Birth of the Holy Knight
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Location
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South-eastern Grandbell (Chalphy, Jungby)
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New units
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Sigurd, Arden, Alec, Noish, Azel, Lex, Cuan, Ethlin, Fin, Midayle
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Boss(es)
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Dimaggio, Gerrard
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Birth of the Holy Knight (聖騎士誕生) is the prologue chapter of Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. The chapter chronicles the short-lived Verdane invasion of a relatively defenseless Grandbell, Sigurd's movement to defend Jungby and rescue its Lady Adean, his rise as a Holy Knight of Grandbell, and the beginning of his slow descent into a grave predicament.
Plot
- Main article: Birth of the Holy Knight/Script
While the bulk of the armies of Grandbell are off to war in Isaac, the country itself is largely undefended. Grandbell's former ally Verdane takes advantage of this in a surprise assault led by Prince Gandolf, storming the country and assaulting the dukedom of Jungby. In response to this news and the threat facing Jungby's Lady Adean, neighboring Chalphy's Lord Sigurd convenes what few knights remain in Chalphy to depart to aid Adean. As the fight passes, others arrive to support him - first Azel of Velthomer and Lex of Dozel, both against the wishes of their family, then Cuan, Ethlin and Fin of Lenster. Meanwhile, at Jungby, Midayle of the Jungby knights is gravely wounded by Gandolf in attempting to protect Adean, allowing the Verdane forces to seize the castle. Gandolf takes Adean back with him to Jungby, leaving Dimaggio in charge of the Grandbell effort.
Upon reclaiming Jungby, Sigurd finds Midayle, who informs him of Adean's capture and volunteers to assist despite his injury. Meanwhile, at Evans Castle on the other side of the border, Gerrard of the Verdane army learns of Dimaggio's failure and orders a bridge set up across the Jun River and for the remaining forces to move in. At this time, Duke Alvis of Velthomer arrives from the north to observe the situation; he finds Sigurd and entrusts him with a Silver Sword, a gift from King Azmur, then departs. Sigurd eventually seizes Evans Castle; finding Adean was not there, he establishes a headquarters there and prepares to sortie directly into Verdane to find her. Filat arrives as a messenger arrives from Barhara, delivering the news that Sigurd had been appointed a Holy Knight of Grandbell for his efforts and commissioning him to guard the Verdane border.
Chapter Data
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Characters
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New units
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Alec
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Cavalier
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HP 32
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Inventory --
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Level 2
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Automatically from the start
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Available characters
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None
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Name
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Class
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Inventory and Skills
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Notes
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Boss data
Gandolf
Gandolf is only present in the chapter for the first turn. He departs after a cutscene where he defeats Midayle at Jungby, and as such is unfought.
Dimaggio
Dimaggio is the boss of Jungby Castle.
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Inventory
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Skills
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Steel Axe 2000 Gold
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Weapon Levels
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A
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Gerrard
Gerrard is the boss of Evans Castle, and the chapter's final boss.
Neutral data
Alvis
Alvis appears on the next turn after Jungby Castle has been seized, and departs after Sigurd talks to him, giving him a Silver Sword. He will actively seek out Sigurd and will only attack enemies which get in his way.