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Fort Dandrum

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Fort Dandrum

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Location

Fort Dandrum, Thracia

Boss(es)

Kempf

Previous chapter(s)

Nowell Valley

Next chapter(s)
Side quest conditions

Fred is alive, the courtyard trap was triggered, and the chapter was completed within 30 turns.

Fort Dandrum (Japanese: ダンドラム要塞 Fort Dandrum) is eleventh chapter of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. In order to play the side quest after, the player must complete this chapter in fewer than 30 turns, place Leif in the center courtyard, and allow Fred to survive.

Plot

Main article: Fort Dandrum/Script

Olwen enters Fort Dandrum to inform Kempf about the attack on Fort Nowell. She begs him for reinforcements, but he refuses to send them, claiming that the attack might be a ploy for them to leave Fort Dandrum undefended. Olwen is incredulous about this, but Kempf threatens her with punishment if she does something rebellious. He then proceeds to insult Reinhardt, Olwen's brother, causing Olwen to draw her sword, which in turn prompts Kempf to imprison Olwen in the fortress's dungeon.

Fred enters the chamber and requests an explanation of Olwen's imprisonment. Kempf tells him that Olwen tried to kill him and therefore she was jailed for treason. He then asks Fred to ride out and meet the attackers in Olwen's place, forbidding him from retreating. Fred wants to protest, but ultimately resigns himself to his fate and leaves the room.

The battle begins, and during it, Kempf lures Leif's forces into a trap. When the trap triggers, Leif admonishes House Friege for its underhanded tactics, and Fred concurs. Fred refuses to fight Leif and instead escapes the fortress southward after Leif's army storms the gates. Then, Leif conquers the fortress and Kempf retreats from it.

If the battle did not take a long time, August suggests they should free the children in the fortress's dungeon. If the battle did take a long time, Dryas suggests they make haste for Tarrah and leave the fortress behind.

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions
Unit Data
Victory: Seize the throne Player Partner Other Enemy
Defeat: Leif dies 8–14 {{{partner}}} 0+1 28+2−1
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Units are arranged based on their position in deployment order after Leif.

If Leif or a unit carrying him waits in the northern courtyard (columns 5–11, rows 8–11; will not activate if Leif is transferred to a unit already in that range) before Kempf leaves the map, six doors—three above the yard and three below—and two Ballistae appear, and Fred becomes an NPC. Any units present where a door appears will be moved away; however, this can cause glitched behaviors for units being carried.

Units captured in this chapter will return in Chapter 11x, rather than in 21x. Enemies that have captured units will attempt to escape through the single tile-wide opening on the north edge of the map.

Character data

Characters
New units

None

Required characters
Leif ​
Available characters
Lifis ​Fergus ​Karin ​Brighton ​Machyua ​Lara ​Dalsin ​Asbel ​Nanna ​Hicks ​Finn ​Safy ​Shiva ​Osian ​Halvan ​Ronan ​Carrion ​Marty ​Dagdar ​Tanya ​Selphina ​Cain ​Alva ​Robert ​

Item data

Items
Name Obtainment Method
Is snes03 torch staff.png Torch Open lone chest

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
Ma snes03 lance armor enemy.gif Friege Lance Armor 10 2 20~32 4~16 0~12 0~12 0~12 0~12 8~20 9~20 5~6 Javelin Vulnerary Door Key
Authority: Kempf
Moves to attack units in range; otherwise moves randomly.
Ma snes03 lance armor enemy.gif Friege Lance Armor 15 1 20~37 4~20 0~17 0~17 0~17 0~17 8~20 9~20 5~6 Poison Lance Antitoxin Door Key
Authority: Kempf
Moves to attack units in range; otherwise moves randomly.
Ma snes03 lance armor enemy.gif Friege Lance Armor 12 1 20~34 4~18 0~14 0~14 0~14 0~14 8~20 9~20 5~6 Javelin Vulnerary
Authority: Kempf
Moves to attack units in range; otherwise moves randomly.
Ma snes03 lance armor enemy.gif Friege Lance Armor 14 2 20~36 4~20 0~16 0~16 0~16 0~16 8~20 9~20 5~6 Long Lance
Authority: Kempf
Moves to attack units in range; otherwise moves randomly.
Ma snes03 lance armor enemy.gif Friege Lance Armor 9 2 20~31 4~15 0~11 0~11 0~11 0~11 8~19 9~20 5~6 Long Lance
Authority: Kempf
Moves to attack units in range; otherwise moves randomly.
Ma snes03 lance armor enemy.gif Friege Lance Armor 12 1 20~34 4~18 0~14 0~14 0~14 0~14 8~20 9~20 5~6 Javelin Vulnerary Door Key
Authority: Kempf
Moves to attack units in range; otherwise moves randomly.
Ma snes03 lance armor enemy.gif Friege Lance Armor 13 1 20~35 4~19 0~15 0~15 0~15 0~15 8~20 9~20 5~6 Long Lance
Authority: Kempf
Moves to attack units in range; otherwise moves randomly.
Ma snes03 mage knight dismounted enemy.gif Kempf Mage Knight 10 1 40 12 9 12 12 10 9 14 5 Meisterschwert Thoron Venin Sword Vulnerary Vulnerary
Immortal*
Authority: ★★★
Action:
• Does not move; stands on a throne, the chapter's seize point.
• Cannot be captured.
• Leaves the map the enemy phase after being fought.
Ma snes03 mage enemy.gif Friege Mage 12 2 18~32 0~14 2~16 2~16 3~17 0~14 0~14 4~18 6~7 Thunder
Authority: Kempf
Does not move.
Ma snes03 soldier enemy.gif Friege Soldier 10 1 20~32 3~15 0~12 0~12 0~12 0~12 1~13 6~18 5~6 Javelin
Authority: Kempf
Moves to attack units in range.
Ma snes03 soldier enemy.gif Friege Soldier 14 1 20~36 3~19 0~16 0~16 0~16 0~16 1~17 6~20 5~6 Javelin
Authority: Kempf
Moves to attack units in range.
Ma snes03 axe armor enemy.gif Friege Axe Armor 15 4 20~37 4~20 0~17 0~17 0~17 0~17 8~20 9~20 5~6 Poison Axe
Authority: Kempf
• Moves to attack units in range.
• The bottom right one leaves before the start of turn 1; the bottom left one moves to be 1 tile south of Kempf.
Ma snes03 soldier enemy.gif Friege Soldier 12 1 20~34 3~17 0~14 0~14 0~14 0~14 1~15 6~20 5~6 Javelin
Authority: Kempf
Moves to attack units in range.
Ma snes03 bishop enemy.gif Friege Bishop 10 1 20~32 0~12 5~17 2~14 2~14 0~12 1~13 4~16 5~6 Thunder Physic
Authority: Kempf
Moves in front of Kempf during a scripted event before turn 1.
Ma snes03 soldier enemy.gif Friege Soldier 14 2 20~36 3~19 0~16 0~16 0~16 0~16 1~17 6~20 5~6 Long Lance
Authority: Kempf
Begins moving if any of the southern Soldiers or Archers are provoked.
Ma snes03 soldier enemy.gif Friege Soldier 8 3 20~30 3~13 0~10 0~10 0~10 0~10 1~11 6~16 5~6 Short Lance
Authority: Kempf
Begins moving if any of the southern Soldiers or Archers are provoked.
Ma snes03 archer enemy.gif Friege Archer 12 2 20~34 3~17 0~14 0~14 0~14 0~14 1~15 6~20 5~6 Long Bow Killer Bow
Authority: Kempf
Begins moving if they or any of the southern Soldiers are provoked.
Ma snes03 paladin enemy.gif Fred Paladin 2 1 33 10 4 11+5 10 4 9 11 9 Lightning Sword Vulnerary
• Does not move.
• Becomes an NPC after Leif enters the northern courtyard and springs a trap (the trap does not activate and Fred does not become an NPC if Kempf has left the map).
Reinforcements
Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills
Ma snes03 ballista enemy.gif Friege Ballista 10 1 20 10 0 3 4 2 8 9 0 Ballista
Authority: Kempf
Ma snes03 ballista enemy.gif Friege Ballista 8 1 20 10 0 3 4 2 8 9 0 Ballista
Authority: Kempf

Reinforcements

  • Upon Leif entering the northern courtyard (columns 5–11, rows 8–11); does not appear if Kempf has left the map
    • 2 Ballistae; one from just north of the western and eastern stairs each

NPC data

NPC Units
Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills
Reinforcements
Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills
Ma snes03 paladin other.gif Fred Paladin 2 1 33 10 4 11 10 4 9 11 9 Lightning Sword Vulnerary
• Initially an enemy unit.
• Moves to escape south.

Boss data

Main article: Kempf
Portrait kempf fe05.png
Ma snes03 mage knight dismounted enemy.gif Mage Knight
Level 10
Action
Authority ★★★
Stats
Max HP 40 Speed 12
Strength 12 Luck 10
Magic 9 Defense 9
Skill 12 Constitution 14
Movement 5 FCM 2
Inventory Skills
Meisterschwert
Thoron
Venin Sword
Vulnerary
Vulnerary
Immortal*
Weapon Levels
Swords A Lances -- Axes -- Bows -- Staves --
Fire magic D Thunder magic A FE5RankWind.png D Light magic -- Dark magic --

Strategy

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

This chapter starts out with a clump of trees that will significantly reduce every unit's movement except Karin. The two archers that rush at you at the start have Killer Bows, so the player should be mindful of them.

The Lance Armors in the center should be killed before moving Leif into the center to improve Fred's survivability. Once Leif enters the center area, three doors will shut on both sides of the area, so the player should bring several Door Keys and Lifis or Lara (note that several of the Lance Armors have stealable door keys). Additionally, two ballistae will spawn on the stairs, both of which will always have 25 attack, enough to bring Fred to 1 HP if they both hit. Fred cannot be healed by the player's staves, but fortunately, he has a Vulnerary. Even so, the southern doors should be opened as quickly as possible so he can escape alive. The player can also use weak units to bait the ballistae's fire, or Warp a unit in to kill a ballista, to help Fred survive.

Once Fred escapes, the only threats left are Kempf's guards. Kempf himself is very easy, as he warps away the turn after the player attacks him. He should be attacked from range to avoid a counter from his Meisterschwert. The only point of notice is the turn limit of 30 for the side quest chapter, but this can be reliably achieved without much hassle.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English
(unofficial)

• Dandrum Fortress
• Fort Dundrum

• Used in FireLizard's translation.
• Used in the Lil' Manster fan translation patch; from Dundrum, a suburb in Dublin.

Japanese

ダンドラム要塞

Fort Dandrum

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