Shiren 1 DS:Canyon Hamlet

About the Canyon Hamlet

Canyon Hamlet (Japanese: 渓谷の宿場) is a small village that lies at the base of Kobami Valley. This village has for some time become a sort of hub for explorers and wanderers that are drawn to the rumors regarding the divine bird of legend, the Golden Condor, and the legendary city of gold which supposedly exists at the top of Table Mountain. Canyon Hamlet appears to be the centerpiece of many mysteries beyond the local rumors, as wanderers who fall to the traps and monsters of the mysterious dungeons in this area inexplicably find themselves brought back at Canyon Hamlet, though without any of their possessions. Thankfully the few citizens of the hamlet are happy to help out the various wanderer's and adventurers that visit. Likewise, the village is somewhat prosperous thanks to the business the wanderers conduct there.

Shiren and Koppa first arrive here after clearing the Road to the Hamlet in the DS port of the game, or they start here in the Super Famicom release. After that, the hamlet will become the starting point for your journey every time you die, give up or finish an adventure in any way, as you will be mysteriously brought back to local Inn, The Traveling Crow. Canyon Hamlet is in many ways the games tutorial area. You can learn a lot of the games basics by speaking with the various NPCs in the village. You can also become acquainted with additional basic strategies on how to survive the games dungeons by solving Fay's Puzzles.

Canyon Hamlet is connected to two dungeons. The main game or story dungeon of Table Mountain can be reached by heading to the far right hand side of the town and then leaving. The post game dungeon Fay's Final Puzzle can be reached by entering Fay's Place and proceeding through the door within after completing all 50 of Fay's Puzzles and after finishing the main story dungeon at least once. You also have to unlock the Bufu and Scroll Cave bonus dungeons first as well.

Locations and services

• Fay's Puzzles
• Inn Shiren's re-spawn location, "The Traveling Crow" inn.

• Pub Visit the pub "Smoke and Dads" to get a free Big Riceball from the bartender during every adventure.

• Wagon
• Traveler Rescues Speak with Hoi the Missionary after accepting a rescue request to initiate a rescue.
• Warehouse: 20 spaces

Dungeons

• Table Mountain (SFC) [Main Story]
• Table Mountain [Main Story]
• Fay's Final Puzzle (SFC)
• Fay's Final Puzzle

Inhabitants

Sprite	NPC	Japanese	Notes
	Adventurer
	Bandit
	Barman		Provides one free Big Riceball to the player per run.
	Barman's Daughter
	Cat Burglar
	Cook		Teaches player the basics about monster meat.
File:Shiren 1 DS NPC Sprite - ManD1.png	Fay the Researcher	地変学者フェイ	Talk to for Fay's Puzzles and Dungeon.
File:Shiren 1 DS NPC Sprite - ManI1.png	Foreign Vagabond
File:Shiren 1 DS NPC Sprite - ManH1.png	Gara the Wagoner	ガラ	Provides wagon service.
	Grave Robber
	Heiji
	Hoi the Missionary		Talk to for Traveler Rescues.
File:Shiren 1 DS NPC Sprite - ManG1.png	Hustler
	Inn Guest		Only present upon first visit to inform player about Barman.
	Jirokichi the Angler
	Little Bie
	Man
	Old Jar Man		Teaches player the basics about jars.
	Old Woman		Owner of The Traveling Crow Inn.
	Spinning Senzo
	Traveler
	Upright Mugla
	Vagabond
	Warehouse Guard		Teaches player the basics about warehouses.
File:Shiren 1 DS NPC Sprite - Borg Mamel.png	Borg MamelDS	ボーグマムル	Available after completing Fay's Final Puzzle and speaking to it.

Canyon Hamlet media gallery

• CanyonHamlet.png
• Shiren 1 Canyon Hamlet SFC map small.png
• BS Satellaview - Canyon Hamlet Map.png

Notes

The page needs the differences between the SFC map and the DS port. The original map needs to be saved to compare.

Some ideas I had, let me know what you think about listing dungeons separately from notable locations and services.

Rough draft for Canyon Hamlet is up. Feel free to include further details about the village if any extra information exists from official resources.

Need confirmation regarding Inn Guest only being present on your very first visit to Canyon Hamlet.

Did some editing on the space in the locations and services section, what do you think with them closer together?

Still need to confirm other present NPC's as they show up later.