—Erik when battling Eliwood in Chapter 14 of Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
Erik is a boss character in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade and Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. He is the son of Darin, and later the marquess of Laus. He was jealous of Eliwood and Hector due to not being able to match them during their school days. After he is defeated, Eliwood and Hector interrogate him. It is from him that Eliwood learns of Darin's dealings with Ephidel and Lord Elbert's connection to the rebellion. Erik is last seen laughing madly and fleeing after finding out about Darin's abandonment of him and telling Eliwood his information. Though it is later implied Erik turned over a new leaf as he inherits the title of Marquess of Laus.
Twenty years later, during the Bern invasion of Lycia, Erik once again turns traitor out of fear of Bern, and is killed by Roy's passing army.
Erik is the boss of Chapter 4 in The Binding Blade and Chapter 14 in The Blazing Blade. In The Blazing Blade, Erik carries a Silver Lance that he will drop when he is defeated.
Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
In Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, Erik appears in the beginning of Chapter 4, speaking with one of Bern's Wyvern Lords, Narcian. They discuss an arrangement that involved Clarine, who Narcian was fond of.
Upon hearing that Roy and his forces were approaching Castle Laus, Erik mobilized his forces and launched a defensive attack on the group to prove his worth to Bern as an ally. Erik's forces were defeated however, and he was killed defending Castle Laus's gate, repeating there that Lycia had no future against Bern. His actions would shock Roy who had always thought the Marquesses of Lycia all shared an unbreakable bond.
Personality
Erik is shown to be a weak willed and jealous individual with a duplicitous side. In the past while studying in Ostia he was classmates with Eliwood and Hector. Despite feigning friendship to Eliwood and Hector, Erik secretly hated the two as they were always more successful and liked than him. Erik held his father in high regard and was devastated by his betrayal of him.
20 years later, Erik appeared to have gone somewhat mad around the time of Bern's invasion and believed nothing could stop the sheer power of Bern. Despite Erik's previous actions, Roy and the Lycian nobility were shocked by his betrayal. Due to this, it can be assumed Erik had stayed out of trouble in the past 20 years.
Statistics
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
Description: The son of Marquess Laus. Despises Eliwood and Hector.
Normal Modes and Eliwood Hard Mode
| Starting Class | Affinity | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavalier | N/A | ||||||||
| Level | HP | Str | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Con | Mov |
| 14 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| Weapon | Starting Items | ||||||||
 Sword - C Lance - A |  Silver Lance* Horseslayer** | ||||||||
* Dropped upon defeat
** Replaces Silver Lance in Eliwood Hard Mode; dropped upon defeat
Hector Hard Mode
| Starting Class | Affinity | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavalier | N/A | ||||||||
| Level | HP | Str | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Con | Mov |
| 14 | 32 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| Weapon | Starting Items | ||||||||
| Sword - C Lance - A | Horseslayer* | ||||||||
* Dropped upon defeat
Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
Description: The traitorous marquess of Laus.
Normal Mode
| Starting Class | Affinity | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavalier | N/A | ||||||||
| Level | HP | Str | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Con | Mov |
| 10 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
| Weapon | Starting Items | ||||||||
| Sword Lance |  Steel Sword Javelin | ||||||||
Hard Mode
| Starting Class | Affinity | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavalier | N/A | ||||||||
| Level | HP | Str | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Con | Mov |
| 10 | 34 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 7 |
| Weapon | Starting Items | ||||||||
| Sword Lance | Steel SwordJavelin | ||||||||
Quotes
—Erik's battle quote in The Blazing Blade
—Erik's defeat quote in The Blazing Blade
—Erik's battle quote in The Binding Blade
—Erik's death quote in The Binding Blade
Special conversations (The Blazing Blade)
Eliwood vs Erik
Eliwood: Erik! Stop this nonsense. I've no wish to strike down a fellow classmate.
Erik: You sentimental fool! You think we're still in school? Well, let me give you an education! First, you will fall, and then Hector. Pherae and Ostia will be crushed beneath my boot! Soon, all of Lycia will be under our control!!!
Hector vs Erik
Erik: You've always been...an eyesore to me. No matter how hard I tried... You two garnered all the attention...all the praise. In the classroom...on the training grounds... Everywhere and everything!
Hector: Erik. You always did care more about appearances than ability. If you'd had even a hint of skill, perhaps you'd--
Erik: Hold your tongue! I will hear no more! No more!
Trivia
- In The Binding Blade, Erik becomes involved in a situation involving a young Troubadour, similar to his father Darin in The Blazing Blade (Darin with Priscilla, and Erik with Clarine). The latter, however, was on behalf of Narcian, while the former was on his own personal agenda.
- According to a Japanese gaming news website, Erik landed 72nd place out of 80 in the character popularity poll for Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.