Link
Link is the main protagonist of the Legend of Zelda series. His most iconic and commonly worn outfit is a simple green tunic, although there are some exceptions, including the Goron and Zora Tunic from Ocarina of Time and the Magic and Zora Armor in Twilight Princess. Link is left-handed in all of the games except for in the Wii version of Twilight Princess and in Skyward Sword. He is often depicted as the embodiment of nobility. He possesses the essence of the goddess Farore, the Triforce of Courage.
Appearances
The Legend of Zelda
Link is the hero and main protagonist of The Legend of Zelda and starts off in the overworld. When Impa, Zelda's nursemaid, tells him that Princess Zelda was captured and split the Triforce of Wisdom into eight pieces, he embarks on a quest to rescue Zelda and defeat Ganon. Throughout his quest, he will have to collect heart containers and find new items to complete his quest. At the end, he puts together the Triforce of Wisdom, slays Ganon, collects the Triforce of Power, and saves Zelda and Hyrule.
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Link is the hero and main protagonist of The Adventure of Link and starts off his adventure in North Palace, in front of the sleeping Zelda from the past. An older Princess Zelda wouldn't tell her brother, the Prince, the location of the Triforce. The Prince hired a Magician to interrogate her, but after being unsuccessful, he put Zelda into a deep sleep. Unable to wake her, the Prince put her in a tower. Impa, the Princess's nursemaid, informs an older Link that the only way to wake this Princess is to recover the Triforce of Courage. Ganon's followers are after Link, because they believe mixing his blood with Ganon's remains will resurrect him. Link is able to survive, recover the Triforce of Courage, defeat Dark Link, and awaken the Princess.
A Link to the Past
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Link is the main protagonist of A Link to the Past and starts off sleeping in his Uncle's house. After receiving a strange telepathic message claiming to be from the Princess of Hyrule, his uncle leaves the house to head to the castle and tells Link not to follow him. Link, of course, follows his uncle, only to find him injured in the castle where his uncle tells him he must save the Princess, Zelda, and gives Link his sword and shield. After saving Zelda from the dungeon, Link learns of an evil plot of the wizard Agahnim trying to take over Hyrule and gain the power of the Triforce. In order to defeat Agahnim, Link has to find the three Pendants of Virtue and retrieve the Master Sword.
Link's Awakening
In Link's Awakening, Link gets caught out on the sea on his raft during a storm. He eventually washes up on the shores of Koholint Island, where a girl named Marin finds him. She takes him back to Mabe Village, where she lives with her father, Tarin. Link mistakes Marin as Princess Zelda.
After obtaining his shield from Tarin, Link goes to Toronbo Shores to get his sword back. An Owl then appears and tells him that he cannot leave the island until he wakes the Wind Fish, and that he should go to the Mysterious Woods. When Link returns to the village, he finds that Tarin has already gone into the woods. He finds him transformed into a raccoon, and Link must use Magic Powder to return him to normal. After that, Link obtains the Tail Key, which allows him to enter the first dungeon, Tail Cave.
Link must defeat the Nightmare of this dungeon and the other seven dungeons and collect the Eight Instruments of the Sirens if he wants to leave the island.
Ocarina of Time
Link is the hero and main protagonist of Ocarina of Time starting off as a Hylian kid living in Kokiri Forest along with the Kokiri. He gains the Kokiri Sword and Deku Shield and goes to the Great Deku Tree to break the curse on the Great Deku Tree. After he does, he gets the first Spiritual Stone, the Kokiri's Emerald, and heads for Princess Zelda. Zelda tells him to find the other two Spiritual Stones and bring them to her. After he finds them, he goes to Zelda to give her the Spiritual Stones. However, Zelda is being chased by Ganondorf and throws Link the Ocarina of Time. She then telepathically teaches him a song that will open the door to the Sacred Realm and tells him to go there and get the Triforce before Ganondorf. He does so, without realizing that Ganondorf followed him into the Sacred Realm. He takes the Master Sword from its pedestal, but it didn't recognize him as the Hero of Time because Link was too young so his Spirit was stored for seven years. He has to awaken six Sages to go to Ganon's Castle, save Princess Zelda, and slay Ganondorf.
Majora's Mask
Link is the hero and main protagonist of Majora's Mask and starts off looking for who is inferred to be Navi in the Lost Woods. A Skull Kid wearing a mysterious mask and his fairies Tatl and Tael scare Epona and Link is knocked off, unconsious. Skull Kid steals Epona and the Ocarina of Time from Link and rides into the woods. Link follows, and learns Epona has run off, but Skull Kid still has the Ocarina of Time. The Skull Kid turns Link into a Deku Scrub and leaves him and, accidentally, Tatl, behind after leaving. Deku Link and Tatl go on to follow them into a clock tower. They meet the Happy Mask Salesman, who tells them that if they can get the Ocarina back in 3 days, before he has to leave, he can turn Link back into a Hylian, as long as he gets the Skull Kid's mask he stole. Link learns the Skull Kid has caused mischief across the new world he's entered called Termina, and that he is trying to get the Moon to crash into Clock Town and destroy the world at the end of Day 3. Link gets the Ocarina of Time back and uses the Song of Time to transport him and Tatl back to the beginning of Day 1. The Happy Mask Salesman turns Link back to a Hylian, leaving a mask behind that will allow him to turn back to the Deku Scrub whenever he wants. Link now must awaken the 4 Giants in the 4 compass directions to prevent the Moon from falling, and must repeat the same 3 days over and over until he can awaken them. After saving the Deku Princess and removing the poison from the Southern Swamp, bringing Snowpeak to spring, saving the Zora eggs and clearing the fog from Great Bay, and bringing peace to souls in Ikana Canyon. Link stops the Moon from crashing into Termina, but the mask the Skull Kid was wearing, called Majora's Mask and harnessing dark evil powers, takes over the Moon itself. Link lands on the moon through the portal left from Majora's Mask dark powers, and defeats Majora in his Mask, Wrath, and Incarnate forms. Link then leaves to return to Hyrule and continue his search for Navi.
Oracle of Ages
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Link is the Legendary Hero and the main protagonist within Oracle of Ages. After being summoned by the power of the Triforce, he awakens within a mysterious forest. Shortly after, he saves a woman named Impa who is being attacked by a group of octoroks. The two then journey to meet up with Nayru, the Oracle of Ages. It is revealed that Impa was, at the time, being controlled by the Dark Sorceress Veran, who, after getting passed a block that only Link could move, possess Nayru and gains the power to travel through time. After traveling 400 years in the past, Veran's evil deeds start to alter the present, causing chaos throughout the land. It then becomes the goal of Link to stop Veran and save the land of Labrynna.
Link will have to overcome obstacles in eight different dungeons, as well as meet a whole cast of characters in the past and present as he journeys through time to collect the eight Essences of Time. With the Essences in hand, Link can restore the Maku Tree's memory, gain the power needed to defeat Veran, and live up to his destiny as the Hero of the Essences. His journey will also take him to the land of Holodrum, where he must stop Onox there and prevent the resurrection of the Evil King Ganon, a deeper plan devised by the witches Koume and Kotake.
Oracle of Seasons
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Link ventures to Hyrule Castle and visits the Triforce in Oracle of Seasons. While there, he is knocked unconcious and falls into the world of Holodrum. He is discovered by a dancer named Din who cares for him until he awakens. He discovers Din with her troupe and talks to everyone, then Din asks him to dance. While dancing, the troupe is attacked by Onox, General of Darkness, who reveals that Din is none other than the Oracle of Seasons and controls the seasons in Holodrum. He causes a tornado that sends the members of the troupe flying and attacks Link while he tries to protect Din. He tries saving her again and ends up blown away and knocked unconscious. Onox imprisons Din and sinks the Temple of Seasons into the land of Subrosia, throwing the seasons into chaos. Impa, the troupe's cook, wakes him up and explains that she is actually the nursemaid of Princess Zelda and Link is a hero with a special fate. She tells him to go see the Maku Tree in Horon Village in order to help save Din. A weakened Maku Tree explains that Link must go find the eight Essences of Nature in order to restore him to his former state. Eventually, Link has to find the Temple of Seasons in Subrosia and obtain the Rod of Seasons which he can use to control the seasons manually in order to save Din. However, he has to visit the spirits of each season to gain their powers. Once equipped with all four seasons and all eight Essences, the Maku Tree gives Link a Maku Seed, which can be used to get rid of the darkness surrounding Onox's castle. Link fights Onox and defeats him, but it is revealed later that Onox and Veran were just pawns to Twinrova, who is trying to revive Ganon. The defeat of Onox lights the Flame of Destruction, and Twinrova kidnaps Zelda to sacrifice her. Link ventures forth into the Room of Rites and fights Twinrova, defeating her.Twinrova then sacrifices herself and Ganon is revived as a mindless beast, and defeated by Link. Afterwards, he returns with Zelda and the game ends with him on a raft heading for an unknown location.
The Wind Waker
Link is the hero and main protagonist of The Wind Waker and starts his adventure on Outset Island. Link's sister, Aryll, is kidnapped by the Helmaroc King after it drops Tetra in the island's forest. Link rides along with Tetra and the pirates on their Pirate Ship until he is shot at the Helmaroc King's stronghold, Forsaken Fortress. Link is knocked away, but is saved by a talking boat called the King of Red Lions, who offers to help Link save his sister. After getting the 3 Goddesses Pearls, Link goes underwater to a submerged Hyrule Castle. He pulls the Master Sword out, and goes back to confront the Helmaroc King. He defeats it and frees his sister, but learns the true evil is a man named Ganondorf, who was stopped by the Hero of Time in the past, but came back and caused the Great Flood that formed the Great Sea. The Master Sword, which was supposed to be able to defeat Ganondorf, has lost its power and Link is saved before he can be killed. Tetra is revealed to be Princess Zelda in disguise, and Link awakens the Earth and Wind Sages, who restore the Master Sword's power. Link recovers the broken-up Triforce of Courage and confronts Ganondorf again, this time with Zelda. Link and Zelda defeat Ganondorf, who is impaled through the forehead by the Master Sword and is turned to stone and dropped down to the bottom of the Great Sea. Link and Zelda, now back as Tetra, go in search of a new Hyrule. He has no true relation to the true "Hero" of Hyrule, yet the Wind Waker chose him.
Four Swords
Link is a childhood friend of Princess Zelda and is brought with her to check the seal on the Four Sword, which Zelda thinks may be weakening. Vaati, the Wind Mage, breaks free from his imprisonment and kidnaps Zelda, intending to make her his bride. In order to save Zelda, Link draws the Four Sword and is split into four different colored copies of himself. He collects the keys from three different Great Fairies in order to go to Vaati's Palace of Winds and rescue Zelda. After a long fight with Vaati, Link seals him in the Four Sword once more, and returns with Zelda to the Sanctuary to return the blade to its resting place.
Four Swords Adventures
Strange occurences have happened recently in a fearful Hyrule. Zelda and the six maidens have reasons to believe that the cause of this forboding air is the weakening seal on Vaati, the Wind Mage. To verify their presumptions, the maidens open the portal to the Four Sword Sanctuary, the sealing place of Vaati. When they are successful, Shadow Link emerges from the portal and kidnaps the maidens. Link follows him back into the portal and finds the Four Sword waiting in its resting place. He draws it and in doing so splits into four. However, Vaati is released from his prison and starts to cover the world in darkness. It is now up to Link once again to stop Vaati from terrorizing Hyrule. But there seems to be a bigger threat behind the evil Wind Mage that is pulling all the strings...
The Minish Cap
In The Minish Cap, Link is the grandson of Smith and a childhood friend of Princess Zelda. One notable trait is that he starts his quest without a cap.
The Picori Festival has begun, and Zelda snuck out of the castle in order to go to the festival with Link. Grandfather Smith, the finest Smith in all of Hyrule, gives Link the task to give Smith's Sword to the winner of a Swordsman competition. At the Festival, after winning the first prize in a lottery, Zelda chooses a shield and gives it to Link. This soon comes to use when Link protects Zelda from a Bussiness Scrub. However, at the award cermony, the winner Vaati breaks open the cermonial chest with the legendary Picori Blade stuck in it in search for the legendary Light Force. Angered when it turns out that the chest contained nothing but monsters, Vaati casts a spell on Zelda. Link tries to block it but is pushed away, and Zelda turns into stone. After a talk with the King of Hyrule, Link is given Smith's Sword and sets out to the Minish Wood. And thus Link's quest to save Zelda and defeat Vaati begins.
The Minish Wood is where the legendary Picori are said to reside. On the way he encounters the strange talking cap Ezlo. After saving the cap from some Octorocks, Ezlo declares that the two can help each other and jump up on Link's head. And thus, with his trademark cap on his head (altough a living one) Link's quest starts for real. With Ezlo's help, Link can switch from normal size to Picori size. The two venture out to reforge the broken Picroi Blade and infuse it with the four elements. After this is done and the Four Sword has been created from the Picori Blade, Link enters the final dungeon, Dark Hyrule Castle. At last he saves Princess Zelda. However, Vaati has absorbed a good deal of the legendary Light Force that was residing in none other than Zelda, and transforms into the Wind Mage Vaati. Link manages to seal Vaati away.
It so happens that the cap Vaati was wearing was Ezlo's invention, a cap able to grant wishes. The cap is purified by Zelda and she uses it to purify the lands of Hyrule. Ezlo, who was cursed by Vaati, returned into what he really was... a Picori. This year was special, as the door between the Picori and the big world was opened. But the door would soon close, and Ezlo must hurry if he wants to return to his people. However, before he left he created a parting gift for Link, a green cap. After remarking that it looked good on Link, Ezlo left.
Twilight Princess
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Link is the hero and main protagonist of Twilight Princess, and is believed to be a direct descendant of the "Hero of Time" from Ocarina of Time. He starts off as a rancher who lives in Ordon Village. He is dressed with a multi-colored shirt and pants, and sandals. He buys a slingshot and shows it off to the kids when a monkey comes and Malo, Talo, and Beth run after the monkey. Talo keeps running after the monkey, while Malo and Beth get left behind. Link has to find Talo and the monkey. After he saves Talo and the monkey he returns to Ordon Village. The next day he prepares to go off for Hyrule Castle to deliver a gift but Ilia notices a cut on Epona and yells at him. The land becomes covered in Twilight and Link is transformed into a wolf. He meets up with Midna in the Twilight Realm who becomes his partner for this game. Link meets the Twilight Princess and eventually returns to the light. Throughout the game, Link has to return the Tears of Light to the Light Spirits, and go through three dungeons to get three Fused Shadows. He then has to repair the Mirror of Twilight. Once he does, he has acces to the Twilight Realm]. He goes there to defeat Zant and save Hyrule Castle from the Twilight. He eventually goes on to confront his old nemesis, Ganondorf.
Phantom Hourglass
This is the same exact Link from Wind Waker. While Link, Tetra, and her gang of pirates journey through the ocean searching for new lands, a Ghost Ship appears, taking Tetra. Link, determined to save Tetra, tries to rescue her, but he falls into the water.
Link is washed up on an island called Mercay Island where he meets Oshus and a fairy named Ciela who has lost her memory and becomes Link's partner for this game. To find the Ghost Ship and rescue Tetra, Link must travel the seas on a steamboat captained by Linebeck. Link must eventually confront Bellum.
Spirit Tracks
Spirit Tracks takes place centuries from where Phantom Hourglass left off. In this game, Link is a young engineer who is going to Hyrule Castle to get the Engineer Certificate from Princess Zelda. He lives in Aboda Village with Niko. Link is first seen half-asleep as Niko relates the story of the war betweeen the spirit and Malladus. Alfonzo, Link's mentor, then appears and makes Link get ready to receive his certificate.
After taking the train up to Castle Town, there is a ceremony in the castle where Princess Zelda grants Link his certificate. However, she also hands him a letter that asks him to visit later on. When Link arrives later, he helps her sneak out of the castle to investigste the missing Spirit Tracks at the Tower of Spirits. Unfortunately, the tracks disappear beneath them and Byrne and Chancellor Cole appear. Cole takes Zelda's body even though Link tries to protect her. Zelda becomes a spirit, and Link discovers that he is the only one who can see Zelda. With the help of the Spirit Flute and the Lokomos, Link travels to the five temples to restore the Spirit Tracks, rescue Zelda's body, and ultimately defeat Malladus, the Demon King.
Skyward Sword
Link is the hero and main protagonist of Skyward Sword, starting off the game as a young man living in Skyloft, who attends the Knight Academy. Link is dressed with boots, green pants and a sweatshirt, not unlike the rest of the citizens of Skyloft. He is a very active young lad who goes skydiving and bird riding to impress Zelda and his other classmates. Each of the citizens of Skyloft have large birds called Loftwings that they use for transportation, but Link has a rare red Loftwing called a Crimson Loftwing that he befriends early on. Link is very close friends with Zelda and they seem to care greatly for each other. Early on in his quest, Link successfully wins the Wing Ceremony conducted by Instructor Horwell and this allows him to win a prize from Zelda.
While Link and Zelda are riding off through the clouds, a sudden tornado is summoned, causing Zelda to fall off her bird and get sucked down into the land below. Link goes after Zelda, but appears to be knocked out cold by the huge fall. He is awakened by Gaepora, where Link tells him of the unfortunate news about Zelda. After Gaepora leaves, Link is confronted by Fi, the spirit of the Goddess Sword, who then accompanies Link throughout his quest, serving as his spiritual guide. Gaepora finds the two together Inside the Statue of the Goddess and they begin to discuss of the war between the Goddess and the Demon King. Afterwards, Link is entrusted with a green Knight uniform and he heads off.
Link travels down to the land below in search of Zelda. Throughout his quest, he uses a standard set of inventory items that he upgrades along the way as he battles through the overworld and dungeons, attempting to save Hyrule from the evil that lurks there. Part of his quest takes him to the Silent Realm, where he must collect Sacred Tears and avoid Guardians without the aid of his sword or other items. He fights many foes along the way, but perhaps the Demon Lord Ghirahim is one of the most powerful. Ghirahim is also in search of Zelda and has no problem bringing Link within an inch of his life. He wants to ressurrect his master, Demise, who is the strongest foe Link meets in this journey. It's up to our hero to defeat Ghirahim, Demise, rescue Zelda, and save the lands of Skyloft and Hyrule.
Gallery
Link Artwork from The Legend of Zelda
Link's sprite from The Legend of Zelda
Link's sprite from Link's Awakening
Link from the Animated Series
Artwork of Link in Soul Calliber II
Link from Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Link as he appears in Spirit Tracks
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