Your Three Stats
Your character has three defining characteristics, which are typically called statistics or "stats." These stats are Might, Speed, and Intellect. Each of the three stats has two components: Pool and Edge, so you have a Might Pool and Might Edge, a Speed Pool and Speed Edge, and an Intellect Pool and Intellect Edge.
Your Pools represent your raw, innate ability. You spend points from your Pools to activate your abilities and improve your actions.
A core character's Pools all start at 8. In addition, you get 6 additional points to add to the three Pools as you wish.
Other parts of your character sentence may add to your Pools.
Edge
Edge reduces the point cost when you spend Pool points (it's like a discount). A core character has an Edge of 0 for all three stats.
Other parts of your character sentence may add to your three Edge stats.