Dark Emperor

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Dark Emperor

Location Millennium Court New units Midia Boss(es) Hardin

Dark Emperor (Japanese: 暗黒皇帝 The Dark Emperor) is the twentieth chapter of Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem and Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem.

Plot

Main articles: Dark Emperor/Script and Dark Emperor/Conversations

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Chapter data

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Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Seize	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Marth dies	12+1	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	32+20	{{{third}}}

When a unit acts within the throne room, the southeast door is opened and the covered area revealed. A unit ending their turn in the area will not cause the door to open, they must actively wait, attack, use a staff, etc.

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Seize	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Marth dies	13	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	28+16	{{{third}}}

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Character data

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Characters

New Units

Midia Paladin HP 28 Level 16 Automatically from turn 1

Returning Characters

Characters

New Units

Midia Paladin HP 35 Level 12 Automatically from turn 1

Returning Characters

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Item data

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Items

Name Obtainment Method Ladyblade Northernmost chest 10,000 G Uppermost treasure room chest Orion's Bolt Upper-middle treasure room chest Knight Crest Lower-middle treasure room chest Skydrake Whip Lower-left treasure room chest Bishop's Ring Lower-right treasure room chest Devil Sword Southernmost chest Gradivus Dropped by Hardin Darksphere Dropped by Hardin Binding Shield Immediately formed after obtaining the Darksphere if the Lightsphere, Starsphere, Geosphere, and Lifesphere were also obtained; consumes each orb

Enemy data

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Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Def Res Cha Con Mov Inventory and Skills Thief Thief 20 1 27 8 9 17 -- 7 0 7 Iron Sword • Outside the castle during preparations, opens the front door and enters the castle during the opening. • Ignores combat; moves to opent chests, then escape to the south Bodyguard Hero 20 3 45 15 16 18 -- 16 3 7 Silver Sword Moves to attack units in range. Bodyguard Hero 20 2 45 15 16 18 -- 16 3 7 Swordslayer Moves to attack units in range. Bodyguard Sniper 20 4 47 13 17 18 -- 13 3 7 Silver Bow • The one west of Hardin does not move, and does not attack until a unit acts in the throne room. • All other ones move to attack units in range. Bodyguard Knight 1 2 18 6 2 0 -- 11 0 5 Steel Lance Do not move, and do not attack until a unit acts in the throne room. Bodyguard General 20 3 52 17 12 9 -- 20 3 5 Javelin • Moves to attack units in range. • The initially covered one does not act until revealed. Bodyguard Mage 20 3 24 5 7 5 -- 6 11 6 Bolganone • The one east of Hardin does not move, and does not attack until a unit acts in the throne room. • All other ones move to attack units in range. Bodyguard Mage 20 2 24 5 7 5 -- 6 11 6 Thoron Moves to attack units in range. Bodyguard Bishop 20 1 34 9 11 7 -- 8 18 6 Bolganone Does not move; does not attack until a unit acts in the throne room. Bodyguard Bishop 20 3 34 9 11 7 -- 8 18 6 Meteor Does not move. Bodyguard Bishop 20 2 34 9 11 7 -- 8 18 6 Swarm • Does not move. • The initially covered one does not act until revealed. Bodyguard Bishop 20 3 34 9 11 7 -- 8 18 6 Fortify The initially covered one does not act until revealed. Earth Dragon Earth Dragon 1 1 52 10 0 0 -- 15 15 5 Dark Breath Moves to attack units in range. Dark Bishop Dark Mage 20 1 34 9 7 5 -- 12 16 6 Dulam Moves to attack units in range. Hardin Emperor 1 1 50 20 20 20 -- 20 20 5 Gradivus • Darksphere Does not move; stands on a throne, the chapter's seize point.

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Def Res Cha Con Mov Inventory and Skills Bodyguard Hero 10 10 37 12 14 16 -- 13 3 7 Silver Sword -- Bodyguard Sniper 10 5 39 11 14 15 -- 11 3 7 Silver Bow -- Bodyguard Mage 10 5 20 3 4 4 -- 4 7 6 Bolganone --

Reinforcements

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• Upon entering the throne room, continuing until 5 of each appear
  • 2 Heroes, 1 Sniper, and 1 Mage from the southeast room
• Note: All reinforcements are halted when Hardin is defeated.

Boss data

Main article: Hardin

Boss data

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Emperor Level 1 Movement 5 Experience 90

Stats Max HP 50 Luck -- Strength 20 W. Level -- Skill 20 Defense 20 Speed 20 Resistance 20

Inventory Gradivus Darksphere Weapons Sword Lance Axe Bow Tome Staff

Normal Hard Maniac Lunatic

Emperor Level 30 Movement --

Stats Max HP 50 Speed 20 Strength 20 Luck 0 Magic 0 Defense 20 Skill 20 Resistance 15

Inventory Gradivus Darksphere* Weapon Levels -- A -- -- -- --

Emperor Level 30 Movement --

Stats Max HP 62 Speed 24 Strength 24 Luck 0 Magic 0 Defense 24 Skill 24 Resistance 19

Inventory Gradivus Darksphere* Weapon Levels -- A -- -- -- --

Emperor Level 30 Movement --

Stats Max HP 74 Speed 28 Strength 28 Luck 0 Magic 0 Defense 28 Skill 28 Resistance 23

Inventory Gradivus Darksphere* Weapon Levels -- A -- -- -- --

Emperor Level 30 Movement --

Stats Max HP 80 Speed 30 Strength 30 Luck 0 Magic 0 Defense 30 Skill 30 Resistance 25

Inventory Gradivus Darksphere* Weapon Levels -- A -- -- -- --

Note: Boss stats in Lunatic Mode are rounded to the nearest whole number.

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Strategy

This section details unofficial strategies that may help with completion of the chapter. This may not work for everybody.

In lower difficulties, this chapter is best beaten by warping a strong bosskiller to defeat Hardin and warping Marth afterwards to seize the throne. If the player wishes to get the items on this map, they can warp a thief or use the thief staff. This is recommended as the only brave weapons available in the game (in the remake, at least) can be found in the chests of this chapter.

Playing without the warp staff, or on higher difficulties, further complicates the chapter.

First, the thief can pose an annoyance as you cannot reach him turn one without dancing or usage of the Again staff, but he isn't particularly bulky and a trained Katarina or Linde should be able to one-shot him. Another thing to consider is the hallway guarded by two heroes. On the opposite side of the wall, there is a sniper, general, and sage nearby. The heroes have capped skill and can only be doubled by swordmasters with capped speed or berserkers and snipers using the Starsphere. The swordslayer deals bonus damage to them, but be careful as one of the Lunatic-exclusive characters also carries a swordslayer. As it is extremely difficult to take on the enemies on both sides, it is best to bait the sage and sniper first by getting in their range with one of your bulkier units and then finishing each of them separately. In the meantime, be careful with the bishop in the jail cell with Swarm. After crossing said hallway, reinforcements will begin to appear; as they are rather strong, it is best to just ignore them and rush towards Hardin. At this point it is a good idea to rescue Midia as it can be difficult to rescue her otherwise. Now, you must choose between going left or right. Going right is more practical as the enemies there are weaker compared to the Earth Dragon and two heroes, the door makes for a good chokepoint, and there are good items there to take. Now, the final part of this map is the Dark Emperor himself, Hardin. Note that it is only possible to harm him if the unit that attacks him has the Lightsphere in their inventory. However, Hardin is incredibly strong, fast and bulky; he will double Generals, Warriors and Dracoknights, even if they have the Starsphere in their inventory. There isn't a particularly easy way to deal with him and it's best to kill him in a single turn by dancing or using the Again staff with your strongest unit. After defeating him and seizing with Marth, you will either complete the Binding Shield and unlock the Endgame, or only get the Darksphere and finish the game with the bad ending.

In order to access the sidequest Depth of the Abyss, the player must have completed the Binding Shield recruited Wolf, Sedgar, Vyland, Roshea and Midia and kept them alive, or must clear this chapter in a certain number of turns. The turn count of the latter requirement varies by difficulty, as follows:

Difficulty	Turn Count
Normal	24
Hard	28
Maniac	33
Lunatic	38
Lunatic′	43

Trivia

• This chapter uses a modified version of the map from The Ageless Palace.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English (unofficial)	Dark Emperor	Used in the Mystery of the Emblem and New Mystery of the Emblem fan translations
Japanese	暗黒皇帝	The Dark Emperor

Gallery

• 

  CG image displayed during the intro in Mystery of the Emblem

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  CG image displayed during the intro in New Mystery of the Emblem

References

← The Last Decisive Battle •	Dark Emperor	• The Wyvern's Dale → • Bottom of the Deep Abyss →