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—Yuri
What Lies Beneath is the second chapter of the Cindered Shadows side story for Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
Story[]
After exploring Abyss and speaking to some of its residents, Yuri asks Byleth and the students to join him in ambushing the attacking mercenaries. Yuri has a plan to lure the mercenaries deeper into the caverns to an arena he recently discovered, so that they can fight away from the homes of the Abyssians. He warns Constance not to go overboard with her magic and Hapi not to summon any monsters, lest the arena collapse and take Abyss with it. Anything too disruptive could also cause trouble for their patron Aelfric, a Church of Seiros higher-up who opened Abyss to the people living there and helps protect and care for them. The Ashen Wolves are concerned since the church has been on less friendly terms with Abyss as of late, and so any undue attention could make Aelfric's job harder.
The surface mercenaries are successfully lured into the area, but the unrelenting tide of reinforcements from every direction nearly pushes the new team to their limits. To make matters worse, the Death Knight finds his way down into the arena and targets anyone who gets in his way. Just as they think they've cleared out all the enemies, an assassin appears and targets Yuri, but Aelfric warps in and saves him.
The Ashen Wolves thank Aelfric for his assistance and he introduces himself to Byleth and the other students. He explains more about the precarious situation in Abyss, and asks Byleth if they would consider taking the Ashen Wolves as students under their wing. Having heard much about Byleth and having known Jeralt and Byleth's mother many years ago, he trusts Byleth to be a good professor for them. He also offers to tell stories about Byleth's parents anytime Byleth would like learn more.
Recruitment[]
During the battle preparations screen, you automatically gain access to the four students of the Ashen Wolves:
Additionally, when exploring Abyss, the player can set unit appearances if they go to the Male/Female Quarters, depending on Byleth's gender.
Initial enemies[]
- 4 Assassin L27 w/ Silver Sword
- 2 Holy Knight L27 w Aura, Fortify
- 2 Warrior L27 w/ Silver Axe
- 2 Grappler L27 w/ Silver Gauntlets
- Sniper L27 w/ Silver Bow
Reinforcements[]
- Once you kill all initial enemies, or Turn X (From the Nort-East corner)
- 4 Sniper L27 w/ Silver Bow
- 2 Warrior L27 w/ Silver Axe
- 2 Valkyrie L27 w/ Excalibur, Cutting Gale
- 2 Assassin L27 w/ Silver Sword
- 2 Fortress Knight L27 w/ Silver Axe
- Once you kill those reinforcements, or Turn X(From the Nort-West corner)
- 5 Grappler L27 w/ Silver Gauntlets
- 2 Fortress Knight L27 w/ Silver Axe
- 2 Mage L27 w/ Fire
- Valkyrie L27 w/ Excalibur, Cutting Gale
- Warlock L27 w/ Ragnarok
- Wyvern Rider L27 w/ Silver Axe
- Assassin L27 w/ Silver Sword
- Once you kill those reinforcements, or Turn 10 (From the South-West corner)
- 5 Paladin L27 w/ Silver Lance
- 2 Wyvern Rider L27 w/ Silver Axe
- 2 Assassin L27 w/ Silver Sword
- 2 Fortress Knight L27 w/ Silver Axe
- Sniper L27 w/ Silver Bow
- Grappler L27 w/ Silver Gauntlets
- Death Knight (From the South-East corner)
Defeating the Death Knight is not necessary to complete the chapter, but will net you a Crescent Sickle.
Items[]
- Initial Enemiest:
- 1st wave:
- 2nd wave:
- 3rd wave
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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This is a much larger map than the previous one, so reclass Edelgard and Dimitri to Warrior and Paladin so they can get around. The Ashen Wolves all start out with C supports with each other. On Hard difficulty, Yuri comes one point of damage shy of being able to one-round the enemy Holy Knights he starts off nearby, so make sure to forge him a Steel Sword+. He and Balthus can pick off the Holy Knights. Meanwhile, Byleth and co. should make their way out of the southeast corner and regroup with the Wolves. Ashe's Kingdom Archers battalion can use the Retribution gambit to give everyone Counterattack if you need it to safely engage the Sniper. Once you've regrouped and taken care of the first wave, the second will come in. The battle consists of four waves of enemies, so take them on as they come and keep everyone healed with Linhardt and Yuri (plus Balthus, if you're truly desperate). During the fourth and final wave, everyone's favorite bloodthirsty psychopath the Death Knight shows up because of course he has nothing better to do than wander underground and pick fights with people. You don't have to fight him if you don't want to, but that Crescent Sickle is a fine weapon for Dimitri. Byleth is capable of avoiding getting doubled by him and Dimitri can paste him with Knightkneeler. All in all, this map isn't too complicated.