Gressil enemy line

The Gressil and Little Death are species of monsters found in Golden Sun: The Lost Age. These monsters, resembling flying demon-like animals without legs and holding a scythe in each hand, are palette swaps of each other and have differing levels of power and defense. This monster line is notable because each of its members can drop a rare item not found anywhere else.

Like with all other monster lines introduced in The Lost Age that have apparently only two members, a third palette swap member to this line exists in the code of the game cart and was even given its own name, but has none of its stats and abilities coded beyond weak placeholder abilities. Had it been used it would have appeared as a light-green member with turquoise wings and violet eyes named Mini-Death.

Gressil
A Gressil is a blue member with light purple wings and yellow eyes. It has 175 HP, 30 PP, 243 Attack, 70 Defense, 145 Agility, and 30 Luck. Its resistances are fairly balanced; while very resistant to Venus Psynergy, it is evenly resistant to Mars and Mercury Psynergy and weak to Jupiter Psynergy.

Gressils can attack with a physical attack and use the Psynergies Nova, for moderate Mars damage to multiple targets and Curse, which might inflicts a target with a Death Curse.

Felling a Gressil yields 258 EXP, 208 coins, and in rare cases, a Otafuku Mask. Gressils are only fought in Izumo Ruins. Because the dungeon is optional, it is possible for unsuspecting players to miss fighting Gressils entirely.

Little Death
A Little Death is a red member with light purple wings and light blue eyes. It has 222 HP, 40 PP, 335 Attack, 108 Defense, 191 Agility, and 30 Luck. Its resistances are fairly balanced; while very resistant to Venus Psynergy, it is evenly resistant to Mars and Mercury Psynergy and weak to Jupiter Psynergy.

Little Death has the same attack options as Gressil, but has substituted Nova for Supernova, for stronger Mars damage to multiple targets, and also gained Condemn, which has a chance of instantly knocking out a target.

Felling a Little Death yields 420 EXP, 273 coins, and in rare cases, a Hiotoko Mask. They are located thoughout the interiors and exteriors of Magma Rock.

Cultural Allusions
Origin: Christianity

In Christian beliefs, Gressil is the demon of impurity and uncleanliness. It is sometimes refered to as Cresil.