This is a list of characters from The Legend of Zelda video game series. This list only covers those that appear in more than one game; for those that only appear once please see their appropriate game in the See also links below.

• Agahnim
• Anju
• Anju's Grandmother
• Beaver Bros.
• Beedle
• Biggoron
• Bombers Gang
• Bonooru
• Butler
• Cremia
• Dampé the Gravekeeper
• Darmani
• Dimitri
• Din - see The Three Goddesses/Oracles
• Farore - see The Three Goddesses/Oracles
• Epona
• Ganon

Great Deku Tree

The Great Deku Tree, appearing in Ocarina of Time and The Wind Waker, is the 'Father of the Forest' charged with watching over the Kokiri who live in Kokiri Forest and the Lost Woods. He is an exceptionally large tree with a human-like face located in a clearing in the southern area of Kokiri Forest.

When the game begins, the Deku Tree is suffering from a curse cast upon him by Ganondorf in an effort to gain the Spiritual Stone of Forest which is in the Deku Tree's possession. Knowing Link's destiny, the Deku Tree sends Navi the fairy to retrieve the boy and asks him to destroy the curse spider within him. Though Link defeats Gohma, it is too late. Before he dies, the Deku Tree gives Link the Kokiri Emerald and tells him to seek out Princess Zelda at Hyrule Castle. After adult Link completes the Forest Temple, however, a new Deku Sprout appears. It is this sprout who tells Link the truth about his past. This is possibly the same tree Link comes across in The Wind Waker. A theory about the original The Legend of Zelda is that the first dungeon, the Tree Dungeon, is a dead Deku Tree.

The Great Deku Tree is not to be confused with the Maku Tree that appears in The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons. As that game is not even set in Hyrule, and trees are, well, rooted to the spot, he can't realistically be the same tree in both places.

Happy Mask Salesman

The Happy Mask Salesman first appeared in Ocarina of Time, offering to let Link work for him as a Happy Mask Salesman. After selling masks, Link receives the Mask of Truth, allowing him to understand what the Truth Stones say.

In Majora's Mask, Link first meet him in the base of the Clock Tower, after Link had been turned into a Deku by the Skull Kid. He tells Link that a small imp-like creature stole his mask, dubbed Majora's Mask, and that if you get the Instrument he stole and the Mask, he will return him to normal. When Link gets his Instrument back and goes back in time, the Salesman teaches him the Song of Healing, and returns him to normal. But then, once he realizes that Link didn't get the Mask, he goes crazy and shakes Link in the air, and sends you off to get it once again.

His most recent appearance was in The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages. He owns a shop on the outskirts of Labryna Town, and is very hungry, and will give you a Mask in exchange for something to eat.

Impa

Impa is a caretaker of Princess Zelda who appears in multiple games.

The Legend of Zelda

Impa, the aged nursemaid of Princess Zelda, is saved by Link from an attack by a group of Octoroks. She tells Link of Zelda's plight. This is not seen in the game, but is explained in the game manual.

Kodai no Sekiban

There is a suspiciously Impa-like character in BS Zelda: Kodai no Sekiban, but she never reveals her name.

Ocarina of Time

Impa is one of the last survivors of the race of Sheikah, the ancient protectors of the Hylian Royal Family. She has white hair and red eyes. She was born and raised in Kakariko Village, and though she still keeps a house there, she now lives at Hyrule Castle serving as nursemaid and bodyguard to Princess Zelda. Link first meets Impa as a child after sneeking into Hyrule Castle Courtyard to meet Zelda. After teaching Link 'Zelda's Lullaby', Impa escorts him out of the castle.
When Ganondorf attacks Hyrule Castle, Impa takes Zelda and flees on horseback. The two spend the next seven years in hiding from Ganondorf. When the Shadow Spirit breaks its seal and emerges to wreak havoc upon Kakariko Village, Impa heads to the Shadow Temple to reseal it. When Link completes the Shadow Temple, Impa is awakened as the Shadow Sage. Link receives the Shadow Medallion from her.

Oracle of Ages/Seasons

She is the nursemaid of Princess Zelda, sent to bring Nayru and Din, the Oracles of Ages and Seasons respectively, to Hyrule for the safety of the lands of Labyrnna and Holodrum, but she fails in her quest. It is up to Link to save them.

In Ages, similar to The Legend of Zelda, she is under attack by Octoroks. Link saves her, and escorts her to Nayru. Once Link reaches her and listens to her music, it is revealed that Nayru is possessed by Veran.

• Japas

Jabu-Jabu

Jabu-Jabu, called Lord Jabu-Jabu by the Zoras, first appeared in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time. He has the appearance of a giant fish, and is worshipped by the Zora race as he is their patron deity. He lives in Zora's Fountain where the Zoras care for him and bring him food.

In Ocarina of Time, Ganondorf places a curse on him, causing him to act strangely, and swallow his Zora caretaker, Princess Ruto, while she is bringing him food. Link must then enter Lord Jabu-Jabu's belly to rescue her and break the curse.
Sometime during the seven years Link is trapped in the Sacred Realm, Lord Jabu-Jabu disappears from Zora's Fountain, and is never seen or mentioned in the game again.

He also appears in Oracle of Ages. In this game the player also found a dungeon in his belly. In the Past age setting the player could encounter a younger and significantly smaller Jabu-Jabu, while in the Present age the player saw him at his more well-known size.

• Kafei
• Link
• LuLu

Malon

In Link's Awakening, a girl named Marin is a main character. She is a pretty red-haired girl, and it seems that she is the romantic interest of Link. Her father is Tarin.

In the next Zelda game, Ocarina of Time, the characters reappeared as Malon and Talon. Although technically they're different characters, according to the storyline, they're named similarly, look the same, and have the same personality, more or less, so it's fair to refer to them as representations of the same character. The two own Lon Lon Ranch, where they take care of Epona the horse. Malon calls Link "fairy-boy" in this game, because he has a guardian fairy. A Gossip stone in the same game says that she is waiting to be swept off her feet by a knight in shining armor. In the Legend of Zelda Manga, based on the game, this idea is expanded, and Link becomes her knight in shining armor.

A note on the name difference: In the Japanese language, there is no distinction made between the 'L' sound and the 'R' sound in the Japanese writing system. Therefore, the difference between 'Marin' and 'Malon' is most likely due to the interpretations of two different translation teams.

In Majora's Mask, Link visits an alternate world called Termina which is populated by different versions of Ocarina of Time characters. Malon has two equivalents in this world, Romani (younger sister) and Cremia (elder sister), two orphaned sisters who own Romani Ranch. These charactwers make use of the two Malon character models in Ocarina of Time, one for child Malon and one for adult Malon after Link has been asleep for 7 years.

Malon also made a cameo in Oracle of Seasons. She had a small house in which you could visit her. Talon also makes an appearance as her father.

In Four Swords Adventures and The Minish Cap, Malon and Talon once again own the Lon Lon Ranch, although it is nothing like the ranch in Ocarina of Time.

Every incarnation of Malon has long red hair, is often dreaming of something (be it flying as a seagull, being swept off her feet by a prince, or defeating aliens who try to abduct her cows), and always has a fondness for animals.

Marin

In Link's Awakening, Marin is a girl who saves Link and falls in love with him.

As the game begins, Link awakens in Marin's house after washing ashore on Koholint Island. In his half asleep state, Link mistakes Marin for the Princess Zelda.

As the game progresses, Marin teaches his first Ocarina song, The Ballad of the Wind Fish. At one point, she also follows link about in order to help awaken a sleeping walrus. This period of the game is notabe for various comical moments such as when the two fall down a well and Link "screams bloody murder" when she lands on him and when she grab the operator of the trendy game using his mechanical crane.

Even later in the she is kidnapped by monsters and stranded on a broke bridge. Link saves her from this predicament using his hookshot item.

Also of note is the fact that if a player completes without losing a life or stealing from the hardware store, Marin is granted her wish and becomes a seagull so that she can fly to distant lands and sing to bring joy to others.

Marin is the daughter of Tarin; a very similar pair of characters, Malon and Talon, appear in Ocarina of Time.

Marin appears in Super Smash Bros. Melee as a Trophy, rewarded to you for getting all characters and levels, which also unlocks the Sound Test.

Moosh

Moosh is a large, blue polar bear with wings in Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons. Depending on which game you have and how you play through, you may only see Moosh once. He has the ability to fly, seeing as how he has rather small but useful wings. Moosh also has a great fondness for bananas. His other counterparts are Ricky the kangaroo and Dimitri the Dodongo.

• Nayru - see The Three Goddesses/Oracles

The Old Man

The Old Man is a character found in the original The Legend of Zelda for the NES, and also in its remake BS Zelda for the Super Famicom and Bandai Satellaview. The Old Man was a bald character who wore a red gown and had a white beard in the game. The player could usually find the old man in dungeons or inside caves, usually between two torches. The Old Man was used for several things in the game, ranging from giving the player items to help him in his quest to giving the player advice on how to move forward in the game.

The Old Man reached cult, almost phenomenon status for his notorious mistranslated dialogue, akin to Star Wars' Yoda, but even worse! Internet websites created homages and parodies of the Old man, specifically because of his dialogue in the game.

Examples of Old Man Quotes

"10th enemy has the bomb."

"Take any road you want."

"Dodongo dislikes smoke"

"Lets play money making game."

"The secret is in the easternmost peninsula."

External Links

Hyspace.com's "Profile" parodying the Old Man

The Three Goddesses/Oracles

Din

Din is the Goddess of Power. According to legend, she used her strong flaming arms to sculpt the land and create the red earth. She also helped create the sacred Triforce, along with Nayru and Farore.

In Oracle of Seasons, Din is the legendary Oracle of Seasons, traveling incognito. When Link is sent to Holundrum, Din finds him unconcious, and eventually, he runs into her group. After dancing with her, a creature in a suit of armor comes down in a tornado, and knocks away everyone but Link and Din. Link makes an attempt to defend her, but is knocked away, and she is taken away, and put in a crystal seal.

The Minish Cap also refers to her as a famous dancer.

Farore

Farore is the Goddess of Courage. According to legend (told by the Deku Tree in Ocarina of Time), with her rich soul, she created all the life forms who would uphold the spirit of law. She also helped create the sacred Triforce, along with two other gods, Din and Nayru.

Farore is a character in Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons. In both games, she lives in one of the Maku Trees, and if you give her a code, she gives you an item. Exchanging codes between games is needed to get some secret items. The Minish Cap's figurine gallery refers to Farore as a helpful person looking for a house.

Farore actually appeared in Ocarina of Time's beta version in her golden goddess form, flying through Kokiri Forest. This part of the beta version did not make it in to the final version of the game.

There was a third Oracles game, which had Farore star equally as Nayru and Din are in Ages and Seasons. Miyamoto decided that it would be too hard to link three different games, so he dumped this one.

Nayru

Nayru is the Goddess of Wisdom. According to legend, she used her wisdom to give the spirit of law to the world. She also helped create the sacred Triforce.

In Oracle of Ages, Nayru is the legendary Oracle of Ages, traveling incognito. Her body is stolen by Veran, a creature that can transform into many forms. Veran uses it to alter time. Also, in The Minish Cap, she is referred to as coming from a line of priestesses from Labrynna, the country where Oracle of Ages takes place.

• Princess Zelda
• Young Link

See also

• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time characters
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker characters