Fire Emblem - Strategy Guide (Page 08)

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Eliwood reaches the palace in Bern in order to search for the missing Fire
Emblem. The group comments on how the palace is well defended. The three sneak
inside the garden in the palace, and will watch a scene unfold between Desmond,
Guinivere, Zephiel, and Murdock (Zephiel's attendant). Desmond tells Zephiel
and Murdock to stay away, and Sonia will eventually come.

She tells him that the Emblem is in the Black Fang's hideout. When Desmond
mentions his "other request", Sonia tells him that one of the Four Fangs will
take care of it (I don't want to spoil it for you). Your group realizes that
the rebellion in Lycia has failed so now they will try to start a revolt in
Bern.

Eliwood and company plan to go look for the Fang's hideout, but a group of
Wyvern Riders spot Nils. The leader is working for Bern, but has a contract
with Nergal and plans to take away Nils and Ninian and give them back to the
Black Fang. Eliwood, Lyn and Hector are in her way.

You are split into three groups in this battle; one towards the palace, one to
the south and the third to the southeast. However, you should have little
trouble with the weak enemies, despite being separated. Make sure you deploy at
least two bow users (Louise will automatically be deployed, and she is a
Sniper), as well as a Thief to steal the Knight's Crest from the Cavalier.
Everyone else is up to you; make sure you have a variety of units.

Pent and Louise will join you at the beginning of this Chapter. Pent will give
Eliwood a Heaven Seal, but Eliwood can't use it. Give it to Hector or Lyn in
order for them to promote. Have the northern group go east in order to clear
out the enemies and have access to the shop. Pent should take the lead, but
make sure Louise is behind him so that their support kicks in! The weapon shop
contains Killer weapons, and the vendor has the rare Elfire spell.

Have a Falcoknight wipe out the Brigands coming down the mountains. Send most
of your people up towards Eliwood's group, but have a few go southwest towards
the lone Village (make sure your Thief is in this group!!!). Also have a couple
more head towards the enemies scattered around in the south. Oh yeah, have a
few stay behind to guard Merlinus.

Make sure you stay out of Vaida's range in this battle. She is one tough, ugly
cookie, thanks to dark magic increasing her stats a bit. There is also another
benefit of keeping her alive, which I don't want to spoil. There is a Shaman
that drops the Luna spell to the south of her, but you have to lure him towards
you if you don't want Vaida to come down.

Steal the Knight's Crest from the Cavalier in the south before killing him.
Keep heading towards the village, killing any enemies along the way (mostly
Nomads). In the village you'll meet Ursula, who is jealous of Vaida. She will
give you the useful Hammerne staff, which can repair weapons to their maximum
durability.

Bow and magic users will have a field day in this Chapter. Wyvern Knights will
descend from everywhere. A total of 8 Wyvern reinforcements will come in the
northeast corner, so make sure you take advantage of the Forests near where
they spawn.

After 11 turns have passed, Vaida will retreat. Lyn decides to use her Sacaen
tracking skills to follow them to their hideout.


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Chapter 25: Pale Flower of Darkness (Kenneth)
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Objective:
Seize the throne.

Recommended Deployment:
Eliwood*, Fiora, Florina, Canas, Legault, Rath, Rebecca, Hector, Priscilla,
Serra, Oswin, Lyn, Guy

Difficulty:
****

Boss(es): Kenneth
Enemies: 25
Bishop x2
Druid x1
General x1
Mage x10
Monk x2
Sage x1
Shaman x3
Wyvern Rider x5

Reinforcements?
Mage x3
Monk x1
Wyvern Rider x6
Shaman x2
Thief x1


Boss Info:
Name:          Kenneth
Class:         Bishop
Items:         Aura (Dropped)
Level:         13
HP:            41
Attack:        31
Hit Rate:     120
Critical:      23
Evasion:       42
Magic:         19
Skill:         16
Speed:         13
Luck:           6
Defense:        9
Resistance:    21
Conversations: None?
Affiliation:   Black Fang


New Characters:

Karel
Swordmaster
Requirements for him to join: Defeat at least three promoted enemies before
turn 10, and have either Eliwood, Hector, or Lyn talk to him.
Description: An eastern swordmaster. Seeking worthy opponents.
Starting Item(s): Wo Dao
Starting Weapon Levels: Sword (A)
Affinity: Light

Harken
Hero
Requirements for him to join: Defeat at most two promoted enemies before turn
10, and have either Eliwood, Hector, Marcus, Lowen or Isadora talk to him.
Description: The sole survivor of the Knights of Pherae.
Starting Item(s): Brave Sword
Starting Weapon Levels: Sword (B), Axe (B)
Affinity: Fire

No Shops

Villages/Chests:
Guiding Ring (Chest)
Blue Gem (Chest)
Talisman (Chest)

New Supports Available:
Eliwood + Harken
Lowen + Harken
Marcus + Harken
Isadora + Harken
Guy + Karel
Lucius + Karel
Dart + Karel
Geitz + Karel

Conversations:
Eliwood   -> Karel     Karel joins.
Hector    -> Karel     Karel joins.
Lyn       -> Karel     Karel joins.
Eliwood   -> Harken    Harken joins.
Hector    -> Harken    Harken joins.
Marcus    -> Harken    Harken joins.
Lowen     -> Harken    Harken joins.
Isadora   -> Harken    Harken joins.


Thanks to Lyn, Eliwood and company reach the hidden Black Fang hideout, where
the Fire Emblem is hidden. Vaida asks Sonia for another chance at dealing with
the Lycian group, but is refused. Ursula is given the job. Meanwhile Sonia asks
Jaffar to take Nino with him and go assassinate Prince Zephiel. Jaffar
hesitantly follows her orders, and goes. Sonia also leaves with her husband and
leaves someone in charge.

Depending on the levels of some of your characters, this map will be different.
If your "mage" characters (Erk, Lucius, Canas, Pent, Serra, and Priscilla) have
higher levels than your "hero" characters (Raven, Guy, Bartre, Dorcas, Geitz)
then you will fight Kenneth in this Chapter. If it's the other way around, then
you will fight Jerme (see the next section).

This battle has a lot of magic users, so deploy your Pegasus Knights and magic
users. A couple of bow users are helpful as well. Make sure you deploy a Thief,
in order to steal all the treasures. Try to pick out the units with the highest
Resistance.

The reason this battle is so hard is that you're in a small corner, have little
movement range (thanks to snow), and enemies are beating your ass down with
long range spells such as Purge, Eclipse, and Bolting. Depending on whether you
want Karel or Harken, you must defeat a certain amount of these promoted
enemies by turn 10. If you want Karel, kill at least three. If you want Harken,
kill two at most. After they arrive you can kill the rest.

If you want Harken, then try to stay put in the corner, so that the magic users
can't attack you. However, you may want to send up a Pegasus Knight (don't send
Heath!) to kill the Mage with Bolting so that he will drop it (he won't drop it
if he uses it all up). Also make sure to kill the General/Sage that will attack
Merlinus. Once you do so have someone with high Evade go in the building and
stand on the pillar in order to drain the enemies' attacks. You will want to
move north after it stops snowing, because a Thief will pop up in order to take
the treasures.

If you want Karel, though, you'll have to go kill some promoted guys. The
General and Sage are the two easy ones. You can either go after the Bishop with
the Purge spell (you'll either have to nail him with a Javelin or open the
door, go in and kill him), or the Druid with Eclipse (a nasty spell which
reduces HP by 1/2). Just make sure you kill at least three altogether.

Lots of reinforcements will arrive, including half a dozen Wyvern Riders (two
of them appear near Merlinus, so watch out!), a bunch of magic users and a
Thief. Make sure you kill the Thief ASAP, as it will take the valuable
treasures before fleeing.

Once turn 9 arrives, it will start snowing again, and either Karel or Harken
will appear on the map. Talk to them with someone (Eliwood/Hector/Lyn for
Karel, Eliwood/Hector/Marcus/Lowen/Isadora for Harken) in order to convert them
to your side. Pray that if Harken comes, he doesn't kill your character with
his Brave Sword. Karel appears as an allied NPC, so you won't have to worry
about his Wo Dao ripping you up. But he will head straight to his death if you
don't hurry up and convert him.

After they arrive it shouldn't be that hard to make a path to the throne. Kill
off any enemies for EXP if you want (hopefully, you have decided your "best
team" and have promoted all the characters in it by now). The promoted enemy
units especially give good experience. Have Legault/Matthew open the chests for
a Blue Gem, Guiding Ring, and a Talisman.

Kenneth, the boss, is pretty tough with his Aura spell. Your best bet is to
have a FalcoKnight (Fiora) take care of him with a powerful weapon like the
Killer Lance. Make sure they have people that Support them close to them, in
order to make killing him as easy as possible! When Kenneth dies he drops the
almighty Aura spell. Have Eliwood seize the throne.

After the battle, Eliwood comes across the Fire Emblem. Now he and the group
must return to Bern in order to stop Zephiel's assassination. Meanwhile, Sonia
promises her daughter, Nino, that she will respect her if she completes this
mission. But after Nino leaves, Sonia gives Jaffar a new order... Not even
someone as emotionless as Jaffar can believe what he's hearing! But he goes on
to complete his mission anyway.


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Chapter 25: Pale Flower of Darkness (Jerme)
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Objective:
Defeat all enemy units.

Recommended Deployment:
Eliwood*, Legault, Matthew, Hector, Lyn, Rath, Guy, Oswin, Priscilla, Erk,
Serra, Fiora, Florina, Rebecca

Difficulty:
****

Boss(es): Jerme
Enemies: 23
Archer x4
Assassin x1
Brigand x4
Cavalier x3
FalcoKnight x1
General x1
Hero x1
Knight x4
Mercenary x5
Myrmidon x3
Nmd Trooper x1
Paladin x1
Pegasus Knight x2
Sniper x3
Warrior x1
Wyvern Lord x1
Wyvern Rider x2

Reinforcements?
Yes
Cavalier x4
FalcoKnight x2
Nmd Trooper x2
Nomad x4
Paladin x2
Wyvern Lord x2
Wyvern Rider x4


Boss Info:
Name:          Jerme
Class:         Assassin
Items:         Light Brand
Level:         13
HP:            46
Attack:        27
Hit Rate:     111
Critical:       9
Evasion:       38
Strength:      18
Skill:         18
Speed:         17
Luck:          10
Defense:       10
Resistance:    14
Conversations: None?
Affiliation:   Black Fang


New Characters:

Karel
Swordmaster
Requirements for him to join: Open at least four doors before turn 10, and have
either Eliwood, Hector, or Lyn talk to him.
Description: An eastern swordmaster. Seeking worthy opponents.
Starting Item(s): Wo Dao
Starting Weapon Levels: Sword (A)
Affinity: Light

Harken
Hero
Requirements for him to join: Open at most three doors before turn 10, and have
either Eliwood, Hector, Marcus, Lowen or Isadora talk to him.
Description: The sole survivor of the Knights of Pherae.
Starting Item(s): Brave Sword
Starting Weapon Levels: Sword (B), Axe (B)
Affinity: Fire

No Shops

Villages/Chests:
Bolting (Center building)
White Gem (Center building)
Hero Crest (Southern building)
Talisman (Upper left building)

New Supports Available:
Eliwood + Harken
Lowen + Harken
Marcus + Harken
Isadora + Harken
Guy + Karel
Lucius + Karel
Dart + Karel
Geitz + Karel

Conversations:
Eliwood   -> Karel     Karel joins.
Hector    -> Karel     Karel joins.
Lyn       -> Karel     Karel joins.
Eliwood   -> Harken    Harken joins.
Hector    -> Harken    Harken joins.
Marcus    -> Harken    Harken joins.
Lowen     -> Harken    Harken joins.
Isadora   -> Harken    Harken joins.


Thanks to Lyn, Eliwood and company reach the hidden Black Fang hideout, where
the Fire Emblem is hidden. Vaida asks Sonia for another chance at dealing with
the Lycian group, but is refused. Ursula is given the job. Meanwhile Sonia asks
Jaffar to take Nino with him and go assassinate Prince Zephiel. Jaffar
hesitantly follows her orders, and goes. Sonia also leaves with her husband and
leaves someone in charge.

Depending on the levels of some of your characters, this map will be different.
If your "mage" characters (Erk, Lucius, Canas, Pent, Serra, and Priscilla) have
higher levels than your "hero" characters (Raven, Guy, Bartre, Dorcas, Geitz)
then you will fight Kenneth in this Chapter (see the previous section). If it's
the other way around, then you will fight Jerme.

Send out both Thieves, as well as many different types of units. You will fight
quite a variety of enemies in this battle. A few mages and bow users are
helpful, as well as healers, a few good axe/lance/sword users and some healers.
Make sure you give Door Keys to some characters.

If you want Harken, then just stay put for a while. For some defenses at where
you start and let the enemy come to you. Various enemies will try to attack you
from the east while a pair of Brigands comes down from the west. Take out the
winged enemies with bows, or for the Wyvern units use magic.

If you want Karel and got this map, then you're going to have to work hard.
You'll have to open at least 4 doors by turn 9. Thankfully, the snow will stop
by turn 3, giving you easier access to the doors. Open the first door above you
and take out the two Brigands and Warrior with a swordsman like Lyn or Guy.

Now split up your group; have one go north and the other go east. Make sure
each has someone that can open doors (someone who has a Lockpick/Door Key). The
northwest building has a bunch of Archers/Snipers, so take them out with melee
units. Open the chest for a Talisman.

Note that even two different doors opened in this building, it only counts as
one. The second building to the east has two chests with a Bolting and a White
Gem. If you have some long range attackers go inside the building, then they
will be able to attack the enemies outside without fear of being
counterattacked.

Of course, it will start snowing again soon. Just try to rush as fast as
possible to the doors if you want to get Karel. Open four different doors to
get him, or three at most to get Harken. On turn 9, one of the two will arrive;
Karel as an ally in the bottom right corner, or Harken as an enemy in the area
south of the northeastern building. Talk to Karel with either Eliwood, Hector,
or Lyn, or talk to Harken with either Eliwood, Hector, Marcus, Lowen, or
Isadora in order to convert them.

Go around opening doors and killing the enemies inside. The bottom building has
a General and two Knights inside, and the building south of the northeastern
one has two Mercs and a Hero. Don't open the northeastern door yet, as that's
where the boss is. The chest in the bottom building has a Hero Crest.

Watch out for the reinforcements. Wyvern units will try to come down and attack
Merlinus, so leave magic users/bow users/axe users down there. Various promoted
enemies will appear towards the northeast and will come down to attack you.
Some of them have Reaver weapons, so take note of that and use the weapons
which are strong against them.

After you get all the chests and stuff, get prepared to fight Jerme. You'll
need someone that has a somewhat high Defense and Resistance, and can use
Lances. Oswin and Fiora fit this description perfectly. Give a high Resistance
axe user a Door Key and open the northeastern door.

Two Myrmidons with Lancereavers will attack you, but if you had an axe user
open the door they should be killed quite easily. However, Jerme is quite
difficult to beat. He has a Light Brand sword, which can attack at close range
or at long range with a Light magic spell. Have Fiora/Oswin take him out up
close with their Lances. Since he is an Assassin, he can instantly kill your
characters; but this is quite rare. When he dies, he drops his Light Brand.

After the battle, Eliwood comes across the Fire Emblem. Now he and the group
must return to Bern in order to stop Zephiel's assassination. Meanwhile, Sonia
promises her daughter, Nino, that she will respect her if she completes this
mission. But after Nino leaves, Sonia gives Jaffar a new order... Not even
someone as emotionless as Jaffar can believe what he's hearing! But he goes on
to complete his mission anyway.


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Chapter 26: Battle before Dawn
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Objective:
Protect Zephiel for 15 turns.

Recommended Deployment:
Eliwood*, Legault, Matthew, Fiora, Florina, Oswin, Heath, Kent, Priscilla,
Canas, Hector, Serra, Lyn, Guy

Difficulty:
****

Boss(es): Maxime, Ursula
Enemies:
Archers
Fighters
Bishop
Heroes
Knights
Mages
Mercenaries
Monks
Paladin
Valkyrie

Reinforcements?
Yes
General
Hero
Mage
Monk

(This is a fog of war map, so it's quite difficult to determine the exact
number of each type of enemy on the map)


Boss Info:
Name:          Maxime
Class:         Paladin
Items:         Silver Lance
Level:          6
HP:            40
Attack:        28
Hit Rate:     101
Critical:       6
Evasion:       31
Strength:      14
Skill:         12
Speed:         13
Luck:           5
Defense:        9
Resistance:    15
Conversations: None
Affiliation:   Black Fang

Name:          Ursula
Class:         Valkyrie
Items:         Bolting, Elfire
Level:         15
HP:            36
Attack:        30 (Bolting), 28 (Elfire)
Hit Rate:     104 (Bolting), 129 (Elfire)
Critical:       9 (Both)
Evasion:       30 (Bolting), 50 (Elfire)
Magic:         18
Skill:         19
Speed:         22
Luck:          12
Defense:       12
Resistance:    28
Conversations: Jaffar, Eliwood?
Affiliation:   Black Fang


New Characters:

Nino
Mage
Requirements for her to join: Have Eliwood talk to her.
Description: One of the Black Fang. True and innocent.
Starting Item(s): Elfire, Elixir
Starting Weapon Levels: Anima (C)
Affinity: Fire

No Shops

Villages/Chests:
Brave Lance (West side)
Boots (West side)
Delphi Shield (East side)
Rescue (East side)

New Supports Available:
Canas + Nino
Erk + Nino
Florina + Nino
Legault + Nino
Merlinus + Nino
Rebecca + Nino

Conversations:
Eliwood   -> Nino      Nino joins.
Nino      -> Jaffar    Go to 28x, and Jaffar will join after battle.
Eliwood   -> Zephiel   No effect.


Eliwood and his group backtrack to Bern, with the Fire Emblem in tow.
Meanwhile, Jaffar and Nino have been sent to assassinate Prince Zephiel. They
overhear him praying, and Jaffar knocks him unconscious and tells Nino to kill
him. Nino takes pity on Zephiel, however, and Jaffar ends up taking pity on
both of them. They try to flee and abandon the Black Fang. However, they meet
up with Ursula, who sees that Nino is still alive. She sends the Black Fang to
kill Zephiel, Jaffar, and Nino. Eliwood arrives just in time.

Make sure you send out both Thieves for this battle, as Ursula has turned out
the lights in the castle. There are enemies of all types in here, so make sure
you also deploy a variety of units. Again, almost everyone that you're planning
on using should be promoted. Bring Torches and Keys.

If you want to get to Chapter 26x, then you have to have Nino talk to Jaffar.

Oh yeah, if you got Merlinus in 13x, deployed him in every battle since, and
haven't gotten him killed once, then this is where he promotes into a mobile
Transporter. He does this automatically at the deployment screen; I found it
sort of funny watching his tent change into a horse 'n buggy, with the dramatic
music and lightning flashes in the background. :)

Your goal is to protect Zephiel, but if you hurry up and get down there, then
you shouldn't have any problems with that. He can take out maybe a single enemy
with his Silver Sword, but that's it. It's best if you Rescue him with someone
and get him out of harm's way.

You'll want to split your group into two, with one group going west and another
going east. Your main objectives are to get the chests, and to get the Rescue
staff it requires almost perfect planning (it took me over half a dozen tries
to get it).

Place your best 8-movement "tank" (a promoted Heath or Lowen work well, but my
Kent did the job as well) at the lead of the left group and give him a Door
Key. Make sure he has a Lance equipped. Have him move straight down towards
Jaffar and the chests. If you work fast enough he should be able to get down
there and kill the Thief before he even opens the door. You'll have to watch
out for the Heroes though, as they are pretty powerful.

As for the group on the right, have another high movement character with a
long-range weapon equipped go straight down towards Nino. Have other characters
kill the enemies in the way. The character you sent down should attack the Monk
that's fighting Nino with their long range weapon, and proceed towards the door
and kill the Thief.

Have your own Thieves now come down and open the chests. They contain a Brave
Lance, a Rescue staff, a Delphi Shield and a pair of Boots. If the enemy
Thieves got to them first then you can steal the Delphi Shield and Boots back
before you kill them. But you won't be able to get the Rescue staff or Brave
Lance.

Jaffar can easily hold his own in this battle. By the time I got to him he had
taken out almost every enemy and had taken 0 damage. He even kills Maxime for
you. So don't worry about him. Nino, though, is a different story. She is a
weak level 5 Mage that will be killed quite easily if you don't get to her.
Have Eliwood talk to her and convert her ASAP.

Make sure you have Nino talk with Jaffar, in order to get to 26x! But you have
to be careful getting her over there to talk with him, because Ursula has a
long range Magic spell that can easily take her out. It's strong enough to even
kill Jaffar in two hits! So either kill Ursula before you try to have Nino talk
with Jaffar or have someone Rescue Jaffar/Nino and place them close to each
other.

There is a Bishop in the lower right corner. Make sure that you kill him! He
drops a second Elysian Whip (I used it to promote Florina). Make sure you kill
him with someone like Fiora or Florina, as he has a pretty powerful Light magic
spell called "Divine".

There will be tons and tons of reinforcements in this level, far too many for
me to keep track of. Most of them come from the bottom left corner, but there
will be Shamans appearing above where Jaffar and Zephiel are. Make sure you're
well prepared to be attacked from any given side at any given moment.

After you have Nino and Jaffar talk, and after you get the chests, you can kill
Ursula for some extra EXP if you want. The person best suited for the job is
either Fiora or Florina. My Fiora killed her in two hits with her Silver Lance.
She won't be able to attack you back if she has the Bolting spell equipped, so
make sure you kill her off in one turn.

After Ursula is dead there should be few enemies remaining in the area. Watch
out for a General and a Hero in the lower left corner. Other than those two
they're run-of-the-mill enemies. Just wait until 15 turns have passed, and you
will have completed this Chapter.

If you had Nino talk with Jaffar, then both will join you, despite Hector's
hatred for Jaffar. Now Eliwood plans to go straighten things out with Queen
Hellene. If you didn't kill off Ursula, then Limstella meets up with her
anyway... And you can guess what happens.

Eliwood meets with Hellene, and gives her the Fire Emblem. Hellene is now happy
that her son can rule in Bern. However, when Eliwood asks if she only used her
son for political gains, she is outraged and sends the group away. However, as
they are about to leave, Hellene changes and give Eliwood directions to the
Shrine of Seals, as well as the second Heaven Seal. And then Hellene and
Zephiel make a promise to try and be a family with Guinivere and Desmond.


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Chapter 26x: Night of Farewells
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Objective:


Recommended Deployment:
Eliwood*, Nino*, Fiora, Florina, Heath, Lyn, Rath, Priscilla, Hector, Oswin,
Hawkeye, Guy, Serra, Legault

Difficulty:
****

Boss(es): Maxime, Ursula
Enemies: 28
Bishop x1
Cavalier x1
Druid x1
General x1
Hero x1
Mage x1
Mercenary x1
Monk x1
Myrmidon x1
Nmd Trooper x1
Paladin x1
Pirate x5
Sage x2
Shaman x1
Sniper x1
Wyvern Lord x2
Wyvern Rider x6

Reinforcements?
Yes
Cavalier x8
Mercenary x1
Nomad x6
Pegasus Knight x3
Pirate x7
Shaman x2
Thief x2
Wyvern Rider x2


Boss Info:
Name:          Sonia
Class:         Sage
Items:         Bolting, Fimbulvetr, Fell Contract (Dropped)
Level:         17
HP:            44
Attack:        31 (Bolting), 32 (Fimbulvetr)
Hit Rate:      96 (Bolting), 116 (Fimbulvetr)
Critical:       9 (Both)
Evasion:       30 (Bolting), 46 (Fimbulvetr)
Magic:         19
Skill:         18
Speed:         18
Luck:           0
Defense:       19
Resistance:    23
Conversations: Jaffar, Nino
Affiliation:   Black Fang


New Characters:

Jaffar
Assassin
Requirements for him to join: Have Nino talk to him in Chapter 26.
Description: The Black Fang's Angel of Death. Once served Nergal.
Starting Item(s): Killing Edge, Elixir
Starting Weapon Levels: Sword (A)
Affinity: Ice

No Shops

Villages/Chests:
Fenrir (Northeast)
Thor's Ire (Northeast)
Recover (Northeast)
Speedwings (Central-east)

New Supports Available:
Legault + Jaffar
Jaffar + Nino

No Conversations


Jaffar and Nino have joined forces with Eliwood in order to combat the Black
Fang. When night comes across the sky, Nino decides to go meet with Sonia, her
mother. Jaffar sees her leaving and goes with her. Eliwood, Lyn, and Hector see
them run off and they decide to go after them. Hector is hesitant to help
Jaffar, though, after what he did to Leila.

Meanwhile, Limstella stops by Sonia to tell her the news about Zephiel, and
that Eliwood is still living. Sonia has no choice but to kill them herself.
Meanwhile, Brendan Reed steps in at the wrong time, and Sonia reveals her true
self to him. They engage in battle, but Sonia is the victor, despite being
injured. Limstella gets Brendan's quintessence and goes away.

Jaffar and Nino wander in the Water Temple. Nino's Uncle Jan tells them to run,
but Sonia notices the intruders. She tells Nino the true story about her life,
about her real parents and what happened to them, and how she came to the Black
Fang. Jaffar vows to kill her. After this, Eliwood's group runs in and the
battle begins.

This is where I'd use your Afa's Drops. Use them on Nino and if you get her
maxed out, she will become stronger than she normally would (and that says a
lot). This is a great place to level her up. But be careful, as she is quite
weak and frail. You'll want someone guarding her at all times.