Xian

Xian
The Mercury Djinni Mist can be found in Xian
Landmass	Angara
Game(s)	Golden Sun
Inn Pricing	10 coins per adept
Services	Item Vendor Weapon Vendor Armor Vendor

Xian (シーアン村 Xian Village) is a village in the far-eastern portion of Angara that Isaac and co. travel through on their way to Altin and Lama Temple. The architecture and appearance of the residents of Xian is modelled on ancient or medieval Chinese culture and many people in Xian's speech has minor grammatical oddities stereotypical of English speaking Chinese. Xian is the major producer of silk in Angara, if not the world, and so is the start of the Silk Road. The Silk Road is a trade route that starts in Xian, where merchants buy silk, and winds through the vast wastes of the Lamakan Desert, through Kalay, and around the great Karagol Sea, eventually coming to an end in the town of Tolbi, located near the border of Angara and Gondowan, where merchants sell the silk. Martial arts and east Asian concepts like Chi are popular topics and activities in Xian.

Xian contains the Mercury Djinni Mist. By talking to a woman at the right moment, she will spill her pot of water creating a puddle which you can use Frost on and subsequently jump across to the Djinni.

In Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, the village is never mentioned, but it can be theorized that Xian has become, or at least is located in, the nation of Sana, as both are based on China, both are located on the same place and have very similar names.

Vendors

For all NPC gossip, see Side Scripts.

The village's Inn service is provided in the lower-right building of village at a rate of 10 coins per party member. (Instead of featuring the word "Inn" in Roman letters, the sign on this building displays the logographic Chinese character for "lodging", 宿, which has different pronunciations among the Chinese languages. If read as a Japanese kanji as a stand-alone word using its kun reading, this would be pronounced yado, whereas its on reading as part of multi-kanji compounds would be shuku.)

Weapon Shop
Name	Class	Cost	Effect
Battle Mace	Mace	2600	Attack +56
Battle Rapier	Light Blade	2900	Attack +58
Broad Axe	Axe	1400	Attack +50
Broad Sword	Long Sword	1000	Attack +40

Armor Shop
Name	Class	Cost	Effect
Adept's Clothes	Clothing	850	Defense +18, Max PP +8
Armlet	Bracelet	900	Defense +17
Bronze Helm	Helm	600	Defense +14
Iron Shield	Shield	1200	Defense +20
Silk Robe	Robe	1400	Defense +20
Silver Circlet	Circlet	1300	Defense +16
Wooden Cap	Hat	400	Defense +10
Artifacts
China Dress	Robe	1600	Defense + 19, can be used to lower an enemy's Attack rating

Item Shop
Name	Class	Cost	Effect
Antidote	Consumable Item	20	Cures Poison and Venom from one Adept
Elixir	Consumable Item	30	Cures Sleep, Stun, and Delusion from one Adept
Herb	Consumable Item	10	Restores 50 HP to one Adept
Sacred Feather	Consumable Item	70	Temporary lowers monster encounter rate

Collectables

Items

• Antidote: In a barrel in the dojo.
  
• Elixir: In the upper-left-most barrel in the house in the center of the village.
  
• Lucky Medal: In a pot in the mulberry orchard.
  
• Sleep Bomb: In the lower left white jar in the residential room in the left of the two doors in the small cliff wall.

Djinn

Mist: Talk to a pink-gowned working woman when she is two spaces below the right door and she will create a puddle which you can Frost, which then allows you to hop to this Djinni's position.

History

Isaac and co in Master Feh's dojo

Xian is home to Feizhi and her father Master Feh, and is the location of the latter's martial arts school. Upon arrival at this school, Isaac's party witness Feizhi falling out with her father. This argument is triggered by Feizhi's claim to have psychic powers of foresight, specifically her foreseeing of her friend, Hsu falling into danger, something which her father adamantly refuses to accept. Unwilling to send out aid, Feizhi storms out to help Hsu personally, even if she must do it alone.

Isaac and co. can then speak to Master Feh, who will explain to them the difference between Chi and Ki (the latter being simply a different name for Psynergy). Chi, he explains, is a form of energy emitted by harnessing the body's physical strength and transmitting it across distances. This is unlike Psynergy (Ki), which is generated by the mind, and not the body, and hence has far fewer limitations on its power, although this Psynergy can only be utilised by those with an Adeptness for it, unlike Chi, which can be used by all, provided they undergo enough training.

Cultural references

Xian is a clearly based on Xi'an, a large city and capital of Shaanxi province in central China that marks the eastern end of the Silk Road.