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'''To War''' (Japanese: {{hl|戦乱の幕開け|Senran no makuake}} ''Opening of a War'') is the twelfth chapter of {{FE16}} if Byleth was not a Black Eagle who sided with Edelgard in the previous chapter, and the final chapter of Part I.

{{main|To War/Script (Church of Seiros)|To War/Script (Blue Lions)|To War/Script (Golden Deer)}}

[[Shamir]] reports that [[Edelgard]]'s forces are going to meet up with the main Imperial army and invade [[Garreg Mach Monastery]] in two week's time. [[Rhea]] orders [[Byleth]] to assume her duties if something should happen to her in the upcoming battle. Afterwards, [[Seteth]] demands that Rhea explain just what Byleth is, and Rhea reveals that Byleth is the vessel for the progenitor god and that they will eventually become one with the power within and resurrect said god. Two weeks pass, and the [[Adrestia]]n army arrives with Edelgard at its head. A climactic battle ensues, and Byleth seemingly gets the upper hand against Edelgard, but she calls in reinforcements led by [[Lord Arundel]]. Rhea entrusts the safety of the Garreg Mach citizens to Byleth, declares that she will not allow a repeat of the Red Canyon tragedy, transforms into a colossal dragon, and decimates the Imperial forces. Several [[Demonic Beast]]s attack and put Rhea on the back foot, but Byleth reinforces her after they evacuate the Officers Academy students. Suddenly, [[Thales]] appears and knocks Byleth into a deep ravine. As narrated by [[Jeralt]], Adrestia wins the Battle of Garreg Mach and forces the [[Knights of Seiros]] to surrender, and Rhea goes missing. The Empire then begins a full-scale war with [[Faerghus]] and [[Leicester]].

|recruitment method=Automatically from the start, unless Flayn has fallen in Classic Mode.

|recruitment method=Automatically from the start, unless Flayn has fallen in Classic Mode.

|item5=Goddess Icon

|item5image=stat booster

|obtain5=Exploration: Talk to Magic Wielder in the Shadow Library of Abyss{{h|*|Version 1.2.0 onward. Paid DLC}}

|obtain6=Dropped by the Death Knight in The Battle of Garreg Mach

|itemlast=Crescent Sickle

|itemlastimage=lance

|obtainlast=Dropped by enemy Cavalier in The Battle of Garreg Mach

On the Azure Moon and Verdant Wind route, note that when [[Dimitri]] or [[Claude]] return in [[Reunion at Dawn|the next chapter]], they will be automatically reclassed to their respective advanced class, and there will not be an opportunity to change their class again until Chapter 14. If they were using a magic-wielding class beforehand, they will lose access to their spells for the entirety of the next chapter, as their advanced classes—[[High Lord]] and [[Wyvern Master]]—are incapable of wielding magic. Lastly, it is suggested to avoid training Dimitri's or Claude's [[authority]] levels during the chapter unless they can surpass their current rank before the end of the month; at the start of Chapter 13, their authority will be increased to C if it is below that, but due to an oversight, any skill points they have gathered toward their next authority level will be lost at the start of the next chapter, even if they have higher than C authority.

* The route split at the end of this chapter is the first one in the franchise to be determined by a decision made in a previous chapter, in this case the choice of which house to lead at the beginning of [[Three Houses (Three Houses chapter)|Chapter 1]].

|jpn-name={{h|戦乱の幕開け|Senran no makuake}}

|jpn-mean=Opening of a War; this parallels the Japanese name of [[Outset of a Power Struggle]], the corresponding chapter if the player sides with Edelgard.

|kor-name={{h|전란의 개막|Jeollanui gaemak}}

|ch-simp-name={{h|揭开战乱序幕|jiēkāi zhànluàn xùmù}}

|ch-trad-name={{h|揭開戰亂序幕|jiēkāi zhànluàn xùmù}}