Chapter 8 Thracia's Dragon Knights

Are you ready to begin? Arena, shop, repair weapons, don't class change Yuria etc etc... Prince Leaf, Fin, and Nanna will split up from your troops again. They'll be defending Lenster, and Serlis will be defending Alster castle. Now then send Prince Shanan, Pati(DEFINITLY A MUST), Ares(ALSO A MUST), Lynn, and Fee to help defend Lenster. Near Alster castle's a bunch of armored guys and some mages(if I remember right). They aren't too tough, they're no pushovers either. Becareful, use the land to your advantage, and critical attacks(love, siblings, and ironcutters) helps. The leader has a Hero Bow so becareful, and their bishop(I think it was a bishop) has a Reserve Staff, try to kill him first. Things are a bit more dangerous on the Lenster side. An army of Lance Knight led by a Mage Knight will attack Lenster. Try to kill off the Lance Knights as quickly as possible. Put up a formation so that the powerful fighters are up in the front and Nanna in the middle surrounded by decent/powerful units, and the weak ones should stay clear of the battle. Nanna being in the middle will be able to use her Charisma skills helps the other dodge and fight better. Ares should take out the Mage Knight with the Mistolin. Close behind are the 3 sisters again. Send Ares at them again and take them out 1 at a time. Send Fee to the village I marked with a rectangle and she'll get a strength ring. After Ares kills the 3 sisters send Ares, Prince Shanan, and Pati at Faval. Faval has the Ichival and is very dangerous. He'll join if Pati talks to him. As you approach Faval remember not to let Pati get in his attack range just right next to it. When Pati gets Faval to join send Ares and Prince Shanan at Ishutal. She's very dangerous, and has the Tordo. Ishutal always seems to comes at the worst times. It's a good idea to save before you fight her. Ares might not be able to kill her and might even end up dead even with the Mistolin. If he doesn't kill her and Ares' badly injured send Prince Shanan at her. Even though his magic defence isn't high, Ishutal won't be able to defeat the might of the Meteor Hit. Plus his awesome speed he should be able to dodge her attacks. When Ishutal leaves, that's the end of the wave of powerful enemies, but that's not the last you'll see of Ishutal. Heal, up everyone and regroup. Kill the guys blocking the bridge but watch out for the mages and Blume's thunder spell cause he can hit you from far away. There aren't much places where you can gain a dodge advantage so approach with caution. Now send your 10 speed blenders(aka Sukasha, or Rakche. Shanan's great too but don't waste the Balmunk) at Blume. When Blume's killed(you guessed it), DON'T CONQUER THE CASTLE YET! Now then line up your weak unit to the river south of the castle. Send Lester, Faval, and 2 powerful units back to guard Lenster castle. Now conquer the castle, and a bridge will appear. The Dragon Knights will split up. One will head for Lenster while the other heads for Manster. Sety(or whoever) will be guarding the castle, while the villagers will flee towards you. SAVE THEM CAUSE YOU'LL GET 100 EXP FOR EVERYONE YOU SAVE! If you look to the right of them map you'll see a village I marked with a circle. You can get a Thief Ring there, but watch out cause there's also theif there and he'll steal all your money if he hits you. You send someone with who uses a holy weapon to get it, because now you don't to worry about over using it and not having enough money to repair it. Have Serlis talk to Sety and he'll join you. Sety should have the Holsety if he's Levin's son, and Lightning Spell with him. Sell the Lightning Spell to Yuria so she'll actually become a pretty good mage. The Dragon Knights attacking Manster and Lenster shouldn't be much of a problem. Was arrows, magic, and your powerful people to attack them. Althena will stay on top of the mountain and she won't attack you, and you can't attack her either. When all the Dragon Knights are killed regroup and prepare to attack Mease castle. There's another squad of Dragon Knights guarding Mease. Have someone get in their range and lure them up. Stay on the mountains and you should have no problem. Kill the Dragon Knights with your archers and mages. Now send some people at those Ballistas. Kill off the Ballitas. The boss guarding the castle has a Killer Bow. Just attack him up close and you'll have no problem. Once he's and you're done with the chapter.

. ==Conversations(initiatior->recipient=effect)AND little events!==

• Sety->Selis=Sety gains +3 to luck, if he is the son of Levin.
• Nanna->Ares=After Conote is conquered, Nanna gains +2 to stength and defense.
• Selis->Tinny*=After Conote is conquered, Tinny* gains +3 to max HP.
• Pati*->Faval*=Faval* joins the party.
• Fee*->Sety*=Fee* gains +1 to luck.
• Faval*->Selis=Chitchat
• Arthur*->Fee*=+3 to Fee's max HP. Fee and Arthur will also start to fall in love.
• Yuria->Selis=+1 to Selis' luck. MUST do this before Ishtar leaves.
• Finn->Leif=Leif will gain +3 to strength.
• Selis->Sety=After Conote is conquered, Sety and Selis will chat. =======
• If Fee flies onto one of the super tall mountains near the bottom of the screen, she will talk to her Pegasus, Manya. Manya was Fury's older sister, and was killed by Pamela.
• If Linda goes into the little "U" inside the super skinny Snake River Vally, she'll meet Jake, an old Ballista pilot from Fire Emblem 1 on the Famicom. Linda will gain +3 to Magic Defense.
• Amid can also meet Jake and get his magic defense raised by 3. But he must go below and to the right of the skinny vertical pointing island.
• Asaelo can gain +3 to strength if he goes to the village by Conote castle.

*All the item and conversation info's from Ethlin's guide*