The Dungeon

This article is about the chapter in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. For the game mechanic, see dungeon.

The Dungeon

Location Munster Castle dungeon New units Brighton, Machyua, Lara, Fergus, Karin, Dalsin Previous chapter(s) Kelbeth's Gate Next chapter(s) Mother and Daughter Hero on the Wind (side quest) Side quest conditions All civilians escaped

“	Asbel and I will locate the children, but I want the rest of you to go down to the prison and free everyone locked up there.	”	— Ced, to Brighton

The Dungeon (Japanese: 地下牢獄 Underground Prison) is the fourth chapter of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. In order to play the side quest after, all Civilians must escape in this chapter.

Plot

Main article: The Dungeon/Script

Leif and Lifis are arrested by Raydrik and imprisoned, while Eyvel is taken away to meet Mareeta and Nanna. A group of rebels led by Brighton arrive to break out Leif and several other prisoners. As they escape, Manfroy, Veld, Ishtar, and Julius meet to discuss the child hunts. Manfroy orders Veld and the generals of Friege to capture the children of Tarrah. Ishtar explains that many Friege nobles, including Bloom and Ishtore, are protesting against the child hunts, and begs Manfroy to stop them. Julius dismisses her concerns.

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Escape	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Leif dies	7+1	{{{partner}}}	9	18+97−1	{{{third}}}

Character data

Characters
New units
Fergus Free Knight HP 26 Inventory -- Level 3 Automatically from turn 1 Karin Pegasus Rider HP 18 Inventory -- Level 1 Automatically from turn 1 Brighton Axe Knight HP 28 Inventory Steel Sword Steel Axe Iron Sword Level 5 Automatically from turn 1 Machyua Sword Fighter HP 24 Inventory Iron Sword Vulnerary Short Sword Chest Key Level 2 Automatically from turn 1 Lara Thief HP 14 Inventory Slim Sword Lockpick Level 2 Automatically from turn 1 Dalsin Axe Armor HP 29 Inventory Battle Axe Torch Level 5 Enemy, talk to with Leif or Lifis if Jubel was rescued in Chapter 3
Required characters
Available characters

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Javelin Open a chest Steel Sword Open a chest Rapier Open a chest Vulnerary Open a chest

There are 16 chests in this chapter. Four of them will contain a Javelin, a Steel Sword, a Rapier, and a Vulnerary. The remaining 12 chests will contain 12 of the 14 possible items that Leif and Lifis carried in the previous chapter. If Leif and Lifis carried 13 or 14 items combined, one or two of the items (including the above four) will randomly be deleted. The locations of every item in each chest will be random.

Enemy data

Stats with two figures separated by a ~ are presented as a range, representing stats that vary due to random growths. The figures to the left and right of the ~ are the stat's minimum and maximum possible values respectively.

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Munster Lance Armor 1 1 20~23 4~7 0~3 0~3 0~3 0~3 8~11 9~12 5~6 Short Lance • Vulnerary Does not move. Munster Lance Armor 1 1 20~23 4~7 0~3 0~3 0~3 0~3 8~11 9~12 5~6 Short Lance • Door Key Does not move. Munster Soldier 1 2 20~23 3~6 0~3 0~3 0~3 0~3 1~4 6~9 5~6 Short Lance • Vulnerary Moves around the center four tiles at a time; the lower one move clockwise, the upper one moves counterclockwise. They begin moving to attack enemies once any other initial soldier has been provoked. Munster Soldier 1 2 20~23 3~6 0~3 0~3 0~3 0~3 1~4 6~9 5~6 Short Lance Moves around the center four tiles at a time; the lower one move counterclockwise, the upper one moves clockwise. They begin moving to attack enemies once any other initial soldier has been provoked. Munster Lance Armor 5 2 20~27 4~11 0~7 0~7 0~7 0~7 8~15 9~16 5~6 Javelin Does not move until uncovered. Munster Mage 3 2 18~23 0~5 2~7 2~7 3~8 0~5 0~5 4~9 6~7 Thunder Does not move until uncovered. Munster Bow Armor 3 2 20~25 4~9 0~5 0~5 0~5 0~5 8~13 9~14 5~6 Short Bow Does not move until uncovered. Munster Priest 4 2 16~22 0~6 3~9 2~8 1~7 0~6 0~6 4~10 5~6 Heal Does not move until uncovered. Munster Axe Armor 4 2 20~26 4~10 0~6 0~6 0~6 0~6 8~14 9~15 5~6 Hand Axe • Vulnerary Does not move until uncovered. Dalsin Axe Armor 5 1 29 9 0 3 2 0 11 15 5 Battle Axe • Torch Does not move until uncovered. Munster Axe Armor 3 1 20~25 4~9 0~5 0~5 0~5 0~5 8~13 9~14 5~6 Battle Axe Does not move until uncovered.

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Munster Soldier 1 14 20~23 3~6 0~3 0~3 0~3 0~3 1~4 6~9 5~6 Short Lance • Vulnerary -- Munster Soldier 3 53 20~25 3~8 0~5 0~5 0~5 0~5 1~6 6~11 5~6 Short Lance • Vulnerary -- Munster Soldier 4 15 20~26 3~9 0~6 0~6 0~6 0~6 1~7 6~12 5~6 Javelin • Vulnerary -- Munster Soldier 2 15 20~24 3~7 0~4 0~4 0~4 0~4 1~5 6~10 5~6 Short Lance • Vulnerary --

Reinforcements

Reinforcements begin appearing if any of the four initial Soldiers have been provoked or all of them have been defeated or captured and released. Each individual reinforcement has a 40% chance to appear each turn; if there are 13 Soldiers on the map at the start of an enemy phase, no reinforcements will appear that turn.

• Turns 7–20
  • One level 1 Soldier from the western stairs
• Turns 8–60
  • One level 3 Soldier from the southern stairs
• Turns 10–24
  • One level 4 Soldier from the southern stairs
• Turns 12–24
  • One level 2 Soldier from the eastern stairs

NPC data

Stats with two figures separated by a ~ are presented as a range, representing stats that vary due to random growths. The figures to the left and right of the ~ are the stat's minimum and maximum possible values respectively.

NPC Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Civilian Civilian 1 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 -- Moves to escape. Civilian Civilian 1 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 -- Moves to escape. Civilian Civilian 1 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 -- Moves to escape. Brigand Brigand 4 3 22~28 5~11 0~3 0~6 0~6 0~6 3~9 9~15 6~7 Iron Axe Starting turn 15, ignores combat and moves to escape.

NPCs can escape at the east, west, and south stairs along the edges of the map; they move to escape via the closest one.

Strategy

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

It is highly recommended that you try to save the Civilians due to the side chapter afterwards giving access to Asbel and a plethora of great items. Try to focus on unlocking the bottom right room first so that you get your second thief, Lifis (if you recruited him in Chapter 2x), and buying some time so that you can unlock all of the chests, most of which contains items confiscated from Leif and Lifis from the previous chapter. You will have to share a single Lockpick between Lara and Lifis until you get your second one, either by having it in Leif's or Lifis's inventory at the end of the previous chapter, or getting it from a chest at the end of Chapter 5. Remember that Leif, Lifis, and the newcomers Fergus and Karin are all unarmed, so give them a weapon or they will be instantly captured. Both Machyua and Brighton have a reserve sword and a third is obtained in a chest. Lara, Lifis, and Karin are all mediocre at combat and can be used as capture bait to alleviate weapon shortages.

Every turn, more and more Soldiers will spawn in one of the three corridors, so try to move as one squad. However, the west and east corridor also serves as the escape point for the civilians; the soldiers that spawn from there can and will attempt to capture any civilians heading there when possible. If the soldiers manage to escape with a civilian in tow, you will not meet the requirements to enter Chapter 4x and recruit Asbel. Again, it is recommended to stick together as one group since the narrow space of the corridors can make it tricky for a single or pair of units to finish off any soldiers that captured civilians.

Be sure to prepare and gather your units together before unlocking the northern door, as there is a squad of enemy units waiting within the room, and you may need to either make a break for it and flee towards the exit point ASAP, or lure out and eliminate the enemies one-by-one before leaving. If the player returned the civilian Jubel to the correct house in the previous chapter, then Leif or Lifis can talk to Dalsin to have him join their team, though he may need to escape immediately as other enemies may attempt to kill him afterwards.

This is the first chapter with an Escape objective. Unlike later entries in the series that feature said objective, Leif needs to be the last one to escape after his teammates have safely done so; any player units left behind after Leif escapes will be considered captured, and will not be available until Chapter 21x, where you can rescue them.

Note that if both of your Thieves (Lara and Lifis) are killed before they can unlock both Leif's cell and the northern door leading to the exit point, the chapter will be rendered unwinnable, since Leif needs to escape in order to complete the level, and the player will be forced to restart.

Trivia

• This chapter is the first map in the Fire Emblem series to have an escape objective.
• In the ending cutscene of this chapter, the center room of the map has stone statues of what appears to be a female Swordmaster, male and female dismounted Mage Knights, and a dismounted male Paladin, Great Knight, or Duke Knight placed at the four corners of the room.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English (unofficial)	• The Dungeon • Imprisoned	• Used in FireLizard's fan translation script. • Used in the Lil' Manster fan translation patch.
Japanese	地下牢獄	Underground prison; dungeon.

Gallery

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  Map of the chapter

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