I remember my first playthrough of a Fire Emblem game- the Sacred Stones. I remember Franz, Vanessa and Neimi (and probably heaps more) all died in the levels they're recruited in, and against the final boss I lost some of my best units: Seth, Duessel, Gerrik, and Saleh. By the time I cleared the game, I only had Eirika, Ephraim, Gilliam and Innes still alive. I was really bad at Fire Emblem. XD