Siblings Abroad (Japanese:旅の姉弟Traveled Siblings) is the seventh chapter inFire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. In this chapter,Nils asksLyndis for help to save his sister,Ninian. After whichLucius appears and offers to help Lyndis to take down theBlack Fang.

In order to unlockChapter 7x, this chapter must be completed in 15 turns.

Plot

Main article:Siblings Abroad/Script

Lyn continues to make her way throughLycia and arrives inKhathelet, about a ten days journey north of their destination ofCaelin. While passing through Khathelet, a boy namedNils stops Lyn and begs her to help him save his sister, who has been kidnapped by theBlack Fang. Lyn agrees to help and confronts the enemy; before the battle starts, Lyn is approached byLucius—amonk in service of theElimine Church—who wishes to help Nils.

After Lyn and company defeatHeintz, they search the castle to locate Nils's sister,Ninian. As the group begins to fear that Ninian was moved to another location,Eliwood presents himself with Ninian in his arms, having rescued her. Lyn introduces herself as Marquess Hausen's granddaughter and explains her situation. Eliwood believes her story and offers to her in her journey to Caelin; however, Lyn decides to not unnecessarily involve Eliwood in her problems. Nevertheless, Eliwood tells Lyn that he will be in the area of Khathelet for the next few days should she have need of him.

After Eliwood departs, Ninian wakes up. Nils informs her that Lyn and her group saved them both from their assailants. Ninian is grateful and introduces herself and her brother as a traveling pair of performers. Although Ninian is adancer, she twisted her ankle when she was caught by the Black Fang and cannot dance. Ninian's injury also prevents the siblings from safely traveling by themselves, so Nils requests that Lyn allow them to travel alongside her. Lyn fears the duo will be in more danger if they travel with her; however, Nils and Ninian insist they will be of use to Lyn as they have the ability to sense approaching danger. After consulting withKent andSain, Lyn decides to grant their request.

If Heintz was defeated within fifteen turns, Ninian realizes that her ring,Ninis's Grace, was taken from her when she was kidnapped. Lyn consults withMark and asks them if the group should pursue the bandits and retrieve the ring. If Mark accepts, Lyn commands the group to pursue the Black Fang members seen heading to the south, and the player will play throughChapter 7x . If Mark declines, Lyn thanks them for keeping her focused on their goal of reaching Caelin, and the player will continue on toChapter 8.

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: DefeatHeintz	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat:Lyn dies	1–8+2	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	11	{{{third}}}
Map dimensions: 20 columns by 14 rows

Character data

Characters
New units
Nils Bard HP 14 Inventory Vulnerary Level 1 Automatically from turn 1 Lucius Monk HP 18 Inventory Lightning Level 3 Automatically from turn 1
Forcibly deployed characters
Available characters

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Iron Lance Dropped by enemyBrigand Pure Water Visit the northernvillage

Vendor data

Armories and vendors

SwordsLancesAxesBowsAnimaLightDarkStavesItemsSecret

None

None

None

None

	Name	Cost
	Fire	560

None

None

	Name	Cost
	Heal	600

	Name	Cost
	Vulnerary	300

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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 Heintz Shaman 5 1 22 3 5 7 3 3 5 9 5 Flux Does not move. Black Fang Brigand 1 2 20 4 1 5 0 3 0 12 5 Iron Axe The southern one moves to raid thevillage, then moves to attack units unprovoked. Black Fang Mercenary 1 2 18 3 8 8 0 4 0 9 5 Iron Sword The center-most one moves to attack units in range. Black Fang Archer 1 1 18 3 3 3 0 3 0 7 5 Iron Bow Moves to attack units in range. Black Fang Brigand 2 1 20~21 5~6 1~2 5~6 0 3~4 0~1 12 5 Iron Axe •Iron Lance -- Black Fang Shaman 1 3 22 2 1 2 0 5 2 7 5 Flux Moves to attack units in range. Black Fang Mage 1 1 16 1 2 3 0 5 2 6 5 Fire Moves to attack units in range.

Boss data

Main article:Heintz

Shaman Level 5 Affinity --

Stats Max HP 22 Luck 3 Magic 3 Defense 3 Skill 5 Resistance 5 Speed 7 Constitution 9 Movement 5 Aid 8

Inventory Flux Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- D --

Strategy

This is the first chapter where the player has access tobattle preparations and is not allowed to field every unit they have recruited thus far. The player is only allowed to choose 8 of their returning units, one of them being Lyn who is force deployed. Since there is nothing to steal on the map Matthew should not be deployed. Wil should also be benched temporarily as the player might need to use all of their mounted units to rescue drop units and clear the chapter within 15 turns. If you are going to play Eliwood mode after, Dorcas could potentially sit this one out, since he will be the first unit from Lyn's story to make a return.

If this map is played on the normal difficulty, the first action is a scripted fight between Lucius and the nearest dark mage. The sequence is intended to be an intro to thetrinity of magic. The player will then be forced to play for Lucius with Nils, giving the player an intro to how dancers and bards work. After this point, the player is free to finish the chapter how they choose.

To clear this map quickly, use Florina torescue Lucius and move to the other side of the mountains on the first turn. On the second turn drop Lucius onto a forest tile and retreat Florina behind the mountain. If you're playing on hard mode, you can rescue Lucius with Florina, wait on a tile within Nils's range, play for Florina, then drop Lucius on the other side of the mountain on the first turn. Lucius is very unlikely to get hit by any of the dark mages due to the bonuses he will get to hisavo from theterrain and the trinity of magic advantagelight magic has overdark. Additionally, Lucius only takes two damage from the genericdark mages while almost one-rounding them and only takes 3 damage from Heintz while dealing 7 damage in return. Assuming all of Lucius's attacks hit, Heintz should be defeated by turn 5.

If the player intends on playingHector's tale and wants to accesschapter 19x pt 2 Nils should be givenexperience at every opportunity. Nils must belevel 7 by the conclusion ofLyn's tale, which is generally not going to happen unless the player does so intentionally. Just make sure not to inflate your turn count on this particular chapter if you want access to the sidequest.

If you're playing a ranked run of Lyn's Tale, make sure to get thePure Water andIron Lance before the chapter ends. Even if you do not plan on using them, they will contribute to your funds ranking and how much money Lyn has when she rejoins Eliwood and Hector in their respective stories.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

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  This chapter's map.
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  Eliwood carryingNinian.

Prototype

Images from theFire Emblem0206 and0219 prototypes.

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  Eliwood carryingNinian in the prototype.