The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess/Characters

Link


This Link is a simple Farm Boy living in Ordon Village who rounds up goats on the Mayor's ranch. One day, he is attacked by Bulblins and pulled into a mysterious fog known as Twilight by a Shadow Beast. After realizing he has turned into a wolf, he is rescued by the imp Midna in exchange for agreeing to help her recover the Fused Shadows to stop the Big Bad: Zant.


 * Animorphism: He turns into a wolf when in Twilight.
 * Badass: Goron-wrasslin', Gerudo-tossin', horseback-stabbin', card-carryin' badass, to be exact.
 * Big Badass Wolf
 * One-Man Army: He is much braver than the cowardly Hyrulean soldiers.
 * Papa Wolf: To the Ordon village kids. Literally, sometimes.
 * Baleful Polymorph: His wolf transformation, especially when he is shown writhing painfully when he first becomes a wolf.
 * Berserk Button: Don't hurt the Ordon Village kids. Especially Ilia.
 * Also, don't even think about trying to harm Zelda or Midna, as  learned the hard way when he tried.
 * Big Brother Instinct: To all the kids in Ordon Village, but particularly Colin.
 * Bishonen: Most DEFINITELY yes.
 * Blue Eyes: Which are constantly referred to as fierce and determined, like a noble beast. Fitting.
 * Bow and Sword In Accord
 * Chained by Fashion: His wolf form
 * The Champion: He's basically this for the three goddesses and, arguably, both princesses.
 * Chick Magnet: Many girls show interest in him, like Ilia, Beth, Midna, and Telma (who apparently flirts with a lot of men).
 * The Chosen One
 * Clothes Make the Legend: The Light Spirit Faron gives him the clothes that the Hero Of Time once wore.
 * Cool Horse: Epona
 * Cool Sword: The Master Sword, as usual.
 * Crazy Prepared: Has a weapon/item for every possible situation.
 * Farm Boy
 * Friend to All Children
 * The Hero
 * Heroic Lineage
 * Heroic Mime: Lampshaded by Midna
 * It's occasionally implied that he does speak, other characters react like he does, but he is never shown speaking and no subtitles appear.
 * Horse Archer: Now he can use most of his weapons while on Epona, not just his Bow. He even fights King Bulblin in a jousting match!
 * Hot-Blooded: He doesn't talk, but judging by his manners, he definitely is this.
 * The Ishmael: Here, most of the focus of the game is put on Midna. Link just does the action.
 * Kindhearted Cat Lover: He can pick up cats and puppies; when he does, rather than holding them above his head like Cuccos, he cradles them against his chest.
 * Knight in Shining Armor: The Magic Armor literally makes him one.
 * Lady and Knight: The White Knight to both Midna's Dark Lady and Zelda's Bright Lady.
 * Legacy Character: He is supposedly the successor of the Hero Of Time.
 * Leitmotif: Finally receives one in the form of the new Hyrule Field theme, which also plays after particularly heroic moments, when he has the upper hand in boss fights and in the Link/Hero dedicated part of the Zelda 25th Anniversary montage.
 * Magic Music: Less so in this game than usual, but he can howl in wolf form to do things.
 * Nice Hat
 * Parental Abandonment
 * Rewarding Vandalism: However, in Iza's boat shop, he has to pay for vandalism.
 * The Southpaw: In the Game Cube version. The Wii version made him right-handed to accommodate for 90% of the human race.
 * Stupid Sexy Flanders
 * Unknown Rival:
 * Wall of Weapons
 * Hammerspace
 * Weapon Twirling: Link sword twirls after every major kill.

Midna


An enigmatic and snarky imp who has a mysterious connection to the Twilight that has enveloped Hyrule. She offers to help Link escape from his prison and eventually becomes his guide. She rides on his back when he's in wolf form, and hides in his shadow when he's a human.


 * Aloof Ally
 * Anti Heroine: Starts the game as a Type IV before she moves up the scale to a Type II.
 * Artifact of Doom: The Fused Shadows.
 * Badass Adorable
 * Baleful Polymorph:
 * Black Magic
 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Chekhov's Boomerang: See Title Drop below.
 * Cool Helmet: The piece of the Fused Shadow she wears through most of the game.
 * Cute Little Fangs
 * Cute Monster Girl
 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Exposition Fairy
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Fisher King:
 * Forgotten Phlebotinum: She can levitate titanic hunks of rock with her mind, then teleport them through space, but makes Link do all the fighting. She can fly, but chooses to ride around on his back. Justified by the fact that this seems entirely in character for her.
 * Genre Savvy
 * Hartman Hips: And how!
 * Heroes Want Redheads
 * Hurting Hero:
 * The Imp: Provides the Trope page image.
 * Jaw Drop: Again, and how!
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Kick the Dog: Her mocking Zelda and Link about their situation and the fate of Hyrule, before her Character Development.
 * Lady and Knight: The Dark Lady to Link's White Knight.
 * Leaning on the Fourth Wall: At one point in the game, she hums her own theme music.
 * Manipulative Bitch: Before her Character Development.
 * Ms. Fanservice:
 * One-Winged Angel: The Fused Shadow turns her into an enormous trident-wielding monstrosity.
 * Prehensile Hair: She can grab handles, designate large objects for teleport, and with it.
 * The Reveal:
 * She Cleans Up Nicely:
 * Slasher Smile: Starting at 2:35. Sweet dreams, kids! (And spoilers.)
 * Spotlight-Stealing Squad: If Twilight Princess is the only Zelda you've played, you can be forgiven for wondering why all the other games focus on that quiet chap she rides around on and that other girl.
 * Title Drop: She sarcastically calls Zelda the "Twilight Princess" during Link's first meeting with them.
 * Tsundere: Type A. She even uses the classic "I'm only helping because I have to" line if you talk to her while you're restoring the light to Eldin Province.
 * The Vamp: She never really tries to seduce Link, though she's rather manipulative in other regards.
 * Tsundere: Type A. She even uses the classic "I'm only helping because I have to" line if you talk to her while you're restoring the light to Eldin Province.
 * The Vamp: She never really tries to seduce Link, though she's rather manipulative in other regards.

Zelda


The Princess and reigning monarch of Hyrule. She was to be crowned queen, but Zant invaded on the day preceding her coronation. She gives Link advice in a tower in Hyrule Castle in which she is imprisoned.


 * Action Girl: For the final battle, see below.
 * The Archer: The Light Spirits give her the Light Arrows in the final battle.
 * Badass Damsel/Badass in Distress
 * Big Good
 * Black Cloak: A particularly stylish one complete with In the Hood.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Cool Crown
 * Demonic Possession: Used on
 * Damsel in Distress: Link can't rescue her the first time they meet, nor the second for that matter. She gets saved near the end (third time's the charm).
 * Ermine Cape Effect
 * Everything's Better with Princesses
 * Eye Awaken: Not her, specifically, but
 * Graceful Ladies Like Purple: A very graceful combo of purple, ivory, and gold here.
 * Heartbroken Badass: Possibly. The Black Cloak she wears while imprisoned in the tower is actually a robe of mourning for her ravaged country.
 * The High Queen: Perhaps here more than any other game.
 * Lady and Knight: The Bright Lady to Link's White Knight.
 * Lady of War: She's got a sword this time around, as well as a bow that's almost as long as she is tall.
 * Legacy Character: She keeps the tradition of having the name Zelda as a female of the Royal Family.
 * Light'Em Up/Holy Hand Grenade: The Light Arrows as well as
 * Male Gaze: Her eyes are left out of the shot in the flashback where she surrenders to Zant, but the camera makes sure not to miss her chest.
 * Opera Gloves
 * Out of Focus: While she doesn't really get that much less screen-time than her predecessors (and indeed, more than some), on average, she is less important to the plot than usual. However, she is a pivotal part of Midna's Character Development.
 * Parental Abandonment: The fact that she was due to be crowned queen implies that her parents have died, although they're never mentioned at all.
 * Pimped-Out Dress
 * Princesses Rule: Despite the title, she's the reigning monarch of Hyrule—she would be Queen Zelda if her coronation had gone on schedule.
 * Royal Rapier
 * Sadistic Choice/Take Me Instead!: She surrenders to Zant so that he will not harm her people.
 * Tall, Brunette, and Bishoujo
 * The Wise Princess
 * The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask
 * The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask

Zant


Played up to be the Big Bad of Twilight Princess, and later Hijacked by Ganon. He bonded himself to Ganon, whom he believed to be a god, and used this power to take over the Twilight Realm. At the opening of Twilight Princess, he is spreading Twilight all over Hyrule, and has invaded Hyrule Castle.


 * Ambition Is Evil: Midna states this is the reason why he was initially passed over for power.
 * Belief Makes You Stupid: His blind following of Ganondorf.
 * The Caligula: He's very crazy.
 * Confusion Fu:
 * Dimension Lord
 * The Dragon
 * Evil Chancellor
 * Evil Sorcerer
 * Hijacked by Ganon: Probably the most controversial example of this trope.
 * Laughing Mad: Let's just say that during the final battle against Zant,.
 * Leitmotif: Has a very subtle one. In his theme music at the beginning after the Scare Chord (see below) there is a very weird sequence of six notes played on what sounds like a very discordant stringed instrument. When you are in Twilight-covered areas of Hyrule, you hear the same six notes on a flute in the BGM.
 * Neck Snap: He does one in
 * Noodle People: It's not really noticeable because of his clothes, but he's quite skinny, lanky and has disturbingly long arms
 * Psychopathic Manchild: This happens when.
 * Scare Chord: His musical theme begins with some strange squealing noise.
 * Terms of Endangerment: He keeps referring to Midna as "my Midna." May be a Stalker with a Crush, although this is unconfirmed.
 * Villainous Breakdown:
 * Villainous Breakdown:

Ganondorf


After falsely swearing allegiance to the king, Ganondorf was exposed as a traitor by the Hero of Time, having just come back from a Bad Future where he'd taken over Hyrule. His plans to get the Triforce were foiled, and he was condemned to execution by the Sages themselves. However, even though he got his heart pierced, it didn't quite kill him, as the mark of the Triforce of Power somehow appeared in his hand, and reanimated his body. In a fit of Unstoppable Rage, he broke free of his chains, killed the Sage of Water, and took the very sword meant to execute him for his own. In a desperate move, the Sages sent Ganondorf to the Twilight Realm, in the hopes of keeping him trapped there. After wandering there for who-knows-how-long, he met Zant, and the events of the game were set in motion.


 * Amazing Technicolor Population: His skin is somewhere between green and gray this time around.
 * Attack Its Weak Point: He still has the glowing scar he received from his failed execution. If anyone guesses this is his one weakpoint, they'd be right.
 * Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny: Can be distracted in the final battle by your fishing rod.
 * However, he doesn't show signs of this any other time, and this is the only item you can use to distract him. It's a long-standing series tradition (dating back to A Link to the Past) for a single non-combat item to have an inexplicable combat usage like this.
 * Arch Enemy: Averted this time, from his point of view at least, as he doesn't really know who Link is in this game.
 * Badass: The sages chained him to a stone and impaled him with sword, but when he got the Triforce of Power, he broke free from the chains and killed one of the sages by PUNCHING HIM IN THE FACE.
 * Badass Beard Of Evil: Second game in a row he has it. Looks like he's keeping it.
 * Badass Cape: Just watch how it flows during his battle.
 * Big Bad: Much to the dismay of Zant fans.
 * Blade Lock: For the first time in the series. Slash or Jump Attack at him when he comes running at you with his sword raised and you'll lock blades. Lose, and you'll get stabbed For Massive Damage (and a brief Dark Reprise of his already dark theme). Win, and he'll be left wide open for a devastating combo (and accompanying Triumphant Reprise of his theme).
 * Card-Carrying Villain: At one point, he talks about how hatred fuels his power. (Skyward Sword makes this a combination of Foreshadowing and Call Back!)
 * Cool Sword: He wields an intricate blade made of Hard Light.
 * Dark-Skinned Redhead: Due to his Gerudo heritage. Though, as previously said, his skin isn't as much dark as it is green by now.
 * Demonic Possession:.
 * Died Standing Up:.
 * Dimension Lord: By extension of being the one commanding Zant.
 * Duel Boss: The final battle against him, which, along with Wind Waker's, is recognized as one of the best boss fights in the series.
 * Evil Laugh: Toned down considerably from the previous games. More like an Evil Chuckle.
 * Evil Overlord
 * Evil Sorcerer
 * Full Boar Action: Ganon.
 * Genius Bruiser
 * God Guise: He poses as a god to manipulate Zant.
 * Heart Light: He has a white, glowing scar in the middle of his chest. His permanent reminder of the Sages' failed attempt at executing him.
 * Hellish Horse: With glowing red eyes.
 * Humanoid Abomination: He was human (or very close to it) to start with, but after getting the Triforce of Power, he became something much, much worse.
 * Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: The Sages do this to him. It doesn't work.
 * Leitmotif: Remixed with Hyrule Castle's while you progress through it..
 * Light Is Not Good: Light was good, but in his hands... not so much.
 * Also applies to Ganondorf himself to a certain extent. While he himself has very dark clothes and skin, he still falls into the "light" category by virtue of being a light dweller as opposed to a Twilight dweller.
 * Taken even further by the fact that all of the Twilight dwellers, apart from Zant at least, are at least implied to be nowhere near as bad as Ganondorf is.
 * Lightning Bruiser: He walks pretty slow in his fight, but that's because he wants to. For a guy as massive as he is, he can move pretty quickly if he wants to. And jump absurdly high.
 * His Ganon form is extremely fast in spite of its size and can ram through the stone pillars in the throne room you fight it in like they aren't even there.
 * Magic Knight: He not only possesses powerful magic, but is also unbelievably strong and skilled with a sword.
 * Manipulative Bastard: Manipulates Zant in order to escape the Twilight Realm.
 * Marathon Boss: If fought the hard and boring way.
 * Nigh Invulnerable: First he gets exposed as a traitor, which probably nets him very harsh treatment in a prison (Arbiter's Grounds, and if they're anything to go by...). Then he gets Impaled with Extreme Prejudice by a sword made of Hard Light specially made for executing deranged madmen like him. Then he gets thrown into the Twilight Realm (and it really looks like it hurt him when he got disintegrated into the portal). Then when Link confronts him, he gets hit by  powerful light magic spells, which should be his antithesis, then gets his still-very open scar and weak spot brutally abused, then gets hit by Midna's One-Winged Angel form's BFS of a spear (which was enough to trigger an explosion strong enough to level Hyrule Castle), then gets turned into a Light Arrow pincushion, then gets repeatedly slashed in his scar by the Master Sword, and finally,   bringing this Overly Long Gag to a subverted close. For those who skipped the paragraph, Ganondorf just refuses to die.
 * Older and Wiser: Averted. Unlike in Wind Waker, he's older, but not much wiser compared to his Ocarina of Time self.
 * One-Winged Angel: Ganon, as always.
 * Physical God: Almost literally, considering what powers him. He also pretends to be an actual god to Zant.
 * Playing Tennis With the Boss: When he's.
 * Sealed Evil in a Can: What the Sages did to him after they failed to kill him. He got out.
 * Slouch of Villainy
 * Staying Alive:
 * Wicked Cultured

King Bulblin


The chief of the Bulblin tribe in Twilight Princess, who raid Link's village at the beginning of the game. He and his minions serve as recurring enemies throughout the game, with Link fighting him four times, two on horseback, two on foot.


 * Exclusively Evil: Subverted. While he and his race appeared to be this, he only fought on Ganondorf and Zant's side because he follows the strongest side -
 * Barbarian Tribe
 * Full Boar Action: He rides a blue boar.
 * : He is the Trope Namer.
 * Kick the Dog: He waves around a kidnapped child like a flag.
 * Particularly bad is the fact that it's Colin.
 * King Mook
 * Our Goblins Are Wickeder
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy
 * Recurring Boss
 * Our Goblins Are Wickeder
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy
 * Recurring Boss

The Group
"The Group" is the unofficial name for a group of freedom-fighters that met in Telma's Bar in Twilight Princess to organize a resistance against Zant. The members of this group help Link get to the last few dungeons of the game and storm the castle in a very awesome scene at the end.

Rusl


Link's mentor and big brother figure. A swordsman from Ordon village, he acts as a surrogate father to Link and gathers some old friends to form a small group of mercenaries later in the game to counter Zant's forces in Hyrule.


 * Badass
 * Big Brother Instinct: He regards Link as his younger brother, and is appropriately protective of him.
 * The Blacksmith: Mostly off-screen, but he did forge the Ordon Sword.
 * Dub Name Change: His original Japanese name is Moi.
 * Happily Married: To his wife Uli, who is pregnant with their second child during the course of the game. (The newborn baby is seen briefly during the end credits.)
 * The Hero: Of the Resistance, not the game.
 * La Résistance
 * Master Swordsman
 * The Obi-Wan: He doesn't die, but he is severely injured.
 * Papa Wolf: He valiantly defends his family from a ferocious wolf (who just happens to be Link). Did we mention he did this while seriously injured from a recent raid on the village?
 * Which makes it all the more humorous later in the game where a fully recovered Rusl will cower if Link runs up to him in Wolf form in the Faron woods.
 * Storming the Castle

Ashei


A female knight who scouts out the Snowpeak region in search of the Yeti tribe. She joins the rest of the resistance at the end of the game by storming the castle. Supplemental material explains that her father was a Hylian soldier who raised her to be a warrior like the son he never had.


 * Action Girl
 * The Archer: She wields a bow when she and the group storm the castle.
 * Bokukko
 * La Résistance
 * Lady of War
 * The Lancer: To Rusl's hero for the Group.
 * Master Swordswoman
 * Missing Mom: See Raised by Dudes.
 * Pretty in Mink: In her Yeti getup on Snowpeak.
 * Raised by Dudes: Her backstory, given very briefly, is that she was raised by her single father, so she doesn't always have the most ladylike manners.
 * Raven Hair, Ivory Skin
 * Storming the Castle
 * Verbal Tic: She ends sentences with "yeah?"

Auru


Auru is the oldest member of the Group, but one of the most knowledgeable. He helps Link get over the mountains and into Gerudo Desert. He used to tutor Princess Zelda in her youth.


 * The Big Guy
 * BFG: During the Storming the Castle sequence, he shoots Lizalfos with a bazooka.
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Dub Name Change: His original Japanese name is Rafrel.
 * Expy: His design, as well as his English name, come from Rauru, the Sage of Light.
 * La Résistance
 * Storming the Castle

Shad


Shad is The Smart Guy of the group, who is usually too involved with his studies to do any fighting. However, his knowledge of ancient Hylian lore does help you get to the City in the Sky. According to supplemental material, his father worked as a butler in the royal palace.


 * Bishonen
 * Book Safe: His weapon of choice is an ornamental dagger...which he uses as a bookmark.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: He's always researching about an ancient City in the Sky, which everybody believes to be mythical. Turns out he's right, though.
 * Collared by Fashion
 * Cunning Linguist: He's the only person in all of Hyrule who understands the ancient Starfish Language of the Oocca.
 * Hollywood Nerd
 * La Résistance
 * Megane
 * Nerds Are Sexy
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Redheaded Hero: Auburn, to be precise.
 * Redundant Researcher: Despite being vital to the discovery of the City in the Sky, he never gets to see it.
 * The Smart Guy
 * Speaking Simlish: He's the only character, apart from Midna, who actually has a speaking scene in the game—he chants an incantation in the scene where the Sky Cannon is discovered.
 * Storming the Castle
 * Verbal Tic: His speech is peppered with quaint Britishisms, like "I say" and "old boy."

Telma


Telma is the proprietor of the bar where the Group usually meets, and she frequently helps Link throughout the game, mainly by taking care of Ilia during her amnesia.


 * All Love Is Unrequited: She's shown to definitely have a thing for Renado, the shaman in Kakariko Village, but he very clearly does not return her affections.
 * The Bartender
 * Big Beautiful Woman
 * Escort Mission: Early in the game, you have to escort her covered wagon to Kakariko Village.
 * Gag Boobs: Link almost gets Marshmallow Hell'd following the Escort Mission. It doesn't help that they're at (his) eye level and that he's got an open-mouthed stare at that moment...
 * Kindhearted Cat Lover: And her cat is a nice one, too.
 * La Résistance
 * Mama Bear/Team Mom: She's very sweet and flirty and fun...until the soldiers prove too cowardly to help Ilia and the sickly Ralis, at which point she tears them a new one and tells them never to come back to her bar.
 * Shout-Out Theme Naming: When you meet her cat Louise, you realize...

Ilia


Link's best childhood friend is the daughter of the mayor of Ordon Village, and is abducted by Bulblins early in the game. A large portion of the later game is dedicated to helping her recover her lost memories. She functions in a role similar to that which Malon played in Ocarina of Time and shares Aryll's status of the "Girl who went missing and thus motivates Link to go on his quest." (But she's surprisingly not a Damsel in Distress.)


 * Berserk Button: Perceived recklessness with or cruelty towards animals.
 * Daddy's Girl: She's the apple of her father's eye.
 * Does Not Like Shoes
 * Easy Amnesia: According to Word of God, she was struck by a poisoned arrow when the bad guys abducted the village kids, and that's what caused her amnesia.
 * Farm Girl
 * Friend to All Living Things
 * Leitmotif: Her theme music is a rearranged version of Epona's Song.
 * Memento MacGuffin: The horse whistle which helps her regain her memory.
 * Missing Mom: Her mother is never mentioned; it's sort of implied that Mayor Bo is a widower but never stated for certain.
 * Tsundere: She shows shades of being a Type B (Default mood: Dere-Dere) in the start of the game. Seems like Tsunderes of all kinds are especially likely to be attracted to Link.
 * The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter

Colin


Colin is one of the Ordon kids, the son of Rusl and Uli. Of all the kids, he idolizes Link the most. He himself has expressed that he wants to grow up to be just like Link.


 * Big Brother Worship: He has this for Link, who is considered an honorary member of his family.
 * Cute Shotaro Boy: He inherited his mother's soft, gentle features.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Innocent Blue Eyes
 * Kid Hero: When he saves one of the other kids from being run over by the Bulbin's boars.
 * Shrinking Violet
 * Took a Level In Badass: After he steps up as a hero, he gains respect in the eyes of the other kids, and during the credits, he can be seen carrying a sword and shield.

Malo


Another of the children of Ordon Village who gets kidnapped and taken to Kakariko Village. While there, he sets up a business called "Malo Mart", which, with Link's help, can get an additional branch in Castle Town.


 * Deadpan Snarker: "Time is money. If you're done shopping, then quit wasting both..."
 * Older Than They Look: He is surprisingly eight years old.
 * Painting the Fourth Wall: During the early portion of the game, Link demonstrates his swordfighting skills for the children on the Training Dummy outside his house. Malo mutters about how to correctly perform the moves.
 * Wise Beyond His Years: It's quite unsettling how adult he acts while looking like a baby.
 * Or for that matter, be a very successful businessman, er, businesskid who opens the best shop in the game.
 * Young Entrepreneur

Renado


The shaman of Kakariko Village, and one of the only residents to survive the slaughter that took place there before Link's arrival. He shelters the Ordon children and protects them until the end of the game, when it's finally safe for them to return to their own village, and is an old friend of Mayor Bo's. He counsels Link in how to access the Goron Mines.


 * Abhorrent Admirer: He seems to regard Telma as this.
 * Doting Parent: To his daughter Luda.
 * Friend to All Children
 * Friend to All Living Things
 * Magical Native American: He looks like one, for no comprehensible reason.

Agitha


A young girl who owns a fancy house in Hyrule Castle Town and has an obsession with bugs. One of the optional sidequests in the game is to collect various bugs scattered through the world and bring them to her.


 * Cloudcuckoolander: Her obsession with bugs causes her to say some....off the wall things, to be sure.
 * Creepy Child: Though she doesn't mean to be, so it's not that creepy.
 * Unless you walk out of her house while still carrying a bug. Then she turns the creepy up to 11.
 * Elegant Fairy-Kei Lolita: Pretty self-explanatory, though she takes the "fairy" part to a whole new level...
 * Everything's Better with Princesses: She refers to herself as the Princess of the Bug Kingdom, although given her age (supplemental material states that she's ten), it might simply be a game of pretend.
 * Some fans have noted that in medieval times (which Hyrule largely resembles), claiming to be a princess would be Serious Business, and thus theorize that Agitha really is a blood relative of Zelda. And it would explain how a little girl is so very wealthy.
 * Friend To All Animals: One of the few characters that isn't afraid of Links wolf form.
 * Fiction 500: The only explanation for the fact that she gives Link hundreds of rupees in exchange for the golden bugs.
 * Parasol of Prettiness
 * Parental Abandonment: At least, she doesn't seem to have any.
 * Pimped-Out Dress
 * Spoiled Sweet: She's rich and quite messed up in the head, but also a pretty nice person.
 * Strange Girl

Hena


The owner of the Fishing Pond at Upper Zora's River. Sister to Coro and Iza.


 * Deadpan Snarker: Does this at times.
 * Fishing Minigame: She can even accompany you while you go boat-fishing.
 * The Last of These Is Not Like the Others: The youngest one of her family and the only one to not have a Funny Afro.
 * Shout-Out: She is a descendant of the fishing pond owner from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and even has a photograph of him and scratches herself in a similar manner.
 * Tomboy: At the very least she dresses the part as she wears overalls and a fishing hat.
 * Tsundere: Very tsun-tsun to Link most of the time.

Coro


Brother to Hena and Iza. A bad fisherman, he instead lives in the Faron Woods far to the south of his sisters and sells lantern oil to travellers.


 * Friend To All Animals: Like Agitha above, he's one of the few characters not frightened by Links wolf form (he says his sisters are scarier). Plus, a bird lives in his hair.
 * Funny Afro: A particularly huge one that doubles as a bird's nest.
 * Improbable Hairstyle
 * Lethal Chef: Don't eat his soup.
 * Loyal Animal Companion: Has a talking pet bird with a similar afro who runs a shop for him deeper in the woods. The bird expresses annoyance that Coro never comes around.

Iza


Runs the Boating Minigame at Upper Zora's River. Sister to Coro and Hena.


 * Afro: She has an afro like her brother's, only smaller and not a bird's nest.
 * Bare Your Midriff: She wears suspenders and a tube top.
 * Big Creepy-Crawlies: She freaks out when she sees giant insects.
 * Cleavage Window
 * Young Entrepreneur: She opens up the new river boating booth.

Yeto and Yeta


Two Yeti who live in the Snowpeak region of Hyrule. Yeto regularly raids Zora's Domain for Reekfish, which frightens the locals who live there. In actuality, he's a textbook Gentle Giant who is also an excellent chef. His wife, Yeta, has a shard of the Mirror of Twilight in her possession, and she has fallen ill due to its dark influence.


 * Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti
 * Cloudcuckoolander: While ill, Yeta sends Link to find the key to their bedroom, but her directions only lead him to find food items the first two times.
 * Gentle Giant: Yeto is quite helpful in getting to their "mansion." Of course, Yeto...
 * Does Not Know His Own Strength: He accidentally knocks Link on his ass multiple times while still being quite friendly.
 * Happily Married: Adorably so.
 * An Ice Person:
 * Karmic Twist Ending:.
 * Nice Hat: Yeto has one. If you look closely, you'll notice that it's a horse saddle.
 * No Indoor Voice: Yeto's dialogue is written in VERY BIG LETTERS.
 * One-Winged Angel:.
 * Sickeningly Sweethearts: Works to your benefit, since you can collect the hearts they release.
 * Supreme Chef: Yeto is a great chef who makes soup that gets more delicious and helpful as you get the ingredients.

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A young Zora prince orphaned due to Zant executing his mother, Queen Rutela.


 * A Child Shall Lead Them: He is still a young boy when he becomes the ruler of the Zoras.
 * Bishonen
 * Ill Boy: When you meet him. He gets better.
 * Orphan's Ordeal: He struggles to find confidence following the death of his mother.

Queen Rutela


The Queen of the Zoras and mother of Prince Ralis. Executed by Zant, she appears as a ghost to Link and asks him to help her son.


 * Dead to Begin With
 * The High Queen
 * Leitmotif: A slightly extended version of Serenade of Water from OOT.
 * Make an Example of Them: Zant had her executed to make the Zoras cooperate.
 * Posthumous Character: She is already deceased when Link arrives at Zora's Domain.
 * The Power of Love: She remains a ghost out of love for her son.
 * Spirit Advisor: She performs a bit of this service for Link, enabling him to acquire the Zora Armor.
 * Unfinished Business: The safety of her son and her people.

The Hero's Shade


A mysterious figure known only to Link. He appears when Link encounters the golden wolf, and teaches him the seven Hidden Skills. According to the Hyrule Historia book,


 * Animated Armor: Kind of.
 * Badass
 * Big Badass Wolf: his overworld form is a one-eyed golden wolf.
 * Cool Helmet
 * Heroic Lineage
 * Master Swordsman
 * The Obi-Wan
 * Posthumous Character
 * Spirit Advisor
 * Unfinished Business: It's implied in his dialogue that he is unable to completely cross into the afterlife until he has passed on his sword techniques to a worthy successor.
 * Vader Breath
 * Unfinished Business: It's implied in his dialogue that he is unable to completely cross into the afterlife until he has passed on his sword techniques to a worthy successor.
 * Vader Breath