Edison Po

"We would like you to touch base with The Clairvoyant." "The Clairvoyant doesn't like to be touched." "We all have to do things that make us uncomfortable, if we are ever to get our toy soldiers off the shelf."

- Raina and Edison Po

Edison Po was a former marine and member of the Centipede Project. He was the Group's contact with the mysterious Clairvoyant. After the group succeeded in capturing S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson, he was killed by the Clairvoyant who believed his usefulness had ended.

Biography
"Will you tell me what he's like?" "Never. The last person who tried to learn such things got a knife for it. I don't want to have to do that again, Raina. You have such pretty eyes." "I understand. You can't even whisper to me about him." "No, I can't."

- Raina and Edison Po, speaking about the Clairvoyant.

Edison Po was a former marine and an expert in tactics and rapid response. Po fell off the grid in 2008, but turned up in 2012 at a diner in Boston, Massachusetts. He was arrested after stabbing out the eyes of an acquaintance with a steak knife who made the mistake of asking him too much about The Clairvoyant. After stabbing the man, he sat back down and finished his meal.

Incarceration
"Funny, Po doesn't look crazy. I'm kidding. He's a walking mug-shot."

- Skye

Po was imprisoned at the Havenworth Federal Penitentiary. There he was visited by a Centipede Project representative named Raina, who informed him that the project initiated by their mutual employer had entered "Stage Two", and that "The Doctor" was dead because of intervention from Phil Coulson's team. Raina also relayed their request that he contact a mysterious individual known only as "The Clairvoyant" for any insights he might have as to "Stage Three" of the project to which Po responded that the Clairvoyant doesn't like to be touched.

Freedom
"It's time to go." "Sir'." "Excuse me?" "It's time to go, sir."

- Brian Hayward and Edison Po

Soon after, he was broken out of the facility by a squad of Centipede Soldiers who took him to the Centipede facility in Oakland. There he consulted with the Clairvoyant, who seemed to have trouble finding the man who would be the key to "Stage Three" of the Centipede Project.

It was only after he arranged an ambush for the S.H.I.E.L.D. team that had been investigating Centipede that that the key to "Stage Three" became clear to him-- S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson. Po again consulted with the Clairvoyant, and told Raina that all would be revealed at the right time.

After kidnapping the son of S.H.I.E.L.D. asset Michael Peterson, Po and Raina set a trap for Coulson. After capturing Coulson it was revealed to him that what Centipede needed to proceed with "Stage Three" was the secret of Coulson's mysterious "resurrection" after the Battle of New York.

Death
Po took Phil Coulson to a facility in the Mojave Desert where he attempted to use a machine to examine Coulson's memories, but to no avail. Po's interrogation methods proved ineffective and he resisted changing methods, which eventually displeased The Clairvoyant. Po immediately received a phone call from the Clairvoyant, who promptly ordered Raina to continue the interrogation before executing Po through the phone.

When Thomas Nash was asked by Agent John Garrett whether he was the Clairvoyant or not, Nash mentioned that the name "Clairvoyant" was created by Edison Po and that he considered it a bit "dramatic."

Relationships

 * HYDRA / Centipede Project - Allies
 * The Clairvoyant/John Garrett - Leader and Killer
 * Raina
 * Brian Hayward †
 * Tiny - Fellow Inmate
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. - Enemies
 * Phil Coulson

Appearances

 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * Girl in the Flower Dress
 * The Bridge
 * The Magical Place
 * T.R.A.C.K.S. (mentioned)
 * End of the Beginning (mentioned)