This page is about the chapter fromThe Blazing Blade. For the gameplay mechanic, seepreparations.

Battle Preparations (Japanese:戦支度Battle Preparations) is theside quest of the twenty-ninth chapter ofEliwood's tale and thirty-first in Hector's tale inFire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.

This chapter is fairly nonstandard; there are no enemies to be fought and it automatically ends after 5turns have passed. The player is free to do whatever they wish with their units during the chapter; the main goal is to purchase supplies, be theyweapons oritems, from the nearbyshops andarmories.

Plot

Main articles:Battle Preparations/Script (Eliwood) andBattle Preparations/Script (Hector)

In the group's final preparations for the confrontation withNergal they opt to make several purchases of supplies inOstia's castle town before meeting withFargus inBadon to set sail to theDread Isle. The group obtains 30,000gold from Ostia's coffers withHector's blessing afterOswin reminds Hector that they cannot completely empty Ostia's savings.

As the group disperses several idle topics of conversation come up, such as Ostia's historical philosophy on the ruling classes and the recent death of MarquessUther.

After the allotted time passes the group sets out. If Hector's tale is being played there is an additional scene where Hector makes a quick return trip to the Ostian throne room to express some final thoughts on Uther's death; commenting on how small the empty throne looks.

Chapter data

Eliwood's taleHector's tale

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Get supplies within 5 turns	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat:Eliwood,Hector, orLyn dies	1–10	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	0	{{{third}}}
Map dimensions: 15 columns by 10 rows

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Get supplies within 5 turns	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat:Hector,Eliwood, orLyn dies	1–10+1	{{{partner}}}	1−1	0	{{{third}}}
Map dimensions: 15 columns by 10 rows

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Character data

Eliwood's taleHector's tale

Characters
New units
None
Forcibly deployed characters
Available characters
Undeployable characters

Characters
New units
Karla Swordmaster HP 29 Inventory Wo Dao Level 5 NPC, talk to withBartre. Bartre must be aWarrior at level 5 or greater and have a weapon equipped; they must both survive a single round of unscripted combat. (Hector's tale only)
Forcibly deployed characters
Available characters
Undeployable characters

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Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method 30,000G Automatically at the start

Shop data

Armories and vendors

SwordsLancesAxesBowsAnimaLightDarkStavesItemsSecret

	Name	Cost
	Slim Sword	480
	Iron Sword	460
	Steel Sword	600
	Silver Sword	1,500
	Killing Edge	1,300
	Lancereaver	1,800

	Name	Cost
	Slim Lance	450
	Iron Lance	360
	Steel Lance	480
	Silver Lance	1,200
	Killer Lance	1,200
	Axereaver	1,950
	Javelin	400

	Name	Cost
	Iron Axe	270
	Steel Axe	360
	Silver Axe	1,000
	Killer Axe	1,000
	Swordreaver	2,100
	Hand Axe	300

	Name	Cost
	Iron Bow	540
	Steel Bow	720
	Silver Bow	1,600
	Killer Bow	1,400
	Short Bow	1,760
	Longbow	2,000

	Name	Cost
	Fire	560
	Thunder	700
	Elfire	1,200

	Name	Cost
	Lightning	630
	Shine	900
	Divine	2,000

	Name	Cost
	Flux	900

	Name	Cost
	Heal	600
	Mend	1,000
	Recover	2,250
	Restore	2,000

	Name	Cost
	Vulnerary	300
	Elixir	3,000
	Pure Water	900
	Door Key	50

None

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NPC data

NPC Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str/Mag Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Karla Swordmaster 5 1 29 14 21 18 16 11 12 7 6 Wo Dao • Only appears duringHector's tale, and only ifBartre is deployed and is a level 5 or greaterWarrior. • Leaves the map if Bartre talks to her without a weapon equipped.

Strategy

There's no real strategy involved with this chapter—just buy what you need with thegold that you have. Feel free to use thearena for some easyexperience andgold. Do remember that there will be asecret shop inthe next chapter, so if you really want to buy an item offered later then don't spend all of your money here.

The easiest way to recruit Karla in Hector's tale is to equipBartre with anIron Bow and with theIron Rune in his inventory, so that he will neither hit Karla nor risk getting critically hit by her; even if the only increases to his stats since joining are his promotion bonuses, Karla will deal 15 damage with each of her two attacks, and he will survive with 2HP.

Trivia

• This is one of only three chapters in theFire Emblem series where the player can engage green NPC units in combat, the others being Chapters14 and17A ofFire Emblem: Thracia 776.
• This is the only chapter in the game to lack a boss.
• This chapter takes place in the same area asFire Emblem: The Binding Blade'sChapter 7, and Karla makes an appearance at the same arena where her daughter Fir will be seen 20 years later.

Etymology and other languages

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