Under Gray Skies (Japanese:灰色の空の下でUnder the gray sky) is the prologue chapter of Part I ofFire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. In this chapter, theDawn Brigade protects the inhabitants of aDaein village from a bandit attack.

Plot

Main article:Under Gray Skies/Script

Three years have passed sinceCrimea defeatedDaein in theMad King's War. Crimea has ceded its right to rule Daein to theBegnion empire, who rules Daein with an iron fist. To protect the people,Micaiah has helped found theDawn Brigade, a group of vigilantes who oppose Begnion's oppression. One day, Micaiah and her friendEdward are waiting to meet their friendLeonardo when bandits led byPugo attack. Micaiah and Edward immediately battle the bandits. Leonardo eventually arrives to reinforce them, and the three drive off the bandits and slay Pugo.

Afterwards, the Dawn Brigade earns the admiration of a boy namedNico who was observing the battle. Begnion soldiers arrive to arrest the trio, who immediately flee the area. GeneralJarod, leader of the occupation army, arrives on the scene. When he learns of the soldiers' continued failure to capture the Dawn Brigade, he murders one of them and orders the rest to obtain information from the villagers. He and his second-in-commandAlder agree pursing the Dawn Brigade will liven up their boring assignment.

Chapter data

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Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Rout enemy	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Any ally dies	2+1	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	4	{{{third}}}

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Rout enemy	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Any ally dies	2+1	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	8	{{{third}}}

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This map's elemental affinity isDark.

Character data

Characters
New units
Micaiah Light Mage HP 15 Inventory Light Herb Level 1 Automatically from turn 1 Edward Myrmidon HP 19 Inventory Iron Sword Vulnerary Level 4 Automatically from turn 1 Leonardo Archer HP 17 Inventory Iron Bow Herb Dracoshield Level 4 Automatically from turn3/4
Available characters
None

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Herb Dropped by enemyBandit

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.

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Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Pugo Fighter 3 1 27 7 0 8 10 8 8 1 6 Bronze Axe •Vulnerary Shove Does not move. Bandit Bandit 1 2 25 5 0 4 6 0 3 0 5 Bronze Axe Shove The southeastern one begins moving after a unit reaches the second choke point. Bandit Bandit 1 1 25 5 0 4 6 0 3 0 5 Bronze Axe •Herb Shove --

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Pugo Fighter 5 1 27 11 0 8 10 8 8 1 6 Iron Axe •Vulnerary Shove Will move if a player is in his range. Bandit Bandit 3 2 26~27 6 0 5 7 1 4 0~1 5 Bronze Axe Shove -- Bandit Bandit 1 2 25 5 0 4 6 0 3 0 5 Bronze Axe Shove Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Bandit Bandit 2 1 25~26 5 0 4 6 0 3 0 5 Bronze Axe •Herb Shove -- Bandit Bandit 2 2 25~26 5 0 4 6 0 3 0 5 Bronze Axe Shove --

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Pugo Fighter 5 1 27 11 0 8 10 8 8 1 6 Iron Axe •Vulnerary Shove Will move if a player is in his range. Bandit Bandit 5 2 28~29 7 0 7 8~9 2~3 6 1~2 5 Bronze Axe Shove -- Bandit Bandit 3 2 26~27 6 0 5 7 1 4 0~1 5 Bronze Axe Shove Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Bandit Bandit 4 1 27~28 6 0 6 8 1~2 5 1 5 Bronze Axe •Herb Shove -- Bandit Bandit 4 2 27~28 6 0 6 8 1~2 5 1 5 Bronze Axe Shove --

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Boss data

Main article:Pugo

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Fighter Level 3 Affinity Constitution 13 Authority --	Stats Max HP 27 Speed 10 Strength 7 Luck 8 Magic 0 Defense 8 Skill 8 Resistance 1 Movement 6 Weight 13	Inventory Skills Bronze Axe Vulnerary Shove Weapon Levels -- -- C -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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Fighter Level 5 Affinity Constitution 13 Authority --	Stats Max HP 27 Speed 10 Strength 11 Luck 8 Magic 0 Defense 8 Skill 8 Resistance 1 Movement 6 Weight 13	Inventory Skills Iron Axe Vulnerary Shove Weapon Levels -- -- C -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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Strategy

This chapter serves as a nice introduction toRadiant Dawn. You immediately get two units: Micaiah and Edward. Micaiah is one of the game's main protagonists, and her death spells an immediate game over. She plays like aKnight, except based onmagic instead of physical strength. Edward is in an odd position as far as units go: on Easy and Normal, his excellent growth spread allows him to cap 6 of his stats by the end of the game, making him an extremely good unit. However, on Hard, the penalties to experience gain and his base inferiority toZihark make him far less viable. His unique weapon in the western version,Caladbolg, does little good for him since it only gives him +8luck. A little later in the chapter, you get the archer Leonardo. His stats are somewhat problematic at times, but he is the Dawn Brigade's only bowman and his unique weapon in the western version, theLughnasadh, gives him a ridiculous +5Speed boost come part 3. Both of them have high performance ceilings if effort is put into them. Leonardo also comes with a Dracoshield in his inventory, which is best saved for either Nolan or Jill.

Your basic strategy is to have Edward and Leonardo weaken enemies and Micaiah finish them off. Edward is your only decent front-liner right now. You can use Micaiah's Sacrifice ability to keep him healed up and give her a little more free experience. If you want to clear the map in 10 turns for maximum bonus experience on harder difficulties, you will have to play extremely aggressively.

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