Ku-Embra

Ku-Embra (コウエン, Kouen) and his brother, Ku-Tsung, are NPCs encountered in Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. They are two of Kaocho's generals and comprise a boss encounter in Ayuthay.

Personality
Like his counterpart, Ku-Embra is a powerful warrior who is known for his lack of leadership ability. Compared to Ku-Tsung, he is the more temperamental of the two generals. Based on dialogue, he appears to disdain Adepts to a degree.

Story
King Wo placed Ku-Tsung and Ku-Embra in charge of the invasion of Ayuthay. After an initial success, the battle comes to a standstill when the people of Ayuthay hide underground. The army then stands around aimlessly, awaiting orders from King Wo. Matthew's party will only be allowed into the kingdom after they present Wo's Letter to them. After learning that King Wo has ordered the generals to allow Matthew's party to assist in the seige, Ku-Embra refuses to believe the group are powerful warriors. Instead the group is ordered to exorcise evil spirits, at which point Matthew's group will sneak into Ayuthay. The generals later fight the Adepts when they attempt to leave Ayuthay with Amiti. Following their defeat, they will be imprisoned in Ayuthay's jail. If the player speaks to Ku-Embra, he will express disgust at losing a fight to Adepts.

Late in the game, if Ayuthay is visited after the Grave Eclipse, both of the generals' corpses will be seen near the entrance, having been slain by the shadow monsters spawned by the eclipse. Using Spirit Sense on the corpse will trigger a conversation between the two generals regarding the location of the Treasure Note.

As a boss
Ku-Embra has around 989 HP, and is weak against all elements. He fights alongside Ku-Tsung, and the player is required to defeat both to win the battle.


 * Attack: He hits one party member with his sword. Medium damage.
 * Fireworks: Embra puts a random Djinni on standby.
 * Cyclone Slash: Hits three people for Medium damage. Puts Embra in a delusion.
 * Inspiring Speech: Raises Attack for Tsung/Embra by a low amount.
 * Zealous Fury: A three-hit sword combo. High damage

When Ku-Embra and Ku-Tsung are felled, they reward 1647 experience points, 762 coins, a Plump Dumpling, and a Rice Ration.

Strategies
Ku-Embra is fairly powerful offensively. His main techniques to beware of are his Inspiring Speech, which can raise the Attack of both Ku-Tsung and Ku-Embra, Zealous Fury, which does high damage, and Cyclone Slash, which can hit upto three Adepts, though it will cause Delusion in Ku-Embra.

By this point, the player should have access to Judgment and Thor, if they have collect all available Djinn, and may also have access to Boreas if the player's Mercury Djinn are shuffled around. Luckily, Ku-Embra is weak against all elements, and thus the player can hit him freely with any technique. Additionally, Ku-Embra's Fireworks attack will automatically place a Djinn on Standby, which can shorten the number of turns needed for these high power summons. Due to Ku-Embra's high offensive power, at least one Adept should be prepared to heal damage.

Quotes

 * At Ayuthay:
 * Soldier: "Excuse me...? Generals?"
 * Ku-Tsung: "We're busy right now!" / Ku-Embra: "We must purge the evil spirits!"


 * Ku-Embra: "Why are you wasting my time when General Ku-Tsung asked for that letter?" (If Matthew presents Ku-Embra with Wo's Letter) "Can't you follow orders?! General Ku-Tsung said that HE wants to read that!"


 * Ku-Tsung: "King Wo writes that Matthew here has come with his companions to help us with their Psynergy."
 * Ku-Embra: "Hah! You puny people? Help us with Psynergy? I'll believe that when I see it! They look like a pack of pups, not powerful Adepts!"
 * Ku-Tsung: "But the letter IS from King Wo. His Majesty cannot be wrong."


 * Ku-Embra: "The king is infallible. But these worms? They're not worth my attention. I need veteran warriors."


 * Ku-Tsung: "They have made a mockery of the Kaocho military, General Ku-Embra!"
 * Ku-Embra: "How dare you toy with Kaocho's greatest generals? I cannot tolerate this insolence!"
 * Ku-Tsung: "Nor I." / Ku-Embra: "Now take your punishment, you mongrels!"


 * Ku-Embra: (After being defeated) "These young pups beat us..."


 * Ku-Embra: (If spoken to in Ayuthay's prison) "You dogs! You worms! I can't accept that I lost to Adepts! I'll take this shame to my grave..."

Trivia

 * Ku-Embra appears to be based off of Xiahou Yuan (read in Japanese is Kakōen), a historical Chinese military figure. Likewise, Ku-Tsung appears to have been based off of Yuan's brother Xiahou Dun.

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