Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-69.136.247.156-20151027043341/@comment-79.180.119.174-20151205210447

I was under the impression that Emerald was a gender-swapped Aladdin - a "diamond in the rough". Notice her emerald symbol is cut like a diamond (FYI - most emeralds are square cut).

Assuming that she is based on Aladdin, it would stand to reason that she's flippable to the good guys; or at the very least, willing to depart from Team Evil at some point and go her own way.