Edmund Brecht

Edmund Brecht (portrayed by Zach Melville) is a recurring character in Vanished. He was the best friend of Joseph Alnop before the apocalypse.

Background (Pre-Apocalypse)
Not much is currently known about Edmund's background other then he was best-friends with Joseph Alnop, before and shortly during the apocalypse.

Season 1
Edmund play's a minor role in Season 1.

"Mistakes"

In this episode Edmund shoots Drifters that are coming towards him, Evan Reed finds him and takes him to a nearby pond. Evan tells Edmund that he knows Joseph and where to find him, Edmund remains reluctant, the pair are surrounding by more Drifters, Evan takes them to a park in which they are trapped up in a playground. Edmund gets into in argument with Evan that turns violent, Edmund is choked to death by Evan and thrown to the Drifters as bait.

"Square One"

In this episode Edmund is seen in a flashback talking to Joseph. Edmund is then later hallucinated by Evan, who still feels guilty for Edmund's death.

Season 2
All that is currently known is that Edmund will also play a major part in Season 2.

Episodes
Edmund is in the following episodes:

Blue Text = Appears In

White Text = Doesn't Appear In (Released Episodes) or Unknown (Unreleased Episodes)

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Kills

 * 3 Drifters

Trivia

 * Edmund was originally in Episode 11, in a series of flash-backs with Joseph, these were cut after production issues on set, specifically audio.
 * Edmund wasn't going to die in episode 4, nor at Evan's hand, originally Edmund was supposed to join Evan, the pair were supposed to find Joseph in episode 6 in which Joseph accidentally kills Edmund and then drives himself to the brink of insanity after the guilt of killing Edmund. This character arc was given to Evan instead.
 * It is rumoured that Edmund isn't actually dead, Show-runner John Pedler has hinted at it multiple times and Edmund was never seen dying on screen, it is only implied that he is dead.
 * Zachary Melville, the actor who plays Edmund was spotted on the Vanished sett dressed up in the costume of a new major character, "The Anarchist King", raising speculation that Edmund may be alive after all and found himself in a new position of power, it is also however, entirely possible that Zachary was stepping in as a stunt double or playing the character for the day due to other production issues.