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Dust Shop Robbery

Roman and his henchmen rob the Shopkeep's Dust Shop

During an attempted Dust robbery at his shop From Dust Till Dawn, the shop owner is held at gunpoint by one of Roman's henchmen. The Shopkeep tells them to take his Lien and go, but they instead only steal his Dust. One of the henchmen makes the mistake of trying to rob Ruby Rose as she's reading, but she knocks him out the front window and defeats the rest of Roman's men. When Roman tries to escape however, Ruby checks with the Shopkeep to make sure he is fine before pursuing Roman.

Later on, while his shop is under repair, the Shopkeep is seen assisting with the Vytal Festival setup by helping hoist a large banner in the center of town, while Team RWBY stroll pass, admiring the decorations.

Episodes Covering These Events

• "Ruby Rose"
• "The Stray"

After the Dust Shop Robbery

The Shopkeep reopens his Dust Shop

A few months after the robbery, the Shopkeep reopens his store. While putting up a banner, he falls from the stepladder and Emerald Sustrai helps him up. She asks for directions to Tukson's Book Trade and the Shopkeep points her in the right direction. She thanks him before leaving but, unbeknownst to him at the time, she took his wallet.

Sometime later when making a Dust delivery, Ruby falls into the road and the Shopkeep is unable to stop in time. Penny Polendina pushes Ruby out of the way and manages to stop the truck with her bare hands. She checks to make sure he is uninjured before fleeing the scene.

That night, after Sun Wukong and Neptune Vasilias are knocked off the freeway by an Atlesian Paladin-290, the two are seen at a noodle shop, A Simple Wok, operated by the Shopkeep.

Episodes Covering These Events

• "Best Day Ever"
• "A Minor Hiccup"
• "Painting the Town..."

Vytal Festival Tournament

The Shopkeep watches Cinder's broadcast

At some point before the Vytal Festival, the Shopkeep bribed some researchers from Human Nextwork to let him be a character in their game which they accepted.

After their match, Team RWBY visits a noodle stall manned by the Shopkeep at the Vytal Festival fairgrounds after their first successful match of the tournament. Ruby and Yang Xiao Long both order the regular, and while Weiss Schnee attempts to order a low-salt option, she is served the same bowl of noodles. Blake gives the Shopkeep a knowing nod, and he hastily returns with a bowl full of fish. Weiss attempts to pay for the meal, but her credit card is declined due to Jacques Schnee cutting off Weiss' funds to force her to speak to him. Luckily, Team JNPR arrives and Pyrrha Nikos pays for their meal.

He is later seen in his noodle stall at the fairgrounds watching Cinder Fall's broadcast after the fight between Pyrrha and Penny.

Episodes Covering These Events

• "RWBY: Amity Arena"
• "Round One"
• "PvP"

After the Fall of Beacon

The Shopkeep watches Ruby's broadcast.

He is shown to have survived the Fall of Beacon as he is seen later watching Ruby's broadcast about Salem attacking Atlas in his Dust shop and stares at Glynda Goodwitch after Ruby mentioned her name.

Episodes Covering These Events

• "Amity"