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.

Extended Gallery

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.

Quotes

 * In Konpa Cave:
 * Kraden: "Now, what ARE you doing up there, Rief?"
 * Rief: "Nowell made me scout out the route to the north tunnel. I know better than to disagree with her!"


 * Rief: (To Blados) "You again?! Stop this nonsense! Why are you tormenting us?"


 * Rief: (To Matthew's group) "So, may I take it that you're all right with me traveling with you? I would suggest that we head to that town!"


 * At Harapa:
 * Karis: "Well, if this is the City of Ruins, there must be something old around here somewhere..."
 * Rief: "I...guess so."
 * Matthew: "???"
 * Tyrell: "You don't sound like such a know-it-all, all of a sudden."


 * Rief: "Kraden has taught us that it's crucial to never misuse our powers. Psynergy is a gift. But if you were the sort of people who abuse that gift... Well, I hate to say it, but we'd have to part ways."
 * Karis: "You don't need to worry about that, Rief. We've got discipline...mostly. It's natural to want to show off Psynergy. But controlling Psynergy means controlling our minds. We've got to maintain discipline."
 * Tyrell: "Yeah, and by "we", you mean me, right?! But I'm NOT weak, Karis!"
 * Rief: "You, weak? Of course not! Any son of the Warriors of Vale can surely become a true master!"


 * In Kaocho Palace:
 * Rief: (To one of the Tuaparang soldiers) "Get away from us, villain!"


 * In Ayuthay:
 * Rief: (About Amiti's mother and mysterious father) "A secret romance! It sounds like something from a fairy tale!"


 * Rief: "A member of the royal family, joining our party? That is quite a surprising development."


 * Rief: "But it's rather fun, isn't it? Having new members? Good things keep coming to us!"


 * At Passaj (second visit):
 * Rief: "Princes, queens, gemstones... What a royal mystery!"


 * At Harapa Ruins:
 * Rief: "This stone is... Eeeeep!"
 * Tyrell: "Eep?! This stone is eep? What kind of talk is that for a brainy kid like you, Rief?"


 * In Teppe Ruins:
 * Tyrell: (In response to Sveta admitting she followed them through the ruins) "I knew it! She's a... a spy or something!"
 * Rief: "Yes, Tyrell. This is where she just volunteers that she's a spy."


 * Rief: "That Sveta cuts an intriguing figure, eh?"


 * Rief: "It will be good to see Kraden again."
 * Tyrell: "Yeah, IF the geezer actually made it there."
 * Karis: "Tyrell, there's no need to be rude!"
 * Rief: "Ahem. If Kraden said he will meet us, he WILL find a way to meet us."
 * Sveta: "Where was this geezer person coming from to reach Belinsk?"
 * Rief: "What, you too, Sveta?"


 * Rief: "It IS an exciting opportunity to learn, isn't it? I'm practically tingling with anticipation!"