Gressil enemy line
The Gressil and Little Death are enemies that are randomly battled in Golden Sun: The Lost Age. These monsters, resembling flying demon-like animals without legs and holding a scythe in each hand, are palette swamps of each other that have differing levels of power and defense and are fought in different locations in the game.
In Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Gressil
A Gressil (グレッシル) is a blue level 26 variant with violet wings. In The Lost Age, it is fought only throughout Izumo Ruins, an optional area; therefore, some players might miss this monster altogether.
The Gressil is both quite a bit weaker and less sturdy than the monsters it is fought alongside, but it has the highest Agility rating by quite a large margin. Its unique drop, the Otafuku Mask, is, however, more of a novelty than a desirable piece of rare equipment, so whether you want to bother abusing the Random Number Generator to get it is up to you.
A Gressil is especially likely to be affected by instant death effects. Its statistics are as follows:
| Name | HP | PP | Attack | Defense | Agility | Luck |
| Gressil | 175 | 30 | 243 | 70 | 145 | 30 |
| Elemental Resistances and Levels | Exp | Coins | Item Dropped | Drop Rate | ||
 127 (Lv 3)  100 (Lv 2)  100 (Lv 2)  72 (Lv 2)
|
259 | 208 |  Otafuku Mask
|
1/64 | ||
A Gressil uses the following battle commands with moderate intelligence:
| Command | Chance to use |
Elem. Stats used with * |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | 4/8 (50%) |
-- | Standard physical attack. |
| Nova | 2/8 (25%) |
85 Power
|
Psynergy costing 13 PP that generates a large explosion of fiery energy at the entire party. Deals a Mars-aligned attack with 70 base damage that is spread out across 5 enemies with high damage distribution. |
| Curse | 2/8 (25%) |
Level 3
|
Psynergy costing 6 PP that briefly generates a candle icon at the target Adept's position. The target has a chance to get inflicted with a 7-turn Death Curse status ailment. |
Little Death
A Little Death (スモールデス Small Death) is a reddish level 33 variant with violet wings. In The Lost Age, it is fought only throughout Magma Rock.
The Little Death is outperformed in each category by the Wise Gryphon, and it is rare for it to use Condemn and have it actually hit before you fell it. Like with the Gressil, its unique drop, the Hiotoko Mask, is more of a novelty than a desirable piece of rare equipment, so whether you want to bother abusing the Random Number Generator to get it is up to you.
A Little Death is especially likely to be affected by instant death effects. Its statistics are as follows:
| Name | HP | PP | Attack | Defense | Agility | Luck |
| Little Death | 222 | 40 | 335 | 108 | 191 | 30 |
| Elemental Resistances and Levels | Exp | Coins | Item Dropped | Drop Rate | ||
| 127 (Lv 3) 100 (Lv 2) 100 (Lv 2) 72 (Lv 2)
|
420 | 273 |  Hiotoko Mask
|
1/64 | ||
A Little Death uses the following battle commands with moderate intelligence:
| Command | Chance to use |
Elem. Stats used with * |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | 3/8 (37.5%) |
-- | Standard physical attack. |
| Supernova | 2/8 (25%) |
85 Power
|
Psynergy costing 31 PP that generates a huge, extended explosion of fiery energy at the entire party. Deals a Mars-aligned attack with 150 base damage that is spread out across 7 enemies with high damage distribution. |
| Curse | 2/8 (25%) |
Level 3
|
Psynergy costing 6 PP that briefly generates a candle icon at the target Adept's position. The target has a chance to get inflicted with a 7-turn Death Curse status ailment. |
| Condemn | 1/8 (12.5%) |
Level 3
|
Psynergy costing 8 PP that projects an image of the Grim Reaper that approaches a targeted Adept and slashes once with its scythe. The target has a chance to be instantly downed. |
Mini-Death
The Mini-Death (ミニデス Mini Death) exists as a named but unused variant in the code in The Lost Age, where none of its statistics and abilities are coded beyond weak placeholder abilities. Had it been used, it would have appeared as a pale light green variant with dark turquoise wings.
Cultural references
Origin: Christianity
In Christian beliefs, Gressil is the demon of impurity and uncleanliness. It is sometimes referred to as Cresil.
