Writer-director John Francis Daley described Edgin: "He is a storyteller and incredibly charismatic and a planner. That's his greatest strength, I would say: being able to put together a plan, and when that plan fails, being able to put together another one. He's not so much a fighter. He lets his compadre, his sister in arms, do a lot of the grunt work and the fighting." Chris Pine said, "My character, he's the ultimate party planner."

Appearances

 * Film & Television
 * Honor Among Thieves
 * Novels
 * The Road to Neverwinter • The Junior Novelization • The Quest Begins • Heroes Unite!
 * Comics
 * The Feast of the Moon