You’ll find out that Golagros still has Teta and he went to Zeakden with her. Once you arrive there, you’ll see him threatening to blow up the fort, using Teta as a hostage. The Hokuten Knights, led by your brother Zalbag, arrive to stop him. Golagros threatens to kill Teta right there. Zalbag calls Algus over, and Algus shoots Teta. Zalbag leaves to go search for Wiegraf, leaving Algus to deal with Golagros. The Death Corps soldier hides in the fort. Delita screams at Algus, who proclaims you “traitors” and decides to kill you himself.
Battle Ten: Algus Sadalfas, the Traitor
FFnut’s Notes: I absolutely HATE Algus. Not because he’s hard, but because he’s a BASTARD. Where was I? Oh yeah, the strategy.
Objective: Defeat Algus!
Enemies: Algus (Knight), Knight x 3, Wizard x 2
Guests: Delita
This is dangerous. Focus everything you can on Algus from the beginning. On the bastard’s second turn, he’ll say something to Ramza causing his Brave to drop. Kill him quickly to prevent this.
FFnut’s Notes: There really isn’t much strategy for any of Chapter One except to kill everything, have you noticed? Later on the strategies get a bit more specialized, but nothing too difficult.
END OF CHAPTER ONE
Flashback’s over! Now you’re back to right after Princess Ovelia was kidnapped by Delita one year after the events at Fort Zeakden. The entire first chapter was a flashback, doesn’t that make you feel better? Rad, Alicia, and Lavian from the first battle join your team now and Gafgarion and Agrias join as guests.
II. Chapter Two: The Manipulator And The Subservient
Princess Hunting
Head to Dorter to get into another battle.
FFnut’s Notes: You’re fighting in the actual Dorter this time, not the slums, so don’t be surprised when you get a different battlefield.
Battle Eleven: Deadly Deal
Objective: Defeat All Enemies!
Enemies: Thief x 2, Archer x 2, Wizard x 2
Guests: Gafgarion, Agrias
This nasty battle starts out with a knight offering a thief money to kill you. After haggling over the price a bit, the thief agrees to fight you and the knight leaves. When you show up the thief calls in reinforcements. Apparently, Gafgarion has a reputation of being powerful and this guy is scared.
Gafgarion and Agrias will pound through the enemies, but that doesn’t mean you can slack off. Eliminate the wizards; they’re the greatest threat. After that take out the most dangerous units (probably the archers). You should be fine as long as the wizards don’t fry your team with magic.
The only place Delita could have gone is Bethla Garrison, so go there to try and save Ovelia.
Battle Twelve: Choco-Boco
Objective: Defeat All Enemies! or Save Boco!
Enemies: Black Goblin, Goblin x 5
Guests: Gafgarion, Agrias, Boco (Chocobo)
FFnut’s Notes: You’ll have the choice to make the enemies or the guest your priority again, just like when you first met the little rat Algus. Making Boco your priority raises your Brave, but also means he cannot die or it’s game over. Luckily, these monsters aren’t very strong, so don’t hesitate to try to get your Brave up.
A nice strategy to try in this battle is to get one of your characters to ride Boco (have them move onto the space that Boco is on) so that the goblins can’t hit him. This battle isn’t really too hard, try any of your goblin-killer strategies to finish it quickly.
FFnut’s Notes: Remember I told you that you’d be seeing Wiegraf’s chocobo again? This is him!
Boco will join your team after this battle. Continue to chase down Delita.
FFnut’s Notes: Unequip all of Gafgarion’s equipment, change him to a class he has no skills in (preferably Priest, if you didn’t teach him any White Magic) and make sure he won’t pose a threat to anything he’ll fight. Why? You’ll see…
Battle Thirteen: No Shortage Of Traitors
Objective: Save Princess Ovelia!
Enemies: Gafgarion, Knight x 5
Guests: Agrias, Delita (Holy Knight), Ovelia (Princess)
Just when you thought you couldn’t have any more characters turn on you in this game, Gafgarion decides he’s a bad guy. Luckily, Delita will help you out in this battle. This battle is actually fairly easy; just make sure you focus on one knight at a time (let Delita deal with the further-away knights) and hope that Ovelia doesn’t do anything stupid.
After the battle Delita will leave and Ovelia will join as a guest. Bethla will vanish from the map and you’ll decide to go to Lionel Castle to keep Ovelia safe.
FFnut’s Notes: Unequip Ovelia. She doesn’t fight for the rest of the game; it’s pointless for her to have any equipment on.
Battle Fourteen: Meet Mustadio
Objective: Defeat All Enemies! or Save Mustadio!
Enemies: Archer x 2, Wizard x 2, Knight x 2
Guests: Agrias, Mustadio (Engineer)
FFnut’s Notes: Choosing to save Mustadio will raise your Brave, just like with Boco, but you’ll need to keep him alive to win.
Mustadio is a man from Goug who supposedly has a “Holy Stone” and is running from some guys who work for a man named Rudvich. This battle is fairly tough if you chose to save Mustadio, because the guests in this game are stupid and tend to get themselves killed. The wizards and archers can make life tough, and the knights have powerful attacks if you get too close. Agrias’s Holy Sword can save you from a few problems, and don’t forget to keep Mustadio covered. His gun is powerful, but if they get too close he could be dead quickly.
After the battle, your team talks to Mustadio. He doesn’t want to give you too much information, but he’ll tell you that he wants to meet the Cardinal at Lionel too. He’ll join you as a guest for the time being.
Battle Fifteen: Learn To Fear Bariaus Hill
Objective: Defeat All Enemies!
Enemies: Summoner x 2, Archer x 2, Knight x 2
Guests: Agrias, Mustadio
FFnut’s Notes: Why such a foreboding title for this battle? Bariaus Hill not only houses one of the toughest story battles (this one) in the game, but it’s also the location of a very difficult random battle in Chapter Four.
This battle is a major pain. Don’t be surprised if you have to reset multiple times from death. This battle always seems to shift the largest threat to be from the units that you don’t try to kill. The summoners tend to be very annoying, so try to take them out first. Make sure to give Mustadio and Agrias plenty of cover or they could end up dying very quickly. If your teammates decay and you want to keep them, reset. This battle can take a very long time to complete.
When you get to Lionel, Agrias and Ovelia will stay there while you go with Mustadio to Goug. You’ll also gain some insight to what this “Holy Stone” is. Get to Goug as quickly as possible.
FFnut’s Notes: Here’s a good question; if Goug is far to the west of Lionel, how did he end up at Zaland so far NORTH of Lionel without passing the castle?
Battle Sixteen: Zigolis Zombies
Objective: Defeat All Enemies!
Enemies: Varies, but I had Flotiball, Morbol, Ghoul x 2, Skeleton x 2
Guests: Mustadio
Mustadio will show off his Seal Evil ability here. They’re monsters, so they’re not too big of a deal. Absolute cake compared to the last battle.
After being stalled by these monsters, go to Goug. Once there, Mustadio will leave to find his father and you can check out the stores. Trying to leave will initiate the next battle.
Battle Seventeen: Rudvich’s Greed
Objective: Defeat All Enemies!
Enemies: Summoner x 2, Thief x 2, Archer x 2
Guests: Mustadio (Engineer)
Rudvich will show up with a captured Mustadio. Mustadio will tell you where the stone is – you’ll automatically give it to Rudvich and he’ll leave some soldiers to fight you.
Mustadio will die quickly, so don’t bother reviving him. Take the summoners and thieves early, the thieves will charm your party against itself and the summoners have a nasty bunch of spells. The archers aren’t too much of a threat this time around, so don’t be afraid to ignore them.
Turns out, Mustadio had you give Rudvich a fake stone. He’ll give you the real one and you’ll have to go back to Lionel to save Ovelia and Agrias. Mustadio will join you as a full-time character (meaning you have control of him) now.
FFnut’s Notes: I bet you want to know what the Holy Stone does, eh? As Mustadio would say, “I can’t tell you now.”
FFnut's Notes: Hang on to Mustadio, even if you don't plan on using him. He's required to get a bunch of secret characters later on.
Battle Eighteen: Agrias’ Return
Objective: Save Agrias!
Enemies: Knight x 2, Wizard x 2, Archer x 2
Guests: Agrias (Holy Knight)
At Bariaus Valley, you’ll find Agrias running from some Lionel Knights. This battle isn’t hard at all. Agrias should be perfectly fine, but if her HP gets a little low, you might want to heal her. Nothing out of the ordinary here.
After this, Agrias will join full-time. Her Holy Sword abilities are amazingly powerful, so she’ll serve you well for most of the battles in the game.