Beyond the Borders (Japanese:国境をこえてAcross the Border) is the fifth chapter inFire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.Lyn continues her travels and encounters a certain pair of travelers.

Plot

Main article:Beyond the Borders/Script

As Lyn and her group passes along the Sacae–Bern border, she is again attacked by bandits. Serra and Erk happen to be passing by at the same time, which leads them getting involved in the battle, and Lyn may recruit them to.

After the bandits are defeated, Erk and Serra say goodbye to Lyn; if they were recruited and both did not fall in battle, they are soon stopped bySain's attempts to flirt with Serra. While talking with Serra, Sain mentions that Lyn is the granddaughter of MarquessHausen, and Serra senses an opportunity to have a member of an important family indebted to her. Serra requests that she and Erk—or, if she was defeated, Erk alone—be allowed join Lyn's army, all the while stringing a reluctant Erk into her little scheme. If Erk was defeated, however, he then informs Lyn that he is too injured to continue, and requests that she return the gold Serra paid to him on his behalf.

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Defeat all enemies	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat:Lyn dies	6+2	{{{partner}}}	2−2	7	{{{third}}}
Map dimensions: 15 columns by 10 rows

Character data

Characters
New units
Serra Cleric HP 17 Inventory Heal Vulnerary Level 1 NPC, talk to her or Erk withLyn Erk Mage HP 17 Inventory Fire Level 1 NPC, talk to him or Serra withLyn
Forcibly deployed characters
Available characters

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Iron Sword Dropped by an enemyBrigand

Armory data

Armories and vendors

SwordsLancesAxesBowsAnimaLightDarkStavesItemsSecret

None

	Name	Cost
	Javelin	400

	Name	Cost
	Hand Axe	300

	Name	Cost
	Iron Bow	540

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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 Bug Brigand 9 1 29 8 4 6 1 8 0 15 5 Steel Axe Does not move. Bandit Brigand 2 1 20~21 4~5 1~2 5~6 0 3~4 0~1 12 5 Iron Axe -- Bandit Brigand 1 1 20 5 1 5 0 3 0 12 5 Iron Axe •Iron Sword Moves to attack units in range. Bandit Archer 1 1 20 3 3 4 0 3 1 7 5 Iron Bow Starts with 2HP in Normal Mode and 11 in Hard Mode. Bandit Archer 1 1 20 3 3 4 0 3 1 7 5 Iron Bow Moves to attack units in range. Bandit Mercenary 2 2 18~19 3~4 8~9 8~9 0 4~5 0~1 9 5 Iron Sword The southeast one moves to attack units in range.

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 Erk Mage 1 1 17 5 6 7 3 1 4 5 5 Fire Starts with 10HP. Serra Cleric 1 1 17 2 5 8 6 2 5 4 5 Heal •Vulnerary --

Boss data

Main article:Bug

Brigand Level 9 Affinity --

Stats Max HP 29 Luck 1 Strength 8 Defense 8 Skill 4 Resistance 0 Speed 6 Constitution 15 Movement 5 Aid 14

Inventory Steel Axe Weapon Levels -- -- C -- -- -- -- --

Strategy

In normal mode, the player will be forced to recruitSerra andErk withLyn on the first turn, after which, the game will force the player to heal Erk with Serra as a tutorial on how healing works. After Serra heals Erk, the player will then be forced to kill thearcher with Erk. After this tutorial on magic, the player is free to approach the chapter however they see fit.

The objective of the map is to rout the enemy, unfortunately, approaching this chapter in a straightforward manner will take a while due to the many forest and mountain tiles on the map; therefore, for a quicker clear, the player can useFlorina to carry a unit across the map to take out the boss, preferably Lyn. Doing this will likely require Florina to face themercenary near the boss while carrying a unit but she should face no danger of dying as long as she only fights that enemy. While Florina ferries a unit across the forest tiles, haveSain andKent take out the enemies in the upper half of the map and move Erk to the east along with Florina. While moving your units, make sure to not bait enemy units onto mountain tiles as those tiles give enemy units +40 to their avoid, making them annoyingly difficult to hit, even with weapon triangle-advantage.

The boss is simple to take out. Once Lyn is on the east side of the map, move her onto the forest terrain north ofBug and she will become essentially impossible to hit. Chip Bug'sHP with Lyn'sMani Katti and Erk'sFire tome, which deals a reliable ten damage with Erk's base stats, and Bug should be dead by the enemy phase of the same turn.

The only difference in hard mode for this chapter is that you do not have to recruit Erk and Serra on the first turn; however, it is still a good idea to do so. As mentioned earlier, Erk provides great chip damage against the boss and, if left to their own devices, the two could end up baiting enemy units onto mountain terrain. Additionally, you can just rescue Lyn with Florina after she recruits Erk and Serra.

This is the only chapter in Lyn's tale where 1-2 range weapons like theJavelin and theHand Axe can be bought. It is recommended to buy at least one Javelin.

Trivia

• In normal mode, Erk performs a follow-up attack on the archer in the opening cutscene, despite him not having enough speed to do so.
• If Erk lands a critical hit on an enemy Archer before he is recruited, the Archer will remain on the map with 0 HP.

Etymology and other languages

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