A Strange Land

Not to be confused with Strange Lands, the twenty-fifth chapter of the same game.

A Strange Land

Location Waters between Goldoa and Phoenicis New units Sothe, Jill Boss(es) Seeker Previous chapter(s) Blood Runs Red Next chapter(s) A Guiding Wind

“	Predictable humans. Sailed right into our trap without fail.	”	— Seeker

A Strange Land (Japanese: 異邦の領域 Territory of a foreign country) is chapter 12 of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.

Plot

Main articles: A Strange Land/Script and A Strange Land/Conversations

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Beginning log

Having narrowly escaped Daein's grasp the Greil Mercenaries are pleased to feel the ocean beneath their feet as they set sail. According to Captain Nasir, the voyage to Begnion will take roughly two months. Blessed with temperate weather the ship's journey southward is smooth and steady. As it passes the midpoint of its trip, the ship sets a course along the coastline and begins to head east. These seas belong to Phoenicis and Kilvas, the kingdoms of the bird tribes.Both nations prey on human vessels for supplies and wealth, and their flying corsairs are feared across the seas. Additionally, the southern portion of the continent contains the realm of the dragon tribe: the monarchy of Goldoa. This country remained isolated founding centuries past, preserving its closed culture behind a veil of mystery. It is these laguz-controlled waters that Ike and company must now cross.

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Rout enemy	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Ike dies	1–10+1	{{{partner}}}	0	6+4	{{{third}}}

Bonus EXP
Requirement Easy Normal/Difficult Maniac Clear the chapter in 7 turns or less (-penalty per # of turns after) 300 (-30) 200 (-20) 100 (-10) Clear bonus 150 100/-- --

Character data

Characters
New Units
Sothe Thief HP 20 Inventory Knife Level 1 View base conversation "Boy" Jill Wyvern Rider HP 24 Inventory Steel Lance Laguzguard Vulnerary Wyvern Band* Level 8 NPC, let her talk to Ike (will not appear if she died in the previous chapter)
Required Characters
Available Characters

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Laguz Stone Dropped by enemy Raven Coin Dropped by enemy Raven Coin Dropped by enemy Raven (reinforcement in Difficult) Seraph Robe Dropped by enemy Raven (reinforcement in Difficult) Arms Scroll Dropped by enemy Raven (reinforcement in Normal) Secret Book Dropped by enemy Raven (reinforcement) Blue Gem Dropped by Seeker Coin Steal from enemy Raven Elixir Steal from Seeker Coin Steal from enemy Raven (reinforcement in Normal)

Enemy data

Normal Difficult

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 2 1 Beak • Coin -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 2 1 Beak • Laguz Stone -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 3 1 Beak • Seraph Robe -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 4 1 Beak • Coin -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 4 1 Beak • Coin -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Seeker Raven 8 1 Beak • Blue Gem • Demi Band • Elixir Miracle • Corrosion --

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 1 1 Beak • Arms Scroll -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 3 1 Beak -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 3 1 Beak • Coin -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 4 1 Beak • Secret Book --

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 2 1 Beak • Coin -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 4 1 Beak -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 4 1 Beak • Arms Scroll -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 5 1 Beak • Laguz Stone -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 5 1 Beak • Coin -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Seeker Raven 8 1 Beak • Blue Gem • Demi Band • Elixir Miracle • Corrosion Starts moving unprovoked on turn 5.

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 3 1 Beak • Seraph Robe -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 3 1 Beak -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 3 1 Beak • Coin -- File:Ma gcn raven enemy.gif Soldier Raven 4 1 Beak • Secret Book --

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Reinforcements

• Turn 3
  • 1 Raven near Seeker
• Turn 5
  • 1 Raven from the north-east
  • 1 Raven near Jill starting point
• Turn 7
  • 1 Raven from the south-west

NPC data

NPC Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Con Mov Inventory and Skills

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Def Res Cha Con Mov Inventory and Skills Jill Wyvern Rider 8 1 24 11 0 10 9 6 11 2 8 Steel Lance • Laguzguard • Vulnerary • Wyvern Band* --

Reinforcements

• Turn 2
  • Jill from the south-west if she had survived the previous chapter.

Boss data

Main article: Seeker

Easy/Normal Difficult/Maniac

Raven Level 8 Attribute Build 19

Stats Max HP 36 Speed 17-2 Strength 16-2 Luck 11 Magic 4 Defense 11-1 Skill 16-2 Resistance 10-2 Movement 8 Weight 16

Inventory Skills Beak Blue Gem Demi Band Elixir Miracle Corrosion Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Raven Level 8 Attribute Build 19

Stats Max HP 36 Speed 18-2 Strength 17-2 Luck 11 Magic 4 Defense 12-1 Skill 17-2 Resistance 10-2 Movement 8 Weight 16

Inventory Skills Beak Blue Gem Demi Band Elixir Miracle Corrosion Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

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Strategy

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

This mission is exclusively against Ravens, who sport good speed but low attack. As such, you will either want to deploy units fast enough to not be doubled, or with high enough Defense and HP to survive their attacks. In theory, you'd think this is a good mission for Rolf and mages packing Wind Tomes, but in practice, it's safer to simply have your tankiest units out. (Even if you haven't used much of Lethe and Mordecai at all, they should be fine here, for example.) It's okay to deploy a few frail units like healers and mages - especially if their Speed growth has been good enough to not be doubled - but don't deploy too many, or else forming up around them to protect them can be tricky. Note that weakness hitting in FE9 isn't that impressive anyway - it's only 2x bonus to weapon might, so a base Wind Tome goes from 2 might to 4 might for a mighty +2 damage, for example. (The Elwind Tome, if you got it from the previous mission, at least goes from 4 to 8 might, thankfully.) Also, despite Sothe joining for this chapter, there isn't any Thief utility needed here.

Jill will recruit herself by flying to Ike, as long as you leave her a space to stand on next to Ike. Note that tiles on the ship and ocean tiles immediately next to them can only be attacked across with range 2 weapons.

Be careful with Jill and Marcia about inviting Ravens to engage off the ship - in general, you'd rather invite the Ravens onto the ship to let your other units have a go at them.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	A Strange Land	--
Japanese	異邦の領域	Territory of a foreign country
Spanish	En tierra extraña	In strange land
French	Étrange région	Strange region
German	Fremdes Ufer	Foreign Shore
Italian	Terra straniera	Strange Land

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