The Baron in Black

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The Baron in Black

Location Munster New units Galzus Boss(es) Raydrik, Galzus Previous chapter(s) The Palace of Evil Next chapter(s) An Undying Oath The Altar of Loptr

“	We don't have enough men... August, why did you divide our troops into three squads?	”	— Leif to August

The Baron in Black (Japanese: 黒衣の男爵 The Baron Clad in Black) is the twenty-fourth chapter of Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. In order to play the sidequest after, the player must obtain the Kia Staff in this chapter and Sara must be alive.

Plot

Main article: The Baron in Black/Script

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Beginning log

After securing the city, Leif faced his final obstacle. Towering before him stood Castle Munster, the "Palace of Evil." Though in the past having to escape from this ominous castle, Leif now stood ready to breach its walls. To reclaim a long-lost treasure...and to cut open the path for a new age…

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Seize the throne	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Leif dies	18+1	{{{partner}}}	8	40+reinforcements	{{{third}}}

Character data

Characters

New Units

Galzus Mercenary HP 54 Level 20 Enemy, talk to with Mareeta

Returning Characters

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Kia Open lone chest

Shop data

Armories and vendors

Swords Lances Axes Bows Tomes Staves Items Secret

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	Name	Cost
	Life Ring	8,000
	Speed Ring	8,000
	Skill Ring	8,000
	Power Ring	8,000
	Shield Ring	8,000

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The secret shop is located in the isolated top-right chamber; requires Warp and unlocking the door.

Enemy data

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes Munster Bishop 20 2 Restore • Physic • Pure Water -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 14 Jormungand -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 Jormungand • Door Key -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 4 Jormungand • Hel -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 Hel -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 Fenrir -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 Silence • Heal -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 Restore • Heal -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 Rescue • Heal -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 Magic Up • Heal -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 Fortify • Heal -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 Sleep • Heal -- Loptrian Dark Mage 18 1 Berserk • Heal -- Mercenary Mercenary 14 1 Sleep Sword -- Mercenary Mercenary 15 1 Berserk Sword -- Mercenary Mercenary 16 1 Flame Sword • Armorslayer -- Mercenary Mercenary 16 1 Meisterschwert • Hammer -- Mercenary Mercenary 16 1 Lightning Sword • Poison Axe -- Mercenary Mercenary 16 1 Master Axe • Killing Edge -- Sniper Sniper 18 2 Meisterbogen • Poison Bow -- Galzus Mercenary 20 1 Meisterschwert • Flame Sword • Vulnerary • Vulnerary • Master Axe Luna • Astra -- Raydrik Baron 20 1 Loptr Sword Pavise --

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes Loptrian Dark Mage 16 22 Jormungand -- Loptrian Dark Mage 20 1 Jormungand • Unlock -- Loptrian Dark Mage 20 varies Jormungand • Hel -- Munster Soldier 20 8 Great Lance -- Thief Thief 20 1 Killing Edge • Lockpick Steal --

Reinforcements

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• Two Dark Mages will appear in the upper most room for every turn after the room is opened.

NPC data

NPC Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Def Res Cha Con Mov Inventory and Skills Civilian Civilian 1 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 -- -- Civilian Civilian 1 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 -- --

Boss data

Main article: Raydrik

Baron Level 20 Action ★ Authority ★★★★

Stats Max HP 56 Speed 9 Strength 16 Luck 6 Magic 8+20 Defense 16 Skill 12 Constitution 20 Movement 6 FCM 0

Inventory Skills Loptr Sword Pavise Weapon Levels A A A A A A A C -- --

Main article: Galzus

Mercenary Level 20 Action ★★★★★

Stats Max HP 54 Speed 20 Strength 20 Luck 17 Magic 9 Defense 14 Skill 20 Constitution 18 Movement 7 FCM 3

Inventory Skills Meisterschwert Flame Sword Vulnerary Vulnerary Master Axe Luna Astra Weapon Levels A -- A -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Strategy

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

The player's army is split into three groups for the chapter:

• The middle group must defeat Raydrik and seize the throne
• The left group can protect the 8 NPC units and obtain the Kia Staff
• The right group can neutralize the group of Dark Mages in the bottom-right room

The middle group needs 1 Door Key. Galzus can only be recruited by the middle group, and only by Mareeta; if Mareeta was assigned to either the left or right groups, she will need to be warped or rescued to the middle squad to recruit Galzus. If Galzus is not recruited, he is dangerous to engage in combat – even with Ced and Forseti; he is best incapacitated with a Sleep staff. The Bragi Sword – which Leif can use – is incredibly useful for defeating Raydrik, as it deals bonus damage to him and negates the attack-halving effect of his Loptr Sword. The unarmed Bishops can be easily captured for staves.

The left group needs at least 3 Door Keys, ideally carried by different units as to ensure they can engage the enemies there as soon as possible to protect the NPC units. The enemies prioritize capturing NPCs, but if they cannot reach a tile adjacent to an NPC to capture one, they will instead attack at 2-range and kill them, so it is important to ensure that NPC units are somewhat spaced out and to kill any enemy holding an NPC as soon as possible. Once the Kia Staff room is open, two units from this group can block the staircases to stop reinforcements from appearing.

The door in the upper center of the map that leads to the room with the Kia Staff chest cannot be opened through conventional means. In order to open it, one of the child NPCs must be able to reach the door, after which they will open it on their turn in a short cut-scene. The NPC who is assigned to do this is randomly determined at the start of the map, and for this reason it is imperative to save every NPC, since there is no as there is no way to distinguish which NPC is required.

The right group can neutralize the Dark Mage congregation and should have some free inventory slots if able. However, a few of the Dark Mages are so dangerous that they are best put to sleep or silenced on turn 1 – specifically, the Dark Mages with Sleep, Silence, Berserk, and Restore, as well as the Dark Mage with Fenrir. The Mercenaries with status swords can be lured away with a decently fast unit and their conditioned restored; the reinforcements from the right 2-wide hallway can be prevented from appearing by occupying the tiles they appear from. No other threat exists apart from the enemy with Hel, who is incapable of killing anyone with more than 1 HP, meaning that the right squad can safely spend the rest of their time capturing the Dark Mages and taking their useful staves so long as the right hallway is blocked to stop reinforcements.

Trivia

• This chapter holds the only secret shop in the entirety of Thracia 776.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English (unofficial)	The Baron in Black	--
Japanese	黒衣の男爵	The Baron Clad in Black (lit. "the black-clad baron")

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