Fire Emblem is a difficult series, I don't know if you guys have heard

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Khuutra said:
Instead of waiting for advice, I'm just going to leap in head-long.

I hope you all feel terrible when all of my characters are dead.

Feel terrible, never.  We want FE to beat you like it has all of us.  I have probably quit every FE game at least once due to frustration.