The second chapter of Triangle Strategy introduces a few new concepts. The first is exploration events, short scenes where you control Serenoa as he goes rooting through strangers' possessions for items and learning more about his philosophical convictions.

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The chapter also features a fun battle against individuals from one of the other Norzelian countries, and the strategic aspect of the game gets a little deeper as it prepares you for the challenges to come.

Exploration Event: Castle Wolffort

Chapter Two thrusts you immediately into your first exploration event in Triangle Strategy. This is an opportunity to relax for a while and talk to your allies and NPCs. There are items to be found as you explore each location, and some characters will give you Conviction choices.

Today, you'll be exploring the outside of Castle Wolffort intending to locate Lord Dragan. You can talk to him without ending the exploration - you don't actually have to talk to him at all to progress - you can only end the event by pressing the Plus button.

In this walkthrough, every exploration event will be paired with tables showing what items you can acquire, Notes and Information you can learn (stored in the War Chronicle), and Conviction choice outcomes you can get.

Items, Notes, And Information

Conviction Choices

Once you have explored to your heart's content, hit the Plus button and witness the banquet scenes at Castle Wolffort.

Side Story: Whiteholm Castle

This event features some family drama between Roland, Frani, and their sister, Cordelia. It also introduces the mysterious character of Maxwell.

Main Story: Castle Wolffort

Serenoa, Frederica, and Dragan chat about politics and family in this event. You'll get a Conviction choice thrust upon you:

Dragan will prove himself a lightweight, and then it's onto the next scene featuring Lord Symon and Benedict.

Main Story: Castle Wolffort

In this event, you'll get a first look at the Scales of Conviction, an item that will be very important in the future.

Main Story: Whiteholm Castle

This event introduces you to Frederica's half-siblings. They're not very nice.

Once the event is over, you will have access to the Smithy in your Encampment. At the Smithy, you can trade Coins and materials for upgrades to your character's weapons. These can be as simple as attack increases or grant entirely new passive abilities.

Some recommended Smithy upgrades for the characters you currently have to hand are:

• Serenoa: Weapon Damage Up I
• Frederica: Clear Skies, Fire Damage Up
• Geela: Weapon Damage Up I, HP Up I
• Erador: Physical Defense Up I

Exploration Event: Whiteholm Castle

This exploration event is largely similar to what you experienced earlier in the chapter. There is a difference, though - this event introduces the ability to learn Information from NPCs.

Pieces of Information are very important as they can be used to sway characters to your viewpoint during a Voting Event. They will be essential for making sure you get to choose the story path you desire.

This grand banquet is full of people to talk to, but before you're able to explore, Roland asks you a question.

With that out of the way, Roland and Hughette will join your party officially.

• Roland is a great spear-wielding warrior on horseback. He has high mobility, and his weapon can reach two squares.
• Hughette is a hawk rider, which means she can fly up to any height. She's also an archer, and flying up to a high position will improve her damage output.

Now we can explore and pick up what we need to.

Items, Notes, And Information

Conviction Choices

Once you have everything you need, it's time to start the tourney!

Combat Event: Whiteholm Castle

This tourney is only a mock battle, but it's a mock battle that you have to win. After all, you can't let Hyzante embarrass you! After some preamble about the structure of the event, you'll get right down to it.

Battle Overview

This battle is a little step up from the tutorial battle back in Chapter One, but it's still not too tough. This battle is when you're introduced to the Battle Preparation menu. Here, you can decide the placement of your units and even head to the Encampment for last-minute shopping if needed.

I recommend having a few HP Recovery Pellets, as Geela may struggle to heal everyone effectively during this battle - it's a very small battlefield so your weaker units won't have many places to hide.

Whiteholm Castle Battle Strategy

One of the first things you should do is rearrange your units. The important tips here are as follows:

Keep Erador central so he can draw as much damage as possible.

Serenoa and Roland fill out the front line since they're your main damage dealers without ranged attacks.

Put Geela in the center of the back row to ensure she's able to reach any units in need as the battle moves forwards. Keeping her in the back gives her a better position, defensively.

Erador should spend every other turn using Provoke, catching as many enemies as possible within the area of effect. This will draw attacks to him and away from your squishier units, like Frederica and Geela. Keep him topped off with Cure Wounds or Recovery Pellets and he'll prove himself incredibly useful.

Note, however, that Exharme is immune to Fury, as well as Blindness - so don't bother trying to blind him with Hughette. Sorsley, however, is vulnerable to both Fury and Blindness.

Since he's riding a horse, Exharme has an inbuilt vulnerability to spears that makes the weapon deal more damage to him. Of course, Roland has the exact same weakness, so be very wary when trying to take advantage of it. Exharme can give as good as he takes.

Sorsley has the Slumber Stab ability, which has a chance of putting its target to Sleep. This would obviously be a terrible fate for an integral unit, so remember that you should have picked up two Sleep Recovery Pellets in the previous exploration event!

On small battlefields like this one, Frederica shines with Scorch thanks to its area of effect. Try to aim her spells at any groups of bunched-up enemies for huge damage. As a bonus, hitting three or more enemies with the same attack will grant you Kudos!

Anna can attack twice in one turn, which is an extremely helpful skill to have when setting up multiple follow-up attacks. Just place Anna on the other side of an enemy that you're already next to, and you can squeeze four attacks out of her! With backstabs, this ends up being a ton of damage and a ton of Kudos. Just note that Hughette cannot perform follow-up attacks.

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Once the battle is over, revel in your victory and watch the following scenes. Unfortunately, you don't get to control the battle against the Dawnspear - but it's probably for the best. Oh, well. At least that is chapter two of Triangle Strategy complete!

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