Lost in the Ice

Lost in the Ice
Name (JP)	氷の別離, Parting of Ice
Game	Fire Emblem Fates
Objective	Rout the enemy
Units Allowed	Corrin + 12
Units Gained	None
Boss	Flora
Script	Chapter script
Previous	Pleasure Palace
Next	Leo
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“With Iago's words ringing in their ears, the group departs for the ice tribe. Iago's meaning becomes abundantly clear when the group arrives in the village.”
—Opening Narration

Lost in the Ice is Chapter 17 of Fire Emblem Fates in the Birthright Version. This chapter takes place in Ice Tribe Village.

Script

The script for this chapter can be found here.

Items

Dropped Items

• Surefire Yumi - Outlaw from southeast village reinforcement
• Master Seal - Sorcerer from southeast village reinforcement
• Spirit Katana - Mercenary from northeast village reinforcement
• Sheep Spirit - Dark Mage from west village reinforcement
• Sun Festal - Maid from southwest village reinforcement
• Silver Shuriken - Maid from Turn 6 reinforcement
• Elixir - Sorcerer from Turn 6 reinforcement
• 5,000 G - Sorcerer from Turn 6 reinforcement

House Items

• 10,000 G (North village)

Strategy

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.

Although Flora is the only initial enemy at first, more will arrive either at turn 6 or whenever the player begins to cross a certain point, which is about the column of tiles in front of the Ice statue in the middle of the map, whichever comes first. The Dragon Vein makes an appearance again and will turn the lake into ice (this is automatically done by turn 6 if you don't). There are five villages along the map; four of these villages are hostile towards the player and will call for troops when you visit them, and one gives 10,000 Gold instead. The village that gives the gold should have a child talking to your units and is the northernmost village; if it does not then it is a hostile village.

To beat the chapter, rout all the enemies on the map. This can be faster if you choose not to visit any of the villages (as you will only need to dispatch the turn 6 reinforcements and Flora), but you will miss out on the 10,000 Gold if you do so.

When you cross the invisible line, a large number of enemies will spawn, including Maids, Fighters, Sorcerers, Mercenaries, Outlaws, and Dark Mages. Keep wary of where they spawn and try not to be tempted to freeze the lake using the Dragon Vein, as this will let you take care of the entire east side of the map before the lake freezes over.

For players aiming for a low turncount, it is theoretically possible to Shove a paired, boots-boosted Kinshi Knight close enough to Flora to enable the player to attack her before any reinforcements spawn at all. The player will have only one round of combat to defeat her, however, and defeating her in this fashion will severely limit the amount of loot and EXP the player can earn from the chapter.

Enemy Reinforcements

Lunatic Mode

• Turn 6 (from top to bottom, left to right)
  • 1 Mercenary LV17 w/ Silver Sword (left of Flora)
  • 1 Mercenary LV17 w/ Steel Sword (right of Flora)
  • 1 Maid LV3 w/ Silver Dagger, Silver Shuriken* (bottom left of Flora)
  • 1 Maid LV3 w/ Silver Dagger (bottom right of Flora)
  • 1 Sorcerer LV3 w/ Ragnarok, 5000G* (bottom of Flora)
  • 1 Fighter LV17 w/ Steel Axe (left of west village)
  • 2 Fighters LV17 w/ Silver Axe (left of southwest village)
  • 1 Fighter LV17 w/ Steel Axe (bottom of southwest village)
  • 1 Sorcerer LV3 w/ Fimbulvetr, Elixir* (right of southwest village)
  • 1 Maid LV3 w/ Steel Dagger (top left corner)
  • 1 Maid LV3 w/ Silver Dagger (bottom left of north village)
  • 1 Outlaw LV17 w/ Steel Bow (left of north village)
  • 1 Dark Mage LV17 w/ Fimbulvetr (right of north village)
  • 1 Fighter LV17 w/ Tomahawk (left of northeast village)
  • 1 Outlaw LV17 w/ Steel Bow (left of northeast village)
  • 1 Mercenary LV17 w/ Silver Sword (left of northeast village)
  • 1 Sorcerer LV3 w/ Fimbulvetr (top of northeast village)
  • 1 Outlaw LV17 w/ Silver Bow (top right corner)
  • 1 Maid LV3 w/ Steel Dagger (top right corner)
  • 1 Maid LV3 w/ Silver Dagger, Physic (right of northeast village)

• Southeast Village
  • 2 Dark Mages LV17 w/ Fimbulvetr (from bottom left of village)
  • 1 Sorcerer LV3 w/ Fimbulvetr, Master Seal* (from bottom left of village)
  • 2 Fighters LV17 w/ Steel Axe (from top left of village)
  • 1 Berserker LV3 w/ Steel Axe (from top left of village)
  • 1 Fighter LV17 w/ Steel Axe (from top right of village)
  • 1 Mercenary LV17 w/ Silver Sword (from top right of village)
  • 1 Outlaw LV17 w/ Steel Bow, Surefire Yumi* (from top right of village)

• Northeast Village
  • 1 Dark Mage LV17 w/ Fimbulvetr (from top of village)
  • 1 Outlaw LV17 w/ Steel Bow (from top of village)
  • 1 Mercenary LV17 w/ Killing Edge, Spirit Katana* (from top of village)
  • 1 Fighter LV17 w/ Steel Axe (from top of village)
  • 1 Fighter LV17 w/ Steel Axe (from bottom right of village)
  • 1 Mercenary LV17 w/ Silver Sword (from bottom right of village)
  • 1 Outlaw LV17 w/ Steel Bow (from bottom right of village)

• Southwest Village
  • 2 Fighters LV17 w/ Steel Axe (from left of village)
  • 1 Fighter LV17 w/ Hand Axe (from left of village)
  • 1 Berserker LV3 w/ Steel Axe (from south of village)
  • 1 Maid LV3 w/ Silver Dagger, Sun Festal* (top of village)
  • 1 Fighter LV17 w/ Steel Axe (from right of village)
  • 1 Fighter LV17 w/ Silver Axe (from right of village)
  • 1 Berserker LV3 w/ Killer Axe (from right of village)

• West Village
  • 1 Dark Mage LV17 w/ Fimbulvetr (from top of village)
  • 1 Dark Mage LV17 w/ Lightning, Sheep Spirit* (from top of village)
  • 1 Sorcerer LV3 w/ Ragnarok (from top of village)
  • 1 Mercenary LV17 w/ Steel Sword (from bottom of village)
  • 2 Fighters LV17 w/ Steel Axe (from right of village)
  • 1 Berserker LV3 w/ Steel Axe (from right of village)

Trivia

• If Jakob or Felicia are used to attack Flora, there will be special dialogue between them.