Edgar

"'The night-black raven on his shoulder, having already done its bit, seemed content to remain silent and merely fix Charlotte with a predatory stare. She tried not to shiver as she stared back.'""-- Edgar stares down Charlotte at Edinburgh Kiss (Book 2, Black, White and Shades of Mediochre)"Edgar is Sultan the Vampire's pet raven.

Traits
Edgar is a night-black raven who appears to spend all of his time on Sultan's shoulder. He has a shiver-inducing stare, and seems to have been trained to caw ominously at appropriate moments.

Black, White and Shades of Mediochre
Edgar is first seen on Sultan's shoulder when Millacra first leads Joseph, Charlotte, Dhampinella and Jacqueline Sable to the lair of the Edinburgh Kiss, in Black, White and Shades of Mediochre. Edgar announces the presence of the Kiss by cawing immediately before they become visible, and then stares at Charlotte in a predatory manner. While Guinevere Spencer shows the newcomers around, Sable sarcastically asks the others whether they think Edgar might actually be pinned to Sultan's shoulder. Edgar overhears this and crows dramatically.

When Joseph and Charlotte attempt to escape and the Kiss have them surrounded, Edgar gives a caw that sounds "unfairly like laughter".

Sent into Mediochre-drive
It is unknown what happened to Edgar while Sultan was imprisoned, but the raven is still present in the mugshot for his arrest, as shown to Joseph and Mediochre by Dhampinella.

Later, when Sultan is spying on Rowan from the chandelier of the Suite Caroline at the Reichenbach Hotel, Edgar has been taped in position on his shoulder, with his beak taped shut in order to prevent him making any noise. This demonstrates that Jacqueline Sable was wrong in guessing that the raven was pinned down, back in book 2.

Edgar is also present during Sultan's involvement in Charlotte's kidnap of Valentine Scruff, where it is shown that Sultan is able to bring Edgar with him when he dissolves into shadow for faster movement.

Edgar is seen with Sultan again, when Mediochre takes stock of the allies he has available to him after successfully escaping the fairies. By the time of the actual battle with the fairies it is notable that Sultan leaves Edgar behind, presumably for safety.

Trivia

 * Edgar is presumably named after Edgar Allan Poe, author of the nineteenth century poem, The Raven.