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The Koroks are a race in. They are small, wooden people who wear leaf masks over their faces. They are spirits who are watched over by the Great Deku Tree.

In, the Koroks are the transformed forms of the Kokiri following the Great Flood.

Characteristics
The Koroks appear as little wooden people whose bodies resemble trees, and whose faces are concealed by leaf masks. The masks they wear take on various different shapes based on types of leaves, and have holes in them resembling eyes and a mouth, and occasionally a hole for their noses to fit through. Their bodies make a jingling sound whenever they move. Koroks are also able to fly through the use of propeller Deku Leaves that sprout from their bodies.

The Koroks in The Wind Waker are watched over by the Great Deku Tree in the Forest Haven. According to him, the Koroks originally took on human forms as Kokiri before changing their shape following the Great Flood.

Korok Ceremony
The Korok Ceremony is an important event for the Koroks and Great Deku Tree in The Wind Waker. Once a year, the Great Deku Tree sprouts Forest Tree seeds which are then taken by the Koroks to plant throughout the Great Sea, in the hopes that new forests will grow and more land will cover the Sea. It is the Great Deku Tree's hope that the islands will join as one land by planting these forests. The Ceremony can only commence once the Korok Makar has played his violin for the Great Deku Tree.

Etymology

 * The Koroks in The Wind Waker are named after types of trees.