Sir Edwin Blackfly, aka 'An English Traitor'
Carrying the rather unflattering title 'An English Traitor', Sir Edwin is one of the AI Lords in Stronghold 2. He appears in both the Path Of Peace Campaign and the Path Of War Campaign. He is also available as an opponent in Kingmaker games.
Edwin in the campaigns
Path of Peace
Sir Edwin is one of three Lords dispatched by The King to rebuild and run the estates in a remote coastal region of his empire. Unfortunately, Edwin fails badly at that. Instead of caring for his lands, he mainly extorts money from the peasantry and lets his estates fall into disarray.
Even though he cheats by buying swords instead of manufacturing them, he loses the production race against the player and as an act of revenge he tries to besiege the neighbouring estate of Sir Grey. After his plans are again foiled by the player, he is taken into custody by The King.
Path Of War
Feigning allegiance to The King, Sir Edwin gains the trust of Sir William and in a concerted effort, William and Matthew Steele rescue him from the castle of Lady Seren. Sending Steele to the Borderlands to dislodge The Bull from his castle, Edwin takes William back to the old monastry, where he delivers him to Olaf Grimtooth, who was hired by The Hawk and The Hammer to kill William and Matthew Steele. After freeing the monastry and narrowly rescuing William, Steele oversees the the repair of the monastry while fighting off numerous attacks by the inept Edwin.
Edwin is finally defeated after Matthew Steele killed Olaf Grimtooth.
He is put in the stocks and wimpers about Seren being a witch when she reveals her true alliegance. He is later seen locked in a cage with The Hammer, suffering as children throw vegetables at him.
Edwin in Kingmaker games
Edwin is by far the weakest lord in the Kingmaker games.
He runs an average to weak economy. He mines both stone and iron and supplies his peasants with apples, meat and bread. No royal food, candles or entertainment is used by Edwin. He periodically sells wheat, bows and armour to raise gold and buys in spears in great quantities.
Edwin's castles are the simplest and worst defended ones in the game. He has a rectangular layout with individual archers sporadically placed on the walls with a small gatehouse. No towers, traps or defense engines are used, therefore the entire castle is vulnerable. Some spearmen guard the entrance in front of the keep.
Edwin uses cheap troops in vast numbers to contain his enemies. He recruits and builds armies of spearmen occasionally with some catapults to level hostile buildings and troops. These armies are built fairly quickly, making Edwin a very dangerous lord in the beginning of the game.
Edwin's sieges are considerably larger, but not very different from his raiding groups. He uses a large group of armed peasants with a small team of archers and swordsmen. From the siege camp several catapults and many laddermen march to the walls, hoping to break through the defense lines. However, these weak troops will stand no chance against a well-built castle garrison.
