Shahbandar

Shahbandar is an open-world NPC located in Sumeru City, Sumeru. He appears only at daytime at the docks reprimanding Halva.
==Location==
NPC Location Halva, Shahbandar.png|Shahbandar's location
NPC Location Halva, Shahbandar Context.png|Additional context
==Idle Quotes==
: Patience...
:: "If there's one thing you need in this job, it's patience."
==Thoughts==
;(Daytime)
: Shahbandar: (Young people are so naive. All they need to do is to follow orders.)
==Dialogue==
===Daytime===
:Shahbandar: Halva, did you lower tax rates for the merchants again?
:Shahbandar: I told you, don't be afraid to disagree with them. You have to be patient with them, and use the old carrot-and-stick approach...
:Halva: Uh, with all due respect, I don't think that's the problem...
:Halva: The majority of the taxes and fees we collect end up as funding for the researchers, but the Akademiya is hardly strapped for cash.
:Halva: But putting undue pressure on the merchants isn't conductive to the normal flow of business. So, it doesn't hurt to be more lenient with them...
:Shahbandar: Don't be naïve! I'll remind you that your job is to collect taxes and fees, not to promote business.
:Shahbandar: There are other ways of regulating such business matters. It's nothing we of the Navbed need to concern ourselves with.
:Shahbandar: You're still an intern, so all you need to do is the job you've been tasked with. Understood?
:Halva: Y—Yes...
==Trivia==
* "Shah Bandar" or "Shahbandar" is a word of Persian origin, it means "port official" or "harbor master." It was historically used in the port cities of the Middle East and Southeast Asia, to refer to a person who was responsible for overseeing the operations of a port and ensuring that trade was conducted legally and efficiently.
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