Dampé

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Dampé'
Species	Hylian
Debut	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Dampé is a disfigured and hunchbacked gravedigger appearing in several Zelda games.

Background

He first appeared in Ocarina of Time, where he took care of the Kakariko Village Graveyard. He only came out at night, when he ran his Heart-Pounding Gravedigging Tour. Once he even a dug up a rare Hookshot- a treasure he took to his grave. Dampé died in the seven years of Link's slumber. Afterwards Link was able to race Dampé's ghost through his maze-like tomb in order to win the Hookshot.

The Terminan Dampé appeared in Majora's Mask and was deftly afraid of ghosts. He worked at the Ikana Graveyard. Dampé was constantly searching for an ancient Ikanan treasure that was said to be hidden in his basement, but he needed Link's fairy to see in the dark- and in the end the treasure wound up being a bottle, which he allowed Link to keep.

Dampé has also shown up working at the graveyard near the swamp in Four Swords Adventures, where he told the Links about the Forest of Light's corruption and the Dark Mirror. In The Minish Cap he worked at the Royal Valley. In this game he could communicate with the dead and often dug up Kinstones that he traded with the various ghosts. He gave Link the graveyard key after Link claimed to have been summoned to the graveyard by the ghost of King Gustav, claiming to have seen the king's ghost himself.

Trivia

• In Ocarina of Time, one child idolizes Dampé and tries to imitate him during the daytime. This leads him to buy the Spooky Mask from Link in order to appear more frightening like Dampé.