Fort Dandrum

Fort Dandrum (Japanese: ダンドラム要塞 Fort Dandrum) is eleventh chapter of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. In order to play the side quest after, the player must complete this chapter in fewer than 30 turns, place Leif in the center courtyard, and allow Fred to survive.

Fort Dandrum

Location Fort Dandrum, Thracia Boss(es) Kempf Previous chapter(s) Nowell Valley Next chapter(s) The Bandits of Dacia Murder Holes (side quest) Side quest conditions Fred is alive, the courtyard trap was triggered, and the chapter was completed within 30 turns.

Plot

Main article: Fort Dandrum/Script

Olwen enters Fort Dandrum to inform Kempf about the attack on Fort Nowell. She begs him for reinforcements, but he refuses to send them, claiming that the attack might be a ploy for them to leave Fort Dandrum undefended. Olwen is incredulous about this, but Kempf threatens her with punishment if she does something rebellious. He then proceeds to insult Reinhardt, Olwen's brother, causing Olwen to draw her sword, which in turn prompts Kempf to imprison Olwen in the fortress's dungeon.

Fred enters the chamber and requests an explanation of Olwen's imprisonment. Kempf tells him that Olwen tried to kill him and therefore she was jailed for treason. He then asks Fred to ride out and meet the attackers in Olwen's place, forbidding him from retreating. Fred wants to protest, but ultimately resigns himself to his fate and leaves the room.

The battle begins, and during it, Kempf lures Leif's forces into a trap. When the trap triggers, Leif admonishes House Friege for its underhanded tactics, and Fred concurs. Fred refuses to fight Leif and instead escapes the fortress southward after Leif's army storms the gates. Then, Leif conquers the fortress and Kempf retreats from it.

If the battle did not take a long time, August suggests they should free the children in the fortress's dungeon. If the battle did take a long time, Dryas suggests they make haste for Tarrah and leave the fortress behind.

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Seize the throne	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Leif dies	8–14	{{{partner}}}	0+1	28+2−1	{{{third}}}

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

If Leif or a unit carrying him waits in the northern courtyard (columns 5–11, rows 8–11; will not activate if Leif is transferred to a unit already in that range) before Kempf leaves the map, six doors—three above the yard and three below—and two Ballistae appear, and Fred becomes an NPC. Any units present where a door appears will be moved away; however, this can cause glitched behaviors for units being carried.

Units captured in this chapter will return in Chapter 11x, rather than in 21x. Enemies that have captured units will attempt to escape through the single tile-wide opening on the north edge of the map.

Character data

Characters
New units
None
Required characters
Available characters

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Torch Open lone 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 Friege Lance Armor 10 2 20~32 4~16 0~12 0~12 0~12 0~12 8~20 9~20 5~6 Javelin • Vulnerary • Door Key Authority: Kempf Moves to attack units in range; otherwise moves randomly. Friege Lance Armor 15 1 20~37 4~20 0~17 0~17 0~17 0~17 8~20 9~20 5~6 Poison Lance • Antitoxin • Door Key Authority: Kempf Moves to attack units in range; otherwise moves randomly. Friege Lance Armor 12 1 20~34 4~18 0~14 0~14 0~14 0~14 8~20 9~20 5~6 Javelin • Vulnerary Authority: Kempf Moves to attack units in range; otherwise moves randomly. Friege Lance Armor 14 2 20~36 4~20 0~16 0~16 0~16 0~16 8~20 9~20 5~6 Long Lance Authority: Kempf Moves to attack units in range; otherwise moves randomly. Friege Lance Armor 9 2 20~31 4~15 0~11 0~11 0~11 0~11 8~19 9~20 5~6 Long Lance Authority: Kempf Moves to attack units in range; otherwise moves randomly. Friege Lance Armor 12 1 20~34 4~18 0~14 0~14 0~14 0~14 8~20 9~20 5~6 Javelin • Vulnerary • Door Key Authority: Kempf Moves to attack units in range; otherwise moves randomly. Friege Lance Armor 13 1 20~35 4~19 0~15 0~15 0~15 0~15 8~20 9~20 5~6 Long Lance Authority: Kempf Moves to attack units in range; otherwise moves randomly. Kempf Mage Knight 10 1 40 12 9 12 12 10 9 14 5 Meisterschwert • Thoron • Venin Sword • Vulnerary • Vulnerary Immortal* Authority: ★★★ Action: ★ • Does not move; stands on a throne, the chapter's seize point. • Cannot be captured. • Leaves the map the enemy phase after being fought. Friege Mage 12 2 18~32 0~14 2~16 2~16 3~17 0~14 0~14 4~18 6~7 Thunder Authority: Kempf Does not move. Friege Soldier 10 1 20~32 3~15 0~12 0~12 0~12 0~12 1~13 6~18 5~6 Javelin Authority: Kempf Moves to attack units in range. Friege Soldier 14 1 20~36 3~19 0~16 0~16 0~16 0~16 1~17 6~20 5~6 Javelin Authority: Kempf Moves to attack units in range. Friege Axe Armor 15 4 20~37 4~20 0~17 0~17 0~17 0~17 8~20 9~20 5~6 Poison Axe Authority: Kempf • Moves to attack units in range. • The bottom right one leaves before the start of turn 1; the bottom left one moves to be 1 tile south of Kempf. Friege Soldier 12 1 20~34 3~17 0~14 0~14 0~14 0~14 1~15 6~20 5~6 Javelin Authority: Kempf Moves to attack units in range. Friege Bishop 10 1 20~32 0~12 5~17 2~14 2~14 0~12 1~13 4~16 5~6 Thunder • Physic Authority: Kempf Moves in front of Kempf during a scripted event before turn 1. Friege Soldier 14 2 20~36 3~19 0~16 0~16 0~16 0~16 1~17 6~20 5~6 Long Lance Authority: Kempf Begins moving if any of the southern Soldiers or Archers are provoked. Friege Soldier 8 3 20~30 3~13 0~10 0~10 0~10 0~10 1~11 6~16 5~6 Short Lance Authority: Kempf Begins moving if any of the southern Soldiers or Archers are provoked. Friege Archer 12 2 20~34 3~17 0~14 0~14 0~14 0~14 1~15 6~20 5~6 Long Bow • Killer Bow Authority: Kempf Begins moving if they or any of the southern Soldiers are provoked. Fred Paladin 2 1 33 10 4 11+5 10 4 9 11 9 Lightning Sword • Vulnerary • Does not move. • Becomes an NPC after Leif enters the northern courtyard and springs a trap (the trap does not activate and Fred does not become an NPC if Kempf has left the map).

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Friege Ballista 10 1 20 10 0 3 4 2 8 9 0 Ballista Authority: Kempf Friege Ballista 8 1 20 10 0 3 4 2 8 9 0 Ballista Authority: Kempf

Reinforcements

• Upon Leif entering the northern courtyard (columns 5–11, rows 8–11); does not appear if Kempf has left the map
  • 2 Ballistae; one from just north of the western and eastern stairs each

NPC data

NPC Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Fred Paladin 2 1 33 10 4 11 10 4 9 11 9 Lightning Sword • Vulnerary • Initially an enemy unit. • Moves to escape south.

Boss data

Main article: Kempf

Mage Knight Level 10 Action ★ Authority ★★★

Stats Max HP 40 Speed 12 Strength 12 Luck 10 Magic 9 Defense 9 Skill 12 Constitution 14 Movement 5 FCM 2

Inventory Skills Meisterschwert Thoron Venin Sword Vulnerary Vulnerary Immortal* Weapon Levels A -- -- -- -- D A D -- --

Strategy

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

This chapter starts out with a clump of trees that will significantly reduce every unit's movement except Karin. The two archers that rush at you at the start have Killer Bows, so the player should be mindful of them.

The Lance Armors in the center should be killed before moving Leif into the center to improve Fred's survivability. Once Leif enters the center area, three doors will shut on both sides of the area, so the player should bring several Door Keys and Lifis or Lara (note that several of the Lance Armors have stealable door keys). Additionally, two ballistae will spawn on the stairs, both of which will always have 25 attack, enough to bring Fred to 1 HP if they both hit. Fred cannot be healed by the player's staves, but fortunately, he has a Vulnerary. Even so, the southern doors should be opened as quickly as possible so he can escape alive. The player can also use weak units to bait the ballistae's fire, or Warp a unit in to kill a ballista, to help Fred survive.

Once Fred escapes, the only threats left are Kempf's guards. Kempf himself is very easy, as he warps away the turn after the player attacks him. He should be attacked from range to avoid a counter from his Meisterschwert. The only point of notice is the turn limit of 30 for the side quest chapter, but this can be reliably achieved without much hassle.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English (unofficial)	• Dandrum Fortress • Fort Dundrum	• Used in FireLizard's translation. • Used in the Lil' Manster fan translation patch; from Dundrum, a suburb in Dublin.
Japanese	ダンドラム要塞	Fort Dandrum

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