Sheikh Zubayr

Sheikh Zubayr is an open-world NPC located in Sumeru City, Sumeru.
==Location==
NPC Location Sheikh Zubayr.png|Sheikh Zubayr's location
NPC Location Sheikh Zubayr Context.png|Additional context
==Profile==
Sheikh Zubayr is the manager, playwright, and director of the Zubayr Theater.
===Appearance===
(To be added.)
==Quests and Events==
==Idle Quotes==
: Gumption!
:: "In work, as on the stage, one must act with gumption!"
==Thoughts==
: Sheikh Zubayr: (It's a fact that talent is more important than hard work when it comes to the arts. Sometimes, the truth hurts.)
==Dialogue==
===Dialogue Set #1===
Available before completing Nilou's Story Quest Act I: To the Wise
:Sheikh Zubayr: Hello. If you're here for an interview. I'll have to refuse.
: And you are...
::Sheikh Zubayr: I'm a playwright and manager. I run the Zubayr Theater in this tree hollow.
::Sheikh Zubayr: In addition, I also do some composing, choreography, stage design, and action direction.
::Sheikh Zubayr: It's a small troupe. Pretty much everyone other than Kourosh wears several hats.
::Sheikh Zubayr: So if it isn't about anything important, I'll have to ask that you not bother the staff here, including myself.
:: About Kourosh...
::Sheikh Zubayr: Him, he's a man of mediocre talent. His movements on stage are stiff and his singing is less in tune than Swoof's.
::Sheikh Zubayr: His only strength is his determination. To this day, he still hasn't given up his job as an actor.
::Sheikh Zubayr: I'm a person with high standard, but I don't give up on persistent students. As long as he can still accept criticism, I'll continue to instruct him.
::Sheikh Zubayr: After all, I can't expect everyone to be as gifted as Nilou.
::Sheikh Zubayr: Ah, that reminds me, I still have more to discuss with him regarding the lines of the new script...
: See you.
::Sheikh Zubayr: Bye.
===Dialogue Set #2===
Available after completing Nilou's Story Quest Act I: To the Wise
:Sheikh Zubayr: Ah, it's you. Welcome, welcome!
: Duel
:;(Opens Genius Invokation TCG match interface)
:;(If the player loses the match)
:::Sheikh Zubayr: You lost, now leave. I still have a lot of things to do.
:;(If the player wins the match)
:::Sheikh Zubayr: ...I've got work to do. Okay. Don't bother me unless it's an emergency.
: How have things been going for you recently?
::Sheikh Zubayr: Well, quite the same as always. I am the resident playwright and manager, and so I am... managing, haha!
::Sheikh Zubayr: We are a rather small troupe, so pretty much everyone other than Kourosh wears several hats. I also do some composing, choreography, stage design, and action direction on the side.
::Sheikh Zubayr: However, we have had new joiners recently, which has given me some time to focus on something... And of course, one can't complain about the added bustle.
:: About Kourosh...
::Sheikh Zubayr: Him, he's a man of mediocre talent. His movements on stage are stiff and his singing is less in tune than Swoof's.
::Sheikh Zubayr: His only strength is his determination. To this day, he still hasn't given up on being an actor.
::Sheikh Zubayr: I'm a person with high standards, but I don't give up on persistent students. As long as he can still accept criticism, I'll continue to instruct him.
::Sheikh Zubayr: After all, I can't expect everyone to be as gifted as Nilou.
::Sheikh Zubayr: Ah, that reminds me, I still have more to discuss with him regarding the lines of the new script...
: How are Nilou and Inayah doing?
::Sheikh Zubayr: Nilou is teaching her to dance as we speak. However, I must say that it hasn't been easy. Dance is something that is best learned from young, I fear.
::Sheikh Zubayr: Still, Inayah works so hard. Beyond the tasks that Nilou sets her, she trains independently as well.
::Sheikh Zubayr: I daresay that with her current progress, she may be good enough to take the stage in but a few years.
::Sheikh Zubayr: I daren't imagine, however, how many times longer that period would have been without the tutelage of someone as gifted and patient as Nilou.
: See you.
::Sheikh Zubayr: Do come again.
==Character Mentions==
==Trivia==
* A "sheikh" is a title of honor given to a man in the Arab world, typically one who is a leader or respected elder in his community. It is often used to refer to a tribal leader, religious leader, or a leader of a clan or family. In some cases, the title can also be given to a learned or distinguished person.
** This may explain why he can afford to fund, manage, and maintain his own theater.
===Etymology===
* "Sheikhzubayr" is a pun on .
** The name likely originates from an obscure theory that Shakespeare was actually an Arab writer by the name of Shaykh Zubayr.
==Other Languages==
==Change History==
es:Jeque Zubayr