Ocarina of Time has 59 named characters across every race in Hyrule, including the 7 Sages who awaken to seal Ganondorf. This page profiles all of them — race, role, home region and which era (child or adult) you meet them in.
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📝 Who are the Sages?
The elderly Sage of Light who first contacts Link in the Chamber of Sages and built the Temple of Time.
📝 Sage of Light — the only Sage already awake, he guides Link from the Chamber of Sages.
Link's kind Kokiri friend who teaches him 'Saria's Song' and awakens as the Sage of Forest.
📝 Sage of Forest — Link's Kokiri friend, awakened in the Forest Temple.
The big-hearted Goron chieftain who dances to the Goron's Lullaby and becomes the Sage of Fire.
📝 Sage of Fire — the Goron leader, awakened in the Fire Temple.
The spirited Zora princess Link rescues inside Jabu-Jabu, who later awakens as the Sage of Water.
📝 Sage of Water — the Zora princess, awakened in the Water Temple.
The rebellious Gerudo thief who opposes Ganondorf and awakens as the Sage of Spirit.
📝 Sage of Spirit — second-in-command of the Gerudo, awakened in the Spirit Temple.
Zelda's loyal Sheikah bodyguard who founded Kakariko Village and awakens as the Sage of Shadow.
📝 Sage of Shadow — Zelda's Sheikah guardian, awakened in the Shadow Temple.
The heir to Hyrule's throne who bears the Triforce of Wisdom and orchestrates the resistance against Ganondorf.
📝 Sage of Time and leader of the Sages — she spent seven years disguised as Sheik.
The ancient tree spirit and forest guardian who gives Link his first quest before dying from Ganondorf's curse.
The young sprout that grows from the dead Great Deku Tree and reveals Link's true Hylian origins.
The self-important 'boss' of the Kokiri who torments Link for lacking a fairy.
The eternal forest children who live in Kokiri Forest and never age or leave the woods.
A masked forest imp in the Lost Woods who trades with Link and is said to be a Kokiri lost in the woods.
The fairy-paired forest children who never grow up and die if they leave the forest (per legend).
A Kokiri girl associated with the Sacred Forest Meadow and the forest's Sage line.
The giant Goron atop Death Mountain who forges the unbreakable Biggoron's Sword at the end of the trading quest.
Biggoron's brother who sells the breakable Giant's Knife from a cave in Goron City.
The boulder-bodied people of Death Mountain who eat rocks and curl into balls to roll.
The enormous, slow-moving Zora king and Ruto's father, frozen in red ice until thawed in the adult era.
The colossal whale-god worshipped by the Zoras, whose belly Link explores to rescue Ruto.
The fish-like people of Zora's Domain who guard the source of Hyrule's water.
The power-hungry Gerudo king who seizes the Triforce of Power and conquers Hyrule, transforming into the beast Ganon.
The fused ice-and-fire witch sisters who raised Ganondorf and guard the Spirit Temple.
The all-female Gerudo thieves who guard their fortress and capture intruders in the desert.
Link's helper fairy who shouts 'Hey! Listen!' and targets enemies and points of interest.
The chestnut mare Link bonds with at Lon Lon Ranch and rides across Hyrule Field as an adult.
A giant talking owl, said to be Rauru's incarnation, who gives Link long-winded advice on his journey.
A Great Fairy who grants Link Din's Fire from her fountain on Death Mountain.
A Great Fairy who bestows Farore's Wind and magic upgrades from her fountains.
A Great Fairy who grants Nayru's Love and the final magic and defense upgrades.
A dancing scarecrow who appears wherever Link plays the custom Scarecrow's Song to create Hookshot targets.
The Lake Hylia scarecrow who teaches Link the Scarecrow's Song as a child.
💡 Sheik is Zelda
The silent green-clad hero who pulls the Master Sword and travels across time to stop Ganondorf.
A masked Sheikah who teaches Link warp songs and turns out to be Princess Zelda in disguise.
Talon's cheerful daughter who raises horses and teaches Link 'Epona's Song'.
The sleepy, good-natured owner of Lon Lon Ranch and Malon's father.
The bitter ranch hand who seizes Lon Lon Ranch under Ganondorf in the adult era and races Link for Epona.
The hunched gravekeeper of Kakariko whose ghost offers a graveyard race rewarding the Hookshot.
The unnervingly cheerful merchant who lends Link masks to sell in the Happy Mask side quest.
Four bumbling workers who must be rescued from the Gerudo's Fortress to earn the Gerudo Membership Card.
The grumpy boss of the carpenters whose workers run off to the desert and get captured by Gerudo.
The vendor in a back-alley Market shop who sells Bombchu to child Link.
A bunny-hooded man who sprints endlessly around Hyrule and can never be beaten in a footrace.
A village woman whose escaped Cuccos Link must round up to earn a bottle.
Two deceased royal composers, now ghosts, who wrote the 'Sun's Song' and the 'Nocturne of Shadow' melody.
A spectral buyer in the ruined Market who pays Link rupees for Poe souls captured in bottles.
The owner of the Lake Hylia fishing pond who rewards Link with the Golden Scale for landing a big fish.
A member of a wealthy family cursed into Skulltulas, freed as Link collects Gold Skulltula tokens.
The old woman running Kakariko's potion shop, central to the odd-mushroom trading quest.
The eccentric researcher at Lake Hylia who studies fish and asks Link to bring him an Eyeball Frog.
A wealthy woman whose lost dog Richard Link must return for a reward.
Ordinary Hylian townspeople who populate the Market and villages of Hyrule.
Link's enduring legend as the Hero of Time, echoing forward into later Zelda eras.
Zelda's father and ruler of Hyrule, who dismisses her warnings about Ganondorf.
A traveling vendor on Zora's River who sells magic beans that grow into platforms in the adult era.
The frantic organ-grinder in Kakariko's windmill, driven mad after Link teaches him the 'Song of Storms'.
A mischievous Kakariko boy who hangs around the graveyard and reveals a hidden grave.
The host of the slingshot and bow shooting galleries who rewards sharp shooting with upgrades.
The cheerful operator of the Market's Bombchu Bowling alley minigame.
A shady flying-carpet vendor in the Haunted Wasteland who sells Bombchu at a steep markup.