Why is Edward considered a "wimp"?

[Peter1986]

Edward is typically considered the coward in this game - and sure, there is some objective truth in that, since he is the only one with access to a personal "Hide" command.
However, let's put this into perspective:
the first time you meet him, (SPOILER)he has just got his castle randomly bombarded and destroyed, and this killed almost everyone at the castle - and his own girlfriend also died when she got hit by an arrow.
And right after that, Cecil and company arrive and everyone is like "Crybaby! Stop whining!" (isn't that kinda mean, by the way? would people talk like that in a similar real-life scenario? hopefully not).
If you think realistically about this (because I think that interactions between characters in RPGs need to be somewhat realistic if the player is going to wanna care for them), then someone like Edward would probably be extremely traumatised by all these events, and develop a great fear for anything that tries to attack you - in fact, this might even be the whole reason for why Edward has that "Hide" command in the first place.

With this in mind, Edward's "cowardly" personality seems much more understandable and forgiving.