Fire Emblem: You Choose the Characters! Chapter 9 recap, Chapter 10: Prisoner Release, and rules of the drafting

Chapter 9 was much easier than I remember it being. I was able to spread a good number of levels around, get all the goodies, and have Boyd let me down one more time. After the battle I got two new characters that will be talked about in the new character section.

Name	Class	Level	Hp	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Skill(s)
Ike	Ranger	13	27	10	4	8	16	10	11	5
Boyd	Fighter	14	40	13	0	8	8	8	9	1	Tempest
Oscar	Lance Kn	13	30	14	4	12	12	6	13	3
Titania	Paladin	2	34	12	4	13	15	12	11	7	Counter
Rhys	Priest	9	25	0	12	10	8	10	3	18	Serenity
Soren	Mage	10	23	0	11	15	12	7	5	14	Adept
Mia	Myrmidon	10	21	10	1	11	16	7	8	3	Vantage
Illyana	Mage	11	20	2	9	12	12	9	3	12	Shade
Name	Class	Level	Hp	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Skill(s)
Mist	Cleric	4	19	2	4	4	9	8	3	8	Miracle
Rolf	Archer	3	18	6	1	9	8	4	7	3
Marcia	Pegasus Kn	6	20	8	1	8	12	4	8	6

Also I gave some bonus exp to Mist and Rolf so they are worth using in this chapter.

The REAL beginning of the run:

 Description: It looks like a very simple chapter, but looks can be deceiving. There are two ways to complete this chapter.

1. Super sneaky route, I use just Ike and the new thief I got this chapter to open the doors and sneak though without ever fighting once.

2. The normal way, I take a full party and simply smash my way though the level. When the first fight begins, a large amount of reinforcements will come in from everywhere and I am probably going to kill all of them. This is the only way to get all of the goodies so this will be the route I will take.

There are a large variety of men, but most of the enemies wield either lances or magic tomes so as long as I get people to deal with them I should be fine.

New characters:

Lethe, the fierce cat
Class: Cat (beast tribe laguz)

 
Lethe, one of the first laguz you get in this game and the only female laguz you get in this game. Lethe joins the group because her king orders her to do so. She is not happy with this arrangement, but she will not disobey her king. Though annoyed at first with this, she grows attached the little group as time goes on.

Statwise she is a fast, mid-range damage dealer. Cats have a ton of speed and skill allowing them to  double hit most things in the game. She also, as a laguz requires no weapons and instead uses her claws to fight. They never wear out, but they also never get any better either. Regardless, she is a solid member of our little army.

Lethe

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She starts with 16 units of her transformation bar filled (so adding in the 4 she gets turn 1 she starts the mission transformed)

I feel I should give some more information on laguz units so here is a explanation:
Laguz run off a transformation bar like this  0(       )20. When the bar gets filled, 0(--------------------)20,  they transform into their animal form.
 The bar is filled at 4 units per turn and they get an extra 2 units per battle they get in an  untransformed state.
While untransformed they can not fight back and can only absorb hits and dodge.
They transform at 20 units.
When transformed they can fight and attack enemies.
They lose 2 units every turn they are transformed and an extra 1 unit for every battle they are in while transformed.
When the bar reaches 0 units they untransform and begin the cycle anew.
That is basically how all laguz work.  

Mordecai, the gentle tiger
Class: Tiger (beast tribe laguz)

Mordecai, the second laguz you get with Lethe. He is sent off with Ike's group because the king ordered him to. Unlike Lethe though, he looks forward to the time spent with his new friends.

Statwise, he is basically like Gatrie with less defense, more move, and more attack early on. He is a brick wall that moves around the field faster than 5 spaces a turn. That being said, his speed in battle resembles that of Gatrie, one hit attacks and is often doubled by everything. He does not really care though, he is crazy tough.

Mordecai

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Smite

Smite is a skill that lets you to shove friends and foes two spaces away without damaging them. Ask
 my brother on more details on how to use this to your utmost advantage.

Mordecai starts each chapter with 0 units of his laguz bar filled. (assuming he does not get into battle, it will take him 5 turns to transform).

Volke, the money loving thief
Class: Thief (promotes to Assassin at the end of chapter 19)

The first thief you get in the game and probably the better of the two in my opinion. With Volke, everything begins and ends with gold. He will charge you for basically everything. Fifty gold must be available for every single lock or chest you want him to open. Otherwise the game tells you he won't do it. This is something of a minor annoyance, but he more than makes up will his skill and talents.

Statwise he is a thief with higher strength than is typical for the class. This is good as he can only use 3 weapons—the knife, the dagger, and the stiletto. They are the only knives of this game. They may have low damage output, but thieves are not meant to be heavy combatants. They open the doors, chests and steal stuff. That being said, when Volke promotes, he gets far stronger and can gain the ability to kill in a single hit, regardless of anything.

Volke

Thief

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Shade

I explained shade already with Ilyana. It does the same thing.

It now falls to you the people. These are the 3 things you must decide and the rules that come with them.
1. Decide who I use this mission.
This will be decided one comment at a time. Like this pretend mission that has 3 people in it.

W posts Volke
X posts Oscar
W posts Mist

In this case I would use Volke, Oscar, and Mist. I would then comment that drafting was closed for the chapter and do the chapter with the following characters.

However, there are a couple more rules. Let's assume that I get on the computer and I see this when I check my blog

W posts Volke
W posts Oscar
X posts Mist

In this case, only Volke and Mist are set. You must wait for someone else to comment before you can choose another character like the first example.

One last rule, let's use this as an example for a 4 character party.

W posts Mist
X posts Lethe
W posts Oscar
X posts Marcia
Z posts Soren

In this case I would use Mist, Lethe, Oscar, and Soren. If it is your FIRST comment in that particular chapter you get priority in the draft. This will allow more people to affect this run and keep them engaged. However, you must post before I close the draft. I will close the draft as soon as I notice that I have a full party.

2. Decide what characters get each stat up item
This will decided my majority rules. Simply put the stat up item with the character you want it go to like this.

X posts Energy drop to Mist, Seraph robe to Boyd

This would give one vote toward the energy drop going to mist and one vote toward the Seraph robe to Boyd.
You can also chose to hold the stat up item for later by saying hold stat up item like so.

Z posts Hold energy drop.

Hold item requests will be the priority in the case of a tie. Otherwise it is my choice between the options.

3. Decide skill placements

This will work just the stat up items, but with skills.

 That's it. Just post all of the information in a comment like so.

X posts Mist
Seraph robe to Ike
Miracle to Marcia

That is all there is to it. Here is the list of characters, stat up items and effects, and available skills.

Characters

Name	Class	Level	Hp	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Skill(s)
Ike	Ranger	13	27	10	4	8	16	10	11	5
Boyd	Fighter	14	40	13	0	8	8	8	9	1	Tempest
Oscar	Lance Kn	13	30	14	4	12	12	6	13	3
Titania	Paladin	2	34	12	4	13	15	12	11	7	Counter
Rhys	Priest	9	25	0	12	10	8	10	3	18	Serenity
Soren	Mage	10	23	0	11	15	12	7	5	14	Adept
Mia	Myrmidon	10	21	10	1	11	16	7	8	3	Vantage
Illyana	Mage	11	20	2	9	12	12	9	3	12	Shade
Name	Class	Level	Hp	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Skill(s)
Mist	Cleric	4	19	2	4	4	9	8	3	8	Miracle
Rolf	Archer	3	18	6	1	9	8	4	7	3
Marcia	Pegasus Kn	6	20	8	1	8	12	4	8	6
Lethe	Cat	3	34	12	4	10	12	15	9	7
Mordecai	Tiger	2	41	15	2	8	8	10	13	4	Smite
Volke	Thief	10	25	12	0	13	13	7	7	3	Shade

Items:

Item	Effect
Seraph robe	HP +7
Ashera icon	Luck +2
Talisman	Resistance + 2

Skills:
Miracle (can sometimes survive from lethal hits)
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Ike always comes in every chapter. This chapter can hold 8 characters not including Ike.

Post away!!