Fado (The Wind Waker)

Fado (フォド, Fodo) is the former Sage of Wind in The Wind Waker. He belongs to the Kokiri race, born in Kokiri Forest before the flood, and is the only one of his race seen in the game. When Ganondorf broke the seal placed on him, one of his first things he did was kill Fado while invading the Wind Temple. After his death, his spirit remained in the Wind Temple until he was replaced by Makar.

Biography
Fado was one of those responsible for keeping the Master Sword capable of repelling evil when he was still alive. When he died, his spirit stayed in the temple, waiting for a successor. Many years later, a new hero showed up in the Wind Temple. Fado appeared before him and asked him if he could find the new Sage. He told Link how he could recognize the new Sage and taught him the Wind God's Aria, the song that would awaken the new Sage.

Link left the temple to find the new Sage: Makar. As instructed, he played the Wind God's Aria for him. When Makar started to follow along, his appearance suddenly changed to that of Fado and he and Link performed together, even getting applause from unseen creatures. After that, Makar's appearance returned to normal, and he asked Link to bring him to the Wind Temple. Fado's last appearance was when Link defeated Molgera. When Makar played the Wind God's Aria, Fado appeared out of him and started playing along. He disappeared into Makar again when the Master Sword had regained its power, finally freed from his obligations.

Trivia

 * The name Fado originally belongs to a Kokiri girl from Ocarina of Time.
 * The Ordonian goat herder from Twilight Princess, who is Link's boss, also goes by the name Fado.
 * Fado is one of the people you can't take a pictograph of. To get his figurine, get his photo from Lenzo.
 * It is stated in the Prima Guide for The Wind Waker that Fado was a personal friend of the Hero of Time himself, though gamers never see Fado himself in Ocarina of Time; This has caused some to theorize that Fado may perhaps be a relative of Saria's (due to their similar haircuts and common status of Sage) that gamers just were not introduced to in Ocarina of Time; This would also mean that Fado was likely far older than Laruto (perhaps centuries old) since the Kokiri never seem to age (as stated by the Deku Tree Sprout in Ocarina of Time) and if he was alive around the time of Ocarina of Time itself as the guide suggests.
 * It should be noted that Fado is almost identical to Link in a few points in the game. This speculates nothing, but it is quite interesting.