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[shadowofchaos]

Oh boy, here we go.

Hector Zeroni is nowhere to be found. In his place is another generic swordwielder. (I'm sorry Ray, ilu)

At least you weren't a Swordmaster.

[Acacia Sgt]

Oh hey, one of my superiors.

Best I remember, Plum is an OC.

About those Light Mages, I think it's because the Monk's animation is used elsewhere (I would say Linoan herself, but I'm not entirely sure), so the Monk class now uses the Mage's animation and thus is now named Light Mage.

[BBHood217]

Chapter 12: Ambush

Not much different from the original. Eliwood heads for Laus, passing through Santaruz in the process.

Also, his name's Helman.

Santaruz is the state he rules.

Oh look, it's FE7's most incompetent villain.

Helman starts to crack under the pressure.

And Ephidel tries to reassure him by offering to spook away Eliwood.

Oblivious to Santaruz's trouble, Eliwood marches on.

Oh right. By "spook away", Ephidel actually meant "kill".

Anyway, fight time.

Why does that worry me?

Leaf visits the village so as not to waste exp.

And Kid kicks things off with a bang.

Hey look, it's your only clue that supports are a thing in this game.

And again! Wow, that's better than last year.

Basic stuff. The vendor meanwhile only sells vulneraries.

I stock up a little. And no, the Einlanzer is not for sale.

After a little while, the boss gets impatient and starts moving.

Karsh cuts down the pegs.

And then, he finally shows up.

Oh boy, he's about to channel Kelik--

wait what

is that

IT IS!!!

By contrast, who are you? You're not Mia.

Matthew shows respect to his new god.

Oh there you are, Mia.

Megan can't fight and Mia's too winded to fight.

So Ray and Sanger head out to the battle while Matthew and the girls hang back.

And no, Megan did not show up on the map at all.

Here he is in the flesh, a sword fighter who hails from the mythical land of New York.

Also, he melted down the Wolf Beil and reforged it into a sword.

And this is Sanger Zonvolt from Super Robot Wars, a German samurai who pilots giant robots with a preference for gigantic swords.

He is awesome.

That can't be right. It should be a Prf weapon because as if it's ever leaving his hands.

CLEAVE AND SMITE!!!

CLEAVE AND SMITE EVIL!!!!!

But I gotta be careful. Like Leaf, he's too high leveled right now so he'll suck all the exp dry if I let him.

So let's allow the smaller fry to have their time for now.

Welp, now it's just like last year again.

Eliwood is glad to be reunited with his oddly scrawny sword-using not-blue-haired best friend for life.

...Hector? Who's that?

Very average so far.

Ray starts living out his fantasy.

It takes a while for the boss to get to us.

Strangely by the time he's here, Eliwood and "Hector" have not yet been able to support. It should've happened by now.

Oh well, maybe next map.

Eliwood suffers a little axe magnetism.

And a little lamelevelupism.

Nanna shows him how it's done.

And Ray finishes.

With a very Hector-like level up.

Ray was doing something else.

But decided that BFFs take more priority.

"Quite" is an understatement.

And Ray introduces us to the rest of his group.

Tried googling "Megan", got nothing.

Still without her psynergy.

And here's Matthew, ready to compete with Kid once again.

Ray tells Eliwood of mysterious assassins.

Which we all already know as the Black Fang.

Eliwood fears the worst.

Aw, shucks :3

Show Kid how it's done.

Nanna's heal staff is running low, can she borrows yours?

Next time: Some guy. Maybe.

[Acacia Sgt]

I'd say, at this point Matthew certainly looks a bit out of place alongside all these OC's and non-Elibe characters (well, at least he still has Eliwood and eventually Kent and Sain again for company). Also, my SRW bias says you should bring Sanger to endgame... but you're free to ignore that.

On the other hand, even if Hector hadn't go I wouldn't put it past Uther to send someone anyway, like with the Caelin situation. I don't know if that's really the explanation why Matthew wasn't replaced, but to me it makes sense.

Edited November 5, 2016 by Acacia Sgt

[Mage Knight 404]

The end has come beyond chaos.

(jeez though I look awful and so janky)

To be honest even I don't remember fully why I decided to keep Matthew other than "I liked him", maybe it was because of Leila, since I know I would have trouble changing that? Heck if I know now.

Also the reason why Light Mages are a thing is as Acacia Sgt said - the Monk animation was in use by another character we'll meet much later. This was before the days of being able to copy an animation and paste it with FEditor in about 5 minutes. Linoan's Sage sprite was a special case at the time in that I had to go through several hoops to get that working alongside the generic female Sage animation(as that was still in use by two more characters, Madelyn and Jenny).

...I wish I could've introduced Sanger better, he deserves a good showcase.

I also wish I could've introduced Megan a lot better, seeing as she's an OC I really like, though admittedly what I do with her character I did get a laugh out of at the time. I recently made a Tumblr post about both her and Jenny as I had redrawn them and I mention how she got in, but I'll save linking it until Jenny shows up since it's intended to go with both ladies.

But until then, enjoy me and my dialogue being mostly "I'm meta - that's the joke!!"

Oh man, this mod. I can't remember if this was the first mod I played ever, but it certainly was my first FE romhack. It was fun, silly and easy, and I was at the same age as MK404, so it was the best thing ever.

It also led me to MK's channel, and got me to start watching his LPs, then other people's. I never even really watched YT videos before, but all of a sudden I started just chaining Let's Play FE4 vids. Within a few years, the constant listening to native speakers skyrocketted my comprehension and spoken English. I had initially gone down the scientific studies route, but now I'm working to become a translator-localiser.

FE404 unironically shaped who I am today, and I'm glad it exists.

it really could have gone without that one A support, though

Bro, don't say that, you make it sound like I did a GOOD thing with this!

[BBHood217]

Oh, Megan's an OC of yours? And there are others too?

Now it really and truly is a fanfic :P

Bro, don't say that, you make it sound like I did a GOOD thing with this!

You did, in a way. This early hack allowed people to follow your example (on hacking that is, not the fanfic part) and make more hacks and ways to hack.

That's what I think, anyway.

[Mage Knight 404]

About a third of the cast, yeah, on player, NPC, and enemy sides(Madelyn was the first we saw on screen). If you count myself as one, I'm the first to join, but the first actual OC won't join until Chapter 14 as the character replacing Priscilla.

The list is as follows:

[spoiler=OC characters]

Raphael (Ch. 14)

Edmond (Ch. 16x)

Heather (Ch. 18)

Plum (Ch. 21)

Chris and Jenny (Ch. 24)

Jessica (Ch. 25)

Anne (Ch. 25)

Ellen (Ch. 26x-27)

Megan (Final)

Bleak (Boss - Ch. 21)

Jack and Madelyn (Boss - Ch. 23/27)

Bradley (Boss - Ch. 25 Jerme)

Alastor (Boss - Ch. 26)

Derek (Boss - Ch. 30)

Reginald (NPC - Ch. 23)

Julie and Josh (NPC - Epilogue - 15 years later)

I think that's everyone. I have more information regarding a few of them, so if you ever want to know more, feel free to ask.

[BBHood217]

Judging from that list, I have a little idea on who's replacing who. Megan's a dead giveaway, and I kinda actually already knew that anyway because I've known of this hack long ago (but again, only played it myself just now). I just don't remember how she got the archsage spot, only vaguely remembering that she told me to ignore the various paintings and visions as she explained something. Oh well, I'll just have to play to that point to see it again.

So let's continue.

Chapter 13: Seeking The Truth

Ray recaps the previous chapter.

And, to write around the admittedly hard to hack cutscene, rubs in that he's rubbed out Hector.

There is no more Hector.

Only Raymond.

Let's get this over with.

Helman calls it quits.

Ephidel calls Helman's life quits.

I dunno, stabbing people and then leaving them to live long enough for them to give away vital information doesn't sound like a healthy hobby to me.

It should be smooth sailing

nah just kidding.

What...?

Er, right. Anyway, Boies dares Eliwood to come.

And also...

Who do we have here?

Oh no, no name drops. Who could possibly recruit her...?

She shakes off the strange feeling and gets into position.

So here we go.

I don't know you.

Hmm, she flies.

Getting to her's gonna be tricky.

Leaf hears some interesting news.

Karsh takes out a wyvern with only this crap to show for it.

Cool, you're still here. Or is she actually someone else who just happens to look exactly like the fortune teller?

Anyway, mine. Never used it, and I'm not starting now.

Leaf baits out his sister, and then proceeds to...

...do nothing with her.

No, it's actually Matthew who's gonna recruit her. Duh!

Matthew first confirms her identity.

Y'know, the paladin you attacked?

Matthew retells Leaf's story of how his parents were killed and then later his sister was taken by wyvern riders.

She seems to remember none of it.

Convincing her to switch sides so she can find out the truth for herself.

...or maybe not.

Eliwood and Karsh head for the upper village. I kinda goofed here, Karsh should've been down there breaking lances. Oh well.

The reinforcements start pouring in.

But they're still no match for us.

Eliwood unlocks the side chapter and gets a torch.

Maybe you should be the assassin and leave the stealing to Matthew.

Just a bunch of lord crits.

And that too.

After buying stuff at the shops above, we prepare for the boss. With no effective axe, he's gonna be a little harder to take down.

And after chipping away at him...

Ray goes in for the kill. Boies realizes that Ray called him by name when he never mentioned it at all.

Ray's response?

In true self insert fashion.

And done.

Before I actually seized, I grinded out some supports. I'll post them later.

Nothing different from the original: Go to Laus, beware the Fang.

Okay, almost nothing different.

Next stop: Laus.

...after this.

[BBHood217]

Chapter 13 supports

Finally, here's our very first support of the game.

Let's see what Chrono Cross-related conversation we'll have here...

.......

WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?!?!?

Welp, that was a bust. It's just Dorcas and Bartre's support convo except with two people who aren't even Kid and Karsh.

Might as well do the Hector-Oswin support too.

Wait, this is new.

It's an actually new support conversation. Cool.

So, Sanger here chastises Ray for not focusing on the battle.

Ray reassures him with some meta.

Sanger doesn't look reassured.

Prompting Ray to finally take him seriously.

But it wasn't so serious after all. Sanger only wants to advise Ray on swordfighting.

Reminding him that power means nothing if it hits nothing.

In turn, Ray asks for some personal training.

And Sanger accepts.

I'm jealous.

And next we have...

Matthew and Guy, except Guy is Bugeyes.

I dunno why I screencapped this. Maybe a Yggdra Union fan will find some humor in this?

Anyway, Eliwood can finally support with "Hector".

It seems to only be a retread of Eliwood and Hector's support, except Hector's being discussed in the third person.

This is the only major deviation:

The fact that Hector laughs at the weapon triangle.

And that's about it.

So from the looks of it, not all the support conversations are edited. I think only the supports with Raymond are new while all the rest are left alone (with hilarious results, I can only imagine). Understandable as there are a ton of support conversations and editing every single one is a monumental task, one that Ray clearly felt wasn't worth doing for anyone not involving himself.

Regardless, I'll still be doing supports anyway because the support bonuses are still there. And who knows? I might see something really silly...

[Acacia Sgt]

Ah yes, the supports are going to be a riot. XD Though I do find it funny Sanger is all calm to the fact Ray is playing a SRW game he himself shows up in. Then again... fourth wall? What's that...

I guess that was the point where the hack stopped being developed, in the supports.

Though I am a bit surprised the loaded mugs are different in several cases. Sounds like the mug slots were shuffled around.

Edited November 5, 2016 by Acacia Sgt

[wheelsonfire]

Oh, I remember this hack... Revolutionary for its time, but sadly hasn't aged well...

But this is what got into YT in the first place, so MK404, thank you for that... :)

I was surprised that Linoan and Raymond promote into generic classes, considering they are Lords (Ellen is already promoted).

[BBHood217]

Chapter 13x: Merlinus And Gangsters

Heading for Laus as per the original story.

Including the brief rest stop in Caelin.

It's not that hellish, there are worse fog maps I can think of.

The group sets up camp for the night.

They consider saying hi to Linoan.

But Ray decides against it.

Because apparently...

Someone has a cruuush.

I wonder what Eliwood makes of all this?

Ray makes subtle hints that he should A support with Linoan.

As subtle as a freight train.

Eliwood makes his own actually subtle hint that Ray should probably A support with someone else.

Someone who's currently right next to Eliwood, maybe...?

Trouble finally breaks up this whole shipping nonsense.

Great, Ray's not the only one who reads ahead of the script.

There's Merlinus, alright.

Why are they talking like that? Where did they learn to talk like that?

Please Eliwood, shut them up!

I'm gonna start calling him Cruzon too.

And thus begins Grand Theft Emblem: Elibe.

Pipe down, dammit.

I'm gonna save you soon enough.

Like so.

Check out this little trick.

One thief lights a torch.

The other one takes that same torch.

And uses it too.

Resulting in both thieves having super vision.

Glenn takes out the mage.

Allowing Leaf to head straight for the village.

The thieves go off their separate ways to light up more of the map.

Good thing too, because there are fliers now.

Made it.

Such dirty anachronistic mouths.

Anyway, money.

Sanger's training seems to be paying off.

Nanna gains defenses in case I goof up and let her get attacked.

Fliers out of the darkness are the worst. Luckily, these two are the only ones on this map.

Karsh can double the peg, but makes a miraculous miss on the second attack.

You should be more like Ray here, Karsh.

General Blaster!

Matthew picks up Karsh's slack.

Revealing Puzon in the process.

Sorry, but I'm a winner.

And winners don't use drugs.

She really wants that fell contract.

Your time is up.

His time is now.

But the map's time isn't over yet. At least the reinforcements will stop.

And after mopping up the remaining enemies...

The last turn arrives with not a single hostile in sight.

A couple more heals, and we're done.

Ratface scurries away as he always does.

After being thanked by Merlinus, Eliwood prepares to move on.

But Ray uses his I-already-played-this-game knowledge to convince him to let the merchant join them.

Merlinus gladly accepts.

And we have our convoy a few chapters early.

Next time: The first actual OC joins.

[Acacia Sgt]

Well, I do find amusing the jabs at how the game reuses mugs. Now I wonder if he also did that for the pallete swaps...

[Mage Knight 404]

Just for this one, it was mostly an easy out for a quick, silly gag.

[BBHood217]

The chapters are getting bigger and longer, so I'll have to start posting these in multiple parts.

Chapter 14: Storming Laus

We have Merlinus...

So now it's on to Laus.

Eliwood's coming, believe it.

Ephidel sucks not only at killing people but at making Jojokes too.

Ray, I don't think you're using that word correctly.

Fearing Ostia's possible involvement, they decide to of course eliminate Eliwood.

Erik volunteers to perform the task himself, as he thinks he can get the jump on him.

You're lucky we don't have reaver weapons yet.

Outside, Ray feels strangely under the weather. That can only mean one thing.

Visions and paintings are coming soon.

Eliwood observes the state's current state.

And here comes Erik.

Knowing what's already coming, Ray wanders off to follow the script.

Erik begins his ploy.

He prods Eliwood about Ostia.

But Eliwood doesn't fall for it.

So he drops the ruse.

I've been trying to somehow fit the number "300" into this, but like that joke it just doesn't work. So meh.

Ray informs Eliwood of the enemies that he already knows about.

The only thing left to do now is to fight.

But first...

Like Ray, we all already know Hannah here so let's move on.

Prep time.

Everyone's coming.

Eh, why not? I'm curious if her auguries are edited.

And 50 gold is pocket change anyway.

Hector doesn't exist. You don't mean Karsh, do you? That guy's kinda not good.

Serra's definitely not polite.

Rain's still there.

Okay, this is edited.

Though neat, I probably won't screenshot any later auguries and just describe them instead. I think they're edited, but not too different from the originals.

Here's our starting positions.

And the shops' wares.

And here's Merlinus.

You could say he's a casual.

Compared to FE5, I imagine this game will be a breeze to you Leaf.

At the upper village...

...is a familiar face.

Because her face still looks a lot like Mia's.

In her search for her other companions, Sakura was resting in the village when the fighting started.

She volunteers to help out the helpless village.

And the people wish her luck.

Alright, let's get her out of there first.

Scram myrm, you're in the way.

And gotcha. It'll be next turn before I can recruit her, though.

Getting poisoned makes you stronger and faster.

(Disclaimer: Not really, please do not ever consume poison.)

He's really taking that "power with precision" thing to heart.

And at the lower village is...

Not a girl.

Raphael over here shares the village's lack of love for Laus.

He decides to stay put for now.

Now to turn Sakura blue.

Let's hope this little wall holds up.

The friends are reunited.

And after a quick summary of what they were doing (Sakura was searching and ended up in Laus, Mia was with Ray in Ostia and tagged along with him), she joins up.

With a stat booster too.

The horses are taken out.

Which does Altenna good.

That should be more manageable now.

A few turns and this crap later...

The Ganelon bandits who have apparently taken up piracy make a comeback.

I have to admit, I had no idea that was the same guy until this playthrough.

Oh no, more horses.

Argh. He hits him on the second pass, but gets hit first.

Argh again.

That miss allows the nomad to live. Luckily, Altenna can survive him.

Hannah warns of the impending weather.

Sakura makes up for her earlier goof.

And we claim this thing that's really only good for wexp training.

Oops. I quickly rescue Sakura out of harm's way.

Realizing that he's losing, Erik asks for reinforcements.

Next time: He doesn't get any.

[BBHood217]

Chapter 14 part 2

Darin is ready to oblige.

But Ephidel has other plans.

The rebellion plans are in jeopardy.

A way out is offered.

There's that name again. Grr...

Anyway, Darin has a choice to make.

And ultimately, he chooses his ambition over his son.

Erik's really feeling the pressure now.

As this is Eliwood mode, Erik won't actually move until someone's in his range.

And then rain. It's the only occurrence on this map, but it's still annoying.

Nanna puts the healing on overdrive to catch up to Mia.

While clashing with the Ganelon pirates pays off for Matthew.

Thank goodness.

Sanger borrows the light brand again to get the wyvern out of the way.

So just who is that guy in the village?

Here's NPC girl to tell us:

Thanks, NPC girl!

Keep it up, Eli.

The troub actually has a physic staff. That's annoying, so out she goes.

In the interest of seeing the convo, I had Sakura do the recruitment.

Of course they know each other. Crossover fanfic, remember?

Sakura explains her situation and her affiliation with Eliwood.

Alright, we got ourselves a

brigand?!?

Holy crap, a playable brigand in FE7!

...er, how do they promote? Hero crest? Ocean seal? Earth seal? Can they even promote?

That healing sure did that pirate a lot of good.

Now Karsh has some competition.

The map slowly winds down as the enemy count dwindles down.

Matthew earns himself a vulnerary and a couple of bleh stats.

Stupid forests.

And with that, only Erik is left.

Altenna baits him out where we can then pound away at him.

Is that your actual last name?

"I tilted my head a little to the side to dodge the lance, and then I smacked him with my sword in return."

"I could've finished him off myself, but I think my pal Eli deserves the exp more."

Erik foreshadows his future role in FE6.

Right down to losing to the red-haired lord.

Not bad, Eli.

Erik lies before our heroes, defeated.

And abandoned too.

The two begin their interrogation.

And Erik has no choice but to comply. We all know how this goes: The Black Fang came to Laus and offered Darin the world, other marquesses including Elbert were involved, and then Elbert is gone.

Leaving Eliwood with even more questions.

Questions that now he's even more determined to find the answers to.

Having played the game before, these two already know of Elbert's ultimate fate.

But nonetheless, the show must go on...

Next time: We get Linoan back.

[BBHood217]

Chapter 14 supports

This is once again the first support of the map.

I still don't know these people.

Huh? That was fast. Serra and Erk (Serra and anyone, really) usually takes forever. If their support points can be edited, then maybe...

Nope, it's still Serra and Erk's support with Shion and I dunno who that is.

Whoever she is, she's apparently part of Hector's harem.

Time to pick on Bugeyes some more.

This'll never get old.

Alright, let's do an actual support convo now.

Ray's training under Sanger goes well.

It's rough, but it's working too.

And then suddenly, Ray mentions Uther out of nowhere.

Uther's your brother now? How'd that happen?

And then the air behind Ray starts talking.

Oh dear, I think the convo is either broken or incomplete. It's just the rest of Hector and Oswin's support.

Hi, Mel.

Bye, Mel.

Well, that was disappointing. So it appears that there's only one fully edited set of support conversations, and I've now locked Raymond out of it. Oh well...

Only one more support left, but it refuses to happen for some reason. Look at that, I waited a hundred turns.

And still nothing. Alas, Merlinus won't have his paired ending in this game.

[Acacia Sgt]

Can't really decide what's funnier.

The fact the support shifts from custom to the original, that's it's Sanger the one with Hector's dialogue... or random Hell Mel with the "I'm in my thirties" line. I could actually think it could be truth that, though. lol And as if you're one to talk Sanger about age and appearance, especially if you're your Alpha Gaiden counterpart. Especially if you're your Alpha Gaiden counterpart.

[Azure Sen]

Alright, we got ourselves a

brigand?!?

Holy crap, a playable brigand in FE7!

...er, how do they promote? Hero crest? Ocean seal? Earth seal? Can they even promote?

Earth Seal or Ocean Seal, probably. Brigands promoted via Hero Crests in FE6, so you may want to try that too.

There's that name again. Grr...

Wait, has Ingram replaced Nergal? Is Judecca going to replace the final boss? Is Viletta going to show up too? (Hopefully so, Viletta is the best.)

[phuclun3]

Earth Seal or Ocean Seal, probably. Brigands promoted via Hero Crests in FE6, so you may want to try that too.

Wait, has Ingram replaced Nergal? Is Judecca going to replace the final boss? Is Viletta going to show up too? (Hopefully so, Viletta is the best.)

Sadly, no!

The final boss is still a dragon.

[BBHood217]

Chapter 15: Taking Back Caelin

Where could he be, I wonder?

It's not like the chapter name gives any hints...

Of course, we and Ray all already know where Darin is. But as GBA FE hacking hasn't yet at the time advanced enough to make really drastic changes, Ray has no choice but to follow along with the vanilla story.

Eliwood ponders why the other Lycian states haven't reacted to his conquest of Laus.

The answer is that something's up with Bern and they're all too busy worrying about it.

Ray has an idea who might be behind it.

Who is this Hector that you speak of?

Guys, there are other things to worry about right now.

Like Darin attacking Caelin.

Linoan and her companions managed to escape.

They wonder how to take back the castle, when they hear of another army approaching.

Bugeyes volunteers to get their help.

But Marcia and her completely unimpeded movement ultimately get the job.

Before you what?

Marcia almost reaches her goal.

And almost doesn't survive.

Not pictured: lol vision. They've left a bad taste in my mouth after their incessant potshots back in Linoan mode, so I don't think I'll screencap them anymore.

Marcia clumsily works the lol vision into the story, but all I hear are excuses.

Really should've just not used them at all. Just leave the dialogue blank and ignore them entirely.

...okay, I'm sorry. Marcia and Eliwood have stopped dwelling on it and moved on, so I should too.

Your what now?

Leaf's out, and there's no room for Raphael. He's not needed until the next map anyway.

Shops. Armories have iron, steel, javelins, and hand axes.

Also, I have two thieves. Door keys will definitely not be needed.

And we're off.

I've seen your show. Believe me, I know what you're capable of.

Yay, she's back!

This is the gem I usually get. I'm not a very LTC guy.

Okay, I was wrong. Here's another hint about supports.

Yeah, I've been guilty of moving units such that they end up next to their support partners. Just another layer of tactics.

And speaking of supports, these start right away thanks to my waiting in vain for "Marcus" and Merlinus in the previous map.

But how can she when she doesn't have her Mumbo Wumbo Shumbo?

Well, you do look kinda cute. Whoever you are.

Matthew, Altenna, Kid, and Karsh also finish their supports with nothing interesting to screencap.

And Raymond and Sanger's bromance ends with an unfortunate whimper. Alas, the possibilities of what could have been. Sanger could've promised Ray his very own giant robot to pilot after their adventure was over.

C'mon guys, help me write a Raymond-Sanger A support here!

As the fighting begins, Altenna picks up some cash.

Hey Glenn, see these two?

They just kicked you off the team. Scram.

I wanted to steal that thief's lockpick, but he ran the opposite direction.

Didn't even give her a good level up.

Karsh tries to prove himself better than Raph.

Mia heals her way to another level up.

Your future's looking bright, Kid.

But if you wanna see it, then please dodge those low hit rates.

So those are your stats at level 10?

Get out, you're off the team.

At least these two are staying. Well, Ray's mandatory but still.

Marcia reunites with Linoan.

Which could've ended badly for her.

Nope, you're still out. You didn't even kill him.

Looking good, Bugeyes. Let's see how you compare to Luna next map.

I hate to say it, but I think Altenna's gonna take your spot.

We get some anti-armor.

And Ray chats a little. No lovey stuff yet, that's later.

Brigands start climbing down the mountain, but Matthew has them covered.

The forts spit out a couple of horses with javelins and shamen. A little tough, but I can manage them.

Eliwood helps out Linoan once again.

Now the brigands can touch him even less.

Dammit, Karsh!

Yeah, you might be replacing Marcia.

Speaking of whom, let's see her support.

My own clone!

Linoan reassures her sad self that she's got this.

And check this out. Marcia's got her suppport...

But it's apparently one-sided as Linoan gives nothing in return. Weird.

More later.

[BBHood217]

Chapter 15 part 2

Nice try backdoor reinforcements, but I too have I've-played-this-game-before knowledge.

The group helps themselves to the free exp.

More reunited convos.

This one's still the same but with "Lyn" replaced with "Linoan".

This one's different.

But nothing noteworthy.

You bet, mate.

How often did she say that in her game? It's not that annoying, is it?

On our way to Bauker, Mia picks up another level up.

Forced meme is forced.

Seriously, I have never heard that one. I know Batta, Glass, Gheb, and Gerik's con, but not Bauker.

Poking Bauker profits Bugeyes greatly.

Oh boy, here we go.

This was before supports happened at base camp.

Ray smooth talks Linoan instead of going all "this a support convo" on her like with Sanger.

Ah, to be a teen again.

I've seen his art. It's okay.

Titanic intensifies.

Again, nothing for Marcia.

And that's that for this love story, as Raymond has filled up his support slots with Sanger. If you're curious about their A support, I recommend going on YouTube and watching a Retsupurae video titled "So there's that".

The Christmas Cavaliers make their support.

It's obviously unedited. I'd have been surprised if it was.

Might as well have the benchwarmers support too.

This seems cute somehow.

Whether I finish the rest of this support or not depends on whether I can fit those useless two in two more maps. This is normal mode, so there might be room for them in the future.

And finally, this. With Raymond taken by Sanger, Eliwood has a chance...

It's just Eliwood-Lyn except with "Lyn" replaced with "Linoan".

Eliwood apparently doesn't mind sparring with magic.

Alright, let's end this.

Linoan first Linoanslaps him.

And Eliwood then Eliwoodslaps him.

And the meme dies without ever having taken off.

Such a shame indeed.

And we seize.

...after this.

Now we seize.

Eliwood feels responsible for Darin's attack on Caelin and vows to help Linoan.

But first, Ray wants to chat.

Grandbell apparently didn't bother her for the whole year.

Make the most of it, I think that'll be the only time you guys interact.

Okay, there's definitely way more than just ten of them.

I wonder what units those two will be.

Linoan gets ready to take back the castle.

But first, she wants to chat with me.

Everyone from Linoan mode says hi as usual.

That's the scenario put before me, so yeah. Let's do this.

Inside the castle, Helman tries to stop Darin.

But gets stabbed for his efforts. Ephidel pins both deaths on Darin.

I summon "facepalm" in defense position.

Anyway, Ephidel convinces Darin to stick with him by promising him Elibe.

And possibly lands beyond Elibe too.

You have no fighting skills at all; you don't even have any unit data. You are nothing more than a mugshot.

With the whole rebellion thing screwed up, the bad guys decide to switch to plan B.

Ephidel does some last minute clean up.

Which he can't even do himself. Totally won't bite him in the ass later, not at all...

Next time: Raph recruits someone.

[spiritomb108]

Aww, Nanna, why you gotta do me like this, I love Troubs.

The Legend, he approaches. None are prepared to meet his majesty.

[Acacia Sgt]

Far as I know, this hack is the only time I ever heard of Baukerslap. So probably just something Ray came up with himself, I'd guess.

Edited November 9, 2016 by Acacia Sgt

[Mage Knight 404]

Based Bauker.

Baukerslap does have an explanation, a really silly one. I always thought Bauker(and Pascal by extension) bore a bit more than a passing resemblance to Bright Noah of Mobile Suit Gundam, who's infamous for his "Brightslap" scenes where he pulls pilots he knows who are in a funk and tells them to get their act together and act like real men with a good slap to the soul(and boy howdy they do). I think the rest is history.