Lefcandith Gauntlet

Lefcandith Gauntlet File:Cm fe11 7.jpg

Location Lefcandith Gauntlet Boss(es) Harmein

Lefcandith Gauntlet is the seventh chapter in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light and Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the sixth chapter in book 1 of Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem.

Plot

Main article: Lefcandith Gauntlet/Script

With Aurelis liberated, Marth sets out for Archanea. In order to reach the capital, he must traverse the Lefcandith Gauntlet, a mountain pass guarded by Grust's soldiers and the Macedonian Whitewings, led personally by Princess Minerva. Minerva and the Grustian general Harmein get into a brief argument about Harmein's tactics, and Harmein forces her into compliance by threatening harm to her sister Maria just as the battle starts. Midway through, Minerva gets fed up with Harmein and abandons him, allowing Marth to defeat and kill him. During the battle, Marth also encounters a friendly manakete named Bantu, who warns him that he can only challenge Medeus with the power of the divine dragon Tiki and joins his cause. After the battle, Malledus lectures Marth on the history of the manaketes and reminds him that the entire resistance against Dolhr rides on him.

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Seize	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Marth dies	14+1	{{{partner}}}	n/a	16+24-4	{{{third}}}

Character data

Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light Mystery of the Emblem Shadow Dragon

Characters
New units
Bantu Manakete HP 18 Inventory -- Level 1 Visit the village
Available characters

Characters
New units
Bantu Manakete HP 18 Inventory -- Level 1 Visit the village
Available characters

Characters
New units
Bantu Manakete HP 20 Inventory -- Level 1 Visit the village
Available characters

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Item data

Shadow Dragon

Items

Name Obtainment Method Door Key Dropped by a Thief. Silver Axe Dropped by Harmein.

Shop data

Shadow Dragon

Armories and vendors

Swords Lances Axes Bows Tomes Staves Items Secret

	Name	Cost
	Iron Sword	400
	Steel Sword	875

	Name	Cost
	Iron Lance	480

	Name	Cost
	Hand Axe	540

	Name	Cost
	Iron Bow	440
	Steel Bow	770

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Enemy data

Shadow Dragon

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes Grust Archer 3 1 Steel Bow -- Grust Archer 3 1 Longbow -- Grust Mercenary 3 1 Steel Sword -- Grust Mercenary 5 1 Steel Sword -- Grust Thief 3 1 Steel Sword Door Key -- Grust Knight 3 2 Javelin -- Grust Curate 1 1 Heal -- Dragoon Pegasus Knight 1 1 Steel Lance -- Dragoon Pegasus Knight 3 1 Steel Lance -- Dragoon Dracoknight 2 1 Steel Lance -- Minerva Dracoknight 1 1 Hauteclere -- Palla Pegasus Knight 8 1 Silver Lance -- Catria Pegasus Knight 5 1 Killer Lance -- Est Pegasus Knight 3 1 Ridersbane -- Harmein General 1 1 Silver Lance Silver Axe --

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes Grust Cavalier 3 6 Steel Sword -- Grust Cavalier 3 6 Steel Lance -- Grust Cavalier 3 6 Javelin -- Grust Cavalier 3 6 Ridersbane --

Reinforcements: A group of 4 enemy Cavaliers appears at the 4 forts on the southern half of the map on the first Enemy Phase after the turn the player crosses the 12th row from the bottom (two rows below the second save point) and the Enemy Phase afterward. Using Warp to move a unit past the 12th row does not trigger these reinforcements, but having that unit use the Wait command afterwards does. One turn after the first two groups have spawned, moving past the 12th row again triggers two more groups. One turn after they have spawned, another two groups can be triggered in the same way, for a grand total of 6 groups.

Boss data

Main article: Harmein

Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light Mystery of the Emblem Shadow Dragon Normal Shadow Dragon Hard-5

General Level 3 Movement 5 Experience 62

Stats Max HP 31 Speed 5 Strength 10 Luck 0 Skill 2 Defense 15 W. Level 14 Resistance 0

Inventory Drops Silver Sword Silver Sword Weapons Sword ✓ Lance ✗ Axe ✗ Bow ✗ Tome ✗ Staff ✗ Ballista ✗ Stone ✗

General Level 3 Movement 5 Experience 75

Stats Max HP 31 Luck -- Strength 9 W. Level -- Skill 4 Defense 16 Speed 4 Resistance 3

Weapons Items Silver Lance -- Weapons Sword ✗ Lance ✓ Axe ✗ Bow ✗ Tome ✗ Staff ✗

General Level 3 Movement --

Stats Max HP 31 Speed 5 Strength 10 Luck 0 Magic 1 Defense 15 Skill 2 Resistance 3

Inventory Silver Lance Silver Axe Weapon Levels -- A -- E -- --

General Level 3 Movement --

Stats Max HP 45 Speed 8 Strength 15 Luck 0 Magic 1 Defense 15 Skill 7 Resistance 3

Inventory Silver Lance Silver Axe Weapon Levels -- A -- A -- --

Note: Boss stats in five-star Hard Mode are rounded to the nearest whole number.

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Strategy

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

If you have room in your party, you may wish to reclass Jagen into a Dracoknight and deploy him (if he's dead, Wendell works too). This allows you to block off some enemy reinforcements with ease.

Start by holding position and letting the enemy Pegasus Knights and Dracoknights charge you. Have your bowmen and Merric wreck them. Note that Minerva and the Whitewings will not attack you; they will just hang around aimlessly and retreat on turn 6. Defeating them here will not prevent you from recruiting them later, and defeating Minerva will cause all of the surviving Whitewings to immediately retreat. Also make sure to pick off the Thief before he reaches the village. Once those guys are dead, you can use the first save point. Afterwards, wipe out the four guys near the eastern village (watch out for the right Archer - he's packing a Longbow!) and visit. You get Bantu, a Manakete. He wields that Firestone you got back in chapter 5. Bantu is a decent tank for a couple of chapters, but his growths are worse than Jagen's. His true value lies in the fact that he recruits Tiki, who will two-shot the final boss under all circumstances. Place Jagen 10 spaces above the southeastern fort and approach the second save point. DO NOT cross it until you are ready.

Once you're ready, move Jagen onto the eastern fort (where the Steel Lance Cavalier spawns), move Caeda onto the western fort (where the Ridersbane spawns), and move Barst onto the central fort (where the Steel Sword spawns) and have him equip his Hand Axe. This blocks off three reinforcements easy-peasy and allows Barst to fight just the Javelin guys. Once these guys are dead, enter the range of the Knights to trigger two more Javelin guys. Once these guys are dead, you can waste Harmein and seize afterwards.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Lefcandith Gauntlet	--

References

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