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==''Ocarina of Time''==

===Child===

Link is a child of destiny born during the [[Hyrulean Civil War]]. Though he is actually Hylian, he was left with the [[Great Deku Tree]] as an infant by his mortally wounded mother and thus was raised as a [[Kokiri]] in the forest. He is often picked on by the other Kokiri kids for not having a fairy companion like every other Kokiri. [[Mido]] in particular ridiculed Link often, partly also due to jealousy over Link's close friendship with [[Saria]]. He is a very courageous and noble individual who is always willing to take up a difficult challenge to help those dear to him.  

With all three Spiritual Stones in hand, Link travels back to [[Hyrule Castle Town]], only to have his haunting dreams come to pass. Princess Zelda and her aide [[Impa]] dash by on a white horse, but Zelda manages to throw the [[Ocarina of Time]] into the moat during her escape. Ganondorf appears right behind Link and asks which way they went. Link refuses to tell, drawing his sword and shield, to which Ganondorf simply blasts him with a ball of energy. Ganondorf then proclaims that he will soon rule the world and rides off. Link finds the Ocarina of Time in the moat, and upon finding it receives a vision from Zelda, teaching him the [[Song of Time]], the final key to opening the Door of Time. With the three stones and now the Ocarina of Time, Link is able to open the [[Door of Time]] in the [[Temple of Time]] and access the [[Master Sword]]'s chamber. When he pulls the sword out, however, he is frozen in time by the Master Sword, as it did not recognize a child as young as him to be the Hero of Time.

After being frozen in time and allowed to age for seven years, Link has finally become old enough to hold the title Hero of Time. He is awakened by Rauru, the Sage of Light, in the Chamber of Sages, who explains that when Link opened the Door of Time, Ganondorf was able to enter the Sacred Realm and take the Triforce of Power, since his unbalance heart prevented him from claiming the full Triforce. During Link's seven-year slumber Ganondorf used his newfound power to take over Hyrule. Rauru tells Link that he must awaken the other five sages in order to defeat the King of Evil.  

Link travels through Hyrule once more to awaken the Sages. He first travels to Kokiri Forest, now infested with monsters, to defeat the evil in the Forest Temple and awaken Saria as the Sage of Forest. He then travels to Death Mountain, where the Gorons have been trapped by the dragon Volvagia, to slay the dragon in the Fire Temple and awaken Darunia as the Sage of Fire. Afterwards, Link travels to Lake Hylia, which has been drained of water, to remove the curse on the Water Temple and awaken Ruto as the Sage of Water. He then must journey to Kakariko Village and defeat the evil spirit hiding in the Shadow Temple to waken Impa as the Sage of Shadow. His last stop is Gerudo Valley, where he must free Nabooru from the evil magic of Twinrova in the Spirit Temple and awaken Nabooru as the Sage of Spirit.  

==''Majora's Mask''==

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Link is the hero and primary protagonist of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|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, unconscious. 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 Link|Deku Scrub]] and leaves him and, accidentally, Tatl, behind. 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 has 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.