The Distant Plains (Japanese:遙かなる草原Distant Plains) is the tenth chapter inFire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, and the final chapter ofLyn's tale.

Plot

Main article:The Distant Plains/Script

Lyn has at last arrived at CastleCaelin. After battling her way through the last ofLundgren's forces and Lundgren himself, Lyn enters the castle. Inside, she encountersReissmann, the chancellor of the Caelin Royal Family. He reveals that he received notice ofKent andSain's success in locating Lyn but was imprisoned by Lundgren to preventthe marquess from finding out that he had a living heir in Lyndis. Reissman leads Lyn to her bedridden grandfather, and the two finally meet. Hausen apologizes to Lyn for being too prideful to accept the love of her parents, ultimately keeping them apart and, in his view, leading toHassar andMadelyn's death at the hands of bandits. Lyn eases her grandfather's regrets by telling him that although her parents end was indeed tragic, they lived a life full of happiness, peace, and love. Hausen is comforted by Lyn's words and tells her he can now die in peace. Despite her grandfather's poor health, Lyn encourages Hausen to not give into despair and to continue living so that they can make up for lost time.

After an unspecified amount of time passes, It is revealed that Hausen is making a good recovery from his illness. Lyn tells Sain and Kent that she plans on ensuring that her grandfather lives a long life and, thus, plans to stay in Caelin.Florina andWil both reveal that they too plan to stay in Caelin in service of Lyn herself and House Caelin. Later that evening,Mark says their goodbyes to Lyn. Although she is sad to her trusted friend depart, Lyn does not request for Mark to stay. Rather, she wishes them success on their journey to become a master tactician and says that they will surely meet again.

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Seize the gate	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat:Lyn dies	1–13	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	11+5	{{{third}}}
Map dimensions: 18 columns by 18 rows

Character data

Characters
New units
None
Forcibly deployed characters
Available characters

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Energy Ring Visit southernvillage

Weather data

• The rain will start and end at the beginning of the following turns:
  • Turn 3: Rain
  • Turn 5: Clear
  • Turn 9: Rain
  • Turn 10: Clear
  • Turn 15: Rain
  • Turn 16: Clear
  • Turn 20: Rain
  • Turn 21: Clear
  • Turn 25: Rain
  • Turn 27: Clear
  • Turn 31: Rain

Shop data

Armories and vendors

SwordsLancesAxesBowsAnimaLightDarkStavesItemsSecret

	Name	Cost
	Armorslayer	1.260

	Name	Cost
	Heavy Spear	1.200

	Name	Cost
	Hammer	800

	Name	Cost
	Steel Bow	720

	Name	Cost
	Fire	560
	Thunder	700

	Name	Cost
	Lightning	630

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.

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str/Mag Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Lundgren General 5 1 35 12 8 5 6 14 7 15 5 Silver Lance •Javelin Does not move; stands on agate, the chapter's seize point. Caelin Brigand 2 1 20~21 4~5 1~2 5~6 0 3~4 0~1 12 5 Iron Axe Moves to raid thevillage, then moves to attack units unprovoked. Caelin Soldier 3 1 21~22 3~5 0~1 1~2 0 0~1 0~1 6 5 Iron Lance -- Caelin Mage 1 1 16 1 2 3 0 5 2 6 5 Fire Moves to attack units in range. Caelin Shaman 3 1 16~18 2~4 1~2 2~3 0 5~6 2~3 7 5 Flux Moves to attack units in range. Caelin Archer 3 3 19~20 3~4 3~4 3~4 0 3~4 0~1 7 5 Iron Bow -- Caelin Mercenary 2 2 18~19 3~4 8~9 8~9 0 4~5 0~1 9 5 Iron Sword The southern one moves to attack units in range. Caelin Knight 3 1 18~19 5~6 2~3 0~1 0 9~10 0~1 13 4 Iron Lance --

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str/Mag Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Caelin Cavalier 1 5 20 5 2 5 0 6 0 9 7 Iron Lance --

Reinforcements

Reinforcements spawn at the beginning of the enemy phase rather than the end.

• Turns 5–9
  • 1Cavalier from the southernmost fort

Boss data

Main article:Lundgren

General Level 5 Affinity --

Stats Max HP 35 Luck 6 Strength 12 Defense 14 Skill 8 Resistance 7 Speed 5 Constitution 15 Movement 5 Aid 14

Inventory Silver Lance Javelin Weapon Levels -- A A -- -- -- -- --

Strategy

There are no forced actions in this chapter so you may approach it however you see fit. You are also allowed to bring all thirteen units available in Lyn's Tale for this chapter, though you are also free to undeploy anyone you feel will not be helpful.

On the third turn, it will start to rain, increasing the movement cost for plains terrain to two for all units includingNomads. In the case ofPegasus Knights, their movement cost is increased to two for all terrain.Cavaliers will now have a movement cost of 3 on plains terrain. There are tiles that have no increase in their movement cost, which include the house tiles and the bridge tiles. Even though Lyn will warn you a turn before the weather changes, this can make the chapter take very long to clear if you decide to get Lyn to the throne withoutrescue dropping. To get around this setback, you can rescue drop a unit like Wallace, Kent, or Sain (preferably promoted) on the south side of the mountains and manage the enemy units or weaken Lundgren while Florina retrieves Lyn for a quick seize. However, such a strategy can cause you to miss out on theEnergy Ring, which is the only one available if you decide to followHector's Tale. Also, make sure to use the Energy Ring before the chapter ends or it will disappear.

There is anArmory available that sells weaponseffective against Lundgren, however the only weapons you cannot obtain by other means are theSteel Bow and theHeavy Spear neither of which are necessary to take out Lundgren. If Erk or Lucius are low on tomes, they can restock at theVendor.

As for taking down Lundgren, a promoted Wallace will serve you well against him. With theIron Axe, Wallace does about nine damage per round and takes eight damage from Lundgren'sSilver Lance. If playing on hard mode, a promotedSain orKent can also take him on with theLancereaver, but note that Kent can facecrit due to his low base of 2 and poor 20% growth.

Lucius orErk can provide chip damage, but make sure to rescue drop them out of the way before Lundgren attacks them with his Javelin because while both can survive Lundgren'sJavelin, they face crit at base. Also,Serra will likely be unable to heal to enough HP for them to survive another hit. Lucius is better for this job as he can double at base, while Erk needs to level upspeed twice.

Getting the boss kill with Lyn is significant in terms of the story but is an uphill task. She has a low hit rate, except with the Lancereaver, which requires her to gain 2 points instrength to even deal damage (The Energy Ring obtained in this chapter can provide this if needed). Forcing Lundgren to use the Javelin will be very helpful as she gets one-shot by his Silver Lance unless she used theAngelic Robe obtained inChapter 6, and gained at least 3 points inHP anddefense combined.

This chapter of Lyn's tale is the last opportunity to meet one of the requirements forChapter 19x pt 2.Nils must belevel 7 by the end of this chapter. If the player is particularly desperate to reach this goal they can clear most enemies from the map then have Nilsplay for a unit over and over again, as this will always give himexperience. Though this does have the downside of massively inflating the player's turn count. This is also the last opportunity to have Rath or Wallace defeated in Lyn mode to reset their stats to their Eliwood/Hector mode bases.

Trivia

• The Caelin castle is seen again inChapter 15E/16H, then guarded byBauker. The 5-by-5 area in the lower left corner of this chapter's map overlaps perfectly with that of the upper right corner of that chapter's.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

• 
  Lyndis's legion faces off againstLundgren.
• 
  Lyn reunites with her grandfather,Hausen.
• 
  Lyn bidsMark farewell.
• 
  Lyn watches the sunset.

Prototype

Images from theFire Emblem0206 and0219 prototypes.

• 
  Lyndis's legion faces off against Lundgren in the prototype.
• 
  Lyn reunites with her grandfather,Hausen in the prototype.
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  Lyn bids Mark farewell in the prototype.
• 
  Lyn watches the sunset in the prototype.