Mt. Violdrake

This article is about the chapter. For the location, see Thracia § Mt. Violdrake.

Mt. Violdrake

Location Mt. Violdrake New units Carrion, Marty Boss(es) Rumei Previous chapter(s) The Shield of Thracia Next chapter(s) The Emblem of Njörun Dagdar's Mansion (sidequest) Sidequest conditions Rumei is captured and not released

Mt. Violdrake (Japanese: 紫竜山 Purple Dragon Mountain) is the eighth chapter of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. To play the following sidequest, the player must capture Rumei and not release him—as he mounts on turn 16, the player has until then to do so; additionally, Dagdar and Tanya must have been alive and uncaptured at the end of Chapter 3.

Plot

Main article: Mt. Violdrake/Script

Leif's group leaves Castle Meath; they are accompanied by Carrion, a knight working under Hannibal, who is guiding them through the mountains to Tarrah. Once some ways into the mountains, Carrion tells Leif that they should detour to Hannibal's mansion to meet up with several survivors from Leonster hidden there under Hannibal's protection. Carrion also tells Leif that Count Dryas is there, news that Leif is happy to hear.

Unfortunately, they encounter a mountain village under attack from bandits. Leif rushes to their aid and is confused to find that several of the bandits originate from Dagdar's group; including Marty. Carrion notes that this is strange; why would Dagdar's bandits attack a village under Dagdar's protection?

Before the battle begins a man named Gomez shown instructing a Thracian mercenary named Rumei to stop any and all intruders from entering Dagdar's mansion. Leif's forces capture and interrogate Rumei; Leif is informed that Dagdar and Tanya are in the mansion and Gomez is out to kill them. Leif frees Rumei and hurries into the mansion to rescue Dagdar and Tanya.

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Seize the throne	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Leif dies	6–8+2	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	12+62	{{{third}}}

Units are arranged based on their position in deployment order after Leif.

Character data

Characters
New Units
Carrion Cavalier HP 24 Inventory Steel Lance Level 1 Automatically from turn 1 Marty Brigand HP Varies Inventory Varies Level Varies Enemy; capture or talk to with Osian or Halvan Dagdar Warrior HP Varies Inventory Varies Level Varies Automatically at the end of the chapter if Tanya was dead or captured at the end of Chapter 3 Tanya Bow Fighter HP Varies Inventory Varies Level Varies Automatically at the end of the chapter if Dagdar was dead or captured at the end of Chapter 3
Required Characters
Available Characters

Marty, Dagdar, and Tanya will only rejoin if they were alive and uncaptured at the end of Chapter 3; they retain their levels, stats, inventory, and skills from the end Chapter 3.

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Knight Proof Visit northern village Luck Ring Visit southern village

Shop data

Armories and vendors

Swords Lances Axes Bows Tomes Staves Items Secret

None

None

	Name	Cost
	Iron Axe	1,100
	Steel Axe	1,700
	Hand Axe	1,000
	Hammer	1,200

None

None

None

	Name	Cost
	Vulnerary	600
	Antitoxin	1,500
	Torch	500
	Door Key	500

None

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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 Con Mov Inventory and Skills Brigand Warrior 8 1 28~38 8~18 1~4 5~15 6~16 0~10 6~16 10~20 6~7 Poison Axe • Poison Bow • Vulnerary Moves to attack units in range. Brigand Brigand 5 2 22~29 5~12 0~3 0~7 0~7 0~7 3~10 9~16 6~7 Poison Axe • The one that does not stand on a house moves to attack units in range. • The one that stands on a house does not move. Brigand Brigand 8 1 22~32 5~15 0~3 0~10 0~10 0~10 3~13 9~19 6~7 Poison Axe Moves to attack units in range. Brigand Brigand 7 1 22~31 5~14 0~3 0~9 0~9 0~9 3~12 9~18 6~7 Poison Axe • Vulnerary Moves to attack units in range. Brigand Hunter 3 2 20~25 3~8 0~3 0~5 0~5 0~5 2~7 8~13 6~7 Poison Bow Moves to attack units in range. Brigand Brigand 7 1 22~31 5~14 0~3 0~9 0~9 0~9 3~12 9~18 6~7 Poison Axe Does not move. Brigand Brigand 10 2 22~34 5~17 0~3 0~12 0~12 0~12 3~15 9~20 6~7 Poison Axe Does not move. Marty Brigand Var. 1 Var. Var. Var. Var. Var. Var. Var. Var. Var. Varies • Retains his level, stats, inventory, and skills from the end of Chapter 3; Not present if he died or was captured. • Moves to attack units in range. Rumei Wyvern Knight 5 1 36 10 2 6 5 6 4 9 7 Ridersbane • Steel Lance • Iron Sword • Vulnerary • Knight Proof Action: ★ • Does not move; stands on a gate, the chapter's seize point. • At the start of turn 16 enemy phase, he mounts and begins moving to attack units in range.

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Def Res Cha Con Mov Inventory and Skills Brigand Brigand 7 26 22~31 5~14 0~3 0~9 0~9 0~9 3~12 9~18 6~7 Poison Axe -- Brigand Brigand 8 18 22~32 5~15 0~3 0~10 0~10 0~10 3~13 9~19 6~7 Poison Axe -- Brigand Hunter 3 18 20~25 3~8 0~3 0~5 0~5 0~5 2~7 8~13 6~7 Poison Bow --

Reinforcements

All reinforcements are halted upon Rumei's defeat.

• Turns 5–30; has an 80% chance to appear each turn
  • 1 Brigand, level 7, from the furthest northern end of the river
• Turns 7–24; has a 30% chance to appear each turn
  • 1 Brigand, level 8, from the far northern forests
  • 1 Hunter from the far northern forests

Boss data

Main article: Rumei

Wyvern Knight Level 5 Action ★

Stats Max HP 36 Speed 5 Strength 10 Luck 6 Magic 2 Defense 4 Skill 6 Constitution 9 Movement 6 FCM 0

Inventory Skills Ridersbane Steel Lance Iron Sword Vulnerary Knight Proof -- Weapon Levels C A -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Strategy

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

This is the first chapter that grants you access to battle preparations, so feel free to move your items and weapons around. It is also important to keep track of the fatigue level of your units and plan ahead, so make it a habit to review the state of your units before battle. As units like Fergus, Brighton or Machyua have been in your party for at least five chapters, and are likely to have seen plenty of combat, it is likely they'll have to sit out of this one due to their high fatigue.

The battle itself is rather simple, as Leif's forces move left to handle Brigands and reach Dagdar's mansion. Marty has found himself on the enemy side, but when spoken to by Osian or Halvan, or captured, he'll defect. Do remember that Osian has Wrath and may ORKO Marty if provoked, however.

To play the following sidequest, Rumei must be captured, but not released. Do this before he mounts his wyvern on turn 16, though. In fact, one may have a mounted unit rescue Leif, warp said unit, drop Leif, and then capture Rumei to save turns. Simply promoting the mounted unit and rushing across the map works fine as well, so long as the unit has high bulk or avoidance.

Future chapters have plenty of doors to open, so purchasing some Door Keys at the vendor is also recommended.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Mt. Violdrake	While not named directly, the location this chapter is named after was translated as Mt. Violdrake, a portmanteau of violet and drake, in Fire Emblem Awakening and Fire Emblem Heroes.
English (unofficial)	• Purple Dragon Mountain • Mount Violdrake	• Used in FireLizard's translation. • Used in the Lil' Master fan translation patch.
Japanese	紫竜山	"Purple Dragon Mountain" or "Mount Purple Dragon"
Spanish	Monte Violdrake	Mount Violdrake
French	Mont Violdrake	Mount Violdrake
German	Mt. Violdrake	--
Italian	Monte Violdrake	Mount Violdrake
Portuguese	Monte Violdrake	Mount Violdrake
Traditional Chinese	紫龍山	Purple dragon mountain

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