Hardin

Hardin is both a playable character and major antagonist from the Archanea Series of Fire Emblem. Also known under the alias Coyote, Hardin is a descendant of Marlon and the younger brother of the King of Aurelis.

He originally appears as the regent of Aurelis in Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light and its remake, commanding the loyalty of a group of knights that comprises of Roshea, Vyland, Wolf and Sedgar. After wedding Princess Nyna following the end of the War of Shadows, he is crowned as the twenty-fourth emperor of Archanea in Book 2 of Mystery of the Emblem and its remake.

Due to the reign of terror that he exerts on the continent of Archanea as the Emperor, Hardin later comes to be known by the common citizenry as the Dark Emperor.