Fire Emblem Three Houses: Cindered Shadows - How To Start The DLC And Recruit The Ashen Wolves

How do you recruit the Ashen Wolves characters from Cindered Shadows into Fire Emblem: Three Houses?

Though Cindered Shadows is a separate storyline, the characters introduced in the DLC - the four Ashen Wolves - and their respective classes can be used in your main playthroughs.

To recruit the Ashen Wolves in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, you must play through the DLC until certain points in the side story, where specific characters will unlock.

• Constance is able to be recruited once you complete Chapter 2 of the Cindered Shadows side story
• Balthus is able to be recruited once you complete Chapter 4 of the Cindered Shadows side story
• Hapi is able to be recruited once you complete Chapter 5 of the Cindered Shadows side story
• Yuri is able to be recruited once you complete Chapter 6 of the Cindered Shadows side story

Once you have them unlocked, load up a save in the original game and you should get a notification telling you about a shady merchant that resides near your personal quarters.

Talking to this man will let you travel to the town of Abyss and recruit the Ashen Wolves.

Meanwhile, the new Trickster, War Monk / Cleric, Dark Flier and Valkyrie classes unlock once you complete Chapter 1 of Cindered Shadows. However to use them, you must be level 20, have the correct certification for that class, and have an Abyssian Exam Pass. This can only be acquired in Abyss.

Finally, completing the DLC will reward you with 10,000 Renown and Chalice of Beginnings item - which "nullifies extra effectiveness" and "allows counterattacks at any range".

These unlocks will affect all playthroughs - so you only need to play through the DLC once for them to appear in every current and subsequent save file.

Once an Ashen Wolves member has joined your House, they can be take part in activities and taken into battles, just like any other student. They will also stay with you for the remainder of the game.

We assume they will have the same character events - such as the Goddess Tower, as well as paralogues - as other characters, and not be like Anna, who can join your house, but doesn't have any supports or events outside of her paralogue.

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