Ocarina of Time Characters

Major Characters

Navi

Navi is Link's fairy companion throughout the game, giving him hints and advice on what to do or where to go. She has annoyed many players with her constant cries of "Hey, listen!", "Look!", and "Watch out!". She was summoned by the Great Deku Tree in the beginning of the game to meet Link and bring the young boy to him. After the events that transpire inside the Great Deku Tree, Navi leaves Kokiri Forest with Link to help on his adventure.

Minor Characters

Fado

Fado is a female Kokiri who has a distinct look from the rest of the Kokiri children. Early on in the game she can be found on a higher platform in the center of the forest. You can reach her by climbing up the ramp near Saria’s house and walking across two rope bridges. She applauds you for reaching her at this higher platform and refers to Link as being a ‘real man’. She gives you some instructional tips on how to use the C-up button as a camera.

Fado can be found within the Lost Woods when Link is an adult and she plays a part in the Trading Sequence. Link returns to the Lost Woods in search of Grog, but he is nowhere to be found. Instead, Link will find Fado near a tree stump. Fado states that everyone who enters the Lost Woods will eventually become lost and turn into Stalfos. After seeing the Odd Potion, she states that this potion is native to the Kokiri Forest and it must be returned. In exchange for the Odd Potion, Fado will give Link the Poachers Saw, an item left behind by Grog.

Know-It-All-Brothers

The Know-It-All-Brothers are three Kokiri boys who serve as guides on how to use some of the basic functions in the game. Their house is located at the west end of Kokiri Forest, near the Forest Training Center. One of the boys will teach you about the various icons at the top of the screen. Another boy will teach you about the map and the three different types of items; equipment items, C-Button items, and Quest items. The third brother will teach you how to use the C-up button to talk to Navi, and to change the camera view.

The three brothers never leave the house throughout most of Link’s adventure. Even when Link returns to Kokiri Forest as an adult, the three brothers are still in their small house. None of the brothers recognize Link when he come back as an adult, and they state that they are awaiting the return of Link.

It isn’t until the end credits that the brothers finally leave the house. They can be seen at Lon Lon Ranch during the End Credits celebration. Strangely enough, the Kokiri children all seem to be perfectly fine in Lon Lon Ranch, even though it is stated that the Kokiri children cannot leave the Kokiri Forest or else they will die.

Kokiri Twins

The Kokiri Twins live in the east end of the Kokiri Forest, inside of the house that is conveniently titled, House of Twins. One of the twins is found inside of the house and if you speak to her, she tells you about the different types of rupees. The second twin is found within the Kokiri Forest Shop. She gives you the hint that most the items for sale in the shop can be found for free within the Forest. She also gives you some instructions on how to use the Deku Shield. Both of the twins will be in their same locations when Link returns as an adult. They don’t recognize Link, and if you speak to them, they are both awaiting the return of Link and Saria.

While these two are the actual residents of the House of Twins, there are a total of five female Kokiri who have the identical visual appearance.

Ruto

Princess of the Zoras and caretaker of the Zoras’ patron deity Lord Jabu-Jabu, Princess Ruto is a rather spoilt and sassy young lady with a rebellious attitude towards her father King Zora. Link first learns of Princess Ruto when he finds a message in a bottle that she supposedly wrote asking for help as she had been swallowed by Lord Jabu-Jabu. When Link gets swallowed as well, he finds Ruto safe and sound inside, claiming that she enters Lord Jabu-Jabu all the time. She tells Link that she has lost her treasure, the Zora Sapphire, and demands he accompanies her in search of it. She is captured once she finds the Sapphire, and Link must defeat Barinade to free her. After being saved, she is so impressed with Link that she quite quickly falls in love and declares them engaged by giving him her Sapphire, which is supposed to be her engagement ring.

As an adult, Ruto has become far more mature and responsible. She was trapped in the Ice Cavern when Zora’s Domain freezes over, but after being saved by Sheik she heads for the Water Temple to try and save her people. Link meets up with her again inside the Temple, and she still remembers the engagement. While trying to assist Link in the Temple, Ruto suddenly disappears, only to later awaken as the Sage of Water upon Link’s triumph over the Temple’s boss. In light of her new duties, she cuts off her engagement to Link at that time. She continues to help Link during his trek through Ganon's Castle when all the sages create the rainbow bridge up to his Castle, and she dispells the Water Barrier inside.

Ruto is last seen in the credits overlooking Hyrule with the other sages on Death Mountain.

Goron Link

Goron Link is a member of the Goron race and the son of the Goron Patriarch Darunia. Goron Link is first found rolling around the main centre of the Goron City located within Death Mountain. When you place a bomb or bombchu in his path he will stop mistaking you for one of Ganondorf’s men. Very quickly it becomes apparent to him that you are the “legendary Dodongo Buster” from seven years earlier that he was named after.

After this revelation Goron Link informs you of the kidnapping of the Gorons from Goron City and the resurrection of the evil dragon Volvagia by Ganondorf. He tells you of Darunia’s mission to save the Gorons from Volvagia prompting you to follow suit. Goron Link reveals the secret path to Death Mountain Crater and therefore the Fire Temple located within his father’s room at the base of Goron City. He will also give you the Goron Tunic which is used by Link to withstand the extreme heat found within both Death Mountain Crater and the Fire Temple.

After you save the Gorons, defeat Volvagia and awaken Darunia as a Sage within the Fire Temple return to Goron City where you will be thanked by Goron Link.

Nabooru

As the second in command of the Gerudo Thieves, Nabooru wields a great deal of respect among the Gerudo society. She has her headquarters in the Spirit Temple. Her only superior is Ganondorf himself, who she hates for his evil ways, citing his thievery and murder as unacceptable. She plans to infiltrate the interior of the Spirit Temple to find a treasure she can use to mess up Ganondorf’s plans, but she needs the Silver Gauntlets first. Link first meets her when he travels to the Spirit Temple as a child. Nabooru cannot fit through the passage to the half of the Temple that houses the Gauntlets, so she promises Link something great if he retrieves them for her. Link agrees, but when he returns with the Gauntlets, he sees Nabooru being captured by the twin witches Koume and Kotake.

When he returns to the Spirit Temple and uses the Silver Gauntlets as an adult, Link finds and defeats a particularly powerful Iron Knuckle right before the boss room. When the armor falls off, it is revealed that the Iron Knuckle was actually Nabooru, having been brainwashed by Koume and Kotake. The two witches appear immediately and teleport her away again, and in order to save her Link must defeat the twin witches. Upon successfully taking down Twinrova, Nabooru awakens as the Sage of Spirit and comments that if she had known how handsome a man Link would become, she would have kept that promise she made to him as a child. She later helps Link during his trek through Ganon's Castle when all the sages create the rainbow bridge up to his Castle, and she dispells the Spirit Barrier inside.

Nabooru is last seen in the credits overlooking Hyrule with the other sages on Death Mountain.