Caught in the Middle
Game Fire Emblem: Binding Blade Objective Seize Gate Units Allowed 12 Units Gained Klein (Enemy, talk with Clarine or Roy) Thite (Enemy, talk with Klein) Gonzalez (Enemy, talk with Lilina) Boss Zinc Scouran

“In order to find the rebel forces and obtain some information about the bandits plaguing the Isles, Roy led his forces west along the coastline. On the way, he happened across a small village caught in constant conflict between the rebels and the marquess trying to get rid of them.”
—Opening Narration

Caught in the Middle (対立のはざまで Tairitsu ni hazamade) is Chapter 10B of Fire Emblem: Binding Blade if you visited the most eastern of the two villages back in Chapter 9: The Misty Isles.

ScriptEdit

see: Caught in the Middle/Script

Objectives and EventsEdit

• Turn 6 - Scouran and Gonzalez will appear from the Northwest as enemy units
• Turn 8 - Klein will appear from the Southeast as an enemy unit
• Turn 10 - Thite will appear from the North as an enemy unit
• Recruit Klein with Clarine or Roy
• Recruit Thite with Klein
• Recruit Gonzalez with Lilina. (Gonzalez is at Level 11 in Chapter 10B. Take the A-route if you're going to use him later on, he'll be at a lower level despite having the same stats and will have more time to gain stats. If you only need him for the short term, you can use the Hero Crest gained at the end of 10B to promote him immediately.)
• Visit 7 villages
• Visit top left village with Wade or Lot...

To obtain a Speedwings instead of a Door Key

To obtain a Swordreaver instead of a Door Key

• Conquer the throne
• At the end of the chapter...

Elphin will give you a Wyrmslayer

If no villages were pillaged, you will obtain a Hero Crest

If all of Klein's units survived, you will obtain an Orion's Bolt

If all of Thite's units survived, you will obtain an Elysian Whip

StrategyEdit

You start out from the bottom left hand corner of the map. Notice the broken wall nearest to you. Destroy it and make Alen, Lance, Ward, or Lot rush to the top left villages to protect them from reinforcing Bandits. Lilina should tag along if you want to recruit Gonzalez (Hoiwever, he is in a higher level but with the same stats and lower weapon level so he's not so much worth of recruiting as in The Resistance Forces). If Clarine is at a decent level by now with high Speed and Luck and has a stable support with Rutger, leave them behind to await Klein's arrival. When he arrives, just make Clarine talk to him. Lugh should stay to help prevent the Cavalier reinforcements from entering your main base. Now, make Klein rush to the top with Clarine and make him speak to Tate quickly, who will by now have arrived with her units and started throwing Javelins at Alen and Lance. Visit the villages along the way. You should notice yet another Broken Wall near you again. Before destroying it, have a long-range attacking unit stand adjacent to the wall and let the Shamans come and attack, then kill them off. When entering the new hole in the wall, quickly make a competent sword-user kill the Fighter with the Killer Axe there. Then rush at Zinc, the boss. Zinc isn't very good. He has very low resistance and Speed. You can use Lilina to kill him as long as she's strong enough with an A-rank support with Roy. While fighting him, have some units go around and visit the rest of the villages. Kill the Priests and the remaining Fighter if you want. When all this is done, just make Roy seize the Gate and you're done. Note that Tate's units will go after Zinc, to protect them you can rescue them or defeat Zinc quickly.

ArmoryEdit

Slim Lance, Iron Lance, Steel Lance, Javelin, Iron Axe, Steel Axe, Hand Axe, Hammer, Iron Bow, Steel Bow