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Helena Castle

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Helena Castle

Cm fe11 17x.png

Location

Helena Castle

New units

Etzel

Boss(es)

Dactyl

Helena Castle (Japanese: マクロニソスの城 Makronisos Castle) is the third sidequest in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. In order to reach this chapter, the player must have 15 or fewer units alive at the end of chapter 17.

Plot

Main article: Helena Castle/Script

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Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions
Unit Data
Victory: Seize Player Partner Other Enemy
Defeat: Marth dies 12 {{{partner}}} {{{other}}} 28+10
Cm fe11 17x.png

Character data

Characters
New units
Etzel
Portrait etzel fe11.png
Sorcerer
HP
30
Inventory
--
Level
6
Automatically at the end of the chapter if he survives
Available characters
Marth ​Abel ​Frey ​Jagen ​Cain ​Gordin ​Draug ​Norne ​Caeda ​Wrys ​Ogma ​Barst ​Bord ​Cord ​Darros ​Castor ​Julian ​Lena ​Navarre ​Matthis ​Merric ​Wolf ​Sedgar ​Roshea ​Vyland ​Hardin ​Wendell ​Rickard ​Athena ​Bantu ​Caesar ​Radd ​Roger ​Jeorge ​Maria ​Minerva ​Linde ​Jake ​Dolph ​Macellan ​Tomas ​Boah ​Midia ​Horace ​Astram ​Beck ​

Item data

Shadow Dragon

Items
Name Obtainment Method
Is ds warp.png Warp Open northeastern chest
Is ds longbow.png Longbow Open northwestern chest
Is ds wo dao.png Wo Dao Open southwestern chest
Is ds poleax.png Poleax Open middle-eastern chest
Is ds wing spear.png Wing Spear Open southeastern chest

Enemy data

Normal Hard-5

Enemy Units
Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes
Ma ds01 manakete enemy.gif
Dolhr Manakete 5 3 Firestone • One will not act until revealed.
• The one in the throne room will not act until attacked.
Ma ds01 sniper enemy.gif
Grust Sniper 4 1 Silver Bow Will not act until revealed.
Ma ds01 bishop enemy.gif
Grust Bishop 4 1 Elfire Will not act until revealed.
Ma ds01 mage enemy.gif
Grust Mage 10 1 Blizzard Will not act until revealed.
Ma ds01 cavalier enemy.gif
Grust Cavalier 8 1 Steel Sword Begins moving if a unit enters the southernmost corridor.
Ma ds01 cavalier enemy.gif
Grust Cavalier 8 1 Steel Lance Begins moving if a unit reaches the stairs.
Ma ds01 bishop enemy.gif
Grust Bishop 2 1 Bolganone --
Ma ds01 archer enemy.gif
Grust Archer 10 2 Steel Bow Will not act until attacked.
Ma ds01 mage enemy.gif
Grust Mage 8 1 Fire --
Ma ds01 mage enemy.gif
Grust Mage 8 1 Thunder --
Ma ds01 hero enemy.gif
Grust Hero 4 1 Steel Axe --
Ma ds01 sniper enemy.gif
Grust Sniper 4 1 Killer Bow --
Ma ds01 bishop enemy.gif
Grust Bishop 4 1 Fire Fortify Will not act until revealed.
Ma ds01 bishop enemy.gif
Grust Bishop 4 1 Swarm Will not act until revealed.
Immobile.
Ma ds01 knight enemy.gif
Grust Knight 10 1 Javelin Will not act until revealed.
Ma ds01 mercenary enemy.gif
Grust Mercenary 10 2 Steel Sword One will not act until revealed.
Ma ds01 mercenary enemy.gif
Grust Mercenary 10 2 Iron Sword One will not act until revealed.
Ma ds01 knight enemy.gif
Grust Knight 8 2 Steel Lance Immediately begins moving unprovoked.
Ma ds01 knight enemy.gif
Grust Knight 8 2 Javelin Immediately begins moving unprovoked.
Ma ds01 horseman enemy.gif
Grust Horseman 4 1 Steel Bow Immediately begins moving unprovoked.
Ma ds01 general enemy.gif
Dactyl General 7 1 Silver Lance Javelin • Will not act until revealed.
• Immobile; stands on a throne, the chapter's seize point.
Reinforcements
Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes
Ma ds01 sorcerer enemy.gif
Etzel Sorcerer 6 1 Elfire Immobile.
Ma ds01 paladin enemy.gif
Grust Paladin 10 3 Javelin --
Ma ds01 paladin enemy.gif
Grust Paladin 8 3 Killer Lance --
Ma ds01 paladin enemy.gif
Grust Paladin 8 3 Javelin --
Reinforcements
  • Turn 2
    • Etzel appears just outside the boss's room, before the obscuring roof
  • Turns 10, 14 and 18
  • Note: All reinforcements are halted when Dactyl is defeated.

Boss data

Main article: Dactyl

Normal Hard-5

Small portrait dactyl fe11.png
Ma ds01 general enemy.gif General
Level 7
Movement --
Stats
Max HP 32 Speed 6
Strength 11 Luck 0
Magic 1 Defense 16
Skill 3 Resistance 3
Inventory
Silver Lance
Javelin
Weapon Levels
Swords -- Lances A Axes --
Bows E Tomes -- Staves --

Strategy

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

Trivia

Etymology and other languages

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

Helena Castle

English
(Europe)

Prisoner of Helena

It appears to have been changed so that the chapter and locations that show up on the chapter splash screen are not the same; this trait is shared with Port Warren, The Lair of Fire, and The Alterspire.

Spanish

Acorralar a Grust

French

Château d'Helena

Helena's Castle

German

Schloss Helena

Helena Castle

Italian

Il castello di Helena

Helena's Castle

Gallery


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References

← Star and Savior • Helena Castle • The Sable Order →
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
Playable characters AbelArranAstramAthenaBantuBarstBeckBoahBordCaedaCaesarCainCastorCatriaCordDarrosDolphDraugEliceEstEtzelFreyGordinGotohHardinHoraceJagenJakeJeorgeJulianLenaLindeLorenzMacellanMariaMarthMatthisMerricMidiaMinervaNagiNavarreNorneOgmaPallaRaddRickardRogerRosheaSamsonSedgarTikiTomasVylandWendellWolfWrysXaneYmir
Non-playable characters Aurelis KingMalledusNynaTalys King
Bosses BathysBentheonCamusCaptainDactylDejaniraEmereusGazzakGharnefGomerGrigasHarmeinHeimlerHollstadtHymanJiolKannivalKhozenLarissaMannuMedeusMerachMichalisMorzasOrridyonSternlinTikiVolzhinXemcelZharov
Background characters AdrahAnriArtemisCaldasIoteLizaLudwikMarlonMarcelusNagaOrdwin
Regalia and personal weapons AumFalchionFire EmblemGradivusImhulluHauteclereMercuriusParthiaRapierStarlightWing Spear
Chapters P: Prologue I • P: Prologue II • P: Prologue III • P: Prologue IV • 1: Marth Embarks • 2: The Pirates of Galder • 3: A Brush in the Teeth • 4: Battle in the Lea • 5: Champions of Aurelis • 6: Fire Emblem • 6x: In War's Grip • 7: Lefcandith Gauntlet • 8: Port Warren • 9: The Pyrathi Dragon • 10: Princess Minerva • 11: Knorda Market • 12: The Ageless Palace • 12x: A Traitor's Worth • 13: The Wooden Cavalry • 14: Land of Sorrow • 15: An Oasis of Magic • 16: The Battle for Altea • 17: Star and Savior • 17x: Helena Castle • 18: The Sable Order • 19: Manakete Princess • 20: Camus the Sable • 20x: The Lair of Fire • 21: Clash in Macedon • 22: A Knight-Filled Sky • 23: Dark Pontifex • 24: The Dragonkin Realm • 24x: The AlterspireE: Chosen by Fate
Locations ArchaneaAlteaAurelisDolhrGraGrustKhadeinKingdom of ArchaneaMacedonPyrathiTalysThabes
Groups, objects and concepts Archanean LeagueDragons (Divine DragonEarth DragonManakete) • DragoonsSable OrderWar of LiberationWar of ShadowsWhitewinged Order
Lists ChaptersCharactersClasses (Class change) • ConversationsItemsScriptsSupportsWeapons
Related topics List of version differences (Name chart) • Other games (Shadow Dragon & the Blade of LightGaidenNew Mystery of the EmblemAwakening) • Pre-release information (Unused content) • Sound RoomTimeline