like a star, like a firefly

I read on AG that there's a specific strategy you need to use, and even that only helps you avoid the wrong spots. Definitely recruiting Byleth there, though. And on Golden Wildfire.

NICE. Jeritza was instrumental in taking out the bosses, I might've sent Ferdinand over to the paladins. (I made him a Wyvern Lord because a flier is always nice to have.)

I dunno, I seem to be at the point where even the short battles are getting tougher; at the very least, the game is throwing hints that I ought to promote more units into master classes as soon as I can. Physic is a bloody lifesaver with its huge radius, though; besides the natural healers, I went out of my way to make sure Hapi and Dorothea learned it early on too, and I'm glad I did.

That will help, yes. Master classes give people quite the boost - I was gonna keep Petra an Assassin, but Trickster's been even better for her.