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Beyond the Borders

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Beyond the Borders

Cm fe07 5.png

Location

Sacae-Bern Border

New units

Serra, Erk

Boss(es)

Bug

Hm? Something’s happening over there. Let’s take a look!... Wow! A fight! A fight! Erk! Take a look! Fighting those bandits… It’s a young girl!
— Serra

Beyond the Borders (Japanese: 国境をこえて Across the Border) is the fifth chapter in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. Lyn continues her travels and encounters a certain pair of travelers.

Plot

Main article: Beyond the Borders/Script

As Lyn and her group passes along the Sacae-Bern border, she is again attacked by bandits. Serra and Erk happen to be passing by at the same time, which leads them to be recruited by Lyn. After the bandits are defeated, Erk and Serra say goodbye to Lyn, but are soon stopped by Sain's attempts to flirt with Serra. While talking with Serra, Sain mentions that Lyn is the granddaughter of Marquess Hausen. Serra, sensing an opportunity to have a member of such an important family indebted to her, requests to join Lyn's army, all the while stringing a reluctant Erk into her little scheme.

If Serra is felled at any point during the battle, she will instead simply send Erk to join Lyn, stating that she's too hurt to continue travelling, and waits behind where the battle took place to lie down and wait for her wounds to heal. This particular choice is a strange one, as Serra's personality is very much self-centered and conceited, and she would not normally send away her only protection and lie down in the wilderness defenseless and wounded for such a long period of time, which would be bound to attract bandits.

Beginning log

“The next morning comes too quickly. Lyn has fought back the bandit's attack. Now, she rushes for the border of Bern. If she can reach it, Lycia itself is not far off. For a moment, Lyn stops to imagine the face of the grandfather she's never seen.”

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions
Unit Data
Victory: Defeat all enemies Player Partner Other Enemy
Defeat: Lyn dies 6+2 {{{partner}}} 2-2 7
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Character data

Characters
New units
Serra
Portrait serra fe07.png
Cleric
HP
17
Inventory
--
Level
1
NPC, talk to with Lyn
Erk
Portrait erk fe07.png
Mage
HP
17
Inventory
--
Level
1
NPC, speak to Serra with Lyn
Available characters
Lyn ​Kent ​Sain ​Wil ​Florina ​Dorcas ​

Item data

Items
Name Obtainment Method
Is gba iron sword.png Iron Sword Dropped by an enemy brigand

Armory data

Armory
style="Template:Roundl; border: 1px solid #b0b0b0; background: #232855; width: 5%" | Name style="Template:Roundr; border: 1px solid #b0b0b0; background: #232855; width: 15%" | Cost
style=Template:Roundl; |
Is gba javelin.png
Javelin style=Template:Roundr; text-align: center | 400
style=Template:Roundl; |
Is gba hand axe.png
Hand Axe style=Template:Roundr; text-align: center | 300
style=Template:Roundl; |
Is gba iron bow.png
Iron Bow style=Template:Roundr; text-align: center | 540

Enemy data

Enemy Units
Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes
Ma gba brigand enemy.gif
Bandit Brigand 2 1 Iron Axe --
Ma gba brigand enemy.gif
Bandit Brigand 1 1 Iron Axe Iron SwordThis item is dropped upon this unit's defeat. --
Ma gba archer enemy.gif
Bandit Archer 1 1 Iron Bow Starts with 2 HP.
Ma gba archer enemy.gif
Bandit Archer 1 1 Iron Bow --
Ma gba mercenary enemy.gif
Bandit Mercenary 2 2 Iron Sword --
Ma gba brigand enemy.gif
Bug Brigand 9 1 Steel Axe Does not move.
Reinforcements
Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes

NPC data

NPC Units
Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes
Ma gba cleric serra other.gif
Serra Cleric 1 1 Heal Vulnerary --
Ma gba mage other.gif
Erk Mage 1 1 Fire Thunder Goddess Icon Starts with 10 HP.
Reinforcements
Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes

Boss data

Main article: Bug
Portrait bug fe07.png
Ma gba brigand enemy.gif Brigand
Level 9
Affinity --
Stats
Max HP 29 Luck 1
Strength 8 Defense 8
Skill 4 Resistance 0
Speed 6 Constitution 15
Movement 5 Aid 14
Inventory
Steel Axe
Weapon Levels
Swords -- Lances -- Axes C Bows --
Anima magic -- Light magic -- Dark magic -- Staves --

Strategy

In normal mode, the player will be forced to recruit Serra and Erk with Lyn on the first turn, after which, the game will force the player to heal Erk with Serra as a tutorial on how healing works. After Serra heals Erk, the player will then be forced to kill the archer with Erk. After this tutorial on magic, the player is free to approach the chapter however they see fit.

The objective of the map is to rout the enemy, unfortunately, approaching this chapter in a straightforward manner will take a while due to the many forest and mountain tiles on the map; therefore, for a quicker clear, the player can use Florina to carry a unit across the map to take out the boss, preferably Lyn. Doing this will likely require Florina to face the mercenary near the boss while carrying a unit but she should face no danger of dying as long as she only fights that enemy. While Florina ferries a unit across the forest tiles, have Sain and Kent take out the enemies in the upper half of the map and move Erk to the east along with Florina. While moving your units, make sure to not bait enemy units onto mountain tiles as those tiles give enemy units +40 to their avoid, making them annoyingly difficult to hit, even with weapon triangle-advantage.

The boss is simple to take out. Once Lyn is on the east side of the map, move her onto the forest terrain north of Bug and she will become essentially impossible to hit. Chip Bug's HP with Lyn's Mani Katti and Erk's Fire tome, which deals a reliable ten damage with Erk's base stats, and Bug should be dead by the enemy phase of the same turn.

The only difference in hard mode for this chapter is that you do not have to recruit Erk and Serra on the first turn; however, it is still a good idea to do so. As mentioned earlier, Erk provides great chip damage against the boss and, if left to their own devices, the two could end up baiting enemy units onto mountain terrain. Additionally, you can just rescue Lyn with Florina after she recruits Erk and Serra.

This is your first opportunity to buy ranged weapons like the Javelin and the Hand Axe so make sure to buy at least one javelin from the shop before the chapter ends.

Trivia

Etymology and other languages

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

Beyond the Borders

Spanish

Allende las fronteras

French

Au-delà des frontières

Beyond the Borders

German

Jenseits der Grenze

Beyond the Border

Gallery


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Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
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Non-playable characters BramimondDesmondElbertEleanoraEphidelFaeFargusGuinivereHannahHausenHelleneHelmanIgorJahnJakeJanKishunaLeilaLilinaMarkMurdockNatalieReissmannRoySophiaUtherZephiel
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Eliwood's Tale 11: Taking Leave • 12: Birds of a Feather • 13: In Search of Truth • 13x: The Peddler Merlinus • 14: False Friends • 15: Noble Lady of Caelin • 16: Whereabouts Unknown • 16x: The Port of Badon • 17: Pirate Ship • 18: The Dread Isle • 18x: Imprisoner of Magic • 19: Dragon's Gate • 20: New Resolve • 21: Kinship's Bond • 22: Living Legend • 22x: Genesis • 23: Four-Fanged Offense (Lloyd, Linus) • 24: Unfulfilled Heart • 25: Pale Flower of Darkness (Kenneth, Jerme) • 26: Battle before Dawn • 26x: Night of Farewells • 27: Cog of Destiny • 28: Valorous Roland • 29: Sands of Time • 29x: Battle Preparations • 30: Victory or DeathF: Light (part 1part 2)
Hector's Tale 11: Another Journey • 12: Birds of a Feather • 13: In Search of Truth • 13x: The Peddler Merlinus • 14: False Friends • 15: Talons Alight • 16: Noble Lady of Caelin • 17: Whereabouts Unknown • 17x: The Port of Badon • 18: Pirate Ship • 19: The Dread Isle • 19x: Imprisoner of Magic • 19x pt 2: A Glimpse in Time • 20: Dragon's Gate • 21: New Resolve • 22: Kinship's Bond • 23: Living Legend • 23x: Genesis • 24: Four-Fanged Offense (Lloyd, Linus) • 25: Crazed Beast • 26: Unfulfilled Heart • 27: Pale Flower of Darkness (Kenneth, Jerme) • 28: Battle before Dawn • 28x: Night of Farewells • 29: Cog of Destiny • 30: The Berserker • 31: Sands of Time • 31x: Battle Preparations • 32: Victory or Death • 32x: The Value of LifeF: Light (part 1part 2)
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