The Baron in Black (Japanese:黒衣の男爵The Black-Clad Baron) is the twenty-fourth chapter ofFire Emblem: Thracia 776. In order to playthe side quest after, the player must obtain theKia Staff in this chapter andSara must have been recruited, uncaptured, and alive.

Plot

Main article:The Baron in Black/Script

Leif storms Castle Munster in a final confrontation withRaydrik. During the battle, he also fightsGalzus, but ifMareeta is on the battlefield, she recognizes Galzus as someone who rescued her in the past and he joins Leif's army to help saveEyvel, Mareeta's other caretaker.

After the battle ends, ifSara is in Leif's army, Leif heads toward the petrified Eyvel's location in order to undo the spell affecting her with theKia staff. If Sara is not present, Leif's forces instead move into the Loptian temple underneath the castle in order to eliminateVeld, the man responsible for Eyvel's petrification and for the child hunts around Munster.

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Seize the throne	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat:Leif dies	10–18+2	{{{partner}}}	8	40+42+∞	{{{third}}}

All mounted units start this chapterdismounted.

Units are arranged based on their position in deployment order after Leif. IfSaias orCed were recruited, they appear in a fixed position above Leif.

The center-north door cannot be opened like a standard door. Instead, it can only be opened by one of theCivilians; which one can open it is determined randomly from the four boys on turn 5.

Character data

Characters
New units
Galzus Mercenary HP 54 Inventory Meisterschwert Flame Sword Vulnerary Vulnerary Master Axe Level 20 Enemy, talk to withMareeta
Forcibly deployed characters
Available characters

If they were recruited, Saias or Ced are not available in thepreparations menu, and their inventory cannot be managed from preparations. They will join the battle on turn 1.

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Kia Open lonechest

Shop data

Armories and vendors

SwordsLancesAxesBowsTomesStavesItemsSecret

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	Name	Cost
	Life Ring	8,000
	Speed Ring	8,000
	Skill Ring	8,000
	Power Ring	8,000
	Shield Ring	8,000

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The secret shop is located in the isolated top-right chamber; requiresWarp orRewarp and unlocking the door.

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 Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Loptrian Dark Mage 18 14 24~44 0~20 5~20 4~20 3~20 0~20 4~20 5~20 6~7 Jormungand -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 24~44 0~20 5~20 4~20 3~20 0~20 4~20 5~20 6~7 Silence •Heal -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 24~44 0~20 5~20 4~20 3~20 0~20 4~20 5~20 6~7 Restore •Heal -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 24~44 0~20 5~20 4~20 3~20 0~20 4~20 5~20 6~7 Rescue •Heal -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 24~44 0~20 5~20 4~20 3~20 0~20 4~20 5~20 6~7 Magic Up •Heal -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 24~44 0~20 5~20 4~20 3~20 0~20 4~20 5~20 6~7 Fortify •Heal Capable of usingThief. Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 24~44 0~20 5~20 4~20 3~20 0~20 4~20 5~20 6~7 Fenrir •Heal -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 24~44 0~20 5~20 4~20 3~20 0~20 4~20 5~20 6~7 Berserk •Heal -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 24~44 0~20 5~20 4~20 3~20 0~20 4~20 5~20 6~7 Hel •Heal -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 24~44 0~20 5~20 4~20 3~20 0~20 4~20 5~20 6~7 Sleep •Heal -- Mercenary Mercenary 14 1 24~40 6~20 1~17 7~20 8~20 0~16 5~20 8~20 6~7 Sleep Sword Authority: Raydrik Action: ★★★* Moves to attack units in range. Mercenary Mercenary 15 1 24~41 6~20 1~18 7~20 8~20 0~17 5~20 8~20 6~7 Berserk Sword Authority: Raydrik Action: ★★★ Moves to attack units in range. Loptrian Dark Mage 18 4 24~44 0~20 5~20 4~20 3~20 0~20 4~20 5~20 6~7 Jormungand •Hel -- Mercenary Mercenary 16 1 24~42 6~20 1~19 7~20 8~20 0~18 5~20 8~20 6~7 Master Axe •Killing Edge Authority: Raydrik Mercenary Mercenary 16 1 24~42 6~20 1~19 7~20 8~20 0~18 5~20 8~20 6~7 Flame Sword •Armorslayer Authority: Raydrik Mercenary Mercenary 16 1 24~42 6~20 1~19 7~20 8~20 0~18 5~20 8~20 6~7 Meisterschwert •Hammer Authority: Raydrik Mercenary Mercenary 16 1 24~42 6~20 1~19 7~20 8~20 0~18 5~20 8~20 6~7 Lightning Sword •Poison Axe Authority: Raydrik Sniper Sniper 18 2 22~42 5~20 1~20 6~20 7~20 0~20 3~20 7~20 7~8 Meisterbogen •Poison Bow Authority: Raydrik Raydrik Baron 20 1 56 16 8+20 12 9 6 16 20 6 Loptr Sword Pavise Authority: ★★★★ Action: ★ Does not move; stands on athrone, the chapter's seize point. Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 24~44 0~20 5~20 4~20 3~20 0~20 4~20 5~20 6~7 Jormungand •Door Key -- Munster Bishop 20 2 20~42 0~20 5~20 2~20 2~20 0~20 1~20 4~20 5~6 Restore •Physic •Pure Water Authority: Raydrik Galzus Mercenary 20 1 54 20 9 20 20 17 14 18 7 Meisterschwert •Flame Sword •Vulnerary •Vulnerary •Master Axe Luna •Astra Authority: Raydrik Action: ★★★★★ • Not present during preparations. Not present if he was killed orcaptured in Chapters5 or6. • Does retaliate againstMareeta; Mareeta does not retaliate against him.

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Munster Soldier 20 8 20~42 3~20 0~20 0~20 0~20 0~20 1~20 6~20 5~6 Great Lance Authority: Raydrik Loptrian Dark Mage 20 1 24~46 0~20 5~20 4~20 3~20 0~20 4~20 5~20 6~7 Jormungand •Unlock -- Loptrian Dark Mage 16 22 24~42 0~18 5~20 4~20 3~20 0~18 4~20 5~20 6~7 Jormungand -- Thief Thief 20 1 16~38 1~20 0~3 1~20 6~20 0~20 0~20 5~20 7~8 Killing Edge •Lockpick Steal Authority: Raydrik Ignores combat; moves to openchests, then moves to escape via the northeast stairs. Loptrian Dark Mage 20 ∞ 24~46 0~20 5~20 4~20 3~20 0~20 4~20 5~20 6~7 Jormungand •Hel Moves to attack units in range.

Reinforcements

• Turns 2–5
  • TwoSoldiers appear from the eastern corridor, south of the northeast player group's starting location
• Turn 8
  • OneDark Mage withUnlock from north ofRaydrik
• Turns 10–20
  • Two Dark Mages with onlyJormungand from left and right of Raydrik
• Turn 20
  • OneThief from the northeast stairs
• Every turn after the center-north door is opened
  • Two Dark Mages appear in the upper-most room

NPC data

NPC Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Civilian Civilian 1 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -- Moves randomly until turn 5, at which point all but one begin moving to escape northwest; on turn 5, one randomly moves to the center-north door, then moves to escape northwest once it is open. Civilian Civilian 1 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -- Moves randomly until turn 5, at which point they begin moving to escape northwest.

Boss data

Main article:Raydrik

Baron Level 20 Action ★ Authority ★★★★

Stats Max HP 56 Speed 9 Strength 16 Luck 6 Magic 8+20 Defense 16 Skill 12 Constitution 20 Movement 6 FCM 0

Inventory Skills Loptr Sword Pavise Weapon Levels A A A A A A A C -- --

Strategy

The player's army is split into three groups for the chapter:

• The middle group must defeatRaydrik and seize the throne
• The left group can protect the 8 NPC units and obtain theKia Staff
• The right group can neutralize the group ofDark Mages in the bottom-right room

The middle group needs 1Door Key.Galzus can only be recruited by the middle group, and only byMareeta. If Mareeta was assigned to either the left or right groups, she will need to be warped or rescued to the middle squad to recruit Galzus. If Galzus is not recruited, he is dangerous to engage in combat – even withCed he is best incapacitated with aSleep staff. TheBragi Sword is incredibly useful for defeating Raydrik, as it dealsbonus damage to him and negates theattack-halving effect of hisLoptr Sword. Alternatively, a unit with theSteal command can use it to forcibly give Raydrik a 2-range weapon, as to force him to unequip his Loptr Sword and become vulnerable to attack by leaving a unit for him to attack at 2-range. Withbrave weapons, Mareeta and Galzus can also power through by proccingAstra then gettingLuna-criticals to break through Raydrik's defense with raw damage. The unarmed Bishops can be easily captured for staves.

The left group needs at least 3 Door Keys, ideally carried by different units as to ensure they can engage the enemies there as soon as possible to protect the NPC units. The enemies prioritize capturing NPCs, but if they cannot reach a tile adjacent to an NPC to capture one, they will instead attack at 2-range and kill them, so it is important to ensure that NPC units are somewhat spaced out and to kill any enemy holding an NPC as soon as possible. Once the Kia Staff room is open, two units from this group can block the staircases to stop reinforcements from appearing.

The door in the upper center of the map that leads to the room with theKia Staff chest cannot be opened through conventional means. In order to open it, one of the child NPCs must be able to reach the door, after which they will open it on their turn in a short cut-scene. The NPC who goes to open the door is randomly chosen from one of the four boys, and as such it is imperative to keep all four boys alive as it is impossible to tell which one of them can open the door. However, the girls are expendable and can be safely sacrificed to distract the enemies. The NPCs have very low movement, so it will take very long for them to reach the door by themselves, provided that the way ahead is clear of threats.

The right group can neutralize the Dark Mage congregation and should have some free inventory slots if able. However, a few of the Dark Mages are so dangerous that they are best put tosleep,silenced, orthieved on turn 1 – specifically, the Dark Mages withSleep,Fenrir,Berserk,Restore, andSilence (the latter can be skipped if all magic users have enough magic to not be targetable with a Magic Up boost). TheMercenary on the outside of the door must be taken handled carefully, as he wields aBerserk Sword, though the one on the other side of the door can be killed safely. The reinforcements from the right 2-wide hallway can be prevented from appearing by occupying the tiles they appear from. No other threat exists apart from theHel Dark Mage, which cannot kill on its own, meaning that the right squad can safely spend the rest of their time capturing the Dark Mages and taking their useful staves so long as the right hallway is blocked to stop reinforcements.

Trivia

• This chapter holds the onlysecret shop in the entirety ofThracia 776.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

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