Island Avalon

Size: 3x3 (Medium) Overall Terrain: Mountainous island 24 Hour Speed: Normal Stage Music: Thunder Overall Difficulty: 3 Stage Boss: Gares

City & Roshian Temple Information Cities (10) Hidden Cities (0) Roshian Temples (3) Buried Treasure (3) Baingoin   RT #1: NW of Gontak 1) W of Rajin; at the very Rebel Base   RT #2: Slightly SW of W edge of the same Amad   Tomayang island the town is on Boss Castle   RT #3 (H): Right in the 2) SE of Taljin; right at Galyasa   middle of the map; just S the indentation in the Slightly NW of Baingoin   of where the river ends cliffs at the water’s edge Gelze     3) SE corner of the map; N of Galyasa     on the largest island Gontak (Shop)       NE of Baingoin         Jisshian       E of Taljin; on the island         Man’ G / Mang       NE of Gontak         Rajin       On the island along the N       top of the map         Taljin         NE of Man’ G         Tomayang         SE of Amad

Stage Shop Wares

Gontak “CURE” (Cure Potion) 400 Goth “HEAL” (Cure Stone) 700 Goth “BELL” (Dinner Bell) 2,000 Goth “SUMMONS” (Mass Summons) 3,000 Goth “PEARL” (Black Pearl) 82,000 Goth

Who really knows why the “PEARL” (Black Pearl) is being sold at all! It does nothing for you, and if you forgave Deneb after beating her on Deneb’s Garden, you will get a free one from her if you drop by her stage during a return visit. Utterly pointless...

Neutral Encounters

LV: 10 Angel LV: 10 Mermaid LV: 10 Octopus Ocean; along the bottom Shallows Ocean

There are two brand new faces to search for on this one. Angels are a great class to put into your city liberating units.  Comparatively, Mermaids are great to use in Water terrain units.  Make sure you find some Angels, and seek out only Mermaids if you want to make Water terrain units.

Enemy Units

Different Types of Units: 7 Total Enemy Unit Deployed: 20 Enemy Level Threshold: 8 - 11 Unit# 8-1

You’ve got a slightly lighter load to face off against.  But that doesn’t mean they are easy!  There are also some debuts of new characters in enemy units that you have not fought against before. Don't let  it rattle you. Since this stage is an island, don't be surprised to see some enemy Water terrain units, along with some flying units.  All of the units except for Unit# 8-2 & Unit# 8-4 are tough, so make sure that your units are in top shape!

Beat The Stage!

Prologue:  Gares, the first-born child of Empress Endora, is stationed in the capital of Amad.  He once had a sense of justice, but was transformed by Rashidi’s magic into the fearsome Black Knight you know see.  He is stationed here because it's the center of Zenobia’s religious life, and the Empire wants to control and suppress this region. This Black Knight has already killed Foris, a high priest, and is insisting the others obey the Empire. The churches ignore him, and Gares is ready to strike!

For this stage, the main terrain is a large island surrounded by water.  You have lots of water to try and navigate around and across because there are some smaller minor islands around that you will want to visit. You will want to liberate the hidden Roshian Temple in the middle of the stage as soon as possible, because there you will meet Aisha, who will join your party.  Also, it is a great place to let your mountain troops sit and heal, while other units push onward.

Deployment Time!
There are quite a number of places that you need to deploy your troops.  You will need to send some through water, some through the mountains, and other to liberate towns.  So, send city liberators north towards the towns of Galyasa & Gelze, and east towards Man’ G & Taljin.  Canopus should be the unit to take the hidden Roshian Temple, because he won’t have any mountain restrictions with his unit’s High Sky terrain type. He can get in and get out fast.  He will more than likely meet some opposition before he gets there, however, so leave him lurking around behind your wave of fighting troops, until the coast is clear.  A unit or two patrolling around in the water is not a bad idea, as they can run around & above the main island, and wait right near the boss castle to spy. Lastly, send all of your fighting units northeast towards the boss castle of Amad.  Lyon, with his Red Dragons, will be pretty useful in the interior mountain ranges, but watch out for his Charisma & Alignment.  Your Opinion Leader can liberate Gontak, but that should be it. Have him hang back on this stage.  More so than ever, you need a unit on your main base at all times, because a sneaky enemy water or flying unit will attack here from time to time...

Step 1:  Luckily, the shop town of Gontak is right near your main base, so you can get it quickly under your control.  If you need to refill on any curative items, it should be no problem. You do not want any of the fighting to leave the mountains, because that is where all of your fighting units are at, and it could be difficult to corral any enemy units that break free.  Of course, every now and then it's not a bad idea to have a city liberator fight, but getting them too used to it will make them less likely to promote to better classes... Besides, these city liberating units get there fair share of contact this stage. You will probably have some fighting in the water as well, as your Water units and Gilbert should try and intercept any attempts on your main base.

Step 2:  By about now, you should be liberating the hidden Roshian Temple in the middle of the map. Here, you will meet the daughter of the monk Foris, and her name is Aisha.  if you recall, that was the name of the monk that Gares killed before you arrived.  She wishes to rid this land of Gares and get her revenge!  (Peculiar thing for a holy hottie like her to seek such a bloodthirsty revenge...)  So, agree to let her join your rebellion, and she’s in your army for good! The interesting thing is that there seems to be no real requirements to get Aisha to join.  Basically, all you have to do is visit this temple before you beat the stage, regardless of your Reputation, items, or Opinion Leader attributes. What a sweet deal! Put her to work right away, because you need her to beat the boss of the stage!  Well, not necessarily need, but may as well let her get some of her aggression out on the murderer of her mother!  It will take some time for a unit with Aisha in it to make it all the way to Amad, so you had better get started as soon as possible...

Ally!

Step 3:  You will probably want to reorganize her unit and make it more fight worthy. One thing that will surely help is if you have any “CROWNS” (Dream Crowns) in your inventory! Turning her into a Princess is something that you will most definitely want to do at some point! As Aisha makes her way to the stage confrontation, keep moving towards Amad with all of your units, and keep liberate the cities that are still under enemy control.  Once you are able to liberate the town of Tomayang and R.T. #2 nearby, you have this stage under your thumb.  The girl, who will push Gares around, is Aisha!

Fight It Out!!

Boss Time!

Gares Dark Prince HP 162 LV 12 STR 124 CHA 59 AGI 111 ALI 46 INT 104 LUK 57   LV: 10 Black Dragon LV: 12 Dark Prince       LV: 10 Black Dragon   2 Direct, 2 Targeted, & 2 Hit-All

Last stage’s boss battle was a challenge.  The boss battle for this stage is flat out tough! This will be your toughest boss fight yet.  He has the most Hit Points out of any previous boss so far, and the most deadliest attack you have ever seen so far.  It is called Evil Ring, which is a Black based attack that does a buttloada damage to everyone in your unit!! It is identical to the attack of a Tiamat when placed in the Back Row, by the way. You should have a topnotch unit here, but it should have Aisha as the leader if you can at all help it; don't forget that!  I would most definitely advise using as many Tarot Cards as possible! The must-use ones being the ”World” card to protect against the lethal attack of Gares.  To take it to him, and use the “Judgment” & ”Justice” cards for damage. A “Fool” card would be helpful if you are having trouble getting rid of the Black Dragons.  Gares is weakest to both of these elemental attacks, so let him have it! Once you beat him, he will run away like a little girl.  Don’t worry, though, as you will meet with Gares again, you can bet on it...

Available Items

The only thing at all on this stage is a Zodiac Stone.

SNES Name: EMERALD Selling Price: 5 Goth PSX / Full Name: Emerald Buying Price: - - Description: “The fifth stone of the Zodiac.  Signifies leadership.”

Aftermath

Come back when you have the “TABLET” (Tablet of Yaru), which will be much much later...  Also, there s bit of interesting information at the former boss castle of Amad.

1) At the town of Amad, you will discover from the people that Tristran is on a mission to attack the Empire.  However, the people fear that it is a death-wish, and they want you to stop and help him out. I believe that you will only get this message if you have the “KEY” (Key of Destiny), but I'm not entirely sure...

2) Visit the R. T. #3; Aisha’s temple, and if you have the “TABLET” (Tablet of Yaru), the messenger of the Gods will present you with the “EMERALD” (Emerald), which is the fifth stone of the Zodiac.