Thanatos Mace

The Thanatos Mace is a Mace-class weapon found in Golden Sun: The Lost Age. It is found in a treasure chest in Ankohl Ruins, in a small sector of a room that can only be reached by using the Sand Psynergy. Being a Mace, it can be equipped by Isaac, Felix, Garet, Sheba, Mia, and Piers. Its buy value is 10400 coins and its sell value is 7800.

The Thanatos Mace increases the wielder's attack by 125. Its Unleash effect is Heartbreak, which is effectively a standard physical attack that adds 42 damage points and then modifies the resulting damage based on the user's Venus power and the target's Venus resistance. The attack may also instead instantly fell the target. Heartbreak visually resembles a transparent image of a ghostly demon with a head resembling a horned animal's skull, touching the target, retracting its hand which is now glowing with a green fire, and disappearing off the top of the screen.

A weapon with an attack rating suitable for the later portion of the exploration of the Great Eastern Sea when it can first be found, and with an Unleash effect that might instantly KO a target, is quite valuable to have and might even be worth putting on the Venus Adept Felix. The fact it can be equipped by Piers or Sheba as a hand-me-down once Felix has a better weapon (though the Cloud Brand found earlier probably outclasses it) means that the Thanatos Mace is likely to stay on your party for at least a while once you get it.

Cultural Allusions
Origin: Greece

Thanatos was the personification of death in Greek Mythology. Though he rarely appeared in person, he was often referred to in the texts. He was the twin brother of Hypnos and the son of Nyx, the goddess of Night.