Emery Berlitz

**Emery Berlitz** (エメリー・ベルリッツ, *Emerī Berurittsu*) is the secondary antagonist of the Alternate World, Demon Uprising, and Attack on ORION, and Heaven's Manor arcs, and the main antagonist of the Dark Shards Arc.

Emery is introduced as a polite and intelligent young man, who becomes a reoccuring ally to Tokono Tsukumo and the NX Holders, slowly gaining their trust. However, he reveals himself to be Theodore's younger, more innocent and eccentric deputy. As a member of MORNINGSTAR, he thinks of himself as the most loyal subordinate to Theodore, but in reality, the two are alternate personalities within the same body.

During the course of the struggle between the NX Holders and MORNINGSTAR, Emery helps Theodore to act and move around undetected. Following the revelation of his true nature, Emery kills Kaiser Schmidt, and leads the expedition for the Dark Shards against Tokono. However, after Theodore is defeated by Sebastian Springfield, he is sent to the Forgotten Realm, where he, along with Emery, is erased.

## Appearance

Emery appears as a fairly slim yet fit young man, described as appearing too young to be 35-years-old.

## Personality

Emery is a much more regular person in contrast to Theodore: friendly and honest. He regularly hallucinates phones ringing, with which he talks with his alter-ego, not knowing that they share the same body. He mostly behaves like a good-natured young adult and is by default a polite and intelligent individual, yet this does not stop him from often being very sarcastic and witty. He frequently seems good with children as he even risked his life to save one. Whenever attacked, Emery initially reverts to a state of true fear and submission, often choosing the safest option such as comply with his aggressor's demands, but quickly becomes aggressive and has a surge of murderous intent. He believes himself to be unlucky, which provides an ironic contrast to Theodore's relatively good fortune.

Fiercely loyal to his boss to a point of attempting to fulfill the mission first and foremost, Emery is somewhat resourceful although Theodore has to help and counsel him from time to time. Despite this, though, bits of Theodore are in Emery: during the battle with Hisashi Kujo, Emery refused to leave the battle or have his boss step in, remaining and doing all he could to defeat Hisashi. He shares his alter ego's collected and calculated nature when in battle, and while his first actions are usually panicking and screaming, he soon and very quickly calms down, carefully using his tools to identify the enemy and their powers.

As Theodore is gentle and patient with Emery, the latter is usually completely unquestioning, agreeing to whatever his "boss" says. However, as a result of his bipolarity, the usually polite Emery is also subjected to angry mood swings, and swears heavily during these fits, though unlike Theodore, he is less controlled and focused with it. Snappy, Emery flat-out disobeyed and argued with his direct superior during the battle with Hisashi, and even rebuked Theodore himself once more for "calling" him in Tokono's presence. He also has a low tolerance and almost zero patience for "idiots" and people who withhold information from him. As the story progresses, more and more of Emery's mental instability begins to show itself, unnerving Tokono and his group.

Even with the bridge of personality to personality, however, he is (initially) entirely unaware of their co-inhabitance and considers himself Theodore's underboss and, furthermore, an entirely separate person. Being an entirely dissociative personality, he sometimes has a poor memory, but whether it's due to Theodore's influence over Emery is unknown. Before encountering Hisashi, Theodore warned his alter ego that the assassin was in the area and gave him strict instructions on how to deal with him and how to complete the mission. However, upon "hanging up", it didn't take more than a brief moment for Emery to immediately forget his mission, what he was just ordered and the fact that Hisashi was in the area.

Eventually, Emery discovers that he and his boss are one and the same, but is not fazed much by this and begins using this knowledge to his advantage. He was also stated to have the mentality of a 25-year-old.

## Powers/Abilities

### Double Personality

Emery and Theodore are two alternate personalities that inhabit the same body. As a result, they can switch their personalities as well as their physical appearance. Compared to Theodore, Emery appears a lot younger while Theodore appears to be a lot taller, as well as more muscular. When he takes over, Emery's mole disappears, his voice deepens, and his hair is seemingly a different length. According to Theodore, it takes a couple of seconds for him to completely take over Emery's body.

Theodore seems to be able to manipulate Emery's memories, as Theodore remembers everything and can see everything that happens to Emery but not vice versa. Emery can communicate with Theodore through any kind of phone while not in control, making the underboss believe he is another person altogether. Emery can always hear his alter ego's voice through the phone. Whenever Theodore wants to talk to him, Emery subconsciously hallucinates the nearest phone ringing. He also always carries a broken or dismantled phone headset.

## Major Battles

* Emery Berlitz & Theodore vs. Hisashi Kujo