13 October: Edward Name Day

In Poland, today is the name day for people called Edward. Edward is an English male given name which means “wealthy protector”. 10 (plus) famous Edwards:

Edward Elgar

1. Edward the Confessor: king of England and also one of England’s patron saints.

2. Eight more English kings including: Edward I of England, called Longshanks; conqueror of Wales; Edward V of England, one of the princes in the Tower, and Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, the one who abdicated.

3. It still features in the royal family today. Prince Edward is the youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Earl of Wessex and Forfar.

4. Edward Heath: former Conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom.

5. Edward Elgar: English composer, best known for “Land of Hope and Glory”.

6. Ed Sheeran: English singer-songwriter and musician.

7. Eddie Redmayne: English actor.

8. Edward Cullen: the vampire love-interest in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series.

9. Edward Nigma: The real name of the DC Comics villain the Riddler.

10. Edward Scissorhands: title character of the eponymous film about a man with scissors for hands.

Character birthday

Fox, aka Basil “Tod” Reynard, a genetic variant born with hypersenses and a fox-like tail. Born in France to an Eglish mother, Basil was bullied by other children. His parents separated and his mother, Elaine, brought him to England where she hoped doctors would remove her son’s tail on the NHS. Basil, however, did not want his tail removed and ran away. He was taken in by two petty criminals, Suggs and Fingers, who quickly figured out that his hypersenses made him an extremely useful lookout. As Basil grew up, the balance of power shifted as Basil was much more intelligent than Suggs and Fingers. He became the one planning ambitious heists which worked thanks to his hypersenses. “The Fox” became a notorious criminal famous for cleaning out bank vaults and getting away before the police arrived. Then he met Jade, Princess of Galorvia and fell in love with her, although she was living incognito in exile at the time so he didn’t know her true identity until after they married. When she took back her throne, Basil became her consort and father of two children, Christopher and Helena.

From A Jack To A King

A royal palace is burning. The King and Queen are dead. The only hopes for an ancient dynasty flee to England for their lives.

A boy runs from his mother and the people he believes want to mutilate him, and vanishes, seemingly forever.

Gary Winchcombe, the experimental "super-cop" pursues a notorious gang of bank robbers, and starts to discover that his friends and neighbours have secrets he never could have imagined.

Tod Reynard wants to turn his life around. When he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Jade, he knows she might just be the one to help him change his life for the better. He cannot possibly know just how much.

When Jade's twin sister Gloria is kidnapped, old rivalries must be put aside and new associations formed in order to save Gloria's life and restore the rightful order of things.

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