Whoops. Yes, no Streetpass or online of any sort, no amiibo, no grinding, and absolutely no Elise.
Sorry, Hard Classic is the default mode. And you have as much gold as you've managed to get from Chapters 8 and 9. Sell Effie's and Silas' weapons if you wish.
As for how this came about, on another site we began talking about the "bad" units that hardly ever see use: Arthur, Nyx and Odin and others. I personally disagree with Odin and Niles being on this list, but the challenge is to use the game without ever once utilizing the top tier units other than Corrin. So after Chapter 10 would be no Kaze or Laslow, no Royals. Unfortunately the run has seemed to stall at Chapter 10 so I thought the people here might be able to come up with a strategy.