Saturos

Saturos is a Mars Adept and one of the two main villains in the first Golden Sun. He travels around with his partner, Menardi, a water adept named Alex, Jenna's brother, Felix, as well as Jenna herself and the scholar, Kraden, who become Saturos and Menardi's hostages.

Background
Isaac and Garet first meet Saturos and Menardi when they are fourteen, in Vale. The Proxian party to which they belonged had triggered the storm that caused the supposed death of Felix, Kyle and Jenna's parents, by failing to disable the trap in Sol Sanctum protecting the elemental stars--Saturos and Menardi were the only survivors. After they meet Isaac and Garet, they knock them out to "make them forget what they heard."

Three years later, they follow Isaac's party into the depths of Sol Sanctum. They successfully take three of the elemental stars, leaving Isaac with the Mars Star, also managing to kidnap Jenna and Kraden as well. With their new hostages, they flee.

Isaac's party chase them all the way to Mercury Lighthouse, but fail to stop them from lighting it. Menardi intends to fight the party with Saturos, but he tells her she should keep an eye on the hostages instead. The combination of being alone and standing on his elemental weakness's lighthouse causes Saturos to lose the battle. However, Alex appears and helped him flee.

They meet once more in Venus Lighthouse. At this point, Felix is having a fallout with Saturos and Menardi about their new hostage, Sheba, when Isaac's party arrives. After Saturos tricks them into handing over the Shaman's Rod, they battle. At this point, Isaac and his friends are strong enough to defeat Saturos and Menardi. Regardless, Saturos still manages to light the lighthouse, which restores their Psynergy, because of the symbiotic relationship Mars and Venus share. Saturos fuses with Menardi to form the Fusion Dragon, but their new form is eventually defeated as well. After that, Saturos falls into the lighthouse with Menardi to their deaths.

Quotations

 * In Vale:
 * Garet: Hey, you were the ones who were sneaking around!
 * Saturos: Sneaking... Who are you, to accuse me!


 * Saturos: Pfeh! If your errand [with Kraden] is more important than our own, then... Go...


 * At Mercury Lighthouse:
 * Saturos: You have endured so much, and now you want to throw your lives away? Fine. If that is your wish, prepare to have it granted.


 * Saturos: What's the matter!
 * Garet: Saturos is extremely powerful. I could sense it when I faced him.
 * Ivan: "You have to be very careful when fighting him... We have to match his strength...
 * Saturos: Match me? Pah! You think you can match the great Saturos?
 * (Isaac is given a yes/no box. If he says no:)
 * Saturos: And yet you still want to fight? Ship of fools...


 * At Venus Lighthouse:
 * Saturos: Silence! You'd best tread lightly, Felix, or both you and Sheba will suffer!


 * Saturos: Bring it on, whelp! You won't live long enough to regret your stupidity!

Fan influence
Saturos is often paired with Menardi in a term known as Proxshipping. As an antagonist whose motives are not truly revealed until in the second game, he is portrayed in a variety of ways, ranging from a true villain to a misunderstood and more sympathetic person.