Talon


 * Not to be confused with Series:, a similarly named character from .

is a recurring character in.

Talon is in charge of Lon Lon Ranch in. He is lazy and a very heavy and long sleeper. After Ganondorf acquires the Triforce of Power and turns Hyrule into an evil wasteland, he appoints Talon's underling, Ingo, to take charge of the Ranch. After Ingo ousts Talon from the Ranch, he can be found sleeping in one of the houses in Kakariko Village. Link can only wake him up by using Cojiro. When he regains control of his Ranch, he tells Link that he will dedicate himself to hard work from that point onward. Talon has a daughter named Malon, to whom he entrusts his finest horse, Epona.

When Link is a child, Talon allows Link to play OoT3D: in which he tosses three special Cuccos into a crowd of normal Cuccos and asks Link to find those specific three. The prize is a Bottle full of Lon Lon Milk. After Link wins the game, Talon will jokingly ask Link if he wants to marry Malon.

Talon and Malon live in a chicken farm north of Horon Village in. As part of the OoS:, Link must wake up Talon sleeping in his OoS: on Mt. Cucco with the Megaphone. Talon then gives Link a Mushroom as thanks.

FSA: appears in FSA:, holding the FSA:. After they escort FSA: safely home, FSA: tells the NaN Linkss of recent troubles in the area and bemoans the only safe thing for them to do is stay in the FSA: all the time. As gratitude, he allows the NaN Linkss to use NaN Horses to traverse the area past their FSA:.

TMC: and his daughter TMC: both operate TMC: east of TMC: in.

TMC: first encounters TMC: after speaking with the NaN Town Minishs in TMC:. He and TMC: are locked out of their TMC:. TMC: helps them by shrinking to TMC: size and going into their TMC: to find the TMC:, which is inside a TMC:. This gives him access to TMC: and the northern portion of TMC:, where TMC: is located. TMC: stays in his TMC: near TMC: for the remainder of the game.

He is one of the potential characters to have a random TMC: available.

Development
In an developer's interview posted on 's website, 1101.com, script writer Toru Osawa says that OoT3D: and OoT3D: from  are based on LANS: and LANS: from  and it is intended that players who have played the previous game will recognize the reference. even states that it is likely that Series: is formed from Series:'s memories of Series:.

Trivia

 * Series:'s wife is never seen in the series, although he does mention her in when OoT3D: talks to him while wearing either the OoT3D: or OoT3D:.
 * Series:, along with Series:, seem to be based on and  of the . In an  artwork, OoS:'s hat even has Mario's "M" logo on it. Additionally, there is a  emblem on Series:'s scarf, which is also present on Series:. OoT3D:'s sleeping pose in  is also identical to Mario's sleeping pose from .