The Liberation of Leonster: Difference between revisions

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*[[The First Rain of May]]

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Leif's forces kill Gustaf and seize Leonster, ending the battle victorious. Soon after Leif, Dryas, and [[Finn]] celebrate their victory, though, Leif is informed that the citizens of [[Ulster (location)|Ulster]] have started a rebellion and need Leif's help in order to succeed. Dryas and [[August]] advise Leif not to go, as they believe an open battle with the Empire is too dangerous, but Leif overrules them and pledges to help the Ulster rebellion regardless.  

|enemy=41{{h|+66|Reinforcements}}{{h|-8|Upon the Axe Armors and Lance Armors defecting}}{{h|-1|Upon Xavier being recruited}}

|obtainlast=At the end of the chapter if all Leonster soldiers survive at the end, regardless of their enemy or NPC status

|inventory={{Item|5|Hammer}} • {{Item|5|Vulnerary}}

|inventory={{Item|5|Thunder|link=Thunder (tome)}}

|inventory={{Item|5|Thunder|link=Thunder (tome)}}

**1 [[Mage]], level 12, from the eastern stairs

**1 [[Mage]], level 6, from the lower northwestern stairs

Recruiting [[Xavier]] is a somewhat daunting task; the several [[NPC]] [[civilian]]s must talk to the eight [[Leonster]] Armor Knights working under Xavier. Additionally, each specific NPC has to talk to a specific Knight; the characters do not have unique names, so they can only be identified by their portraits. The matching civilian-knight pairs are provided in the table below:

| style="border-radius: 10px; width: 200px; height: 75px" | {{mirror|[[File:Portrait villager 07 fe05.png]]}} talks to [[File:Portrait leonster knight 4 fe05.png]]

| style="border-radius: 10px; width: 200px" | {{mirror|[[File:Portrait villager 06 fe05.png]]}} talks to [[File:Portrait eisenau fe05.png]]

| style="border-radius: 10px; width: 200px" | {{mirror|[[File:Portrait villager 03 fe05.png]]}} talks to [[File:Portrait eichmann fe05.png]]

:Note: There are two separate [[Civilian]]s that share the portrait of the girl with the green shirt and twintails; it does not mean that one civilian needs to speak with two knights.

The civilians will not start moving from their cell until the door to the throne room is unlocked. But once it's unlocked, the Armor Knights stationed there (including Xavier's knights) will start moving towards the door. While Xavier and his knights won't attempt to harm or [[capture]] any of the civilians, the Friege Knights will (there are four of them) when given the chance. You can use a [[Sleep (staff)|Sleep staff]] or a [[Sleep Edge]] to neutralize them to prevent them from interfering.

What happens to the knights or the civilians after the former converts does not matter. So long as all of the Leonster armor knights become NPCs before dying or escaping, you will still meet the recruitment requirements for Xavier. Also keep in mind that after a knight gets converted and becomes green, the others will try to kill him. Considering how the knights have [[Killer Lance]]s or [[Hammer]]s equipped, one should be ready to use the Rescue command if necessary, as the counterattacks might result in someone getting killed. It's not mandatory to keep all the knights alive after they spoke to their relatives, but you have to keep all the non-converted knights alive until everyone is reunited with their loved ones. You could use your Sleep staves to make some of knights fall asleep, so you can bring the NPCs to them without the knights killing each other after they become green. Also, the NPCs are the ones that start the conversations, so if they manage to reach the knight that is their relative, they will convert them, ignoring the status affects. After you managed to convert all the eight Leonster armor knights, talk to Xavier with Leif and he will join him. As Killer Lances have a weight of 10, you can steal them if [[Perne]] and/or [[Lifis]] had their constitution increased a couple of times during level-ups or via the [[Body Ring]] you can find in this chapter, allowing you to disarm some of the Armor Knights, but Hammers are way too heavy, with a weight of 18. The Sleep status effect is recommended on the Axe Armors, as they have Hammers: while Hammers are inaccurate, they deal huge damage to other armors and may kill them in one or two hits, so be careful that they don't kill a non-converted armor knight. [[Blizzard]] can also cause sleep, but using it it's too risky, since the armor knights will likely have too little magic to resist, and they will get easily doubled. Also, keep in mind that the Lance armors have Adept and Miracle, which can completely change the outcome depending on which skill activates.

It is recommended to have some of your units stand on the staircases to plug up and prevent reinforcements from appearing, especially the [[Dark Mage]]s, as they either teleport themselves all over the place with [[Rewarp|Rewarp staves]] or attack with a [[Fenrir]] tome instead of [[Jormungand]]. Don't let the ones with Fenrir get in the range where they can attack with it or they'll easily kill the civilians. The ones with Jormungand have Rewarp, so they'll chase after the NPCs and try to attack them after closing the gap by teleporting, so leave someone to attack them and cover everyone as you move on. High-constitution units like your knights can rescue the converted armor knights and civilians can be rescued by anyone, so be sure to rescue them whenever possible to avoid casualties that will cause you to fail the sidequest.

|prechapter=Leonster's Gate

|prealternate=The First Rain of May

|nextchapter=The Empire's Counterattack