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* HopelessBossFight: Like Embla's Ward from Book I, Surtr is equipped with a special Sacred Seal (Múspellflame) that makes him completely immune to damage. That said, he's an armoured unit that (usually) only moves one space at a time, so HoldingTheLine is much easier.

Paralogues are individual chapters set outside of the main story mode, often tied to the Special Heroes banners of the game, though occasionally they involve characters from New Heroes events. Xenologues are special chapters that tie directly to the main story, but (check if they're connected to new banners)

(Sort by Year, in chronological update order. Will probably put this on its own separate page because there's 65 paralogues at the time of drafting.)

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* PlayboyBunny: Many of the female units are dressed in provocative rabbit costumes.

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!Forging Bonds

Introduced in August 2018, Forging Bonds are special events where characters from a New Heroes banner will have short side stories showing them interacting with other characters in the Order.

[[folder: 2018]]

!!Defending Ylisse (Awakening)

Summary of the Forging Bond event. Will probably put this on its own separate page too.

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!Tempest Trials

Introduced in December 2017, Tempest Trials revolve around the titular Tempest, a breach in time and space that warps worlds and causes universes to clash. Masked Marth recruits Heroes to stop it by defeating the boss unit created by the Tempest.

[[folder: 2017-2018]]

!!Dark Clouds Over Awakening

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* AlternateSelf: The Tempest brings together alternate worlds and timelines, as Female Robin points out when talking to her male counterpart.
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Every book's OriginalGeneration characters and key art are drawn by a single artist, Kozaki Yusuke for Books I, III, V and VI, Maeshima Shigeki for Book II, and Yoshiku for Book IV.

* LittleBitBeastly: Ash, the retainer to the god Askr, can transform into a bovine Beast, and has fluffy ears and a long tail in her humanoid form.

Every book's OriginalGeneration characters and key art are drawn by a single artist. So far, all odd-numbered books (I, III, and V) are drawn by Kozaki Yusuke, and all even-numbered books are drawn by unique guest artists (II by Maeshima Shigeki, and IV by Yoshiku).

!Paralogues and Xenologues (to be split into its own page)

Paralogues are individual chapters set outside of the main story mode, often tied to the Special Heroes banners of the game, though occasionally they involve characters from New Heroes events. Xenologues are special chapters that tie directly to the main story, but (check if they're connected to new banners)

(Sort by Year, in chronological update order. Will probably put this on its own separate page because there's 65 paralogues at the time of drafting.)

!!Tropes That Apply to Paralogues in General:
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Several Paralogues during Book I and Book II are linked to New Heroes banners, and play out exactly like the earlier Book I chapters, with Veronica interacting with Heroes of another world and the Order being called to break to their contracts. Since Book III, however, Paralogues are almost exclusively linked to Special Heroes banners, and rarely have any connection to the main story plot.
* HolidayMode: The season staple paralogues for Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter, often involve heroes wearing bunny outfits, swimsuits, Halloween, or Christmas-themed costumes respectively.
* LighterAndSofter: Though hardly without its own share of drama or angst, since becoming largely linked to seasonal alts, Paralogues rarely have the same gravity or stakes as the Book stories do.
* MoodWhiplash: The release schedule usually alternates between the New Heroes banners attached to the story mode, and the Special Heroes banners attached to Paralogues, and though it's understood that the Paralogues are happening outside of the timeline of the Books, it doesn't make it any less jarring when the characters are facing a WhamEpisode in the main story, and then having their usual seasonal hijinks in a Paralogue. Special mention goes to the December banners, which herald the start of a new main story arc but is immediately followed up by the festive Christmas and New Years banners.

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* PlayboyBunny: Many of the female units are dressed in provocative rabbit costumes.

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!Forging Bonds

Introduced in August 2018, Forging Bonds are special events where characters from a New Heroes banner will have short side stories showing them interacting with other characters in the Order.

[[folder: 2018]]

!!Defending Ylisse (Awakening)

Summary of the Forging Bond event. Will probably put this on its own separate page too.

!!Tropes:

* AmbiguousSituation:

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!!Defending Ylisse

Work-in-progress Recap page for VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes in an attempt to organise one-off tropes from the main page.

!Main Story

!Paralogues and Xenologues

* BookEnds: In the opening cinematic the Alfonse that would become known as Líf is forced to watch Hel kill Sharena, with Sharena and him both doing a Futile Hand Reach towards each other before the fatal blow. In the ending cinematic, the exact same thing happens again with our version of Alfonse and Sharena, though this time Hel is stopped by Eir. Interestingly, Hel attempting to kill our version of Sharena is not something that happens in the story itself.

* Bookends: The arc ends with you fighting a slightly souped-up version of Loki and the team she fought you with at the beginning of the book, on the exact same map to boot.

* FoodChains: Those who drink the nectar of the gods will become "the heroes called to save the land of dreams, (...)But those who drink the nectar will never...ever...return." It is eventually revealed that the alfr Peony, Triandra, Plumeria, and Mirabilis were once human children who drank this nectar. Sharena was offered it as a young child, but refused it and ran away instead.

* HopelessBossFight: Ike in Chapter 10-1 of Book I is impossible to defeat since he is equipped with a special Sacred Seal (Embla's Ward) that makes him completely immune to damage. He will seek the player's units out, and the only way the player can deal with him is to avoid him entirely before successfully [[HoldTheLine surviving a specific number of turns]].
* MagicallyBindingContract: The reason why you fight all the Heroes in the story. Heroes defeated by the Emblian Empire must agree to the contract, which states that they must serve the empire, or they'll presumably be killed. However, the contract is null and void if someone else defeats them in combat. A majority of Book I (and a few Paralogues) focuses on freeing the Heroes from the Empire's contracts. From Book II onwards, the plot is less focused on the contracts, although some Heroes (i.e. Regular Micaiah, Sacred Memories Eirika, Exalted Chrom, Kaze) still comment on them.

** Book I Chapter 10 begins with Veronica directly invading Askr with Heroes from the World of Radiance, and the Askr trio are actually unnerved by the idea of facing Ike and his group. This time, Veronica somehow obtained a seal that makes Heroes invincible and until it wears off, the Summoner's units can't damage Ike at all. In the last chapter, the Summoner and the Askr trio follow the Heroes of Radiance into their world, and just as they claim victory the gateway between the worlds begins to close, and the player ends up temporarily trapped and very nearly killed by Veronica, only managing to return to Askr due to a timely rescue by Zacharias. Not only is this a shift in tone for the main story, but it's also a Wham Episode from a gameplay standpoint; this chapter had new objectives, such as surviving the battle for 6 turns and having a limited amount of time to defeat all enemies.
** Book I Chapter 11 has a big story revelation at the chapter's end: Bruno states that he killed Zacharias and next on his list is Anna, Alfonse, Sharena, and you.
** Book I Chapter 12 one-ups it again by revealing that Bruno possibly ''is'' Zacharias, and he's either suffering from DemonicPossession or is otherwise NotHimself.

* AnyoneCanDie: It's here that the trope comes into effect, with Gunnthra as the first on-screen death of the game.

* ChekhovsGun: At the beginning of Chapter 4: Part 2 in Book II, the village the heroes saved from the previous chapter gives Alfonse some special colored hay that is stated to be handy if they need a quick signal fire. Cut to the end of Chapter 4, where said village is threatened to be burned down by Surtr. The village is saved when Alfonse burns the hay as a signal fire, warning the village to evacuate before Surtr can do harm to anyone.

* HopelessBossFight: Surtr in a few Book II maps is impossible to defeat since he is equipped with a special Sacred Seal (Múspellflame) that makes him completely immune to damage. He will the player's units out, and the only way the player can deal with him is to avoid him entirely before successfully [[HoldTheLine surviving a specific number of turns]].
* HumanSacrifice: The Rite of Flame and Rite of Frost from Book II require a human sacrifice to work. Surtr was going to sacrifice Veronica to increase his power, while Laegjarn uses it to fight the heroes, which leaves her with hours to live. Fjorm uses the Rite of Frost to empower Breidablik by offering herself as the sacrifice. Like Laegjarn, the Rite has left her with a limited amount of time, but so far it hasn't killed her.
* MirroredConfrontationShot: [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/fireemblem/images/4/48/Fire_Emblem_Heroes_Book_II_Wallpaper.png The key art for Book II]] has Fjorm and Surtr staring at each other in the background, and Alfonse, Sharena, and the summoner facing Laevatein, Loki, and Veronica in the foreground.
* SadisticChoice: Surtr presents Alfonse with one in Chapter 4 of Book II. Since the gate to Nifl is rapidly closing, Surtr threatens to burn down an Askran village if the prince decides to enter Nifl, or he could save the village at the cost of being able to enter the ice kingdom. [[ScrewYourUltimatum Luckily, Alfonse is able to signal to his people to flee the area before Surtr can burn it down, and is able to do this before the gate to Nifl closes.]]
* TakeAThirdOption: Surtr in Book II gives Alfonse a choice: stay and fight a hopeless battle that will surely get him killed, or flee and let Surtr massacre an Askran village instead. Alfonse chooses to flee to Nifl, but not before secretly using a smoke signal to warn the villagers to evacuate.

** Book II Chapter 7 gets very dark near the end where Surtr actually burns Gunnthrá to death in front of the heroes, making Gunnthrá the first character in the game to actually die in the story.
** Book II Chapter 8: Surtr officially turns on Veronica, overpowers Xander and leaves him for dead, and forcibly takes control of Veronica's Hero Contracts before ordering her sent to Múspell to become a HumanSacrifice. In addition, it is heavily, ''heavily'' implied that Fjorm is now slowly dying as a result of the Rite of Frost needed to defeat Surtr. It was later proven true at end of Book II, where Hríd said that just like the Rite of Flames, the Rite of Frost also requires a sacrifice.

* BadFuture: In Chapters 7 and 8 of Book III, the ruined Askr that the heroes explore turns out to be this. The Order of Heroes in this realm discovered a way to defeat Hel, which resulted in the end of all life in the kingdom. It is also revealed that "Líf" isn't the resurrected first Askran king, but in fact the Alfonse of the future, who enlisted under Hel in exchange for having his memories and grief erased.

* RedHerring: The intro for Book III implies that Sharena will die in Book III. While it does happen, it's actually [[AlternateSelf "Líf's" Sharena.]]
* SpoilerOpening: The intro of Book III shows Sharena getting killed by Hel in front of her brother Alfonse. It's actually Sharena from an alternate timeline, and her death causes Alfonse to snap and become "Líf".
* StealthPun: The intro of Book III shows off characters from Hel, the land of the dead. Later on in the intro, the music changes to metal music. Specifically, Death Metal.

** Book III Chapter 4: Alfonse has been cursed by Hel with 9 days left to live. Eir explains to the party that there is no escaping the death curse, and Gustav appears to be accepting of Alfonse's death. The Askrans are determined to spend Alfonse's last days trying to kill Hel and break the curse, to no avail. After 9 days pass, Hel comes to kill Alfonse, but Gustav, the king of Askr, pulls a HeroicSacrifice at the last second and is murdered by Hel, branding Alfonse as the new king.

* AmbiguousSituation: Sharena as an alfr (elaborate later)

The fifth Book of the game, running from December 2020 to November 2021. See the opening cinematic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGWIV-4Ipiw here]], midpoint cinematic here, and ending cinematic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f48FOLHcILY here in English]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f48FOLHcILY here in Japanese]].

On AprilFoolsDay, a video of Reginn and Fafnir dancing to a remix of the book's theme was released here.

The first Book of the game, running from the game's launch until September 2017. See the opening cinematic here.

The second Book of the game, running from December 2017 to November 2018. See the opening cinematic here, and the Chibi Playhouse recap here.

The third Book of the game, running from December 2018 to November 2019. See the opening cinematic here, midpoint cinematic here in English and here in Japanese, and ending cinematic here in English and here in Japanese.

The fourth Book of the game, running from December 2019 to November 2020. See the opening cinematic here, midpoint cinematic here, and ending cinematic here in English and here in Japanese.

The fifth Book of the game, running from December 2020 to November 2021. See the opening cinematic here, midpoint cinematic here, and ending cinematic here in English and here in Japanese.

** Book II Chapter 8: Surtr officially turns on Veronica, overpowers Xander and leaves him for dead, and forcibly takes control of Veronica's Hero Contracts before ordering her sent to Múspell to become a HumanSacrifice. In addition, it is heavily, ''heavily'' implied that Fjorm is now slowly dying as a result of the Rite of Frost needed to defeat Surtr. It was later proven true at end of Book II, where Hríd said that just like the Rite of Flames, the Rite of Frost also requires a sacrifice]].

** Book I Chapter 10 begins with Veronica [[spoiler:directly invading Askr with Heroes from the World of Radiance, and the Askr trio are actually unnerved by the idea of facing Ike and his group. This time, Veronica somehow obtained a seal that makes Heroes invincible and until it wears off, the Summoner's units can't damage Ike at all.]] In the last chapter, the Summoner and the Askr trio follow the Heroes of Radiance into their world, and just as they claim victory [[spoiler:the gateway between the worlds begins to close, and the player ends up temporarily trapped and very nearly killed by Veronica, only managing to return to Askr due to a timely rescue by Zacharias.]] Not only is this a shift in tone for the main story, but it's also a Wham Episode from a gameplay standpoint; this chapter had new objectives, such as surviving the battle for 6 turns and having a limited amount of time to defeat all enemies.
** Book I Chapter 11 has a big story revelation at the chapter's end: [[spoiler:Bruno states that he killed Zacharias and next on his list is Anna, Alfonse, Sharena, and you.]]
** Book I Chapter 12 one-ups it again by revealing that [[spoiler:Bruno possibly ''is'' Zacharias, and he's either suffering from DemonicPossession or is otherwise NotHimself]].

* HateSink: As Book II goes on, it becomes clear that Surtr is designed to be this. Anything that comes out of his mouth is more or less how much he loves the sight of people burning, suffering and [[HopeCrusher despairing]], and he'll do everything to make those happen for his own amusement and then rub the salt in his victims' wounds. He comes off as an [[InvincibleVillain invincible]] GenericDoomsdayVillain as he's NighInvulnerable and has very little depth compared to other villains in the franchise. He also kills [[spoiler:Gunnthrá in cold blood in front of her sister. Finally, just as the heroes think they've killed him for good, he instantly comes BackFromTheDead, rendering their efforts thus far futile, taunts them even further, and is given more time to rile up the players by doing more evil acts up until his death at the end of Book II.]]

* SadisticChoice: Surtr presents Alfonse with one in Chapter 4 of Book II. Since the gate to Nifl is rapidly closing, Surtr threatens to burn down an Askran village if the prince decides to enter Nifl, or he could save the village at the cost of being able to enter the ice kingdom. [[spoiler:[[ScrewYourUltimatum Luckily, Alfonse is able to signal to his people to flee the area before Surtr can burn it down, and is able to do this before the gate to Nifl closes.]]]]
* TakeAThirdOption: Surtr in Book II gives Alfonse a choice: stay and fight a hopeless battle that will surely get him killed, or flee and let Surtr massacre an Askran village instead. Alfonse chooses [[spoiler:to flee to Nifl, but not before secretly using a smoke signal to warn the villagers to evacuate]].

** Book II Chapter 7 gets very dark near the end [[spoiler:where Surtr actually burns Gunnthrá to death in front of the heroes, making Gunnthrá the first character in the game to actually die in the story.]]
** Book II Chapter 8: [[spoiler:Surtr officially turns on Veronica, overpowers Xander and leaves him for dead, and forcibly takes control of Veronica's Hero Contracts before ordering her sent to Múspell to become a HumanSacrifice. In addition, it is heavily, ''heavily'' implied that Fjorm is now slowly dying as a result of the Rite of Frost needed to defeat Surtr.]] [[spoiler:It was later proven true at end of Book II, where Hríd said that just like the Rite of Flames, the Rite of Frost also requires a sacrifice]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the Aether Raids intro, Alfonse name drops Líf, the first king of Askr. Guess who shows up as one of the antagonists of Book III? [[Spoiler:Subverted, it's not the actual Líf himself, but an alternate Alfonse naming himself after the first king of Askr.]]
* {{Irony}}: We are introduced with a [[EnemyMine temporary alliance]] between Veronica and the Order of Heroes. Even with Veronica temporarily allying with them, they still face contracted heroes under Líf. As learned from Chapter 8, [[spoiler:"Líf" is an AlternateSelf of Alfonse, meaning that Alfonse is the one issuing contracts, while Veronica isn't at this point]].
* RedHerring: The intro for Book III implies that [[spoiler:Sharena will die in Book III. While it does happen, it's actually [[AlternateSelf "Líf's" Sharena.]]]]
* SpoilerOpening: The intro of Book III shows Sharena getting killed by Hel in front of her brother Alfonse. [[spoiler:It's actually Sharena from an alternate timeline, and her death causes Alfonse to snap and become "Líf".]]

** The Feh Channel broadcast in November 2018 has one announcing Book III, showing [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3AkRm6vjDM the text "That day, the light died]].", before showing Sharena injured, crying, and reaching out to someone.]]
** The video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3P4Fbmf0D8 Remembering Book I & II]] on the official Nintendo Mobile channel has one showing [[spoiler:the continuation of last Book III teaser, with Alfonse with his back to the camera in a castle hallway, standing and looking upon two people on the floor, heavily implied to be dead.]]
* VillainSong: Though it doesn't become obvious until several chapters in, Book III's boss theme is one [[spoiler:for "Líf", explaining his motivations for serving Hel.]]

** Book III Chapter 4: [[spoiler:Alfonse has been cursed by Hel with 9 days left to live. Eir explains to the party that there is no escaping the death curse, and Gustav appears to be accepting of Alfonse's death. The Askrans are determined to spend Alfonse's last days trying to kill Hel and break the curse, to no avail. After 9 days pass, Hel comes to kill Alfonse, but Gustav, the king of Askr, pulls a HeroicSacrifice at the last second and is murdered by Hel, branding Alfonse as the new king.]]
** Book III Chapter 8: [[spoiler:The Askr trio learns that the Sharena of the alternate Askr they've arrived in is dead, and that the cost to defeat Hel would kill nearly all life. Alfonse realizes that "Líf" is, in fact, the alternate Alfonse.]]

* OrWasItADream: [[spoiler:The ending reveals that none of the events actually happened - in the real world, at least. The World of Dreams was indeed turned upside down by the battle with Freyja, but the encounter with Loki at the beginning of Book IV ''hadn't actually happened yet''. Despite this, Sharena comes out of the experience with the parting gift that Peony gave her, and Peony herself shows up in the real world at the end. Meanwhile, Loki is implied to know what really happened.]]
* TheStinger: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAyc77Z7H2s Book IV Ending Movie video]] shows [[spoiler:"Líf" and "Thrasir" inviting both Triandra and Plumeria to the abode of gods to have their wish to revive Freyja come true, before a metal leg stomps on the ground in a rocky landscape covered in smoke, with having "Líf" warn Alfonse about the Niðavellir, the home of the Norse Dwarves, called "Dvergar" in ''Heroes'', while FreakyElectronicMusic plays.]]

** Book IV Chapter 11: [[spoiler:Sharena was originally supposed to be an álfr like Peony and Triandra, but abandoned the World of Dreams, Sharena could possibly be a Changeling and might not actually be Alfonse's sister after getting her memories of the World of Dreams back, and Alfonse figures out that they did not really wake up and are in another layer of dreams after being chased by Freyja in the "real world".]]
** Book IV Chapter 12 drops one of the biggest bombs in the entire story: [[spoiler:The Alfonse that was there through the entirety of Book IV is actually the summoner, dreaming as they were Alfonse. The real Alfonse died after his final encounter with Hel.]] [[spoiler:Subverted in the next chapter when it turns out Freyja was lying her ass off.]]

** The final line of Book IV Chapter 12. [[spoiler:The next chapter reveals she's lying through her teeth.]]
--->'''Freyja:''' I don't suppose you CAN remember what happened... If you could recall, the dream would likely collapse. Be that as it may, the truth is that this mortal you care so much for, Prince Alfonse, defeated death... [[spoiler:And with that, He Who Created Everything, Alfaðör, has decided... Prince Alfonse could no longer be allowed to exist. [...] Prince Alfonse is gone. You will never see him again!]]

--->[[spoiler:'''"Líf":''' On your guard, Alfonse... Niðavellir is at hand.]]

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* HolidayMode: The season staple paralogues for Spring, Summer, and Winter, often involve heroes wearing bunny outfits, swimsuits, or Christmas-themed costumes respectively.

In 2019 and 2020, the game had a crossover event with ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'':

The story mode is split into "books" containing thirteen chapters, beginning in December of every year with two chapters, then one chapter a month thereafter until completing in November. At the start of every book, an '''opening movie''' is published, animated in 3D (though with an occasional ArtShift to 2D) and generally setting up the book's conflict. From Book III onwards, there is a '''midpoint movie''' that releases around Chapter 7, and an '''ending movie''' after the book ends.

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The third Book of the game, running from December 2018 to November 2019. All original characters are drawn by Yusuke Kozaki. See the opening cinematic here, midpoint cinematic here in English and here in Japanese, and ending cinematic here in English and here in Japanese.

The fourth Book of the game, running from December 2019 to November 2020. All original characters are drawn by Yoshiku. See the opening cinematic here, midpoint cinematic here, and ending cinematic here in English and here in Japanese.

The fifth Book of the game, running from December 2020 to November 2021. All original characters are drawn by Yusuke Kozaki. See the opening cinematic here, midpoint cinematic here, and ending cinematic here in English and here in Japanese.

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->'''A world with two kingdoms: the Emblian Empire, which wishes to rule all worlds, and the Askran Kingdom, which stands in its way.'''

The first Book of the game, running from the game's launch until September 2017. All original characters are drawn by Yusuke Kozaki. See the opening cinematic here.

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The second Book of the game, running from December 2017 to November 2018. All original characters are drawn by Maeshima Shigeki. See the opening cinematic here, and the Chibi Playhouse recap here.

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Sort by Year, in chronological update order. Will probably put this on its own separate page because there's 65 paralogues at the time of drafting.

[[folder: Paralogue 1: Family Bonds]]

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!!Tropes:

* AmbiguousSituation:

Dragalia Lost crossover stuff

The second Book of the game, with all original characters drawn by Maeshima Shigeki. See the opening cinematic here, and the Chibi Playhouse recap here.

The third Book of the game, with all original characters drawn by Yusuke Kozaki. See the opening cinematic here, midpoint cinematic here in English and here in Japanese, and ending cinematic here in English and here in Japanese.

The first Book of the game, with all original characters drawn by Yoshiku. See the opening cinematic here, midpoint cinematic here, and ending cinematic here in English and here in Japanese.

The fifth Book of the game, with all original characters drawn by Yusuke Kozaki. See the opening cinematic here, midpoint cinematic here, and ending cinematic here in English and here in Japanese.

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Sort by Year, in chronological update order

Summary of the Forging Bond event.

* ChekovsGun: At the beginning of Chapter 4: Part 2 in Book II, the village the heroes saved from the previous chapter gives Alfonse some special colored hay that is stated to be handy if they need a quick signal fire. Cut to the end of Chapter 4, where said village is threatened to be burned down by Surtr. The village is saved when Alfonse burns the hay as a signal fire, warning the village to evacuate before Surtr can do harm to anyone.

* AmbiguousSituation:

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