The Rising Darkness is the twelfth chapter ofFire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes on the Scarlet Blaze route. In addition to its main mission, this chapter consists of seven side missions.

Plot

Main article:The Rising Darkness/Script

Though it painsEdelgard to double back when victory is so close, the Imperial army nevertheless retreats to Hrym territory to quell the riots. Along the way,Hubert speculates thatthose who slither in the dark are responsible for the chaos. Eventually, the Empire is able to wipe out the bandits and defeat their leaders, includingSolon, the man who impersonatedTomas atGarreg Mach Monastery. However, Solon escapes before they can question him. In the aftermath, Edelgard and Hubert speculate as to the perpetrators' objectives, to no avail. An Imperial messenger reports that the formerDuke Aegir and those who slither in the dark have forcibly seized control of Fort Merceus and are rallying the Imperial lords in open revolt against Edelgard. Edelgard elects to annihilate the rebellion.

Chapter data

Character data

Characters
New units
Leonie Holy Knight HP 5061 Inventory Silver Lance Level 43 End of chapter if Byleth and Jeralt were previously recruited and the Persuade Leonie strategy was used during The Pacification of Hrym
Available characters

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Master Seal Clear a Path, dropped byWyvern Lord 6,600G Capture reward: Clear a Path Arrow of Indra S Rank reward: Clear a Path Lavish Building Material (×16) Survey Spot: Phlegethon Territory, visit the stronghold Elite Training Gear (×6) Survey Spot: Phlegethon Territory, visit the stronghold Storage Compartment (×6) Survey Spot: Phlegethon Territory, visit the stronghold Extra Large Bullion S Rank reward: Prevent the Bandits' Escape Lavish Building Material (×16) Survey Spot: Western Ordelia Territory, visit the house Advanced Combat Manual (×12) Survey Spot: Western Ordelia Territory, visit the house Mountslayer Magic Corps Survey Spot: Western Ordelia Territory, visit the stronghold and select the Mountslayer Magic Corps Wingrender Archers Survey Spot: Western Ordelia Territory, visit the stronghold and select the Wingrender Archers Speed Carrot Vigilante Crisis, open thechest 6,600G Capture reward: Vigilante Crisis Master Seal S Rank reward: Vigilante Crisis Smithing Stone (×50) Survey Spot: Southeastern Ordelia Territory, visit the cave Arcane Crystal (×50) Survey Spot: Southeastern Ordelia Territory, visit the cave Brave Tome S Rank reward: Rescue the Villagers Lavish Building Material (×16) Survey Spot: Norther Ordelia Territory, visit the tent Purveyor's License (×10) Survey Spot: Norther Ordelia Territory, visit the tent Owl Feather Survey Spot: Norther Ordelia Territory, visit the forest and select the Owl Feather Baby's Breath Survey Spot: Norther Ordelia Territory, visit the forest and select the Baby's Breath 6,600G Capture reward: Recover the Supplies Brave Axe S Rank reward: Recover the Supplies Mythril (×20) Survey Spot: Western Hrym Territory, visit the mine Heretic's Tome S Rank reward: A Disquieting Report Lavish Building Material (×16) Survey Spot: Southwestern Hrym Territory, visit the stronghold Hero's Insignia (×6) Survey Spot: Southwestern Hrym Territory, visit the stronghold Master Smithing Set (×12) Survey Spot: Southwestern Hrym Territory, visit the stronghold Critical Ring Restore Order in Hrym Territory, dropped byGreat Knight Miracle Bean S Rank reward: Restore Order in Hrym Territory Lavish Building Material (×16) Survey Spot: Central Hrym Territory, visit the stronghold Luxurious Furnishings (×6) Survey Spot: Central Hrym Territory, visit the stronghold Master Seal (×3) Survey Spot: Central Hrym Territory, visit the house Agarthium The Pacification of Hrym, open thechest (First time only, resets onNew Game+.) Extra Large Bullion The Pacification of Hrym, open thechest (Second time onward, resets onNew Game+.) Master Seal Capture reward: The Pacification of Hrym Scythe of Sariel S Rank reward: The Pacification of Hrym

Battle suggestions

See also:Battle Suggestions

The following battle suggestions are made at the beginning of the chapter:

Battle Suggestions
Character(s)	Suggestion	Effect Description	Effect
	Focus on basic training methods and build physical strength.	Slightly increase the chance of raising a unit's Strength when leveling up.	Increases all units'growth rates instrength by 20%.
	Pour resources into theory and learn more efficient magical applications.	Slightly increase the chance of raising a unit's Magic when leveling up.	Increases all units'growth rates inmagic by 20%.
	Learn effective defensive techniques in order to reduce casualties.	Slightly increase the chance of raising a unit's Defense when leveling up.	Increases all units'growth rates indefense by 20%.

Upon gaining access toEastern Hrym Territory,Manuela suggests changing the battle plan to the following:

Battle Suggestions
Character(s)	Suggestion	Effect Description	Effect
	Do good deeds on a regular basis. What goes around, comes around.	Slightly increase the chance of raising a unit's Luck when leveling up.	Increases all units'growth rates inluck by 20%.

Note: Battle suggestions become unavailable if the corresponding characters died in battle.

Missions

Side missions

Side Missions
Mission	Location	Objective	Boss	Enemy Level				Rewards		Description
				E	N	H	M	Capture	S Rank
Clear a Path	Phlegethon Territory	Rout the enemy.	Wyvern Lord	24	41	78	141	6,600G	Arrow of Indra	Bandits have been sighted ahead. Wipe them out to secure the advance and restore order to the area.
Prevent the Bandits' Escape	Western Ordelia Territory	Prevent the enemy's escape.	Holy Knight	24	41	78	141	Activity Points recovered (×1)	Extra Large Bullion	Bandits have been spotted making off with goods looted from a nearby village. Hunt them down before they can escape.
Vigilante Crisis	Southeastern Ordelia Territory	Defend the base.	Great Knight	25	42	81	142	6,600G	Master Seal	Bandits are attacking the local militia. Go to their aid.
Rescue the Villagers	Norther Ordelia Territory	Escort the allied units.	Pittacus	24	41	78	141	Training Points recovered (×1)	Brave Tome	The Imperial army has received a request for aid from a village in Ordelia territory. Defeat the bandits and rescue the villagers.
Recover the Supplies	Western Hrym Territory	Rout the enemy*.	Bow Knight	25	42	81	142	6,600G	Brave Axe	Bandits have seized a goods depot and are now pillaging the place. Drive off the bandits at once and safeguard the supplies.
A Disquieting Report	Southwestern Hrym Territory	Defeat the assassins.	Mortal Savant	25	42	81	142	Activity Points recovered (×1)	Heretic's Tome	A mysterious group hostile to the Empire has been detected in the area. Seek them out and destroy them.
Restore Order in Hrym Territory	Central Hrym Territory	Seize and defend the strongholds*.	Great Knight	25	42	81	142	Training Points recovered (×1)	Miracle Bean	Chaos rages within strongholds all across Hrym territory. Dispatch troops to restore order at once.

Main mission

Main Mission
Mission	Location	Objective	Boss	Enemy Level				Rewards		Description
				E	N	H	M	Capture	S Rank
The Pacification of Hrym	Eastern Hyrm Territory	Rescue the villagers and defeatSolon.	Solon	26	43	83	143	Master Seal	Scythe of Sariel	Flames of unrest have engulfed Hrym territory. To prevent the violence from spreading any further, you head for the town said to be the root of the chaos.

Survey spots

Survey Spots
Mission	Location	Item	Amount	Conditions
Clear a Path	Stronghold	Lavish Building Material	16	—
		Elite Training Gear	6
		Storage Compartment	6
	House	Document: Tome of Comely Saints	1	Cost: 1,000G
Prevent the Bandits' Escape	House	Lavish Building Material	16	—
		Advanced Combat Manual	12
	Tent	Increases one ally'smorale	1	—
	Stronghold	Mountslayer Magic Corps	1	Player Choice. Only one of the two can be obtained.
		Wingrender Archers	1
Vigilante Crisis	House	Rally the Vigilantes	1	—
	Cave	Smithing Stone	50	—
		Arcane Crystal	50
Rescue the Villagers	Tent	Lavish Building Material	16	—
		Purveyor's License	10
	House	Level up anaxecombat art for one unit	1	—
	Forest	Owl Feather	1	Player Choice. Only one of the two can be obtained.
		Baby's Breath	1
Recover the Supplies	Ruins	Build Bridge	1	—
	Mine	Mythril	20	One or more units of theWar Master class
A Disquieting Report	House	Unlocks theDancer class	1	Complete all side missions.
	Tent	Freeforge uses	10	Trade for: Agarthium ×10
	Stronghold	Lavish Building Material	16	—
		Hero's Insignia	6
		Master Smithing Set	12
Restore Order in Hrym Territory	Stronghold	Lavish Building Material	16	—
		Luxurious Furnishings	6
	Spring	Luck +5 for one unit	1	—
	Tent	Restocks theItem Shop	1	ClearRestore Order in Hrym Territory with an S Rank.
	House	Master Seal	3	Cost: 2,000G

Paralogues

From this chapter onward, the followingparalogues become available:

Paralogues
Mission	Required Characters	Objective	Boss	Enemy Level				Rewards		Description
				E	N	H	M	Capture	S Rank
Enshrouded Memories	Edelgard •Lysithea •Hapi	Gather information and defeatOdesse.	Odesse	26	43	83	143	Talisman	Timotheos Magi Corps	Those who slither in the dark operate out of bases hidden throughout Fódlan. Three of the nefarious group's victims have uncovered intel on one such locale.
The Ashen Wolves' Reunion	Yuri •Balthus •Constance •Hapi	Rescue the rogues and defeat the boss.	Metodey (Chapter 12)	26	43	83	143	Nuvelle Fliers Corps	Mockingbird's Thieves	The Ashen Wolves are together again to render aid to the residents of the Garreg Mach Abyss.
			Thief Leader (Chapter 13 onward)

Strategy

This chapter can be completed relatively quickly and easily by quickly rushing the final missions as most survey spots and side mission rewards are on the more negligible side. However, if you have not unlocked it before throughNew Game+, make sure to complete all side missions inA Disquieting Report and to visit the housesurvey spot to unlock theDancer class.

If you plan to recruitLeonie, selecting theBuild Bridge strategy will be very useful as it significantly cuts down on the path you need to take to evacuate her. Note that even when the corresponding strategy is chosen and activated, Leonie will refuse to join your army if you killedJeralt two chapters prior.

The S Rank reward for this chapter's main mission, theScythe of Sariel, is a rare lance with solid stats and the added benefit of an increasedcritical rate. The mission itself mostly consists of reaching the different bosses and defeating them, with little else in the way. As such, a unit with highmovement, such as a cavalry or flying unit, or a quick infantry unit, can speed this chapter up significantly. Two of the bosses,Pallardó andMetodey, are sword wielders, so a lance user equipped with a battalion with theResist Swords ability is useful. TheDemonic Beast you fight afterward is weak toswords,lances,brawling, and thewind element. It has three health bars, so bringing units who can deal with at least three of them is recommended. Before defeating the Demonic Beast, send at least one strong combat unit to the northernmost stronghold. The boss,Solon will appear there and conjure a wall of darkness that will lock your units out until you have defeated his underlings, but this can be skipped by having your units enter the stronghold before he spawns.

Trivia

• The "Persuade Leonie" strategy in this chapter is the only strategy in the game that can fail due to the player's actions outside the chapter itself, as it can be failed by not recruitingByleth andJeralt two chapters prior.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

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References

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

Playable characters Scarlet Blaze Ashe •Balthus •Bernadetta •Byleth •Caspar •Constance •Dorothea •Edelgard •Ferdinand •Hapi •Hubert •Ignatz •Jeralt •Jeritza •Leonie •Linhardt •Lorenz •Lysithea •Manuela •Marianne •Mercedes •Monica •Petra •Raphael •Shamir •Shez •Yuri Azure Gleam Annette •Ashe •Balthus •Bernadetta •Byleth •Catherine •Constance •Dedue •Dimitri •Dorothea •Felix •Flayn •Hapi •Ignatz •Ingrid •Jeralt •Jeritza •Linhardt •Lorenz •Marianne •Mercedes •Petra •Raphael •Rodrigue •Seteth •Shamir •Shez •Sylvain •Yuri Golden Wildfire Ashe •Balthus •Bernadetta •Byleth •Claude •Constance •Dorothea •Hapi •Hilda •Holst •Ignatz •Jeralt •Leonie •Linhardt •Lorenz •Lysithea •Marianne •Petra •Raphael •Shamir •Shez •Yuri Other Arval •Gatekeeper •Rhea •Sothis Non-playable characters Acheron •Alois •Anna •Count Bergliez •Captain Berling •Cleobulus •Fleche •Margrave Gautier •Getz •Count Gloucester •Gustave •Hanneman •Count Hevring •The Immaculate One •The Immovable •Judith •Ladislava •Lazley •Lonato •Miklan •Randolph •Seiros •Solon •Thales •Count Varley •The Wind Caller Bosses Acheron •Duke Aegir •Viscount Albany •Alois •Anaximandros •Annette •Lord Arundel •Ashe •Balthus •Baron Barnabas •Viscount Belinus •Bernadetta •Count Bergliez •Bias •Viscount Brennius •Byleth •Caspar •Catherine •Cethleann •Cichol •Chilon •Claude •Constance •Cornelia •Cyril •Death Knight •Dedue •Dimitri •Dolofonos •Baron Dominic •Dorothea •Count Duval •Edelgard •Viscount Elidure •Viscount Enid •Epimenides •Marquis Erebus •Viscount Essar •Felix •Viscount Fenja •Ferdinand •Flayn •Fleche •Margrave Gautier •Count Geraint •Duke Gerth •Viscount Gideon •Baron Gillingr •Count Gloucester •Gustave •Gwendal •Hanneman •Hapi •Count Hevring •Hilda •Hubert •Viscount Hymir •Ignatz •Ingrid •Jeralt •Judith •Viscount Kleiman •Kostas •Kronya •Ladislava •Leonie •Linhardt •Viscount Lochin •Lonato •Lorenz •Lysithea •Manuela •Marianne •Baron Martyn •Baron Mateus •Viscount Mateus •Viscount Menja •Mercedes •Metodey •Monica •Baron Müller •Myson •Nader •Odesse •Baron Ochs •Pallardó •Petra •Pittacus •Baron Pryderi •Randolph •Raphael •Rhea •Rodrigue •Count Rowe •Rufus •Seiros •Seteth •Shahid •Shamir •Shez •Viscount Siward •Solon •Sylvain •Thales •Count Varley •Yuri Legendary and personal weapons Aegis Shield •Amalthea •Areadbhar •Asclepius •Athame •Axe of Ukonvasara •Aymr •Blutgang •Caduceus Staff •Circe Staff •Crusher •Dahaka •Dark Creator Sword •Failnaught •Fetters of Dromi •Freikugel •Hrotti •Ichor Scroll •The Inexhaustible •Járngreipr •Labraunda •Lance of Ruin •Lúin •Ochain Shield •Rafail Gem •Ridill •Scroll of Talos •Scythe of Sariel •Seiros Shield •Shamshir •Spear of Assal •Suttungr's Mystery •Sword of Begalta •Sword of Moralta •Sword of Seiros •Sublime Creator Sword •Tathlum Bow •Thunderbrand •Thyrsus •Vajra-Mushti •Wind Caller's Genesis Chapters Prologue 0:Crossed Roads • 1:A Chance Encounter • 2:Three Houses • 3:The Shadows of Adrestia /Crisis in Fhirdiad /The Battle for the Locket Scarlet Blaze 4:The Struggle Commences • 5:Skirmish in the Fog • 6:Bridge of Betrayal • 7:The Triumph of Valor • 8:The Maiden's Peril • 9:Unrest in Enbarr • 10:Shifting History • 11:Heroic Bloodlines • 12:The Rising Darkness • 13:Severing the Past • 14A:A Clash of Ambitions • 14B:Torment of the Eagle and Lion • 15:The Hour of Vengeance • 16:Into the Chasm • Final:A Path Forward Azure Gleam 4:To War! • 5:Skirmish in the Fog • 6:Conspiracy in the Air • 7:The King Awakens • 8:The Blood-Stained Lance • 9:Reunion at the Fortress City • 10:Fanaticism • 11:Reprisal • 12:A Trick of the Goddess • 13:Clash of Torment • 14:The Absent Emperor • 15:The Hour of Vengeance • 16:Into the Chasm • Final:The End of Tragedy Golden Wildfire 4:To War! • 5:The Golden Guardian • 6:The Leader's Stratagem • 7:A Contest of Beasts • 8:What Makes a King • 9:The End of the Alliance • 10:Love and Loss • 11:The Sword Swings Wide • 12:Two Kings • 13:Darkness Attacks • 14:A Symbol of the Past • 15:The Hour of Vengeance • 16:Into the Chasm • Final:Field of Beginnings Paralogues The Ashen Wolves' Reunion •Coming Clean •Cycles of Nostalgia •Eagles, Lions, and Deer •Enshrouded Memories •Evil's Bane and Love's Protection •A Grand Day for the Opera Company •An Incurable Shut-In •Like Cats and Dogs •Love and Hate in Wartime •Mercenary Complications •A Night of Wonder •A Noble Among Nobles •Raiders from the North •A Reason to Fight •Right Where They're Wanted •The Saints' Forge •The Seiros Snare •Under the Protection of the Golden Deer •Unsettling Truths •What Lies Within •Wildflowers for the Future Locations Fódlan •Adrestia •Base Camp •Faerghus •Garreg Mach Monastery (Abyss) •Leicester •Almyra •Brigid •Dagda •Sreng •Zahras Groups and events 10 Elites •Ashen Wolves •Berling's Mercenaries •Black Eagles •Blue Lions •Children of the Goddess •Church of Seiros (Knights of Seiros) •Golden Deer •Insurrection of the Seven •Jeralt's Mercenaries •Those who slither in the dark •Tragedy of Duscur •War of Heroes Concepts and objects Awakening •Crests (Crest Stone) •Critical Rush •Elements •Heroes' Relics •Monsters •Peer training •Survey Spots •Warrior Special •Weapon attributes Related topics Documents •Movies •Music Player •Minor characters •Name chart • Other games (Warriors •Three Houses) •Pre-release information (Unused content) •Timeline •Weapons