Malon



First met in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Malon is the daughter of the rancher Talon, who owns Lon Lon Ranch. She has made appearances in other Zelda games, but her character has never been developed as much as in Ocarina of Time.

Ocarina of Time
Malon is a sweet girl who loves to sing outside the Hyrule Castle's walls at night. She takes care of most of the duties at the ranch due to her father's laziness. Link first met Malon, who called him Fairy Boy, in the Hyrule Castle Market where she was looking for her father. After Link found Talon asleep and woke him up, Malon returned to Lon Lon ranch with him. Later, she introduced Link to a young horse named Epona and taught Link Epona's Song.

Seven years later, when Link returned to the ranch, Ingo, another worker at Lon Lon Ranch, had exiled Talon, taken over the ranch, and forced Malon to slave away working while he arranged gambling on the horses. Link challenged Ingo to a race and defeated him, using Epona, and he escaped the ranch with the horse. Later, Link returned to find Malon has regained control and Ingo has strangely gone back to being "a normal, nice person". Malon did not recognize Link until he told her his name.

As a mini-game, Malon lets him race around the ranch to compete against her best time. When he's able to beat her time, she rewards him by sending a cow to his house in Kokiri Forest, which may be used as a reliable and free source of Lon Lon Milk.

Oracle of Seasons
Malon played a small role in a trading game in Oracle of Seasons. She requested Link to bring her a Cuccodex, which is apparently an information database of Chickens (possibly a reference to a Pokédex).

The Minish Cap
Malon made a cameo in The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. Talon and she were locked out of their house, but Link could help them by using Ezlo's power to go into the house and find the key.

Four Swords Adventures
She also appears in The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures in a brief cameo.

The Relationship between Malon and Link
There is a certain group of fans that believe that Malon is the girl Link will eventually marry, as almost every other girl Link knows turns out to be either a Sage or an Oracle. Certainly, in the manga of OoT, Malon seems to be attracted to Link when he comes to free the ranch from Ingo. However, in the manga, Link also seems to have a relationship with Princess Zelda. This relationship is toned down considerably in the game, but Malon's attraction to Link is not easily seeable either. Given the final scene of both the manga and game, at the end of the credits, it is more likely that Link will have a relationship with Zelda, but is not definite.

Trivia

 * With the Mask of Truth, Link can learn from the Gossip Stones that Malon dreams for a knight to take her away.
 * Both Malon and Talon wear "Bowser Medallions".
 * The symbols on the bottom of her dress spell 'Lon' in Hylian.
 * A Gossip Stone in front of the Temple of Time says that Malon was the original record holder of the Lon Lon Ranch obstacle course, her record being 50 seconds.
 * Malon had two equivalent characters in Majora's Mask in Romani and Cremia, two sisters who look similar to Malon, one young and one old.
 * In the manga, Malon ends up calling Link Mr. Hero instead of Fairy Boy.