The Pirates of Galder

The Pirates of Galder

Location Galder Harbor New units Ogma, Barst, Bord, Cord, Darros, Castor Boss(es) Gomer Previous chapter(s) Marth Embarks Next chapter(s) A Brush in the Teeth

The Pirates of Galder (Japanese: ガルダの海賊 Pirates of Garda) is the second chapter in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Book I of Mystery of the Emblem, and Shadow Dragon.

Plot

Main article: The Pirates of Galder/Script

Marth sets out for Galder Harbor, a sleepy port town that has been taken over by a pirate crew led by Gomer. As he reaches the port, he is joined by the mercenaries King Mostyn promised him: Ogma, Barst, Bord, and Cord. Ogma warns Marth that Grustian cavalry is heading this way to claim his head. Marth defeats Gomer and his pirate crew, much to the relief of the villagers. Upon learning that he intends to reach Aurelis, one of the villagers warns Marth that his route will take him into the Ghoul's Teeth, where the fearsome Soothsires make their hideout. The villager also warns him to beware Navarre, a skilled swordsman employed by the Soothsires.

Chapter data

Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light Mystery of the Emblem Shadow Dragon

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Seize	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Marth dies	12+2	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	17-2	{{{third}}}
Map dimensions: 30 columns by 13 rows

Units are arranged based on their position in deployment order after Marth. If every unit is alive, deployment order is Marth, Jagen, Cain, Abel, Draug, Gordin, Caeda, and Wrys.

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Seize	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Marth dies	1–7+5	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	17-1	{{{third}}}
Map dimensions: 30 columns by 15 rows

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Seize	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Marth dies	12+2	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	17-2	{{{third}}}
Map dimensions: 30 columns by 13 rows

Units are arranged based on their position in deployment order. If every unit is alive and recruited, the deployment order is:

• In Normal mode: Marth, Abel, Frey, Jagen, Cain, Gordin, Draug, Norne, Caeda, and Wrys.
• In Hard mode: Marth, Caeda, Cain, Abel, Draug, Jagen, Gordin, and Wrys.

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Character data

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Characters
New Units
Bord Fighter HP 20 Inventory Axe Hammer Level 3 Automatically from turn 1 Cord Fighter HP 20 Inventory Axe Level 3 Automatically from turn 1 Barst Fighter HP 24 Inventory Steel Axe Hand Axe Level 5 Automatically from turn 1 Ogma Mercenary HP 20 Inventory Iron Sword Level 2 Automatically from turn 1 Darros Pirate HP 21 Inventory Steel Axe Level 3 Enemy, talk to with Marth* Castor Hunter HP 21 Inventory Bow Level 3 Enemy, talk to with Caeda
Required Characters
Available Characters

Characters
New Units
Bord Fighter HP 22 Inventory Iron Axe Iron Axe Level 3 Automatically from turn 1 Cord Fighter HP 22 Inventory Iron Axe Level 3 Automatically from turn 1 Barst Fighter HP 24 Inventory Iron Axe Hand Axe Level 5 Automatically from turn 1 Ogma Mercenary HP 22 Inventory Iron Sword Level 2 Automatically from turn 1 Castor Hunter HP 21 Inventory Iron Bow Level 3 Enemy, talk to with Caeda
Required Characters
Available Characters

Characters
New Units
Ogma Mercenary HP 22 Inventory Steel Sword Iron Sword Level 4 Automatically from turn 1 Barst Fighter HP 24 Inventory Steel Axe Hand Axe Level 3 Automatically from turn 1 Bord Fighter HP 20 Inventory Iron Axe Hammer Level 2 Automatically from turn 1 Cord Fighter HP 20 Inventory Iron Axe Level 2 Automatically from turn 1 Darros Pirate HP 21 Inventory Steel Axe Level 3 Enemy, talk to with Marth* Castor Hunter HP 21 Inventory Iron Bow Level 3 Enemy, talk to with Caeda
Required Characters
Available Characters

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Item data

Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light Mystery of the Emblem Shadow Dragon

Items

Name Obtainment Method 5,000 G Visit the village Steel Sword Dropped by Gomer

Items

Name Obtainment Method 3,000 G Visit the village Steel Sword Dropped by Gomer

Items

Name Obtainment Method 5,000 G Visit the village Steel Sword Dropped by Gomer

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Shop data

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Armories and vendors

Swords Lances Axes Bows Tomes Staves Items Secret

Name	Cost
Iron Sword	320

None

Name	Cost
Hammer	300
Axe	360
Steel Axe	550
Hand Axe	450

Name	Cost
Bow	400

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Armories and vendors

Swords Lances Axes Bows Tomes Staves Items Secret

	Name	Cost
	Iron Sword	420

	Name	Cost
	Iron Lance	380

	Name	Cost
	Iron Axe	430
	Steel Axe	600
	Hand Axe	450

	Name	Cost
	Iron Bow	330

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Armories and vendors

Swords Lances Axes Bows Tomes Staves Items Secret

	Name	Cost
	Iron Sword	400

None

	Name	Cost
	Iron Axe	320
	Steel Axe	700
	Hand Axe	540
	Hammer	1100

	Name	Cost
	Iron Bow	440

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Enemy data

Enemy data

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Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Con Mov Inventory and Skills Pirate Pirate 1 8 18 5 1 6 0 4 0 6 Axe -- Darros Pirate 3 1 21 6 2 7 0 5 0 6 Steel Axe Will move to Marth and initiate his recruitment instead of attacking. Pirate Thief 1 2 16 3 1 9 0 2 0 7 Iron Sword -- Pirate Hunter 1 2 18 6 1 5 0 3 0 6 Bow The western one moves to attack any unit in range of himself or Castor; beings moving unprovoked when four enemies remain. Castor Hunter 3 1 21 7 2 6 0 4 0 6 Bow Moves to attack any unit in range of himself or the adjacent Hunter; beings moving unprovoked when four enemies remain. Grust Cavalier 1 2 16 5 2 6 0 7 0 9 Lance -- Gomer Pirate 7 1 27 8 4 9 0 7 0 6 Hand Axe Drops a Steel Sword upon defeat. Moves onto the gate on turn 1, then does not move.

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Con Mov Inventory and Skills Galder Pirate 1 7 22 4 0 2 -- 3 0 5 Iron Axe • The eastern three are not present on the map during preparations. • The upper western two move next to the gate on turn 1, then move to attack units in range. • The lower western two move to attack units in range, and move to the nearest bridge otherwise. Galder Pirate 1 1 22 4 0 2 -- 3 0 5 Hand Axe Not present on the map during preparations. Galder Pirate 3 1 24 5 0 2 -- 4 0 5 Iron Axe Not present on the map during preparations. Galder Thief 1 2 16 2 1 7 -- 1 0 7 Iron Sword • Not present during preparations. • Ignores combat and moves to raid the village. Galder Hunter 1 1 18 6 4 6 -- 4 0 6 Iron Bow Moves to attack units in range; moves to the nearest bridge otherwise. Galder Hunter 3 1 19 6 4 6 -- 4 0 6 Iron Bow -- Castor Hunter 3 1 21 7 4 6 3 4 0 6 Iron Bow -- Grust Cavalier 1 2 18 5 2 4 -- 6 0 9 Iron Lance -- Gomer Pirate 7 1 27 7 1 3 -- 6 0 5 Hand Axe • Steel Sword Moves onto the gate on turn 1, then does not move.

Stats with a decimal can vary randomly; the decimal represents the chance for the stat to increase to the nearest integer, or otherwise be truncated.

Normal Hard-1 Hard-2 Hard-3 Hard-4 Hard-5

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Con Mov Inventory and Skills Pirate Pirate 1 8 18 5 0 1 6 0 4 0 6 Iron Axe • The northeastern one immediately begins moving unprovoked. • The northwestern and lower center-western ones begin moving if they could attack a unit with twice their movement. Darros Pirate 3 1 21 6 0 2 7 3 5 0 6 Steel Axe Will move to Marth and initiate his recruitment instead of attacking. Pirate Thief 1 2 16 2 0 1 7 0 1 0 7 Iron Sword Prioritizes destroying the village. Pirate Hunter 1 2 18 6 0 4 6 0 3 0 6 Iron Bow • The northeastern one immediately begins moving unprovoked. • The western one begins moving if he could attack a unit with 1.5 times his movement. Castor Hunter 3 1 21 7 0 3 6 3 4 0 6 Iron Bow Begins moving if he could attack a unit with 1.5 times his movement. Grust Cavalier 1 2 18 5 0 2 6 0 7 0 9 Iron Lance Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Gomer Pirate 7 1 27 8 0 4 9 0 5 0 -- Hand Axe • Steel Sword Stands on a gate, the chapter's seize point.

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Con Mov Inventory and Skills Pirate Pirate 1 8 20.7 6.5 0 1.75 6.45 0 4 0 6 Iron Axe • The northeastern one immediately begins moving unprovoked. • The northwestern and lower center-western ones begin moving if they could attack a unit with twice their movement. Darros Pirate 3 1 21 6 0 2 7 3 5 0 6 Steel Axe Will move to Marth and initiate his recruitment instead of attacking. Pirate Thief 1 2 17.8 2.6 0 2.2 8.5 0 1 0 7 Iron Sword Prioritizes destroying the village. Pirate Hunter 1 2 19.8 6.3 0 4.9 6.9 0 3 0 6 Iron Bow • The northeastern one immediately begins moving unprovoked. • The western one begins moving if he could attack a unit with 1.5 times his movement. Castor Hunter 3 1 21 7 0 3 6 3 4 0 6 Iron Bow Begins moving if he could attack a unit with 1.5 times his movement. Grust Cavalier 1 2 20.4 6.05 0 2.9 6.6 0 7 0 9 Iron Lance Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Gomer Pirate 7 1 28.8 9.5 0 4.75 9.45 0 5 0 -- Hand Axe • Steel Sword Stands on a gate, the chapter's seize point.

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Con Mov Inventory and Skills Pirate Pirate 1 8 23.4 8 0 2.5 6.9 0 4 0 6 Iron Axe • The northeastern one immediately begins moving unprovoked. • The northwestern and lower center-western ones begin moving if they could attack a unit with twice their movement. Darros Pirate 3 1 21 6 0 2 7 3 5 0 6 Steel Axe Will move to Marth and initiate his recruitment instead of attacking. Pirate Thief 1 2 19.6 3.2 0 3.4 10 0 1 0 7 Iron Sword Prioritizes destroying the village. Pirate Hunter 1 2 21.6 6.6 0 5.8 7.8 0 3 0 6 Iron Bow • The northeastern one immediately begins moving unprovoked. • The western one begins moving if he could attack a unit with 1.5 times his movement. Castor Hunter 3 1 21 7 0 3 6 3 4 0 6 Iron Bow Begins moving if he could attack a unit with 1.5 times his movement. Grust Cavalier 1 2 22.8 7.1 0 3.8 7.2 0 7 0 9 Iron Lance Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Gomer Pirate 7 1 30.6 11 0 5.5 9.9 0 5 0 -- Hand Axe • Steel Sword Stands on a gate, the chapter's seize point.

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Con Mov Inventory and Skills Pirate Pirate 1 8 26.1 9.5 0 3.25 7.35 0 4 0 6 Iron Axe • The northeastern one immediately begins moving unprovoked. • The northwestern and lower center-western ones begin moving if they could attack a unit with twice their movement. Darros Pirate 3 1 21 6 0 2 7 3 5 0 6 Steel Axe Will move to Marth and initiate his recruitment instead of attacking. Pirate Thief 1 2 21.4 3.8 0 4.6 11.5 0 1 0 7 Iron Sword Prioritizes destroying the village. Pirate Hunter 1 2 23.4 6.9 0 6.7 8.7 0 3 0 6 Iron Bow • The northeastern one immediately begins moving unprovoked. • The western one begins moving if he could attack a unit with 1.5 times his movement. Castor Hunter 3 1 21 7 0 3 6 3 4 0 6 Iron Bow Begins moving if he could attack a unit with 1.5 times his movement. Grust Cavalier 1 2 25.2 8.15 0 4.7 7.8 0 7 0 9 Iron Lance Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Gomer Pirate 7 1 32.4 12.5 0 6.25 10.35 0 5 0 -- Hand Axe • Steel Sword Stands on a gate, the chapter's seize point.

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Con Mov Inventory and Skills Pirate Pirate 1 8 28.8 11 0 4 7.8 0 4 0 6 Iron Axe • The northeastern one immediately begins moving unprovoked. • The northwestern and lower center-western ones begin moving if they could attack a unit with twice their movement. Darros Pirate 3 1 21 6 0 2 7 3 5 0 6 Steel Axe Will move to Marth and initiate his recruitment instead of attacking. Pirate Thief 1 2 23.2 4.4 0 5.8 13 0 1 0 7 Iron Sword Prioritizes destroying the village. Pirate Hunter 1 2 25.2 7.2 0 7.6 9.6 0 3 0 6 Iron Bow • The northeastern one immediately begins moving unprovoked. • The western one begins moving if he could attack a unit with 1.5 times his movement. Castor Hunter 3 1 21 7 0 3 6 3 4 0 6 Iron Bow Begins moving if he could attack a unit with 1.5 times his movement. Grust Cavalier 1 2 27.6 9.2 0 5.6 8.4 0 7 0 9 Iron Lance Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Gomer Pirate 7 1 34.2 14 0 7 10.8 0 5 0 -- Hand Axe • Steel Sword Stands on a gate, the chapter's seize point.

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Con Mov Inventory and Skills Pirate Pirate 1 8 31.5 12.5 0 4.75 8.25 0 4 0 6 Iron Axe • The northeastern one immediately begins moving unprovoked. • The northwestern and lower center-western ones begin moving if they could attack a unit with twice their movement. Darros Pirate 3 1 21 6 0 2 7 3 5 0 6 Steel Axe Will move to Marth and initiate his recruitment instead of attacking. Pirate Thief 1 2 25 5 0 7 14.5 0 1 0 7 Iron Sword Prioritizes destroying the village. Pirate Hunter 1 2 27 7.5 0 8.5 10.5 0 3 0 6 Iron Bow • The northeastern one immediately begins moving unprovoked. • The western one begins moving if he could attack a unit with 1.5 times his movement. Castor Hunter 3 1 21 7 0 3 6 3 4 0 6 Iron Bow Begins moving if he could attack a unit with 1.5 times his movement. Grust Cavalier 1 2 30 10.25 0 6.5 9 0 7 0 9 Iron Lance Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Gomer Pirate 7 1 36 15.5 0 7.75 11.25 0 5 0 -- Hand Axe • Steel Sword Stands on a gate, the chapter's seize point.

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Boss data

Main article: Gomer

Boss data

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Pirate Level 7 Movement 6 Experience 40

Stats Max HP 27 Speed 9 Strength 8 Luck 0 Skill 4 Defense 7 W. Level 8 Resistance 0

Inventory Drops Hand Axe Steel Sword Weapons Sword ✗ Lance ✗ Axe ✓ Bow ✗ Tome ✗ Staff ✗ Ballista ✗ Stone ✗

Pirate Level 7 Movement 5 Experience 62

Stats Max HP 27 Luck -- Strength 7 W. Level -- Skill 1 Defense 6 Speed 3 Resistance 0

Weapons Items Hand Axe Steel Sword Weapons Sword ✗ Lance ✗ Axe ✓ Bow ✗ Tome ✗ Staff ✗

Stats with a decimal can vary randomly; the decimal represents the chance for the stat to increase to the nearest integer, or otherwise be truncated.

Normal Hard-1 Hard-2 Hard-3 Hard-4 Hard-5

Pirate Level 7 Movement --

Stats Max HP 27 Speed 9 Strength 8 Luck 0 Magic 0 Defense 5 Skill 4 Resistance 0

Inventory Hand Axe Steel Sword Weapon Levels -- -- D -- -- --

Pirate Level 7 Movement --

Stats Max HP 28.8 Speed 9.45 Strength 9.5 Luck 0 Magic 0 Defense 5 Skill 4.75 Resistance 0

Inventory Hand Axe Steel Sword Weapon Levels -- -- C -- -- --

Pirate Level 7 Movement --

Stats Max HP 30.6 Speed 9.9 Strength 11 Luck 0 Magic 0 Defense 5 Skill 5.5 Resistance 0

Inventory Hand Axe Steel Sword Weapon Levels -- -- C -- -- --

Pirate Level 7 Movement --

Stats Max HP 32.4 Speed 10.35 Strength 12.5 Luck 0 Magic 0 Defense 5 Skill 6.25 Resistance 0

Inventory Hand Axe Steel Sword Weapon Levels -- -- B -- -- --

Pirate Level 7 Movement --

Stats Max HP 34.2 Speed 10.8 Strength 14 Luck 0 Magic 0 Defense 5 Skill 7 Resistance 0

Inventory Hand Axe Steel Sword Weapon Levels -- -- B -- -- --

Pirate Level 7 Movement --

Stats Max HP 36 Speed 11.25 Strength 15.5 Luck 0 Magic 0 Defense 5 Skill 7.75 Resistance 0

Inventory Hand Axe Steel Sword Weapon Levels -- -- A -- -- --

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Strategy

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

If you reset until Gomer has 7 Skill and 11 Speed, you can make the fight a little safer for your units. Your new units are Ogma, a well-rounded Mercenary; Barst, the best axe wielder in the game; Bord, a slow Fighter with a high weapon level; Cord, a Fighter who is good for reclassing; Darros, a recruitable Pirate who has good Strength but poor Skill; and Castor, a harder-hitting, more mobile, and frailer alternative to Gordin. Ogma starts a trend of swordsmen being much better on the NES than the DS; his Speed base is much more valuable on the NES, while on the DS being a sword specialist in a lance-dominated game and having a poor personal Speed growth severely hampers him.

At the beginning of the chapter, the 5 enemies on the north island and the 2 Grustian cavalry will attack your position. Plop Ogma on the north bridge; if the enemy pirate has 8 Speed, equip the Iron Sword, while if he has 9 Speed, equip the Steel Sword. Place Barst on the northwest bridge with his Steel Axe out. Make sure that Marth is outside of Darros' "attack" range, or else Darros can get himself killed before you even get to control him. On the second turn, use ranged attacks to kill both of the enemy pirates and place Draug on the north bridge so that he boxes the thieves in. Then you can kill them at your leisure and recruit Darros. When the Cavaliers reach you, use Marth to block the northwest bridge with his Rapier. Caeda can obliterate them with her Wing Spear on the Player Phase. Do not be afraid to heal with Wrys if you absolutely need to. Once everyone is dead, you can take the rest of the map on at your own pace. Moving a unit two spaces below the northern house will allow you to provoke the first enemy pirate to the west without endangering your own units. Moving one space to the left from there will provoke Castor, and one more space to the left will provoke the other Hunter.

Marth, Abel, and Cain need 8 Speed to avoid being doubled by 11 Speed Gomer, and Abel, Cain, and Ogma need 4 Luck to guarantee that 8 Skill Gomer cannot critical them. Barst and Cord fulfill both these marks with their base stats, and Ogma has 12 Speed and a weapon triangle advantage, making them safe choices for fighting Gomer. The safest strategy is to use the save point in the middle of the map when all of the enemies save Gomer have been dealt with, and have Ogma fight Gomer until you get a lucky break; either a critical hit or a couple of dodges for Ogma will do. Then have your fast sword users bum rush him and clobber him before he can recover. Give the Steel Sword he drops to Marth. On a minor note, your units need 3 Luck in order to guarantee that the Fighters in the next chapter cannot get critical hits.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	The Pirates of Galder	--
Japanese	• ガルダのかいぞく • ガルダの海賊	• Pirates of Garda, used in Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light; excludes kanji due to Famicom limitations. • Same meaning, used in Mystery of the Emblem and Shadow Dragon.
Spanish	Piratas de Galder	Pirates of Galder
French	Les pirates de Galder	The pirates of Galder
German	Piraten von Galder	Pirates of Galder
Italian	I pirati di Galder	The pirates of Galder

Gallery

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  Screenshot from Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light.

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  CG image displayed during the introduction text in Shadow Dragon.

References

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