Fortune Teller
Two Fortune Tellers are found throughout the course of Golden Sun: The Lost Age. The first lives in Naribwe, located in southern Gondowan, where he acts as a village leader of sorts. The second can be found late into the game at Shaman Village, the main settlement in Hesperia.
Both Fortune Tellers are able to foresee a person's near future. The source of their powers is never addressed; While some Jupiter Adepts are capable of precognition, no fortune tellers have been explicitly labelled Adepts.
Naribwe's Teller
The Fortune Teller of Naribwe lives in a house on a cliff overlooking the rest of the village, which seems appropriate since he appears to serve as both a spiritual and political leader for the village. It is said that his predictions are never wrong, and from a gameplay perspective this is indeed true.
In order to prophesy the Fortune Teller requires an item belonging to the person wanting their fortune told; this is because he senses a person's desires through their items. He returns the item after he makes his prediction. While peering into a person's future, the Fortune Teller performs a dance that at least Felix finds a little odd. It is unclear whether this ridiculous ritual is truly necessary or if it is simply a habit of his. The actual predictions, while accurate, can be slightly cryptic at times, although it is not difficult to decipher precisely where the Fortune Teller is trying to guide a person.
In The Lost Age the Fortune Teller charges 20 coins to make a prediction. What he sees depends on what type of item he is given:
- A weapon: "Beyond the weapon you set down lies a terrible foe." - The Fortune Teller guides Felix towards the next boss.
- A piece of armor: "From the garb you have placed before me, I sense the presence of the one you await." - The Fortune Teller reveals the location of a Djinni.
- A Psynergy item: "I feel a shining power glowing beyond the item before me." - The Fortune Teller locates certain Quest items (Grindstone, Dancing Idol, etc.).
- A piece of the incomplete Trident of Ankohl: "The object you have placed before me wields a mighty power over a terrible foe." - The Fortune Teller reveals the location of a missing Trident prong or, if all have been found, hints at where they can be reassembled.
- The completed Trident of Ankohl: "That object you have placed before me... It is a fearsome weapon to a particular beast." - The Fortune Teller hints to the Trident's ability to defeat the aforementioned beast.
- Any other item: "Beyond the item before me, I see a path for you to follow." - The Fortune Teller tells Felix his next destination.
His ability to locate Djinn is undoubtedly his most useful feature, especially in finding Djinn like Sour or Chill that can easily be missed. This actually makes him among the most useful NPCs from a gameplay perspective, perhaps second only to Sunshine. Another point of note is that, while his other predictions become useless after the party receives the Grindstone, he can continue to pinpoint Djinn until they have all been acquired.
Djinn Hints
The following is the list of hints that the Fortune Teller offers and the djinn that corresponds to the hint in the order in which the hints are given:
- Fog — "Head east by northeast... In a cave on the continent that shifted from its foundations... The one you seek awaits..."
- Breath — "Head east by northeast... In a cave on the continent that shifted from its foundations... The one you seek awaits."
- Iron — "To the east lies a continent moved from its foundation. The one you seek waits in the wood."
- Cannon — "To the east... in the mountain paths on the continent that shifted from its foundations... The one you seek awaits."
- Sour — "To the southeast...in the plains of the southern continent in the Eastern Sea... The one you seek awaits."
- Spark — "To the southeast...in a village lulled by the bleating of sheep, the one you seek awaits."
- Blitz — "Head east by southeast... In the desert on the southern land... the one you seek awaits..."
- Steel — "To the north...inside the sacred icon, the one you seek awaits."
- Chill — "To the south...in the forest... the one you seek awaits."
- Kindle — "Head south by southeast... On the cliffs of a continent that shifted from its foundations... The one you seek awaits..."
- Ether — "Head east by southeast... In a cave on the southern continent in the Eastern Sea... The one you seek awaits."
- Mud — "To the north...beneath the sacred icon...the one you seek awaits."
- Char — "Head east by southeast... In a town on a continent that shifted from its foundation... The one you seek awaits."
- Waft — "To the north...in the mountain paths of this continent... the one you seek awaits."
- Flower — "Head east by southeast... In a cave on the southernmost continent in the Eastern Sea... The one you seek awaits."
- Coal — "Head east by northeast... On the island where the sun rises... the one you seek awaits."
- Haze — "To the east... Somewhere on a tiny islet... the one you seek awaits."
- Meld — "Head east by northeast... In a cave on a tiny islet, the one you seek awaits"
- Steam — "To the east...beside the boulder on the tiny islet... the one you seek awaits."
- Reflux — "Head south by southeast... In the ruins on the island of winter... the one you seek awaits."
- Wheeze — "To the east... In the forest on the isle of winter... the one you seek awaits."
- Petra — "Head north by northwest... In a forest on the northernmost continent in the Western Sea... The one you seek awaits."
- Rime — "Head east by northeast... ...In the town envolped [sic] in mist... the one you seek awaits."
- Core — "To the northwest...in the forest on the southern island in the Western Sea... The one you seek awaits."
- Aroma — "Head north by northwest... In a village on the northern continent in the Western Sea... The one you seek awaits."
- Salt — "To the northwest...in the ruins on the southern continent in the Western Sea... The one you seek awaits."
- Gel — "To the north...somewhere on a small island... the one you seek awaits."
- Tinder — "To the northwest...along the coast of the northern continent of the Western Sea... The one you seek awaits."
- Whorl — "In the northwest...in the ruins on the southern continent in the Western Sea... The one you seek awaits."
- Geode — "Head west by northwest... In an inlet on the southern continent in the Western Sea... The one you seek awaits."
- Eddy — "Head north by northwest... In a cave on the northern continent in the Western Sea... The one you seek awaits."
- Shine — "To the northwest...beside the ruins on the southern continent in the Western Sea... The one you seek awaits."
- Gasp — "Head north by northwest... Near the spring before the rugged path...the one you seek awaits."
- Mold — "To the north...in the village that knows no spring... the one you seek awaits."
- Balm — "To the north... In ruins chilled by icy winds...the one you seek awaits."
- Fury — "Head north by northwest... At the great rock on this continent... The one you seek awaits."
- Lull — "To the north...in the ruins lying in the village... the one you seek awaits."
- Crystal — "Head east by southeast... In the desert on the southern land in the Eastern Sea... The one you seek awaits."
- Serac — "Head east by northeast... In a cave on a tiny islet...the one you seek awaits."
- Fugue — "To the north...in the ruins chilled by icy winds... the one you seek awaits..."
- Gale — "Head north by northeast... On the island where the treasure lies...the one you seek awaits..."
The fortune teller does not give any hints for any of the "catch up" djinn from Golden Sun that appear when using a file that has Isaac's team missing at least one djinn of each element.
Shaman Village's Teller
The Fortune Teller of Shaman Village lives in a teepee to the east of the village proper and, like the other villagers, refuses to come out until after Felix's party defeats Moapa atop Trial Road.
Unlike his eastern counterpart, this Fortune Teller does not charge a monetary fee for his readings, nor does he require a person's belongings in order to see into their future. Like the other Fortune Teller, however, Shaman Village's Fortune Teller performs a strange ritual that may not actually be necessary; the Fortune Teller chants odd, nonsensical phrases before making his prediction.
This Fortune Teller serves a similar function to the one in Naribwe, although he is only able to guide players down the main path and nothing more. Naribwe's Fortune Teller no longer gives most of his predictions once the party is able to enter the Great Western Sea, so Shaman Village's Fortune Teller essentially replaces him for the later portion of the game. Despite this, the Hesperian Fortune Teller is far less useful or notable than the one from Naribwe, saying only that "bad stuff" awaits either down south (at Jupiter Lighthouse) or up north (at Mars Lighthouse).
Nhamu and Nhemo
In Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, a duo of fortune tellers reside in Harapa and can be visited at several points throughout the game for different readings. Nhemo requires a donation of five coins in order to read Matthew's near future, and she willfully maintains her service even as the events of the game progresses. She portends developments such as Matthew's venture into the Ouroboros labyrinth.
Nhamu, on the other hand, can freely read the far future of customers; however, the dire tidings she perceives Matthew's future to be closely associated with drives her into a fit of accusatory despair and renders her hostile toward Matthew for the rest of the game.
