Champion

The Champions were a team of six chosen from the five races of Hyrule to battle against Calamity Ganon. Led by the hero chosen by the sword that seals the darkness and Princess Zelda, the other four Champions were tasked with piloting the Divine Beasts and providing back-up as Link and Zelda faced the Calamity head-on in an attempted to seal him away.

Biography
After the Divine Beasts and Guardians are unearthed and the plot to defeat Calamity Ganon created, the Royal Family of Hyrule chooses a representative from each of Hyrule's races and the hero chosen by the Master Sword to protect the princess and face the Calamity. After a suggestion from Daruk, the Champions attend an official ceremony and watch as Princess Zelda declares Link the hero of Hyrule. Though Daruk notes that Zelda is treating the ceremony as if they had already lost and Revali complains that the ceremonial grandeur is overkill, Urbosa speculates that Zelda may see Link as the embodiment of her own failures. Following the ceremony, Zelda continues research on the Divine Beasts and the Shrines of Trials so that the Champions will be better able to face the Calamity. However, when she begins her own ceremonies at the Springs of Courage, Power, and Wisdom, she finds herself increasingly frustrated when she feels none of the sealing power she is expected to use within her, but still holds onto the hope of success. As she and Link descend Mount Lanayru at the end of her third failure at the Spring of Wisdom, the Champions are there to ask how it went. Though Mipha begins to offer a recommendation from her own experience in using magic, they are interrupted when the Calamity Ganon surfaces. Sprung into action, Daruk directs the other Champions to their Divine Beasts and tells Link to get ready to battle. Though Urbosa attempts to escort her to safety, Zelda insists that they include her in the fight. However, it all backfires when the Calamity possesses the Guardians and Divine Beasts, sealing Daruk, Mipha, Revali, and Urbosa inside and attacking the kingdom. Link and Zelda begin to flee, Zelda breaking into tears over their failure, but Link is nearly slain at Fort Hateno. Rescued by Impa, Purah, and Robbie, Link is put in the Shrine of Resurrection, where he remains unconscious. Zelda, filled with hope, takes the Master Sword to the Korok Woods and places it under the watchful eye of the Great Deku Tree, assuring it that its master will one day return. She then sets off to Hyrule Castle to do her best to keep the Calamity sealed until that day comes.

One hundred years later, Link is awakened by the sound of Zelda's voice. Directed by Zelda, Impa, and the spirit of King Rhoam, Link sets off to enter the Divine Beasts and free them from Ganon's control, and in the process, free the spirits of the Champions. Should he do this successfully, the Divine Beasts fire upon Calamity Ganon during the final battle, dealing massive damage. After the Calamity is defeated, the spirits of the Champions and Rhoam watch Zelda and Link leave the castle before vanishing.

Trivia

 * Every Champion wears or is draped with matching light blue garb, like the design of Link's Champion's Tunic. The tunic Link wears is adorned with the decorative armbands of Gerudo kings, previously seen on Ganondorf's outfit in .  This may be because the fiery-red-haired blue-clad incarnation of the Hero from 10,000 years prior may have been a Gerudo king himself, as Ganondorf was before.  The blue tunic itself also strongly resembles the blue crayfish-patterned pajamas the Hero of Winds wears in, which he appears to be wearing in lieu of the normal Green Clothes for that game's entire Second Quest.