At least, Wil, Lyn, and Florina are back so we now have most of the currently met party to work with again.
Chapters 11-14: Finished (including 13x).
Marcus, Eliwood, Oswin, and Hector: Took care of all enemies in those chapters in descending order of usefulness, Marcus basically killing everything that he had the time to, and everyone else dealing with stragglers. There were no new party members during this time.
Chapter 15 - Noble Lady of Caelin
◊: Finished.
Eliwood: Defended Merlinus and seized once everything was said and done.
Sain & Kent: Kent shopped for the group now that they had a convoy to hold the stuff, and Sain visited the villages to save some time for the main party.
Florina: Flew all over the goddamned place, helping just about everyone, and nearly dying in the process. She started by flying towards the maps center to deal with some mercenaries, and then joined Wil and Lyn in attacking the main group of enemies in the forest around the village, before flying off to target an archer. She fails to kill the archer (I misread the damage done by her slim lance) and she nearly gets shot dead, but thankfully dodges all the other foes who attack, and runs off to heal. She then helps deal with a couple brigands near Kent in the southeastern corner of the map, before crossing the map entirely to save Eliwood and Merlinus from the cavalier reinforcements in the northwest. She is then allowed a well earned rest as Lyn and Wil clean up the remaining foes. She then carried Eliwood to Castle Caelin to seize once Bauker fell.
Lyn & Wil: Advanced through the central forest toward Caelin, using the terrain to their advantage to slow their foes and avoid much damage. Wil did surprisingly well with this, being able to crush weaker foes in a single shot with his steel bow, and double a decent number of the slower foes. The two of them met up with Florina for a bit, quickly clearing away a large chunk of the foes before Florina got wounded and had to retreat, and Lyn took her place in the front. Soon enough Lyn also nearly died, but she quickly backed off to heal while Wil mopped up the remaining foes in the forest. After Florina went to assist Eliwood, they charged the castle, quickly smashing the few remaining foes in the area and preparing to take on Bauker.
Bauker: Fell to a concerted effort from Wil and Lyn, steel arrows and the Mani Katti piercing through his sturdy defenses.
Afterwards: Lyn assures Eliwood that she does not blame him for the attack on Caelin, and they prepare to retake Caelin. Hector mentions the preparations to advance, and Eliwood decides to introduce him to Lyn, which sparks a bit of an argument between them. Eliwood breaks it up quickly enough, and they advance into Caelin. Darin meanwhile is surprised at how quickly the party is advancing through his troops, and Hausen implores him to stop his warmongering and seek forgiveness from Eliwood. Ephidel kills Hausen, and notes that due to their contract, both deaths are on Darin's head. Ephidel explains that Lycian, and soon World, domination are still at hand for Darin should he obey, and leads him out of the castle to the Dragon's Gate, leaving his troops behind as a diversion for their escape. Ephidel calls upon Leila to finish Hausen and hide the body, so as to waste more time for the party in their search.
Up Next: Whereabouts Unknown, where we retake Castle Caelin and gain back another old friend.
