Kraden

Kraden, a bearded scholar with spectacles, is the grandfatherly advisor figure to the Adepts. He studies Alchemy at the request of Babi. He is described as "cunning beyond measure" by Saturos. In Golden Sun he is one of Saturos' hostages, but in The Lost Age he is the consisient "guide" to Felix's traveling party.

Background
Kraden originally came from a poor village, the name of which is unknown. When he was four years old, Babi recognised his talent and took him away from his home to Tolbi, where he took him under his wing and Kraden started studying Alchemy.

In Golden Sun
After a lifetime of studying Alchemy and the four elements of Weyard, Kraden becomes a learned enough man to gain recognition from lord Babi, and Babi eventually sends Kraden to live at Vale, where he is to study the four jewels known as the Elemental Stars hidden within Sol Sanctum, as well as to observe the Adepts that live at Vale. Kraden moves to Vale and becomes fast friends with the young Adepts Isaac, Garet, Jenna, and Felix, along with their parents, and he teaches them what he knew about Alchemy and how it applies to Psynergy. When the Mt.Aleph boulder disaster allegedly kills Felix and the parents, Kraden shares the young ones’ grief even though he is not seen in the games prologue itself.

In the present, Saturos and Menardi, planning to infiltrate Sol Sanctum, come to him and try to get information, and Kraden must rely on his cunning to not reveal too much to potential thieves, though in point of fact he does not know all about Mt.Aleph's secrets himself. It is a combination of Saturos' influence, Kraden’s pressure to fulfill Babi’s wishes, and his own curiosity that convinces him to undertake an unauthorized research expedition into Sol Sanctum consisting of himself and Isaac, Garet, and Jenna. They investigate the inside of the sanctum see if Saturos and Menardi are telling the truth about how much they know about Sol Sanctum, but when Kraden finds that they were thieves planning to rob the sanctum, he chooses to investigate further into the sanctum instead of going back to warn the town because he is so close to the object of his research.

Kraden's group ends up in the elemental star chamber, and he foolishly tasks Isaac to remove the Elemental Stars from their pedestals. Suddenly, Saturos and Menardi arrive and take Kraden and Jenna hostage, and Saturos makes Isaac hand him three of the stars. But Mt.Aleph erupts before he can get the fourth star, so Saturos must flee with the two as their hostages for Isaac to follow so that Saturos could get the fourth star. Kraden and Jenna must now travel with Saturos, Menardi, Felix, and Alex to light the Elemental Lighthouses.

In Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Kraden and Jenna quickly come to understand Saturos’ motive for activating the Elemental Lighthouses. Eventually, when Saturos and Menardi are slain at Venus Lighthouse and Felix is made to lead the rest of party, which now includes the Jupiter Adept Sheba, Kraden becomes the group’s advisor from there on, giving Felix advice and insight into the workings of a situation whenever the situation calls for clarification. Of course, since he is an old man who studied books as opposed to swordsmanship, Kraden steps out of the way whenever Felix and his younger friends engage in battle. Kraden proves that his involvement in the quest does stem from his own curiosity in Alchemy more than Babi’s decree when Alex appears a great deal of time later and notifies Kraden of the passing of Babi. Though Kraden is understandably affected, he proclaims that he will continue his participation in the quest in the name of the pursuit of knowledge all the way.

Kraden later has a reason to light the lighthouses, but he only tells Felix what it is at first. In Lemuria, it is revealed that he agrees with the Lemurians' idea that Weyard is in decline.

Fan influence
Kraden is revered for his wisdom. His followers congregate at the Temple of Kraden. RyuKenshin, author of the Wheat Sword FAQ, created a FAQ telling how to get Kraden as a playable character in Golden Sun: The Lost Age. The dubious faq is reprinted below after being reformatted:

This is not possible in the game

Recruiting Kraden Original Concept by: KairiPower Writen by: RyuKenshin

Introduction

After playing Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age countless times, I began to feel a little empty inside. It seems like something is missing. He is my favorite character of all time. Kraden, dubbed the Almighty. After obtaining the Wheat Sword, with the help of RyuKenshin's FAQ, I decided to start a goal to obtain Kraden. Months passed and now, I have finally recruited Kraden in my battling party. I wanted to keep it to myself because I believed only I was worthy to have the almighty on my team. But now, after seeing that many love Kraden, I shall finally reveal the secret of obtaining THE ALMIGHTY!

Obtaining Kraden

note A few of these steps in this faq require the player to complete some events in Golden Sun. Otherwise this code will not work.

Sequence of events in Golden Sun


 * Buy the wooden stick from the Vale Weapon Shop
 * Throw it in the river next to the destroyed house
 * It will begin to float. Follow it until it stops
 * At the end of the road you will meet an old woman who regardless of the gender looks like Kraden
 * She wants the stick and challenges you to a match if you don't give it to her
 * Refuse, and she will attack you
 * Despite how much you leveled up she will beat you with the psynergy "Knowledge Power Drain"
 * After you're defeated, she will leave

Golden Sun: The Lost Age Sequence of events


 * Transfer data from Golden Sun with the Clear Data in the 3rd file in Golden Sun
 * Do everything in the obtaining the Wheat Sword FAQ
 * Oh noes! Felix ran to the Temple of Kraden! After him!
 * You go to the door but you are immediatly halted by the guards who call you unworthy
 * They say you must prove yourself worthy but they refuse to tell you how
 * Use Mind read on the guard who is wearing an official Kraden Badge
 * "Must prove worthiness by finding me a form of psynergy that can morph the youth into elders."
 * Now go to Prox
 * Gather some snow with the psynergy "Scoop" keep it in snow form with "Frost"
 * Go to Mars Lighthouse and put snow on the floor where Karst and Agatio died
 * Ask Piers to put his helm onto the snow.
 * It will morph into FROSTY THE SNOWMAN
 * Frosty will attack you.
 * After defeating Frosty, he will melt.
 * It turns into a psynergy item, which is the Age Clock.
 * Equip it to Sheba or Ivan to get "Age Fast"
 * Cast Age Fast on Sheba. Her character icon will change to: [[Image:Unidentified.gif]]
 * She will gain "Ultima"
 * Use "Ultima" in front of the Guards at the Kraden temple, and they will let you in.
 * Inside, you see several Murals dedicated to Kraden.
 * On the throne at the end of the hall, you see an Evil Kraden, and he traps Kraden.
 * You must fight Evil Kraden, by first having Sheba use "Ultima"
 * Evil Kraden will fall, and Kraden will be freed.
 * Kraden thanks you for saving him, and owns up that he is not holding up his end.
 * He agrees to join you!
 * You return to Vale with Kraden, and go back to Kraden's cottage.
 * When you enter, Sheba returns back to normal.
 * The old woman is waiting inside
 * "Its been a long time, hasn't it"
 * "Who are you?" Felix says, (YES, FELIX!!!)
 * "I am the almighty. I am Kraden's SISTER!!!"
 * "No your not, you senile hag!" Garet shouts
 * Kraden glares at her. "I don't have a sister!"
 * Kraden enters a battle with her, one-on-one.
 * Kraden easily defeats old woman.
 * As she falls, the Knowledge Drain curse is removed
 * Kraden is now fully powered up!!!

Thanks

I would like to thank KairiPower for inspiring me to find this out

I would also like to thank all members of the Kraden Temple.

Contact

Send me any questions that you have to: ryukenshin75@hotmail.com