Yiga

The Yiga (pronounced ) are a clan of thieves and assassins in.

Characteristics
The Yiga Clan mainly consist of Yiga Footsoldiers and Yiga Blademasters. They are known for stealing information and supplies from the Gerudo Tribe. Their base, the Yiga Clan Hideout, can be found in the Gerudo Region up north through the Karusa Valley. The Yiga Clan's symbol, usually found on their masks, is the Eye Symbol of the Sheikah Tribe flipped upside-down. Outside of their Hideout, Yiga Clan members can randomly appear to attack Link. This happens more often after Link invades their hideout and defeats their leader, Master Kohga. The Yiga will also sometimes disguise themselves as travelers, only to attack Link when he speaks to them. While sneaking around in the Yiga Clan Hideout, Link can take advantage of their love for Mighty Bananas by luring them with the fruit.

History
After the Calamity struck, the people of Hyrule blamed and rejected the Sheikah for their technological advances, forcing them into exile. The Yiga Clan branched off from the Sheikah Tribe out of hatred for the ones who cast them aside, and swore allegiance to Calamity Ganon. Shortly before the events of Breath of the Wild, Master Kohga orders the Yiga to steal the Thunder Helm from Riju to prevent her from getting close to the Divine Beast Vah Naboris. He does this in order to assist Calamity Ganon and prevent Naboris from stopping Ganon's return. In short, the Yiga Clan are the descendants of Sheikah who kept the powers their ancestors were gifted with, while the rest of the Sheikah left behind their powers and technological prowess to live out normal lives.

In Link's seventh Recovered Memory, "Blades of the Yiga", Princess Zelda is attacked by a group of Yiga Footsoldiers at Kara Kara Bazaar.

With Kass's reconstruction of Urbosa's Song, Link glimpses Zelda's meeting with Urbosa in Gerudo Town 100 years ago. There, the Gerudo chieftain accepts the Princess's proposition to pilot the Divine Beast Vah Naboris. She is aware that the Yiga Clan were attempting to resurrect Calamity Ganon, and steal their precious heirloom—the Thunder Helm. Afterwords, the two take a stroll outside the walls of town, only to be confronted with two disguised Yiga Footsoldiers. She dispatches both of the would-be assassins effortlessly.