Shahbandar
Last updated 2023-08-27
Shahbandar is an open-world NPC located in Sumeru City, Sumeru. He appears only at daytime at the docks reprimanding Halva.
Location
Shahbandar's location
Additional context
Idle Quotes
Patience...
- "If there's one thing you need in this job, it's patience."
Thoughts
Shahbandar's thoughts can be accessed by using Nahida's Elemental Skill, All Schemes to Know.
- (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.
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Shahbandar |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 沙班达尔 Shābāndá'ěr |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 沙班達爾 Shābāndá'ěr |
| Japanese | シャフバンダル Shafubandaru |
| Korean | 샤반다르 Syabandareu |
| Spanish | Shahbandar |
| French | Shahbandar |
| Russian | Шахбандар Shakhbandar |
| Thai | Shahbandar |
| Vietnamese | Shahbandar |
| German | Shahbandar |
| Indonesian | Shahbandar |
| Portuguese | Shahbandar |
| Turkish | Shahbandar |
| Italian | Shahbandar |
Change History
Released in Version 3.0