Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi

Chapter 1: Arrrr, Pirates~

Units gained:

• Marth
• Sheeda
• Gordon
• Doga
• Kain
• Abel
• Jeigan
• Riff

First we get a good look at the first map! Looooads of red guys up on here.






And oh goods here comes Jagen. He looks serious. Look at his serious face. Grrrrrr.



Ahhhh blue hair and a tiara! Good ol' prince Marth.



She must be! She wanting to leanin' up against you~ ooooh my.



Red guys hate the blue guys!



Sounds like pirates alright.



Hah, Marth is so scared he starts to repeat things. Cuuuutie.






Well, first we get a good look at Abel. He has pretty average growth stats, but is a pretty well-rounded mounted unit. Below are his growth stats:

Hp: 70%
Power: 40%
Skill: 50%
Wpn Lvl: 70%
Speed: 50%
Luck: 40%
Defense: 20%
Resist: 0%
Total: 340%

As a mounted unit, he can cover a lot of movement across the map, and he as.. eh, decent speed for him! In this instance, I let Abel attack the nearby thief that was hanging around the bottom area, in which he's not faster than him, so, Abel took hits from him. But, it he only took 2 damage. Not bad! SHOW THAT GREEN KNIGHTLY SPIRIT!



Ah, next there is Sheeda! She's a Pegasus knight who is pretty speedy and wields lances! Also, SPOILER ALERT! She is Marth's love life, eeee.

Hp: 50%
Power: 20%
Skill: 70%
Wpn Lvl: 80%
Speed: 90%
Luck: 70%
Defense: 20%
Resist: 0%
Total: 400%

As said, she's a Pegasus Knight. Pegasus Knights are fast units who can attack swiftly, but can't deal much damage, and can't take much damage due to their low HP. Fortunately, if you can take advantage (and be a little lucky) of their steady power increases, you can two-shot opponents in one battle! In Sheeda's case, she can't hit very hard, but I traded Jeigan's Silver Lance to her, so, she can deal about 11 damage in each blow. She finishes off the nearby enemy thief, and gains 40 EXP! Of looooooove~






Next Marth visits a nearby village and OH GOD his blue hair is frightened by their green hair. But they are glad to see him, and MOTHER OF PEARL, they give him 10,000 G for no reason! HOORAY FOR ROYALTY!!



We visit a nearby town by breaking down the open door. Sorry about your door. But this guy is interested in our company. I mean look at his face. You know what he wants. I know you do.



We visit an old man who is also happy to see us that only blue haired people are allowed to visit villages. Sorry, red and green hair owners, but people like blue heads more!



This lady tells us about a guy named Riff. Interesting how she decides to buy bread when everyone around her is brutally killed.






Let's meet Doga next! Doga is an Knight, who looks as sturdy as an ox!

Hp: 60%
Power: 20%
Skill: 40%
Wpn Lvl: 20%
Speed: 40%
Luck: 20%
Defense: 10%
Resist: 0%
Total: 210%

Doga doesn't look like much, from his kind of low growth stat of 210%, but his base stats make up for it! He helps a lot in his chapter by taking a lot of hits from these lil'red guys! He can also wield swords, which helps out against their axes. Now in this case, Doga kills a nearby bandit! MOVE OVER AND FEEL MY ABS!



This is Gordon; our only archer so far! As in, the guy who can only attack from afar.

Hp: 40%
Power: 30%
Skill: 30%
Wpn Lvl: 50%
Speed: 30%
Luck: 40%
Defense: 10%
Resist: 0%
Total: 230%

Archers can only attack from 1 space away, which means, they can't engage when they are -beside- an enemy. Gordon's base stats makes him pretty fast, in fact, fast enough to attack twice on one battle scenario. Here, Gordon finishes off a nearby enemy pirate! I guess you can say I... gave it a shot!

*tumbleweeds*



Ooo, the blue-haired Prince with a tiara. He's a special class; a Lord.

Hp: 90%
Power: 50%
Skill: 40%
Wpn Lvl: 30%
Speed: 50%
Luck: 70%
Defense: 20%
Resist: 0%
Total: 350%

The special thing about Lords is that if they, in this case, Marth, are killed, it's Game Over for you. Fortunately Marth is a pretty good unit, with damn great growth stats! If you can at least level him up by one level in each chapter, you'll be all set! Marth is fast enough to attack twice in one setting, and so, we use Gordon to attack an enemy from afar, before Marth finishes him off! Girly princes for the WIN!



Let's not forget that Sheeda is blue haired too, and levels up before anyone else!



Now we go to the nearby Armory and OH GODS HE'S UGLY--- I mean, we meet a very moderate looking individual who sells weapons at very reasonable prices, and I'm sure his family likes the way he looks.



We cleared up the bandits on the right side of the map, and now we gotta handle the left.






But they all died instantly because they did not have blue hair. ^-^



Ah, we meet Riff at last! He's a priest.

Hp: 20%
Power: 0%
Skill: 0%
Wpn Lvl: 20%
Speed: 10%
Luck: 10%
Defense: 0%
Resist: 0%
Total: 60%

As you can see, his stat growths are pretty bad. I mean, I can forgive if he had one or the other, but... ugh. Plus, he doesn't gain EXP from using staves! And he can't fight! And he doesn't even have blue hair! I mean, come onnnnn, throw him a bone!



However, we got pretty beat up fighting, so, he comes in handy on healing us. Cause he's a nice guy; don't you love nice guys?



Now we take a look at the bandit boss, Gazack. He's... level 5, and can be pretty tough since we're under leveled.






Buuut Doga takes him on and reaches level too! The blue armor COURSING THROUGH HIS VAINS!



Marth finishes him off, because he wants glory! Victory!!



Ah, and we get to be graverobbers. We stole a Vulnenary from his lifeless, dead body. Three more, and we get a free sundae!






The king is apparently talking in his sleep, and all his well! Now on to the next deadly battle!


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Chapter 2: EVERYONE LOOKS ALIKE


Units so far:

• Marth
• Sheeda
• Gordon
• Doga
• Kain
• Abel
• Jeigan
• Riff

Units Gained:

• Oguma
• Maji
• Saji
• Daros
• Kashim

The Chapter 2 map. Maaan looks like we're in for one hoot'nany!



Hey! Nice smile!



Wait I wasn't aware of having green-haired -- I MEAN, that's great!



Anywho, this is Oguma! A faithful mercenary!

• HP: 80%
• Power: 40%
• Skill: 20%
• Weapon Level: 70%
• Speed: 30%
• Luck: 40%
• Defense: 20%
• Total: 300%

He's actually pretty good, and his base stats isn't too bad! He may lack in power her and there, but all around, he's pretty good to have. Plus the sword he carries amuses me. God damn, he's also pretty speedy enough to act twice against anyone in this map!



Next we have his lil'gang:





First up is Saji! One of his fellow fighters!

• HP: 100%
• Power: 30%
• Skill: 20%
• Weapon Level: 50%
• Speed: 40%
• Luck: 40%
• Defense: 40%
• Total: 320%

Pretty good on HP and Defense, so, you can use him at a sponge of sorts! Cause everyone wants a meat shield, right?!





Next we have Barts. He... looks exactly like Saji. Except he has blue hair.

• HP: 60%
• Power: 50%
• Skill: 50%
• Weapon Level: 30%
• Speed: 50%
• Luck: 70%
• Defense: 50%
• Total: 360%

He has higher all-round stats than Saji, as one of the benefits of having blue hair! He's actually a really good axe-wielder for the game, so, maybe he'll be utilized the most out of the three!




And here comes Maji. He looks exactly like Saji. Like, EXACTLY like Saji.

• HP: 90%
• Power: 50%
• Skill: 50%
• Weapon Level: 20%
• Speed: 10%
• Luck: 30%
• Defense: 50%
• Total: 300%

He has good defense too, and his power is great, but a liiiiittle on the slow side, and he might have a lot of trouble actually hitting anything and trying to not-get- hit. I think Bartz has better all-round growth stats, so, Bartz might still be a better choice. He can still be usable though!






I didn't talk about him before, but, Jeigan is actually a pre-promoted unit.

• HP: 10%
• Power: 10%
• Skill: 10%
• Weapon Level: 0%
• Speed: 10%
• Luck: 0%
• Defense: 0%
• Resist: 0%
• Total: 40%

His growth stats are... nonexistent. In fact, have you heard about Jagen units being bad in general? Well, Jagen is actually the worst of all. So, we're gonna use him as a meat shield whenever possible, and no one will really care. Everyone wins! <3




Next we have Kain! Look at that figure; soooo cool. And that red hair! Totally badass!

• HP: 90%
• Power: 30%
• Skill: 60%
• Weapon Level: 60%
• Speed: 60%
• Luck: 50%
• Defense: 20%
• Resist: 0%
• Total: 370%

He has better growths than Abel, and he's a pretty good round-mounted unit in general! Gonna use him for the majority of the game indeed!




Anywho, we attack the pirates and Oguma shows off by killing a pirate in one hit. Things are looking up so far!

Meanwhile...



A woman buys groceries as the pirates savagely kill people. She tells us about a pirate named Daros who wants to join us! Now, better bring home the bread!



Ah, so axe in the face, few arrows to the knee, sword in the gut, we get stronger. Got it!



Now then, Abel helps out by attacking one of the pirates...



...but gets his spotlight stolen by Oguma. Why can't you be more like him, Abel?!



Marth then encounters Daros, who looks soooo serious! I MEAn LOOK AT HIM CROSSING HIS ARMS. The kingdom is saved!



Aw, and he's now pouting. Anyways, Daros is a pirate who can walk across water fields.

• HP: 90%
• Power: 50%
• Skill: 0%
• Weapon Level: 20%
• Speed: 10%
• Luck: 10%
• Defense: 40%
• Total: 220%

Well, 0 skill stats, but, he can still be useful! Sorta! Good power and defense, and we can help out whales like AQUAMAN!!






Abel now kills a pirate on an attempt to redeem himself. Well done!



But Oguma now gains a level! He must reaaaaally want to be better than Abel.



Oh but WATCH OUT! Doga is not about to be outdone by any of them and he STABS one of them in the heart and rips it out! Except what actually happened wasn't as dramatic.



Sheeda is still kicking butt with her glorious Silver Lance! And she does it out of LOOOOVE~



Ah, here we go! Abel reaches a new level! Everything is going great!



Until Gordon gets spanked silly and so Riff has to take care of him. Play nice now!



Marth wanted to stop being a chicken, so, we sent him to the front lines awaiting the incoming pirates!



Riff takes his eyes off of Gordon for a second as Gordon kills another pirate to cover Marth. He didn't keep his eye on the birdie!



Marth raises his sword in triumph as he gains a level! The pirate looks confused.



So now the enemy forces come in, and the map looks like this. Looks like a brawl is among us!



Kain reaches level 2! Looks like Red heads can definitely rival the blue ones!



Jeigan actually found some use for himself and help to cover a enemy unit by striking at it.



Maji comes along and finishes him off. Or was that Saji. They're not even twins and THEY STILL LOOK ALIKE. ugh.



Well, Marth's Avengers (YES THAT IS THEIR NAME) has fend and killed them off, as the incoming victory fanfare music plays!



We got three units left to kill maliciously!



We greet this individual who sells us Iron Swords for Marth and Sheeda, as well as a Hammer for.. someone. Ah, and look at him, checking us out - he's single, ladies!



We see this blue-haired guy who tried to shoot us but forgot where he left his arrow. Oh well, he's real pretty and all, but it's time to slay him--



--Until Sheeda recognizes him as Kashim.



Awwww.



Too bad you're not gettin' it!



Yup, I'd say you owe us one!



L-Let's not get too carried away...



Alright then, this is Kashim, a hunter!

• HP: 70%
• Power: 60%
• Skill: 40%
• Weapon Level: 20%
• Speed: 40%
• Luck: 20%
• Defense: 20%
• Total: 270%

His blue hair goodness allows him to have pretty good attack and speed stats! However, Gordon might be better coming the later-game. It depends on how you use him, of course.





Meeting this individual saying that hammers are good, knights are bad! Meanwhile, Doga is crying somewhere.



NO!



...I mean yes!



Ah, we meet the boss at last! Gomes the pirate. He has a Hand Axe which is honestly not that great of a weapon in terms of hit percentage and power. But, he has a lot of HP for the time, so, let's get crackin'!



Oguma comes in, and slices in for some damage!



Leaving Marth to kill him! Victory for the girly prince once again!



Oooh, a Steel sword and a level up! I'd say that was a great day at the park!



Thank you, individual I could of sworn I've seen before!



Sounds fun!



Eeee sounds really fun!



OKAY NOW I'M IN DISNEY WORLD



Annnd off we go!


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Chapter 3: KILL


Units so far:

• Marth
• Sheeda
• Gordon
• Doga
• Kain
• Abel
• Jeigan
• Riff
• Oguma
• Maji
• Saji
• Daros
• Kashim

Units Gained:

• Rena
• Julian
• Navarre

Looking at the map, looks like we're fighting some fighters! They're tougher than those Pirates. And gods, look at those pointy mountains.



Yeah, um, it looks like you're sitting down or something...



*And a woman.



ugh, Rena, you're a cleric and you had ONE JOB



In other words, I want to get it, but Marth will do it for me. Sucker.



Introducing Rena! A Cleric dress in a lovely red~

• HP: 0%
• Power: 0%
• Skill: 0%
• Weapon Level: 30%
• Speed: 20%
• Luck: 40%
• Defense: 0%
• Total: 90%

Also much better than Riff! Her current weapon level is pretty good enough to use staves like Relive and Warp, and her Luck is pretty good! Her staff skills will indeed be a valuable asset. As long as she doesn't keep forgetting them behind.




Here is Julian, the lil'thief accompanying the Cleric in red.

• HP: 80%
• Power: 70%
• Skill: 50%
• Weapon Level: 0%
• Speed: 50%
• Luck: 80%
• Defense: 30%
• Total: 360%

Ahh, look at his glorious base speed~ His other base stats aren't that great, but, his growth stats make up for it! Except for his weapon level; makes his weapons.. pretty lackluster.


Anyways, time to visit the nearby village!



Thank you, kind stranger!



Awww, that is really nice of you!



There are a lot of good people in the world after all -- wait WHAT




Meanwhile, Sheeda met with another strange man in red.



...or blue. With green hair.



Yes!



Er...



But he personally will! (har har)



Anyways, this is Navarre. Normally I'd call him a Myrmidon, but he's actually a mercanary in this game.

• HP: 90%
• Power: 50%
• Skill: 40%
• Weapon Level: 30%
• Speed: 50%
• Luck: 40%
• Defense: 10%
• Total: 310%

My, his power is glorious! He has even better growths than Oguma! Except for his defense though. Fortunately his HP and Speed can make up for that has he can tank a few hits and dodge even more hits.





He's also so badass that his weapon his named Kill. Just Kill. Cause that's all he does.




Look at the example here! Critical hit right off the bat!



Sheeda comes to back him up, killing another bandit in her way! Stabbin' people out of looove for the win~



Kain show's his stuff by killing another bandit! Firey-reds get EXP too!



Annnd Sheeda reached level 3! Now her love can extend beyond towards Valentines Day!



Meanwhile, Marth and the crew await the enemies' coming from the bottom left. Twiddlin' thumbs and whatnot.



But all that twiddilin' pay off, as Marth kills a bandit with his Steel sword! He can literally two shot anyone except the boss now; I guess princes can do that!



Riff gives his staff to Rena, because when he was young, he dropped his staff while running away from scary people too. The daily life for Clerics.



uhhhhhh... good to know??



Less awkward!



Marth's first critical! Look at that animationnnn; his enemies are so stunned that they slowly DISINTEGRATE!



About 6 more enemies to go! Can't wait to see how I screw this up.



Ooooh, Rena has the power to warp people to another location, so we did that with Kain, annnd...



...Poof! Right into the enemies territory! Sorry, 'poof' is a little less dramatic.



Before the enemies knew it, Kain thrusts is sword to one's spine, granting him a level! 10 POINTS FOR GRYFFINDOR!



Marth kills another, and reaches level 5! He gains stats all across the board, which makes him amazing! Amazingly beautiful~



Ah, but Oguma is not about to be outdone, as he kills another bandit! Almost level 4 and all his eye closing goodness~ He's a good guy!



And he's a graverobber! Yaaaay!!



Now we come to the armory, and OH GOD IT'S HIM AGAIN. Well, at least, we buy an Iron Sword, a Steel Axe, and a Hammer and put them to the Safety Deposit for later.



Doga then comes along and body slams another bandit! He reaches level 3 and his armor is even SHINIER!



Oooohkay, now, all there is left is the boss. Hah, look at his name. 'Hyman'. Hi, Man! Anywho, he has a hand axe, which means that this battle won't be too difficult!



Doga comes along, slashes his stomach, and takes no damage in return. Guess Hyman's armor just wasn't blue enough! Annnd look at Doga. He can beat him when he's not looking at him. It's like "Ohhh look! I'll do you a favor! Free shot right here!!"



Buuut Marth comes along aand slashes his heart, killing him. Pfft, partypooper.



Oh, but hey look! It's Rena's Relieve staff! Hyman had stolen it! And Julian said he was gonna take it back. Pfft.



Ohhh, nice mustache!



Not as cool as your mustache!



Mustaaaaaacheeeee...



Yup, I'll dream about your mustache!


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Chapter 4: Funny Brothers!


Units so far:

• Marth
• Sheeda
• Gordon
• Doga
• Kain
• Abel
• Jeigan
• Riff
• Oguma
• Maji
• Saji
• Daros
• Kashim
• Rena
• Julian
• Navarre

Units Gained:

• Machis
• Marich

Why couldn't you do it yourself for once?!



Anywho, loads of pink horseman! Oh, and a Pink knight! Things are getting SERIOUS!



Annnd pink axeman, archers, and a thief here. Standard blah.



This guy is alone. ):





Well, this time, we gotta pick our units! I like how we can't have full soldiers and just have a couple of units to take on an army. 8D



The battle where we met that girly thief. D:




That guy doesn't have a horse...




Anyway, LET THE KILLING BEGIN! Sheeda gets too hits on the nearest Thief, which puts him in range to be killed! Yaaay for set-ups!



The smiley guy gives us advice about Knights. He tells us how to kill people with a smile on his face! What a nice guyyy.



Gordon comes to try and kill the rouge, and almost does the job!



Fortunately, he still gains his first level! And gains a skill point!



Julian the girly man comes along to finish him off. 42 exp is really nice for him!



Meanwhile, we shop for some stuff! That Hammer axe looks niiiice.



Nearby, we send Oguma to attack the nearby enemy warrior, but doesn't get hit in return. So far so good!



Kain comes and (almost) finish him off. Gets good EXP though!



Here we intentionally get Rena hit by the nearby Archer. The only way to level up Clerics in this game is to put an axe to their face. Or in this case, a arrow to their knees.



26 exp is worth it though! For intense paaain.





Abel comes to finish off the weakened warrior. He wants to outshine Kain!



Oguma finishes another unit, and gets to level 4! Gettin' strong now!



But heeeere comes Navarre! Doing his.. Kill stuff!



And yay, hooray for more levels!



Doga comes along to help out by killing another unit! Those exp are addin' up!



Barts tries to finish off a unit, and almost does the job! Perfect for Gordon to finish off!



AS PLANNED!



It's finally Marth's turn! 2 hitting units is always fuuuun.



Raise your sword in victory indeed! 30 exp! He knooows he's happy!



...And we receive a Sword called Armor!! We got the Armor!!! The game is happy for us!!!





Long lost brothers is quiite common in fire emblem, hehe.



Look at his face. FULL OF RAGE.



And Julian.



Yeah they didn't like your face, gonna draaag you here!



Yes, do indeed!



Not complaining here!



He's not sure???



... Good luck with that.



Not you!



Er...



Yup! Name is Ju--



... Oh dear.



Weellllll here's Macho man social knight Machis:

Growth Rates:

• HP: 50%
• Power: 40%
• Skill: 30%
• Weapon Level: 70%
• Speed: 20%
• Luck: 20%
• Defense: 20%
• Total: 250%

To be honest, compared to Abel and Kain, he's sorta lacking. You might be able to use him for certain aspects, but, you'll get better units in time.





Anyway, this time Rena gets a Sword to her gut and gets 30 exp for it. Her brother thinks this is her lover.



But Rena shrugs it off and warps Marth to the near village seen below:



But also -away- from the other units. This ensures he can visit the village, and kill the thief, and he can wait for the others to come and gang up on them!



Nice to see you too, mysterious green haired blue robed man!





You don't say!



Hah, imagine if he said no--



I thought Excalibur was a sword though?



Regardless here's cheery ol' Marich!


Growth Rates:

• HP: 80%
• Power: 0%
• Skill: 30%
• Weapon Level: 80%
• Speed: 50%
• Luck: 50%
• Defense: 20%
• Total: 310%

He's actually a really good magician! He gets a weapon that has a high crit rate, and he can get good damage upon any enemy unit. Really good to have!





Here, he shows off his stuff! Though he didn't quiiite kill the enemy here yet, it was close!



Meanwhile, Sheeda cleans up a nearby unit to pave the way for others!



Annnd Marich manages to finish off the unit from before! Really cool~



Marth crits another nearby mounted unit and gains a lvl up! Level 6 now!



Marich also gets a level up from killing a baddie, and gets to level 2!



Marth is just showing off here, 2 hitting a unit. Blue hair let's you do that!



Anywhoooo, this is Benson, the boss of this map. This scruffy face tells you he might be a tough one!



No!



I mean yes!



Well, before we get to the boss, we gotta get rid of the clerics, so, Sheeda start things off, gaining to level 4!



..And just finishes him off.



Marich hits a mounted unit for another to finish off!



But it doesn't matter, Marth kills the enemy in one battle scene. Thank you, mysterious smiling man!



Annnd we get a knight lance! Coolio, does that mean this lance was infused with a knights soul? Hmm.



No problem mustache man!



So we gotta go there. Ugh.


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