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|skills=Immunity to [[magic (element)|magic]] <small>(''Mystery of the Emblem'')</small>

The '''Shadow Dragon''' (Japanese: {{hl|暗黒竜|Ankoku ryū}} ''Dark Dragon'') is one of the [[dragon]] subspecies of [[Archanea (continent)|Archanea]]. It is a form achieved by [[Medeus]], with some sources also claiming [[Loptous]] to have also taken this form.

Ever since his original reign of terror in the [[War of Liberation]], Medeus had been widely known by the epithet "Shadow Dragon", reflecting both his tyranny as the Emperor of [[Dolhr]] and the sinister powers he commanded as an earth dragon. While he remained a proper earth dragon in his first resurrection in the [[War of Shadows]] in [[Timeline of Archanea, Valentia and Jugdral|597 AC]], which was suggested by [[Malledus]] to be incomplete, when [[Gharnef]] hastened his [[War of Heroes (Archanea)|second re-awakening]] eight years later with the life force of four pure-hearted maidens, Medeus was able to achieve the form of a true Shadow Dragon.<ref>{{Cite|'''Gotoh:''' However earth dragons boast tremendous life force, and cannot be completely eliminated so easily... Even now, they sleep at this altar.<br>'''Marth:''' You mean to say they'll awaken?!<br>'''Gotoh:''' Not exactly. Even sleeping earth dragons should not awaken for centuries or so. The next time Medeus awakens though, he will rise as a terrifying Shadow Dragon... No, wait...! Perhaps...? Yes, I see... So that's why Gharnef...<br>'''Marth:''' What's the matter, Lord Gotoh?<br>'''Gotoh:''' Prince Marth. I have finally realized the reason why Gharnef kidnapped the clerics. He intends to use them to resurrect Medeus. To hasten the awakening of a dragon requires the life force of pure, maiden women. Knowing this, Gharnef kidnapped them.|[[Gotoh]] and [[Marth]]|New Mystery of the Emblem}}</ref> As a Shadow Dragon, Medeus boasted power far beyond that of his original earth dragon form, but when [[Marth]] slew him in this form, Gotoh claimed his death was permanent.<ref>{{Cite|Marth, brave prince of Altea. Thanks to your valiant efforts, Shadow Dragon Medeus has been completely obliterated. Medeus's servants–the earth dragons–have once again returned to darkness.|[[Gotoh]] in [[Light and Shadow|Endgame]]|New Mystery of the Emblem}}</ref>

As a class, Shadow Dragons were introduced in Book 2 of {{title|Mystery of the Emblem}} and are present only in it and its remake, {{title|New Mystery of the Emblem}}. The class is exclusive to Medeus. Like all other enemy dragons in these two games, the Shadow Dragon form is permanent and is not tied to a base [[Manakete]] form or a [[Stone|Dragonstone]]. In both games, its sole weapon is [[Dark Breath]]. In ''Mystery of the Emblem'', Shadow Dragons are entirely immune to magical attacks, and halve attack power of any attacker.

{{BaseStats

|wpnr1=[[Breath]]: 16

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|game2={{title|New Mystery of the Emblem}}

|hp2=18

|str2=10

|mag2=0

|skl2=8

|spd2=5

|luck2=0

|def2=16

|res2=12

|mov2=6

|mov1=12

|wpnr1=[[Breath]]: 20

|-

|game2={{title|New Mystery of the Emblem}}

|hp2=99

|str2=40

|mag2=30

|skl2=40

|spd2=30

|luck2=30

|def2=40

|res2=30

|mov2=8

 

|game1={{title|Mystery of the Emblem}}

|exp1=0

|-

|game2={{title|New Mystery of the Emblem}}

|hp2=100%

|str2=75%

|mag2=0%

|skl2=75%

|spd2=25%

|luck2=0%

|def2=50%

|res2=20%

In {{title|Mystery of the Emblem}}, the sole member of the Shadow Dragon class, Medeus, cannot be attacked with [[Magic (stat)|magical attacks]]. A unit who attempts this will do nothing at all, with the text claiming "their attack was sealed", and leave themselves open to be counterattacked by Medeus. This skill is not technically tied to the class.

===''Mystery of the Emblem''===

|sprite=[[File:Bs fe03 enemy medeus shadow dragon dark breath.png]]

 

==Notable enemy Shadow Dragons==

|game1={{title|Mystery of the Emblem}} Book 2, {{title|New Mystery of the Emblem}}, {{TMSFE}}

|game2={{TMSFE}}

[[File:Ma snes01 shadow dragon enemy moving.gif|right]]

*An unused item called the  [[Shadowstone]] exists in ''Mystery of the Emblem''{{'}}s data, which transforms a manakete into a Shadow Dragon. Presumably, it would have been used by Medeus.

*[[Loptous]]'s appearance in {{title|Genealogy of the Holy War}} greatly resembles a Shadow Dragon. Additionally, in the description of [[Loptous (tome)|the Loptous tome]] on the ''Fire Emblem'' Museum official website, Loptous is referred to as a Shadow Dragon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219042104/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/fe/fe_museum/seisen/item/index.html|quote={{lang|ja|暗黒竜の闇の力により}}|title={{lang|ja|宝物庫}} (Treasure Vault)|site={{lang|ja|ファイアーエムブレムミュージアム}} (''Fire Emblem'' Museum; archived by the Wayback Machine)|retrieved=February 13, 2018}}</ref>

 

|jpn-name={{h|暗黒竜|Ankoku ryū}}

|jpn-mean=Officially romanized as '''Dark Dragon'''. Spelled in hiragana as {{h|あんこくりゅう|Ankoku ryū}} in ''Mystery of the Emblem'' and partially in hiragana as {{h|あんこく竜|Ankoku ryū}} in ''Mystery of the Emblem''{{'}}s battle GUI.

|span-name=Dragón de las Sombras

|span-mean=Dragon of Shadows

|ger-mean=Shadow Dragon

|ital-mean=Shadow Dragon

|por-mean=Used in the "White Rose and Sable Knight" [[Lost Lore]] event in {{FEH}}.

 

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