A Terrible Fate

"You have met with a terrible fate, haven't you?" -The Happy Mask Salesman

The Legend of Zelda has produced many great and original characters, but it has also produced some very strange ones. One of those strange characters is the Happy Mask Salesman.

The Happy Mask Salesman made his debut in the Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. He played a very important role in the game. The story behind him is that he travels around the world selling masks to anyone and everyone who can pay for them. One of the masks he carries is a cursed mask called Majora's Mask.

At the beginning of the game, you meet the Salesman who explains that an imp called the Skull Kid had stolen the mask. This is very bad for everyone because Majora's Mask is a cursed mask that contains the soul of a demon. From there the protagonist of the game, Link, has to go out and stop Skull Kid within three days, otherwise the demon will destroy the world.

The entire time that Link is out saving the world, the Happy Mask Salesman is beneath a clock tower in the middle of the main town in the game, Clock-Town.

There are many theories that have circulated regarding the Salesman and who he is. One of the most interesting is that he is from the moon. This theory has come from three children that look very similar to him that show up on the inside of the moon (the moon is the final level of the game) and say that they want to be mask salesman when the grow-up.

Does this mean that there is an entire colony of orange-haired people that, when they grow up, come down to the earth and sell masks? A more likely possibility is that the Salesman was possessed by Majora's Mask. When Majora went to the moon to escape Link, he needed more people to project himself into. Majora used the appearance of the one person that he was the most familiar with and just projected it three times.

Whatever the explanation of the Salesman, he is one creepy customer. He may even be the human form of Majora! However, there is almost no way that we will ever know unless Miyamoto sheds some light on the creepy ginger.

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I hope that you liked the first of my Zelda themed posts. The rest of the month will have something to do with Zelda. If there is something that you want to tell me, e-mail me at tmcnerd@gmail.com or just drop a comment below.

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