History Characters / HyruleWarriorsHyruleanForces

* JackOfAllStats: His overall focus with his sword and shield. His shown attack power is also among the balanced ones, not being as weak as [[FragileSpeedster Fi]] or as strong as [[MightyGlacier Darunia]].

* FragileSpeedster: Fi is by far the most mobile character in the game [[note]]She's not exactly the fastest, but she's decently quick and is the only character who can move around more or less freely during their basic attack string[[/note]] and fairly good at area damage, but is noticeably much weaker at one-on-one combat. In fact, her shown attack power is the lowest out of all playable warriors (tied only with Tingle). (A little odd, considering that she ''is'' the InfinityPlusOneSword seen under Link's entry.)

* AlternateSelf: DLC allows one to make Link look like his Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, and Skyward Sword incarnations. A patch gives him his Classic Design from the Pr-Ocarina days, complete with brown hair.

* AlternateSelf: DLC allows one to make Link look like his Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, and Skyward Sword incarnations.

* FurIsClothing: Or rather fins. ''Hyrule Warriors'' uses her design from the 3DS remake of ''Ocarina of Time'', where she has some additional fins on her chest that have the appearance of a dress top to cover her NonMammalMammaries.

* SadClown: For the most part, Lana is an upbeat and energetic girl, as demonstrated by her gameplay. Storywise, however, it's shown that she's not all that. [[spoiler:Due to her concern for her other half Cia and her own unrequited feelings for Link, Lana is often seen with a look of sadness rather than her usual perky self in scenes concerning the matter.]] This is especially shown in this [[https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-tnA0bkqRZnc/VGJ_TVMVofI/AAAAAAAAIU0/EkLTSlb0dJI/w1280-h720/WiiU_screenshot_TV_017D8.jpg picture]].

* SadClown: For the most part, Lana is an upbeat and energetic girl, as demonstrated by her gameplay. Storywise, however, it's shown that she's not all that. [[spoiler:Due to her concern for her other half Cia and her own unrequited feelings for Link, Lana is often seen with a look of sadness rather than her usual perky self in scenes concerning the matter.]] This is especially shown in this [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140821042845/dynastywarriors/images/d/dd/Gold_Skulltula_Reward_01_-_HW.png picture]].

** The Twilight Princess DLC gives him a Postman outfit, which makes him dress like the eponymous character from that game. It also includes an unlockabe 8-bit Gauntlet and Yellow Tunic for him.

* TheAce: While Zelda's the brains and Impa's their brawn, Link is the Hyrulean Force's wild card, with a level of weapons versatility surpassing anybody else in the war -- aside from his insanely gifted combat ability and, well, being TheHero.

* OlympicSwimmer: Weaponized swimming skills; of course m those come naturally to a Zora.

* BadassAdorable: Aww, such a cute little gremlin... one that is packing a horde of supernatural wolves ready rip her enemies to shreds at her beck and call.

* HereWeGoAgain: Once again, Midna finds herself cursed into her imp form and stuck in Hyrule. Except this time, it is Cia who turned her into this... maybe. Midna claims this when she first appears, but the DLC mission where they first meet has Midna already in this form. This could be GameplayAndStorySegregation, or UnreliableNarrator unintentionally on Midna's part.

* PowerGivesYouWings: [[WingedHumanoid Golden butterfly wings]] for her musou attack.

* WindFromBeneathMyWings: As part of her musou attack; naturally, the tornado is filled with golden butterflies.

* FragileSpeedster: Fi is by far the most mobile character in the game and fairly good at area damage, but is noticeably much weaker at one-on-one combat. In fact, her shown attack power is the lowest out of all playable warriors (tied only with Tingle). (A little odd, considering that she ''is'' the InfinityPlusOneSword seen under Link's entry.)

* GeometricMagic: She can use Zelda's Light Triangle attack by summoning and activating one of the Goddesses's Crests.

* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Much like her counterpart Ghirahim, she also doesn't seem to possess this: in the story cutscene where she's introduced, she leans right up to Link's face when asking him if he wants her assistance, to which Link reacts by nodding repeatedly, possibly to get her to back off quicker.

* SpinAttack: A wielderless version as a combo finisher.

* UndyingLoyalty: She has this to all incarnations of Link, saying that even though Link is not [[LegacyCharacter the master]], he is [[{{Reincarnation}} a master]] none the less.

* HeelFaceTurn: She starts off fighting against Hyrule's forces, being recruited afterwards. Subverted as she was never a {{heel}} in the first place; [[PoorComminicationKills she only attacked the Hylian forces due to a misunderstanding]].

* KingIncognito: [[ItWasHisSled Sheik is actually Zelda in disguise]]. She did so in order to keep the Dark Forces from directly targeting her and jeopardizing others like at the start of the story, while simultaneously still helping out amidst the battlefield. Unfortunately, said disguise caused her own personal bodyguard to be wary of her (as [[PoorCommunicationsKills she didn't confide with Impa about the secret), and it allowed [[spoiler:Wizzro]] to exploit her real identity to sow chaos.

* KingIncognito: [[ItWasHisSled Sheik is actually Zelda in disguise]]. She did so in order to keep the Dark Forces from directly targeting her and jeopardizing others like at the start of the story, while simultaneously still helping out amidst the battlefield. Unfortunately, said disguise caused her own personal bodyguard to be wary of her (as [[PoorCommunicationsKills she didn't confide with Impa about the secret), and it allowed [[spoiler:Wizzro]] to exploit her real identity to sow chaos.

* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Acquires this when he gets the Master Sword. [[spoiler:It gets [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in the Temple of Souls level. Believing that he's invincible since the Master Sword proves he is the reincarnation of the Legendary hero, Link becomes a bit of a LeeroyJenkins; Cia manages to turn this against him by materializing his arrogance in the form of several [[TheHeartless Dark Links]] that continuously respawn. After being rescued by the gang, Link comes to learn he can't do everything alone even though he's the hero. Acknowledging his flaws not only defeats the Dark Links, but also unlocks the Master Sword's full power.]]

* BattleTops: The Spinner from ''[[Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' is unlockable as an Amiibo bonus weapon. Link rides the top, can punch it into enemies, and can create smaller tops to slam into others. This latter part essentially turns Link into a TrapMaster of sorts: he can create additional Spinners with strong attacks (there can be up to 3 of them). They don't do anything by default, but depending on which strong attack you hit them with, they can either speed off straight forward normally, do so while creating a tornado, do so while burrowing underground, start spinning in expanding circles, or explode into blasts of electricity.
* BettyAndVeronica: Betty would be Zelda, while Cia would be Veronica. Albeit it's [[ImpliedLoveInterest implied]] that he goes for the former.

* CoolHorse: Epona, Link's trusted stead, appears during both his intro and victory animations with a sword. She's playable alongside him through the Master Quest DLC pack.

** The Twilight Princess DLC gives him a Postman outfit which makes him dress like the eponymous character from that game. It also includes an unlockabe 8-bit Gauntlet and Yellow Tunic for him.

* PaletteSwap: The red and blue versions of his clothes (similar to those from ''A Link To The Past'' and ''A Link Between Worlds'') can be unlocked via collecting all the Gold Skulltulas and completing the Rewards Map in Adventure mode respectively. His fourth outfit grants him a purple color, giving him the four colors when divided by the Four Sword from ''The Minish Cap'', ''Four Swords'', and ''Four Swords Adventures''. He gets a yellow outfit as well.

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Similarly to some of her previous incarnations, she has an obscure prophetic dream that warns her about the incoming monster army.

* ShockAndAwe: Her representative element, though in practice, she basically uses all of them more or less equally.

* SweetPollyOliver: Zelda hides her true gender in the Japanese version, but amusingly, the English version has gendered pronouns avoided all together where Sheik is concerned.

** Sheik plays her own theme from Ocarina of Time on the harp as part of her opening.
** Each of her attack strings ends with one of the warp songs from ''Ocarina of Time'', with an element befitting the temple it's associated with.

** The Master Quest DLC gives him a costume variation so that he resembles his [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Termina counterpart]] Darmani, complete with scar and tattoo variation.

* MagicKnight: Darunia is adept with fire magic creating pillars of flame and pools of lava with a swing of his hammer.
* MightyGlacier: He moves and attacks much slower than any other character seen so far, but his power more than makes up for it. In fact, his attack power as shown is the highest in the game, tied only with Ganondorf.

* ThePatriarch: He is the chief of the Gorons and a sometimes harsh sometimes doting father figure to the entire race.
* PlayingWithFire: Can create giant shockwaves of fire and geysers of [[MagmaMan lava]] by smashing his hammer into the ground. It's also unsurprisingly his main element.

* SizeShifter: He can make himself grow to gigantic size for a super powered [[DeathFromAbove divebomb attack]].

* SwordPlant: Or Hammer plant to be more accurate, he weaponizes it by embedding his hammer into the ground and smashing down to [[MagmaMan transform the earth into lava]].

* BadassPrincess: Certainly has the [[{{Tsundere}} attitude for it too]].

* DanceBattler: She activates her magic through a ballet like MagicDance.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The Majora's Mask DLC gives masks for the main characters to wear. For Ruto the Zora Princess, she's given the Zora Mask.

** The Master Quest DLC gives her a costume variation so that she resembles her [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Termina]] [[AlternateSelf counterpart]] Lulu.

** As stated above the Majora's Mask DLC gives her the Zora's Mask as a costume.
* ExtraEyes: Two extra on the side of her fishie head.
* FishPerson: She is a Zora after all.

* FurIsClothing: Or rather fins. ''Hyrule Warriors'' uses her design from the 3DS remake, where she has some additional fins on her chest that have the appearance of a dress top to cover her NonMammalMammaries.

* MakingASplash: Her entire moveset is to use water magic to kill things in various ways. Using her combo finishers fills up her water gauge, which can be used to shoot waves at the enemy with her normal strong attack, finishing it off with a GiantWallOfWateryDoom if the gauge was initially full.
* MegaMaelstrom: It becomes a giant tornado of water afterword.

* OlympicSwimmer: Weaponized swimming skills, of course those come naturally to a Zora.
* OutOfFocus: After the Era of the Hero Of Time stages in the story, she joins the rest of the heroes and appears alongside them in various cutscenes. However unless she's serving someone else's role in a later stage, she doesn't have that much impact on the story afterwards.

The haughty Princess of the Twilight Realm. When the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Era]] was connected by the Gate of Souls, she wandered away from her palace and was [[BalefulPolymorph cursed into the form of an imp]] by Cia. She leads an army of monsters in search for the witch with the intent to force her to break the enchantment.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Despite once again being turned into an imp, she's still the Twilight Princess and this game gives her the chance to ''prove it''.
* BadassAdorable: Aww, such a cute little gremlin... One that is packing a horde of supernatural wolves ready rip her enemies to shreds at her beck and call.

* BadassPrincess: She is the Twilight Princess after all.
* BalefulPolymorph: Courtesy of Cia this time, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation at least according to the story]] since she's already in imp form when Cia enters the Twilight Era.

* CastingAShadow: She wields her tribe's Shadow Magic, so darkness is her main element. This becomes a plot element in the Twilight Field stage. Midna draws power from the Twilight covered keeps and is too strong to fight directly. Lana must dispel the Twilight around the keeps to weaken her first. [[note]]Of course, this is entirely optional as players can simply fight her without resorting to that strategy.[[/note]]
* ChainedByFashion: Her weapon is a prison shackle tied around her ponytail like a hairtie, like Ruto it is a MagicalAccessory used to aid in the casting of curses.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: Initially appears as an adversary briefly before obviously switching sides and aiding the forces of Hyrule, attacking Lana and Agitha due to thinking that they were on Cia's side. Once they get things cleared up, she joins up with them.
* DifficultButAwesome: Midna's attacks have some very odd properties, including her standard attack string having a glaring wind-up unless she's already dashing and many of her attacks having strange spacing - her Special Attack is the only one what will completely wiff an enemy standing in front of you at point-blank range. Used correctly, though, she can keep the entire battlefield at arm's length.

** The Majora's Mask DLC gives each character aside from Link and the DLC characters a masked version of their default appearance. Midna's is unique in that it is NOT a mask from ''Majora's Mask'', but the Ordon Shield from ''Twilight Princess'' as a MythologyGag to a minor cutscene where she wore said shield as a mask.

** One of her combo finishers has her scoop up one opponent, then run forward on her Twilit Wolf while repeatedly slamming that opponent back and forth against the ground, slamming everyone in range before tossing her first victim aside.
* HartmanHips: Has rather pronounced hips.

* HeelFaceTurn: She apparently starts off fighting against Hyrule's forces, being recruited afterwards.
* HereWeGoAgain: Once again, Midna finds herself cursed into her imp form and stuck in Hyrule. Except this time it is Cia who turned her into this... maybe. Midna claims this when she first appears, but the DLC mission where they first meet has Midna already in this form. This could be GameplayAndStorySegregation, or UnreliableNarrator unintentionally on Midna's part.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: Her Twilight Wolves, which can give her a lift along the battle field.

* TheImp: Once again she appears in her imp form from ''Twilight Princess''.

* SuperStrength: Is more than capable of tossing enemies like salad with her PrehensileHair. One attack even has her grabbing a handful of enemies and crushing them in her hair.

* AttackAnimal: Her insects serve as these. Much like Midna's Twilight Wolves.

* CloudCuckoolander: She is a little touched in the head and never seems to move from her serene expression nor does she seem to be fully aware she's in a war.

* DissonantSerenity: Always maintains her cheerful disposition even when beating up enemies with her parasol and insect swarms.

** Her Master Quest outfit dresses her in black, in ElegantGothicLolita style.
** In contrast, her Twilight Princess outfit dresses her in all-white, closer resembling Sweet Lolita fashion.

* ElegantGothicLolita: Her PaletteSwap gives a black color scheme giving her outfit this vibe.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Invoked, she is not a royal of any kind, but plays pretend that she is the princess of a kingdom of insects.
* FriendToBugs: She is the bug princess after all.

* HandBagOfHurt: Her opening attack for basic combos is to swat enemies with her basket of bug jars.

* KillItWithFire: As an enemy, Agitha takes extra damage from [[PlayingWithFire Fire]]-based weapons.
* LethalJokeWeapon: The Twilight Princess DLC pack gives her a parasol whose rather undersized canopy is basically a large 8-bit blue Rupee from the original ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI Legend of Zelda]]''. She also carries two 8-bit blue Rupees in her basket along with this weapon as opposed to the two bottles she regularly carries with her other weapons.

* OutOfFocus: After the Era of Twilight stages in the story, she joins the rest of the heroes and appears alongside them in various cutscenes. However similar to Ruto, unless she's serving someone else's role in a later stage, she doesn't have that much impact on the story afterwards.

* PimpedOutDress: Her lolita inspired dress is back and frillier than ever.

* PrincessesPreferPink: The Twilight Princess DLC gives her a PaletteSwap that's predominately a shade of light pink thus giving her a somewhat pink princess look.

* WindFromBeneathMyWings: As part of her musou attack, naturally the tornado is filled with golden butterflies.

While she can take up Impa's role in a number of story missions, this is not her only purpose and and is playable in many of the missions.

* ChromeChampion: She is made of metal, but of course she is a sword.

* DanceBattler: She fights as though she is an ice dancer. And of course being a Zelda game, they are a MagicDance that can summon InstantRunes to blow up enemies.

** Her Master Quest outfit turns her whole upper body a monochromatic silver-white, which makes her resemble the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Fairy Queen]] somewhat.
** Her Twilight Princess outfit colors her white with yellow accents, giving her quite a resemblance to the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Silent Realm Guardians]].
** Gets the Stone Mask as a costume in the Majora's Mask DLC as a nod to her rarely changing expression.

* FragileSpeedster: Fi is by far the most mobile character in the game and fairly good at area damage but is noticeably much weaker at one on one combat. In fact, her shown attack power is the lowest out of all playable warriors (tied only with Tingle).

* FullContactMagic: Much of her magic skills are activated by flying around like her Weak Point Smash.

* InstantRunes: As a component of many of her attacks outside kicking enemies and transforming into a sword, she can summon the runes of the Silent Realm, the emblem of the Goddess Hylia and the magic seal that keeps the Imprisoned [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin imprisoned]].

* KungFuWizard: Her moveset is almost entirely kicks and magic.

* SphereOfDestruction: Her weakpoint smash involves trapping the enemy in one.

* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Acquires this when he gets the Master Sword. [[spoiler:It gets [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in the Temple of Souls level. Believing that he's invincible since the Master Sword proves he is the reincarnation of the Legendary hero, Cia manages to turn this against him by materializing his arrogance in the form of several [[TheHeartless Dark Links]] that continuously respawn. After being rescued by the gang, Link comes to learn he can't do everything alone even though he's the hero. Acknowledging his flaws not only defeats the Dark Links, but also unlocks the Master Sword's full power.]]

* BattleTops: The Spinner from ''[[Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' is unlockable as an Amiibo bonus weapon. Link rides the top, can punch it into enemies, and create smaller tops to slam into others. This latter part essentially turns Link into a TrapMaster of sorts: he can create additional Spinners with strong attacks and there can be up to 3 of them. They don't do anything by default, but depending on which strong attack you hit them with, they can either speed off straight forward normally, do so while creating a tornado, do so while burrowing underground, start spinning in expanding circles or explode into blasts of electricity.

* ChickMagnet: As per usual, Zelda is an ImpliedLoveInterest. Ruto's still [[AccidentalEngagement carrying a torch]]. On top of that, Cia's FaceHeelTurn is partially because she loves Link, and [[spoiler:Lana is basically Cia's good side manifest, so she does too (though, in a more pure, less {{Yandere}} way).]]

** The Appearance is arguable a homage to any or all of the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap Mole Mitts]], the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Mogma Mitts]] and/or the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime the Silver and Golden Gauntlets]].
** Its first two tiers are named [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime the Silver and Golden Gauntlets]], whilst its final tier is named the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast Power Gloves]]

*** The EpicFlail for the Power Gloves, however, is a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Chain Chomp]], which is probably a reference to Bow-Wow from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]''
** When its combos are upgraded to the max, Link can use a black granite pillar as a weapon, which resembles the one he needed to use the Golden Gauntlets to lift out of the way in ''Ocarina of Time''

** The Master Quest pack DLC gives him Epona as a weapon in a vein similar to the Great Fairy for MountedCombat, as well as an unlockable [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords Purple]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures Tunic]] and 8 bit weapon for the magic rod.
** The Twilight Princess DLC gives him a Postman outfit which makes him dress like the eponymous character from that game. It also includes an unlockabe 8 bit Gauntlet and Yellow Tunic for him.

* DualBoss: He and Zelda serve as one for [[spoiler: Ganondorf in the Battle for the Triforce]], if you don't strike them both down at once they will [[{{Determinator}} keep getting back up]].

* ElementalPunch: He has [[ShockAndAwe lightning]] imbued punches when using his Gauntlet moveset.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first time he's seen sparring with other new recruits, he jumps over ten feet in the air and defeats him with a blow to the head, backflips away without even landing first and then he notices that Zelda is watching.

** This also extends to his Gauntlets in general: he can use his strong attack to pick up enemies, grass, pots, bomb flowers and giant boulders to toss around, but considering how much slower doing so is compared to attacking normally and the limited supply of the more damaging items, his ability to do so is questionable at best.

* HumiliationConga: A heroic and completely non-karmic variation. What Link is subjected to in the event the player decides to use the Great Fairy as his weapon, wherein he gets stuffed in a bottle and toyed with for her amusement in several attacks. Though if one considers all the ''other'' Links who have stuffed fairies into bottles, he might just be paying ''their'' dues.
* IconicItem: The Master Sword and the Hylian Shield returns, which has the highest base attack of all his weapons.
* IconicOutfit: His classic green hat and tunic, which are more detailed than ever thanks to the graphic power of the WiiU. Plus, it seems to practically confirm that the chain mail under the tunic (firstly appeared in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'') is now part of the set as well, at least for his {{Bishonen}} look.

* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Master Sword's only skill once unlocked boosts its attack power to a whopping stat of 500, a number that isn't achievable by any other weapon even via crafting. Essentially, the Master Sword becomes the most powerful weapon, living up to the lore.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Has blue eyes and is TheHero of the story.

* JackOfAllTrades: Has the most weapons out of any warrior in the game, allowing him to play just about any role you want him to. Notably, he is also the only Warrior in the game who has a weapon for almost every element. The only element he cannot use is Darkness. Inverted with his younger self only able to wield a Darkness weapon.
* JokeItem: As stated above, the items you can pick up with the Gauntlets are either too rare or weak to be useful on a general level, but the grass is by far the weakest: throwing it does no damage to the enemy and if you attack normally with it, Link just tosses it away and elects to spin his mace over his head instead.

* LightningBruiser: While he has the overall stats of a JackOfAllStats, he's pushed into this category because of the fact that he has some of the best comboability of any character in the game. Taken UpToEleven when he gains the Master Sword, and taken [[UpToEleven Up To Twelve]] if you unlock the Master Sword's sole skill.

* MightyGlacier: His overall focus with the [[ShockAndAwe Gauntlets]]. Also the focus of the Great Fairy with the added benefit of access to [[MakingASplash three]] [[PlayingWithFire different]] [[ShockAndAwe elements]].

** The second and third level variations of his Hylian Sword weapon are respectively named the White Sword and Magic Sword in reference to the sword upgrades from the original ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI Legend of Zelda]]''. The Magic Sword though takes design cues from the sword as depicted in ''Videogame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''.

** The Magic Rod is based on flame-throwing magical staff that has been appearing since [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI the very first Zelda game]], but with the name taken from its appearance in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOFZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]. The final tier is named after the ''Zelda 1'' version.
* MountedCombat: Link's DLC weapon from the Master Quest pack is his CoolHorse Epona which allows him to trample enemies.

* NoKillLikeOverKill:

* OffModel: His Dark Link costume. It's considerably less-detailed in-game than in the promotional artwork, and rather than having solid red eyes like in its promotional image it has a pair of glowing red dots floating just in front of his eyes. When he's facing forward it ''looks'' like his eyes are glowing, but when seen from the side...
* OneManArmy: While this is a trope typical of Link, it gets deconstructed here, as he feels he can save the world without his friends. [[spoiler:Cia proves him wrong when she spawns an endless army of Dark Links, and he has to be rescued]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Link is ThePaladin, HumbleHero and all-around NiceGuy in all his other incarnations -- and to be fair, he's all those things in this one as well, ''[[CompressedVice most of the time]].'' [[spoiler: The Temple of Souls incident shows why that's a good thing.]]
* PaletteSwap: The red and blue versions of his clothes are similar to those from ''A Link To The Past'' and ''A Link Between Worlds'' can be unlocked via collecting all the Gold Skulltulas and completing the Rewards Map in Adventure mode respectively. His fourth colors him a purple color giving him the four colors when divided by the Four Sword from ''The Minish Cap'', ''Four Swords'' and ''Four Swords Adventures''.

* PlanarShockwave: As the opener and finisher of his Magic mode.

* ThePowerOfFriendship: [[spoiler:Him getting rescued by the gang and their encouragement helps Link overcome his inner weaknesses and unlock the Master Sword's true power.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Has these coupled with a MotionBlur effect in his Dark Link skin, and what's interesting is the red glow [[SpecialEffectsFailure is coming from in front of his eyes when seen from the side]].
* {{Reincarnation}}: This is the first game where Link is ''explicitly'' stated to be the incarnation of the Spirit of the Hero, rather than being just inferred.

* ScarfOfAsskicking: In a departure from all the other Links, this Link wears a long blue scarf. Notably, Nintendo is also producing real world copies of his scarf for various collector's editions.

* SilentProtagonist: While Link's still one as ever, he however has the unique ability to speak to fairies. This allows him to communicate to them so that they can [[VoiceForTheVoiceless speak for him on his behalf]].

* {{Spellblade}}: Link preps his SignatureMove by wreathing his sword in magical energy and his Magic charged version will have him use it for a massive LaserBlade charged stab.

* SwordBeam: He can launch one in one of his combo strings with his Hylian Sword set and uses the straight stabbing version for his Magic charged musou attack. His Master Sword variant has them in more attacks after an upgrade.
* YouAreInCommandNow: After saving Impa and revealing the Triforce of Courage, Link is promoted from fresh recruit to the general of Hyrule's army.
* UniformityException: he starts out the game as just a common foot soldier for the Hyrulian army. Because of this, he doesn't start out the game in his signature green tunic, instead, starting out in the uniform the Hyrule Soldiers uses. Not only is he the only soldier to have a unique face in the game (highly resembling the face of his other incarnations), he's also the only soldier seen without his helmet allowing one to tell that he's Link.
* WalkingArmory: When compared to all other characters, Link is easily this: even if you count Hylian Sword and Master Sword as the same weapon, he still has twice as many weapons as anyone else in the game.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Link's Gauntlet moveset has an attack that starts with an epic suplex involving a giant stone pillar, a giant swing with the said pillar to clear out the enemies and finally midair backdrop that finally shatters the pillar.

* ActionGirl: Previous Zeldas have taken a somewhat active role in the series, but this will be more involved in battle than any of them.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The Princess of Hyrule and the Commander-in-Chief of the Hyrulean Forces with all the power and skills to prove it.

* BlowYouAway: She can use the Wind Waker to attack her enemies with gusts of wind and [[TornadoMove twisters]]. When using it, her strong attacks randomly leave lingering gusts of wind on her enemies: she can then use her basic strong attack to create a controllable tornado to pick up these enemies and make it faster, bigger and more damaging.

* CoolSword: Her rapier and its variations are elegantly designed. However it's the third level variation that stands out the most, as it has a very stunning designed hilt that resembles her kingdom's crest.

* {{Determinator}}: Her resolve is as strong as Link's. [[spoiler:Becomes a gameplay mechanic in the Battle of the Triforce stage. Unless Ganondorf strikes both her and Link down at once, they will keep getting up.]]
* DivineParentage: As a result of being descended from [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword the incarnation of the goddess Hylia]], which has bestowed her with powerful light magic.

* DualBoss: She and Link serve as one for [[spoiler:Ganondorf in the Battle for the Triforce]], if you don't strike them both down at once they will [[{{Determinator}} keep getting back up]].
* ElementalPowers: In addition to her extensive use of light magic, she also will cast [[GemstoneAssault Naryu's Love]], [[BlowYouAway Farore's Wind]], then [[PlayingWithFire Din's Fire]] when she exits Focus Spirit mode in her Rapier moveset. When wielding weapons in the Baton moveset, like the Wind Waker, she specializes in [[ShockAndAwe lightning]] and [[BlowYouAway Wind]] magic.
* ElementalWeapon: The Light Arrows returns as a big part of her moveset.

* GeometricMagic: Her Light Triangle attack from her boss fight in ''Twilight Princess'' returns and if she is left to her own devices in the Battle of the Triforce, Zelda will use her Triforce to [[DeathFromAbove rain light]] down on Ganondorf's bases.

* TheHighQueen: In all but name. The devs say she is essentially a queen, in her role in the story rather than her actual royal title as she's referred in-game as a princess both in the Japanese and English versions.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: She and Link as usual, possibly more pronounced than usual. Given these versions are somewhat amalgams or 'default' versions, the game plays up the connection they always share, stating outright that the soul of the hero is always bound to 'another' -- Princess Zelda. This is to the point where [[spoiler:Cia and Lana both understand there's basically no hope for them in a timeline where Zelda has already made an appearance, regardless of the fact they barely know each other.]]
* InnocentBlueEyes: Has blue eyes and is the BigGood of the story.

* LightEmUp: In the form of both arrows and other magic spells. This is also the basis for her unique rapier mechanic: she can stock up to 3 orbs of light with her normal combo and basic charge attack that she can spend to both extend her combos with light-based magic attacks as well as break out of [[ComboBreaker enemy attacks]].

* MusicalAssassin: Her baton will attack with electrified music notes.
* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: With Sheik for obvious reasons.

* PowerFloats: She tends to float when using her magical attacks and will just float in general when wielding her baton.

* ReincarnationRomance: Because she and Link [[ImpliedLoveInterest kinda]] [[NoHuggingNoKissing sorta]] have one, Cia is driven insane by jealousy.

* ActionGirl: First time in the franchise that she's able to properly show that she's Zelda's personal bodyguard for a reason.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The Captain of the Guard and Zelda's NumberTwo. And it is definitely seen in her fighting prowess.
* {{Badass}}: If she wasn't already a badass in the core series (in her young incarnations), here she uses a {{BFS}} shaped like a katana, but bigger. She fights with it by drawing and re-sheathing it like it was an ordinary-sized katana.

* BerserkButton: Much like her previous incarnations, she is fiercely loyal to Zelda. Woe to anyone who even thinks of harming her.

* CommanderContrarian: Although unlike most examples, her skepticism is justified. Even Zelda was hesitant about Link at first when he was still a green recruit, and she lays out exactly why she has no reason to trust Sheik.

** Her Master Quest outfit is red with teal accents, which is based off her ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracles]]'' incarnation.
** Her Twilight Princess outfit makes her more closely resemble her DarkSkinnedBlond ''SkywardSword'' incarnation.

* EyeMotifs: All over her and her Special Attack when wielding the Naginata.

* FlashStep: One of her Naginata combo finishers has her create a number of them made out of fire in midair, quickly zip between them to throw them down at the enemy and land on the ground afterwards, at which point they blow up.

* MythologyGag: Her level 1 and 3 katana tiers are named the Giant's Knife and Biggoron's Sword, reflecting the names of the greatswords a player could acquire in ''Ocarina of Time''. Her second tier katana, Biggoron's Knife, actually has no such precedent, but fits the naming theme by mentioning the giant Goron smith Biggoron.
* NaginatasAreFeminine: Wields a large Naginata as her alternate weapon which is imbued with the element of fire.

* OhCrap: Has one when Zelda reveals herself as Sheik.

* PraetorianGuard: As usual, she is Zelda's personal bodyguard and this time she serves as the Captain of the Royal Guards.

* {{Samurai}}: She is themed after samurai motifs, serving the royal family in the open to contrast Sheik's ninja who serves them from the shadows. WordOfGod [[http://www.zeldainformer.com/news/more-deatils-and-screenshots-from-the-hyrule-warriors-art-book#.U_DMo2PwooE confirms]] this. If there were any doubts left, her Giant Blade intro involves her kneeling down on a tatami mat in a darkened room, opening her eyes and quickly slashing with her sword.
* {{Sarashi}}: She wears one under her top which ties in with her Japanese style sword and armor.

* {{Spellblade}}: Some of her giant blade attacks use [[MakingASplash water]] effects while her naginata uses [[PlayingWithFire fire]].
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: She can summon swords, spears, and knives created from water, naginatas made from fire and giant naginata blades.

* UndyingLoyalty: As always, Zelda has hers to the point of self sacrifice.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[spoiler: As Lana is the good half of Cia, she has feelings for Link as well, but does not act on them as she knows that Link and Zelda are always fated to be together.]]

* AwesomeButImpractical: Her Summoning Gate has a painfully slow combo with rather awkward range and middling damage, and not only do her bigger attacks take time to set up and execute, her best moves all rely on the RandomNumberGod to give her the summon she needs at the moment. On the other hand, her enhanced alternate combos grant her [[InvulnerableAttack complete invincibility]] for their entire duration, a distinction shared only with [[spoiler:[[PhysicalGod the Great Fairy]]]]. These moves also boast great range and power--and what's not to like about using what essentially amounts to an IdolSinger-esque girl doing dance moves as she summons the very same giant monsters who've been troubling you the whole game to maul your foes for you? You even get to '''[[DragonRider ride on Argorok]]''' or summon ''[[GiantMook giant]] [[KillerRabbit Cuccos]]''.

* BarrierWarrior: She conjures barriers to blast enemies away and for crushing enemies in between them when using her Book of Sorcery, even infusing them with electricity. She can also dash against them with her strong attack, causing her to leap high into the air off them and blow them up with a blast of magic. She can create barriers with her Summoning Gate as well, either to trap enemies inside one or to protect herself from enemy attacks while her summoned creatures go to town on her enemies.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:After all is said and done, Lana technically loses Cia, and then after the war against Ganondorf is over, the last shot we have of her is looking on sadly as Link and Zelda leave, unlike how hopeful she looked like after the war against Cia was over. You can tell she's left to suffer the feeling of not having her crush with her though at least she will not act violently about it, but still...]]

* TheChick: She performs this role, acting as a mood maker and light hearted contrast to the other more serious members of the party and the one to bring the gang back together after being separated.
* CompositeCharacter: Her Spear weapon and moveset combines several Deku- and Kokiri- themed items, mostly from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' with a couple exceptions:
** It's overall design looks like a sharpened Deku Stick from [=OoT=], Lana will even use it similar to a SimpleStaff in some of her basic attacks.
** One of Lana's combos involves the Spear turning into a massive [[BratsWithSlingshots Slingshot]], with also premiered in [=OoT=] as the Fairy Slingshot, a Kokiri weapon that used Deku Seeds as ammo. Lana's version, due to it's size, uses giant Deku Nuts as ammo instead of tiny Deku Seeds.

** Lana can use the Spear to summon a single or trio of Deku Sprouts from the adult timeline of [=OoT=], and during her Weak Point attack, a trio of Deku Sprouts will fire a BulletSeed of Deku Seeds and Deku Nuts.
*** An addition to using a Deku Sprout as a mount, during her Magic Meter Special Attack Lana will wield the wooden Deku Shield and use her Spear as, well ... a [[BladeOnAStick Spear]].
*** During her Special Attack she can summon the fully-grown Great Deku Tree himself.

* DifficultButAwesome: Her Summoning Gate moveset. Attacking with the Gate itself doesn't do as much damage as weak attacks from other weapons, but it is effective for quick Weak Point Smashes on EliteMooks if she has high enough Stamina Fruit badges. Summoning monsters and putting them to full effect leaves her open to attacks. However, the key to mastering this moveset is not only trying to keep enough distance from mobs and fast EliteMooks (such as Lizalfos and Dinolfos), but knowing which combos summon which monster and knowing to combo summon whatever monster was randomly summoned by her Strong Attack, allowing for an even more powerful attack that clear keeps quickly.

** Gets a variant of Cia's [[WomanInWhite Observer outfit]] in the Master Quest DLC pack. From the same pack also, she gets a PaletteSwap that uses Cia's colors instead of hers.

** The Majora's Mask DLC pack gives her a Skull Kid themed costume complete with the titular mask. The Adventure map for it also has a masked version of her normal outfit, hers being the Deku Mask.
** The Boss Pack gives her a yellow, red and orange outfit based off of King Dodongo's color scheme.

* ElementalPowers: Lightning when wielding her Book of Sorcery. Plants, ice, and water when using her Spear. And fire when using her Summoning Gate.
* EnemyWithout: [[spoiler:The trope's somewhat inverted in regards to Lana and Cia. Lana's the good aspects of Cia that's been forced out and given form rather than the evil side as with most cases normally with the trope.]]
* EnergyBall: Fires orbs of lightning in conjunction with her magic barriers.

* GenkiGirl: Described as very perky and full of energy. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment And her reveal trailer best exemplifies this]].
* GoodCounterpart: To Cia. [[spoiler:A literal and justified case as she is the manifestation of Cia's good side.]]

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: When she wields her spear she uses the Deku Shield to block.

* {{Motif}}: Her Spear/Deku stick moveset incorporates several Deku related elements from the Zelda games thus giving her a bit of forest motif in addition to her J-Pop idol theme. The Majora's Mask DLC reinforces her forest theme with two costumes. The first is the full bodied one based on Skull Kid, a character commonly associated with TheLostWoods of the Zelda games. The other is the Deku Mask.
* MultiRangedMaster: When wielding the Spear, she has both a [[BratsWithSlingshots slingshot]] and [[BlowYouAway Deku Leaf]].

* NonIndicativeName: Lana's spears more resemble staves, though they do have a pointy end but are almost used for bludgeoning purposes.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: She has a noticeably more [[GenericCuteness mangaesque]] character design than characters from previous games.

* PaperMaster: She attacks in her Book of Sorcery move set by casting pages out of her spellbook.

* RedBaron: The Sorceress of Light.
* SadClown: For the most part, Lana is an upbeat and energetic girl as demonstrated by her gameplay. Storywise, however, it's shown that she's not all that. [[spoiler:Due to her concern for her other half Cia and her own unrequited feelings for Link, Lana is often seen with a look of sadness rather than her usual perky self in scenes concerning the matter.]] This is especially shown in this [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140821042845/dynastywarriors/images/d/dd/Gold_Skulltula_Reward_01_-_HW.png picture]].

* ShockAndAwe: She has lightning magic as the main element when wielding the Book of Sorcery.
* SimpleStaff: She wields the Deku Stick as her alternate weapon, which allows her to summon vines as well as wield ice and water.
* SphereFactor: Played with, one of her attacks involves using a cube-shaped barrier to bowl over enemies.

* StepfordSmiler: Eventually revealed to be this. On the outside, she seems like your textbook GenkiGirl and tries her best to look the part, but inside, she's far from it. This mostly stems out of [[spoiler:concern for her other half Cia and her refusal to act on her own unrequited feelings for Link due to his connection with Zelda.]]

** Her Spear moveset allows her to summon the Deku Tree and Deku Tree Sprouts to battle alongside her: the Sprouts then proceed to perform one of 3 attacks randomly, with the selection of attacks depending on which strong attack she summoned them with. With Darunia and Ruto playable, this is a clever workaround to allow PowerTrio of the holders of the Kokiri Emerald, Goron Ruby, and Zora Sapphire to all be on the battlefield despite the fact that the Emerald holder is immobile.
** Her Summoning Gate moveset has her summon miniature versions of the various boss creatures like [[DinosaursAreDragons King Dodongo]], [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Argorok]], [[GiantSpider Queen Gohma]], and a [[ManEatingPlant Manhandla]] stalk, as well as [[CluckingFunny giant Cuccos]]. The boss you summon with the normal strong attack is a random one out of the first 4, and if you summon the same one again with a specific combo, the attack will be a lot stronger, usually involve multiple copies of the boss and make Lana invincible for the duration of the extended attack.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Parts of her character basically makes her thematically take up the role of forest themed characters in the Forest/Mountain/Lake Zelda power trio. With her Spear/Deku stick moveset, she thematically takes the place of Saria in regards to Darunia and Ruto. In the Majora's Mask DLC, she's given the Deku Mask whilst Darunia and Ruto don the Goron and Zora Masks respectively.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Being the [[spoiler:good half of Cia's heart]], she fully understands Cia's motivations and pleads for her to end her vendetta for her sake. [[spoiler:Upon Cia's defeat, Lana holds her and gives her some final words of comfort as she dies]].

** Her DLC outfit Guardian of Time outfit changes her hair color to a very pale lavender color.

* ActionGirl: Unlike Ocarina of Time, she finally gets a chance to show her stuff.

* BadLiar: When asked where she's from, she responds that she's a part of the Sheikah tribe. She says this to Impa, '''leader''' of the Sheikah tribe who knows every member by name. Really, why did Zelda even bother?

* CoverIdentityAnomaly: During their excursion in Death Mountain, Sheik is outed by Impa as being not a member of the Sheikah tribe. While Sheik correctly answers that Impa is the tribe's leader when questioned, Impa however doesn't know any Sheikah that goes by the name of Sheik.

* DifferentlyDressedDuplicates: In the fight with the Zelda impostor, the obvious difference to separate the two Zeldas is that one is wearing the Sheik getup, while the other is wearing the princess attire albeit of a paler shade.

* ElementalPowers: Her main gimmick is that she has practically access to all of them through her different combos.

* ForceField: The Serenade of Water creates one from magic water while the Song of Storms creates an offensive one made from [[PowerOfTheStorm wind and lightning]].

* HarpOfFemininity: Has the Goddesses's Harp again for the series staple MagicMusic, in retrospect, such a feminine instrument probably didn't help in Zelda's quest to pull off a male disguise.

* KingIncognito: [[ItWasHisSled Sheik is actually Zelda in disguised]]. She did so in order to keep the Dark Forces from directly targeting her and jeopardizing others like at the start of the story, while simultaneously still helping out amidst the battlefield. Unfortunately, said disguise caused her own personal bodyguard to be wary of her as she didn't confide with Impa of the secret, and it allowed [[spoiler: Wizzro]] to exploit her real identity to sow chaos.

* MythologyGag: She's based on the Sheik from ''Ocarina of Time'', she uses a harp as her weapon[[note]]Sheik in Ocarina of Time would always appear playing a harp and use it to teach Link the magical songs to warp to dungeons[[/note]] and she plays the songs Sheik taught in ''Ocarina of Time'' to trigger magical elemental attacks.

* BoisterousBruiser: He's got the attitude down pat.

** The Master Quest DLC gives him a costume variation so that he resembles his [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Termina counterpart]] Darmani complete with scar and tattoo variation.

* GrievousHarmWithABody: One of his Gauntlet weapons is the [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Chain Chomp]]. And since Chain Chomps are living creatures...

* GrievousHarmWithABody: One of her attacks has her tossing a Twilit Wolf at enemies. Another has Midna using her hair to grab and then throw a foe.

* LethalJokeCharacter: A cute young girl with a parasol who likes bugs (who also isn't even a major character in the game she originates from).

** Her default combination of parasol with picnic is practicaly a lethal joke weapon as well.

** As a way to celebrate the announcement of the 3DS port of the game, a free update added the "Classic" outfit from the Decline Timeline [[note]]''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'', ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'', and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds''.[[/note]] as one of the costumes he can wear.

** As a way to celebrate the announcement of the 3DS port of the game, a free update added the original Zelda 1 outfit as one of the costumes he can wear.

* MagicKnight:

!![[TheGoodKing Goron Chief]]

* LargeAndInCharge: He is much larger then other Gorons are and is in charge to boot.