Chapter 19: Last Hope

Objective: Protect Mansel or kill Riev in 13 turns

You can see details of enemies (hard mode) by placing the cursor on them. Statistics vary 2-3 points. VA = Attack Speed.

Notes: This is a foggy map, this is not shown on the image for you to see everything on it. Also, some initial positions vary depending on which route you choose before, Eirika's (image above) or Ephraim's route:

• Items:
1. Rune Sword
2. Fenfir
3. Speedwing
4. Bolting
5. 5000
6. Fortify
- Light Brand (at least 4 green knights must survive, the General count as one of them, and in all difficulties is the same).
- Ivaldi, Latona and 10.000 (at the chapter's end)
- Steal:
  A. Goddess Icon
  E. Lockpick x3 (reinforcement Thief)
- Drop when killed:
  B. Brave Lance
  C. Brave Sword
  D. Brave Bow
  - Aura (Riev)

• Secret Shop (non-japanese version):
(white square in the upper right)
- Barrier 2250
- Physic 3750
- Hero Crest 10000
- Knight Crest 10000
- Orion's Bolt 10000
- Elysian Whip 10000
- Guiding Ring 10000
- Ocean Seal10000

• Secret Shop (japanese version):
(white square in the upper right)
- Shamshir 1200
- Spear 9000
- Battle Axe 1000
- Physic 3750
- Angelic Robe 8000
- Energy Ring 8000
- Speedwing 8000
- Goddess Icon 8000
- Dragonshield 8000
- Hero Crest 10000
- Knight Crest 10000
- Orion's Bolt 10000
- Elysian Whip 10000
- Guiding Ring 10000
- Ocean Seal10000

• Reinforcements:
- Turns 2 to 8: 2 Swordmaster and 1 Great Knight in middle of these. In the southern part, where the "C" is, and is possible that the right swordmaster won't move when appears, making the nexts reinforcements appears above or below him. He move only in the next turn.
- Turns 3 to 9: A Mage Knight, Warrior, Ranger and Paladin. From left to right, below Riev.
- Turn 3, 5, 7: A Warrior (above) and Sniper (below). Red squares with blue borders, on the northern entrance.
- Turn 4, 6, 8: 2 Hero. Next to the red squares with blue borders.
- Turn 6 and 7: 2 Thief. Squares with a "E" inside (on turn 7 only the right one).
- Turn 9 and 11: 2 Generals together, one in the right "E".
- Turn 10 and 12: 2 Warriors. From the same place where the Generals appears.

• New characters:
- None.

• Strategy:
From here on, the hardest battles will begin, use your top arsenal to emerge victorious. You may also add L´arachel or Natasha on your team (equipped with a Torch staff), also Colm or Rennac with the member and silver cards for the secret shop (the spot with a white square in the image). Myrrh is also a good option because of her high defence, but before that equip her with the Fili shield, so she won´t get extra damage from arrows.
Block the entrances to the main chamber, the upper and lower with your best units, since you will be getting repeated attacks and surprises on every turn. When you defeat this horde of enemies, go get Riev and finish this mission as soon as possible. Although it is possible to win earlier, you would have to employ your characters with great movement and range attacks to get near Riev.

Or even better, try this; put a defence on every entrance, then move a staff wielder (with at least 12 magic and level A in staves) with a warp staff (which you should have obtained at Chapter 15) and place it as far to southwest as you can without leaving the castle, about 6 or 7 spaces above from Riev. In the next turn transport a strong unit next to Riev to kill him, like a swordmaster or a berserker, and if you are lucky you will finish the mission.
But remember that to transport a unit, the spot must be illuminated, for this put a thief with torches close to your magician or use the staff with the same name. You can take your time if you want to take all the treasures and rewards, as you can do this some turns later. If you don´t have the Warp staff, the best thing to do is fending off the enemies for the 13 turns, defend the hallways and trying to move forward if you have good characters.

Boss	Data								Items
Riev	Bishop of level 16 "A heretic and general in Grado's army. He's also known as Blood Beryl."								- Aura
	HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con
Stats	49	14	21	19	9	16	18	7

Riev is not a boss to be afraid of, but keep an eye as he is quite fast. Aura possess a respectable critical percentage so don´t underestimate this boss. You may send Ephraim or some other unit with high HP, speed and pure waters to defeat him without much trouble.

To finish your passing here, do as you are advised in the end: buy supplies such as vulnerary, elixirs, and weapons. For, as you should know, once you begin next battle and save while preparing yourself, you won´t be able to come back, even after finishing it. Go to the shop list. Although everything you might seek is sold at Rausten, there are a few items not found here. Specially if you don´t have a lot of money, as silver weaponry is not that necessary: steel weapons, or even iron, should suffice.

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