Susa

Susa (スサ Susa) is an NPC central to a subplot that takes place in Izumo and Gaia Rock in Golden Sun: The Lost Age. A resident of the town Izumo, Susa is the younger brother of the town's mayor figure Lady Uzume and is to be wed to the maiden Kushinada, but the dragonlike Serpent within Gaia Rock awakens and begins to terrorize the town, and Kushinada is chosen by the town's lottery to be the one to be sacrificed to the Serpent to appease it. Susa obviously disagrees and goes into Gaia Rock to battle the Serpent himself. He brings in loads of barrels of sake (Dragonsbane in the English version) and feeds them to the dragon to try to weaken it and put it in a drunken stupor. After a while Susa attempts to slay it with the Cloud Brand, but the Serpent is still too strong. It is up to Felix's party to battle and defeat the monster for Susa.

Following the battle, Izumo celebrates both the defeat of the Serpent and the survival of Susa and Kushinada. After the cutscene where the two and Uzume thank Felix's party, Kushinada reveals that they plan on having a son together named Takeru, and promises to tell him about "your[Felix's] great deeds", vowing to herself that if Felix's descendants are ever in trouble, Takeru will come to their aid (which may reference a new playable character in Golden Sun DS).

=Quotes=
 * In Izumo:
 * woman: (thinking) What if losing Kushinada makes Susa return to his wild ways? I hope he fights the serpent... If he loses, at least he won't have to bear living without Kushinada.


 * In Gaia Rock:
 * Susa: (thinking) ''Who do they think they are? I'm the only one who can save Kushinada.


 * Outside Gaia Rock:
 * Susa: "You're going to tell Kushinada that you defeated the serpent, aren't you?" (If Felix says no) "Please, you were the ones to defeat it, so you should be honest and accept credit."
 * Susa: (thinking) Kushinada is safe... that's all that matters!

=Cultural reference= Susa's name is a shortening of "Susano" from the Japanese Kushinada legend. This diminution is likely intended to reflect the fact that Susa, unlike Susano, is not a god. But like Susano, Susa sets out to save the maiden Kushinada from a dragon, uses sake to weaken the dragon, beheads it with a powerful sword, and afterwards marries Kushinada.