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|name = Link | |name = Link | ||
|image = {{RandomLinkImage}} | |image = {{RandomLinkImage}} | ||
|title = Hero of Hyrule {{Exp|The Legend of Zelda}}<br>Hero of Time {{ | |title = Hero of Hyrule {{Exp|The Legend of Zelda}}<br>Hero of Time<ref name=Quote1>{{cite|The Master Sword is a sacred blade which evil ones may never touch.... Only one worthy of the title of "Hero of Time" can pull it from the Pedestal of Time.... However, you were too young to be the Hero of Time.... Therefore, your spirit was sealed here for seven years. And now that you are old enough, the time has come for you to awaken as the Hero of Time!|[[Rauru]]|Ocarina of Time}}</ref><br>Sworn Brother of the [[Goron]]s {{Exp|Ocarina of Time}}<br>Hero of the Essences of Time and Nature {{Exp|Oracle of Ages/Oracle of Seasons}}<br>Hero of Winds {{Exp|The Wind Waker}}<br>[[Hero of Men]] {{Exp|The Minish Cap}}<br>Hero Chosen by the Gods {{Exp|Twilight Princess}}<br>Royal Engineer<ref name=royalengineer>{{cite|I hereby recognize our newest royal engineer... [Link]! Work hard, for we all rely on you, [Link].|[[Princess Zelda]]|ST}}</ref><br>The Chosen Hero {{Exp|Fi in Skyward Sword}}<br>Chosen Knight of the Goddess {{Exp|Demise in Skyward Sword}}<br>LD-Link-16<ref>{{cite|That's not much of a name, is it? How about I add a model number to your name like [[Ancient Robot|my friends]] have got? '''LD-Link-16'''... ?|[[Lanayru (Dragon)|Lanayru]]|SS}}</ref> | ||
|race = [[Hylian]] | |race = [[Hylian]] | ||
|gender = Male | |gender = Male | ||
|first game = | |first game = {{LoZ}} (1987) | ||
|latest game = | |latest game = {{SS}} (2011) | ||
|family = <small>''Ocarina of Time:''</small><br>[[Link's Father|Father]]<br>[[Link's Mother|Mother]]<br><small>''A Link to the Past:''</small><br>[[Link's Uncle|Uncle]]<br><small>''The Wind Waker:''</small><br>[[Grandmother]]<br>[[Aryll]] <small>(sister)</small><br><small>''The Minish Cap:''</small><br>[[Smith]] <small>(grandfather)</small><br><small>''Oracle of Ages (manga):''</small><br>[[Lord Raven]] <small>(ancestor)</small><br><small>''Twilight Princess:''</small><br>[[Hero's Spirit]] <small>(ancestor)</small><ref name=herosspirit/><br> | |family = <small>''Ocarina of Time:''</small><br>[[Link's Father|Father]]<br>[[Link's Mother|Mother]]<ref>{{cite|Some time ago, before the King of Hyrule unified this country, there was a fierce war in our world. One day, to escape from the fires of the war, a Hylian mother and her baby boy entered this forbidden forest.|[[Great Deku Tree#Deku Tree Sprout|Deku Tree Sprout]]|OoT}}</ref><br><small>''A Link to the Past:''</small><br>[[Link's Uncle|Uncle]]<br><small>''The Wind Waker:''</small><br>[[Grandmother]]<br>[[Aryll]] <small>(sister)</small><br><small>''The Minish Cap:''</small><br>[[Smith]] <small>(grandfather)</small><br><small>''Oracle of Ages (manga):''</small><br>[[Lord Raven]] <small>(ancestor)</small><br><small>''Twilight Princess:''</small><br>[[Hero's Spirit]] <small>(ancestor)</small><ref name=herosspirit/><br> | ||
|voice actor(s) = [[Fujiko Takimoto]] | |voice actor(s) = [[Fujiko Takimoto]] | ||
:( | :({{OoT}})<br>({{MM}})<br>({{FS}})<br>({{TMC}})<br>({{SSBM}}) as Young Link <br> | ||
[[Nobuyuki Hiyama]] | [[Nobuyuki Hiyama]] | ||
:( | :({{OoT}})<br>({{SSB}})<br>({{SSBM}})<br>(''[[Soul Calibur II|Soul Calibur II]]'') as Adult Link <br> | ||
[[Sachi Matsumoto]] | [[Sachi Matsumoto]] | ||
:( | :({{TWW}})<br>({{FSA}})<br>({{PH}})<br>({{SSBB}}) as Toon Link <br> | ||
[[Akira Sasanuma]] | [[Akira Sasanuma]] | ||
:( | :({{TP}})<br>({{SSBB}}]]'') as Link | ||
[[Wikipedia:Yūki Kodaira|Yūki Kodaira]] | |||
:({{ST}}) | |||
Takashi Ōhara | Takashi Ōhara | ||
:( | :({{SS}}) | ||
}} | }} | ||
:''For the other Links featured in the series, see [[#Other Links|Other Links]]. | :''For the other Links featured in the series, see [[#Other Links|Other Links]]. | ||
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|caption=Artwork of Adult Link in ''Ocarina of Time''. | |caption=Artwork of Adult Link in ''Ocarina of Time''. | ||
}} | }} | ||
Zelda sends Link on a mission to collect three [[Spiritual Stones]] and save Hyrule. Once Link obtains the Stones, he travels to the [[Temple of Time]] and opens the Door of Time with the Stones and the [[Ocarina of Time (Item)|Ocarina of Time]]. He then draws the [[Master Sword]] from the Pedestal of Time. This action imprisons Link in the Temple of Light in the Sacred Realm for seven years so his body can mature, while [[Ganon|Ganondorf]] takes control of Hyrule and seizes the [[Triforce#Triforce of Power|Triforce of Power]]. Seven years after drawing the sword from the pedestal, Link is awakened as the '''Hero of Time''' by Rauru, Sage of Light.<ref name=Quote1 /> Link finds that much time has passed, and he has grown up. He sets off on a quest to cleanse the land of [[Ganon|Ganondorf's]] evil by awakening the Sages, who can seal Ganondorf in what used to be the Sacred Realm. He is then given the title of '''{{Exp|時の勇者 (''Toki no Yuusha'')|Hero of Time}}'''.<ref name= | Zelda sends Link on a mission to collect three [[Spiritual Stones]] and save Hyrule. Once Link obtains the Stones, he travels to the [[Temple of Time]] and opens the Door of Time with the Stones and the [[Ocarina of Time (Item)|Ocarina of Time]]. He then draws the [[Master Sword]] from the Pedestal of Time. This action imprisons Link in the Temple of Light in the Sacred Realm for seven years so his body can mature, while [[Ganon|Ganondorf]] takes control of Hyrule and seizes the [[Triforce#Triforce of Power|Triforce of Power]]. Seven years after drawing the sword from the pedestal, Link is awakened as the '''Hero of Time''' by Rauru, Sage of Light.<ref name=Quote1 /> Link finds that much time has passed, and he has grown up. He sets off on a quest to cleanse the land of [[Ganon|Ganondorf's]] evil by awakening the Sages, who can seal Ganondorf in what used to be the Sacred Realm. He is then given the title of '''{{Exp|時の勇者 (''Toki no Yuusha'')|Hero of Time}}'''.<ref name=quote1/> Returning to the Kokiri Forest, he finds that none of his friends have grown up, and most now no longer recognize him.<ref>{{cite|Hey, have you seen your old friends? None of them recognized you with your grown-up body, did they? That's because the Kokiri never grow up! Even after seven years, they're still kids!|Deku Tree Sprout|Ocarina of Time}}</ref> | ||
After Link defeats the evil in the [[Forest Temple (Ocarina of Time)|Forest Temple]], the Deku Tree's successor, the Deku Sprout, reveals the hidden story of Link's past to him. The Kokiri never grow up. The reason Link has grown, while his Kokiri friends have not, is that he is actually a [[Hylian]], orphaned in the wars that raged before Hyrule was united. When Link was a baby, his mother fled with him to [[Kokiri Forest]], and, mortally wounded, left him under the Deku Tree's protection. He was brought up as one of the Kokiri and knew no differently.<ref>{{cite|Some time ago, before the King of Hyrule unified this country, there was a fierce war in our world. One day, to escape from the fires of the war, a Hylian mother and her baby boy entered this forbidden forest. The mother was gravely injured... Her only choice was to entrust the child to the Deku Tree, the guardian spirit of the forest. The Deku Tree could sense that this was a child of destiny, whose fate would affect the entire world, so he took him into the forest. After the mother passed away, the baby was raised as a Kokiri. And now, finally, the day of destiny has come!|Deku Tree Sprout|Ocarina of Time}}</ref> Through the rest of the game, Link travels back and forth between the two time periods using the Master Sword and the Ocarina of Time in order to awaken the Seven [[Sage]]s and return peace of Hyrule. At the end of the game, Link climbs [[Ganon's Tower]] and engages Ganondorf in battle. After he has been defeated and sent to the Dark Realm, Link is returned to his youth by Princess Zelda, and Navi soon departs from him. He is last seen when he encounters Princess Zelda again in the Castle Courtyard to warn her about Ganondorf and the future events that would unfold.<ref name=warning>{{cite web|quote=Link told Princess Zelda what will happen in the future. She listened and so to prevent Ganondorf from entering the Sacred Realm, entrusted Link with the Ocarina of Time and instructed him to leave with it.|url=http://www.glitterberri.com/hyrule-historia/page-110/|title=Pg. 110 The Twilight Realm and the Hero’s Descendants; retrieved July 29, 2012|site=GlitterBerri's Game Translations}}</ref> | After Link defeats the evil in the [[Forest Temple (Ocarina of Time)|Forest Temple]], the Deku Tree's successor, the Deku Sprout, reveals the hidden story of Link's past to him. The Kokiri never grow up. The reason Link has grown, while his Kokiri friends have not, is that he is actually a [[Hylian]], orphaned in the wars that raged before Hyrule was united. When Link was a baby, his mother fled with him to [[Kokiri Forest]], and, mortally wounded, left him under the Deku Tree's protection. He was brought up as one of the Kokiri and knew no differently.<ref>{{cite|Some time ago, before the King of Hyrule unified this country, there was a fierce war in our world. One day, to escape from the fires of the war, a Hylian mother and her baby boy entered this forbidden forest. The mother was gravely injured... Her only choice was to entrust the child to the Deku Tree, the guardian spirit of the forest. The Deku Tree could sense that this was a child of destiny, whose fate would affect the entire world, so he took him into the forest. After the mother passed away, the baby was raised as a Kokiri. And now, finally, the day of destiny has come!|Deku Tree Sprout|Ocarina of Time}}</ref> Through the rest of the game, Link travels back and forth between the two time periods using the Master Sword and the Ocarina of Time in order to awaken the Seven [[Sage]]s and return peace of Hyrule. At the end of the game, Link climbs [[Ganon's Tower]] and engages Ganondorf in battle. After he has been defeated and sent to the Dark Realm, Link is returned to his youth by Princess Zelda, and Navi soon departs from him. He is last seen when he encounters Princess Zelda again in the Castle Courtyard to warn her about Ganondorf and the future events that would unfold.<ref name=warning>{{cite web|quote=Link told Princess Zelda what will happen in the future. She listened and so to prevent Ganondorf from entering the Sacred Realm, entrusted Link with the Ocarina of Time and instructed him to leave with it.|url=http://www.glitterberri.com/hyrule-historia/page-110/|title=Pg. 110 The Twilight Realm and the Hero’s Descendants; retrieved July 29, 2012|site=GlitterBerri's Game Translations}}</ref> | ||
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The Link in ''Spirit Tracks'' is the ninth Link appearing in the ''The Legend of Zelda'' series, and the second Link chronologically in the Adult Timeline branch. | The Link in ''Spirit Tracks'' is the ninth Link appearing in the ''The Legend of Zelda'' series, and the second Link chronologically in the Adult Timeline branch. | ||
In | In {{ST}}, taking place many years after the Hero of Winds found the [[Hyrule|new Hyrule]], Link is a child who lives with [[Niko]] in [[Aboda Village]]. He is an apprentice of a master engineer, named [[Alfonzo]], who has helped him in order to become a [[Royal Engineer]]. When Zelda presents Link with a [[Engineer Certificate|certificate]] for this achievement,<ref name=royalengineer/> she also gives him a letter, telling him to meet with her, to discuss her suspicions over the mysterious [[Chancellor Cole]] as well as the disappearing [[Spirit Tracks (Rails)|Spirit Tracks]]. When Link sneaks Zelda out of the [[Hyrule Castle|castle]], they meet up with Alfonzo, who escorts them to the [[Tower of Spirits]] by train. However, as the [[Spirit Tracks (Rails)|Spirit Tracks]] begin to fade, they crash, and are then ambushed by the chancellor, who attacks the trio. Link and his master are knocked unconscious while Zelda's spirit is separated from her body, which is seized by Cole's apprentice, [[Byrne]]. Link awakes back in [[Hyrule Castle]] to discover that Zelda is now a ghost and that Link is the only person who can see her. After visiting [[Anjean]] in the Tower of Spirits, he agrees to help her in defeating Chancellor Cole and recover her body in the process. | ||
After Link and Zelda travel up to the Tower of Spirits to recover a [[Rail Map]], a Phantom Knight attacks him, but Zelda charges at the Phantom just in time to take control of its body. After this, Link and Zelda begin their journey to restore the Tower of Spirits and the Spirit Tracks, traveling across the overworld using the [[Spirit Train]] that is granted to Link by [[Anjean]]. Whenever Link returns to the Spirit Tower to obtain another Rail Map, Princess Zelda possesses a Phantom's armor in order to aid the young hero. As the pair continues to travel, Link and Zelda establish a close friendship as the two get to know each other better. | After Link and Zelda travel up to the Tower of Spirits to recover a [[Rail Map]], a Phantom Knight attacks him, but Zelda charges at the Phantom just in time to take control of its body. After this, Link and Zelda begin their journey to restore the Tower of Spirits and the Spirit Tracks, traveling across the overworld using the [[Spirit Train]] that is granted to Link by [[Anjean]]. Whenever Link returns to the Spirit Tower to obtain another Rail Map, Princess Zelda possesses a Phantom's armor in order to aid the young hero. As the pair continues to travel, Link and Zelda establish a close friendship as the two get to know each other better. | ||