The Mask Laughs

The Mask Laughs is the third side quest in Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem. In order to reach this chapter, the player must have completed the previous chapter within a set number of turns, or without hurting any clerics.

Plot

Main articles: The Mask Laughs/Script and The Mask Laughs/Conversations

After receiving a call from Gotoh to come to the Ice Dragon Temple to claim the Lightsphere, Marth is informed by Jagen that Horace, an ally from the War of Shadows, has been cornered by the assassin Legion. Marth and his companions thus beat back the seemingly endless waves of Legions by killing the main Legion, rendering them all inert, and save Horace in the process. Having saved their comrade, Marth and co. go further north into the desert to answer Gotoh's call. Meanwhile, the leader of the assassins, Eremiya, orders Clarisse to pursue Marth and Katarina to get rid of all of the inert Legions.

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Defeat the real Legion	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Marth or Kris dies	1–7+1	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	7+∞	{{{third}}}
Map dimensions: 9 columns by 15 rows

Character data

Characters
New units
Horace General HP 34 Inventory Steel Lance Vulnerary Level 3 Automatically from turn 1
Required characters
Available characters

Enemy data

Stats with a decimal can vary randomly; the decimal represents the chance for the stat to increase to the nearest integer, or otherwise be truncated.

Normal Hard Maniac Lunatic

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Legion Berserker 5 3 36 13 0 10 12 0 9 0 -- Killer Axe • Hand Axe Two false Legions and one real; which is which is determined at random. Legion Berserker 1 4 32 10 0 7 9 0 6 0 7 Hammer --

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Legion Berserker 1 ∞ 32 10 0 7 9 0 6 0 7 Devil Axe -- Legion Berserker 1 2 32 10 0 7 9 0 6 0 7 Hand Axe -- Legion Berserker 1 ∞ 32 10 0 7 9 0 6 0 7 Poleax -- Legion Berserker 1 ∞ 32 10 0 7 9 0 6 0 7 Hammer -- Legion Berserker 1 ∞ 32 10 0 7 9 0 6 0 7 Tomahawk --

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Legion Berserker 5 3 41.6 16.2 0 13.2 15.2 0 9 0 -- Killer Axe • Hand Axe Two false Legions and one real; which is which is determined at random. Legion Berserker 1 4 37.6 13.2 0 10.2 12.2 0 6 0 7 Hammer --

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Legion Berserker 1 ∞ 37.6 13.2 0 10.2 12.2 0 6 0 7 Devil Axe -- Legion Berserker 1 2 37.6 13.2 0 10.2 12.2 0 6 0 7 Hand Axe -- Legion Berserker 1 ∞ 37.6 13.2 0 10.2 12.2 0 6 0 7 Poleax -- Legion Berserker 1 ∞ 37.6 13.2 0 10.2 12.2 0 6 0 7 Hammer -- Legion Berserker 1 ∞ 37.6 13.2 0 10.2 12.2 0 6 0 7 Tomahawk --

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Legion Berserker 5 3 47.2 19.4 0 16.4 18.4 0 9 0 -- Killer Axe • Hand Axe Two false Legions and one real; which is which is determined at random. Legion Berserker 1 4 43.2 16.4 0 13.4 15.4 0 6 0 7 Hammer --

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Legion Berserker 1 ∞ 43.2 16.4 0 13.4 15.4 0 6 0 7 Devil Axe -- Legion Berserker 1 2 43.2 16.4 0 13.4 15.4 0 6 0 7 Hand Axe -- Legion Berserker 1 ∞ 43.2 16.4 0 13.4 15.4 0 6 0 7 Poleax -- Legion Berserker 1 ∞ 43.2 16.4 0 13.4 15.4 0 6 0 7 Hammer -- Legion Berserker 1 ∞ 43.2 16.4 0 13.4 15.4 0 6 0 7 Tomahawk --

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Legion Berserker 5 3 50 21 0 18 20 0 9 0 -- Killer Axe • Hand Axe Two false Legions and one real; which is which is determined at random. Legion Berserker 1 4 46 18 0 15 17 0 6 0 7 Hammer --

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Legion Berserker 1 ∞ 46 18 0 15 17 0 6 0 7 Devil Axe -- Legion Berserker 1 2 46 18 0 15 17 0 6 0 7 Hand Axe -- Legion Berserker 1 ∞ 46 18 0 15 17 0 6 0 7 Poleax -- Legion Berserker 1 ∞ 46 18 0 15 17 0 6 0 7 Hammer -- Legion Berserker 1 ∞ 46 18 0 15 17 0 6 0 7 Tomahawk --

All forged weapons have +4 might and +20 hit.

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Reinforcements

• Two (Normal)/One (higher difficulties) turns after an initial Legion with a Hammer or a reinforcement with a Devil Axe is defeated; on Normal mode, begins appearing one turn rather than two starting six turns after twelve of such reinforcements appear
  • One Legion with a Devil Axe to replace each defeated initial Legion with a Hammer or reinforcement with a Devil Axe
• One and two turns after twelve (Normal)/twenty (higher difficulties) Devil Axe reinforcements appear
  • One Legion with a Hand Axe below Horace's starting position
• One turn after the above reinforcements appear
  • Two Legions—one with a Hammer, one a Poleax—below Horace's starting position
• One turn after the above reinforcements appear
  • Three Legions—two with Tomahawks, one a Hammer—below Horace's starting position
• Each turn starting one turn after the above reinforcements appear
  • Four Legions—two with Tomahawks, one a Hammer, one a Poleax—below Horace's starting position

Boss data

Stats with a decimal can vary randomly; the decimal represents the chance for the stat to increase to the nearest integer, or otherwise be truncated.

Main article: Legion

Normal Hard Maniac Lunatic

Berserker Level 5 Movement --

Stats Max HP 36 Speed 12 Strength 13 Luck 0 Magic 0 Defense 9 Skill 10 Resistance 0

Inventory Killer Axe Hand Axe Weapon Levels -- -- C -- -- --

Berserker Level 5 Movement --

Stats Max HP 41.6 Speed 15.2 Strength 16.2 Luck 0 Magic 0 Defense 9 Skill 13.2 Resistance 0

Inventory Killer Axe Hand Axe Weapon Levels -- -- C -- -- --

Berserker Level 5 Movement --

Stats Max HP 47.2 Speed 18.4 Strength 19.4 Luck 0 Magic 0 Defense 9 Skill 16.4 Resistance 0

Inventory Killer Axe Hand Axe Weapon Levels -- -- B -- -- --

Berserker Level 5 Movement --

Stats Max HP 50 Speed 20 Strength 21 Luck 0 Magic 0 Defense 9 Skill 18 Resistance 0

Inventory Killer Axe* Hand Axe* Weapon Levels -- -- A -- -- --

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Strategy

The goal of the chapter is to defeat the real Legion. The boss will always be one of three Legions at the northernmost point of the map and is randomly determined each attempt. Thankfully there is an easy way to determine who the real Legion is. First, place your cursor on the four Legions to the south of the top three. Next, tap the L button until your cursor lands on one of the three Legions in the north. The first your cursor lands on is the real Legion. Once you've determined the real Legion it merely becomes a manner of reaching him with your strongest unit and killing him. Units like Palla and Catria are good for reaching Legion quickly; you can even temporarily reclass them to Swordmasters to use the E-rank Ladyblade that Malice came with to potentially pull off a one-round kill. Barring that, Malice can also make good use of the Ladyblade especially when promoted. As you make your way towards Legion beware of the Legion reinforcements that come from the south as they have Devil Axes and can unexpectedly kill units that are left exposed.

Etymology and other languages

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