Average Middle-Aged Man
Template:Character The Average Middle-Aged Man[1] is a strange man who appears in A Link to the Past. He is a former thief specialized in the picking of locks that now lives at the entrance of the Desert of Mystery under the guise of being a mute, ordinary man. If Link picks up or slices his sign, the man will break his silence and follow Link until he leaves the area.[2]
After hearing about the "average" man from a thief in the Lost Woods or from a former thief in a cave located where the Ice Rod is in the Light World,[3] Link can return to him with the chest found in the Village of Outcasts. The man offers to open the chest for Link in exchange for him not telling anyone about his true identity.[4] He gives Link the Magic Bottle that was inside in exchange for Link's silence. Afterwards, he won't care one way or the other whether or not his sign is taken.[5]
Trivia
- The "average" guy asking Link to keep his identity a "secret to everyone" is possibly a reference to the famous quote from The Legend of Zelda.
References
- ↑ "Pay no attention to the average middle-aged man sitting by this sign. Leave him alone!" — Sign (A Link to the Past)
- ↑ "Why did you take my sign? It says plain as day to just leave me alone! Sheeesh!" — Average Middle-Aged Man (A Link to the Past)
- ↑ "Heh heh. Thank you. To tell you the truth, I used to be a thief in the Light World... some of my fellow thieves went into hiding because they were afraid of being caught. One of them was a master locksmith, but now he is hiding the fact that he was a thief... by pretending to be a strange middle-aged guy! Ha ha ha..." — Storytelling Creature (A Link to the Past)
- ↑ "I heard that you know I used to be a thief, right? Well, I'll open a chest for you. Will you keep it secret from everyone else? Would you please promise?" — Average Middle-Aged Man (A Link to the Past)
- ↑ "Remember, you promised... Don't tell to anyone." — Average Middle-Aged Man (A Link to the Past)