Revali

is a recurring character in.

Personality
Revali is known for his arrogant, sardonic outward personality, which is especially apparent when around BotW:. He is often boastful about his capabilities and is often unwilling to admit defeat when he gets bested by an opponent, claiming he wasn’t trying his best such as when he was defeated by BotW:, where he claimed he was “only winging it”. His resentment towards Link is due to envy of his higher position as well as his lack of expression rubbing him the wrong way.

In the Champion Revali's Song cutscene, EX Recovered Memory, it is revealed that Revali's abrasive and reserved persona is frequently used to cope with his insecurities. He berates himself after a failed attempt at mastering his signature move, and calls Zelda out for witnessing his vulnerable side before putting his smug and confident barriers back up.

Biography
100 years prior to the events of, Revali was the Champion of the Rito tribe. He was known as the most skilled archer of all the Rito and could fire Arrows with the speed of a gale. Revali has the ability to create an impressive updraft that allows him to soar, later named Revali's Gale after him. His weapon was the Great Eagle Bow.

Revali was present during the ritual of Princess Zelda making Link her appointed knight in Link's first Recovered Memory. After Daruk commented on the depressing delivery of Zelda's speech, Revali reminds Daruk that the "ceremonial pomp, grandeur, and nonsense" was his idea in the first place. Revali then states his disapproval of Link until Urbosa tells him to stop.

Later on, in Link's second Recovered Memory, Link visits Rito Village. Revali confronts Link and openly admits that despite wanting to stop Ganon, he does not like the idea of merely assisting Link just because he wields the Master Sword. Revali believes he is more skilled than the young hero. After gloating about how his abilities are superior, Revali suggests they compete one on one atop the BotW:. Revali then mocks Link for not even being able to make it there on his own and soars upward to Medoh.

In Link's 15th Recovered Memory, Revali was seen with the rest of the Champions meeting Link and Zelda after her time in the Spring of Wisdom on Mount Lanayru. Minutes later, there was a loud rumble and Revali flew into the air to discover that Calamity Ganon had finally awakened. At Daruk's command, he and the rest of the Champions hastened to their Divine Beasts. Despite his best efforts, Revali was defeated by Windblight Ganon. Like the rest of the Champions, his spirit was imprisoned within the corrupt Divine Beast for the next century.

Unlike the other 3 Champions, Revali does not have any known relatives or descendants. He was succeeded by Teba as the protector of Rito Village.

After Link's victory over Windblight Ganon, Revali is freed and gains a grudging respect for the hero. He thanks and congratulates Link on succeeding where he has failed and acknowledges Link as a warrior worthy of Revali's Gale. After Link leaves, Revali flies Medoh, landing on top of the giant stone perch above Rito Village. He sets Medoh's sights on Hyrule Castle.

After Calamity Ganon is defeated for good, Revali's spirit perches atop of Hyrule Castle with his fellow Champions and King Rhoam, bidding farewell to Link and Zelda before departing for the afterlife.

Revali appears as an Advanced Spirit in.

In, HWAoC:'s village had suffered continuous attacks from monsters led by the mysterious Malice infected Dimunitive Guardian which Revali and his army had barely managed to hold off. As a result, the Rito have since been on high alert for any Guardian activity. Upon receiving a report about a similar Guardian, Revali was annoyed and orders them to attack immediately. Revali swears that he will defend the very village he was born in before using Revali's Gale to soar. He first attacks HWAoC:'s party after mistaking HWAoC: for HWAoC:, the one that had brought a horde of monsters to attack HWAoC:. Upon confrontation, HWAoC: and HWAoC: start to fight, with Link managing to hurl Revali against the barricade and the Rito warrior taking off unfazed and shoots a Bomb Arrow into the air and quickly circles and kicks Link into danger but Terrako alerts Link on the falling Bomb Arrow which explodes in midair. This doesn't stop Revali as he fires three Bomb arrows to create a smokescreen and states that Link thinks he is good, and quickly comes out of the smoke to attack Link from behind and declares that his own skills are superior. but HWAoC: managed to stop them just before they are about to kill each other. After this battle, HWAoC: explains what happened that led him and his army to attack them. Zelda is relieved that neither Link nor Revali were harmed, regardless. Impa is interested on the topic about a Guardian similar to Terrako. Revali accepts his call to pilot Divine Beast Vah Medoh to counter Calamity Ganon, before turning his attention to another person as he walks over to him. He expresses skepticism about Link's role as Zelda's appointed knight as well as his being chosen to face Ganon directly, as he saw HWAoC: as his rival. Terrako suddenly whistles, startling everyone including Revali, and Impa explains that Terrako dubbed itself a knight in Zelda's service as well, much to Revali's astonishment, but he scoffs it off He behaves quite derisively toward the other champions save for HWAoC:, whom he genuinely seems to respect, though HWAoC: dislikes his harsh treatment of HWAoC:.

When the Champions and Princess Zelda overlook Korok Forest at a high cliff, Revali steps forward and recalls how King Rhoam had chosen them for their part in driving back Calamity Ganon and is quite honored to excel. Then Revali, still distrustful of Link, begins to sprout insults to his face, to which Daruk stands up for Link and reminds him that they're dealing with the situation together. Revali dismissed his words, stating that Medoh is the key to their sure victory, before returning to harshly taunt Link until Urbosa lets him know they had enough of his attitude. Relenting, Revali summons Divine Beast Vah Medoh to deal with the worst of the monsters to show them what he is capable of. Once the threats are dealt with, Revali descends and lets them know it's safe to proceed into Korok Forest as and rejoins them. During their expedition, Mipha notes on the mist that blankets the woods, which a flustered Revali begins to rant about their progress. Daruk remarks that he could just fly and find the way, only for Revali to snap at him for it. They soon encounter the music loving Hestu, who is on his way to the forest clearing but is nervous about the monster infestation, which Revali rudely suggests that he shouldn't not carrying his maracas and Urbosa tells Hestu not to listen to him before offering to protect him along the way, to Hestu's joy as he excitedly leads the way, with Revali shrugging before joining them. They notice strange appearances of Malice in the forest and four evil Malice doppelgangers of the Champion Pilots, including Revali called Hollows, which are created by HWAoC:, a mysterious seer who teamed up with the HWAoC: to ensure that Hyrule's dark future happens. After Link pulls the Master Sword to protect Zelda from Astor and the Hollows, Revali and the rest rejoin them and listen to the Great Deku Tree's words. It was from there that Princess Zelda really starts to worry about her progress at accessing her sealing power before Calamity Ganon arrives.

Revali is seen again with the Champions and the Hylian soldiers escorting Zelda home, and soon stops when the princess stops as anxiety kicks in. Terrako plays her lullaby to ease her mind before a disruption occurs, prompting the Champions and everyone to take action. After taking care of the monsters, the Champions are promoted and granted blue cloths with their Divine Beast emblems embedded on them; Revali swaps out his white tribal scarf with his new blue scarf. He is later seen relaxing outside with the Champions after all the excitement, but when Impa and Terrako begin to fight, they eventually invade Revali's space, driving him insane and insist that they take it somewhere else but when they don't, he loses his temper and quickly flies away to regain his lost composure. Revali and the Champions return home to prepare for the worst as King Rhoam sent troops to Akkala Citadel and Fort Hateno to protect those strongholds as the fall of either of those two would spell disaster for Hyrule, and had the civilians evacuated to minimize the casualties as it was found that Ganon is set to return on Zelda's 17th birthday as revealed by Terrako.

A few days later, Revali is seen at the top of the Hebra Sheikah Tower where he witnessed Calamity Ganon surrounding Hyrule Castle with Malice and the shaking ground has him stricken with terror as he saw the Sheikah Towers across Hyrule begin to shut down. Revali was left with no choice but to board Vah Medoh to launch a counterstrike. Link, Impa, and Princess Zelda postpone their journey to the Spring of Wisdom due to the situation and the latter's father being in danger and is unable to protect him as he is supposedly killed by the Guardians. As the princess despaired over how badly things are going and Terrako summons four time portals that head to the Divine Beasts. Impa notices that Vah Medoh's circuitry still pulses blue indicating that Revali is still alive but with Malice trailing off it, it showed that he, along with the other Champions are in serious danger as they travel to their locations to save them. Revali is revealed to be attacked by HWAoC: and made attempts to fight back but was forced into the defensive by dodging its cannon lasers. He soon cries out in pain when he gets struck in his left wing and tried to brush it off as he is sent flying and Windblight aims both its cannons at Revali to fatally shoot him down. Before the demon could take his life, the time portal appears and summons HWAoC: from the future, who then shoots arrows to intercept the monster's aim away from Revali, giving the Rito Champion time to recover and get back into the fight. Teba distracts Windblight for a while to give Revali an opening and Revali used his gale to get a clear shot from above as he shoots bomb arrows only for Windblight Ganon to block it. Teba is shocked that the phantom is still going strong but Revali sees that help has arrived and reassure him of this. After Link and the group force Windblight Ganon into retreat, they are joined by Urbosa and HWAoC: and as Urbosa was thanking everyone for their help, Revali approaches Link and gives his gratitude in a begrudging fashion, shocking Teba who was about to comment on Revali's behavior when Urbosa cuts him off before he could say something regretful before turning to inquire Zelda about Hyrule Castle's fate. After hearing of the fall of Hyrule Castle, Revali takes Teba and they join forces to defend western Hyrule. Teba takes down the corrupted Guardian Skywatchers targeting Revali and the latter returns the favor by taking out the other foes pursuing Teba, who could not help but to be amazed by Revali's skills. Revali stands his ground as he prepares to show the full extent of Divine Beast Vah Medoh's power. Windblight returns in one last attempt at not only killing Revali, but Teba as well so it could take Medoh under Ganon's control and is joined by Thunderblight Ganon, but Revali was ready for them and managed to destroy them as he secured western Hyrule. After some time, Revali, along with Mipha and Daruk assist Urbosa and Riju with the excess monsters that surround them as they defend Fort Hateno.

Much later on after Princess Zelda awakens her power to protect Link from Astor and the recreated Phantom Ganons, made from the souls of the Yiga Clan that Astor had harvested to do so, prompting Master Kohga and the surviving Yiga Clan members (minus Sooga whose fate is left uncertain) to side with the Hyrulean Army and Purah creates and activates a failsafe that disables a large number of corrupted Guardians that made up a huge portion of Ganon's army, turning the tides in Hyrule's favor, especially with both Akkala Citadel and Fort Hateno successfully secured. It was also revealed that Zelda's father also survived due to the device (revealed to be an Ancient Guardian Shield) that Zelda gave him earlier after defending the Great Plateau. The Champions, present and future, with the Divine Beasts as well as the armies of all the races in Hyrule are later summoned to Hyrule Field by Purah, who supercharged the Sheikah Towers to the max. A much more relaxed Revali is happy to get a chance at flaunting their magnificence, and Teba encourages him to show off his Rito pride. as Zelda gives a rousing speech to not give in to despair and with her father's approval, she takes command of the united Hyrulean Army. Ganon raises its defenses to prevent the Champions from attacking it so Link and everyone on the ground takes out the monsters that hold up the barrier and Zelda used her power to dispel it even more. At Zelda's orders, Revali opens fire at Calamity Ganon to weaken it alongside the other three Champions. However, the sky turns red as the Blood Moon rises, reviving all of the fallen monsters. After persevering over the constant revivals, Zelda leads the ground army while Revali and Teba charge from the air with the Rito forces to confront Astor and Harbinger Ganon. The Blight Ganons are destroyed for good, and Harbinger Ganon and Astor are also defeated. Astor enters into a violent breakdown as he orders Ganon to devour the heroes, but Ganon, as Sooga had forewarned about mortals trying to control him, absorbs the seer to take on a new form and some of its Malice had possessed Terrako, who attempts to resist it before succumbing to Ganon's influence leaving Link and Zelda with no choice but to battle it. Once Terrako is severely damaged, Revali and the rest of the warriors look on in sadness with Zelda over their fallen friend and Zelda becomes determined to defeat Ganon once and for all. They confront him at the sanctum where he is regaining his power, but he was impervious to all of their attacks, and Zelda tries to seal him away and her power restores some strength into Terrako, who charges upstairs to destroy itself by jumping between her and Ganon to destroy its defenses. With Ganon now vulnerable, the heroes are able to weaken him even more. Link charges the Master Sword as he runs towards Calamity Ganon as his friends, including Revali motivate him as Link clives Ganon and Zelda managing to successfully seal him away forever, restoring peace to Hyrule. With their purposes now served, Sidon, Yunobo, Teba, and Riju are being sent back to their own timelines and Teba and Revali exchange good-byes as Zelda vows to never forget the miracles that was brought by them and wishes them a bright future as they are returned to their own time.

Hyrule is safe from Ganon, and since Terrako was responsible for all the miracles that kept the Champions alive, the Divine Beasts under Hyrulean control, still and turning the tide altogether, everyone including Revali decide to repay it for its efforts by searching for its fifty components across Hyrule and bringing them to the Hyrule Royal Lab, where Terrako is reconstructed. When Terrako isn't responding, everyone is worried and Revali reassures that it's taking its time to become fully alert, which Impa agrees and tries to wake it up herself before Zelda stops her and steps in front of it. With the presence of its original creator, Terrako becomes fully functional, much to the relief of everyone, and even Revali cracks a smile before turning away as Zelda hugs it, crying tears of joy as Terrako mistook it for sadness and plays her lullaby once more. During the credits scene following Terrako's restoration, the Dimunitive Guardian visits all of its friends and paid a visit to Rito Village to greet Revali, who pets it hello before allowing it to ride on his back as he flew, showing that they are on much better terms than they were earlier. Revali is seen again at Hyrule Castle with all of the warriors as he joins his friends in a group hug as the others look on.

In the Guardian of Remembrance DLC, Revali witnessed a mysterious Rito child wandering in the forest but quickly loses him. He then lets Teba know of this, and the latter is horrified and pleads with Revali to help find the missing child and his fears are not helped by the fact that there are lots of monsters loitering in there. Revali notes that the child resembles Teba and never saw a child like him in Rito Village in his own time. After some searching, they find the child, who is revealed to be Teba's son, Tulin who somehow ended up in the past and looked after by tiny creatures, and the Rito Captain offers to guard him as they make their way out as Teba doesn't want to leave him out on his own. As they reach their original destination, looking to be a dead end, Revali laments that they have no way out without the help of the Koroks, but Tulin's knowledge of the forest and sensing the wind allowed him to reveal the passageways to the real exit.

Upon reaching the exit, Teba tells Tulin to thank Revali since he saved his life and the young boy complies. Once Tulin goes in front of Revali to do so, Revali smiles a bit and praises him for his bravery which he finds pretty good for someone so young. Tulin becomes delighted and excitedly tells him that he is training to reach his level and hopes to wield the Great Eagle Bow. Revali reminds him that he could have been killed by the monsters and notes that he is still happy despite having gone through an ordeal that otherwise would have frightened kid's Tulin's age and turns to Teba as he adds that he might one day master the wind. Teba agrees but adds that Tulin has to surpass his own father first and foremost. Tulin gives off an imitation of Revali, making Teba laugh before stopping himself since Revali is right next to him and the slightly miffed Rito Champion asked if that was supposed to be an impression of him. Having seen the father-son bond as well as Tulin's hero worship and humorous side, Revali could not contain the rising joy and humor inside of him and lets out a laugh that caused him to lean his head back and hold his stomach as Teba, and Tulin follow. As they calm down, Tulin attempts Tulin's Tornado, his own version of Revali's Gale, but he ends up falling on his back as Teba walks up to him as an amused Revali reminds him that he has a long way to go, affectionately giving him a nickname of "kid".

During the DLC ending, Teba, Revali, and Tulin are hanging out at the Flight Range. Revali is seated at the corner with Tulin sleeping on his lap and he manages to stop the blanket from blowing away as Teba enjoys watching them bond since their first meeting. Revali is seen with Link, Zelda, and the present and future Champions as Terrako made them smile. During the final cutscene, Revali and the Champions are at the Sheikah Tower, having each returned to their original attires as they watch Princess Zelda and Terrako fly off on a paraglider, showcasing the growth that Zelda had undergone, from being an insecure and anxious girl, to being more self-assured and upbeat young woman. She takes in the beauty of the scenery and notes that all of their efforts are worth it.

Trivia

 * During a bonus session of the documentary about the making of, sound director Hajime Wakai stated that Revali is his favorite character.
 * His final line before flying off to Medoh in the second memory was different between versions. In the Japanese version, he merely laughed derisively as he flew away. In the English version, he instead sarcastically bade Link good luck in sealing away the darkness as he flew off.
 * An amiibo based on Revali was released on November 10, 2017. This amiibo is compatible with 's DLC packs.
 * The SSBU: for the SSBU: SSBU: references the plot of . Four NaN Fighters resembling the NaN Champions must be defeated before SSBU: and BotW: appear. In this SSBU:, BotW: is represented by.