Royal Engineer

Royal Engineer, also known as Train Engineer, is the title bestowed upon Link at the beginning of Spirit Tracks. Along with this prestigious title, Royal Engineers are given a certificate to prove their status.

Link begins the game as an Apprentice Train Engineer on his way to Hyrule Castle for the graduation ceremony where he will be given the title of Royal Engineer by Princess Zelda herself. During the ceremony, Zelda slips Link a note warning him about Chancellor Cole and asks him to meet her in private to help her find out the reason as to why the Spirit Tracks have began to disappear.

The only other known characters with the title of Royal Engineer is Alfonzo, a Master Train Engineer who is also Link's mentor, and Ferrus, the man who gives Link a map to the Snow Temple.