And so begins our main quest with Eliwood as our new main character. We start our journey as we are leaving his homeland of Pherae to head off in search of his father, alas the departure must wait as bandits have attacked a Pheraen village. This cannot stand, Eliwood to the rescue.

We begin Eliwood mode with a simple sieze chapter. We have four new characters at the start of this. Eliwood, our main lord and a sword user. Lowen, a tanky cavalier. Marcus, an older paladin who is too strong to be used at the moment, and finally Rebecca, a young archer from the village being attacked.

We won't be using Marcus, he is simply an exp hog since he is already promoted. He will gain less than 10 exp per kill while your other units will get 10 exp for simply hitting any of the enemies. Hand his Iron Sword over to Eliwood so that Eliwood's Rapier does not get wasted and start the chapter.

Attack the brigands with Lowen, let Rebecca chip in to get exp and let Eliwood get the final blow for the exp. It's important to train up Eliwood relatively early on because he can become very hard to train if he starts to fall behind.

On the second turn, we gain two new allies; Dorcas, who we recognize from Lyn's mode, and his friend Bartre who is weaker than Dorcas initially but grows to be stronger than him in the long run, that is, if you decide to train him.

From here it's a simple route towards the boss. Lure out the brigands by leaving somebody in range so that they will attack them, and then gang up on them on your turn. Most of the enemies move already so the decision is already made for you. A few archers beside the gate with the boss on it are no trouble at all. Now for the boss!

Boss
Groznyi
					Gate: +2 Def, +20 Avoid
Description	A Caelin bandit, attacking villages for money.
Brigand	Health	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con
Lv.5	26	8	4	2	1	10	0	12
Weapon Lv	Axe D
Items	Iron Axe
Quotes	Fight: "What is this, a pack of children coming to play? You think you can challenge me? What? Pheraen knights!? But that's impossible!!!"				Defeat: "Ugh... I thought my luck... was finally turning around..."
Defeat	Not terribly difficult, you can abuse him with ranged weapons as he can't attack back or use Eliwood or Lowen with their swords to take him down fairly swiftly.

Map

Items
Items		Obtain
Dracoshield		Visit Village

Shop
Items		Price
Vulnerary		300G

New Characters
Eliwood Lord Description The next heir to Pherae. The protagonist of this story. Base Stats Health Str Skl Spd Lck Def Res Con Affinity Lv.1 18 5 5 7 7 5 0 7 Growth Rates 80% 45% 50% 40% 45% 30% 30% -- -- Starting Items Rapier, Vulnerary Weapon Levels Sword D Recruitment Automatically Turn 1.	Marcus Paladin Description A veteran knight serving Pherae. Roy's teacher. Base Stats Health Str Skl Spd Lck Def Res Con Affinity Lv.1 31 15 15 11 8 10 8 11 Growth Rates 65% 30% 50% 25% 30% 15% 35% -- -- Starting Items Iron Sword, Silver Lance Weapon Levels Sword D, Axe E, Lance A Recruitment Automatically Turn 1.
Lowen Cavalier Description A knight in service to House Pherae. A fresh recruit. Base Stats Health Str Skl Spd Lck Def Res Con Affinity Lv.2 23 7 5 7 3 7 0 10 Growth Rates 90% 30% 30% 30% 50% 40% 30% -- -- Starting Items Iron Sword, Javelin Weapon Levels Sword E, Lance D Recruitment Automatically Turn 1.	Rebecca Archer Description A youth from Pherae. Very helpful and bright. Base Stats Health Str Skl Spd Lck Def Res Con Affinity Lv.1 17 4 5 6 4 3 1 5 Growth Rates 60% 40% 50% 60% 50% 15% 30% -- -- Starting Items Iron Bow, Vulnerary Weapon Levels Bow D Recruitment Automatically Turn 1.
Dorcas Fighter Description A man from a small village in Biran. Fights for his wife. Base Stats Health Str Skl Spd Lck Def Res Con Affinity Lv.3 30 7 7 6 3 3 0 14 Growth Rates 80% 60% 40% 20% 45% 25% 15% -- -- Starting Items Steel Axe, Vulnerary, Energy Ring Weapon Levels Axe C Recruitment Appears from village on Turn 2. Joins automatically.	Bartre Fighter Description One of Eliwoods guardsmen. Duty is everything to him. Base Stats Health Str Skl Spd Lck Def Res Con Affinity Lv.2 29 9 5 3 4 4 0 13 Growth Rates 85% 50% 35% 40% 30% 30% 25% -- -- Starting Items Iron Axe, Hand Axe, Vulnerary Weapon Levels Axe D Recruitment Appears from the village on Turn 2. Joins automatically.