Darunia


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

Darunia is the patriarch 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 encountered him on his quest to gather the three Spiritual Stones, Darunia had 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, refused to speak to Link. His mood changed, however, when Link played Saria's Song for him. Thereupon Darunia enlisted Link's aid to clear out Dodongo's Cavern and in the end, rewarded him with the Goron's Ruby, the Spiritual Stone of Fire, and declared Link a Sworn Brother.

As an adult, Link helped Darunia rescue captured Gorons from the Fire Temple after Ganadorf awakened the fearsome fire-dragon, Volvagia. Darunia, in an attempt to save his people, bravely set out to confront Volvagia himself, though lacked the legendary Megaton Hammer of his ancestors. Link, agreeing to help Darunia in his quest, defeated the dragon and freed the Goron prisoners. Afterward, Darunia awakened as a Sage and lended 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.

Other Goron patriarchs

 * Darmani
 * Darbus