Navi
This article is about fictional characters from the video game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Darunia
Darunia is the leader of the Goron race and resides in Goron City. When Link first meets Darunia, he is upset because the cavern containing the Goron food source is overrun by Dodongo and sealed off by Ganondorf as punishment for refusing to turn over the Goron Ruby. Once cheered up by a rousing rendition of 'Saria's Song', Darunia gives Link the Goron's Bracelet and asks him to eliminate Dodongo from Dodongo's Cavern. Once Link completes this task, Darunia rewards him with the Spiritual Stone of Fire and makes him his brother. After Ganondorf's takeover of Hyrule, he threatens to feed the Goron to the dragon Volvagia, who lives in Death Mountain Crater, and Darunia attempts to rescue them. When Link completes the Fire Temple as an adult, Darunia is awakened as the Fire Sage. Link receives the Fire Medallion from him. Darunia has a son named Link after his 'Sworn Brother'.
Navi
Navi is a fairy companion given to Link as a boy by the Great Deku Tree in the Kokiri Forest. All Kokiri beyond a certain age have companion fairies, but because Link is actually a Hylian, he would not have received one unless the Great Deku Tree had given him one. From a gameplay perspective, Navi functions primarily as a software agent that points out cues in the environment and helps the player learn the controls and advance in the game. Two similar fairies, Tatl and Tael (named after the word tattletale), are found in Majora's Mask, and Tatl serves a similar purpose in this game.
Princess Ruto
Princess Ruto is the daughter of King Zora and the Princess of the Zora race. She has a rather bossy streak. When Link first meets her when they are both ten years old, she has been eaten by Jabu-Jabu, the Zora's fish-god who she is charge of caring for. After Link rescues her, she rewards him with the Spiritual Stone of Water. She, however, calls it the Zora's Engagement Ring and claims that Link must one day marry her. After Ganondorf's takeover of Hyrule, when Zora's Domain is frozen over, Ruto is rescued by Sheik from beneath the ice and taken to the Water Temple. Link meets her there as an adult where she informs him that their engagement is broken. Ruto claims she recognizes that saving Hyrule is more important than marriage. When Link completes the Water Temple, Ruto is awakened as the Water Sage. Link receives the Water Medallion from her.
Rauru
Rauru is an old Hylian man and the Sage of Light. Link first meets him when he awakens from his seven-year-long slumber in the Chamber of the Sages within the Temple of Light inside the Sacred Realm. It is Rauru who explains to Link where he is and what has happened in the past seven years. From Rauru, Link receives his first Medallion—the Light Medallion.
Saria
Saria is a childlike Kokiri who befriended Link, who grew up in the Kokiri Forest, as a child. As a Kokiri she is unable to leave the forest, so she gives Link the Fairy Ocarina, the magical powers of which enable Link to communicate with her from afar. After Link becomes an adult she is imprisoned in the Forest Temple, but Link rescues her, at which point she is awakened as the Forest Sage. Link receives the Forest Medallion from Saria.
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