Potential Sheikah in OOT (Part 2)

As the sun rises on the beginning of Ocarina of Time, the ancient Sheikah village of Kakriko has just recently been opened to the public by Impa, the proclaimed "Last of the Sheikah". However, it is quite possible that many Sheikah still remain in Kakariko, both in hiding and in plain sight, and that's to say nothing of the many Sheikah still residing in the Hidden Village. To this end, I, Sharp the Elder, present you with a list of the people in OOT whom I believe to have potential Shiekah ancestry.

Dampe
Dampe is the homely gravekeeper that tends the Kakariko graveyard. The large gravestone states:
Here lie the souls of those who swore fealty to the Royal Family of Hyrule
The Sheikah, guardians of the Royal Family and founders of Kakariko, watch over these spirits in their eternal slumber.As Dampe is the one responsible for watching over the graves, this would seem to imply that he is a Sheikah. Additionally, He is later interred in the same graveyard, which further implies his status as one who "Swore fealty to the Royal Family". Additionally, Dampe has perhaps the most thorough knowledge of the underground tunnels connecting the graveyard to the windmill. He also spends his days stationed outside the Shadow Temple (Although perhaps unknowingly). While this would seem to make quite a compelling case for him being a Sheikah, Dampe lacks red eyes, their defining characteristic.

Happy Mask Salesman
Happy Mask Salesman is an enigma, and there are numerous theories surrounding him, one of which is that he might be a Sheikah. He does have red eyes, although he only opens them when he's angry so he could just be "Seeing red". He is the one who supplies you with the mask of truth, an ancient Sheikah artifact which lets you communicate with Gossip Stones and talk to animals. He also shows a keen interest in Majora's Mask, an item which may or may not be connected to the Sheikah (But that's another article). Lastly he shows strong musical prowess and a limited ability to perform magic, both traits common to confirmed Sheikah.

Spider House Family
The "Spider House Family" is the name I gave to the people that you exchange skulltulla tokens with. As an adult, the old man dressed in blue will tell you the story of a wealthy family in the village who were "Cursed for their greed", which is persumably the SHF, since they can afford to give you unlimited rupees. Seeing as how the villiage has just been recently opened to non-Sheikah at the start of the game and the story is told as though it happened long ago (Longer than seven years anyway), it would seem to imply that they were living there during an all-Sheikah period. Also of note, they are terrified of the Mask of Truth, implying that they may have been cursed by a Sheikah as well.

Potential Sheikah in OOT (Part 1)

As the sun rises on the beginning of Ocarina of Time, the ancient Sheikah village of Kakriko has just recently been opened to the public by Impa, the proclaimed "Last of the Sheikah". However, it is quite possible that many Sheikah still remain in Kakariko, both in hiding and in plain sight, and that's to say nothing of the many Sheikah still residing in the Hidden Village. To this end, I, Sharp the Elder, present you with a list of the people in OOT whom I believe to have potential Shiekah ancestry.



Bongo Bongo
Bongo Bongo is quite possibly the inventor of the Lens of Truth, a well-known Sheikah artifact. The old man speaks of a person who "Had an eye they said could see the truth" (The Lens of Truth) and whose house "Stood where the well is now", and since the well is where Bongo Bongo was sealed away, this could quite possibly be referring to him. In addition, Bongo Bongo has the red eyes of the Sheikah, and assuming that he was indeed sealed in the well before Link's first childhood visit to Kakariko (Will be discussed in a future article), he would have been there prior to the opening of the town to outsiders, and is therefor considered to be a prime candidate for being a Sheikah.



Guru-Guru
Guru-Guru is the "Eccentric" man who plays the phonograph in the Kakariko Windmill. As the windmill is obviously one of the older parts of Kakariko, and is in fact connected to the graveyard by a series of tunnels eventually used as Dampe's grave, it is likely that Guru-Guru has been working in the windmill since before the village was opened to outsiders, and therefor he is a prime candidate for being a Sheikah. On the other hand, phonograph playing is a classic form of begging, so Guru-Guru fits the profile of being one of the many poor people who have recently moved in. Guru-Guru never opens his eyes, so their colour is
unknown.






The Composer Brothers: Sharp and Flat
While they aren't technically living Sheikah, I figured our namesakes deserve their own paragraph just as much as everyone else. Seeing as, just like all other poes, Sharp and Flat's eyes change colour based on their attack pattern, it's impossible to determine whether they are red or not. However, Sharp and Flat dutifully served the royal family in their lifetime, studying "The hereditary mystic powers of the family", and seeing as how they were long dead by the time Link finds them, it is almost inevitable that they lived in Kakariko long before it was opened to outsiders. All this combines together to form what we believe is our most compelling case for a confirmed Sheikah.