Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Edwin can't run fast, therefore he must be
Blind??? **EEEP** Wrong answer, thank you for playing.
Edwin's speed bug is well-known, and, as far as I know, has no cure. The problem originates in his quest (
SPOILERS on Edwin's quest follow):
When he becomes Female, the script that gives him the Mage Female Human avatar is running
constantly. If you have the CheatKeys enabled, you can use Ctrl-6 and Ctrl-7 to cycle your character through all the various creature avatars. Not so with Edwin--when you change to one, he instantly snaps right back. This continues after he is restored to his normal form, he is
constantly being told that he's supposed to look like a Mage Male Human. This permanent avatar change effectively jams up the animation frames that show him walking, thus gimping his movement rate, and sometimes making him "glide" across the ground without moving his legs at all.
Unfortunately, this bug seems to be hardcoded.
My fix for it seems to work, but unfortunately it won't help you: I simply postpone obtaining the Nether Scroll until I'm just about ready to enter Chapter 7 and leave SoA behind me forever. No Edwina change, no stupid avatar bug, therefore Boots of Speed.
I'm afraid
your only solution is to dig into ShadowKeeper and mess around with some ugly Global Variables.
I, too, love the name.
