—Saleh before the battle
Village of Silence is Chapter 12 of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones on Eirika's Route. The chapter's enemies are all monsters. This chapter you get Ewan, a Pupil (your last Trainee if you recruited Amelia on the first go). You also get Saleh, a Sage. The houses act like villages. Visiting the southern house recruits Ewan, while the northern contains a Barrier Staff.
In case you did not recruit Ewan during the chapter, he will automatically be recruited at the end of the chapter if either Saleh or Tethys are alive.
Reinforcements[]
When you get halfway up, three (four in hard mode) Gargoyles to the south-east, two (three in hard mode) to the south-west, and three Mauthe Doogs in the area where your party began.
When approaching the boss, 5 Gargoyles at the north-west, three lv 9, two lv 10.
Items/ Character[]
Houses[]
- Ewan (southern house)
- Barrier Staff (northern house)
Drops[]
Strategy[]
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Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.
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One way to do this chapter is to slowly creep along with heavy units like Gilliam leading, and archers and Saleh behind. It is possible to get Ewan early, if you send up a strong flier to the house. Kill a few monsters around it, get Ewan out, and rescue him.
There is a method to have Ewan reach level 10 during this chapter very safely. It is recommended that you bring Tethys with you to speed up the process. There are two notable monsters on this map: the boss, and an Entombed near the shop in the upper right corner of the map. Both of these enemies do not move and provide excellent experience. Once you have cleared every monster from the map aside from these two, bring Ewan to the Entombed and defeat it. Ewan should reach Level 5 by defeating the Entombed alone. After that, give Ewan a Thunder tome and proceed to the boss. On Hard difficulty, the boss will have 12 resistance; in the likely situation that Ewan did not gain magic every time he leveled up fighting the Entombed, Ewan will deal 0 damage to the boss. Through the use of Tethys or rescuing, you can continuously move Ewan out of the boss' range while attacking it from afar with a Fire tome. After enough turns, Ewan's Anima rank will raise, at this point use the Energy Ring Ewan has upon being recruited, and he will be able to damage the boss with the Thunder tome. Ewan will gain enough experience fighting the boss to reach Level 10. NOTE: This method does not work for the US version of the game; Ewan is not able to use a Thunder tome due to weapon level, and experience gained is capped at one one level per enemy.