History CHaracters / GoldenSun

* MacGuffinGirl[=/=]TheChosenOne: Is chosen as the bearer of the Insight Glass, which has the power to see solutions to most problems. This power is needed to enter and navigate the Ouroboros labyrinth, which results in Amiti joining the party officially. Also, he is somehow able to communicate telepathically with the sentient Sand Prince gem.

* MacGuffinGirl[=/=]TheChosenOne: Chosen as the bearer of the Third Eye, which grants her the power to Search for things unseen, leading her to join the party.

* JackOfAllTrades: He can heal, cast magic and even has a decent physical attack skill. [[MightyGlacier His agility, on the other hand]]...

* MightyGlacier: Barring class changes and equipment Tyrell is one of the slowest playable characters in ''Dark Dawn.''

* MightyGlacier: By default he has an overall lower damage output than Isaac and has low PP but can take damage like nobody's business.

* MagikarpPower: A variation. For most of the game, Karis' [[BoringButPractical Fresh Breeze]] psynergy makes Rief seem rather useless. However, late in the game, bosses start hitting for more damage than Karis can heal, and very often. Suddenly, Rief's enhanced Wish Psynergy looks a lot more appealing.

* FragileSpeedster: Barring class changes and items Ivan is the fastest party member in the first two games.

* FragileSpeedster: Barring class changes, Karis is easily the fastest character in the party. Her strength will never be as high as the warriors, but by the endgame it usually only takes one buff to max her speed at 999. In other words, Karis will ''always'' strike first, which has amazing strategic potential for using her Djinn's abilities.

* [[TheTeam Both Teams]]
** TheObiWan: Kraden
** Also once the teams combine Garet and Jenna lose their Lancer roles. Isaac's becomes TheLancer and allows Felix [[TheLeader to lead]] the last few missions. However [[GoldenSunDarkDawn history tends to remember]] [[TheHero Isaac's heroism]] and makes him the main {{protagonist}} overall in retellings.

** "Robin" was a FanNickname for Matthew, the main character from ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' before he was officially named. Probably because fans weren't initially sure Matthew WAS a new and separate character, since he is [[StrongFamilyResemblance extremely similar]] to Isaac.

* {{Adorkable}}: It doesn't show up often due to the events of the plot, but when you first control Felix there is this scene of him [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/99d90a29515ad380349515a6fd877f64/tumblr_nbqav3PUWC1rkljv1o1_400.gif checking his injuries by comically wagging his arms and legs]]. Said scene looks so awkward and out of place[[note]]Especially since Felix is an insufferable SmugSnake in the first game[[/note]] it is rather cute.

A god, requiring four Venus Djinn to summon.

%%** TheLancer / TheChick: Jenna

%%* ActionGirl

* MagicKnight: While Jenna will probably be equipped with a staff through most of the game, she can also equip light blades. Every so often there will be an artifact sword that is a downgrade for Piers and Felix, but an upgrade for Jenna. By the end game your will get a VERY powerful one for her.

** [[spoiler:Upon reaching Contigo, it is heavily implied that she is a direct descendent of the Anemos, an ancient Jupiter clan that rose their civilization into the air and now ''live on the Moon.'' And she supposedly ''fell'' from there...]]

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Venus Lighthouse. Stands up to the villains for Sheba, but still leery ([[TookALevelInBadass for good reason]]) of Isaac, and then his CMOA -probably his best remembered scene:[[spoiler:''jumping off the lighthouse'' to try and save Sheba]]- shows the heroic side [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent that will come into play in the next game]].

%%* HeroWithBadPublicity: [[spoiler:In ''Dark Dawn'']].

* TheTeam
** TheHero / TheLeader: Isaac
** TheLancer / TheBigGuy: Garet
** TheSmartGuy: Ivan
** WhiteMagicianGirl / TheQuietOne: Mia
* [[TheTeam The Other Team]]
** AntiHero / TheLeader: Felix
** TheLancer / TheChick: Jenna
** BlackMagicianGirl: Sheba
** TeamDad / NiceGuy: Piers

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[[VideoGame/GoldenSun At the onset...]]

* CombatMedic:

* TheHero
* HeroicMime: First game only.

[[VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn 30 years later...]]

* BadassBeard
* BadassLongcoat
* BlueOni: To Garet's [[RedOni Red]].

* TheObiWan
** EccentricMentor: A younger version, even taking his apparent age vs. actual age, although he still satisfies a lot of the trope's criteria.
** SinkOrSwimMentor: Yeah, I know my best friend's son is in grave danger but hey! TUTORIAL DUNGEON, GO!

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[[VideoGame/GoldenSun At the onset...]]
* AnimeHair

* TheBigGuy
* BoisterousBruiser
* BrownEyes
* CarryABigStick: If he has a mace.

* FieryRedhead

[[VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn 30 years later...]]

* [[BadassMustache Badass]] PornStache

In ''Dark Dawn'' he lives in Kalay, the merchant city of his old caretaker Hammet the merchant. He designed the soarwing glider that allows one to fly using Psynergy. His daughter Karis is a childhood friend of Matthew and Tyrell.[[hardline]]

* {{Adorkable}}

* [[HappilyAdopted Happily Fostered]]: He knows this, in fact he doesn't even bother referring to Hammet and Layana as his parents. [[BewareTheNiceOnes But don't mess with them]]. [[RoaringRampageOfRescue Ever.]]

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* TheChick
* CombatMedic

* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]: Resulted from her training as a healer. Aside from that one cutscene in Altmiller Cave, she's generally kind and willing to help people in need.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

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* BadassCape
* {{BFS}}: Same as Isaac.

* BrownEyes
* CombatMedic
* DramaticUnmask: In Sol Sanctum.

* [[spoiler: DudeWheresMyRespect: Pretty much cast as the villain in the ''Sun Saga'' stories you find in Dark Dawn.]]

* [[spoiler:HeroWithBadPublicity]]: In ''Dark Dawn''.

* [[spoiler: SandIsWater: After acquiring Sand psynergy.]]

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* ActionGirl
* BrownEyes

* LadyOfWar

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* TwentiesBobHaircut

* TheChick

* GreenEyes

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* TheBigGuy and TheSmartGuy: Which, of course, makes him a GeniusBruiser.

* [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Ice Sailor]]: He's rather distrustful of the party at first, and it takes them helping him get his orb back for him to warm up.

* [[spoiler: MayDecemberRomance: According to Kraden in ''Dark Dawn'', Mia's daughter Nowell has a crush on Piers, and this is why she bailed on Kraden and Rief. No comment on whether her affections are reciprocated, though.]]

* FiveBadBand: They slot perfectly into the dynamic... [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg if you include Alex]].
** TheBigBad: Saturos
** TheDragon: Menardi
** TheEvilGenius / [[spoiler:BiggerBad]]: Alex
** TheBrute: Agatio
** TheDarkChick: Karst
* {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s: All of them fit the bill.

Saturos is a Mars Adept who along with his partner Menardi is a main antagonist in ''Golden Sun'', and is typically considered the primary antagonist in the duo. He leads along with Menardi the original effort to break the seal on Alchemy and bring it back to the world of Weyard, and is opposed by Isaac's party all throughout the first game.
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* AffablyEvil: With shades of LaughablyEvil. Cheerful and friendly towards the heroes in a much more casual, easygoing way than Alex is, and even gets a few [[DeadpanSnarker snarky quips]] in.

* AnimeHair
* AntiVillain

* BattleCouple[=/=]DualBoss: With Menardi.

* FacialMarkings
* FusionDance[=/=]OneWingedAngel
* [[DiscOneFinalBoss Game One Final Boss]]: Along with Menardi - after beating them, it's quite noticable that you still have quite a bit of the world left to explore (and the final two lighthouses not even being reached yet ''is'' rather conspicuous)..

* KilledOffForReal

* PointyEars

* RedEyesTakeWarning

* SleevesAreForWimps
* WellIntentionedExtremist
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

Menardi is a Mars Adept who along with her partner Saturos is a main antagonist in ''Golden Sun''. She along with Saturos leads the original effort to break the seal on Alchemy and bring it back to the world of Weyard, and is opposed by Isaac's party all throughout the first game. She is the elder sister of Karst, who becomes an antagonist in a similar vein in ''Golden Sun: The Lost Age''.
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* AntiVillain
* BattleCouple[=/=]DualBoss: With Saturos.
* BlondesAreEvil: [[WellIntentionedExtremist Subverted]].

* FacialMarkings
* FusionDance[=/=]OneWingedAngel
* [[DiscOneFinalBoss Game One Final Boss]]: Along with Saturos - after beating them, it's quite noticable that you still have quite a bit of the world left to explore (and the final two lighthouses not even being reached yet ''is'' rather conspicuous).

* KilledOffForReal

* PointyEars

* RapunzelHair
* RedEyesTakeWarning

* [[ScarfOfAsskicking Sash of Asskicking]]
* SinisterScythe

* SleevesAreForWimps
* WellIntentionedExtremist

Agatio is a Mars Adept who along with his partner Karst is a main antagonist in ''Golden Sun: The Lost Age''. The pair nominally follows in the footsteps of the original game's Saturos and Menardi and shares their goal of lighting the four Elemental Lighthouses and restoring Alchemy to the world, but seek vengeance upon Isaac in response to the deaths of Saturos and Menardi at his hands at the end of ''Golden Sun''. Of the two, Agatio appears to have the higher authority because he is more powerful.
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* AntiVillain

** ... which is roughly the definition of a KungFuWizard!
* BattleCouple[=/=]DualBoss: With Karst.

* DeathEqualsRedemption

* FacialMarkings

* ImColdSoCold

* KilledOffForReal

* PointyEars

* RedEyesTakeWarning

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have... Lavender White Hair?]]

Karst is a Mars Adept who along with her partner Agatio is a main antagonist in ''Golden Sun: The Lost Age''. The pair nominally follows in the footsteps of the original game's Saturos and Menardi and shares their goal of lighting the four Elemental Lighthouses and restoring Alchemy to the world, but seek vengeance upon Isaac in response to the deaths of Saturos and Menardi at his hands at the end of ''Golden Sun''. Of the two, Karst is the more personal side, for Menardi was her sister.
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* AntiVillain
* AvengingTheVillain
* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler: To a flame dragon, with Agatio]].
* BattleCouple[=/=]DualBoss: With Agatio.
* BareYourMidriff

* DarkActionGirl[=/=]DarkChick
* DeathEqualsRedemption

* EvilRedhead
* FacialMarkings

---> "I am filled with rage... but [[AvertedTrope not so much as to be]] [[RevengeBeforeReason blinded by it]]."
* [[KissOfDeath Heat Kiss of Death]]

* HellBentForLeather

* ImColdSoCold
* KilledOffForReal
* LittleMissBadass

* MsFanservice

* OperaGloves
* PointyEars
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RevengeMyopia
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge
* ShipTease: With [[spoiler: Felix, near the end]].
** And before then, if you correctly anticipate her demands, one of her comments is, "I ''like'' smart boys."

* {{Stripperiffic}}

* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Big Sister]]
* ZettaiRyouiki

Mia's cousin and fellow Mercury Clan disciple, [[spoiler:and the closest thing the games have to a BigBad]]. Very little is known about his motivations until the end, where it is revealed that [[spoiler: he is playing every side in an effort to obtain the [[TitleDrop Golden Sun,]] which will grant him godlike power.]]
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* TheChessmaster

* EnigmaticMinion

* HiddenAgendaVillain

* WildCard
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

'' "The heavenly huntress." ''

* BareYourMidriff

* PointyEars

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
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'' "Princess of the sea spirits." ''

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'' "A mystical beast cloaked in flame." ''

* [[ABoyAndHisX A Boy And His Kirin]]

* HorseOfADifferentColor

* PlayingWithFire: Deals fire damage.

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'' "Guardian of an immortal pharaoh." ''

* [[RocketPunch Ancient Egyptian Rocket Punch]]

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'' "A goddess in bird form." ''

* GiantFlyer

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'' "An incarnation of the sea king." ''

* FatherNeptune: It's in the name.

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'' "The queen of all dragons." ''

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'' "The great [[MotherEarth mother of the earth]]." ''

* [[FlowerInHerHair Leaves in Her Hair]]: Cybele decorates her hair with autumn leaves.
* MotherEarth

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[[folder:Meteor]]
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'' "A meteorite from deep space." ''

* ColonyDrop
* PlayingWithFire: Deals fire damage.
* ShownTheirWork: In ''Dark Dawn'' Meteor is revealed to be summoned/dropped by a constellation that resembles a godlike figure to tie-in this summon to ancient belief or mythology themes all the other summons have.
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'' "The might of the apocalypse." ''

* ThePaladin
* WingedHumanoid
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[[folder:Thor]]
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'' "The mighty god of thunder." ''

* AdaptationDyeJob: Undergoes a transition from blonde to a redhead from the GBA games to ''Dark Dawn''.
* {{Badass}}: Is on par with Judgment in terms of badassery and pure damage, and even more so than him considering many bosses in all ''Golden Sun'' games are weak to Jupiter.
* BadassArmfold: Doing this while skysurfing on his flying hammer.
* BadassBeard
* DropTheHammer: Which turns into a rocket-propelled spark plug.
* Myth/NorseMythology
* ShockAndAwe: Well, he ''is'' the god of thunder.
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[[folder:Boreas]]
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'' "The god of the north wind." ''

* HumongousMecha: It is either a unicorn-train or a gigantic ice-shaver machine. You decide which one is [[IncrediblyLamePun cooler]].
* AnIcePerson: Showers ice on enemies in its GBA appearance.
* KillItWithIce[=/=]ForMassiveDamage: Very useful against the antagonistic duo from the first two games since they are all weak to Mercury-based offenses.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: A humongous [[CoolTrain locomotive]] with [[CoolHorse equine aesthetics.]]
* ShockwaveStomp: Said action initiates an avalanche.
* {{Unicorn}}
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[[folder:Zagan]]
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'' "Earth's might enflamed." ''

* ArmorPiercingAttack: His giant poleaxe reduces the enemy's defenses by 25% (maximum reduction 50%).
* AnAxeToGrind: His WeaponOfChoice. He is even found in a lumberjack's camp in ''Dark Dawn''.
* DemonLordsAndArchdevils
* HellHound: Very hellish and canine in appearance.
* MixAndMatchCritters: Shares some traits with wolves, minotaurs and [[FaunsAndSatyrs satyrs]]. He also gained wings in ''Dark Dawn''.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Shown sitting on his throne in Hell before being summoned by the players to attack the enemy.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver
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'' "The goddess of vengeance." ''

* PlayingWithFire: Deals fire damage.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt
* RedEyesTakeWarning

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'' "The wind rider, goddess of flowers." ''

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'' "The sacred ice monster." ''

* [[AnIcePerson An Ice Monster]]
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'' "A legendary wandering mage." ''

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'' "A beast that sunders darkness." ''

* DemonLordsAndArchdevils

* WolverineClaws
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'' "A dragon whose wings span the skies." ''

* {{Lunacy}}

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'' "A dragon with a heart of brilliant crystal." ''

* RedEyesTakeWarning
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'' "A goddess bearing the water of life." ''

* Myth/AztecMythology

* EyesAlwaysShut

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'' "Master craftsman of ancient times." ''

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'' "An awakened dragon from the deep." ''

'' "The embodiment of destruction." ''

* GoodWingsEvilWings: Draconic wings.

* UnholyNuke
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'' "The boatsman of the river Styx." ''

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'' "Goddess of rainbows, guide of souls." ''

* LightEmUp
* LightIsGood
* PimpedOutDress
* PlayingWithFire: Deals fire damage.

* SupernaturalGoldEyes

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* AllPowerfulBystander

* BigGood

* DeusEstMachina

* FacelessEye

* MachineWorship: [[spoiler:By Vale.]]
* {{Oculothorax}}
* OmniscientMoralityLicense
* PhysicalGod

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* GentlemanAndAScholar

* TheObiWan
* OlderSidekick

---> It's not polite to stare at the elderly, you know.

[[spoiler: In ''The Lost Age'', it is revealed that she's actually from Contigo, a descendant of the Anemos. She also ordered the Wings of Anemos to be completed and attached on Piers' ship so that Isaac and Felix's united parties can finish the last quarter of their quest of restoring Alchemy and elemental balance to all of Weyard. She is Ivan's older sister and Karis' aunt (whether or not she actually met her niece is another story)]]
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* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]
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An entity who resembles a wizard with mastery over its magic-imbued ball minions, it resides in the deepest part of the Treasure Isle in ''The Lost Age'' with little to no bearing to the main storyline, guarding Azul's summon tablet. It has four ball minions, namely the Anger Ball,
Guard Ball, Refresh Ball and Thunder Ball. In ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' it has moved to a new location in the [[GuideDangIt hidden Lost Ship]], this time wielding two new minions with it-Death Ball and Ghoul Ball-though still guarding the same summon tablet. Its main gimmick is designed to discourage the popular weapon unleash strategy due to being able to summon minions with nasty abilities to fight alongside it, while most powerful weapon unleashes only affect one target[[note]]Do note that some weapon unleashes can down the spheres in one hit, though removing all the annoying spheres may take a long time[[/note]]. Defeating it rewards the player the ability to summon the serpentine leviathan Azul, the strongest Mercury summon in the game.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent

* LivingStatue

[[folder:In General]]
'''Tropes that apply to everyone''':
* TheTeam
** Briefly a FiveManBand
*** Matthew: TheLeader
*** Karis: TheChick
*** Tyrell: TheBigGuy
*** Rief: TheSmartGuy
*** Amiti: TheLancer / NaiveNewcomer
** Later added..
*** Sveta: SixthRanger / [[MysteriousWaif Mysterious]] GlacierWaif / TokenNonHuman
*** Eoleo: {{Pirate}} / TokenAdult
*** Himi: EleventhHourRanger / ShrineMaiden
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* CarryABigStick: Can wield maces.

* TheHero
* HeroicMime: Just like his father and uncle before him, though this time there are a few "emotional responses" (emoticons) that the player can pick for him to provide some variety.

*** There's also an instance where if the angry emote is used as a response to Karis' comments about [[spoiler:Ryu Kou stealing the Magma Orb]], Karis will respond, "Wow, graphic!", implying that Matthew had some very choice words for the situation.

* MagicKnight

* SilentBob - Several lines of reactionary script. No words - except for one scene at Apollo Sanctum where he [[SymbolSwearing swears]] (and even then it was dubbed in) - but still... for people who played Golden Sun and The Lost Age, Matthew seems damn talkative compared to his father and uncle.

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* TheChick

** {{Multishot}}
** RainOfArrows
* LadyOfWar: Can use light blades.
* TheLancer

* ProperTightsWithASkirt

* TwoGuysAndAGirl: With Tyrell and Matthew.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Green.

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* AnimeHair

* BadAss: He qualified for the title the moment he tried to beat down Arcanus. [[CurbStompBattle He got his ass kicked]], but the fact that he even ''tried'' is impressive.
** BadassBoast: And if that wasn't enough, he outright ''threatens him'' during the final dungeon.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass

* FieryRedhead
* FingerlessGloves

* TheLancer
* LetsGetDangerous: To [[spoiler: ''Arcanus'' in Luna Tower]]. [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Surprise!]]
* MagicKnight

* RedHeadedHero
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Not ''quite'' as strong as it is between Isaac and Matthew, but his face does look like a younger Garet and his hair and body structure are extremely similar.
** Although his hair is much redder than Garet's - besides his sprite in the original duology, Garet's hair was actually brown. Tyrell's at least gained the ability to mimic daddy's gravity-defying hair-style ... sort of.

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* {{Adorkable}}

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow

--> "Yes, Tyrell. This is the part where she just volunteers that she's a spy."

** [[GirlInABox Boy In A Crate]]: The party finds him upon seeing a hopping crate.

* ProperTightsWithASkirt: Male example.
* TheQuietOne

* [[SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer Sir Not Appearing In This Promo Art]]: His absence in the first promo art makes Matthew, Tyrell and Karis on the [[GoldenSunDarkDawn main page]] look like redesigns of Isaac, Garet and Mia. ''Dark Dawn'' was initially assumed to be the remake of the first game due to this.
* TheSmartGuy
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses [[SpecsOfAwesome Of Awesome]]

* YoungestChildWins: His older sister Nowell is basically PutOnABus after she is introduced, while Rief becomes a member of your party.
** It's been [[WildMassGuessing suggested]] that [[SequelHook Nowell]] could be a future player character in the [[SequelHook implied sequel]].

A Mercury Adept who joins Matthew's party. He is the young prince of the Ayuthay kingdom who is said to have been an immaculate birth on account of his mother's strong Mercury powers. However, his uncle King Paithos reveals that this is not the case, that his father was actually an unknown Mercury Adept of considerable power. [[spoiler:It is confirmed that his father is Alex.]]
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* {{Bishonen}}: And boy is he ever.

* ChickMagnet: An NPC notes that he has plenty of women fawning all over him; implying that our little {{Bishonen}} here is quite the ladies man. May also double up as ChivalrousPervert as there's nothing to say it's an UnwantedHarem.
** Though there's also [[CluelessChickMagnet nothing to say he himself even notices the attention]].

** PunnyName: From ''[[SpellMyNameWithAnS harmony]]'' to ''amity.'' We see what you did there, Camelot.

* HairColorSpoiler: Much of his storyline is given away by the simple fact that he's a blue-haired Mercury Adept in an area otherwise exclusive to dark-haired non-Adepts.

---> '''Amiti:''' So you don't even know what this so-called treasure does, and yet you're thanking us with it. Delightful.
* [[MacGuffinGirl MacGuffin Guy]][=/=]TheChosenOne: Is chosen as the bearer of the Insight Glass, which has the power to see solutions to most problems. This power is needed to enter and navigate the Ouroboros labyrinth, which results in Amiti joining the party officially. Also, he is somehow able to communicate telepathically with the sentient Sand Prince gem.

* MrFanservice
* {{Mukokuseki}}: He doesn't look Asian at all, unlike the other ethnically Ei-Jei characters... [[JustifiedTrope because of his mysterious heritage]].
** Subverted outright when you realize that [[spoiler:he's actually [[StrongFamilyResemblance Rief's second cousin]].]]
* MysteriousPast: Alleged.
* NiceGuy

* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Eoleo's Red.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Once he joins the party.

* SilkHidingSteel: Rare male example.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Enough so that one NPC in Tonfon outright mistakes him for [[spoiler:Arcanus and asks where his mask is.]]

* [[WalkingShirtlessScene Walking]] ShirtlessScene: Since his kingdom is essentially in a oasis region in constant sunny weather, [[JustifiedTrope a lot of people are shirtless]], including him and his uncle. Once Amiti announces his intention to join the player party, they ask him to PleasePutSomeClothesOn, which he does. The whole thing is lampshaded by Eoleo later, when he comments that this is the first time he's ever seen someone from Ayuthay "wearing real clothes". [[NotHelpingYourCase Amiti is not amused.]]
** Interestingly enough, it wasn't until the first screenshot showing him shirtless was released [[ViewerGenderConfusion that his gender was confirmed.]]
* WarriorPrince
* WeWouldHaveToldYouBut
* [[WhatsUpKingDude What's Up, Prince Dude?]]: In the middle of a siege by Kaocho, he's informed that some Adepts sent by Kaocho's army have broken into the sanctuary. He goes to meet them personally and offer them SacredHospitality.
** Considering his uncle and his late mother were also happy to talk to strangers, this probably runs in the family.

A member of a new race of man-beasts who have evolved since the restoration of Alchemy, Sveta is a Jupiter Adept who joins Matthew's party, her natural animal senses being boosted by the precognitive abilities of the wind element. [[spoiler:Her older brother, Volechek, is the king of Morgal.]]
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* BadassAdorable
* BadassPrincess

* BewareTheNiceOnes
* [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: She is a warrior-style Jupiter Adept, and is the strongest party member physically when in beastform.

* BraidsOfAction

* [[spoiler:TheHighQueen: Gets crowned Queen of Belinsk in the epilogue.]]

* LiteralMinded: Maybe, if this line at the Watchtower says anything.
-->Sveta: How does a treasure sleep?

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent
* PettingZooPeople

* RapunzelHair: Her braids are pretty long.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* ShipTease: [[spoiler:With Matthew, during the finale.]]
* SpoiledSweet

* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: With lavender undertones.

* AnAxeToGrind: Part of his Weapon of Choice.

* BlindingBangs: As a tyke.

* DeadpanSnarker

* DubNameChange: Leoleo in Japanese; notable as the star sign Leo is associated with fire (which the game itself nodded at), while his English name brings to mind Eolus, Latin god of the wind.
** It is possible that his US name is a combination of both, as both his tool of trade (you can't sail a pirate ship without wind) and some of his Psynergy (notably Thermal) seem to incorporate just as much wind as they would fire (or more).

* FieryRedhead

* PermaStubble
* {{Pirate}}: Type 2.

* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Amiti's Blue.

* SleevesAreForWimps

* {{Expy}}: for Himiko of Yamataikoku

* FaintingSeer

* GirlishPigtails

* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething

* TokenMiniMoe: The Moe variant.
* YoungestChildWins: Back in The Lost Age, Kushinada said (via Mind Read) that her son Takeru will rush to help the children of Felix's party (which includes Jenna) should they ever be in danger. It is her younger daughter Himi that actually helps out Matthew and company.

* BattleCouple: With Chalis.

* BloodKnight
* [[TheBrute The Brutal]] [[TheDragon Dragon]]: Works more closely with the actual Big Bad on more occasions than Chalis does, and he's the superior fighter.

* HairTriggerTemper

* RedEyesTakeWarning

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Chalis.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Dark green.

* BattleCouple: With Blados.
* BlueEyes: The sinister variation.
* CastingAShadow: Same deal as Blados.

* FemmeFatale with FemmeFatalons

* HellishPupils

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Blados.
* TooManyBelts: Used in lieu of sleeves.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Pinkish-purple.

[[folder:Arcanus/[[spoiler:Alex]]]]

* HiddenAgendaVillain: Here we go again.

* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Again!]]

* WildCard
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

Sentinel is a huge green animated suit of armor who resides in the deepest end of the Sea of Time Islet Cave in ''The Lost Age'', which requires the completion of the item-trading sidequest ''and'' the Teleport Lapis from Mars Lighthouse to be explored fully. Like other superbosses, Sentinel has little to no bearing to the main storyline, merely guarding Catastrophe's summon tablet. His main gimmick is that it is not affected by all kinds of Psynergy, though Djinn, summons and weapon unleashes still affect it.Defeating him rewards the player the ability to summon the colossal embodiment of wind, lightning and destruction Catastrophe, the strongest Jupiter summon.

* NotSoDifferent[=/=]BrickJoke: The ''4koma Gag Battle'' depicts her as wanting Babi's immortality potion... [[spoiler:turns out Alex wanted to live forever, too.]]

Super Bosses

An entity who resembles a wizard with mastery over its magic-imbued ball minions, it resides in the deepest part of the Treasure Isle in ''The Lost Age'' with little to no
bearing to the main storyline, guarding Azul's summon
tablet. It has four ball minions, namely the Anger Ball,
Guard Ball, Refresh Ball and Thunder Ball. In
''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' it has moved to a new
location in the [[GuideDangIt hidden Lost Ship]], this time
wielding two new minions with it-Death Ball and Ghoul
Ball-though still guarding the same summon tablet. Its main
gimmick is designed to discourage the popular weapon
unleash strategy due to being able to summon minions with
nasty abilities to fight alongside it, while most powerful
weapon unleashes only affect one target[[note]]Do note that
some weapon unleashes can down the spheres in one hit,
though dispatching the annoying spheres may take a long
time[[/note]]. Defeating it rewards the player the ability
to summon the serpentine leviathan Azul, the strongest
Mercury summon in the game.

* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: The Star Magician can only field
four minions at once. Only when one or more is defeated
''then'' it can summon another replacement.
* AnIcePerson: Can conjure ice spikes from the ground with
the Megacool psynergy.
* ActionBomb: Anger Balls self-destruct to deal massive
damage [[HerdHittingAttack to the party]].
* BarrierWarrior: Guard Balls can cast Guard to reduce all
damage dealt to the Star Magician to as few as ''5%'', so
killing them first is a priority so that the boss fight
will not drag too long.
* BonusBoss: Notable for being accessible as soon as you
have 8 members in your party, while other bonus bosses have
other requirements that can only be obtained much later in
the games.
* DeathOfAThousandCuts: Essentially what happens when Star
Magician has nothing but Thunder Balls on its side of the
field since Thunder Balls doesn't hit as hard as Anger
Balls.

* ExtremeOmnivore: Ghoul Balls from ''Dark Dawn'' can
''devour the player characters' Djinn''.

* HealingShiv: Refresh Balls may heal the Star Magician or
the other balls.

* LevelDrain: Ghoul Balls can consume Djinn off party
members, resulting a decrease in stats and class levels not
unlike ''[[ThatOneAttack Djinn Blast and Djinn Storm]]''
Unlike Djinn Blast and Djinn Storm, the "consumed" Djinn
remains in that state until the Ghoul Ball is killed.
* OneHitKO: The most annoying status effect a Death Ball
can cast is instantly downing a party member with Condemn.

* ShockAndAwe: Thunder Balls and the Star Magician itself
can conjure a lightning storm.
* ShootTheMedicFirst: Dispatching some of Star Magician's
balls first is a necessary strategy, given what itsflunkies
can do (heal 1000 damage, reduce your attack damage to two
digits and even ''eat your Djinn'').
* StandardStatusEffects: In addition to [[OneHitKO
Condemn]], Death Ball can also plague you with annoying
Venus status effects such as Haunt and Curse, especially
since said spells are notorious for [[UselessUsefulSpell
being reliable only]] [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard when
enemies use them]].

Valukar is a hulking large pink-skinned demon who resides in the deepest end of the Yampi Desert Cave in ''The Lost Age'', which requires the Teleport Lapis from Mars Lighthouse to be explored fully. Like other superbosses, Valukar has little to no bearing to the main storyline,
merely guarding Daedalus' summon tablet. His main gimmick
is stealing your djinn and use summons fueled by the stolen
djinn against you. Defeating him rewards the player the
ability to summon the gargantuan might of military
firepower Daedalus, the strongest Mars summon that can be
obtained before defeating the FinalBoss.

* DamageSpongeBoss: Has the highest HP rating in the games. This means even the weakest summons can cut through him like butter due to the summons' HP multiplier (the more HP the target has, the more damage a summon will deal). On the other hand if he manages to summon [[TheMedicCoat]] [[GradualRegeneration licue]], the boss with the highest HP in the games '''can be fully recovered after a few turns'''.

* ArmorPiercingAttack: Armor Crush reduces the target's defense by 25%, and Sentinel uses it all the time. Try to patch it up with {{Status Buff}}s? Good luck, since he will usually cast Break immediately after that.

* StatusBuff: Courtesy of Guard. And you cannot cast Break to reset the buffs due to [[NoSell Sentinel cannot be affected by Psynergy.]]
* WaveMotionGun: Searing Beam.

!Dark Dawn's Heroes

[[folder:In General]]
'''Tropes that apply to everyone''':
* TheTeam
** Briefly a FiveManBand
*** Matthew: TheLeader
*** Karis: TheChick
*** Tyrell: TheBigGuy
*** Rief: TheSmartGuy
*** Amiti: TheLancer / NaiveNewcomer
** Later added..
*** Sveta: SixthRanger / [[MysteriousWaif Mysterious]] GlacierWaif / TokenNonHuman
*** Eoleo: {{Pirate}} / TokenAdult
*** Himi: EleventhHourRanger / ShrineMaiden

[[folder:Matthew]]
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A young Venus Adept, the son of Isaac [[http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/8367/1287819854328.jpg and]] [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend Jenna]], and the main playable character and party leader of ''Dark Dawn''. He lives with his father in a cottage in the Goma Highlands west of Bilibin, which overlooks the ruins of Mt. Aleph, training for the day he's expected to step up and take on his father's mantle. That day comes when his friend Tyrell breaks Ivan's soarwing, and he's sent on a journey that begins with the goal of obtaining the Mountain Roc feather and ends up involving the fate of Angara and Weyard.
[[hardline]]

* AnAxeToGrind: Though they will usually not be the most favorable choice for him.
* {{BFS}}: Aside from boasting the Ragnarok and Odyssey spells, improved graphics allow for different weapons to actually be shown; long/broad swords are big enough to be comparable to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud's]] and are apparently so heavy he holds it down by his leg.
* CarryABigStick: Can wield maces.
* DubNameChange: His Japanese name is ''Muuto'' (Likely intended to be the German name "Mut").
* TheHero
* HeroicMime: Just like his father and uncle before him, though this time there are a few "emotional responses" (emoticons) that the player can pick for him to provide some variety.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] and played with much more than with Isaac or Felix
** And then there's the encounter with Arcanus at the Apollo Sanctum - where Matthew [[SymbolSwearing swears]]. Though this is only applicable to the US version; the Japanese and European versions have him reacting with the same old "?!" he normally responds with.
*** There's also an instance where if the angry emote is used as a response to Karis' comments about [[spoiler:Ryu Kou stealing the Magma Orb]], Karis will respond, "Wow, graphic!", implying that Matthew had some very choice words for the situation.
* IdenticalGrandson: Son, rather, but he looks ''so'' similar that many early previews confused him for a redesigned Isaac at first. This led to his being [[FanNickname dubbed]] "Robin", Isaac's [[DubNameChange Japanese name]], for a while.
* TheLeader: Type IV and maybe Type II also according to fan's inpretation.
* MadeOfIron: He's just knocked unconcious without any injuries after falling over and over three times, attempting to [[spoiler:switch on the Apollo Lens. Then after awakened he's so fast that he ran and caught Sveta before anyone else could.]]
* MagicKnight
* NiceGuy: The general {{Fanon}} interpretation and, optional reactions aside, there seems to be an element of truth to it, too.
* PassingTheTorch: His father makes a big deal about how it's now Matthew's turn.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Red, blue and yellow just like his father.
* PunnyName: His Japanese name is Mut[[strike:e]], and he is stated to be not very talkative.
* ScarfOfAssKicking: It looks to be the same one as his father's, for that matter.
* ShipTease: He was paired with Karis within days of their official names being revealed. And thanks to several scenes near the end of the game shippers also tend to pair him with Sveta.
* ShipSinking: He's the torpedo that sank Mudshipping (Isaac x Mia) and Flameshipping (Garet x Jenna).
* SilentBob - Several lines of reactionary script. No words - except for one scene at Apollo Sanctum where he [[SymbolSwearing swears]] (and even then it was dubbed in) - but still... for people who played Golden Sun and The Lost Age, Matthew seems damn talkative compared to his father and uncle.
** Lampshaded in the conversation with Tret, where Tret asks for Matthew's name, only for Matthew to reply with his classic "...", followed by Tret asking him to speak up, and Amiti pointing out that he doesn't talk much.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Played with when Briggs identifies him on sight... because of how strongly he resembles ''Jenna''. To be fair, Briggs never met Isaac.

[[folder:Karis]]
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A young Jupiter Adept who is Ivan's daughter and a childhood friend of Matthew's and Tyrell's. She decides to accompany the two on their quest to obtain a Mountain Roc feather. She is strong-willed, reliable, and clever.

* CompositeCharacter: Camelot blends some aspects of Artemis with Atalanta, since they're both huntresses. Their connections in the ClassicalMythology are probably a factor too.

* NorseMythology

* CompositeCharacter: Shares some traits with several solar goddesses. This is probably due to her being the ultimate summon in a game called ''Golden Sun'', so Camelot emphasizes more on the solar aspect than the rainbow personification of Iris in the ClassicalMythology.

* AztecMythology

* MightyGlacier: In his default class, he's substantially more powerful than Tyrell, but he's so slow.
* MissingMom: His mother Chaucha is never seen in Dark Dawn, even though Briggs mentioned her. Cue Fridge Horror after seeing what happened to their hometown.

* WithThisHerring: He joins the party with a Cotton Shirt and the cheapest possible axe. Given that he is from a dirt-poor nation and was in prison for the last several days (weeks?), this is justified, albeit a little disarming under the circumstances.

* FountainOfYouth[=/=]OlderThanTheyLook: He's almost ''50'' years old, but doesn't look a day over 25.

* OlderThanTheyLook: He's 47 at minimum, but thanks to his exposure to the Golden Sun he could easily pass for a man in his late twenties. Perhaps that's why he grew his beard out?

* FountainOfYouth[=/=]OlderThanTheyLook

* OlderThanTheyLook: Like Isaac, he's at least 47 years old now. While Isaac still looks like a young man, Garet comes across a bit older thanks to his porn stache. He's still in amazing physical shape, though.

* OlderThanTheyLook: He doesn't seem to have changed a bit since his last appearance in TLA. Which makes sense considering that the Golden Sun affected the original eight party member's life spans, drastically slowing their rate of aging. Alex absorbed quite a lot of the Golden Sun's power.

* ChocolateBaby: Played with. Amiti's skin is clearly light but he apparently only had one parent. From Ayuthay. Where everybody has a darker complexion. Nobody thinks that this is somewhat suspicious. Justified, however, in that the story about Amiti being a virgin birth turns out to have been a lie told by his uncle. His father was a Mercury Adept [[spoiler:specifically, Alex]].

* CombatMedic: Has access to an all new line of single-target, wind-based healings spells, which are between [[DishingOutDirt the Cure series]] and [[MakingASplash the Ply series]] in strength.

* TheNoseKnows: Track Psyenergy.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: [[spoiler:The entirety of the third game is actually about her due to [[WalkingSpoiler many spoilerrific events in ''Dark Dawn'' are linked to her to some extent]].]]

* LightningBruiser: For some reason, he dishes more damage then even [[TheBigGuy Garet]] by default.

* FragileSpeedster: The fastest character in Felix's team barring class changes and equipment, though she is not as fast as Ivan.

Summons are a well known mechanic in the ''Golden Sun'' series. Depending on their respective requirements, specific amount and type of Djinn are required on standby to call them. After a successful summon the summoner's elemental power will increase to an extent and the Djinn used for the summon are put to rest in Recovery mode for a set period of time. Since summons are fueled by Djinn on standby[[note]]This also decreases a character's stats, since a Djinni can only increase stats when on set, not while on standby/recovery[[/note]] they cannot be used as frequent as Psynergy and weapon unleashes. There are 16 summons in the first game, 4 assigned for each element. All of them are inspired by [[CrossoverCosmology various myths around the world]].

* FragileSpeedster: Barring class changes, Karis is easily the fastest character in the party.

* ImprobableAimingSkills: First party member in Golden Sun that is able to use bows. That said, she cannot pull of improbable shots reliably and has to use each bow awhile before she can do them at all.
** {{Multishot}}: But its good when she does pull it off.

* LightningBruiser: Even more so in her Beast form.

* MagicStaff: Besides the those the others can use he also gets, ankhs, which have somehow been differentiated from staffs.