Character Profile.

Edward Burns:

Edward Burns is a 25 year old mental patient at the MIOS Hospital, Manchester. He's been living at the hospital for five years.

Growing up, Edward was raised in a big house by his Mum and Dad (Sarah and John Burns) he had two younger siblings, Jenny and Joe. He didn't have a very good childhood, despite his wealth. His parents were extremely strict with very high standards. They wanted to raise the perfect son. Edward being the oldest was the one that they beat down hard on. They sent him to the top schools in London to which he was but an average student there. Edward's home life, however, was far from great. When he was the mere age of eight his father started sexually abusing him and beating him within an inch of his life for getting 'insufficient' grades such as B's and C's. Growing up, Edward turned very bitter towards his family. His mother did nothing to stop her husband treating Edward the way he did, she saw it as 'correct disciplinary rules'. She knew what her husband was doing to their eldest son and stood back and did nothing. To the eyes of their neighbours the Burns family were a very well kept family. Everyone looked up to them and admired their wealth and power. Sarah liked the attention she was getting and wouldn't jeopardise that reputation by putting a stop to the horrible 'fathering' of Edward. Edwards younger siblings grew up completely unaware of their fathers ways of 'teaching' and were therefore completely innocent to what their older brother had to put up with and were baffled by his shy, hide-away nature. However, Edward thought they all knew and enjoyed to watch him suffer therefore hiding himself away and growing apart from his family. He tried to escape many times but, due to his fathers wealth and power over the local society, he was always found, beaten within an inch of his life, 'attacked by someone on the street' and sent to the nearest hospital for treatment.

Before Edward was brought to the MIOS Hospital he ended up in the Liverpool General Hospital numerous times covered in full body bruises and a face full of blood. He stayed quiet about the attacks and no body knew what happened to him. Everyone was completely unaware of Edwards home life or where these bruises were coming from. His parents paid for his recovery and to be treated and he was eventually sent home after every visit. Every time Edward would return home the Liverpool General would get calls from his parents about Edward having manic fits, shouting, screaming and the last call received was a terrified mother calling for the police because Edward had pulled a knife out and held it to his sisters neck threatening to kill her.

That's when he was brought to MIOS. At the time of his arrival at MIOS, Edward was 20 years old. The doctors at MIOS declared Edward insane and he's lived there ever since. He still wakes up of a night shouting and screaming incoherently. Only one word can ever be correctly heard. 'Alone'