CHAPTER 1: Girl Of The Spirit Forest

Big map! Don't worry it's not that tough. First that northwest castle on the map is nothing. That's just Eltosians castle. Your first target is the castle down south. They'll just send more barbarians after you. Again use the trees to your advantage and you shouldn't have much problem. There's a female sword fighter guarding the castle. She can join you, but I'll get to that later.

At the beginning of the second turn Edin and Deu will escape, but they'll be chased by lots of barbarians. Edin cannot fight, and Deu is very weak so he can't take them on all by himself. Your only choice is to RUN! You see that yellow arrow I drew on the map? Have Edin and Deu follow it exactly. REMEMBER to turn up once you're at the forest. That way the barbarians won't have a chance of catching up to them, and you won't make Ayra (the sword fighter guarding the castle) come after you. As Edin and Deu runs towards you, send some of your people to help Edin and Deu. Make sure you use the small path on the left of the forest. Adilink adds: If you absolutely need to fight the barbarians with Deu, fight in a forest. Deu is a Thief, so his Dodge % is very high. With the Dodge % bonus from a forest, Deu has a VERY small chance of being hit.

It's time to get Ayra to join. Have anyone get in range of one of the barbarians that's guarding the castle with Ayra, but MAKE SURE YOU STAY OUT OF AYRA'S WAY! You can check how far she can walk by putting the cursor on her and press "A" on the controller. Make sure you're NOT standing in her orange squares. Just right next to it. Kill the barbarians and lure Ayra up. Follow the pink (I think it's pink but the colors looks f!@# on my browser so I don't want to confuse you) arrow I drew on the map.

While she's chasing your people, Sigurd can sneak up the castle using the main road. Bring someone that uses a sword with him and kill the boss guarding the castle. Conquer the castle and have Sigurd talk to Ayra, and she'll join you. Once Sigurd's conquered the castle move all your people as FAR AWAY from Ayra as possible. Only move Sigurd at her! Oh even when you're trying to talk to her stay out of her sword's range, cause she'll still attack you. Sigurd can walk further than her so wait until she gets close. Once you've gotten her to join, it's time to take down the next castle. Oh by the way, someone will try to attack your main castle after you get Ayra to join. Don't worry about them; Eltosian will beat them up for you. There is NO WAY he can lose to them. Just go conquer the next castle with all the barbarians guarding it. Have someone with a sword lure them to you then kill them all. They shouldn't be much of a problem. Go kill the guy guarding it and conquer the castle! Nothing tough, you can roast him, toast him, shoot him, or chop him into tinny little pieces. Choose your favorite method. Oh a special tip given by my buddy, Wertigon. You can level up Deu by attacking the boss and wait for him to heal then attack him again. This way he'll gain levels fast. The boss has a Skill Ring. You should let Ayra get it.

Once you conquer that place the castle to the west will attack you. Leading the barbarians through the forest is prince Jamuka. He'll join if Edin talks to him. That's actually kind of tough. Prince Jamuka has the Killer Bow. That means it's the most accurate bow in the game and it'll randomly critical you. Try to have Ayra and Alec stay in range of his orange square, and Edin right behind them, but make sure Edin's not standing in Jamuka's orange square. If Jamuka attacks either Ayra or Alec he won't be able to critical cause they both have Awareness skills. Once he's in range, have Edin talk to him and he'll join. Finish off the rest of the barbarians and cross the forest.

Half way through the forest Diadora will appear and join you. Once you've crossed the forest have Lex go the the spot I circled in red. Make sure he has the iron axe with him. He'll get the Hero Axe. It's a very good weapon. With it, you can attack twice per turn.

Now on to the castle to the west with all those guys guarding it. The boss has a spell the can hit from REALLY FAR away. Try to stay out of the spell's reach and lure the barbarians guarding the castle. Once you've killed them you can either use Diadora's silence staff and silence the boss guarding the castle or just go up to him and beat the crap out of him the old fashioned way. If you want to silence him you must get within range first. You'll see the staff command when you're in range. If you don't want to silence him then use the trees to gain extra dodge and go up to the castle and beat him up. He has a Magic Ring. Azel should get it. Once he's taken care of, conquer the castle and you're all done.

==Conversations(initiatior->recipient=effect)==

• Sigurd->Ayra=After Genoa is conquered, Ayra will join.
• Cuan->Ayra=After Ayra joins, it's just small talk
• Cuan->Fin=A few stats up for Fin.
• Azel OR Mideel->Edin=Edin and Azel or Mideel will start to fall in love.
• Edin->Ethrin=Ethrin will get the "return staff." This warps character to the starting castle.
• Deu->Edin=Deu gives Edin the Warp Staff(sends ally to any conquered castle)Edin starts to fall in love. Hint: If you want Edin to fall in love with MIDEEL or AZEL, have them talk to her first!
• Edin->Jamuka=Jamuka joins the party.
• --Little Event--Have Lex go to the long pinninsula above the forest where Jamuka first attacked. If he is carrying the Iron axe, the Queen of Silesia will give him the Hero Axe.

*The conversation, and item info was from Ethlin's FE4 guide.*