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Valley of Torment/Ambush at Ailell

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Ambush at Ailell (Japanese: アリル奇襲戦 Allyl surprise attack) is the main battle map of the fifteenth chapter on the Silver Snow, Azure Moon, and Verdant Wind routes in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. In this map, Byleth and their army are ambushed by House Rowe as they attempt to meet up with other allies for supplies.

Ambush at Ailell

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Location

Ailell, the Valley of Torment

Boss(es)

Gwendal

Map data

Normal Hard Maddening

Chapter Data
Conditions
Unit Data
Victory: Defeat Gwendal Player Partner Other Enemy
Defeat: Byleth or Dimitri  /Claude   dies*, the player's army is routed*, or Rodrigue  /Judith     dies 9/10 {{{partner}}} 0+3 29
 

Character data

Silver Snow Azure Moon Verdant Wind

Characters
New units
Ashe
 
Commoner
HP
Varies
Inventory
--
Level
Varies
Automatically at the end of the map if he was recruited in Part I,
then was defeated and the "Persuade" option was chosen in this map
Available characters
                               

Item data

Items
Name Obtainment Method
  Concoction Dropped by enemy Fortress Knight
  Chest Key Dropped by enemy Sniper
  Killer Bow Dropped by Ashe   /enemy Archer  
  Bolt Axe Open eastern chest
  Silver Shield Open western chest
  Sword of Moralta Have Byleth speak to Rodrigue  
  Energy Drop Have Byleth  /Claude   speak to Judith
  Master Seal Steal from Ashe   /enemy Archer  
  Lampos Shield Steal from Gwendal
  Areadbhar Automatically at the end of the map  

Enemy data

Normal Hard Maddening

Enemy Units
Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes
Kingdom Soldier Armored Knight 29 6   Silver Axe • The southern two both begin moving if either of them or the nearby Great Knight or Sniper is provoked, or if the Sniper nearby Ashe   /his replacement Archer   is defeated.
• The center two both begin moving if either is provoked.
• The northern two both begin moving if either is provoked.
Kingdom Soldier Armored Knight 29 2   Silver Axe
  Rowe Armored Co. Lv 2:   Group Lance Attack
Both begin moving if either of them or the nearby Sniper is provoked.
Kingdom Soldier Fortress Knight 29 1   Silver Axe  Concoction 
  Axefaire  Weight -5
  Rowe Armored Co. Lv 3:   Group Lance Attack
Begins moving if a nearby Paladin or Archer is provoked, or if the Sniper nearby Ashe   /his replacement Archer   is defeated.
Kingdom Soldier Paladin 29 1   Silver Lance
  Canto  Lancefaire  Terrain Resistance
Begins moving if a nearby Fortress Knight, Paladin, or Archer is provoked, or if the Sniper nearby Ashe   /his replacement Archer   is defeated.
Kingdom Soldier Paladin 29 4   Silver Lance
  Canto  Lancefaire  Terrain Resistance
• The southern one begins moving if a nearby Fortress Knight, Paladin, or Archer is provoked, or if the Sniper nearby Ashe   /his replacement Archer   is defeated.
• The northern three all begin moving if any of them, the northern Sniper, a western Armored Knight, the Bishop, or Gwendal is provoked, or if both northern Armored Knights are defeated.
Kingdom Soldier Great Knight 29 1   Silver Axe
  Canto  Lancefaire  Axefaire
Begins moving if a nearby Armored Knight or Sniper is provoked, or if the Sniper nearby Ashe   /his replacement Archer   is defeated.
Kingdom Soldier Sniper 29 3   Silver Bow
  Bowfaire  Bowrange +1
• The southern one begins moving if a nearby Armored Knight or Great Knight is provoked, or if the Sniper nearby Ashe   /his replacement Archer   is defeated.
• The center one begins moving if the adjacent female Sniper is provoked, or if the Sniper nearby Ashe   /his replacement Archer   is defeated.
• The northern one begins moving if a nearby Armored Knight is provoked.
Kingdom Soldier Sniper 29 1   Silver Bow
  Bowfaire  Bowrange +1
Begins moving if the adjacent male Sniper is provoked or the Sniper nearby Ashe   /his replacement Archer   is defeated.
Kingdom Soldier Archer 29 2   Silver Bow
  Bowrange +1
Both begin moving if either of them or a nearby Fortress Knight or Paladin is provoked.
Kingdom Soldiers Sniper 29 1   Silver Bow  Chest Key 
  Bowfaire  Bowrange +1
  House Rowe Archers Lv 3:   Flash-Fire Arrows
Begins moving if Ashe   /his replacement Archer   is provoked.
Kingdom Soldiers Fortress Knight 29 4   Silver Axe
  Axefaire  Weight -5
Begins moving if their adjacent Fortress Knight is provoked.
Kingdom Soldier Bishop 29 1   Nosferatu  Physic
  White Magic Uses x2  White Magic Heal +10  Terrain Resistance
Begins moving if the northern Sniper, a western Armored Knight, a nearby Paladin, or Gwendal is provoked, or if both northern Armored Knights are defeated.
Ashe Archer 30 1   Killer Bow   Master Seal
  Lockpick  Bowrange +1  Bow Prowess Lv 3
  Gaspard Knights Lv 3:   Assault Troop
• Begins moving if the nearby Sniper is provoked.
• Replaced by a generic Archer without Lockpick or Gaspard Knights in the Azure Moon route.
Gwendal Great Knight 31 1   Silver Axe  Lampos Shield
  General  Canto  Lancefaire  Axefaire  Hit +20  Keen Intuition  Armored Blow  Axe Prowess Lv 4  Authority Lv 3
  Rowe Knights Lv 3:   Linked Horses
Begins moving if a nearby Paladin, the northern Sniper, a western Armored Knight, or the Bishop is provoked, or if both northern Armored Knights are defeated.
Reinforcements
Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes

Reinforcements

NPC data

Normal/Hard   Maddening   Normal/Hard    Maddening   

NPC Units
Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes
Reinforcements
Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes
Rodrigue Holy Knight 30/31 1   Aura  Silver Shield  Blessed Lance  Concoction  Fortify
  Commander  Canto  White Tomefaire  Terrain Resistance  Sword Prowess Lv 3  Authority Lv 3
  Fraldarius Soldiers Lv 3:   Onslaught
Moves to Dimitri, fighting any enemies along the way.
Kingdom Soldier Armored Knight 29/30 2   Silver Axe  Concoction
  Fraldarius Soldiers Lv 3:   Onslaught
Moves to attack any enemies in range, otherwise moves to be adjacent to Rodrigue.

Reinforcements

Boss data

Main article: Gwendal

Normal Hard Maddening

Sub-boss

Main article: Ashe

Ashe does not appear in the Azure Moon version of the map and is replaced by an Kingdom General Sniper.

Normal Hard Maddening

 
  Archer
Level 30
Movement 5
Crest --
Stats
Max HP 32 Luck 18
Strength 18 Defense 6
Magic 8 Resistance 12
Dexterity 25 Charm 9+7
Speed 19
Inventory Abilities
  Killer Bow 
  Master Seal
  Lockpick
  Bowrange +1
  Bow Prowess Lv 3
Combat arts Spells Battalion
-- --   Gaspard Knights Lv 3
  Assault Troop
Skill Levels
                       
E E E C E E E B E E E  

Strategy

This section details unofficial strategies that may help with completion of the chapter. This may not work for everybody.

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Trivia

  • On the Silver Snow version of this chapter, the player loses access to the deployment slot used by Dimitri and Claude on their routes.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English

Ambush at Ailell

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Spanish

Emboscada en Ailell

Ambush in Ailell

French

Embuscade à Ailell

Ambush in Ailell

German

Hinterhalt in Ailell

Ambush in Ailell

Italian

Imboscata nell'Ailell

Ambush in Ailell

Korean

아릴 기습전

Ailill surprise attack

Simplified Chinese

阿利尔奇袭战

Ailill surprise battle

Traditional Chinese

阿利爾奇襲戰

Ailill surprise battle

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