This article is about the second chapter ofFire Emblem: The Binding Blade. For the character who holds this position, seeGuinivere.

Princess of Bern (Japanese:ベルンの王女Princess of Bern) is the second chapter ofFire Emblem: The Binding Blade. When arriving at the border to contact the mercenaries contracted by Lord Eliwood,Roy meetsElen, a priest and lady-in-waiting, who asks him to rescue her lady,Guinivere.

Plot

Main article:Princess of Bern/Script

Melady arrives on the border between Lycia and Bern in order to speak with the local castle's commander,Ruud. PrincessGuinivere of Bern had gone missing, and Melady is looking for information. Ruud tells Melady that he knows nothing about what happened, prompting her to leave, but then he discusses with his soldiers how Guinivere is currently in the dungeon and he will sell her to Bern's enemies for a hefty sum.

Roy's forces then arrive in order to meet a group of mercenaries thatEliwood had hired to help him. After arriving, Roy encountersElen, who tells him that her mistress was captured by the local castle commander while trying to get an audience with Lycian lords.Merlinus advises against an unnecessary battle, but he is cut short by one of the local soldiers finding Roy's group, and a battle begins anyway.

Soon, the mercenaries hired by Eliwood - comprised ofDieck,Shanna,Lot andWard - arrive on the battlefield and help Roy's army. The fight ends with Roy's forces killing Ruud and seizing his castle, then finding Princess Guinivere in the dungeon. When she introduces herself, Roy refuses to believe it and thinks this is a trap, but eventually calms down and asks her why the sister of the King of Bern would come to Lycia peacefully. Guinivere explains that she disagrees with her brother and seeks a peaceful solution to the war, prompting Roy to accept her company, as he plans to meet with Lycian lords himself and he wants LordHector's opinion on the matter.

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Seize	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat:Roy dies	8+4	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	20	{{{third}}}
Map dimensions: 19 columns by 19 rows

Units are arranged based on their position in deployment order. If every unit is alive, the deployment order is:Marcus,Alen,Bors,Wolt, andLance.

Character data

Characters
New units
Merlinus Transporter HP 15 Inventory -- Level 1 Automatically from turn 1 Elen Priest HP 16 Inventory Heal Vulnerary Level 2 Automatically from turn 1 Ward Fighter HP 28 Inventory Iron Axe Hammer Vulnerary Level 2 Automatically from turn 2 Lot Fighter HP 29 Inventory Iron Axe Steel Axe Hand Axe Level 3 Automatically from turn 2 Dieck Mercenary HP 26 Inventory Iron Blade Iron Sword Level 5 Automatically from turn 2 Shanna Pegasus Knight HP 17 Inventory Slim Lance Javelin Vulnerary Level 1 Automatically from turn 2
Forcibly deployed characters
Available characters

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Armorslayer Visitvillage

Shop data

Armories and vendors

SwordsLancesAxesBowsAnimaLightDarkStavesItemsSecret

	Name	Cost
	Iron Sword	460

	Name	Cost
	Iron Lance	360
	Javelin	400

None

	Name	Cost
	Iron Bow	540

None

None

None

None

	Name	Cost
	Vulnerary	300

None

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Enemy data

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Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str/Mag Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Ruud Knight 5 1 24 10 2 2 0 10 0 13 4 Javelin -- Bern Soldier 3 4 21~22 3~5 0~1 1~2 0~1 0~1 0~1 6 5 Iron Lance The southwest three move to attack units in range. Bern Fighter 2 2 20~21 5~6 2~3 4~5 0~1 2~3 0~1 11 5 Iron Axe • The northern one moves to the tile two tiles east of his start. • The southern one moves to attack units in range. Bern Archer 3 1 19~20 4~5 3~4 3~4 0~1 3~4 0~1 7 5 Iron Bow Moves to the tile one tile east of his start. Bern Soldier 3 2 21~22 3~5 0~1 1~2 0~1 0~1 0~1 6 5 Javelin -- Bern Fighter 1 3 20 5 2 4 0 2 0 11 5 Iron Axe The lower of the western two begins moving when he can attack a unit within two turns. Bern Soldier 2 1 20~21 3~4 0~1 1~2 0~1 0~1 0~1 6 5 Iron Lance Begins moving when he can attack a unit within two turns. Bern Soldier 1 1 20 3 0 1 0 0 0 6 5 Javelin -- Bern Archer 1 1 18 4 3 3 0 3 0 7 5 Iron Bow Begins moving when he can attack a unit within two turns. Bern Fighter 3 1 21~22 5~7 2~3 4~5 0~1 2~3 0~1 11 5 Steel Axe Moves to attack units in range. Bern Mercenary 3 1 19~20 4~5 8~9 8~9 0~1 4~5 0~1 9 5 Iron Blade Moves to attack units in range. Bern Fighter 1 1 20 5 2 4 0 2 0 11 5 Iron Axe •Hand Axe -- Bern Fighter 2 1 20~21 5~6 2~3 4~5 0~1 2~3 0~1 11 5 Hand Axe Moves to attack units in range.

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str/Mag Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Ruud Knight 5 1 28~32 12~14 4~6 2~4 0~4 10~14 0~2 13 4 Javelin -- Bern Soldier 3 4 25~30 5~11 2~5 1~4 0~5 0~3 0~3 6 5 Iron Lance The southwest three move to attack units in range. Bern Fighter 2 2 24~29 7~12 4~7 6~9 0~3 2~5 0~3 11 5 Iron Axe • The northern one moves to the tile two tiles east of his start. • The southern one moves to attack units in range. Bern Archer 3 1 23~28 6~9 5~8 5~8 2~5 3~6 0~3 7 5 Iron Bow Moves to the tile one tile east of his start. Bern Soldier 3 2 25~30 5~11 2~5 1~4 0~5 0~3 0~3 6 5 Javelin -- Bern Fighter 1 3 24~28 7~11 4~6 6~8 0~2 2~4 0~2 11 5 Iron Axe The lower of the western two begins moving when he can attack a unit within two turns. Bern Soldier 2 1 24~29 5~10 2~5 1~4 0~5 0~3 0~3 6 5 Iron Lance Begins moving when he can attack a unit within two turns. Bern Soldier 1 1 24~28 5~9 2~4 1~3 0~4 0~2 0~2 6 5 Javelin -- Bern Archer 1 1 22~26 6~8 5~7 5~7 2~4 3~5 0~2 7 5 Iron Bow Begins moving when he can attack a unit within two turns. Bern Fighter 3 1 25~30 7~13 4~7 6~9 0~3 2~5 0~3 11 5 Steel Axe Moves to attack units in range. Bern Mercenary 3 1 23~28 6~9 10~13 10~13 2~5 4~7 0~3 9 5 Iron Blade Moves to attack units in range. Bern Fighter 1 1 24~28 7~11 4~6 6~8 0~2 2~4 0~2 11 5 Iron Axe •Hand Axe -- Bern Fighter 2 1 24~29 7~12 4~7 6~9 0~3 2~5 0~3 11 5 Hand Axe Moves to attack units in range.

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Boss data

Main article:Ruud

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Knight Level 5

Stats Max HP 24 Luck 0 Strength 10 Defense 10 Skill 2 Resistance 0 Speed 2 Constitution 13 Movement 4 Aid 12

Inventory Javelin Weapon Levels ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗

Knight Level 5

Stats Max HP 28~32 Luck 0~4 Strength 12~14 Defense 10~14 Skill 4~6 Resistance 0~2 Speed 2~4 Constitution 13 Movement 4 Aid 12

Inventory Javelin Weapon Levels ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗

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Strategy

New chapter, new characters. This will be the fashion for a while, so the player should be careful if they want to recruit all possible characters, since the game does not give any clues to who can recruit who until the battle has already begun. In this case, the player is granted two new units at the beginning of the chapter,Merlinus andElen, and other four in the second turn. All of them are blue units already.

Merlinus' class isTransporter, which means he can manage the army's weapons and items. The only way for him to gainexperience is to be hit, but there is no true reason to level him up;Merlinus will not promote and acquire battle abilities, and contrary toFire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, if he is not on the battlefield, the excess of weapons or items will not have to be dropped. On the other hand,Elen will be the only healer for two and a half chapters, untilClarine joins; should the player be interested inlight magic,Elen is one of three possible options, and it is the first to come.

At the beginning of the chapter, the nearest enemies are mostlylance users, but if the units gained some levels in the previous battle, they should not be a problem. The player has just to remember to keepElen andMerlinus out of the enemy's range. The northern (and only) village has a sword called "armorslayer", which will be useful against theboss.Marcus orShanna (a new character) can be sent to get this valuable weapon.

This chapter also features the first shops, anarmory and avendor. The vendor will not sell anytomes orstaves, so the player may want to skip it. The armory sells some basicswords andlances.

The true action begins in the second turn, with the arrival of the mercenary band hired byEliwood. With a grand total of four units, the player is introduced to their firstaxe users,Ward andLot.Ward is the stronger of the two, whileLot has better speed. The player can use them both (as they support each other and it is rather easy to get) or choose one, according to their preferences. The other two units have also new classes;Dieck is amercenary—asword user with good bases and good growths—andShanna is apegasus knight (flying unit with good mobility but quite frail). As a flying unit,Shanna does not receiveterrain bonus or penalties, which means that she will not receive the avoid bonus of forts and the like, but that she will also not be impeded by mountains or rivers. If the player is not interested in training her, at the very leastShanna can transport other units or visitvillages. The only precaution is not to put her onbows' range, as these weapons deal triple damage to flying units.

If the player looks at the map, the mercenaries' starting position is near two forts. They are to be immediately occupied byDieck and eitherLot orWard, thus facing the incoming army with a bonus to avoid and, if they are hit, the forts will heal someHP at the beginning of the player's turn. The third fighter can wieldLot'shand axe and attack from behind his companions, whileShanna can go to thevillage or bringRoy closer to the band – as long as thearcher near the forts is not dealt with, it is not safe to put her in the forts. There is a small conversation betweenDieck andRoy; it does not give anything, though.

Theboss can be a problem; he has gooddefense and a ranged weapon. The player should use either the rapier or thearmorslayer (Dieck may be the only one able to wield this weapon, as it has a D rank) to attack him, sinceaxes suffer from low accuracy and the gate givesRuud extra avoid. If the unit is hit,Elen can heal them, but the player shouldrescue her orRuud will attack and, most likely, kill her. Once the boss is defeated,Roy can seize the castle gate and the chapter will end.

Trivia

• The eastern portion of this chapter's map would later be reused forFour-Fanged Offense (Lloyd) inFire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

• 
  Map of the chapter

References