The Protected

The Protected (Japanese: 守るべきもの Something to Protect) is the second chapter of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. Eirika and company begin their journey toward Grado to meet with her brother, Ephraim. As they pass through the village of Ide, they encounter a group of bandits harassing the villagers, and agree to put a stop to them.

This chapter features tutorials about rescuing units to move them out of harm's way, as well as a tutorial on healing units.

Plot

Main article: The Protected/Script

Eirika begins to travel south using Seth's planned route; Vanessa volunteers to scout ahead on her pegasus. Ahead of Eirika's group, bandits plan to attack the local villages, Grado's invasion having left them vulnerable. Ross alerts his father, Garcia, that bandits are approaching the village; the two escape during the attack, though Ross suffers an injury. Vanessa, having witnessed the attack, flies back to Eirika to alert her to the situation. Eirika, wishing to aid the villagers, forms a plan: Vanessa will bring the boy to their side of the mountain range and Moulder will heal him with his staff. If Easy Mode is being played, this will occur through tutorials; in any other mode, it is up to the player's discretion to follow Eirika's plan.

During the battle, Ross can talk to Eirika; Ross asks Eirika for help, but insists he fight with them to save his father. Ross can also talk to Garcia; Garcia urges Ross to get out of danger, but Ross refuses and continues to fight with his father.

After routing the bandits, Seth approaches Garcia, if Garcia and Ross survived the battle, recognizing Garcia from Renais's military. Seth mentions that Garcia, known as "the great Garcia", served Renais ten years prior, and requests that he again fight for Renais. Garcia refuses, stating that he is retired, and that he made a promise to his deceased wife that he would protect Ross at all costs. Ross then speaks up, stating that he is no longer a child in need of protection, and that Garcia can never be happy living in peace when being a warrior is part of who he is. Garcia, feeling his son can handle himself now, joins Eirika's forces to serve Renais once again.

Before departing, a villager approaches Eirika and offers her group food and beds to sleep in for the night. Eirika thanks him but rejects the offer, saying her group must continue their travels. The villager notices Eirika's bracelet and warns her not to wear valuable items so openly, as groups like Bazba's Bandits will make her a target.

Later that night, having left Ide, Eirika reminisces on her first round of sparring with her brother Ephraim three years prior. Having distracted herself, Colm bumps into her, apologizes, and runs off. Eirika is confused for a moment, then she realizes her bracelet is missing. Eirika is willing to let the valuable trinket go, but Seth is incredibly worried about the bracelet and chases after the man.

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Defeat all bandits	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Eirika dies	6+2	{{{partner}}}	2−2	6+2	{{{third}}}
Map dimensions: 15 columns by 15 rows

Character data

Characters
New units
Ross Journeyman HP 15 Inventory Hatchet Vulnerary Level 1 NPC, talk to with Eirika (or automatically at the end of the chapter if both he and Garcia survived) Garcia Fighter HP 28 Inventory Iron Axe Hand Axe Vulnerary Level 4 NPC, talk to with Ross (or automatically at the end of the chapter if both he and Ross survived)
Required characters
Available characters

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Vulnerary Dropped by enemy Brigand Red Gem Visit northwestern village Elixir Visit northeastern village Pure Water Visit southern village

Shop data

Armories and vendors

Swords Lances Axes Bows Anima Light Dark Staves Items Secret

	Name	Cost
	Iron Sword	460
	Slim Sword	480

	Name	Cost
	Iron Lance	360
	Slim Lance	450

	Name	Cost
	Iron Axe	270

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Enemy data

Stats with two figures separated by a ~ are presented as a range, representing stats that vary due to random growths. The figures to the left and right of the ~ are the stat's minimum and maximum possible values respectively.

Easy/Normal Difficult

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str/Mag Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Cutthroat Brigand 2 1 20 5 1 5 0 3 0 12 5 Iron Axe -- Cutthroat Archer 1 1 18 4 3 3 0 3 0 7 5 Iron Bow Begins moving unprovoked on turn 2. Bone Brigand 4 1 23 6 4 5 0 4 0 12 5 Iron Axe • Starts on a peak. • Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Cutthroat Brigand 3 1 20 5 1 5 0 3 0 12 5 Iron Axe • Vulnerary -- Cutthroat Brigand 3 2 20 5 1 5 0 3 0 12 5 Iron Axe --

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str/Mag Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Cutthroat Brigand 3 1 20 5 1 5 0 3 0 12 5 Iron Axe -- Cutthroat Brigand 2 1 20 5 1 5 0 3 0 12 5 Iron Axe --

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str/Mag Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Cutthroat Brigand 2 1 21~23 5~8 1~3 5~7 0~2 3~5 0~2 12 5 Iron Axe -- Cutthroat Archer 1 1 19~20 4~5 3~4 3~4 0~1 3~4 0~1 7 5 Iron Bow Begins moving unprovoked on turn 2. Bone Brigand 4 1 24~25 6~8 4~5 5~6 0~1 4~5 0~1 12 5 Iron Axe • Starts on a peak. • Immediately begins moving unprovoked. Cutthroat Brigand 3 1 22~24 5~9 1~3 5~7 0~2 3~5 0~2 12 5 Iron Axe • Vulnerary -- Cutthroat Brigand 3 2 22~24 5~9 1~3 5~7 0~2 3~5 0~2 12 5 Iron Axe --

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str/Mag Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Cutthroat Brigand 3 1 22~24 5~9 1~3 5~7 0~2 3~5 0~2 12 5 Iron Axe -- Cutthroat Brigand 2 1 21~23 5~8 1~3 5~7 0~2 3~5 0~2 12 5 Iron Axe --

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Reinforcements

• Turn 3
  • 2 Brigands from the peaks north of the southern village

NPC data

NPC Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str/Mag Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Ross Journeyman 1 1 15 5 2 3 8 3 0 8 4 Vulnerary • Hatchet Starts with 5 HP on a fort. Garcia Fighter 4 1 28 8 7 7 3 5 1 14 5 Iron Axe • Hand Axe • Hatchet Starts on a forest.

Boss data

Main article: Bone

Stats with two figures separated by a ~ are presented as a range, representing stats that vary due to random growths. The figures to the left and right of the ~ are the stat's minimum and maximum possible values respectively.

Easy/Normal Difficult

Brigand Level 4 Affinity

Stats Max HP 23 Luck 0 Strength 6 Defense 4 Skill 4 Resistance 0 Speed 5 Constitution 12 Movement 5 Aid 11

Inventory Iron Axe Weapon Levels -- -- D -- -- -- -- --

Brigand Level 4 Affinity

Stats Max HP 24~25 Luck 0~1 Strength 6~8 Defense 4~5 Skill 4~5 Resistance 0~1 Speed 5~6 Constitution 12 Movement 5 Aid 11

Inventory Iron Axe Weapon Levels -- -- D -- -- -- -- --

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Strategy

You'll need to keep Ross and Garcia safe if you want to recruit them. A good way of doing this is to rescue Ross with Vanessa and then fly back left towards the rest of your units. Then, you can have another unit take and drop Ross down so that Eirika can talk to and recruit him. This process can be repeated with Garcia, with the difference being than you must talk to him with Ross and not Eirika to recruit him.

Besides that, the chapter itself is very straightforward—just kill all the units on the map. Feel free to visit all the villages and obtain some free items. The fort in the south is a good place to plant a unit to defeat the boss. Beware of the reinforcements that spawn in the mountains above the bottom village, as the mountain tiles give them good evasion.

Etymology and other languages

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