A Guiding Wind

A Guiding Wind

Location Coastal Begnion New units Astrid, Gatrie Boss(es) Norris Previous chapter(s) A Strange Land Next chapter(s) Training

“	The princess ordered us to come to your aid. May we join the fray?	”	— Ike to Tanith

A Guiding Wind (Japanese: 風は導く The Wind Guides) is chapter 13 of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.

Plot

Main articles: A Guiding Wind/Script and A Guiding Wind/Conversations

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Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Defend for 10 turns	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Ike dies, or enemy seizes location	1–12+2	{{{partner}}}	6-2	23+6	{{{third}}}

Bonus EXP
Requirement Easy Normal/Difficult Maniac Units not deployed 75 per unit 50 per unit 25 per unit Clear bonus 150 100/-- --

Character data

Characters
New Units
Astrid Bow Knight HP 20 Inventory Iron Bow Knight Ward Vulnerary Level 1 NPC, talk to with Ike Gatrie Knight HP Varies Inventory Steel Lance Vulnerary Level Varies NPC, talk to with Astrid
Required Characters
Available Characters

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Longbow Dropped by Norris Coin Dropped by enemy Raven (Difficult mode) Coin Dropped by enemy Raven (Reinforcement, difficult mode) Killer Bow Open lower left chest on lower ship Laguz Axe Open upper left chest on lower ship Elfire Open lower right chest on lower ship Longsword Open upper right chest on lower ship Occult Open left chest on upper ship Energy Drop Open middle chest on upper ship Speedwing Open right chest on uper ship Steel Bow Steal from Norris

Enemy data

Normal Difficult

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes File:Ma gcn archer enemy.gif Soldier Archer 10 1 Iron Bow -- File:Ma gcn archer enemy.gif Soldier Archer 11 1 Steel Bow -- File:Ma gcn archer enemy.gif Soldier Archer 15 1 Longbow -- File:Ma gcn fighter enemy.gif Soldier Fighter 10 1 Hand Axe -- File:Ma gcn fighter enemy.gif Soldier Fighter 12 1 Hammer -- File:Ma gcn halberdier enemy.gif Soldier Halberdier 2 1 Javelin -- File:Ma gcn halberdier enemy.gif Soldier Halberdier 3 1 Javelin -- File:Ma gcn mage enemy.gif Soldier Mage 11 1 Fire -- File:Ma gcn mage enemy.gif Soldier Mage 11 1 Thunder -- File:Ma gcn myrmidon enemy.gif Soldier Myrmidon 11 1 Steel Sword -- File:Ma gcn myrmidon enemy.gif Soldier Myrmidon 12 1 Iron Sword -- File:Ma gcn myrmidon enemy.gif Soldier Myrmidon 12 1 Killing Edge -- File:Ma gcn myrmidon enemy.gif Soldier Myrmidon 13 2 Steel Sword -- File:Ma gcn myrmidon enemy.gif Soldier Myrmidon 14 1 Iron Sword -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 2 1 Beak -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 3 1 Beak -- File:Ma gcn soldier enemy.gif Soldier Soldier 10 1 Iron Lance -- File:Ma gcn soldier enemy.gif Soldier Soldier 12 1 Iron Lance -- File:Ma gcn soldier enemy.gif Soldier Soldier 13 2 Steel Lance -- File:Ma gcn soldier enemy.gif Soldier Soldier 13 1 Javelin -- File:Ma gcn sniper enemy.gif Norris Sniper 5 1 Longbow • Steel Bow Adept Does not move.

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 2 5 Beak -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 4 1 Beak --

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes File:Ma gcn archer enemy.gif Soldier Archer 10 1 Iron Bow -- File:Ma gcn archer enemy.gif Soldier Archer 12 2 Steel Bow -- File:Ma gcn fighter enemy.gif Soldier Fighter 12 1 Hammer -- File:Ma gcn fighter enemy.gif Soldier Fighter 13 1 Steel Axe -- File:Ma gcn halberdier enemy.gif Soldier Halberdier 2 2 Javelin Does not move. File:Ma gcn halberdier enemy.gif Soldier Halberdier 3 1 Javelinok Does not move. File:Ma gcn mage enemy.gif Soldier Mage 11 1 Fire Does not move. File:Ma gcn mage enemy.gif Soldier Mage 11 2 Thunder -- File:Ma gcn myrmidon enemy.gif Soldier Myrmidon 11 1 Steel Sword -- File:Ma gcn myrmidon enemy.gif Soldier Myrmidon 12 1 Killing Edge -- File:Ma gcn myrmidon enemy.gif Soldier Myrmidon 13 1 Steel Sword -- File:Ma gcn myrmidon enemy.gif Soldier Myrmidon 13 1 Steel Blade -- File:Ma gcn myrmidon enemy.gif Soldier Myrmidon 14 1 Iron Sword -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 2 1 Beak Starts moving unprovoked. File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 3 1 Beak • Coin Starts moving unprovoked. File:Ma gcn soldier enemy.gif Soldier Soldier 10 2 Iron Lance -- File:Ma gcn soldier enemy.gif Soldier Soldier 12 1 Iron Lance -- File:Ma gcn soldier enemy.gif Soldier Soldier 14 2 Steel Lance -- File:Ma gcn soldier enemy.gif Soldier Soldier 13 1 Javelin -- File:Ma gcn sniper enemy.gif Norris Sniper 5 1 Longbow • Steel Bow Adept Does not move.

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 2 5 Beak Prioritizes opening a chest, then escaping. File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 4 1 Beak • Coin Prioritizes opening a chest, then escaping.

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Reinforcements

• Turn 5
  • 4 Raven from the north-west
• Turn 7
  • 2 Raven from the north-west

NPC data

NPC Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Con Mov Inventory and Skills Astrid Bow Knight 1 1 20 6 2 6 7 3 5+2 4+2 8 Iron Bow • Knight Ward • Vulnerary Paragon -- Gatrie Knight Varies 1 Varies Varies Varies Varies Varies Varies Varies Varies 5 Steel Lance • Vulnerary • Retains his level and stats from the end of Chapter 7. Soldier Soldier 8 1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 6 Steel Lance • Javelin -- Soldier Soldier 11 2 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 6 Steel Lance • Javelin • Vulnerary -- Soldier Soldier 12 1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 6 Steel Lance • Javelin --

Boss data

Main article: Norris

Sniper Level 5 Attribute Build 10

Stats Max HP 35 Speed 14 Strength 13 Luck 4 Magic 4 Defense 13 Skill 18 Resistance 5 Movement 7 Weight 11

Inventory Skills Longbow Steel Bow Adept Weapon Levels -- -- -- B -- -- -- --

Strategy

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

This chaotic map has a few famous "gotchas". First up is Astrid. She is very, very weak at level 1 and stands a high likelihood of dying immediately if not promptly recruited. Luckily, recruiting her on turn 1 is doable - Shove Ike one square right with a high build unit like Lethe or Boyd, move the unit "above" Ike forward into the fray, and have Mordecai use Smite to knock Ike two squares forward. Ike should be able to talk to Astrid from there; Astrid can then immediately talk to Gatrie, fire a shot, and retreat to safety. As with Chapter 11, another decent idea is that since you likely have a staff unit with nothing better to do on turn 1, consider using your Ward staff on a low-Res unit you send to the right side of the map, which sports some dangerous enemy mages.

As for Astrid herself, while you might want to feed Astrid XP, the initial turns are still extremely dangerous to her. So no hurry - feel free to play her very cowardly and in the backlines. If you're really committed to having her make an impact quick, you can consider forging a powerful Iron Bow in advance to give to her for this map. Gatrie is thankfully quite self-sufficient, and shouldn't be in much danger of dying.

The Begnion units are mostly there to be punching bags on turn 1 and 2, so don't worry too much about their survival. Turns 2 and 3 are likely to still be quite chaotic. If at all possible, try getting very tanky units like Titania or Mordecai covering the gangplank chokepoints to control the rate of incoming enemies onto the ship. There'll be some ravens on the left side, so be careful there, and if you can't kill them efficiently then be sure to have a unit directly on the defense point - you can't really block flying units from the staircase. If you deploy a flyer (Marcia and/or Jill), make sure they have a Javelin or Short Spear in their inventory, as some of the angles they have on the drawbridges from the sea require a range-2 weapon.

If you survive past the first half of the map, eventually Norris will get frustrated and Naesala will send in scavengers to pick the treasure. If you deployed Volke or Sothe, there's a counterintuitive point that will help during this period: do NOT open the bottom-right treasure chests, at least not right away. The Ravens will take the capture point and they'll take treasure, but they won't, in general, attack units. As long as a lower-right treasure chest is unopened, they'll fly in that direction to open it, which will give you plenty of opportunities to shoot them down, even the ones that already took a treasure.

Norris himself has some funky AI. He won't move at first, even if you move a unit into his threat range, but at some point (after he's engaged on turn 8?), he will start moving, so beware. As is usual with Snipers, if you can get three units to surround him and cut off his movement, he'll be entirely helpless. On the lower difficulty levels, the mages on Norris's ship and the Halberdiers guarding the bridges won't move either, but they will happily move on the higher difficulty levels, so beware.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	A Guiding Wind	--
Japanese	風は導く	The Wind Guides
Spanish	El viento que nos guía	The wind that guides us
French	La force du vent	The power of the wind
German	Mit dem Wind	With the wind
Italian	Vento a favore	Wind of favor

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