The Banner of Njörun

The Banner of Njörun

Location Surroundings of Hannibal's mansion, Thracia New units Selphina, Cain, Alva, Robert Boss(es) Merlock Previous chapter(s) Mount Violdrake Dagdar's Mansion Next chapter(s) Noel Canyon

The Banner of Njörun (Japanese: ノヴァの紋章 The Crest of Noba) is the ninth chapter of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.

Plot

Main article: The Banner of Njörun/Script

Leif's forces enter the mountainous area surrounding Hannibal's villa, heading toward the villa to meet the Leonster nobility hiding inside. They are spotted by Altena, Travant and Merlock, the latter of whom Travant sends to deal with the intruders on the mistaken assumption that Leif's soldiers are bandits. The knights in Hannibal's villa notice the Thracian army moving in, and some of them rush out to protect the villa, namely Alva, Cain, Robert and Selphina. Leif and his advisor August then notice the Thracian forces and August urges Leif to rush toward the villa, since he assumes that the knights in the villa have been found out and the Thracian forces intend to dispose of them.

The battle begins, and upon its conclusion, Leif meets Duke Dryas at the villa. Dryas tells Leif that he had sent Glade to Tarrah, and Glade informed him that the Empire intends to mount an all-out assault on the city. The duke declares that they must go to Tarrah and support its defense. In the meantime, Altena calls off the attacking Thracian forces, declaring that the "intruders" are not bandits, but mercenaries meant to protect Hannibal's villa.

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Escape	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Leif dies, or an enemy unit enters Hannibal's mansion	6–8+4	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	31	{{{third}}}

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

Character data

Characters
New units
Selphina Arch Knight HP 22 Inventory Killer Bow Knight Proof Level 8 Automatically from turn 1 Cain Lance Knight HP 26 Inventory Iron Sword Iron Lance Level 2 Automatically from turn 1 Alva Lance Knight HP 24 Inventory Iron Sword Iron Lance Level 2 Automatically from turn 1 Robert Arch Knight HP 23 Inventory Iron Bow Level 1 Automatically from turn 1
Required characters
Available characters

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Fjalar Scroll Visit northern house S Drink Visit southern house Paragon Sword Talk to Selphina with Carrion

Shop data

Armories and vendors

Swords Lances Axes Bows Tomes Staves Items Secret

None

	Name	Cost
	Iron Lance	2,200
	Steel Lance	3,200
	Slim Lance	2,000

None

	Name	Cost
	Steel Bow	3,200

	Name	Cost
	Thunder	3,200

	Name	Cost
	Heal	2,200

	Name	Cost
	Vulnerary	600
	Torch	500
	S Drink	5,000

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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 Thracia Dragon Rider 6 1 20~28 5~13 0~8 3~11 4~12 0~8 7~15 7~15 8~9 Killer Lance Authority: Merlock Moves toward the central peak; begins moving to attack units once Merlock or any Dragon Rider is provoked or on turn 22. Thracia Dragon Rider 7 3 20~29 5~14 0~9 3~12 4~13 0~9 7~16 7~16 8~9 Killer Lance Authority: Merlock Moves toward the central peak; begins moving to attack units once Merlock or any Dragon Rider is provoked or on turn 22. Thracia Soldier 12 2 20~34 3~17 0~14 0~14 0~14 0~14 1~15 6~20 5~6 Javelin Authority: Merlock Immediately begins moving to the player's escape point. Thracia Soldier 8 1 20~30 3~13 0~10 0~10 0~10 0~10 1~11 6~16 5~6 Iron Lance Authority: Merlock Immediately begins moving to the player's escape point. Thracia Soldier 10 2 20~32 3~15 0~12 0~12 0~12 0~12 1~13 6~18 5~6 Iron Lance Authority: Merlock Immediately begins moving to the player's escape point. Thracia Soldier 11 1 20~33 3~16 0~13 0~13 0~13 0~13 1~14 6~19 5~6 Iron Lance Authority: Merlock Immediately begins moving to the player's escape point. Thracia Soldier 9 1 20~31 3~14 0~11 0~11 0~11 0~11 1~12 6~17 5~6 Iron Lance Authority: Merlock Immediately begins moving to the player's escape point. Thracia Soldier 12 2 20~34 3~17 0~14 0~14 0~14 0~14 1~15 6~20 5~6 Iron Lance Authority: Merlock Immediately begins moving to the player's escape point. Thracia Lance Armor 6 1 20~28 4~12 0~8 0~8 0~8 0~8 8~16 9~17 5~6 Steel Lance Authority: Merlock Immediately begins moving to the player's escape point; begins moving to attack units on turn 20. Thracia Lance Armor 8 1 20~30 4~14 0~10 0~10 0~10 0~10 8~18 9~19 5~6 Steel Lance Authority: Merlock Moves to attack units in range; begins moving unprovoked on turn 20. Thracia Bishop 7 1 20~29 0~9 5~14 2~11 2~11 0~9 1~10 4~13 5~6 Heal • Physic • Wind • Meteor Authority: Merlock Moves to attack units in range; begins moving unprovoked on turn 20. Thracia Lance Armor 6 2 20~28 4~12 0~8 0~8 0~8 0~8 8~16 9~17 5~6 Javelin Authority: Merlock Moves to attack units in range; begins moving unprovoked on turn 20. Thracia Lance Armor 5 5 20~27 4~11 0~7 0~7 0~7 0~7 8~15 9~16 5~6 Steel Lance Authority: Merlock • The east two move to attack units in range; begin moving unprovoked on turn 20. • The other three immediately begin moving to the player's escape point; begin moving to attack units on turn 20. Thracia Lance Armor 7 2 20~29 4~13 0~9 0~9 0~9 0~9 8~17 9~18 5~6 Steel Lance Authority: Merlock Immediately begins moving to the player's escape point; begins moving to attack units on turn 20. Thracia Archer 10 1 20~32 3~15 0~12 0~12 0~12 0~12 1~13 6~18 5~6 Iron Bow Authority: Merlock Immediately begins moving to the player's escape point. Thracia Archer 8 1 20~30 3~13 0~10 0~10 0~10 0~10 1~11 6~16 5~6 Iron Bow Authority: Merlock Immediately begins moving to the player's escape point. Thracia Archer 11 1 20~33 3~16 0~13 0~13 0~13 0~13 1~14 6~19 5~6 Iron Bow Authority: Merlock Immediately begins moving to the player's escape point. Thracia Archer 9 1 20~31 3~14 0~11 0~11 0~11 0~11 1~12 6~17 5~6 Iron Bow Authority: Merlock Immediately begins moving to the player's escape point. Thracia Archer 12 1 20~34 3~17 0~14 0~14 0~14 0~14 1~15 6~20 5~6 Steel Bow Authority: Merlock Immediately begins moving to the player's escape point. Merlock Wyvern Knight 6 1 42 16 3 14 14 10 14 16 9 Killer Lance • Javelin • Vulnerary Authority: ★ Moves toward the central peak; begins moving to attack units once he or any Dragon Rider is provoked or on turn 22.

Boss data

Main article: Merlock

Wyvern Knight Level 6 Action -- Authority ★

Stats Max HP 42 Speed 14 Strength 16 Luck 10 Magic 3 Defense 14 Skill 14 Constitution 16 Movement 9 FCM 1

Inventory Skills Killer Lance Javelin Vulnerary -- Weapon Levels A B -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Strategy

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

There are two ways to tackle this chapter: by heading through the north passage with infantry and Karin, or through the south with cavalry. Having played through a few escape chapters already, one may consider deploying a few cavalry units and hoping for the best. The four units defending mansion are all unable to fend for themselves for long, with Selphina being the only one able to reliably one-round enemies. Be careful about Merlock, as he has high bulk, speed, and strength, making it devastating to face him unprepared. Asbel can easily kill him with Grafcalibur if he needs to, but because of how attack speed is subtracted by tome weight without factoring constitution, Merlock's 14 speed is just high enough that Asbel cannot double him even with capped speed. If you wish to deploy Carrion to obtain the Paragon Sword from Selphina, do take care to keep him out of range of Thracia's dragon riders. The four dragon riders all have Killer Lances, so take them down as quickly as possibile and be sure to give all your Crusader Scrolls to Karin and deliver them to Selphina and her knights so that they don't get one-shot by critical hits. Also, watch out for Selphina's Accost skill: if she gets attacked by an ememy with less AS and HP than her, there will be an extra round of combat, and being an Arch Knight with low durability, she will be in a potential fatal situation when someone attacks her, especially at close range, so make sure to keep her out of enemy range. Selphina's knights all have support bonuses with her and there are forests close to where they start, so make sure to increase their avoid in anyway you can.

One final thing: don't let a single enemy unit reach the escape point, or it's an automatic Game Over. Fortunately, the escape point is a gate, and grants +30% avoid and +10 defense, meaning that almost any unit stationed on it will be able to take hits from enemies.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English (unofficial)	• The Emblem of Nova • The Banner of Njörun	• Used in FireLizard's translation. • Used in the Lil' Manster fan translation patch.
Japanese	ノヴァの紋章	The Crest/Emblem of Noba

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