Band of Mercenaries (Japanese:小さな傭兵団Small Group of Mercenaries) is the third chapter inFire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. In this chapter, the player learns about ranged combat, flying units, weapon durability, and shops.

Plot

Main article:Band of Mercenaries/Script

Ten days after leaving the plains,Lyn's group comes upon a village that has been ravaged by theTaliver Bandits. The destruction of the village reminds Lyn of the bandits' attack on her own people, theLorca, prompting her to reaffirm her oath of vengeance against them.Sain,Kent, andMark are moved by Lyn's resolve and promise to accompany her when she does exact her vengeance. After this, Lyn finds her old friend andPegasus Knight,Florina. Florina is being harassed by two bandits because she accidentally landed on one of them with herpegasus. Lyn rushes to Florina's side to comfort her and attempts to placate the bandits, but they are too agitated to listen, and attack; saying that both Florina and her pegasus would fetch a good sum of gold.

During the battle, either on the third turn or by visiting the closest villiage,Wil, anArcher, assists Lyn and the others in defeating the bandits. Once MIgal is defeated, he warns the group that theGanelon Bandits will avenge him.

After the battle is over, Lyn asks why Florina followed her. Florina, in order to become a fully-fledged member Pegasus Knight ofIlia, was to set out to join a mercenary band but she wanted to see Lyn before she set out. Lyn points out that most mercenary bands are comprised of men, making Florina nervous as she is uncomfortable with men.Sain suddenly barges in on their conversation and encourages Florina to not give up on her dreams and invites her, as well as Wil, to join Lyn on her journey toCaelin. Florina and Wil accept Sain's invitation, and Lyn overlooks Sain inviting two members into her ever-growing party without her permission and accepts the new members. As they set out for Caelin, Wil coins the termLyndis's Legion.

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Rout the enemy	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat:Lyn dies	4+1	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	9	{{{third}}}
Map dimensions: 15 columns by 10 rows

Character data

Characters
New units
Florina Pegasus Knight HP 17 Inventory Slim Lance Vulnerary Level 1 Automatically from turn 1 Wil Archer HP 20 Inventory Iron Bow Level 2 Automatically on turn 3, or upon visiting the southwestern village
Forcibly deployed characters
Available characters

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method 2,000G Visit the northernvillage

Armory data

Armories and vendors

SwordsLancesAxesBowsAnimaLightDarkStavesItemsSecret

	Name	Cost
	Iron Sword	460

	Name	Cost
	Iron Lance	360

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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 Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Migal Brigand 6 1 25 7 3 5 2 5 0 12 5 Steel Axe Does not move. Bandit Brigand 2 2 20~21 3~4 1~2 5~6 0 3~4 0~1 12 5 Iron Axe • The central one moves to attack units in range. • The northeast one moves to raidvillages, then moves to attack units unprovoked. Bandit Mercenary 1 3 16 4 7 5 0 3 0 9 5 Iron Sword The eastern one moves to attack units in range. Bandit Archer 1 2 18 1 3 3 0 3 0 7 5 Iron Bow The northeast one moves to attack units in range. Bandit Brigand 1 1 20 3 1 5 0 3 0 12 5 Iron Axe --

Boss data

Main article:Migal

Brigand Level 6 Affinity --

Stats Max HP 25 Luck 2 Strength 7 Defense 5 Skill 3 Resistance 0 Speed 5 Constitution 12 Movement 5 Aid 11

Inventory Steel Axe Weapon Levels -- -- D -- -- -- -- --

Strategy

In normal mode, This chapter will teach the player aboutvillages.Lyn will be forced to visit the southern village on the first turn, which recruitsWil. The player gets a small intro toArchers and is then forced to attack the nearestmercenary with Wil and then kill that unit withFlorina.

The game warns you against leaving Florina is range of archers, however this is not as big of a deal as the game makes it out to be.Bows only get double weaponmight against fliers in the American release of this game, meaning archers will do 8-9 damage to Florina in this chapter, which is no more threatening than theaxe-wielders on the map; however, she cannot retaliate against archers without ajavelin, which she doesn't have access to yet.

Form a choke point to the east of the southern village by placing one of the cavaliers on the forest tile and let Wil weaken the enemies on the other side of the wall. Eventually, you will be able to break through the enemies and reach the boss. Migal is carrying aSteel Axe, which is somewhat inaccurate and weighs him down to a speed stat of two. Everyone can double him with their base stats, except for Wil. Remember to visit the northern village before clearing the chapter as it gives you 2000 gold.

In hard mode, you no longer have to recruit Wil on the first turn and he will automatically join on turn 3, so there is no need to waste a unit's turn to recruit him. Since there are no forced tutorials in hard mode, you can move your units more efficiently before the enemy clogs up the choke point to the east. First, kill the archer closest to your units with one of theCavaliers. Then, rescue the cavalier that just attacked with the other and usecanto to move adjacent to the wall. Move Florina to a tile north of the unit holding the other cavalier and drop them on the other side of the wall. Make sure to move Florina back behind the wall so that she does not get killed by theBrigands and Archers. The cavalier on the north side of the wall will likely end up surrounded by the enemy, however, this enables Lyn and the cavalier on the south side to break through the choke quicker as they have fewer enemies in their way.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

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  The formation of Lyndis's Legion.

Prototype

Images from theFire Emblem0206 and0219 prototypes.

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  Equivalent GC from theprototype.

Concept art

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  Concept artwork of the Lyndis's Legion CG.