Mia (Golden Sun)

Official artwork of Mia
Mia
Species	Human
Hair color	Blue
Eye color	Blue
Relatives	Alex (cousin) Nowell (daughter) Rief (son)
Debut	Golden Sun

Mia is one of the four playable characters of Isaac's party in Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age. She is a Mercury Adept hailing from the city of Imil, and the former guardian of the Mercury Lighthouse.

Background

Mia was part of the Mercury Clan, composed of Mercury Adepts who lived at the snow-filled town of Imil and worked to protect the Mercury Lighthouse. However, unspecified circumstances led to Mia being the last of the Mercury Clan at Imil. Her apprentice (or her father's apprentice in the Japanese version) Alex was also part of the clan, but he mysteriously went missing. Alone, Mia often wound up overworked using her abilities to help heal all of Imil's residents. She also took two young children named Justin and Megan under her wing as her apprentices.

Golden Sun

Mia was busy running around town and healing various villagers who fell victim to a cold epidemic when she suddenly noticed a light coming from Mercury Lighthouse. She was initially confused as she knew that only someone from the Mercury Clan could access the lighthouse, then she realized that it must have been Alex and ran off to the lighthouse to investigate. There she met Isaac and his companions Garet and Ivan. After they helped her solve several puzzles to progress into the lighthouse, Mia felt she could trust Isaac and joined his group as the fourth and final member.

They arrived at Mecury Lighthouse's aerie too late; it had already been lit. Mia thought this was not possible without the Mercury Star, but then Isaac's group informed her that Saturos and Menardi's gang had stolen all the Elemental Stars from Sol Sanctum for use in re-lighting all the lighthouses. Mia was disappointed at having failed her sole duty, but they then got the chance to battle Saturos. During the battle, Mecury Lighthouse's beacon both weakened Saturos's Mars Psynergy and strengthened Mia's Mercury Psynergy, which led to Saturos being defeated with relative ease. Alex then revealed himself and taught Mia more about Psynergy while revealing his ties with Saturos. Alex then teleported away with Saturos, leaving Mia shocked about the new powers Alex had developed.

Mia was intent on pursuing Saturos's gang with Isaac's group. Although she had mixed feelings about leaving Imil, she knew that its people would be able to take care of themselves with the healing Water of Hermes flowing again from the lighthouse's fountain. So they traveled across Angara and Gondowan, eventually making their way towards the Venus Lighthouse. They were once more too late to stop the lighthouse from being activated, but this time they were able to conclusively defeat both Saturos and Menardi in battle, the two committing suicide afterwards. An apparent freak accident prevented them from catching up with Felix and the gang's hostage Sheba, but they soon set off to sea on Babi's Lemurian ship in search of the lost island of Lemuria as well as Felix's group and the last lighthouses.

The Lost Age

It is implied that Isaac's group found the Sea of Time (which contained Lemuria), but were forced to turn back after failing to defeat Poseidon. They then traveled across Indra and southern Gondowan in pursuit of Alex's group as well as a Lemurian named Piers, but they eventually wound up at the Jupiter Lighthouse instead. Mia wound up being caught in a trap there, as was Garet when he tried to help her. This trap was set by Karst and Agatio, who proceeded to ambush Isaac and Ivan. Although they were defeated, Felix's group arrived and convinced Agatio and Karst to spare them. After Felix lit the Jupiter Lighthouse, Isaac and Felix's groups met up at Contigo in order to sort out their differences. Kraden was able to convince Isaac's group that the world was in danger of dying if they did not awaken Alchemy by lighting all of the lighthouses, so they all decided to work together on the last one, Mars Lighthouse. Mia and Piers were both relieved that they were able to come to an agreement instead of fighting.

They eventually reached Mars Lighthouse, but they found that releasing the last beacon would cause power from all the lighthouse's beacons to combine above Mt. Aleph to form a light of pure power, the Golden Sun. Mia was specifically shocked to learn from The Wise One that Alex was climbing Mt. Aleph at that moment to claim it. The Wise One summoned a "miracle" known as the Doom Dragon as their final test. They were able to beat it, but then they found that it was actually a forcibly transformed version of Jenna's parents as well as Isaac's father. Mia tried her hardest to heal Jenna's parents, but to no avail, although the energy released by the Mars Lighthouse wound up restoring them instead. Mia's thoughts showed that she held Alex responsible and would not forgive him. After the Mars beacon was lit, a telepathic channel was opened through which Megan and Justin communicated with them, warning them that it was best to stay away from the lighthouses while they were releasing excess power. With the whole crisis resolved, Mia traveled to Vale afterwards with the rest of Isaac and Felix's group, only to find it destroyed. Garet was distraught at his family being gone, but Mia and Sheba proceeded to tease him due to seeing that Garet's family was actually alive and well.

Dark Dawn

Over the next thirty years, Mia had two children, Powell and Rief. Both went on to become Kraden's pupils. Mia's own whereabouts during Dark Dawn were unspecified unless she is the priestess from Imil who is mentioned in a book found at Kolima Village. In this case, returned to Imil and tirelessly continued to care for the sick and the old, which led to her being considered truly holy and becoming known as the Goddess of Imil.

Abilities

As a Mercury Adept, Mia is inclined towards water-based Mercury Psynergies and healing abilities. Her exact Psynergy abilities are a variable depending on her current class (decided by which types of Djinn she has equipped at a given moment) and any special items she might have equipped. Her default Psynergies are Ply as well as eventually its stronger forms, Ply Well and Pure Ply. In battle, she can wield maces and staffs as weapons.

Other Appearances

Video Games

• In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, she appears as a Novice-rank Primary Spirit who comes with the side effect of boosting the power of water attacks. When fought in a Spirit battle, Mia's Spirit possesses Palutena and is fought in a timed battle, where she shields often and can heal through shielding attacks.

Trivia

• In a beta version of Golden Sun, she was apparently intended to be a villager from Vale along with Isaac and Garet, with her spot in the beginning of the game instead being filled by temporary teammate Jenna in the game's final version.