Wein

Wein Crouse “ウェイン・クルーズ” is the protagonist of Growlanser II The sense of justice.

(He is known as Wein Cruz in localized version)

He grew up as a commoner, and didn’t know that fact about his family.

He admired the figure of the Imperial Knights, and aspired to become one.

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Appearance

Wein is 17 years old and his height is 172cm.

He has amber colored eyes dan black hair.

He’s wearing a white top, black pants and shoes.

Although in the photo he is seen carrying a black jacket, but during his appearance in the game, he has never worn it.

Wein
Full Name	Wein Crouse
Age	17
Height	172cm
Gender	Male
Nationality	Burnshtain
Occupation	Burnshtain Knight, Imperial Knight, Light Savior
Relatives	William Cruz Wolfgang
Debut	Growlanser II The sense of justice
Special Skill	-
Weapon	Scythe
Seiyuu	今井由香"Imai Yuka" / Yuka Imai

Personality

He fights with a scythe that has excellent strength and exceeds the height of the body.

He has a strong sense of justice and responsibility, and often stretches his body for his comrades.

He likes archeological things that arise because he often hears stories from his father.

He is the only protagonist in the series who speaks spontaneously and his name can’t be changed.

Background

Wein is a boy from the former prestigious Crouse family that had fallen in the past. But he didn’t know about that fact and grew up as a commoner.

He regrets that he couldn’t keep my promise with the girl who played with him in the flower garden of Lysimachia foemata when he was a child.

At that time, his father told him to

“become a good person who understands the pain of people”

and he began to aim for the Imperial knight, which is the honor of his country.

Growlanser II The sense of justice

Wein trained at the military academy and learned from Logan. He met Maximillian Schneider at the practical exam and they became partners on the same team. After that they became best friends and often spent time together at the academy.

Not long after, the war between the Burnshtain Kingdom and the Rolandia Kingdom broke out. In Burnshtain Kingdom, almost all military academy cadets that enrolled with Wein were slain in the course of the conflict. As for Wein and Maximillian, the day finally came for their final exam, assignment to the forefront of the battle for humanity’s survival.

Not long after, the event in Growlanser I finally ended, Wein and Maximillian returned to the royal capital, then graduated from the military academy and were appointed to be knights. After graduating, he parted ways with Maximillian who wanted to become a politician.

Half a year after the war ended, Hans Burt and Charlone Claudios were placed under his command and they acted as a team. Through some events, they were framed and war broke out between Burnshtain and Rolandia. They had to clean up their crime, and got help from Xenos, Riviera, and Carmine.

He often met Arieta on his journey. Wein tried to find out what her aim was, and infiltrated the space-time control tower. There, they found Gevas which was Gevel’s origin. Gevas planned to rule the world and hold Arieta’s soul hostage.

After defeating Gevas, they returned to the royal capital and Wein was promoted to Imperial Knight. Then they defeated Wolfgang and ended the war.

After that, Maximillian carried out his plan to prevent another war from happening by brainwashing everyone. Wein and company fought against Maximillian’s army and managed to prevent his plan.

Growlanser III The dual darkness

In Growlanser III The dual darkness, Wein appears as an imported character.

However, he is not involved in the main story, and only appears a playable character.

His presence or absence will not affect the main story.

Players can talk to him to hear a few words from him. But he is not voiced in this game.

Growlanser ~Densetsu no Isan~

In Growlanser ~Densetsu no Isan~, Wein appears in the original scenario: Burnshutain-ō-to ni te (In Burnshtain Royal Capital)

This story takes place after the story Growlanser 2, where Charlone and Jurian make cakes together.

Wein appears at the end of the story to taste Charlone’s cake.

Then he was surprised by the taste without knowing that the two cakes had been swapped.

He panicked because he thought that the same cake would be delivered by Jurian to the King.

Wein appears in another Scenario: Yukemuri Bojō (Love Wreathed in Steam).

Just like the previous scenario, this story also takes place after the story Growlanser 2.

This scenario tells Arieta and Serebu who are on vacation at Comsprings.

Wein then appears and joins them. Arieta then became drunk, then Wein had to deal with it.

However, Wein became aware of a side of Arieta that is usually not shown and was determined to give Arieta as many happy moments as possible.

Growlanser IV Wayfarer of the time

Wein does not appear in the main story of Growlanser IV Wayfarer of the time. However he appeared at the ending of its OVA as fan service along with several other characters from Growlanser I to III.

Gallery

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Ending

Basically, Wein’s ending will be obtained by default. If the player does not meet the other ending criteria in original route, then Wein’s ending will be displayed.

Seiyuu

Since Wein isn’t the silent protagonist, he can speaks. Both in main game and drama cd He is voiced by:

今井由香”Imai Yuka” / Yuka Imai

Some of her major roles include:

• Renamon (Digimon Tamers)
• Okita Kai (Bakusou Kyoudai Let’s & Go!!)
• Fairy Leviathan (Rockman Zero)
• Model L (Rockman ZX)

See more at myanimelist.net.

Here is a recording of his comments in Growlanser 2 Appendix (gallery) with english CC / subtitle.