Aba



Aba (アバ) is a young girl that appeared in Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland. She's the only recognizable Hylian in the game and an excellent fighter. She is good friends with the other children in Port Town: Missy, Chiko, Dave, "Big Bro" and Paul Moneybags.

Tingle met Aba very early in his quest on Hometown Prairie. She offered him to teach him the basics of fighting (for free, something quite uncommon in that game). He met her again later on Sunshine Seashore, where she taught him more advanced battling, and Lon Lon Meadow, where she informed him about the whereabouts of Missy.

Tingle met her again on Deku Forest, where it was revealed that she was the daughter of Junglo, the old forest hero. After saving the Deku Tree Sprout, Junglo told Tingle that Aba wasn't actually his daughter, but that he found her as a baby in the arms of her dead mother. Because he didn't know what else to do (the only thing that gave a hint about her family was a dagger Aba's mother had taken with her), he raised her as his own. Aba, overhearing this conversation by accident, became furious for having been lied to all this time and ran off.

Fortunately, she had thrown away the dagger in her anger first and Tingle found it just outside of Junglo's house. He brought it to the only person who knew anything about weapons, the Armourer. When he saw the dagger however, he immediately insisted that Tingle would tell him where he got that dagger from and, after hearing the answer, ran off to Deku Forest.

The Armourer and Aba met near the Cherry Tree Family and he revealed that he was in fact, her father. Years ago, his wife was fed up with his obsession with weapons and fighting. Taking Aba with her, she left him. For some reason she ended up in Deku Forest and died there (her cause of death was never revealed). Both being better with their fists than emotions, Aba and the Armourer soon after this revelation got in an argument that ended in a fight. Impressed with each other's strength, they made peace and left together for Port Town. As they left, Junglo came to say goodbye to Aba, to which she replied with "Bye, Forest Dad!".

Aba and Link
It is not unlikely that Vanpool designed Aba to be a reference to Link, whether as an own interpretation or a possible relative. The reasons for this theory are:


 * 1) The game is set completely in the The Legend of Zelda universe.
 * 2) Aba is the only recognizable Hylian in the entire game.
 * 3) She has similar brownish blond hair and blue eyes as Link in Twilight Princess and her most prominent piece of clothing is a green cape.
 * 4) She is an excellent fighter.
 * 5) Her backstory is quite similar to Link's backstory in Ocarina of Time. Aba's mother entered the Deku Forest with her baby when she was trying to get away from the fighting. She died and left her child in the care of a/the protector of the forest.