In Search of Truth (Japanese:真実を求めてSeeking the Truth) is the thirteenth chapter inFire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. In order to unlockChapter 13x, the player must visit the northern village in this chapter.

Plot

Main articles:In Search of Truth/Script (Eliwood) andIn Search of Truth/Script (Hector)

Helman has received news of the fight betweenZagan andEliwood. Although Helman agreed toEphidel's plan to dissuade Eliwood, it is clear that Ephidel sent in the bandits with the intention to kill him. Helman announces his intent to receive Eliwood's party and explain everything. Ephidel calmly attempts to discourage Helman from betraying the Black Fang, who refuses to listen; Ephidel announces that he has no use for the marquess anymore and stabs him, leaving him to bleed out. Meanwhile, Eliwood andHector approach CastleSantaruz, but are stopped byBoies who challenges them to make it to the castle alive and summons his underlings.

After Eliwood and Hector defeat Boies, they enter the castle and find Helman on the floor, dying. In his final moments, Helman apologizes to Eliwood for the trouble he has caused; he tells Eliwood thatDarin, the marquess ofLaus, knows all, and to beware of theBlack Fang. Eliwood and Hector decide to heed Helman's final words and continue on towards Laus to seek answers from its marquess.

Chapter data

Eliwood NormalEliwood HardHector NormalHector Hard

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Seize gate	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat:Eliwood orHector dies	10+1	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	12+7−1	{{{third}}}
Map dimensions: 18 columns by 17 rows

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Seize gate	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat:Eliwood orHector dies	10+1	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	16+10−1	{{{third}}}
Map dimensions: 18 columns by 17 rows

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Seize gate	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat:Eliwood orHector dies	10+1	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	14+7−1	{{{third}}}
Map dimensions: 18 columns by 17 rows

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Seize gate	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat:Eliwood orHector dies	10+1	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	19+10−1	{{{third}}}
Map dimensions: 18 columns by 17 rows

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Units are arranged based on their position in deployment order. The non-main lord will be moved from their initial position to a fixed tile.

• In Eliwood's tale, deployment order if everyone is alive is: Marcus, Lowen, Rebecca, Dorcas, Bartre, Hector, Matthew, Oswin, Serra
• In Hector's tale, deployment order if everyone is alive is: Matthew, Eliwood, Marcus, Rebecca, Lowen, Dorcas, Bartre, Oswin, Serra

Additionally, ifLyn's tale is used to form the player's save file, Dorcas, Serra, and Matthew are moved to the end of deployment order if they retained their stats (i.e. if they were recruited and were never defeated), themselves in the order they were at the end of Lyn's tale.

Character data

Eliwood's taleHector's tale

Characters
New units
Matthew Thief HP 18 Inventory Iron Sword Lockpick Level 2 Automatically from turn 1 Serra Cleric HP 17 Inventory Heal Vulnerary Level 1 Automatically from turn 1 Guy Myrmidon HP 21 Inventory Killing Edge Vulnerary Level 3 Enemy, talk to withMatthew
Forcibly deployed characters
Available characters

Characters
New units
Guy Myrmidon HP 21 Inventory Killing Edge Vulnerary Level 3 Enemy, talk to withMatthew
Forcibly deployed characters
Available characters

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Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Mine Visit southernvillage Torch Visit northernvillage Vulnerary Steal from enemyArcher Vulnerary Steal fromGuy or recruit him Vulnerary Steal from enemySoldier Vulnerary Steal from enemyBrigand(Eliwood Hard Mode only) Vulnerary Steal from enemyBrigand(Eliwood Hard Mode only) Vulnerary Steal from enemyArcher(Eliwood Hard Mode only)

Shop data

Armories and vendors

SwordsLancesAxesBowsAnimaLightDarkStavesItemsSecret

	Name	Cost
	Iron Sword	460

	Name	Cost
	Javelin	400

	Name	Cost
	Hand Axe	300

	Name	Cost
	Iron Bow	540

None

None

None

	Name	Cost
	Heal	600

	Name	Cost
	Vulnerary	300

None

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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.

Eliwood NormalEliwood HardHector NormalHector Hard

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str/Mag Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Boies Knight 13 1 27 12 8 4 1 13 7 13 4 Steel Lance Does not move; stands on agate, the chapter's seize point. Bandit Archer 3 1 19~20 4~5 3~4 3~4 0 3~4 0~1 7 5 Iron Bow •Vulnerary Begins moving unprovoked if he can attack within two turns. Bandit Soldier 2 3 20~21 3~4 0~1 1~2 0 0~1 0~1 6 5 Iron Lance Moves to attack units in range. Bandit Mercenary 2 1 18~19 4~5 8~9 8~9 0 4~5 0~1 9 5 Iron Sword Moves to attack units in range. Bandit Archer 4 1 19~21 4~6 4~5 3~5 0 3~4 0~1 7 5 Steel Bow -- Bandit Brigand 1 1 20 5 1 5 0 3 0 12 5 Iron Axe -- Guy Myrmidon 3 1 21 6 11 11 5 5 0 5 5 Killing Edge •Vulnerary Moves to attack units in range. Bandit Soldier 2 1 20~21 3~4 0~1 1~2 0 0~1 0~1 6 5 Iron Lance •Vulnerary Moves to attack units in range. Bandit Archer 2 2 18~19 4~5 3~4 3~4 0 3~4 0~1 7 5 Iron Bow Moves to attack units in range.

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str/Mag Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Bandit Brigand 2 2 20~21 5~6 1~2 5~6 0 3~4 0~1 12 5 Hand Axe Moves to raid openvillages; moves to attacks units if one is in range or all villages are destroyed or visited. Bandit Soldier 2 2 20~21 3~4 0~1 1~2 0 0~1 0~1 6 5 Iron Lance -- Bandit Archer 2 2 18~19 4~5 3~4 3~4 0 3~4 0~1 7 5 Iron Bow -- Bandit Soldier 6 1 23~25 5~6 1~2 1~3 0 0~1 0~1 6 5 Iron Lance --

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str/Mag Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Boies Knight 13 1 27 12 8 4 1 13 7 13 4 Steel Lance Does not move; stands on agate, the chapter's seize point. Bandit Archer 3 1 19~20 4~5 3~4 3~4 0 3~4 0~1 7 5 Iron Bow •Vulnerary Begins moving unprovoked if he can attack within two turns. Bandit Soldier 2 3 20~21 3~4 0~1 1~2 0 0~1 0~1 6 5 Iron Lance Moves to attack units in range. Bandit Mercenary 2 1 18~19 4~5 8~9 8~9 0 4~5 0~1 9 5 Iron Sword Moves to attack units in range. Bandit Archer 4 1 19~21 4~6 4~5 3~5 0 3~4 0~1 7 5 Steel Bow -- Bandit Brigand 1 2 20 5 1 5 0 3 0 12 5 Iron Axe The western one moves to attack units in range. Guy Myrmidon 3 1 21 6 11 11 5 5 0 5 5 Killing Edge •Vulnerary Moves to attack units in range. Bandit Soldier 2 1 20~21 3~4 0~1 1~2 0 0~1 0~1 6 5 Iron Lance •Vulnerary Moves to attack units in range. Bandit Archer 2 2 18~19 4~5 3~4 3~4 0 3~4 0~1 7 5 Iron Bow Moves to attack units in range. Bandit Brigand 2 2 20~21 5~6 1~2 5~6 0 3~4 0~1 12 5 Hand Axe •Vulnerary Moves to raid openvillages; moves to attacks units if one is in range or all villages are destroyed or visited. Bandit Archer 3 1 19~20 4~5 3~4 3~4 0 3~4 0~1 7 5 Iron Bow •Vulnerary Moves to attack units in range.

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str/Mag Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Bandit Brigand 2 3 20~21 5~6 1~2 5~6 0 3~4 0~1 12 5 Hand Axe Moves to raid openvillages; moves to attacks units if one is in range or all villages are destroyed or visited. Bandit Soldier 2 2 20~21 3~4 0~1 1~2 0 0~1 0~1 6 5 Iron Lance -- Bandit Archer 2 2 18~19 4~5 3~4 3~4 0 3~4 0~1 7 5 Iron Bow -- Bandit Soldier 6 3 23~25 5~6 1~2 1~3 0 0~1 0~1 6 5 Iron Lance --

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str/Mag Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Boies Knight 13 1 27 12 8 4 1 13 7 13 4 Steel Lance Does not move; stands on agate, the chapter's seize point. Bandit Archer 3 1 19~20 4~5 3~4 3~4 0 3~4 0~1 7 5 Iron Bow •Vulnerary Begins moving unprovoked if he can attack within two turns. Bandit Cavalier 2 3 20~21 5~6 2~3 5~6 0 6~7 0~1 9 7 Iron Lance Moves to attack units in range. Bandit Pegasus Knight 5 1 16~17 5~6 6~7 6~7 0 3~4 3~4 5 7 Iron Lance Moves to attack units in range. Bandit Pegasus Knight 2 1 14~15 4~5 5~6 5~6 0 3~4 2~3 5 7 Iron Lance Moves to attack units in range. Bandit Archer 4 1 19~21 4~6 4~5 3~5 0 3~4 0~1 7 5 Steel Bow -- Bandit Brigand 1 1 20 5 1 5 0 3 0 12 5 Iron Axe -- Bandit Archer 2 3 18~19 4~5 3~4 3~4 0 3~4 0~1 7 5 Iron Bow Moves to attack units in range. Guy Myrmidon 3 1 21 6 11 11 5 5 0 5 5 Killing Edge •Vulnerary Moves to attack units in range; begins moving unprovoked on turn 5. Bandit Soldier 2 1 20~21 3~4 0~1 1~2 0 0~1 0~1 6 5 Iron Lance •Vulnerary Moves to attack units in range.

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str/Mag Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Bandit Brigand 2 2 20~21 5~6 1~2 5~6 0 3~4 0~1 12 5 Hand Axe Moves to raid openvillages; moves to attacks units if one is in range or all villages are destroyed or visited. Bandit Soldier 2 2 20~21 3~4 0~1 1~2 0 0~1 0~1 6 5 Iron Lance -- Bandit Archer 2 2 18~19 4~5 3~4 3~4 0 3~4 0~1 7 5 Iron Bow -- Bandit Pegasus Knight 6 1 16~18 5~6 6~8 6~8 0 3~4 3~4 5 7 Iron Lance --

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str/Mag Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Boies Knight 13 1 30~32 13~15 9~10 4~5 1 14~15 7~9 13 4 Steel Lance Does not move; stands on agate, the chapter's seize point. Bandit Archer 3 1 22~24 5~7 4~7 4~6 0 3~5 0~2 7 5 Iron Bow •Vulnerary Begins moving unprovoked if he can attack within two turns. Bandit Cavalier 2 3 23~26 6~8 3~6 6~8 0 6~8 0~2 9 7 Iron Lance Moves to attack units in range. Bandit Pegasus Knight 5 4 18~21 6~8 7~10 7~10 0 3~5 4~6 5 7 Iron Lance The southwestern one and the bottom of the two in the southeast immediately begin moving unprovoked. The other two move to attack units in range. Bandit Pegasus Knight 5 1 18~21 6~8 7~10 7~10 0 3~5 4~6 5 7 Steel Lance Moves to attack units in range. Bandit Pegasus Knight 2 1 16~19 5~7 6~9 6~9 0 3~5 3~5 5 7 Iron Lance Moves to attack units in range. Bandit Archer 4 1 22~25 5~8 5~8 4~7 0 3~5 0~2 7 5 Steel Bow Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Bandit Brigand 1 1 23~25 7~8 2~3 5~7 0 3~4 0~1 12 5 Iron Axe Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Bandit Archer 2 3 21~23 5~7 4~7 4~6 0 3~5 0~2 7 5 Iron Bow Moves to attack units in range. Guy Myrmidon 3 1 24~25 7~8 12~14 12~14 5 5~6 0~2 5 5 Killing Edge •Vulnerary Moves to attack units in range; begins moving unprovoked on turn 5. Bandit Soldier 2 1 23~26 5~7 1~3 1~4 0 0~2 0~2 6 5 Iron Lance •Vulnerary Moves to attack units in range. Bandit Cavalier 2 1 23~26 6~8 3~6 6~8 0 6~8 0~2 9 7 Javelin Moves to attack units in range.

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str/Mag Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Bandit Brigand 2 3 23~26 7~9 2~4 5~8 0 3~5 0~2 12 5 Hand Axe Moves to raid openvillages; moves to attacks units if one is in range or all villages are destroyed or visited. Bandit Soldier 2 2 23~26 5~7 1~3 1~4 0 0~2 0~2 6 5 Iron Lance -- Bandit Archer 2 2 21~23 5~7 4~7 4~6 0 3~5 0~2 7 5 Iron Bow -- Bandit Cavalier 6 2 26~30 7~9 4~8 7~9 0 6~8 0~2 9 7 Iron Sword -- Bandit Pegasus Knight 6 1 18~22 6~8 7~11 7~11 0 3~5 4~6 5 7 Iron Lance --

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Reinforcements

• Turns 2(Hard Mode), 3, and 4
  • 1Brigand from the fort west of the south bridge
• Turns 5 and 6
  • 1 level 1Soldier from the left southernmost fort
  • 1Archer from the right southernmost fort
• Turns 6(Hard Mode), 7, and 8(Hard Mode)(Eliwood's tale)
  • 1 level 6Soldier from the western fort
• Turns 6 and 8(Hector Hard Mode)
  • 1Cavalier from the western fort
• Turn 7(Hector's tale)
  • 1Pegasus Knight from the western fort

Boss 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.

Main article:Boies

Normal/Eliwood HardHector Hard

Knight Level 13 Affinity --

Stats Max HP 27 Luck 1 Strength 12 Defense 13 Skill 8 Resistance 7 Speed 4 Constitution 13 Movement 4 Aid 12

Inventory Steel Lance Weapon Levels -- D -- -- -- -- -- --

Knight Level 13 Affinity --

Stats Max HP 30~32 Luck 1 Strength 13~15 Defense 14~15 Skill 9~10 Resistance 7~9 Speed 4~5 Constitution 13 Movement 4 Aid 12

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Strategy

There are basically two paths you can take: northwest along the snags, or southeast over the bridge. The former is generally easier, and crucially allows you to visit Merlinus's village and unlockthe side quest, but if you do not devote resources to the other route, the other village granting aMine may be destroyed. A final, more dangerous option is to ford the river with Eliwood or Hector, who can evenRescue someone else across to help out. Whichever path you choose, anyone with good bulk should be well-equipped to defeat the boss.

The easiest way to recruit Guy is to take advantage of Matthew's higher movement, and position him just outside of Guy's range on the previous turn. He can avoid entering the nearby enemies' attack ranges if you approach from behind. If you do wish to draw Guy out, Marcus is the obvious choice given his high speed and bulk, but even he will take around half of his max HP in damage if Guy gets a critical hit, which is likely thanks to hisKilling Edge, and have a small chance to one-shot Guy in return given his own high Skill stat. Alternatively, you could use the Mine from the nearby village to prevent him from initiating combat, or sacrifice someone you weren't planning to deploy later anyway.

It should be noted that the Armory sellsJavelins andHand Axes. In Hector's tale, you may only have one of each at this point, and at least two maps remain before you can buy more inChapter 16.

Trivia

• Hannah, or a character using her portrait, first appears in the southern village of this chapter. She gives the units who visits amine, one of her new inventions.^[1]

Etymology and other languages

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