Shopkeeper

:This article is about the animated series character. For other trading characters, see Merchants.
The Shopkeeper is a character in the Castlevania animated series. He assists Isaac in Tunis by offering him a distance mirror.
He was voiced by Navid Negahban in the English version of the show.
==History==
Upon his arrival in Tunis, Isaac stops at a blind old merchant, capable to smell his Forgemaster's powers. He explains that it is because he has smelled, tasted and seen Hell itself. He also wonders about his client's beliefs holding such a power, making him understand that God probably created Hell, like absolutely everything he would have created.
Isaac then asks him if he has a Carpathian transmission mirror, according to reports he would have heard of during his trip. The old man replies, however, that he has already sold it a long time ago to a vampire couple in Kolkata, but he nevertheless has a distance mirror, which can reveal the interlocutor's thoughts, thus allowing Isaac to find out where Hector is.
But to Isaac's surprise, the old man offers him the mirror, anxious to want to be one of the few people to be generous to Isaac despite his powers. In exchange, he reveals to him he will be sure to be in Hell at his death, and asks him to bring him back to a new body when the opportunity arises for Isaac.
==Appearances==
==Quotes==
*"I smell you, Forgemaster." ("The Reparation of My Heart")
*"It's not an education. It's a curse. It's easy to detect. You just have to know what Hell smells like." ("The Reparation of My Heart")
*"I don't makes the rules. I just run the shop." ("The Reparation of My Heart")
*"I have a feeling you haven't received many gifts in your life, and it pleases me to improve that balance. Also, I fully expect to go to hell one day, and that would be a situation where I would be glad to be owed a favour by a Forgemaster." ("The Reparation of My Heart")
==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
Collector - 01.png
Collector - 02.png
Stone Mask (animated series) - 01.png
Collector - 03.png
Collector - 04.png
===Concept art===
The Tunis Shopkeeper Model.jpg|Shopkeeper model.
The Tunis Shopkeeper Head Model.jpg|Shopkeeper head models.
Distance mirror model sheet.png|Distance mirror model sheet.
Distance mirror model.png|Distance mirror model.
==Trivia==
*The fact he would have seen Hell suggests he would probably have traveled the Infinite Corridor to get there, which currently is the only known way to get there without dying in the series.
*This character might be a nod to the Master Librarian from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Both are old men owning shops that sell all sorts of mystical items and also wear similarly shaped hats. However, this is mere speculation.
*The mask the Shopkeeper is seen polishing is the Stone Mask from Castlevania: Curse of Darkness.@NXOnNeltflix - Twitter, April 7, 2020.
*Besides the Stone Mask he holds in his hands, the Shopkeeper's shop is full of items appearing in different games of the series:
**Ancient Memory
**Death Doll
**Moai
**Mobius Brooch
**Potions and Mind Ups from different opuses.
**Short Sword (miniature version of that in Curse of Darkness)
*The Shopkeeper's voice actor, Navid Negahban, also voiced Sala in the animated series.
==References==
Category:Humans
Category:Male Characters
Category:Merchants
Category:Castlevania (Animated Series) Season 3 Characters
Category:Castlevania (Animated Series) Characters