Rief

Rief (クラウン Kuraun) is a playable character of Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. He is a Mercury Adept who is described as a knowledgeable researcher traveling with Kraden, a scholar of Alchemy who acts as Rief's mentor. Rief joins Matthew, Tyrell, and Karis at some point after the initial party is formed. Rief's mother is Mia, and he also has a sister named Nowell. It is also implied that Amiti is his 2nd cousin, and was confirmed when Nintendo posted a family tree on Twitter showing that Alex is Amiti's father.

released on the day of the E3 2010 trailer and floor demo indicated the existence of a party member named "Crown," but Crown was first shown in playable form in a trailer released on the the Japanese Wii Trailer Channel on August 18th, 2010. "Crown" was presumed to be his name for all versions of Dark Dawn until a trailer posted on an Amazon.com product page for the North American version of the game showed his U.S. name to be Rief.

Rief's gender was not clear to fans even after later trailers were posted because, in addition to an androgynous appearance and masculine name, Rief's Golden Sun-style "squeak-voice" in cut scenes is a high-pitched one normally reserved for female characters and NPCs, including Dark Dawn's own Chalis. Nonetheless, a similar voice was used for certain young boy NPCs, such as Justin.

As a playable character
As a playable character in battle, Rief is a Mercury Adept who, in terms of battle statistics and equipment, is essentially a clone of Mia from the original Golden Sun.

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Trivia

 * Rief is a mage-style fighter like his mother, Mia.
 * Rief's French name, Robin, is the same as Isaac's name in the Japanese version.