Our way towards Ostia is blocked by a small border castle and a greedy knight who rules over it. Might seem like nothing much but things quickly turn sinister

Immediately kill the soldiers to the south, send Marcus to the village to get the Armourslayer. The enemies will move up on their turn around the fort and you can pick them off, leaving a sword user on the fort and attacking from afar will get rid of the fighters. One of them has a Hand axe, so be wary of leaving the weaker characters in range, especially Ellen with her amazing 0 defence.

Ellen as a healer has a very low source of exp gain, so make sure to use her on every turn you can, even if it's only one damage, you heal that right up. On the 2nd turn you acquire 4 more characters, Dieck, a very powerful Mercenary, Thany, an initially weak Pegasus Knight with a massive amount of Skill and Speed, Lot is a fighter with good speed and skill, modest strength, while Ward is the opposite, a lot of strength and health, but a harder time attacking twice.

Leaving Dieck/Lot on one of the eastern forts south of the enemies position that allows them to kill most of the enemies around the castle. Most of the enemies will head south towards you, and you can pick them off from there. If you are trying to train Thany, be wary of leaving her in range of the archers. Let her pick off any that become weak enough, if you don't train her early on it becomes very difficult for her to gain levels. For the final stretch let your whole team group up and storm the castle at the north east of the map.

Boss
Rude
					Throne: +3 Defence +20 Avoid
Description	A knight put in charge of a castle on the border between Bern and Lycia
Knight	Health	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con
Lv.5	24	10	2	2	0	10	0	13
Items	Javelin
Quotes	Fight: "Damn! Just when I thought luck was with me..."				Defeat: "Ugh... Greed... Only... Brings you ill fate.."
Defeat	Not a very difficult boss. Give any of your sword users your newly acquired Armorslayer and he'll go down. The Hammer Ward carries also works.

Map

Items
Items		Obtain
Armorslayer		Visit Village

Armory
Items		Price
Iron Sword		460G
Iron Lance		360G
Javelin		400G
Iron Bow		540G

Shop
Items		Price
Vulnerary		300G

New Characters
Merlinus None Transporter Description A servant of Pherae in charge of the army's inventory. Base Stats Health Str Skl Spd Lck Def Res Con Affinity  Lv.1 15 0 3 3 10 3 0 25 Growth Rates 100% 0% 50% 50% 100% 20% 5% -- -- Starting Items None Weapon Levels None Recruitment Automatically Turn 1	Ellen Cleric Description A young cleric serving Guinevere. Base Stats Health Str Skl Spd Lck Def Res Con  Affinity  Lv.2 16 1 6 8 8 0 6 4 Growth Rates 90% 50% 40% 20% 70% 5% 60% -- -- Starting Items Heal, Vulnerary Weapon Levels Staff D Recruitment Automatically Turn 1
Dieck Mercenary Description An ex-pitfighter from Etruria. He is now a travelling mercenary. Base Stats Health Str Skl Spd Lck Def Res Con   Affinity  Lv.5 26 9 12 10 5 6 1 13 Growth Rates 90% 40% 40% 30% 35% 20% 15% -- -- Starting Items Iron Blade, Iron Sword Weapon Levels Sword C Recruitment Automatically Turn 2	Thany Pegasus Knight Description A pegasus knight in training travelling the world to hone her skills. Base Stats Health Mag Skl Spd Lck Def Res Con Affinity Lv.1 17 4 6 12 5 6 5 4 Growth Rates 45% 30% 55% 60% 60% 10% 25% -- -- Starting Items Slim Lance, Javelin, Vulnerary Weapon Levels Lance D Recruitment Automatically Turn 2
Ward Fighter Description A young man fighting alongside Dieck. Base Stats Health Str Skl Spd Lck Def Res Con   Affinity   Lv.2 28 8 3 5 4 3 0 13 Growth Rates 75% 50% 45% 20% 45% 30% 5% -- -- Starting Items Iron Axe, Hammer, Vulnerary Weapon Levels Axe D Recruitment Automatically Turn 2	Lot Fighter Description A young man fighting alongside Dieck. Base Stats Health Mag Skl Spd Lck Def Res Con Affinity Lv.3 29 7 6 7 2 4 1 12 Growth Rates 80% 30% 30% 35% 30% 40% 15% -- -- Starting Items Iron Axe, Steel Axe, Hand Axe Weapon Levels Axe D Recruitment Automatically Turn 2