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Summary
Considering what happens in this chapter, I MUST warn you...



The chapter begins with Gangrel, Aversa, and a Plegian captain talking in the castle, the spy giving a report that the Shepherds do have the Fire Emblem with them. Aversa kills the captain for not getting any information other than the fact that they have the Emblem, and Gangrel reveals that he's laid out a trap. This cannot be good.

Back with the Shepherds, everything's been going according to plan, and the date for the execution has been found out by a Feroxi spy. If the attack goes according to plan, everything will turn out fine and Emmeryn will be safe.

...she's going to die, isn't she?

Robin has a nightmare about Validar and Grima's magical funtime black eternal void that they hang out in, and Validar says that even as the Shepherds fight against it, they're writing Grima's future. Lissa wakes Robin up and tells him that it's time to go.

Emmeryn is set up to be executed atop a giant ledge on the castle... I guess? The castle looks a giant dragon skull... IDK. I think it's the castle. But seriously you should execute somebody on the ground, what happens if you lose your balance and fall off?

That's exactly what happens. Our ambush begins, and Flavia puts a hatchet in the executioner's chest, sending him falling off the ledge.

We gain two new units in this battle: Libra, a friendly, pious War Monk and worshipper of the Divine Dragon who fits in with most Black Butler in that he totally looks like a lady, and Tharja, a dark and edgy rebellious mage who was working with the Plegians, but she decides to turn against Gangrel's orders.

Tharja's probably the most fanservicey of our team (possibly the most fanservicey in the game so far), so Imma try a thing. I'm going to post her without any mods blocking her fanservice, and if nobody gets mad, I'll post normal versions of all future fanservice characters.





Once we take out all the enemies, Phila (the captain of Emmeryn's guard, if I haven't mentioned her before) and a team of pegasus knights arrive to save the day. Everything seems to be going well when the worst happens.

Aversa summons Risen troops.

They're all archers.

Emmeryn's pegasus knights are massacred.

And the archers are prepared to fire at Emmeryn and kill her.

At this point, the game gives me an awful choice: either give the Emblem to Gangrel or sacrifice Emmeryn for the good of Ylisse.

I'm no good at this kind of choice, but I looked it up and apparently both choices lead to the same outcome, so I won't tell you what I chose.

We do, however, get a full animated cutscene for what is, in my opinion, the saddest moment in the game so far.

Emmeryn lets herself fall off the ledge, sacrificing herself so that Chrom won't have to give up the Emblem.

Emmeryn's dead.

And Plegian reinforcements are on the way.

The Shepherds need to leave, and fast.

Chrom does swear to kill Gangrel, so that's good. Great job, Chrom.

Marth arrives, too, talking about how it's too late, and that the timeline where Emmeryn dies is back on course.

I had some Supports, but I'll wait to tell you about those until the end of this summary.

As our group leaves Plegia, we get stopped by a blockade of Plegians. And... well, these guys are different.

Their leader is willing to let us live if we surrender.

Chrom denies, and we prepare for battle.

Later in the battle, apparently one of the soldiers is torn between his allegiance to Plegia, and his new outlook after Emmeryn's sacrifice. His loyalty to the general wins out in the end, though, even though none of them really want to fight.

The battle ends, and Basilio introduces a friend of his, a dancer named Olivia. I'm not sure of her significance yet, and her picture contains some booteh, so I'll hold off on that picture for now.

The team brings Chrom out of his depression by swearing their allegiance to remind him, and we leave for Plegia again, ready to dethrone Gangrel.

The first Support I had was between Gaius and Cordelia. Cordelia basically chewed Gaius out for wearing the same thief's outfit every day and made him go do his laundry. Maybe she should yell at everybody on our team, because I don't think anybody's changed their clothes (not even Cordelia).

Chrom and Sumia have an A-Support (I needed adorable Chrom/Sumia fluff after these chapters), and they get even closer, Chrom thanking Sumia for all the sacrifices she's made for him, including making more pies for him.

Stahl and Robin get a C-Support, hanging out together and trying to figure out a birthday present for Chrom (even though Chrom's birthday isn't until the end of next May). Turns out that Stahl's dad ran an apothecary, and he gave Stahl some training in potionmaking. We have our present for Chrom now, I guess. Hopefully it'll keep for another nine months.

My Thoughts
Having Emmeryn killed off in an actual cutscene, and then having to kill warriors who didn't even want to fight us?

My feels were hit hard in this chapter. I really liked Emmeryn, and now... she's gone. Plegia's won at least one battle, now.

Tharja and Libra seem pretty great in battle, and since Libra can heal people too, I can stop putting all the load on Maribelle and Lissa. Tharja's a dark mage, so she can also use dark spells that Ricken, Miriel, and Robin can't. I only know of two so far- Flux is just a typical damage-dealing spell, and Nosferatu drains the enemy's health and gives you some.

I need to level up the weaker members of my party in side battles, so I'm hoping a lower-level one will show up soon.

Anyways, after these chapters, I've resolved something.

I'm going to kick Gangrel's plot.

I'm coming for the Mad King.

Current Party

 * Chrom (Level 15 Lord, C-Support with Lissa, B-Support with Robin, A-Support with Sumia)
 * Robin (Level 16 Tactician, C-Support with Frederick, Stahl, and Sumia, B-Support with Chrom, Sully, and Panne)
 * Ricken (Level 13 Mage)
 * Sumia (Level 4 Pegasus Knight, C-Support with Robin, A-Support with Chrom)
 * Gregor (Level 12 Mercenary)
 * Gaius (Level 12 Mercenary, C-Support with Cordelia)
 * Kellam (Level 12 Knight, C-Support with Sully and Donnel)
 * Panne (Level 10 Taguel, B-Support with Robin)
 * Cordelia (Level 9 Pegasus Knight, C-Support with Gaius)
 * Libra (Level 1 War Monk)
 * Tharja (Level 16 Dark Mage)
 * Maribelle (Level 5 Troubadour)
 * Stahl (Level 5 Cavalier, C-Support with Robin)
 * Sully (Level 9 Cavalier, C-Support with Stahl and Kellam, B-Support with Robin)
 * Miriel (Level 1 Mage)
 * Lissa (Level 4 Cleric, C-Support with Chrom)
 * Lon'qu (Level 4 Myrmidon)
 * Nowi (Level 3 Manakete)
 * Virion (Level 4 Archer)
 * Frederick (Level 2 Great Knight, C-Support with Robin)
 * Vaike (Level 4 Fighter)
 * Donnel (Level 2 Villager, C-Support with Kellam)