History Characters / TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess

* SinisterScimitar: Wields two as his weapons.

* AlasPoorVillain: His death is portrayed rather somberly and no real fanfare. After the final battle, when the impaling Master Sword severs his connection to the Triforce of Power, killing him. After his passing, Zelda prays for him. It’s averted in the manga where he’s portrayed as a spiteful, sadistic monster and he kills himself out of spite instead of offering Link’s truce.

* TheAce: In Ordon Village alone, Link is a top-rated horseman and goat herder on friendly terms with the mayor and his daughter, in addition to being a a capable swordsman. His quest to save Hyrule makes him even more powerful and capable.

* EpicFlail: The Ball and Chain.

* FriendToAllChildren: The self-appointed guardian of the other children in Ordon.

* ArcHero: Of the game. She gets the brunt of CharacterDevelopment and is more emotionally invested in stopping Zant than Link, who is merely doing his duty to save Hyrule.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: {{Implied|Trope}} to be one to Midna, whom he calls "my Midna". When they meet in Lanayru's spring, he gets [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace uncomfortably close to her]], and in the Japanese version outright tells her, "I want you". When Midna refuses his advances, he spitefully exposes her to "the light world [she] covet[s]" like a spurned lover.

* AlasPoorVillain: After the final battle, when the impaling Master Sword severs his connection to the Triforce of Power, killing him. After his passing, Zelda prays for him. It’s averted in the manga where he’s portrayed as a spiteful, sadistic monster and he kills himself out of spite instead of offering Link’s truce.

* AlasPoorVillain: After the final battle, when the impaling Master Sword severs his connection to the Triforce of Power, killing him. After his passing, Zelda prays for him.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Like all the other ghost enemies, he’s invisible unless you use Wolf Link's senses. Unlike the other ghost enemies (Poes) in the game, Death Sword doesn't host a soul fragment that can be extracted, and it disintegrates into Mites when he’s defeated.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the manga he lacks any of his game counterpart's tragic background as revealed in ''The Wind Waker'' and ''Skyward Sword'' and is portrayed as much more evil and sinister than he already was. He acts far more bloodthirsty and sadistic toward Link such as actively taunting him as he fights him while possessing Zelda’s body. He even rejects Link’s offer of truce and kills himself out of spite.

** In the very same scene, when he tries to sway Midna to his side, Zant gets close to her here and says "I need you" while visibly ''drooling''. This is an early sign that Zant [[MaskOfSanity isn't nearly as sane as he initially appears to be]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: After you beat the Lakebed Temple, Midna tells you that Zant's power is a false one, and shortly after, he himself tells you that he received it from his "god".

-->'''Midna''': Traitors, ha! You want to know why none would call you king? It was your eyes, Zant. All saw it, a lust for power burning in your pupils... Did you think we'd forget our ancestors lost their king to such greed?

* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was just an ordinary, but insane Twili until Ganondorf gave him his power. It got worse from there... ''a lot worse''. DownplayedTrope, given the story implies Zant was on speaking the royal family and that the latter really considered him as a potential candidate for the throne.

* NiceGirl: Played with. While she doesn't get much screentime and she doesn't smile much, from what we see Zelda is constantly polite and impressively selfless, willing to surrender her power to save her people and help Link and Midna in whatever way she can.

* AntiVillain: Ultimately a type I ({{Noble|Demon}}). While he is firmly a villain in the game, it was clear that he was JustFollowingOrders due to his philosophy of [[IFightForTheStrongestSide fighting for the strongest side]] and bore no actual malice toward Link, eventually surrendering when he realized that Link was the strongest side.

* LargeAndInCharge: Unlike regular Bulblins, he's HUGE and strong enough to heft a giant battle axe. Plus, it takes a significant amount of damage to make him surrender and retreat each time.

* {{Bokukko}}: It's explained that Ashei was raised by her widowed father, an exiled knight, who basically treated her as a boy. She's a really good warrior, and cute with a nice figure, but doesn't know much about social niceties and is a little self-conscious about it.

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* OffWithHisHead: The first phase takes out his vertebrae, while the second has you chasing after his head.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the manga he lacks any of his game counterpart's tragic background as revealed in ''The Wind Waker'' and ''Skyward Sword'' and is portrayed as much more evil and sinister than he already was.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunjiKitajima

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HironoriMiyata

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the manga he lacks any of his game counterpart’s tragic background as revealed in Wind Waker and Skyward Sword and is portrayed as much more evil and sinister than he already was.

* CoolLoser: Shad is just as handsome as Link is, and comments about how he's more suited for bookish tasks than combat, but he's still part of the group storming the Hyrule Castle grounds at the end of the game.