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((This has been a long time in the making, mostly because I’ve been uber busy. So sorry for the long awaited answers to this. :’D))

Greatest fear?

I would say Edmund’s greatest fear is something that is already being realized at a rapid pace now. Climate change is having a huge affect on the small seaboard state. Storms that used to cause little damage are now hitting it harder than ever. Not only that but beach erosion is a huge thing that’s happening too. He wishes people would open their eyes more about this matter, how many people will be displaced with raising sea levels and such.

Favorite music genres?

He’s not a Top 40 type of guy, so that type of music is cut out. He loves Blues, Jazz, Soul, R&B, and Gospel music. He will listen to pop music for the sake of Delmar tho, since she’s a kid and likes that stuff. 

If they were in a RPG, what would be their class?

I think Delaware would be a Paladin. Because I see him as being a warrior but with magical abilities and great at defense. 

[narrows his eyes.] I feel like I answered this question before. Nonetheless I’ll answer it again anyway.

Most don’t specifically think of me when the topic of talk is the Civil War. It automatically goes to South Carolina, Georgia, or Pennsylvania. Though despite my relatively small size as a state, I played a huge role. My role you ask? I was mostly in a very strategic spot; but I was also a huge supplier of something that an army needs.

Yes Pennsylvania supplied most of the weapons, but those weapons are rendered useless without one key thing…ammo.

DuPont, you know the chemical company, got it’s start as a gunpowder company. DuPont was the federal government’s main supply for gunpowder, mostly because it was the best their was at the time. All the powder mills along the Brandywine were instantly kicked into full gear when the war broke out. Aside from ammo, I also produce other things that helped out with the war. Including ships, wagons, and other provisions.

Not only that, but Pea Patch Island, was home to Fort Delaware, which was used as defenses against the South, if they so tried to attack Philadelphia and other spots further north. Pea Patch Island was also home to one of the North’s largest Prisons used to hold Confederate Soldiers captured in battles nearby…mostly ones that were apprehended at the Battle of Gettysburg.