Erasmus Ferus

Erasmus Ferus was a Human male born in 53 BBY. His parents were killed early on in his life and he was left to grow up in an orphanage. His life in the orphanage taught him self-reliance and resourcefulness, which he used to his advantage when he joined the Republic Defence Space Force. He specialized in plantary strategy, as opposed to fleet and space battle strategy, which his fellow high ranking official Emerson Shryne specialized. He became a General during the Dark Ages for a rogue government organization that was organized against the Human Imperium

Behind the scenes
The character's last name was originally attributed to the character Mason Quarrell, and Erasmus had a much different last name. Ferus was chosen to be his last name after the author thought it flowed better and fit the first name better; it also ends the same way as his first name.

The likeness of the character is based on portrayal of Major George Dillon in  the 1987 film. It was originally going to be based on portrayal of  in the.