Sieging the Citadel

Sieging the Citadel (Japanese: 要塞の罠 Fortress Trap) is the fourteenth chapter of Fire Emblem Warriors. During this chapter, Darios leads the Aytolisian army to attack a secret stronghold that is preparing Gristonne troops to invade Aytolis.

Sieging the Citadel

Location Fortified Citadel New units Marth, Caeda, Tiki Boss(es) Outrealm Fiend Previous chapter(s) What Happened to Corrin Next chapter(s) Taking the World Tree

“	I am Marth... The prince of Altea. We've come here to save you!	”	— Marth

Plot

Main article: Sieging the Citadel/Script

Darios asks all the allies to gather for an important announcement: he just received a report that a secret Gristonne stronghold he has been keeping an eye on had a sudden increase of troops with the intention to invade and conquer Aytolis. Lianna voices concern for the people of Aytolis while Takumi is skeptical about Darios because he is the prince of Gristonne. Ryoma scolds his brother but admits he shares the same concerns. Darios elaborates that he hasn't turned against Gristonne but his father for refusing to help their allied kingdom when they needed it. Both Rowan and Lianna share their faith in Darios, so Ryoma agrees they should form a plan. Robin states they should quietly approach the gates, while Corrin suggests they form a unit for the plan. Both Rowan and Lianna declare they will partake in the unit, but Darios argues that both of them and the Shield of Flames shouldn't be put at risk. Misunderstanding his meaning, Rowan suggests Darios takes the shield instead, to which a disappointed Darios agrees to do.

During the battle, the group battles Gristonne troops interlaced with Outrealm Fiends. They gradually make their way through the outer defenses, with Darios taking the charge into the citadel. Once inside, Darios is cut off from the rest of the party and is suddenly attacked by an off-screen enemy.

Outside, there is a sudden large reinforcement of monsters, surrounding the Aytolisian twins and their allies. Just then two swordsmen are seen cutting through the monsters, with one of them introducing himself as Marth. Caeda and Tiki arrive on the back of a pegasus, with the former suggesting they team up and get out of there. Despite not wanting to leave their friend behind, Rowan and Lianna decide to follow their newest allies to safety. Chrom is in awe of being in the presense the legendary Hero-King, to which Marth states he never held such a title. Lissa is confused by this but Frederick elaborates that perhaps this Marth was from a time before he became legend. Rowan and Lianna thank Marth for rescuing them, but Marth regrets not being able to save Darios as well. Rowan declares they can still save him and asks for Marth's help, who agrees but points out that the monsters are pouring out of some Outrealm portals. Caeda helps elaborate on this while Navarre points out an attempted rescue will only get them surrounded again. Lianna suggests closing the portals with the Shield of Flames, only to remember Darios had it so now it is with the enemy. Tiki mentions she can feel the power of the shield and can feel another similar power "far away...and high up". She adds that she can sense these as they feel like the Divine Dragon's power. While Rowan is confused, Lianna is suddenly reminded of a story their mother once told and wonders if it actually happened.

A long time ago, as Lianna recounted, there was a sacred dragon who guarded a small kingdom. One day an evil dragon attacked, so in order to defeat it, the sacred dragon used all her might to create the Shield of Flames and seal the evil dragon away. Mortally wounded from the battle, the sacred dragon retreated to the World Tree where she died. Many years has past since then, but it is said that two of her sharpest fangs are still there to this day. Once the story is finished, Rowan asks if they should head to the World Tree, with Tiki agreeing as she can feel the dragon's power. Marth declares they should be able to find a way of rescuing Darios and should head there, to which everyone agrees.

Summary

The Hoshidan and Nohrian armies establish a shaky peace, if only until they can return home. With just a single Gleamstone remaining, Darios gathers everyone to tell of a secret stronghold.

Chapter data

Story Free Play

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Darios reaches the Castle Tower.	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Rowan or Lianna* or Darios falls.	1–8	{{{partner}}}	1	39+20	{{{third}}}

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Darios reaches the Castle Tower.	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Darios falls or the player's team is routed.	1–8	{{{partner}}}	1	39+20	{{{third}}}

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Character data

Characters
New units
Marth Lord HP 175 Inventory Exalted Falchion Level 20 Automatically at chapter's end Caeda Pegasus Knight HP 156 Inventory Heavy Spear Level 20 Automatically at chapter's end Tiki Manakete HP 133 Inventory Bronzestone Level 20 Automatically at chapter's end
Required characters
Available characters

Note: Only one of Rowan or Lianna is required to be deployed, with the other being optional. The required unit will be whichever one the player chose at the start of a new game. This list does not represent Free Play mode, as it can be used with any unit the player has obtained at that point. This list also does not include any downloadable content characters the player may have.

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Sun Festal Chest in south-west corner of map (first time only) Will contain a random weapon matching the difficulty afterwards Chest Key Defeat Soldier Ironstone Defeat Vanguard Fort Captain Steelstone Defeat N Hold Entry Captain Concoction Defeat Castle Tower Captain (first time only)

Missions

Missions
Mission	Objective	Rewards
Seize the two forts!	Seize N Hold Entry and S Hold Entry
Seize the Vanguard Fort and lower the drawbridge!	Seize Vanguard Fort and have Darios reach it
Seize the Castle Tower so Darios can advance!	Seize Castle Tower and have Darios reach it
Sub Missions
Defeat the Myrmidon!	Defeat the Myrmidon	Support points with Ryoma
Defeat the Sage calling enemy reinforcements!	Quickly defeat the Sage	Support points with Xander
Seize all forts!	Seize every fort except Castle Tower	Raised morale for Aytolisian Forces.

Anna's Mementos

Anna's Mementos
Objective	Location	Notes
Defeat 1,000 enemies.	West of S Hold Entry
Seize control of all the forts on the way to the Castle Tower without Darios's HP falling below 80%.	North-west corner of the map	Must complete story once and play on either Hard or Lunatic difficulty.

Fort data

Name	Initial state	Level	Fort Captain	Notes
N Hold Entry	Gristonne	13/18/23/38	Fighter	--
North Battery	Gristonne	13/18/23/38	Myrmidon	Ballista targeting area left of it. Locked at the start. Seize to have it firing at enemy forces.
Vanguard Fort	Gristonne	3/8/13/28	Halberdier	Locked at the start.
Castle Tower	Gristonne	3/8/13/28	Outrealm Fiend	East and west entrances are initially locked.
S Hold Entry	Gristonne	13/18/23/38	Archer	Ballista targeting area left of it. Seize to have it firing at enemy forces.
South Battery	Gristonne	13/18/23/38	Archer	Ballista targeting area left of it. Locked at the start. Seize to have it firing at enemy forces.

Enemy data

This list only covers commanding units.

Easy/Normal/Hard Lunatic

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes Fort Captain Fighter 13/18/23 1 Iron Axe • Steelstone* Captain of N Hold Entry Fort Captain Myrmidon 13/18/23 1 Iron Sword Captain of North Battery Fort Captain Halberdier 3/8/13 1 Iron Lance • Ironstone* Captain of Vanguard Fort Fort Captain Archer 13/18/23 2 Iron Bow Captains of S Hold Entry and South Battery Sage Sage 8/13/18 1 Iron Tome Summons Outrealm Fiends Pegasus Knight Pegasus Knight 13/18/23 5 Iron Lance -- Soldier Soldier 13/18/23 1 Iron Lance • Chest Key -- Soldier Soldier 13/18/23 4 Iron Lance -- Fighter Fighter 13/18/23 4 Iron Axe -- Wyvern Rider Wyvern Rider 13/18/23 3 Iron Axe -- Knight Knight 13/18/23 2 Iron Lance -- Monster Outrealm Fiend 13/18/23 7 Iron Claw -- Cavalier Cavalier 13/18/23 2 Iron Sword -- Myrmidon Myrmidon 13/18/23 4 Iron Sword -- Halberdier Halberdier 18/23/28 1 Iron Lance -- Manakete Manakete 13/18/23 1 Ironstone -- Gatekeeper Cavalier 13/18/23 2 Iron Sword Guard entrances to North Battery; will retreat if fort is captured Gatekeeper Halberdier 13/18/23 2 Iron Lance Guard entrances to South Battery; will retreat if fort is captured Monster Outrealm Fiend 3/8/13 1 Iron Claw • Concoction* Captain of Castle Tower

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes Myrmidon Myrmidon 13/18/23 1 Iron Sword -- Knight Knight 13/18/23 2 Iron Lance -- Soldier Soldier 13/18/23 2 Iron Lance -- Wyvern Rider Wyvern Rider 13/18/23 2 Iron Axe -- Sage Sage 8/13/18 2 Iron Tome -- Monster Outrealm Fiend 13/18/23 11 Iron Claw --

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes Fort Captain Fighter 38 1 Iron Axe • Random Brave Weapon Captain of N Hold Entry Fort Captain Myrmidon 38 1 Iron Sword Captain of North Battery Fort Captain Halberdier 28 1 Iron Lance • Random Brave Weapon Captain of Vanguard Fort Fort Captain Archer 38 2 Iron Bow Captains of S Hold Entry and South Battery Sage Sage 33 1 Iron Tome Summons Outrealm Fiends Pegasus Knight Pegasus Knight 38 5 Iron Lance -- Soldier Soldier 38 1 Iron Lance • Chest Key -- Soldier Soldier 38 4 Iron Lance -- Fighter Fighter 38 4 Iron Axe -- Wyvern Rider Wyvern Rider 38 3 Iron Axe -- Knight Knight 38 2 Iron Lance -- Monster Outrealm Fiend 38 7 Iron Claw -- Cavalier Cavalier 38 2 Iron Sword -- Myrmidon Myrmidon 38 4 Iron Sword -- Halberdier Halberdier 43 1 Iron Lance -- Manakete Manakete 38 1 Ironstone -- Gatekeeper Cavalier 38 2 Iron Sword Guard entrances to North Battery; will retreat if fort is captured Gatekeeper Halberdier 38 2 Iron Lance Guard entrances to South Battery; will retreat if fort is captured Monster Outrealm Fiend 28 1 Iron Claw • Random Brave Weapon Captain of Castle Tower

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes Myrmidon Myrmidon 38 1 Iron Sword -- Knight Knight 38 2 Iron Lance -- Soldier Soldier 38 2 Iron Lance -- Wyvern Rider Wyvern Rider 38 2 Iron Axe -- Sage Sage 33 2 Iron Tome -- Monster Outrealm Fiend 38 11 Iron Claw --

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Reinforcements

• Shortly into the battle:
  • A Myrmidon will appear in the south-west corner of the map. They will head to the north-west corner for reinforcements.
• If you fail the mission "Defeat the Myrmidon!"
  • 2 Knights will appear in the north-west, targeting Darios. The messenger Myrmidon will also retreat.
• After clearing the mission "Seize the two forts!"
  • The gates to Vanguard Fort will open.
• If Vanguard Fort is not seized shortly after the start of "Seize the Vanguard Fort and lower the drawbridge!"
  • 2 Soldiers will appear west of N Hold Entry.
  • 2 Wyvern Riders will appear west of S Hold Entry.
  • 2 Sages will appear west of Vanguard Fort.
• After clearing the mission "Seize the Vanguard Fort and lower the drawbridge!"
  • The three drawbridges will lower.
  • After some dialogue, a Sage will summon five Outrealm Fiends across the map.
• While the Sage is still alive after the start of the mission "Defeat the Sage calling enemy reinforcements!":
  • An Outrealm Fiend will appear on a random spot.
  • After less than a minute, another Outrealm Fiend will appear on another random spot.
  • After that, 4 Outrealm Fiends will appear around Vanguard Fort.

NPC data

Unlike enemies, NPCs do not scale with difficulty.

NPC Units

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes Darios Lord 18 1 Iron Sword Death results in a Game Over.

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes

Boss data

Main article: Outrealm Fiend

Easy Normal Hard Lunatic

Outrealm Fiend Level 3

Weapon Item Iron Claw Concoction* Weapons ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗

Outrealm Fiend Level 8

Weapon Item Iron Claw Concoction* Weapons ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗

Outrealm Fiend Level 13

Weapon Item Iron Claw Concoction* Weapons ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗

Outrealm Fiend Level 28

Weapon Item Iron Claw Random Brave Weapon Weapons ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗

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Strategy

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

Most enemies on this map will target and relentlessly attack Darios. It is best to make sure there is at least one healer and/or player-controllable character guarding him.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Sieging the Citadel
Japanese	要塞の罠	Fortress Trap
Spanish	Asedio al Alcázar	Sieging the Citadel
French	Le siège de la citadelle	The siege of the citadel
German	Belagerung der Zitadelle	Sieging the Citadel
Italian	Assedio alla cittadella	Sieging the Citadel

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