Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon/Chapter 1

-_-_-_-_-_-_- Marth Embarks [CHP1] _-_-_-_-_-_-_

"Marth, prince of Altea, was lucky. Though Doluna took from him his kingdom and all but a handful of knights, they could not take his life. Marth lived, and made it to the eastern isle of Talys. Talys was a small border kingdom, with no grand order of knights to boast of, but its king selflessly gave Marth use of the isle's eastern fortress. And as he saw the boy shake with anger and grief, he also gave wise counsel:

"Prince Marth," he said, "I do not doubt you love your sister something great. But you must be patient...time is on your side. If you stay here, and grow stronger, a time will come when you can help her."

So Marth stayed in Talys, protected by its kind people, and the years went by..."

DIALOGUE

Jagen: Sire! You've a visitor from the castle. It's Princess Shiida!

Marth: Shiida, what is it? You look white as a sheet!

(IMPORTANT NOTICE: Shiida is called Caeda in the American version of the game)

Shiida: Marth, come quickly! It's the castle... Galder's pirates attacked from out of nowhere. They stormed the gates and cut down everyone in their path! I fear for my father's life...

Marth: Steady, Shiida. You did well to come find us. Altea's bravest knights aren't about to hand Talys to that flock of seafowl. Come, we'll make for the castle now!

END DIALOGUE

HOUSES

1) Enemy thieves will destroy any villages they see. 2) Some weapons require a high weapon level. 3) Keep fliers away from archers. 4) Keep high def units in the front to absorb blows. 5) There's a town that is run by a tyrant. (West of Talys) 6) There's a mage in the village right south of the castle.

END HOUSES

The battle starts thereafter. First, surround the thief to the south. Then, use Marth to go into the village and get 10000 gold.

Proceed cautiously when moving to the west, there are a healthy number of pirates ready to attack you.

The healer you get in the house south of the castle is really not a good unit. You get a much better healer soon, so save his Heal for now.

NOTE: If you don't like the following method, then you may just proceed like normal and get some exp for your cavaliers. There's nothing wrong with that, I just recommend getting a better unit early to help for people who are having trouble.

Now, comes the OPTIONAL part. You can opt to abuse Gordin (or any ranged unit) to make him 300% better than he currently is, or you can just continue.

In order to realize Gordin's true potential, abuse is necessary so go ahead and have a flier like Shiida buy 2 other iron bows from the armory.

Give them to Gordin then have Gordin sit two squares away from the boss.

Attack, you should hit 4 or 6 damage. He will heal back that amount just by sitting at his position.

You can keep attacking until your Gordin gets so good that he lands a critical and kills the boss in one shot. Easy way to make this process faster is to go into Options >>> Skip Enemy Act >>> All

Every time you end your turn, it won't show you any enemy attacks/movements. Normally this isn't good, since you want to see enemy movements. However, for this, you can spam A and Start to speed through battles.

So anyway, enjoy the free levels. I got my guy to lvl 10 before I landed a critical and killed him in one shot.

Another problem that might happen is that your speed, luck, etc will get so good start to do two attacks instead of only one. This will out-damage his heal rate. To fix this you might need to only attack every other turn just to let him heal.

NOTE: If you don't like this method, then you may just proceed like normal and get some exp for your cavaliers. There's nothing wrong with that.

BOSS: Gazzak

HP: 24 Weapon: Steel Ax Drop: Vulnerary

Beginning Quote: "The might of Altea, ye say, now? Har! Ye sprongs look t'be a mite short o'mighty t'me."

Death Quote: "Rrgh... Ye'll pay, dog..."

DIALOGUE

Talys King: Ah, Prince Marth! You have saved us in our hour of need. Please accept my thanks. Lad, I believe you are ready. If you wish to seek out allies in Aurelis, I will give you what soldiers I can to see your arrive there safely

Captain Ogma is a fine swordsman, brave and true. I know he and his fighters will serve you well.

Another thing...During your travels, you are certain to meet many who despise Doluna. Some may be hiding in villages; other may have been captured or forced to fight against their will or better judgment.

It falls upon you to find these individuals and win them over your cause. Understood, lad? Then go! The time has come! Be patient, steady, strong: I know you will do great things.

END DIALOGUE

Finally, save your game and let's continue.