Edea Kramer

Edea Kramer (or Sorceress Edea), was the wife of Cid Kramer, and with him, ran an orphanage on the Centra continent and eventually created SeeD and the Gardens.

Background
When she was five years old, Edea received the powers of a dying Sorceress, and eventually took on Cid as her Knight. They started an orphanage on the Centra continent, with the orphans referring to her as "Matron"

Years later, as Ultimecia had warped to the past and lay dying, Edea received Ultimecia's powers, as she did not want any of the orphans to take them. After a short talk with the Squall Leonhart from the future, she and Cid began making plans to contain or eliminate her if and when she went bad. These plans resulted in the creation of SeeD and the Gardens.

Later on, after Ellone was being sought by Dr. Odine to complete his research on her, Edea created the White SeeD, a group of older orphans assigned to protect Ellone.

The Rise and Fall of Sorceress Edea
Shortly before the game begins, Ultimecia took full control of Edea, and became power-hungry. During a broadcast by President Deling, Seifer tried to assassinate the president. Edea took pity on Seifer, and takes him away with her. She survived an assassination attempt by SeeD, killed President Deling and took command of the Galbadian army afterward. Because of the failed assassination, she declared SeeD as an enemy and ordered missile attacks on Trabia and Balamb Gardens. While Balamb Garden flew out of the way, Trabia Garden was not as lucky. Later on, forces from Galbadia Garden attemped to invade Balamb Garden, with little success.

Shortly after, she fell in battle to the party at Galbadia Garden, and Ultimecia accidently gave away Edea's and her own powers to Rinoa. Edea then returned to normal, explained what had happened to her, and later on joined the party for a trip to Esthar. After the trip to Esthar, Edea went back to the now-ruined orphanage and occasionally gave advice and background info to the party.

At the end of the game, she is seen in the past with future Squall, who tells her about SeeD and Garden, and in the present with Cid attending a party at Balamb Garden.