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“Aiming to avoid needless battles, the Altean army decided to cross the central mountain range, thought to be impassable by a large army. Should they go through the Adria Pass, they would reach the palace directly. "Hurry, we cannot let the enemy notice us! We must charge straight through!" Praying for success, Marth and the others walked through the narrow mountain pass. However, despite their prayers, they were attacked by an unexpected enemy in the pass. The northern Kingdom of Aurelis's elite force, which had moved south to aid Archanea… The "Wolfguard."”
—Opening Narration, New Mystery of the Emblem
“To avoid needless battle, the Altean army decided to cross the central mountain range, said to be impassable for a large army. Once they passed Adria Peak, they would be directly at Pales. Hurry, we can't let the enemy spot us! We must charge straight through!! Marth and the others were anxious, but they carried on advancing across the narrow mountain road. But they didn’t expect, in the middle of the cliff, to be ambushed by an unfathomable enemy. They were the northern Kingdom of Aurelis's elite squad, the "Wolfguard”, who had headed south to aid Archanea.”
—Opening Narration, Mystery of the Emblem

Battle of the Pass is Chapter 18 of Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem and its remake.

The village on the south-west contains the Lifesphere AND signals retreat to the army of Horsemen and Paladins in the north, allowing you to spare the Wolfguard units for recruitment later. You can kill the generic units with them, however, with no consequence.

There is an Arms Scroll inside the cave.

Shops[]

There is a secret shop selling promotional items in this chapter. It is located at the rocks sticking out of the northeastern lake (original) or 5 squares to the east then 2 squares north from the save point (remake).

Mystery of the Emblem[]

Secret Shop[]

Items Price
Knight Crest 10,000
Hero Crest 10,000
Bishop Ring 10,000
Dragon Whip 10,000
Orion's Bolt 10,000

New Mystery of the Emblem[]

Secret Shop[]

Items Price
Master Seal 2,500
Master Seal 2,500
Master Seal 2,500
Elysian Whip 2,500

Strategy[]

This chapter is not too much challenging, as long as you visit the village quickly. There are two easy ways of going about this chapter, the moderately fast, or the single turn strategy, although you may want to go with the latter, should you be low on Warp staff and Hammerne uses, as Warp can make Chapter 20 a lot less painful, and will allow you to get some very good items in Chapter 23.

For the moderately fast strategy, you can do one of two things. Either Warp Marth onto the village, or have a combination of a staff user with Again and Phina chain so that he can visit the village on turn 1, forcing all of the Paladins in the north to flee turn 1, and allowing you to take as much time as you want for the rest of the chapter.

For the single turn strategy, Warp Marth onto the village to get the Lifesphere, then Rescue Marth back. Dance for Marth, then have someone else Warp him beside the boss. Defeat the boss with Marth, then use the Anew staff to seize the throne. If Marth cannot one-round the boss, warp another unit over to the boss and use them to defeat him, then Warp Marth and seize.

Starting from Turn 2, a Thief will spawn out of the cave for several turns. Use this opportunity to train your weaker units such as the newly-obtained Sheena. A few Dracoknights would also spawn from the northeast of the map in the original Mystery of the Emblem, but there are only a few of them. Once they stopped spawning, it is safe to assault the fortress.

Use Tiki and your fliers to take down the Ballisticians near the fortress, but be careful of the Generals accompanying them.

In the remake, try to ignore fighting the Wolfguard as much as possible so you can recruit them later on.

Gallery[]

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