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The Princess of Hyrule. She was to be crowned the queen of Hyrule, but Zant interrupted it on the day preceding her coronation. She tells Link what to do after meeting her in a tower in Hyrule Castle where she is imprisoned.

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The Princess and reigning monarch of Hyrule. She was to be crowned the queen of Hyrule, queen, but Zant interrupted it invaded on the day preceding her coronation. She tells gives Link what to do after meeting her in advice from a tower in Hyrule Castle where in which she is imprisoned.



* TheHighQueen: Was going to be the queen, but couldn't be crowned yet.

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* TheHighQueen: Was going to be TheHighQueen[=/=]PrincessesRule: Despite the queen, but couldn't title, she's the reigning monarch of Hyrule -- she would be crowned yet.Queen Zelda if her coronation had gone on schedule.



* PrincessesPreferPink: Averted, she wears purple here.

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* PrincessesPreferPink: Averted, Averted; she wears purple here.purple, ivory, and gold here.
* SadisticChoice[=/=]TakeMeInstead: She surrenders to Zant so that he will not harm her people.

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* [[spoiler:AnIcePerson: Yeta, once she turns into Blizzeta]]


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!!Yeto and Yeta
Two Yeti who live in the Snowpeak region of Hyrule. Yeto regularly raids Zora's Domain for Reekfish, which frightens the locals who live there. In actuality, he's a textbook GentleGiant who is also an excellent chef. His wife, Yeta, has a shard of the Mirror of Twilight in her possession, and she has fallen ill due to its dark influence.

* [[spoiler:AnIcePerson: Yeta, once she turns into Blizzeta]]
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti
* CloudCuckooLander: While ill, Yeta sends Link to find the key to their bedroom, but he only manages to find food items the first two times.
* GentleGiant: Yeto is quite helpful in getting to their "mansion".
* [[spoiler:OneWingedAngel: Yeta becomes the Snowpeak Ruins' boss, Blizzeta, due to the shard of the Mirror of Twilight's influence]].
* SupremeChef: Yeto is a great chef who makes soup that gets more delicious and helpful as you get the ingredients.
* [[spoiler:TwilightZoneTwist: Yeta turns into the ice monster Blizzeta by contemplating her beauty in the dark presence of the shard of the Mirror of Twilight]].

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One of the children of Ordon Village who gets kidnapped and taken to Kakariko Village.

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One of the children of Ordon Village who gets kidnapped and taken to Kakariko Village. While there, he sets up a business called "Malo Mart", which, with Link's help, can get an additional branch in Castle Town.

* DeadpanSnarker: "Time is money. If you're done shopping, then quit wasting both..."


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* [[WiseBeyondTheirYears Wise Beyond His Years]]: It's quite unsettling how adult he acts while looking like a baby.
* YoungEntrepreneur
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!!Malo
One of the children of Ordon Village who gets kidnapped and taken to Kakariko Village.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He is surprisingly ''eight years old''.
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!!Ganondorf

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[[OcarinaOfTime After going back in time with knowledge from the future]], [[AlternateTimeline The Hero of Time helped Zelda expose Ganondorf as a traitor to the King]]. His plans to get the Triforce were foiled, and he was condemned to execution by the Sages themselves. However, even though he got his heart pierced, it didn't quite kill him, as the mark of the Triforce of Power somehow appeared in his hand, and reanimated his body. In a fit of UnstoppableRage, he broke free of his chains, killed the Sage of Water, and took the very sword meant to execute him for his own. In a desperate move, the Sages sent Ganondorf to the Twilight Realm, in the hopes of keeping him trapped there. After wandering there for who-knows-how-long, he met Zant, and the events of the game were set in motion.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: His skin is somewhere between green and gray this time around.
* {{Archenemy}}: Averted this time, from his point of view at least, as he doesn't really know who Link is in this game.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassBeard [[BeardOfEvil Of Evil]]: Second game in a row he has it. Looks like he's keeping it.
** BadassCape: Just watch how it flows during his battle.
** BadassGrandpa: Possibly several centuries old by this point.
* BigBad: Much to the dismay of Zant fans.
* CardCarryingVillain: At one point, talks about how hatred fuels his power.
* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Due to his Gerudo heritage. Though, as previously said, his skin isn't as much dark as it is green by now.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:He uses this on Zelda for the first phase of the final battle]].
* [[spoiler:DiedStandingUp]]: After the final battle.
* DimensionLord: By extension of being the one commanding Zant.
* DuelBoss: The final battle against him, which, along with ''Wind Waker'''s, is recognized as one of the best boss fights in the series.
* EvilLaugh: Much toned down from the previous games. More like an [[EvilLaugh Evil Chuckle]].
* EvilOverlord
* EvilSorcerer
* FullBoarAction: Ganon.
* GeniusBruiser
* HellishHorse: With ''glowing red eyes''.
* HijackedByGanon: TropeNamer. Also most infamous example.
* HumanoidAbomination: He ''was'' human (or very close to it) to start with, but after finding the Triforce, he's become something much, ''much'' worse.
* IGotBetter: Apparently a stab to the heart is OnlyAFleshWound to the keeper of the Triforce of Power.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The Sages do this to him. It doesn't work. [[spoiler:Then Link does it. It works.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: Remixed with Hyrule Castle's while you progress through it. [[spoiler:And with Zelda's for the first phase of the final battle]].
* LightningBruiser: He walks pretty slow in his fight, but that's because he wants to. For a guy as massive as he is, he can move pretty quickly if he wants to. And jump absurdly high.
* MagicKnight: He not only possess powerful magic, but is also unbelievably strong and skilled with a sword.
* OlderAndWiser: Averted. Unlike in ''Wind Waker'', he's older, but not a lot wiser compared to his ''OcarinaOfTime'' self.
* OneWingedAngel: Ganon, as always.
* PhysicalGod: Almost literal considering what powers him. He also pretends to be an actual God to Zant.
* PlayingTennisWithTheBoss: When he's [[spoiler:possessing Zelda]].
* SealedEvilInACan: What the Sages did to him after they failed to kill him. He got out.
* StayingAlive: WordOfGod says there is only one Ganon. Several games imply or outright state it is due to the Triforce of Power making him immortal.
* WickedCultured
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* [[spoiler:PsychopathicManchild]]: This happens when you finally get to fight against him. Quite a few fans consider this CharacterDerailment in light of his previous demeanor, though [[YourMileageMayVary others actually enjoyed the change.]]

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* [[spoiler:PsychopathicManchild]]: This happens when you finally get to fight against him. Quite a few fans consider this CharacterDerailment in light of his previous demeanor, though [[YourMileageMayVary others actually enjoyed the change.]]
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* DistressedDamsel: Link can't quite rescue her the first time they meet, but she still has to be saved.

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* DistressedDamsel: Link can't quite rescue her the first time they meet, but she still has to be saved.



* LaughingMad: Let's just say that during the final battle against Zant, he seems to laugh a lot of the time, and that it is a disturbed laugh.

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* LaughingMad: [[spoiler:LaughingMad]]: Let's just say that during the final battle against Zant, he [[spoiler:he seems to laugh a lot of the time, and that it is a disturbed laugh.laugh]].



* PsychopathicManchild: This happens when you finally get to fight against him. Quite a few fans consider this CharacterDerailment in light of his previous demeanor, though [[YourMileageMayVary others actually enjoyed the change.]]

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* PsychopathicManchild: [[spoiler:PsychopathicManchild]]: This happens when you finally get to fight against him. Quite a few fans consider this CharacterDerailment in light of his previous demeanor, though [[YourMileageMayVary others actually enjoyed the change.]]



* VillainousBreakdown

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* VillainousBreakdown
[[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown: Though he wasn't exactly sane from the start, only keeping a calm facade.]]
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* HeroesWantRedheads: LauncherOfAThousandShips strikes back.

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* HeroesWantRedheads: LauncherOfAThousandShips strikes back.HeroesWantRedheads
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Deleting YMMV. Once again, Link The Artifact? No.


* SpotlightStealingSquad: [[spoiler:She's more or less the star of the game, Ganondorf barely even speaks to Link except maybe a line in the final battle. Link's practically TheArtifact in terms of story in this game.]]
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* BadassAdorable
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* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: In ''Twilight Princess''.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: To all the kids in Ordon Village in ''Twilight Princess''.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: To all the kids in Ordon Village in ''Twilight Princess''.Village



* ChainedByFashion: Link in wolf form in ''Twilight Princess''.

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* HotBlooded: He doesn't talk, but judging by his manners, he definitely is this.
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* ClothesMakeTheLegend: The Light Spirit Faron gives him the clothes that the Hero Of Time once wore, and even dyes Links hair so that it is more blonde,

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* ClothesMakeTheLegend: The Light Spirit Faron gives him the clothes that the Hero Of Time once wore.

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* SassyBlackWoman

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Everyone\'s got their own most badass Link. This one may be awesome, but that doesn\'t mean he\'s the most awesome.


* {{Badass}}: Probably more so here than any other Link.

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* {{Badass}}: Probably more so here than any other Link.Goron-wrasslin', Gerudo-tossin', horseback-stabbin', card-carryin' badass, to be exact.


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* BlueEyes: Which are constantly referred to as fierce and determined, like a noble beast. [[{{Animorphism}} Fitting]].
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* Animorphism: He turns into a wolf when in twilight.
* {{Badass}}: Probably more so here than everywhere else.

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* Animorphism: {{Animorphism}}: He turns into a wolf when in twilight.
* {{Badass}}: Probably more so here than everywhere else.any other Link.



* HelloInsertNameHere: Although his CanonName, Link, is used extensively here and on many a fansite, you get to name the lad in almost every game.
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* [[spoiler:HurtingHero: She feels incredible guilt about letting Zant overrun her kingdom, Ganondorf or no Ganondorf. Then, when she realizes how noble Link and Zelda are, she feels even more guilt about how she treated Link. She goes from {{Jerkass}} to TheWoobie [[CharacterDevelopment over the course of the game]].]]

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* [[spoiler:HurtingHero: She feels incredible guilt about letting Zant overrun her kingdom, Ganondorf or no Ganondorf. Then, when she realizes how noble Link and Zelda are, she feels even more guilt about how she treated Link. She goes from {{Jerkass}} to TheWoobie DefrostingIceQueen [[CharacterDevelopment over the course of the game]].]]


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!!Zant

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Played up to be the BigBad of ''Twilight Princess,'' and later HijackedByGanon. He bonded himself to Ganon, whom he believed to be a god, and used this power to take over the Twilight Realm. At the opening of ''Twilight Princess,'' he is spreading Twilight all over Hyrule, and has invaded Hyrule Castle.

* AmbitionIsEvil: Midna states this is the reason why he was initially passed over for power.
* BeliefMakesYouStupid: His blind following of Ganondorf.
* TheCaligula
* DimensionLord
* TheDragon
* EvilChancellor
* EvilSorcerer
* HijackedByGanon: Probably the most controversial example of this trope.
* LaughingMad: Let's just say that during the final battle against Zant, he seems to laugh a lot of the time, and that it is a disturbed laugh.
* NeckSnap: He does one in Ganon's death scene.
* PsychopathicManchild: This happens when you finally get to fight against him. Quite a few fans consider this CharacterDerailment in light of his previous demeanor, though [[YourMileageMayVary others actually enjoyed the change.]]
* ScareChord: His musical theme begins with some strange squealing noise.
* SchrodingerFu
* VillainousBreakdown

!!King Bulblin

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The chief of the Bulblin tribe in ''Twilight Princess,'' who raided Link's village at the beginning of the game. He and his minions serve as recurring enemies throughout the game, with Link fighting him four times, two on horseback, two on foot.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Subverted. While he and his race appeared to be this, he only fought on Ganondorf and Zant's side because he follows the strongest side, which after battle after battle, turns out to be Link.
* BarbarianTribe
* FullBoarAction: He rides a blue boar.
* GracefulLoser
* HeelFaceTurn: He finally realizes that Link is too powerful to be defeated and stops fighting him after their last encounter.
* IFightForTheStrongestSide: He is the TropeNamer.
* KickTheDog: He waves around a kidnapped child like a flag.
* KingMook
* OurGoblinsAreDifferent
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy
* RecurringBoss
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!!Ilia

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Link's friend from ''Twilight Princess'' who is abducted by Bulblins early in the game. A large portion of the later game is dedicated to helping her recover her lost memories. She functions in a role similar to that which Malon played in ''Ocarina of Time'' and shares Aryll's status of the "Girl who went missing and thus motivates Link to go on his quest." (But she's, surprisingly, not a DistressedDamsel.)

* BerserkButton: Perceived recklessness with or cruelty towards animals.
* DoesNotLikeShoes
* EasyAmnesia
* [[FarmBoy Farm Girl]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings
* {{Leitmotif}}: She got one in the same vein as Aryll above, only that it sounds calmer.
* MementoMacGuffin: The horse whistle which helps her regain her memory.
* {{Tsundere}}: She shows shades of being a Type B (Default mood: Dere-Dere) in the start of the game. Seems like Tsunderes of all kinds are especially likely to be attracted to Link.
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* PapaWolf: To the Ordon village kids. [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Literally, sometimes.]]
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This Link is a simple FarmBoy living in Ordon Village who rounds up goats on the Mayor's ranch. One day, he is attacked by Bulblins and pulled into a mysterious fog known as Twilight by a Shadow Beast. After realizing he had turned into a wolf, he is sent by Midna to recover the Fused Shadows to stop the BigBad: Zant.



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!!Midna

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In ''Twilight Princess,'' she's an enigmatic and snarky [[TheImp imp]] who has a mysterious connection to the Twilight that has enveloped Hyrule. She offers to help Link escape from his prison and eventually becomes his guide. She rides on his back when he's in wolf form, and hides in his shadow when he's a human. Since appearing in ''Twilight Princess'', she has fast become one of the most popular characters in the whole series; indeed, despite having appeared in only one game so far, she is one of the few ''Zelda'' characters to have [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midna her own article]] on TheOtherWiki, an indication of how notable her popularity is.

* AloofAlly
* [[AntiHero Anti Heroine]]: Starts the game as a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type IV]] before she moves up the scale to a Type II.
* [[spoiler:BalefulPolymorph]]: [[spoiler:She's the princess of the Twilight Realm trapped in the body of an imp.]]
* ChekhovsBoomerang: See TitleDrop below.
* CuteLittleFangs
* CuteMonsterGirl
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeadpanSnarker
* DefrostingIceQueen
* ExpositionFairy
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer
* FieryRedhead
* [[spoiler:FisherKing]]: [[spoiler:She fulfills this role for the Twilight Realm.]]
* ForgottenPhlebotinum: She can levitate titanic hunks of rock with her mind, then teleport them through space, but makes Link do all the fighting. She can fly, but chooses to ride around on his back. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the fact that this seems entirely in character for her.
* GenreSavvy
* HartmanHips: And how!
* HeroesWantRedheads: LauncherOfAThousandShips strikes back.
* [[spoiler:HurtingHero: She feels incredible guilt about letting Zant overrun her kingdom, Ganondorf or no Ganondorf. Then, when she realizes how noble Link and Zelda are, she feels even more guilt about how she treated Link. She goes from {{Jerkass}} to TheWoobie [[CharacterDevelopment over the course of the game]].]]
* TheImp: Provides the Trope page image.
* JawDrop: Again, and how!
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]: Before her CharacterDevelopment.
* MsFanservice: [[spoiler: Especially her true form.]]
* OneWingedAngel: The Fused Shadow turns her into an enormous trident-wielding monstrosity.
* PrehensileHair: She can grab handles, designate large objects for teleport, and [[spoiler:punch through Zant]] with it.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Midna is the Twilight Princess, trapped in an imp form by Zant.]]
* SlasherSmile: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oja9CY4qZ-A Starting at 2:35]]. [[NightmareFuel Sweet dreams, kids!]] (And spoilers.)
* [[spoiler: SheCleansUpNicely: After she regains her true form, Link looks quite taken aback.]]
* SpotlightStealingSquad: [[spoiler:She's more or less the star of the game, Ganondorf barely even speaks to Link except maybe a line in the final battle. Link's practically TheArtifact in terms of story in this game.]]
* TitleDrop: She sarcastically calls Zelda the "Twilight Princess" during Link's first meeting with them. [[spoiler:It turns out that ''Midna'' is the Twilight Princess; her earlier Title Drop was a false lead.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Type A. She even uses the classic "I'm only helping because I have to" line if you talk to her while you're restoring the light to Eldin Province.
* TheVamp: She never really tries to seduce Link, though she's rather manipulative in other regards.

!!Zelda

The Princess of Hyrule. She was to be crowned the queen of Hyrule, but Zant interrupted it on the day preceding her coronation. She tells Link what to do after meeting her in a tower in Hyrule Castle where she is imprisoned.

* ActionGirl
* TheArcher: The Light Spirits give her the Light Bow in the final battle.
* BadassDamsel
* {{Chickification}}: Subverted, she may have surrendered her kingdom to Zant and let herself be locked up, but she's still an ActionGirl here.
* DemonicPossession: Used on [[spoiler:her empty body near the end of ''Twilight Princess'', while Zelda's soul is secretly keeping Midna alive.]]
* DistressedDamsel: Link can't quite rescue her the first time they meet, but she still has to be saved.
* ErmineCapeEffect
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses
* TheHighQueen: Was going to be the queen, but couldn't be crowned yet.
* LadyOfWar
* LegacyCharacter: She keeps the tradition of having the name Zelda as a female of the Royal Family.
* LightTheWay[=/=]HolyHandGrenade
* ParentalAbandonment
* PimpedOutDress
* PrincessesPreferPink: Averted, she wears purple here.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: In ''Twilight Princess''.
* YamatoNadeshiko
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"The Group" is the unofficial name for a group of freedom-fighters that met in Telma's Bar in ''Twilight Princess'' to organize a resistance against Zant. The members of this group help Link get to the last few dungeons of the game and [[StormingTheCastle storm the castle]] in a [[Awesome/TheLegendOfZelda very awesome scene at the end.]]

!!Rusl

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Link's mentor from ''Twilight Princess.'' A swordsman from Ordon village, he acts as a surrogate father to Link and gathers some old friends to form a small group of mercenaries later in the game to counter Zant's forces in Hyrule.

* {{Expy}}: Possibly Russell, the captain of Hyrule's soldiers in ''Spirit Tracks''.
* HappilyMarried: To his wife Uli, who is pregnant with their second child during the course of the game. (The newborn baby is seen briefly during the end credits.)
* LaResistance
* MasterSwordsman
* TheObiWan: He doesn't die, but he ''is'' severely injured
* PapaWolf: He valiantly defends his family from a ferocious wolf (who just happens to be Link). Did we mention he did this while seriously injured from a recent raid on the village?
** Which makes it all the more humorous later in the game where a fully recovered Rusl will cower if Link runs up to him in Wolf form in the Faron woods.
* StormingTheCastle

!!Ashei

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A female knight who scouts out the Snowpeak region in search of the Yeti tribe. She joins the rest of the resistance at the end of the game by storming the castle.

* ActionGirl
* {{Bokukko}}
* LaResistance
* LadyOfWar
* [[MasterSwordsman Master Swordswoman]]
* RaisedByDudes: Her backstory, given very briefly, is that she was raised by her single father, so she doesn't always have the most ladylike manners.
* StormingTheCastle
* VerbalTic: She ends sentences with "yeah?"

!!Auru

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Auru is the oldest member of the Group, but one of the most knowledgeable. He helps Link get over the mountains and into Gerudo Desert. He used to tutor Princess Zelda in her youth.

* {{BFG}}: During the StormingTheCastle sequence, he shoots Lizalfos with a ''bazooka.''
* CoolOldGuy
* {{Expy}}: His design, as well as his name, come from Rauru, the Sage of Light.
* LaResistance
* StormingTheCastle

!!Shad

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Shad is TheSmartGuy of the group, who is usually too involved with his studies to do any fighting. However, his knowledge of ancient Hylian lore does help you get to the City in the Sky. According to supplemental material, his father worked as a butler in the royal palace.

* BookSafe: He keeps a knife in his book.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He's always researching about an ancient City in the Sky, which everybody believes to be mythical. [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight Turns out he's right, though.]]
* CollaredByFashion
* CunningLinguist: He's the only person in all of Hyrule who understands the ancient StarfishLanguage of the Oocca.
* HollywoodNerd
* LaResistance
* {{Megane}}
* NonActionGuy
* RedundantResearcher: Despite being vital to the discovery of the City in the Sky, he never gets to see it.
* TheSmartGuy
* SpeakingSimlish: He's the only character, apart from Midna, who actually has a speaking scene in the game -- he chants an incantation in the scene where the Sky Cannon is discovered.
* StormingTheCastle

* VerbalTic: His speech is peppered with quaint Britishisms, like "I say" and "old boy."

!!Telma

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Telma is the proprietor of the bar where the Group usually meets, and she frequently helps Link throughout the game, mainly by taking care of Ilia during her amnesia.

* TheBartender
* BigBeautifulWoman
* EscortMission: Early in the game, you have to escort her covered wagon to Kakariko Village.
* GagBoobs: Link almost gets {{Marshmallow Hell}}'d following an EscortMission. It doesn't help that they're at (his) eye level and that he's got an open-mouthed stare at that moment...
* KindheartedCatLover: And her cat is a nice one, too.
* LaResistance
* SassyBlackWoman
* ShoutOut: To ''ThelmaAndLouise'' -- her cat's name is Louise.
* TeamMom
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