Shiren:Fay the Researcher

Fay the Researcher 地変学者フェイ
Character's information
Location
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Age
Status
Family
Occupation
Title
Background information
Earliest appearance	Shiren 1 SFC (1995)
Latest Mystery Dungeon appearance	/ Shiren 1 SP (2019)

Fay the Researcher (Japanese: 地変学者フェイ) is a character in the Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer series. He made his debut appearance in  Mystery Dungeon 2: Shiren the Wanderer in 1995.

He's the creator and curator of Fay's Puzzles and Fay's Final Puzzle, a Mystery Dungeon in Canyon Hamlet.

Biography

Personality

Fay speaks with the "Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe" faux-Shakespearian manner, saying things such as "What dost thou sayeth?" when speaking to Shiren. Though it may also all be an act, as his family speaks normally, as everybody else does.

History

According to his mother, Fay left to "Study strange dungeons."

Shiren 1

Fay's the curator of Fay's Puzzles in Canyon Hamlet. It's revealed in the Super Famicom version that the house where Fay hosts his puzzles was loaned to him by the Ranking Chief. In the Nintendo DS remake and its smartphone port, rankings are handled by menus and it's never addressed who gave Fay access to the house or who owns it.

After Shiren conquered all 50 of Fay's Puzzles, he created the Final Puzzle dungeon, which unbeknownst to him, leads directly to The Other Side of the World, where his family lives.

Moonlight Village

In the Game Boy release, players can play 100 of Fay's Puzzles, but he never makes a direct appearance in the game; nor does he interact with Shiren in any way.

Family

• Father
• Mother
• Brother
• Sister

Family Tree

It's not revealed who is older between Fay and his sister. It can then be inferred that Fay is potentially the older of the two, between him and his sister, due to him leaving home. His father does, however, refer to Fay as his oldest son and his youngest son speaks in a very childlike manner in his few lines of dialogue.

Father

Mother

Fay the Researcher

Sister

Brother

Appearances

For more about Fay the Researcher in specific media, see the following articles:

Games

Fay the Researcher appears in  Mystery Dungeon 2: Shiren the Wanderer. Fay the Researcher appears in  Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer. Fay the Researcher appears in / Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer (SP).

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Manga

Fay is featured in Fay's 4-panel Theatre in the Monster of Moonlight Village GB Technique Improvement Recommendation Guide.

Meta Topics

On Steam, the icon for the  Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island Achievement "Researcher's Experimental Site Completion" contains a modified version of Fay's sprite from  Mystery Dungeon 2: Shiren the Wanderer. The dungeon the achievement is tied to references Fay, and it is based on the original Fay's Puzzle.

Gallery

For a full list of Fay the Researcher art used across the wiki see: Category:Fay the Researcher

Official Art

• 

  (1995)
  Artwork from a Shiren 1 SFC source book.

• 

  (1997)
  Artwork from a Moonlight Village GB source book.

Manga

• 

  (1997)
  Fay's 4-panel Theatre.

In Other Languages

Language		Name
English		Fay the Researcher
Japanese		地変学者フェイ