Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones: Battlefield- Latro the Grim

A short ROM hack of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. It takes about 3-5 hours to beat and contains 5-6 original chapters. It features all-new characters, story, and map design. Hopefully, it takes the best elements of Fire Emblem's level design and storytelling without the annoying bits.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Download a Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones ROM (Can't tell you where to find it, but Google could help)
2. Use a Patcher like FLIPS to patch the Battlefield- Latro the Grim file onto the Sacred Stones ROM
3. Use a GBA Emulator like VisualBoyAdvance or NO$GBA to play the patched ROM
4. You should be good to play!
(Do note that this hack is designed to be played on normal mode, maybe I'll add a hard mode later idk)

CREDITS:

Original Game- Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd.
Fire Emblem Builder- 7743
Writing, Map Design, Event Programming, Title Screen Subtitle- RKG (Me)
Playtesting- Dad

Portraits:

Ark- MegaCowsamMans
Sabastian- Shriex
Penelope- Its_Just_Jay
Theo- Citrus
Stella- CanDy
Atlas- AmBrosiac
Cora- Armory
Zephyr- Cosimo(?)
Aurelius- Serif
Arabella- CanDy
Vincent- Zeldacrafter
Sharla- Shriex
Lucian- AmBrosiac
Dominic- XPGamesNL
Ruby- Its_Just_Jay
Kaiya- MeatOfJustice
Mateo- MeatOfJustice
Anthony- LaurentLacroix
Orson- Smokeyguy77
Latro- Smokeyguy77

Battle Animations:

Cavailer Bow (Arabella)- DerTheVaporeon, Kao, Aurora
Long Haired Eliwood Reskin (Ark)- Xenith
Female Fighter Reskin (Stella)- Black Mage
Axe Armor (Theo)- TheBlindArcher
Sword Soldier (Penelope)- Arthur Pendragon
Armored Hero Varient (Latro)- Nuramon
Emperor (Aurelius)- TBA, St Jack

Skill Animations:

Star Animations- Slanax
Adept- Mariode
Aegis- Kenpuhu
Aether- Mikey_Seregon
Astra- Mariode
Bane- Mikey-Seregon
Black Magic- Mikey_Seregon
Falling Star- SHYUTERz
Ignis- Mikey_Seregon
Impale- Mikey_Seregon
Luna- Mikey_Seregon
Pavise- Mikey-Seregon
Sky- SHYUTERz
Sol- Mariode
Vengnace Alt- SHYUTERz

Misc:

Status Screen- Sme
Fighter (F) Class Card- Pikmin, flasuban, Jj09
Battle Screen- Sokaballa
Army of Grannvale 2 (Aurelius' March)- SurfingKyogre
Male Lord Sword Map Sprite- Teraspark
Female Fighter Map Sprite- Alusq

CHANGE LOG:

v1.21

Script:

Fixed various typos

Maps:

Fixed visual element in Chapter 4
Fixed symmetry error on Zephyr's position in Chapter 4

v1.2

Maps:
Added new visual elements to Chapter 3, 4, and 5
Fixed the symmetry error in Chapter 5
Added purchaseable javelins in Chapter 3

Balancing:
Changed position of the central pegasus knight in Chapter 4
Adjusted enemy positions to fix symmetry error in Chapter 5
Changed two pegasus knights equipment from Spears to Javelins in Chapter 3

Characters:

Changed bases and growths of Ark, Sabastian, Theo, Penelope, Arabella, Cora, Stella
Removed Aid calculation difference between males and females
Changed Sabastian and Penelope's positions in Chapter 2

v1.1

Maps:

Added new visual elements to Chapter 1, 2, and 3
Reduced the size of Chapter 2
Changed turns to win in Chapter 2 from 13 to 11 and the timing of several events to fit the new map size
Removed trees in Chapter 3 to help speed up the map

Balancing:

Gave cavalry and flying units the "Watchful" skill, preventing them from being captured
Added turn limits to continous reinforcements in Chapter 3, 4, and 4x
Increased levels of enemies in Chapter 3
Changed skill of a Fighter enemy in Chapter 3 after removing trees
Changed weapons of serveral enemies in Chapter 2 and 3

Characters:

Changed bases and growths of Ark, Penelope, Theo, Aurelius, Lucian, Mateo, and Kaiya
Sabastian starting equipment now includes a Vulnerary
Minor changes to Ark, Penelope, Sabastian, Theo, and Aurelius' palettes
Major change to Kaiya's palette

Script:

Added a cutscene in Chapter 1 to establish the setting better
Added new dialogue to the intro of Chapter 2 to foreshadow reinforcements and establish the goal
Added new dialogue to Aurelius' intro to foreshadow civilian reinforcements

Database match: Fire Emblem - The Sacred Stones (USA, Australia)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20210227-023848)
File/ROM SHA-1: C25B145E37456171ADA4B0D440BF88A19F4D509F
File/ROM CRC32: A47246AE