Deku Scrub

Deku Scrubs are small creatures that have the ability to spit and Deku Nuts at their enemies. They look as if they were made of wood, hinting that they had evolved from plants. They played a small role in OoT, in which they were both enemies and salesmen. If you defeated a salesman type Deku Scrub, known as a Business Scrub, they would try to sell you an item, always way overpriced.

Majora's Mask explored a different side of them, as there was a functioning society composed entirely of Deku Scrubs. They were situated in the swamp of Termina and had a monarchy. Their royal family was composed of a King and a Princess, which were served by guards, yes-men, and a butler whose son had mysteriously disappeared. Skull Kid also turned Link to a Deku Scrub. When he was healed, he received the Deku Mask.

Deku Status
In Majora's Mask, we can now understand dekus and how they work and/or function, in the some games, Deku Shrubs refer to child dekus, while an adult is simply celled a Deku. Most Dekus speak English (although this depends on where one lives) or hylian as it may be, and they can be very kind at times, but if a unknown stranger ever goes near a Deku it will attack, and walking close to them makes them sink into a deku flower.

Deku Flowers are like shells to turtles, some Dekus get very personal with theirs, if other dekus try to enter with out permission, they are usually angered. While some dekus use propeller likeflowers to glide, some have parts on their heads which can lift them off too. Dekus also have different methods of handling problems, as written below.


 * 1) Dekus can deal with water but if they happen to venture in deep areas they will hop on the water to survive drowning; like plants, too much water can hurt them.


 * 1) Dekus are also flammable, if they get too close to a open flame, their wooden skin could make the fire travel faster than a normal human which makes the burn much worse than a Zora, if a Deku die in any way, shape, or fasion they will revert to a tree-like state, which they may or may not stay in (this is seen at the end of Majora's mask) the butler's sees to stand near a tree with a face, that could very well be his son he misses so well.

These creatures basically live in deep forest and in lush soils, sometimes underground. Dekus are first seen in Ocarina of Time and become one of the very many races of Hyrule.