Chapter 9, Another Trial. The presence of stairs in any Fire Emblem map usually mean bad news, and this chapter is no exception to the rule. 00:05 - Pre-battle story 04:11 - Battle preparation 05:19 - Battle begins 48:35 - Post-battle story 50:12 - Support conversations Recruitment count: 10/40 FINANCIAL LOG Starting gold 10,700 Nosferatu (4,000) Fire (500) Bronze Axe (475) Javelin (1,800) Tonics (450) Chapter reward 3,000 Ending gold 6,475 CHALLENGE I must recruit all 40 vanilla playable characters in this route before attempting Chapter 27 No death is allowed SIDE OBJECTIVE I will also be building crucial A+ supports that will further the combat potential of my army RULES AND RESTRICTIONS DLC, path bonuses, Einherjar and Logbook are banned All online functions (and by extension, any sort of advantage obtainable from having online access) are banned Random conversations in My Castle that may result in temporary stat gains or permanent support point gains are banned. I am allowed to collect random, non-standard equipment from My Castle conversations but I may not use them in battles Lilith's Temple may only be accessed once in between maps (so that I do not have infinite gold bars) Private Quarters may be used once after Chapter 6 when it is non-random, it is banned thereafter Lottery and Arena betting are allowed for the sole purpose of resource collection, I may not use equipment obtained from Lottery and I may not sell them for gold. Capture (and by extension, captured units) are banned as every deployment slot will matter in achieving my goals and I prefer to give more screen time to the main cast Save editor and/or any other 3rd party software that can modify game files in order to create unfair advantages are banned I am allowed to manipulate results from Mess Hall (for e.g., I may demolish and rebuild the Mess Hall and get the generic chef to cook an Exquisite meal on the 2nd attempt with 100% certainty) There will be no self-imposed turn count clear restriction (this is not a LTC or "efficiency" playthrough) but maps will be cleared at a reasonable pace subjected to my own capability SUPPORT PROGRESSION (subjected to the accuracy of my calculations) B Support: Corrin x Silas, Arthur x Effie C Support: Jakob x Azura, Niles x Nyx 3 support points: Odin x Elise 2 support points: Corrin x Nyx, Jakob x Elise, Silas x Effie 1 support point: Arthur x Elise, Arthur x Niles, Odin x Niles, Jakob x Silas