Home Castle

The Castle

The Castles

The Home Castle appears in Fire Emblem 4 on every map in both generations of Geneology of the Holy War (ファイアーエムブレム　聖戦の系譜 Faiā Emuburemu: Seisen no Keifu).

It is the castle that is already in your possession from the begining to the end of the chapter and must not be conquered by the enemy - if it is then it's a game over for the player. It is wise to have a character to guard the castle although a good player would make sure it wouldn't come to that!

Apart from being the castle you start with it is the only place that the player can class change thier characters once the character reaches level 20.

This is a huge advantage over shrine and item-based promoting in that the home castle is on every map. The only drawback is the HUGE map sizes of the chapter so it might take awhile before the character gets to promote.

 The Conquered Castles

The castles the player has conquered become 'ally castles' and when a character enters them the player can do the following:

-Shop for items and weapons

-Fight 7 enemies in the arena per chapter, but the good thing is that if a character dies/loses then they remain alive on the map at 1HP rather than dying and being unplayable ever again.

-Store items, similar to the tent or convoy

-Repair broken items or weapons - at a sharp price though.

You can still get the characters to have conversation while in the castles.