A translation of a concept art page from Hyrule Historia. Images taken from History of Hyrule’s The Legend of Zelda art anthology. This page was translated by Zeldalady.
The Bazaar
Item Check Clerk
When using her electronic device, she slowly squats down.
*Swoosh*
Item Check Clerk
Bored
She is always absorbed in knitting.
When you talk to the front (human side), she’s friendly. When you talk to the back (bird side), she’s harsh. She’s a mysterious girl.
She runs around the shop.
“Will you store or take something? Oh, it’s Link!”
*Bird Call* “What shall I store?”
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Item Check Clerk
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Item Check Clerk (5)
An old man who likes to tinker with bonsai.
He cares for his bonsai while talking to customers. He doesn’t look at customers.
“Hello and welcome!”
Item Check Clerk
Absorbed in stacking playing cards.
She asks customers not to breathe if they come close.
Item Check Clerk
He once carelessly took in a cat. The cat had many babies. This wasn’t what the man wanted, so he kept only the adults, and got rid of the kittens. That’s his background.
Too busy with cats to help customers.
He gives excuses and ignores customers because the cats are too cute.
The cats come to Link. I hoped they would comfort the player… the more cats the better, but it’s difficult to do.
Item Check Clerk
He’s a noisy human beat-boxer.
His hair is always swept in the same direction.
There’s a rumour that he has a speaker in his hair.
Slightly drunk, very noisy.
Carries a small item that looks like a mike. He doesn’t really need it because his voice is powerful.
He’s always giving out autographs during business hours.
His legs are too long for him.
Unused Bazaar Character
Fruit and Vegetable Vendor
Calls everyone “little ” or “cute”. Pleasant man.
“Cute Zelda”, “Little Link”, “Little Grandma”, “Cute Baby”
Refers to himself as “Little Uncle”.
Left Basket:
Vegetable basket
Right Basket:
Fruit basket
Basically, he is well known and likes telling stories.
“The item check girl’s daddy used to be a superstar. He named his daughter the reverse of his name, though his little wife was against it. It’s just a rumour, though…”
Shop Owners With Strong Personalities
There are many shop owners with strong personalities in the Zelda series. Perhaps that’s because there are so many ideas for the characters…?
Legend of Zelda Salvatore From The Wind Waker