Tsuibayaya

Tsuibayaya (ツイバヤヤ) is a dwarf craftsman from Mass for the Dead.

Appearance
A dwarf with rust-colored hair and beard with a rosy nose. Tsuibayaya has muscular arms and wears a blue tunic underneath a green coverall with suspenders and thick green gloves. On his brow are a pair of lens goggles.

Personality
Tsuibayaya though hailed by his human neighbors as a grumpy yet reliable craftsman, it is just a ruse that he created for the sake of his work.

A dwarf craftsman who has a personal hobby in making swimsuits to the point of obsession. Tsuibayaya is quite manipulative and selfish as he expressly state’s that the fortunes of his adopted village or even the Kingdom matter to him not. All his deeds that he had done such as making tools for free and high-quality armor were merely to buy him social capital to gain the trust of the humans in the village to continue his swimwear research.

Background
Some years ago, Tsuibayaya had become enthralled by the concept of the swimsuit from oral histories of his people from the time of when the Boastful Sage lived two hundred years ago. Unable to handle with just an imperfect concept of the object of his obsession he left his hometown and chose to live in a seaside village in the Re-Estize Kingdom where there were legends of a mermaid.

Though the villagers at the time were hesitant to accept an outsider, he eventually won them over, using all manner of tricks such as making tools for free and even teaching the men how to properly fight. While outwardly it appeared he was a generous and vital member of the community, the dwarf only cared about setting up shop to continue his research into water repellent materials for swimwear. After using various materials to craft his swimwear such as fish scales, animal fat and livers, he came to the realization that the scales from the village's local legend, the "Legendary Mermaid" were a vital piece to his work. By study an ancient poem that detailed on how to meet the mermaid, the dwarf realized that the time to meet would coincide when four stars shone specifically in the sky. In addition, the meeting place was located somewhere on the seaside, which was accessed through a cave that was unfortunately locked and gated by the village chief. Knowing full well he would need the key to get to the beach, in order to win over the chief, started sharing alcohol from his homeland with the man.

At some point, Tsuibayaya's research required much needed funding thus to support his work, the craftsman entered into a private contract with the royal family of the Kingdom and began crafting high-quality armors several times a year.

Mass for the Dead Arc
Tsuibayaya in search for water repellent materials for his swimsuits, believed that he needed to scales of the "Legendary Mermaid" to complete them. After many years of winning over the villagers in a seaside village, Tsuibayaya managed to make a copy of a key to the locked cave that led to the shore. He urgently needed to meet the mermaid soon as the time for a meeting would soon pass. His desire to complete his work, made him neglect his previous obligation to ready the armors for the Kingdom. Hence when he received a notice informing of the deadline he ignored it and went on his quest.

To avoid suspicion from his neighbors he told the village that he would be away to attend a meeting. After leaving the dwarf headed to the forbidden cave used his key to open it. Traveling through the cave tunnel he made his way to the isolated beach. Making camp at the shore, he was attacked by Giant Crustaceans, but he managed to escape and head towards the cave network where he was pursued. Tsuibayaya was eventually found by the Nazarick contact party led by the protagonist and the adventurers of Blue Roses.

Despite being healed by Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra and rescued from monsters, the dwarf refused to turn back to the village to give the adventurers the promised armors as he was busy. The dwarf was blackmailed by Lakyus, who threatened to inform the village that he was trespassing on an off limits area by the village. The dwarf then revealed his reasons to the group, and insisted in putting his own obsession before the Kingdom, stating all his efforts were for this moment to get the best materials for his swimsuits. After showing them his swimsuits the dwarf would not back down to return to the village until he met with the Legendary Mermaid.

However he did offer the adventurers a deal, in that he would give the armors to them unless they helped him find the mermaid to get his materials. While the adventurers found his offer reprehensible, Lakyus accepted it to get the armors, inviting the protagonist and their friends along on the adventure.

Abilities and Powers
A dwarf whose skills are involved in crafting high-quality armor. It work is noted to be impressive, by members of Nazarick who comment that weapons he makes like spears are in a better quality than most adventurers and soldiers possess. In addition, Tsuibayaya has previous experience as a warrior that even a veteran warrior from his adopted village complimented to be worthy of skill.

Main Equipment

 * Blacksmith Hammer: A small forge hammer he wield in his right hand.

Trivia

 * Tsuibayaya is the first dwarf character to appear in the Mass for the Dead game.

Quotes

 * (To Blue Roses): "Oh yeah! Now, let's choose from the ones we already have. Due to the magical equipment, the size corresponds to the physique of the wearer, but it is imperative-"