Fighter's Shield

The Fighter's Shield is the first Shield in A Link to the Past.

Location and Uses
It is nothing special and is received from Link's Uncle in the basements of Hyrule Castle. As it is the first shield obtained in the game, it is the weakest of all shields and provides very little defense. If the shield is swallowed up by a Pikit or a Like Like, or otherwise lost, another one can be purchased in the many shops throughout the Hyrule overworld.

Link can obtain an upgraded version of the Fighter's Shield known as the Red Shield by throwing it into the Mysterious Pond of the Waterfall of Wishing. Only by answering the Great Fairy's question honestly will she reward him with a better shield.

A Link to the Past comic
In the A Link to the Past comic, Link's uncle is seen using the Fighter's Shield during his duel against Agahnim. However, after Link witnesses the defeat of his uncle at the hands of his wizard, he rushes to his side and obtains his uncle's sword and shield from him before passing out. Link continues to use the shield only for the first chapter, using it to defend himself from enemy attacks. However, when he reaches the Sanctuary with Princess Zelda and faces off against Agahnim, he loses his sword and shield along with it, and the young hero is never seen using the Fighter's Shield for the rest of the comic.

Trivia

 * The Great Fairy giving you a better sheild when you are honest is probably a reference to a certain book where a man drops an axe in a pond and is given valuble items when he honestly tells a magic fish which one of the axes presented to him by the fish was his (The other two axes were much more valuble than his).