Darunia


 * You may be looking for the town from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link'', Darunia (town).

Darunia is the leader of the Gorons in Ocarina of Time. He is very good-natured and loves to dance. A long-time ally of the Kingdom of Hyrule, he considers the King to be a Sworn Brother.

When the Hero of Time, Link, first encounters him on his quest to gather the three Spiritual Stones, Darunia has secluded himself in his chambers in Goron City. With the entrance to Dodongo's Cavern sealed by Ganondorf's curse, the Gorons had fallen on hard times. Darunia, angered at the resulting rock shortage and low Bomb Flower harvest, refuses to speak to Link. His mood changes, however, when Link plays Saria's Song for him. Thereupon Darunia enlists Link's aid to clear out Dodongo's Cavern and in the end, rewards him with the Goron's Ruby, the Spiritual Stone of Fire, and declares Link a Sworn Brother.

As an adult, Link helps Darunia rescue captured Gorons from the Fire Temple after Ganadorf awakens the fearsome fire-dragon, Volvagia. Darunia, in an attempt to save his people, bravely sets out to confront Volvagia himself, though lacking the legendary Megaton Hammer of his ancestors. Link, agreeing to help Darunia in his quest, defeats the dragon and frees the Goron prisoners. Afterward, Darunia awakens as a Sage and lends Link his power in a medallion.

While Link's spirit was sealed away in the Temple of Light for seven years, Darunia had a son, whom he also named Link, in honor of the Hero's defeat of King Dodongo.