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Despite their successes, however, the brigade is fighting a more-or-less hopeless struggle. That is, until they are called to unite with another resistance force, led by a previously unknown heir of the late king Ashnard, the decidedly less mad prince [[Pelleas]]. Pelleas himself did not know of his heritage until a wandering wise-man once in service of the Daein king, [[Izuka]] discovered him and set him on the path to retake the throne. In the process, Pelleas was united with his lost mother, Lady [[Almedha]], who overbears on him, along with [[General]] [[Tauroneo]], [[Swordmaster]] [[Zihark]], and [[Wyvern Knight (The Sacred Stones)|Wyvern Knight]] [[Jill]] as his retainers. When the Dawn Brigade finally meets up with this force in the eastern deserts, they unite and begin the first real plans to free Daein from the occupational army.

During Gallia's first steps, general Skrimir proves to be an inept strategist, which forces the mercenaries' tactician, the Wind Sage [[Soren]], to step in and pick up the slack. Under Soren's masterful guidance, the warriors of Gallia overtake fort after fort, eventually reaching the far side of the Ribahn River, to begin their engagement with Begnion's Central Army, led by the legendary General [[Zelgius]]. The original plan was to have the bird tribes attack the Central Army's convoys, essentially crippling their supplies. However, due to false information, they end up running straight into the army itself, the ravens disappearing in the process. When Tibarn attempts to clash with General Zelgius, he informs the Hawk King to return immediately to [[Phoenicis]] if he wishes to save his people. He does so, and returns to his country only to find that the ravens had been enacting a massacre. After clearing away the invaders, Tibarn and the remainder of his men regroup with Gallia's forces to inform them of Kilvas's treachery, forcing them to rethink their battle plans moving forward.

Despite Zelgius's mercy, however, the senators force the army to pursue Gallia's retreating forces, in an effort to exterminate them. Upon hearing this order from Empress Sanaki's holy guard, [[Sigrun]], Zelgius is outraged, in disbelief that the apostle and his master, [[Sephiran]], duke of Persis, would desire this action. Though disallowed to openly say so, Sigrun reveals to Zelgius that both Sanaki and Sephiran are being held hostage by the senate, and urges Zelgius to follow the senate's orders, lest the two of them be murdered. Ike and his mercenaries, who had up to that point been holding out in one of Begnion's captured forts, are the first to be attacked by the advancing troops, and upon escape, rendezvous with Gallia's retreating army to tell them this disturbing news.

Just as the Apostle's Army begins its march, Daein's forces appear again, at Oribes Bridge, to threaten them. Despite the utter bewilderment as to why Daein would be fighting on the side of its former enemy, the army is forced by this provocation to make their way to Begnion by means of Daein, in order to nullify their threat. Despite their country being still in ruins, the Daein army fights ferociously under Micaiah's command. Despite this, they are still beaten back into Daein itself. In a subsequent flashback, it is revealed why Daein is fighting on Begnion's side. Vice Minister [[Lekain]], using a [[Rewarp]] staff, had appeared before Pelleas, and revealed to him that he had unwittingly signed a [[blood pact]], forged to resemble the treaty he signed during his coronation by none other than Izuka. The pact's condition forces Pelleas to obey the senate's orders, or watch as his entire nation withers away to a magically-induced plague.

Despite dealing heavy damage to the Apostle's army, even at one point using burning oil to try and incinerate them, the Daein army is all-but-crushed, forced to retreat to their last stronghold between Daein and Begnion. Here, when Pelleas desperately tries one more time to rally Micaiah's support against the Apostle's Army, he is forced to reveal to them the blood pact that he'd signed. He is about to fall into despair, when Micaiah convinces him to try and find a way out of the pact, which up to that point, he'd believed was unbreakable. In the meantime, the Daein Army would have to continue fighting for Begnion, despite the insurmountable odds.

At this moment, as their fort is invaded, a mighty black dragon appears, and forces the armies to cease fighting at once. They do this in lieu of [[Lehran's Medallion]] which is on the verge of breaking its seal containing the Dark God, which would be released by the chaos of the war, should it continue much longer. The black dragon turns out to be prince [[Kurthnaga]], who, by happenstance, was the boy that Micaiah had met during the liberation. He meets with Almedha, revealing her to be one of the Dragon Tribe as well and Kurthnaga's sister, having been cursed after her union with Ashnard. Should Pelleas still be alive at this point, he will note this revelation.  

Meanwhile, in Begnion's capitol [[Sienne]], Zelgius finally manages to free Sephiran from his prison, and the two of them start a rebellion in Begnion itself, spurring the citizenry to side with Sanaki instead of the senate, creating even more turmoil in the process. Hearing this, the Apostle's army is forced to resume the fight with Daein, as they continue to resist them. In the last fight, Kurthnaga, heron prince Rafiel, and wolf queen Nailah, having become aware of the blood pact, decide to fight on Daein's side. In the chaos of this battle, Lehran's Medallion grows increasingly unstable, rendering both of its caretakers, Reyson and Leanne, unconscious. As its fury grows, Micaiah abandons her position on the battlefront, being called by a mysterious voice. Ike's sister [[Mist]], in turn, collapses on the battlefield, and urges Ike and his compatriots to take her to the medallion. At the same time, Sanaki, wishing to know how the battle fares, enlists the help of Raven King Naesala, who had remained unseen up to this point, to take her to the location of the medallion as well. It is implied that it was Naesala who had helped Sanaki escape the senate's clutches in the first place.

When all gather at the resting place of the medallion, they deliberate upon themselves as to what could possibly be done to quell its blue flames. At that moment, Mist, still unconscious, hums the [[Galdr of Release]], and instructs them to release the Dark God using the song, rather than leaving it to wake on its own. Sanaki appears with Naesala, and upon being informed of the situation, attempts to sing the galdr. However, strangely enough, despite being the apostle, she is unable to do it. At that moment, Micaiah walks calmly into the room, followed by Sothe, trying in vain to stop her from wandering into enemy territory. As if possessed, Micaiah exposits on the nature of the medallion and the galdr, then proceeds to sing it with the lyrics that nobody had known up to that point. The blue flames are then finally quenched, and an eerie silence grips the room. When Sothe attempts to speak to Micaiah again, she speaks in a voice that is clearly not her own, addressing itself as [[Yune]]. Yune then starts talking to someone who is not in the room, trying to dissuade it from an unknown action it is taking. At that moment, the entire area is engulfed in a bright light. Once the flash ends, Ike and the others leave the room, and find that the previously warring soldiers had all turned to stone.

''Radiant Dawn'' has a total of 42 chapters,<!--The game treats Rebirth as five chapters, unlike Raise the Standard--> divided across 43 maps, none of which are [[side quest]]s or [[paralogue]]s. This makes it the game with the second most main-story chapters in the series, following {{title|Mystery of the Emblem}}{{'}}s 42 chapters split across 44 maps (if both books are counted for ''Mystery of the Emblem'').

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