Emereus (Japanese: マリオネスMariones) is the Macedoniangeneral leading the invasion of Aurelis and the boss of Chapter 6 of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light and its remakes, Mystery of the Emblem Book 1 (where it is Chapter 5) and Shadow Dragon. Upon the combined force of Marth's and Hardin's bands entering the Aurelian castle, Emereus commanded his armored units to intercept them, his archers to defend the throne, his thieves to loot the castle, while he made preparations to withdraw, asking that the opposition get nowhere near his chamber; these tasks ended up failing, allowing for the rescue of the Archanean princess Nyna and the formation of the Archanean League.
What?! The rebels are inside the castle? Grrr...Very well! Armored units: intercept the intruders! Archers: defend the throne! Thieves, you go gather up the treasure while I make preparations to withdraw. You have your orders! Don’t let those rebels anywhere near this chamber!
In the original Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, Emereus's Defense stat is 14, which is the class base of the General class within that version of the game. Mystery of the Emblem raised his defense stat by 3 points making it 17, which is 2 above the general base stat of 15 in the game. In Shadow Dragon, Emereus's defense stat is back to being 14, even though the General base defense is still 15 defense. As a result, Emereus has a negative 1 personal defense base stat to still have 14 defense within the General class.
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language
Name
Definition, etymology, and notes
English
Emereus
English (unofficial)
Mariones
Referred to this in the fandom prior to Shadow Dragon's international release.