Impa

Ocarina of Time

Impa appears in Ocarina of Time as the loyal body guard, or nursemaid, of Princess Zelda. She is depicted as a woman with a sturdy build, short white hair in a small pony tail and red eyes. Her appearance is quite younger than some of the other games she appears in. She was born and raised in Kakariko village, and still maintained a watchful eye over it despite her duty to the Royal Family.

Link first meets Impa after sneaking past the guards in Hyrule Castle to meet with Princess Zelda. Impa then teaches Link Zelda's Lullaby and escorts Link out of the castle. After you are safely outside the Castle, Impa advises Link to go to Kakariko village and see what clues he can find that lead to the Spiritual Stone of Fire.

Upon collecting all the Spiritual Stones, Link returns to a scene much like the dream he had at the start of the game. Impa is shown fleeing on a white horse with Zelda. Zelda then throws and object at Link, which is discovered to be the Ocarina of Time. Ganondorf is shown following close behind them on a black horse, and questions Link as to which direction Impa and Zelda went. It becomes apparent that Ganondorf has taken over Hyrule Castle, and forced Impa to flee with Zelda.

Seven years later when Link goes to Kakariko in order to investigate the location of the Shadow Medallion Link finds out Impa had sealed away a great evil in the Bottom of the Well prior to the events in Ocarina of Time. This great evil had taken up residence in the Shadow Temple, and Impa had disappeared trying to seal it again. After defeating Bongo Bong, the great evil, Impa awakens as the Sage of Shadow. She asks Link to take care of Zelda since her duties of being a Sage keep her from Zelda's side. Impa and the other Sages lend Link her power in sealing Ganondorf. Impa is last seen during the end credits standing atop Death Moutain with the other Sages.

Skyward Sword

Of the Sheikah race from the Zelda series, Impa bears all their markings and style of dress. An enemy of Ghirahim, Impa saves Zelda from Ghirahim and continues to evade him and protect her from the Demon Lord. She is a wielder of magic and uses it to defend Zelda in battle, although she is clearly no match for Ghirahim who can break her barriers with ease. Impa also appears to be evading Link as she does Ghirahim, escaping from him into a glowing portal of light as Link chases her.

In an area of stone walkways, Impa defends Zelda from Ghirahim to the best of her ability before Ghirahim overpowers her. Link acquires the harp from Zelda, but what exactly happens of Zelda and Impa afterwards is unknown.

It is speculated and almost certain that Impa is the "servant of the goddess" that Ghirahim refers to as being the one who snatched Zelda out of his clutches.