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Are you certain, Sumia?! Unknown forces have set fire to a village and are marching to this tower next?!
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— Libra
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Defending Ylisse (Japanese: イーリス防衛戦 Iris's Defensive Battle) is the first edition of Fire Emblem Heroes's Forging Bonds. This event ran from July 23, 2018 through August 5, 2018. It was available in three difficulty options; Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced.
Plot
- Main article: Forging Bonds/Script § Defending Ylisse
During the scenario Sumia spots unknown hostile forces closing in on a nonspecific Ylissean village near the tower they are in. Sumia flies to warn Libra, Maribelle, and Olivia of the oncoming threat. Sumia laments that they lack sufficient numbers to repel the threat. Commander Anna steps in and reassures the group that she and the Order of Heroes will assist them in the endeavor until Chrom's reinforcements arrive.
The Order of Heroes and the four from Ylisse are successful for a time in repelling the enemy; however they soon notice that the defeated enemy soldiers are returning to the battlefield as if they were never injured at all. Libra is appalled and questions if they are Risen, though no one comes to a conclusion on what is causing the phenomena. Finding themselves at the end of their rope, Olivia heads to the front line and begins dancing, to the utter confusion of the enemy forces. After Olivia's short distraction Sumia happily declares that she can see Chrom's reinforcements on the horizon and Anna mobilizes the Order of Heroes to chase off the enemy with their assistance.
Prize table
For the list of general rewards, see Forging Bonds.
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| Conversation
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Olivia's C Conversation
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Sumia's C Conversation
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Maribelle's C Conversation
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Libra's C Conversation
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| Olivia's B Conversation
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Sumia's B Conversation
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Maribelle's B Conversation
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Libra's B Conversation
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| Olivia's A Conversation
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Sumia's A Conversation
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Maribelle's A Conversation
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Libra's A Conversation
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| Olivia's S Conversation
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Sumia's S Conversation
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Maribelle's S Conversation
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Libra's S Conversation
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Conversations
Olivia: Sky-High Dancer
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Olivia: Sky-High Dancer
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C rank B rank A rank S rank
You never cease to impress me, <player>. You're always so confident in battle, the way you know just what orders to issue. You never miss a beat! Even outside of battle, everyone looks up to you. You always know just what to say to rally the troops. I've always been shy so I really admire people with your confidence... And I...I think that I want to become someone as confident as you. But for some reason...it's just so hard! Oh, I'm Sorry to bring this up out of nowhere. Please, just forget I said anything. I-I'll do my best in the next battle. I promise!
I'm a...whole different person when I dance? What do you mean? Oh, you've been watching me dance? H-how embarrassing! I don't like being watched. It's so... Oh... But perhaps your observation does ring true...to an extent... When I dance, I do feel like another version of myself. Like it brings out the best in me. I'm obviously not the most confident member of this army, and I'm especially shy around strangers... But the moment I take my first dance step, I feel like I become the heroine of my own fairy tale! Oh, but don't get me wrong. It's just a feeling! A small feeling... I know I'm not a real heroine or anything. Oh, please just forget I ever said anything. Ok? How embarrassing...
You're always so relaxed off the battlefield, <player>. You're so serious in the midst of combat yet so approachable when things are calm. I wonder... Just which version of <player> is really you? Hehe, I'm only kidding... But I do wonder how you can issue commands with such confidence. Is it because you know everyone's lives are on the line? So you simply must be confident...for our sake! Oh? That's not it? Then it must be a strong sense of duty that allows you to act so boldly. The confidence I see in you every day...is perhaps the same confidence I've always wanted for myself. I want to learn more about how you can do the things you do... so that I might one day become just as strong.
I've been watching you lately, <player>. And I've come to realize something... I don't need endless confidence like you have. Because as long as I can do what needs to be done... Well, then that's enough, right? And that's confidence in its own way. I may be awfully shy, But I've been dancing since I was just a little girl. There's no dancer more confident in their abilities than me! And yet...I get so embarrassed when people watch. But at the same time, I'll never hold back if an audience cheers me on! I guess what I'm trying to say is... just as you lead us in battle so confidently, I'll dance just as well. I may never truly get over being so shy, but with you watching over me, I'll be able to dance my very best. Thank you for helping me find the strength to match your own, <player>.
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Sumia: Maid of Flowers
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Sumia: Maid of Flowers
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C rank B rank A rank S rank
Oh no, it happened again... How do I manage to lose such essential equipment mid-inspection? Oh, umm... Did you... happen to see that? I really wish you hadn't, <player>... Sometimes it feels like I fail at almost everything I try. Even basic tasks are often beyond my grasp. And when I do succeed... Well... I longed to be a pegasus knight, but I had no pegasus of my own. Until one day, I just happened to find her... And just like that, I was able to fulfill my dream. So sometimes I feel like I only succeed because I'm lucky. Though, I know I can't always rely on being lucky. If I don't try my very best, then... Then... W-well, anyway... I'll go look for the equipment I lost. I need to hurry before the next battle!
Oh, <player>! Thank you for your help earlier. For, um... helping me track down that lost equipment... Who knows what would have happened had you not been passing by. Just another lucky coincidence, huh? Hehe, I'd better thank the gods of luck! Coincidences like that make me really wonder sometimes... Such simple happenstance can lead to drastic changes in the course of one's life. Like when I met my pegasus... If we had never met, I may not even be here right now. Which means I would never have met you or the Order of Heroes. That one chance encounter changed my fate. It's awfully strange to think about such trivial things on such a grand scale, don't you think?
I've been thinking, <player>... Even if an opportunity should appear as a matter of coincidence, it's still up to me to make an effort to grasp it. Before meeting my pegasus, I had trouble simply taking care of myself. However, once I became a pegasus knight, I found myself working much harder for her sake. I want to give strength to the people around me, and I think... that my strength comes from that desire... My desire to grow stronger for the sake of others was one such opportunity I grasped. An opportunity presented to me by the sheer happenstance of meeting her. I don't know if I can make the very most of all the chances presented to me, but... I think that if I just continue to put all of my effort into them... I might be able to come close.
Do you ever get the feeling that you would like to fight for someone else's sake, <player>? It's something I feel often... I want to fight and become stronger for the sake of those most important to me. So you do feel the same way? I thought you might... I can tell by the look in your eyes! Why do I fight? Why am I trying to get stronger? Everyone asks themselves these questions at some point... But to give someone else strength by fighting for them? Well, that thought allows me to keep moving forward without questioning myself any further. I feel like you and I think an awful lot alike, <player>... So let's continue to do the best we can, all right? Oh, I saw this in the last flower fortune I did, too! It said that you and I are highly compatible. So I look forward to speaking with you more!
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Maribelle: Dire Damsel
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Maribelle: Dire Damsel
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C rank B rank A rank S rank
I will simply not allow it! To march so brazenly into the land of Ylisse is the absolute height of inelegance! I care not that they're invaders from another world... Just that they get the thrashing they deserve as recompense for this indiscretion! They must think it their right to trample the weak and ruin what's already a mundane existence... And all in the name of some petty ambition! The nerve. I simply shall not forgive this gaggle of lowborn fools. Anyone who relies on such barbarism to thrive is naught but boorish oaf who must be punished. There is no reason for us to hold anything back against such rabble abusing their power. They must come to know their sins so that they might take a hard look at how properly live their lives! I shall rattle my parasol at them in utmost disapproval. And if they still refuse the message... Then a sound trouncing is in order. Now, let us move out at once!
In my former years, I believed that strength alone was required to subdue violence and protect people. That is why I began training. I wished to aid Lissa and Chrom in service to the Shepherds. However...without a heart to back your strength, it will be indiscernible from common violence. Gaining strength and waving a weapon about in order to protect the weak is an art in itself. But who one truly needs to learn is compassion, affection, consideration, the willingness to become a shield. Every day I spend training sees this resolve instilled anew within me. And so I say to you...put a staff in my hand rather than a blade. Healing the wounded is as much a part of battle as felling your foes. Mending a wound has the power to protect just as well as the act of inflicting one.
You're always so relaxed off the battlefield, <player>. You're so serious in the midst of combat yet so approachable when things are calm. I wonder... Just which version of <player> is really you? Hehe, I'm only kidding... But I do wonder how you can issue commands with such confidence. Is it because you know everyone's lives are on the line? So you simply must be confident...for our sake! Oh? That's not it? Then it must be a strong sense of duty that allows you to act so boldly. The confidence I see in you every day...is perhaps the same confidence I've always wanted for myself. I want to learn more about how you can do the things you do... so that I might one day become just as strong.
It seems as though this fight's ultimate conclusion is upon us. But you needn't worry. I trust fully in your exceptional intellect, <player>. My goal has always been to protect my allies and to heal their wounds. I will not allow anyone to fall. Not Lissa, nor Chrom, nor you. My dream for when all the fighting has ended is to become a magistrate who helps all manner of people. I want to help nobles and commoners alike settle their grievances. However, in order to achieve this dream, we must first overcome the obstacles before us here. If I'm with you, I am certain that we can make my dream come true. But I do hope you'll continue to lend me your strength for the challenges that lie beyond this fight as well!
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Libra: Fetching Friar
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Libra: Fetching Friar
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C rank B rank A rank S rank
Ah, <player>. Allow me to offer you some words of gratitude, if I may. If you had not come to help us, our defensive line would surely have been crushed, along with the village. Truly. Thank you for your help. That said, however... We stand on the precipice of a most violent war. Harming and plundering the innocent is against the will of the gods, and yet... Even when fighting in the name of peace, war leads to suffering that reaches far beyond the battlefield. Friend and foe alike, willing to lay down their lives... And friend and foe alike, some will be lost. Everyone who falls to battle leaves a family behind. And that sort of loss, that sadness, casts a long shadow. There are victims on all sides of war... Each life taken claimed as payment for victory. We must never forget those who paid that price for us.
So this is where you've been hiding yourself, <player>. Thanks to the precision of your commands, we made it through yet another battle without casualties. This may not seem the most sensible comment from one who spends his days discerning friend from foe, but... I would like to reach out to those who call themselves our enemies. I wish to lend a helping hand to the wounded. I will not stand for the invasion of this country, nor will I allow innocents to come to harm through any means. However, those who admit their own wrongdoing should be offered a path back to the light. I believe that those who have been defeated are in the most dire need of our compassion. Victory may taste sweet to the victor, but we mustn't give up on those we had no choice but to defeat.
Would you mind if I spoke with you about something that happened long ago, <player>? There was a time when I lost sight of what I believed in. I wanted to crush everything in the world. Until just yesterday, this lapse of faith had brought me shame... But now it brings me purpose. It had snatched the light from around me, and I felt as if I'd been dropped at the bottom of the blackest hole. Even my own future was shrouded in darkness. However, I soon met those with such a depth of compassion... They reached out to me and helped me reclaim my faith in this world. Yes, even a faithless wretch such as I once was, plunged so deeply into the darkness, can walk back into the light. All it takes is the warmth of an open hand. If one can believe in the strength of an open heart... then one can reclaim their lost hope. And now I believe it is my turn to help those who have strayed from the path, just as I was helped. If there is even a small chance to save someone simply by not discriminating friend from foe... then I will not give up on them.
To save all, friend and foe alike, without discrimination... To truly achieve this goal, perhaps all fighting in the world would have to cease. Of course, I am painfully aware of how outlandish a goal that is. And yet, when I am with you, I feel as though it may not be quite so impossible... Every day you put forth great effort not only to end battles but to do so with as few casualties as possible. When I see that side of you, it reinforces my own resolve to stay the course toward my dream. I may be alone in thinking this, but... you and I may be headed in the same direction. If indeed we are, then let us walk together. One step at a time, no matter how many steps it may take. Until such a day that our wishes are granted.
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Etymology and other languages
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Definition, etymology, and notes
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| English
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Defend Ylisse
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| Spanish
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La defensa de Ylisse
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The Defense of Ylisse
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| French
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Protéger Ylisse
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Protect Ylisse
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| German
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Verteidigung Ylisses
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Ylisse's Defense
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| Italian
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A difesa d'Ylisse
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A Defense of Ylisse
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| Traditional Chinese
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伊里斯防衛戰
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Iris's Defensive Battle
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