Dampé: Difference between revisions

:''Not to be confused with {{Term|TWWHD|Dampa|link}}, a sailor in {{TWW}}.''

|era= {{Term|Series|Force Era|link}}, {{Term|Series|Era of the Hero of Time|link}}, {{Term|Series|Shadow Era|link}}

|family= Unnamed father {{Exp Game|MM}}<ref name="Father">{{Cite|Did you see the huge skeleton at the back of this graveyard? My father once said that was all that was left of the former Royal Soldier who once guarded this graveyard.|Dampé|MM}}</ref>, Unnamed wife {{Exp Game|MM}}<ref name="Wife">{{Cite|I'm not going to give up. I'll keep asking you until you say yes. That's how I courted my current wife, you know.|Dampé|MM}}</ref>

{{Term/Store|Dampé|Dampés|Series, LANS, OoT, OoT3D, MM, MM3D, TMC}} is a recurring character in {{TLoZ|Series}}.<ref>{{Cite|Dampé|N/A|LANS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 239,{{Exp Game|OoT}} 245,{{Exp Game|MM}} & 270 {{Exp Game|TMC}}}}</ref>{{Note|{{Term|Series|Dampé}} was referred to as '''Dampe''' in {{Guide|TMC|Nintendo}}.<ref>{{Cite Guide|quote= |game= TMC|publisher= Nintendo|page= 105}}</ref> However, as this contradicts the name given in {{E}}, it is not considered [[Guidelines:Canon|Canon]].}}

==={{LA|NS|-}}===

Dampé appears as the gravekeeper for the [[Ikana Graveyard]] in {{MM}}.<ref>{{Cite|I am Dampe, the grave keeper, who watches over this graveyard. My face is frightening, but I am not a bad person!|Dampé|MM}}</ref> Though terrified of ghosts, he keeps a haunted graveyard.<ref>{{Cite|Soon, a whole lot of frightful ghosts will appear. [...] Aaaieeee!!! Th-they're out!|Dampé|MM}}</ref> Little is known about Dampé, but it is insinuated that he used to visit the graveyard with his father.<ref name="Father"/> Apparently, he also has a wife.<ref name="Wife"/>

If Link talks to Dampé while wearing the [[Captain's Hat]], Dampé, originally believing ghosts only come out at night, will become terrified and run around the graveyard before running back to his house and locking the door.

On the [[Final Day|third day]], Dampé can be found underground beneath a gravestone searching for the treasure of Ikana's Royal Family.<ref>{{Cite|I came looking for the Royal Family's legendary treasure, but my torch has gone out.|Dampé|MM}}</ref> However, his torch has gone out, so he asks Link to guide him with [[Tatl|his fairy]]'s light.<ref>{{Cite|...A fairy? Oh, it was the fairy's light. In that case, it's just perfect. [...] I'm sorry, but could you walk in front of me and light the way?|Dampé|MM}}</ref> By [[Targeting System|Z-targeting]] him, Link can lead Dampé to mounds of dirt where he will sometimes dig up a blue fire. Once three such fires are found, they come together and reveal a [[Poe|Big Poe]],<ref>{{Cite|Waah!!! It's the leader of the ghosts!|Dampé|MM}}</ref> causing Dampé to run away. Once Link defeats this enemy, a [[Treasure Chest]] containing a [[Bottle]] reveals itself. In {{MM3D}}, this was changed to a Piece of Heart instead. If Link leaves the area, he will find himself in Dampé's house, with Dampé hiding underneath his bed.

Dampé lives in the graveyard found to the far north in [[The Swamp]] in {{FSA}}. He is the caretaker of the graveyard, but since monsters roam the place, he can not do his work.<ref>{{Cite|My name's Dampé. I'm supposed to be the caretaker at this here graveyard. Only I can't take care of a single thing right now. I'm helpless!!!|Dampé|FSA}}</ref> He is also tormented by [[Shadow Link]] whom he warns the [[Links]] about, surprised at how similar they are to him.<ref>{{Cite|This shadowy guy has been stirring up trouble lately. Actually, he looks like you!|Dampé|FSA}}</ref> Dampé then tells the four Links about a mirror, in which a dark tribe was sealed in a long time ago, informing them that it is hidden somewhere in the Forest of Light.<ref>{{Cite|Legends speak of a mirror in which a dark tribe was sealed away long ago. I understand it's supposed to be hidden now somewhere in the Forest of Light.|Dampé|FSA}}</ref>

Dampé appears again as a gravekeeper in {{ALBW}}. He initially appears to be dull-witted, as he refers to himself in the third person, but he also claims to understand that the [[Captain]] only visits the [[Sanctuary (A Link Between Worlds)|Sanctuary]] to see [[Seres]].<ref>{{Cite|Coming and going! Going and coming! The captain stops by here more than anyone... You think he wants to yak with the priest? No, sir--just makin' excuses to see Seres there. She hasn't got a clue, either. But I s'pose that's what's so lovely about Seres. Carefree as a bird... But ol' Dampé sees more'n people think. Like those paintings on the castle walls this morning. There's trouble brew--|Dampé|ALBW}}</ref> While Link is searching for the Captain, he encounters Seres and Dampé speaking. After Seres becomes trapped within the Sanctuary, Dampé remembers that the [[Priest]] spoke of a secret passage into the Sanctuary and prompts Link to use the [[Forgotten Sword]] to make his way through it.<ref>{{Cite|Wh-what's happening in there? Th-th-the doors are shut tight. Can't get them open! Wh-what can we do? That was Seres crying out! Dampé doesn't have a key! Dampé just digs the graves around—! Wait! Dampé remembers! Dampé once heard the priest talking about a secret way into the Sanctuary, hidden right in my Graveyard. Bad luck, Dampé thinks, messing around with graves. Worse luck, going under the ground... But YOU! You do it. If you get scared, just swing that sword around!|Dampé|ALBW}}</ref>