Brigands in the area, for a Fire Emblem game I find it very strange that it took us five chapters to reach our first Brigand boss. Usually they're all over the games like flies.

The map is a bit strange, we are positioned on the eastern side, and the enemy castle is on the south-wests side with a mountain range in-between us. There are two paths you can take, north around the mountain range which I find is the easier path.

Otherwise there is a gate inbetween the two areas on the southern central side. If you leave a unit in front of this gate, some villagers will open it for you giving you direct access to the boss.
The problem I have with this way is that once the gate is opened, almost every enemy on the map heads due south and it just creates a choke point around the gate.

I find it much easier to head north around the mountains, it makes it easier to visit the village and you know that all the enemies are going to be coming towards you.

As a general strategy, have your units head north. Sword users in the front because of the amount of axe users on the enemy side. The area around the village is no trouble. Deal with the enemies as you see fit, and train whoever you want to gain some exp. The trouble comes when you get nearer to the castle, there are a bunch of strong enemies and mages that can cause a lot of damage, along with the mercenaries that are just north of the castle. Play a careful game, draw them out with a tanky unit, Bors, Alan or even Dieck depending on what the enemy is and keep moving towards the castle.

There are some Brigand enemies that spawn from the north and south-west forts towards the later turns. Be wary of leaving any low health units around when they spawn. But I'm sure you're using your two healers to their full potential!

Boss
Dory
					Throne: +3 Defence +30 Avoid
Description	The leader of one of the brigand groups in Lycia.
Brigand	Health	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con
Lv.11	30	13	4	8	2	7	1	12
Items	Killer Axe, Hand Axe
Quotes	Fight: "No one yet has ever stayed standing after takin' one of my blows! You over there, you wanna try?"				Defeat: "Gah...! No... I don't wanna... die yet..."
Defeat	Holy moly, a Killer Axe, that thing hurts. One lucky crit and you are down for the count. Either attack him from range with Lugh and anyone else with a ranged weapon or else make him use the Hand Axe and pound him with your sword users.

Map

Items
Items		Obtain
Gants Lance		Visit Northern Village

Shop
Items		Price
Fire		420G
Heal		600G
Vulnerary		300G
Door Key		50G