The Dandelion

This article is about the chapter; for the group, see Dandelion Bandits.

The Dandelion

Location Dandelion Gang fortress, Dacia Forest Weather Fog of War New units Salem, Perne, Troude, Tina Boss(es) Perne Previous chapter(s) The Thieves of Dacia Next chapter(s) The Walled City

The Dandelion (Japanese: ダンディライオン Dandelion) is the side quest of the twelfth chapter of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. In order to play this chapter, the player must have completed the previous chapter in fewer than 20 turns.

Plot

Main article: The Dandelion/Script

As Leif's forces enter the Dandelion's hideout, Perne sends Troude to check what happened to Salem, who was supposed to be on the lookout. He also orders Tina to use her Thief staff against the intruders and threatens her with punishment if she does not obey.

At the same time, among Leif's forces, Salem volunteers to talk to Perne if he is present and joins Leif's army. If Lifis or Lara are deployed, they both admit that they know Perne, but Lara remembers him fondly because he saved her from an abusive performer troupe, while Lifis remembers Perne poorly for undisclosed reasons.

A battle ensues, and during it, several conversations can be initiated. If Safy talks to Tina, they eagerly reunite and Safy is told that Perne's "punishment" for Tina's disobedience was... showing her a caterpillar. Safy then tells Tina to obey her from now on and Tina accepts. If Lifis talks to Perne, they recall their past when Perne bullied Lifis, and Perne decides to join Leif's army, to Lifis's chagrin. If Lara talks to Perne, they recall the time when Perne watched Lara dance in her performer troupe, and Lara offers him to start dancing again. Perne accepts the offer and joins Leif's Liberation Army in return, as Lara becomes a Dancer.

After Perne joins Leif's army, he can talk to Troude and order him to stop fighting, recruiting him into Leif's forces in the process.

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Seize the throne	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Leif dies	4–6+4	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	17+55−3	{{{third}}}

Units are arranged based on their position in deployment order after Leif.

Character data

Characters
New units
Salem Loptr Mage HP 22 Inventory Jormungand Sleep Level 5 Automatically from turn 1 if he was captured and not released in Chapter 12 Perne Thief Fighter HP 24 Inventory King Sword Vulnerary Level 3 Talk with Lifis, Lara, or Salem Troude Sword Fighter HP 30 Inventory Silver Sword Vulnerary Level 8 Talk with Perne, or automatically at end of chapter if he was captured and not released Tina Priest HP 14 Inventory Thief Unlock S Drink Level 1 Talk with Safy
Required characters
Available characters

Lara can promote to Dancer if she speaks with Perne.

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Accost Manual Open left northern chest Shield Ring Open right northern chest Fortify Open center-most chest Armorslayer Open southeastern chest Knight Proof Open southwestern chest

Enemy data

Stats with two figures separated by a ~ are presented as a range, representing stats that vary due to random growths. The figures to the left and right of the ~ are the stat's minimum and maximum possible values respectively.

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Troude Sword Fighter 8 1 30 8 0 11 12 3 5 9 6 Silver Sword • Vulnerary Nihil Authority: Perne Action: ★ • Does not act until he could move to be adjacent to a player unit if his movement were increased by one third (rounded down), at which point he begins moving unprovoked. • Once Perne is recruited or defeated, ignores combat and moves to escape via the north. Perne Thief Fighter 3 1 24 7 3 8 14 11 5 8 7 King Sword • Vulnerary Steal • Charm* • Vantage • Sol Authority: ★★ Action: ★★★★★ Does not move; stands on a throne, the chapter's seize point. Tina Priest 1 1 14 0 3 1 5 15 0 3 5 Thief • Unlock • S Drink Authority: Perne Action: ★★★★★ Does not move; randomly acts or does not act each turn. Thief Thief 12 3 26 4 0 2 14 9 2 12 8 Slim Sword • Vulnerary Steal Authority: Perne Action: ★ Once Perne is recruited or defeated, ignores combat and moves to escape via the north. Thief Thief 12 5 26 4 0 2 14 9 2 12 8 Slim Sword • Vulnerary • Chest Key Steal Authority: Perne Action: ★ • The southeast one ignores combat; they all move to open a chest, then move to escape via the north edge of the map. • Once Perne is recruited or defeated, they all ignore combat and move to escape via the north. Bow Fighter Bow Fighter 6 1 16~24 2~10 0~8 3~11 5~13 0~8 1~9 4~12 6~7 Iron Bow Authority: Perne • Moves to attack units in range. • Once Perne is recruited or defeated, ignores combat and moves to escape via the nearest stairs. Bow Fighter Bow Fighter 8 1 16~26 2~12 0~10 3~13 5~15 0~10 1~11 4~14 6~7 Iron Bow Authority: Perne • Moves to attack units in range. • Once Perne is recruited or defeated, ignores combat and moves to escape via the nearest stairs. Bow Fighter Bow Fighter 9 1 16~27 2~13 0~11 3~14 5~16 0~11 1~12 4~15 6~7 Iron Bow Authority: Perne • Moves to attack units in range. • Once Perne is recruited or defeated, ignores combat and moves to escape via the nearest stairs. Dancer Dancer 1 3 14~17 0~3 0~3 0~3 2~5 0~3 0~3 3~6 6~7 Slim Sword Dance Authority: Perne • Moves to dance for units in range. • Once Perne is recruited or defeated, ignores combat and moves to escape via the north.

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Bow Fighter Bow Fighter 5 27 16~23 2~9 0~7 3~10 5~12 0~7 1~8 4~11 6~7 Iron Bow Authority: Perne • Moves to attack units in range; otherwise moves randomly. • Once Perne is recruited or defeated, ignores combat and moves to escape via the nearest stairs. Sword Fighter Sword Fighter 7 18 20~29 3~12 0~3 5~14 6~15 0~9 2~11 6~15 6~7 Iron Sword Authority: Perne Thief Thief 12 8 26 4 0 2 14 9 2 12 8 Slim Sword • Vulnerary • Chest Key Steal Authority: Perne Action: ★ • Prioritizes moving to open chests, then to escaping to the west once all accessible chests have been opened (considers a chest inaccessible if it is blocked by uncrossable terrain or a player unit is on it, but not if the path to it is blocked by a player unit). • Once Perne is recruited or defeated, ignores combat and moves to escape via the north. Dancer Dancer 1 1 14~17 0~3 0~3 0~3 2~5 0~3 0~3 3~6 6~7 Slim Sword • Knight Proof Dance Authority: Perne Ignores combat; moves to escape via the north. Dancer Dancer 1 1 14~17 0~3 0~3 0~3 2~5 0~3 0~3 3~6 6~7 Slim Sword • Warp Dance Authority: Perne Ignores combat; moves to escape via the north.

Reinforcements

• Turns 10–18; halted upon Perne being defeated or recruited
  • Three Bow Fighters, one from each of the stairs within rooms with no entrances; each with a 40% chance to appear each turn
  • Two Sword Fighters, one from the stairs southeast of the throne, one from the stairs adjacent to the center-most chest; each with a 50% chance to appear each turn
• Turns 11–18, with a 50% chance to appear each turn; halted upon Perne being defeated or recruited
  • One Thief from the furthest northeastern stairs
• Turn 25, if no enemy Dancers have been killed or captured
  • One Dancer with a Knight Proof from the stairs adjacent to the southeastern chest
• Turn 30, if no enemy Dancers have been killed or captured
  • One Dancer with a Warp staff from the stairs adjacent to the southeastern chest

Boss data

Main article: Perne

Thief Fighter Level 3 Action ★★★★★ Authority ★★

Stats Max HP 24 Speed 14 Strength 7 Luck 11 Magic 3 Defense 5 Skill 8 Constitution 8 Movement 7 FCM 5

Inventory Skills King Sword Vulnerary Steal Charm* Vantage Sol Weapon Levels B -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Strategy

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

Perne's group of thieves seek to open chests and escape, and while getting these items isn't mandatory, the thieves have high speed and constitution and may steal items and weapons from your slower units or even capture your weaker ones. To add insult to injury, the many dancers that serve Perne may put their skills to work and allow their fellow enemy units to move twice.

This can easily be avoided by using the Warp staff to send Lara (recommended if you would like a playable dancer), Salem (if you held onto him in the previous chapter), or Lifis into the throne room and talk to Perne. However, all of the enemies, excluding Tina but including the recruitable Troude, will head for the exits. Fortunately, Salem has a Sleep staff that can be used, and a unit with high constitution can capture Troude for the rest of battle. Make sure to use a Torch or a Torch staff to reveal his location

Before Perne has been recruited, however, Tina will keep using her Thief staff (but will never use her Unlock staff) on your units, and while she will gain weapon experience even if she misses, a successful steal will consume a staff use. As such, once Perne joins your side, make it a priority to steal said staff before all else. As tempting as it is to use the Sleep or Silence staff on Tina to prevent her from using her Thief staff to steal your items, bear in mind that doing this will prevent her from being recruited. If one doesn't have anyone capable of using the warp staff, it is possible to give their units personal weapons even if they can't use them, as Tina will prioritize stealing those.

Perne also does not have a lockpick and Tina will not use her Unlock staff as an enemy unit, so bring sure to bring a lockpick or door key to enter Perne's room.

If the player does not kill or capture any of the enemy dancers, then an enemy dancer with a Knight Proof will spawn on turn 25 by the stairs to the left of Leif's starting position. 5 turns later (turn 30), another dancer will spawn with the same requirements, but this time with a Warp staff in her inventory. Both of these dancers will immediately run north to escape, so the player must be attentive or block their escape point (though if the first dancer is still on the stairs the second one will not spawn). Fulfilling these requirements is trivial with the Warp skip method of completing this chapter. Do note that the Knight Proof must be stolen, as capturing the dancer with it will deny access to the Warp staff. Additionally, the Warp staff is too heavy to be stolen without a constitution level on one of the player's thieves, though fortunately she can be captured without consequence.

Because this chapter has no combat if Warp skipped (aside from one or two captures), any unit with high fatigue that is not needed should be let to rest.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English (unofficial)	• Dandelion • The Dandelion	• Used in FireLizard's fan translation. • Used in the Lil' Manster fan translation patch.
Japanese	ダンディライオン	Dandelion

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