Darkness Beneath the Earth

Darkness Beneath the Earth

Location Sealed Forest Boss(es) None

Darkness Beneath the Earth (Japanese: 地の底に広がる闇 Darkness Spreading Beneath the Earth) is a paralogue chapter in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It is available from Chapter 15 to Chapter 17. In order to attempt this paralogue, the player must have recruited Hubert and he must not have fallen in battle previously; by extension, this paralogue is exclusive to the Crimson Flower route. In this chapter, Hubert, Byleth, and others reluctantly rescue some of those who slither in the dark from a horde of monsters.

Plot

Main article: Darkness Beneath the Earth/Script

During one of Byleth's visits to Hubert, the latter tells them how he had been researching those who slither in the dark. Just then, they receive a surprise visit from Lord Arundel, who requests the Imperial Army's help with saving some of his minions in the Sealed Forest from untamed Demonic Beasts.

Once the mission is successful and Lord Arundel leaves, Hubert comments how the whole situation was most likely a ploy from those who slither in the dark, trying to intimidate the Empire with their resources should they attempt to fight against them in future. Hubert then states how the mission's success most likely sent out the opposite message instead, and when both sides eventually clash in the shadows, he expects Byleth's help to be a great asset.

Beginning log

Hubert reveals some of his thoughts about the mysterious power aiding the Empire with strange technology. As fate would have it, a visitor chooses that moment to arrive...

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Rout the enemy	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Byleth or Edelgard dies*, or Hubert dies	2–10	{{{partner}}}	5	6	{{{third}}}
Map dimensions: 20 columns by 30 rows

Character data

Characters
New units
None
Required characters
Available characters

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Seraph Robe Open the chest Arrow of Indra Automatically at the end of the chapter if at least half of the NPC Dark Bishops survived

Enemy data

Normal Hard Maddening

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Dex Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Winged Demonic Beast Flying Demonic Beast 29 3 30 30 43 18 4 14 20 0 6 9 0 5 Pointy Artificial Crest Stone Renewal • Barrier • Vital Defense • Giant Wings • Desperation • Darting Blow Flame Breath Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Demonic Beast Demonic Beast 29 1 46 46 69 24 4 15 8 0 18 7 0 4 Artificial Crest Stone S Renewal • Seal Strength • Barrier • Vital Defense • Vantage • Strength +2 Flame Breath • Weak to Lances. • Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Demonic Beast Demonic Beast 29 1 46 46 69 24 4 15 8 0 18 7 0 4 Artificial Crest Stone S Renewal • Seal Strength • Barrier • Vital Defense • Vantage • Strength +2 Flame Breath • Weak to Axes. • Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Demonic Beast Demonic Beast 29 1 46 46 69 24 4 15 8 0 18 7 0 4 Artificial Crest Stone S Renewal • Seal Strength • Barrier • Vital Defense • Vantage • Strength +2 Flame Breath • Weak to Swords. • Immediately begins moving unprovoked.

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Dex Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Winged Demonic Beast Flying Demonic Beast 30 3 39 39 57 23 9 19 25 0 10 14 0 5 Pointy Artificial Crest Stone Renewal • Barrier • Vital Defense • Giant Wings • Desperation • Darting Blow Flame Breath Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Demonic Beast Demonic Beast 30 1 63 63 90 29 9 20 13 0 23 12 0 4 Artificial Crest Stone S Renewal • Seal Strength • Barrier • Vital Defense • Vantage • Strength +2 Flame Breath • Weak to Lances. • Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Demonic Beast Demonic Beast 30 1 63 63 90 29 9 20 13 0 23 12 0 4 Artificial Crest Stone S Renewal • Seal Strength • Barrier • Vital Defense • Vantage • Strength +2 Flame Breath • Weak to Axes. • Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Demonic Beast Demonic Beast 30 1 63 63 90 29 9 20 13 0 23 12 0 4 Artificial Crest Stone S Renewal • Seal Strength • Barrier • Vital Defense • Vantage • Strength +2 Flame Breath • Weak to Swords. • Immediately begins moving unprovoked.

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Dex Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Winged Demonic Beast Flying Demonic Beast 36 3 53 53 79 32 15 27 34 0 17 21 0 5 Pointy Artificial Crest Stone Renewal • Barrier • Vital Defense • Giant Wings • Desperation • Darting Blow Flame Breath Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Demonic Beast Demonic Beast 36 1 86 86 129 37 15 27 20 0 29 19 0 4 Artificial Crest Stone S Renewal • Seal Strength • Barrier • Vital Defense • Vantage • Strength +2 Flame Breath • Weak to Lances. • Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Demonic Beast Demonic Beast 36 1 86 86 129 37 15 27 20 0 29 19 0 4 Artificial Crest Stone S Renewal • Seal Strength • Barrier • Vital Defense • Vantage • Strength +2 Flame Breath • Weak to Axes. • Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Demonic Beast Demonic Beast 36 1 86 86 129 37 15 27 20 0 29 19 0 4 Artificial Crest Stone S Renewal • Seal Strength • Barrier • Vital Defense • Vantage • Strength +2 Flame Breath • Weak to Swords. • Immediately begins moving unprovoked.

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NPC data

Normal Hard Maddening

NPC Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Dex Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Mysterious Mage Dark Bishop 29 5 42+5 8 26 14 14 13 12+2 26 18+1 4 Banshee Θ • Silver Shield • Fire • Miasma Δ Miasma Δ • Fiendish Blow • Heartseeker • HP +5 • Defense +2 • Avo +10 Mysterious Magic Users Lv 5: Resonant Flames --

NPC Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Dex Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Mysterious Mage Dark Bishop 30 5 43+5 8 27 14 14 14 12+2 26 19+1 4 Banshee Θ • Silver Shield • Fire • Miasma Δ Miasma Δ • Fiendish Blow • Heartseeker • HP +5 • Defense +2 • Avo +10 Mysterious Magic Users Lv 5: Resonant Flames --

NPC Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Dex Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Mysterious Mage Dark Bishop 30 5 52+5 15 35 18 17 21 14+2 30 26+1 4 Banshee Θ • Silver Shield • Fire • Miasma Δ Miasma Δ • Fiendish Blow • Heartseeker • HP +5 • Defense +2 • Avo +10 Mysterious Magic Users Lv 5: Resonant Flames --

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Strategy

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

Keep your bows at the top, sword and bow users in the middle, and units that can use axes and swords at the bottom. Almost all of the Demonic Beasts seem to ignore your units until they've killed their closest slitherer. The only exceptions are for the Flying Demonic Beast in the top left and the Demonic Beast close to the chest, who will be engaged by the Dark Bishop to its right (the one on the left will just watch his friend die).

Each of the Dark Bishops have about 2 turns to live with no interference, pulling off a gambit on their first chance to attack, and with enough health to survive one round against the beasts on maddening. They aren't very smart however, and will suicide themselves against the Demonic Beasts given the chance. You can keep them alive longer by breaking all of a monster's barriers the turn they will attack them with tomes, preventing counterattacks. If you need to stall for time to collect the Seraph Robe, using Bernadetta to safely lock a Demonic Beast in place via Encloser works well.

Note that you only have to save half of those who slither in the dark to get the reward; the only punishment is that Lord Arundel whines at you after the battle. As a result, this might be the easiest paralogue in the game, with no special changes for maddening.

Trivia

• The various spaces of "rock" terrain that can be seen on the map are actually the destroyed bodies of Golems.
• If zoom view is used to observe the northern cliff, one can find a rock bearing the Crest of Flames.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Darkness Beneath the Earth	--
Japanese	地の底に広がる闇	Darkness Spreading Beneath the Earth
Spanish	La bestia desbocada	The runaway beast
French	Dans les entrailles de la terre	In the depths of the earth
German	Dunkelheit unter der Erde	Darkness under the Earth
Italian	Il buio sotto terra	The dark underground
Korean	땅속에 퍼지는 어둠	Darkness spreading underground
Simplified Chinese	于地底扩散的黑暗	Darkness spreading underground
Traditional Chinese	於地底擴散的黑暗	Darkness spreading underground

Gallery

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  A part of rock terrain that can be found on the map.

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  The rock with the Crest of Flames that can be found on the map.

References

	Darkness Beneath the Earth