Tokay

The are short, green reptilian creatures in.

Characteristics
The Tokay have angular heads, gangly limbs, and are catlike. The clawed, orange-crested creatures are very strong swimmers. Tokay live in the caves of Crescent Island, a large isle off the coast of Labrynna; their secretive lifestyle have made this species quite the topic of conversation on the Labrynna mainland. In, a group of Tokay find Link's items washed up on their island and he must get them back using a barter economy the Tokay have established. In terms of spirituality, the Tokay pray to and spread legends about their "Guardian", a large statue that sits at the center of the island.

Unlike the buy-and-sell method of shopping, the Tokay have set up a barter economy; although they still do sell in the conventional sense, the price is not Rupees, but items, such as Mystery Seeds or Scent Seeds. In the event that the prospective buyer cannot afford these items, a compromise can sometimes be met, where the buyer will exchange one of their items for the seller's. However, the buyer cannot get anything new from the seller after this, and must trade back the item they took for their old item before getting anything new.

Besides having set up this fairly elaborate economy, the Tokay are fairly simple, almost to the point of being stupid. Some Tokay have indicated they think three is a huge number.

Trivia

 * Like the Gorons, the Tokay's way of speaking in the Japanese version is decorated with part of the species's name, in this case, added to their sentences.

Nomenclature
The Japanese name for the Tokay race is, or "Lizards". The Western name, "Tokay", is taken from the.