The Yied Massacre is an event which occurs in Chapter 5 of Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, referring to Travant's ambush of Quan, Ethlyn, and Leonster's Knight Squadron, the Lance Ritter, during the Gran Calendar Year 761. As the Lance Ritter marched north through the Yied Desert in an attempt to reinforce Sigurd's fateful advance on Belhalla, Travant's dragon knights came up from behind to trap them in the desert. The severe loss of movement caused by the desert terrain, coupled with the fact that the dragon knight troops all carried Horseslayer lances, resulted in the entire knight squadron being decimated in short order. Because he possessed the holy lance Gáe Bolg, Quan was to some extent able to resist the waves of dragon knights attacking him even after all his comrades were