The Fiend's Lair

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The Palace of Evil

Location Munster New units Saias or Ced Boss(es) Farden, Alphand, Altena, Coulter Previous chapter(s) Across the River Next chapter(s) The Baron in Black

“	All right. Farden, kill the children who have escaped. Show the people who are still left what will happen if they try to run.	”	— Raydrik to Farden

The Palace of Evil (Japanese: 魔王の城 The Demon King's Castle) is the twenty-third chapter of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.

Plot

Main article: The Palace of Evil/Script

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Beginning log

After crossing the Great River of Thracia, Leif continued on towards Munster. Meanwhile at Munster, the civilians who had heard of Leif's approach were attempting to flee once and for all, and the Magi group led by Ced was aiding their escape. Fierce clashes were ensuing between the Munster army and Magi group day and night...

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Seize the gate	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Leif or Ced dies	16+2	{{{partner}}}	6+1-1	17+reinforcements	{{{third}}}

Character data

Characters
New units
Saias High Priest HP 23 Inventory Lightning Warp Silence Heal Door Key Level 12 Automatically from turn 1 Ced Sage HP 32 Inventory Forseti Vulnerary Level 14 NPC, talk to with Leif
Available characters

Note: Only one unit will stay in the army after this chapter. If Leif talks to Ced when he appears, then Ced will remain; otherwise, Saias will.

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Vulnerary Visit left house Pure Water Visit middle house Physic Visit right house Bragi Sword Talk to Saias with Leif

Enemy data

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes Munster Bow Knight 17 2 Great Bow • Vulnerary -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 2 Jormungand • Sleep -- Munster Duke Knight 18 4 Great Lance • Killer Lance • Vulnerary -- Munster General 20 1 Hammer • Poleax • Poison Axe • Killer Axe • Master Axe • Vulnerary Charm -- Munster Great Knight 17 3 Battle Axe • Hammer • Vulnerary -- Munster Poison Ballista 18 3 Poison Ballista -- Farden Paladin 20 1 Flame Sword • Master Lance • Vulnerary -- Alphand Dark Bishop 13 1 Jormungand • Silence • Hel • Obtains a Poison on turn 5. • Dies and is replaced by Ced in a scripted event if a unit nears the plateau surrounding his position.

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes File:Ma snes03 wyvern rider female enemy.gif Altena Wyvern Rider 14 1 Dragonpike Adept • Vantage -- File:Ma snes03 wyvern rider enemy.gif Coulter Wyvern Rider 14 1 Silver Lance • Javelin • Ridersbane • Vulnerary -- File:Ma snes03 wyvern rider enemy.gif Thracia Wyvern Rider 12 8 Silver Lance • Ridersbane -- Thief Thief 5 1 Iron Sword • Lockpick Steal -- Munster Great Knight 15 8 Hammer -- Munster Duke Knight 14 8 Great Lance -- Loptrian Dark Mage 13 varies Jormungand --

Reinforcements

• Turn 2
  • Altena from the southeastern mountains
  • Coulter from the southeastern mountains
  • 8 Wyvern Riders from the southeastern mountains
• Turn 3
  • 1 Thief from the northeast corner of the map
• Turns 3-10
  • 1 Great Knight from the left fortress
  • 1 Duke Knight from the right fortress
  • 1 Dark Mage from one of various spots on the map

NPC data

NPC Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Civilian Civilian 1 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 -- -- Civilian Civilian 1 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 -- --

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Ced Sage 7 1 32 3 17 16+20 16+20 10 9 8 8 Forseti • Door Key Adept --

Reinforcements

• After a unit enters the plateau surrounding the castle (columns 14–24, rows 12–19)
  • Ced appears at the gate and kills Alphand

Boss data

Main article: Alphand

Dark Bishop Level 13 Action ★★ Authority ★★

Stats Max HP 56 Speed 15 Strength 4 Luck 13 Magic 17 Defense 12 Skill 15 Constitution 12 Movement 6 FCM 0

Inventory Skills Jormungand Silence Hel -- Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- A E E E -- A

Main article: Farden

Paladin Level 20 Action ★ Authority ★★

Stats Max HP 48 Speed 16 Strength 15 Luck 16 Magic 5+5 Defense 13 Skill 14 Constitution 17 Movement 9 FCM 0

Inventory Skills Flame Sword Master Lance Vulnerary -- Weapon Levels A A -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Main article: Altena

File:Ma snes03 wyvern rider female enemy.gif Wyvern Rider Level 14 Action --

Stats Max HP 24 Speed 8 Strength 9 Luck 2 Magic 1 Defense 12 Skill 6 Constitution 5 Movement 9 FCM 0

Inventory Skills Dragonpike Adept Vantage Immortal* Weapon Levels E D -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Main article: Coulter

File:Ma snes03 wyvern rider enemy.gif Wyvern Rider Level 14 Action -- Authority ★

Stats Max HP 48 Speed 15 Strength 16 Luck 9 Magic 5 Defense 16 Skill 16 Constitution 17 Movement 9 FCM 0

Inventory Skills Silver Lance Javelin Ridersbane Vulnerary -- Weapon Levels D A -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Strategy

This section details unofficial strategies that may help with completion of the chapter. This may not work for everybody.

At the start of this chapter, the red haired-High Priest named Saias, whom you previously saw as an enemy in earlier chapters, is now on your side, volunteering to escort six NPC civilians to safety at the request of Ced. Compared to when he was an enemy unit (where he had 10 leadership stars granting a whopping +30 hit and avoid to everyone in the army), Saias only has five (three after this chapter) leadership stars as a playable character, granting only +15 (later +9) hit/avoid. Saias's main objective during this chapter is to speak to Leif, so that he can give him the Bragi Sword, a sacred blade which negates the damage-halving effect of Raydrik's Loptr Sword. Saias starts very close to the enemy forces, most of whom are cavalry, meaning they can quickly reach him and the civilians. If you want Saias to stay in your party, you also have the additional task of keeping all of the NPC civilians alive and uncaptured; Saias cannot defend the chokepoint to block their advance on his own, as he is very liable to being one-shotted. It is highly recommended to warp your strongest unit to block the chokepoint so that Saias and the civilians can flee to safety. You can also use a Rescue staff to bring Saias over to Leif to get him out of harm's way.

There are two Dark Mages wielding Sleep staves on this map. Use your own status staves to sleep/silence them to prevent them from interfering. Dark Mage reinforcements will also appear in random undiscernible spots around the map. The boss Alphand will get a Poison tome starting from turn 5, so don't dawdle too much.

If a player unit enters a certain range surrounding the castle, a scripted event will trigger, in which Ced will kill Alphand with a critical hit from his Forseti. After that, he will remain on the gate for the remainder of the map. While he is in range of the ballista, the defense and avoid bonuses granted by the gate (even before accounting for the +10 speed offered by Forseti) makes it nigh impossible for him to be scratched. Saias starts close enough to the castle that he can trigger the event, however, it is not recommended for him to trigger it, as the event will provoke the squad of Thracian Wyvern Lords waiting at the eastern mountain range to attack, making it more likely for them to capture the civilians and kill Saias before he can reach Leif's party.

During this chapter, you have a choice to have only one of two units to accompany you for the rest of your journey: Saias or Ced. Ced is a Wind-specialist Sage armed with the powerful Forseti tome, making him bar-none one of the strongest combat units in the game and is a solid support unit in his own right with his A rank in staves; recruiting him will make Saias leave however, so it is recommended to give Saias's inventory to someone else if you decide to recruit Ced. Saias is a High Priest who, while his combat is not even close to matching Ced's, offers multiple leadership stars to boost the hit/avoid of everyone in your team. Saias will also provide a hint in the next chapter on how you can recruit Galzus if he stays. If you desire to keep Saias, then you need someone to move Ced out of the way via rescuing, since he is occupying the gate that Leif needs to seize to complete the chapter.

Note that this is the last map in the game that takes place outdoors. This is something important to note, as all of your mounted units will be forced to dismount in the next chapter onwards, undoing the main advantage that they have over infantry units: high movement and Canto. Additionally, all of your mounted units who specialize in using axes or lances will be forced to use only swords for the remainder of the game; most of them have very low weapon ranks in swords, which may harm their combat capabilities.

Trivia

• This is the final outdoor map of Thracia 776.
• This is the only map in Thracia 776 where NPC Civilians appear but no reward is given for keeping them alive. However, keeping them alive and uncaptured is required if the player wants Saias to stay with Leif's army if they choose not to recruit Ced.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English (unofficial)	• The Palace of Evil • The Fiend's Lair	• Used in FireLizard's translation. • Used in the Lil' Manster fan translation patch.

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