Syrup

Syrup is a recurring character in the. She is an old witch who brews Potions and sells them to Link on his adventures. Syrup is always found in or around her Witch's Hut, where she sells her potions, and is always stirring a cauldron filled with some concoction. Syrup has an apprentice named Maple, who is also her granddaughter. Maple runs errands for Syrup, who never leaves the shop. Despite this, Syrup seems to be rather unappreciative of her apprentice.

A Link to the Past
Syrup appears for the first time in, just outside her Magic Shop near Zora's River, where she sells her Red, Green, and Blue Potions. Maple serves as the shopkeeper for the potion shop, but only in the Game Boy Advance version of the game (a Hooded Shopkeeper is found in her place in the original version). Syrup herself will be stirring her "mushroom brew". Link can give her the Magic Mushroom he found in the Lost Woods to help her complete her brew, the final product being Magic Powder. When Link returns to the Magic Shop, he can pick up the Magic Powder held by the apprentice.

Oracle Series
Syrup plays her most prominent role in the Oracle Series. Her appearance, as well as that of her hut and her apprentice, Maple, are nearly identical in both games. On top of selling her Magic Potion, Syrup will also sell Gasha Seeds and even Bombchus once they have been obtained via a secret password in a Linked Game.

Oracle of Ages
In, her hut is located in the north-eastern corner of the Yoll Graveyard in the present. The hut is inaccessible without the Flippers. The Magic Potion Link obtains from Syrup can be used to cure the King Zora of his illness, saving his life and ultimately allowing him to enter Jabu-Jabu's Belly, the next-to-last dungeon of the game.

Oracle of Seasons
In, Syrup resides in the Sunken City. To reach her hut, it must be winter in the city, as the Snow creates a slope leading to the otherwise inaccessible rise on which the hut is built. At first, Syrup will not have anything on sale in her shop, as she does not have the ingredients to make her Magic Potion. However, as part of the Oracle of Seasons Trading Sequence, Link must trade her the Mushroom he obtained from Talon atop Mount Cucco in exchange for her Wooden Bird. With the mushroom, Syrup is able to make her Magic Potion, allowing her to open her shop.

The Minish Cap
Syrup's latest appearance is in, selling Blue Potions in her hut in the Minish Woods. She will also sell Red Potions once Link has fused kinstones with the Minish living in the south-west corner of South Hyrule Field. It is also necessary for Link to buy a Wake-up Mushroom from her in order to wake up Rem, the shoe salesman of Hyrule Castle Town. Rem will then make Link the Pegasus Boots, allowing him to cross the Castor Wilds.

Trivia

 * One of Syrup's quotes is taken from the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. In the play, the line is used by the Weird Sisters to conjure the prophecy of Macbeth's eventual defeat at the hands of Macduff.
 * The Witch from bears many similarities to Syrup, as she is also a teacher of a young witch and also lives in a Witch's House.

Nomenclature
Syrup's name, along with that of her apprentice Maple, contribute to a pun, as they can be put together to make "Maple Syrup".