Well, it seems I get one review per chapter. My latest one confused me quite a bit however. Let me clarify: This is supposed to follow both Hector and Eliwood mode. That is why I have two tacticians. It is supposed to be linked to the game, and follow it very closely. Once I ever finish this, I will make a sequel after taking a break from Fire Emblem. I think my Let's Play is getting to me. Sorry for rambling:
Chapter 4:Do You Believe in Magic:
We were all tired and weary, but we would need to get to Laus. I would have liked to rest another day, but Rachel didn't see it as perfectly necessary, and Hector and Eliwood were getting antsy, wanting to get answers. So we grudgingly marched on, and set up our camp on a ridge, overlooking the castle. We set up the tent of Merlinus, the merchant we rescued, and sat down to eat.
Lowen was on watch. "Milords, Lady Rachel, " He began, indicating the four of us. "A lone rider comes from the castle." Eliwood borrowed Rachel's spyglass to get a better view. "That's Erik!" Eliwood exclaimed. Hector grunted. "we never really got along. I'm going for a ride."
Rachel and I shared a look. We were on a ridge, so we didn't want him to see our camp if hostilities did break out, so we accompanied Eliwood down to se him. He emitted an odd vibe that really set me on edge. "Ah. Eliwood. And your…" He said, looking at us.
"Tacticians." Rachel finished for him. He nodded, "Yes, tacticians." He redirected his attention to Eliwood. "So, have you spoken with Hector recently?" He proceeded to ask other questions, and while Eliwood tried to have a legitimate conversation, while Erik kept steering the conversation back to Ostia. After a while, Eliwood just asked bluntly, "Erik, what are you after?"
Erik smiled. "Eliwood, I've always despised you and your foolish morality. You will die here, and Pharae will be crushed beneath my heel." Hector rode up. "Rachel, Adam, bad news. We're surrounded by Laus knights." Erik gasped. "Have you spoken with Ostia?" Hector brandished his axe. "Maybe we have, and maybe we haven't." Erik shook it off. "No matter. My knights will kill you all here." A horde of mouthed knights appeared all around, as we quickly ran back to camp. Rachel and I quickly devised a plan, as Lowen and Marcus killed the knights that appeared behind them. We quickly examined our position.
"Alright. So we're along a ridge at the north, and the sea to the south. A Village at each end." over the course of our adventures, we learned the invaluable lesson that villages have prizes in them. "So you go for the close village and take the north, and I'll handle the south." We selected the units we wanted. I wanted Guy, Matthew, Eliwood, Bartre, and Marcus. Rachel took everyone else.
Rachel quickly set to work setting up a defensive position, Oswin and Hector dispatching and holding off the Laus Knights that came at them. Rebecca gave some covering fire, as a young mage helped her out by dropping lightning bolts on the soldiers. Rachel recognized him. Against her better judgement, she went with Serra to have him join them.
Erk groaned. "Serra. What is she doing here?" Serra went off on one of her rants, while Rachel tuned her out. Once Serra's lips stopped moving, Rachel spoke. "Long story short, please join us." Erk thought. "Alright, but you need to help the woman I'm escorting. She's taken refuge in the southern village." Rachel nodded. "Of course. You have my word."
On the southern path, things were not so easy. Erik's horses pushed us to the sea, while pirates and Pegasus knights came from the sea to catch us in the middle. We managed to repel the pirates and easily dodge the moves of the clumsy horsemen, who must have been new recruits. After a while, we managed to get to the village through the pouring rain, while I sent some of the units to go shopping for items.
A red-haired woman with a dove feather held in on one side was at the village gates. "I'm sorry, but my answer is still no." I looked at her, cocking my head to one side. "Huh? " She blinked, sizing me up. "Your not a messenger from the Marquess?" A light bulb went off in my head. "I recognize you. You're Lady Priscilla from one of Erturia's noble houses."
She nodded. "Yes. And when the marquess learned of my lineage, he would not permit me to leave." I had an idea. "Then come with us. Can you help in battle?" She nodded, mounting her horse. "Yes. I can use staves to heal your units." I ushered her along. "Then we need you. Now." I said, leading her to my units, all wounded, some more then others.
We managed to regroup as Serra and Priscilla ran around healing everyone. Erik and his last few knights charged forward. Rachel and I did a simultaneous face-palm. Bartre and Dorcas felled the knights, as Hector took out Erik's horse with one blow of his axe. Rachel took his shiny new Silver Lance, and as Eliwood interrogated the lordling, we compared notes about the battle. Laus's soldiers didn't seem to want to fight, and there were only about five or six professional knights.
I collected Matthew's spy report after the interrogation, and as we rested in the castle for a day to regain our strength, not to mention eat Lord Darin;s food and loot his treasury, no matter what Eliwood and Rachel said. I handed Matthew's report to Rachel to read as I went to get some sleep. Everyone could sleep, since we had some turncoat Laus soldiers to keep watch for us, but little did we know who would come knocking...