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|image= File:BotW Essa Model.png | |image= | ||
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|Model BotW= File:BotW Essa Model.png | |||
|Model TotK= File:TotK Essa Model.png | |||
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|title= | |title= | ||
|race= | |race= {{Term|Series|Gerudo|link}} | ||
|gender= Female | |gender= Female | ||
|game= | |game= BotW, TotK | ||
|other= | |other= | ||
|era= | |era= {{Term|Series|Era of the Wilds|link}} | ||
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{{Term/Store|Essa||Series}} is a character in {{BotW}} | {{Term/Store|Essa||Series, BotW, TotK}} is a recurring character in {{TLoZ|Series}}.<ref>{{Cite|Essa|Game Screen|BotW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Essa|Game Screen|TotK}}</ref> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Essa is a | ==={{BotW|-}}=== | ||
{{Term|BotW|Essa}} is a {{Term|BotW|Gerudo|link}} woman who works for {{Term|BotW|Frelly|link}} at the {{Term|BotW|Sand-Seal Rental Shop Southeast Booth|link}} in {{Term|BotW|Gerudo Town|link}}. She can often be found sweeping the ground with her {{Term|BotW|Broom|link}}. When {{Term|BotW|Link|link}} speaks to {{Term|BotW|Essa}}, she tells him that all of the {{Plural|BotW|Sand Seal|link}} there were trained by {{Term|BotW|Frelly}}, making them faster and preventing them from abandoning the rider.<ref>{{Cite|Sav'aaq! The {{Color|BotW Blue|sand seals}} here were all trained by Frelly. They're faster, and they'll wait for you to return to them.|Essa|BotW}}</ref> Wild {{Plural|BotW|Sand Seal}}, on the other hand, will run off when their rider dismounts them.<ref>{{Cite|By comparison, the ones outside who haven't been trained will just run off the moment you dismount.|Essa|BotW}}</ref> She feels that it is worth renting a trained {{Term|BotW|Sand Seal}}, informing {{Term|BotW|Link}} that {{Term|BotW|Frelly}} puts her heart into training them.<ref>{{Cite|It's definitely worth renting a trained one! Frelly puts her heart into training them!|Essa|BotW}}</ref> {{Term|BotW|Essa}} also reveals that {{Term|BotW|Frelly}} trained the {{Plural|BotW|Sand Seal}} that are used in the {{Term|BotW|Sand-Seal Race|link|display=Sand-Seal Races}}.<ref>{{Cite|Frelly trained the sand seals used in the {{Color|BotW Blue|sand-seal races}} too, of course.|Essa|BotW}}</ref> | |||
If {{Term|BotW|Link}} asks about the {{Term|BotW|Sand-Seal Race|display=Sand-Seal Races}}, {{Term|BotW|Essa}} explains that {{Term|BotW|Sand-Seal Race|display=Sand-Seal Racing}} is a {{Term|BotW|Gerudo}} tradition where people race around a course with a {{Term|BotW|Sand Seal}} to see who is the fastest.<ref>{{Cite|The {{Color|BotW Blue|sand-seal races}} are a Gerudo tradition... It's pretty simple: you use a {{Color|BotW Blue|sand seal}} to race around a course to see who's the fastest.|Essa|BotW}}</ref> She tells {{Term|BotW|Link}} to exit from the {{Term|BotW|Southeast Gate|link}} of {{Term|BotW|Gerudo Town}} and head to the right to find the {{Term|BotW|Sand-Seal Rally|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Just go out the {{Color|BotW Blue|southeast gate}} of the town and head to the right. You'll see the starting line immediately! No harm in taking a peek, right?|Essa|BotW}}</ref> Though it is off topic, she adds that {{Term|BotW|Frelly}} has been talking strangely lately and wonders why.<ref>{{Cite|This is a bit off topic... But it seems like Frelly has been talking a little strangely recently. I wonder what's gotten into her...|Essa|BotW}}</ref> | |||
{{Term|BotW|Essa}}'s job at the {{Term|BotW|Sand-Seal Rental Shop Southeast Booth}} is part-time.<ref>{{Cite|All right! I'm gonna do my best at my part-time job!|Essa|BotW}}</ref> Though it is difficult, she finds enjoyment in how happy the {{Plural|BotW|Sand Seal}} {{Term|BotW|Sue|link}}, {{Term|BotW|Nah|link}}, and {{Term|BotW|Zarashi|link}} get when she puts out their food.<ref>{{Cite|It's actually really tough taking care of the {{Color|BotW Blue|sand seals}}, but seeing how happy they are when their food in put out...|Essa|BotW}}</ref> However, she admits to feeding them too much sometimes.<ref>{{Cite|Although, I do sometimes put out too much food...|Essa|BotW}}</ref> | |||
At midnight, {{Term|BotW|Essa}} considers her work for the day to be done.<ref>{{Cite|Annnnd done!|Essa|BotW}}</ref> With everything she does for the {{Plural|BotW|Sand Seal}}, the day just seems to fly away from her.<ref>{{Cite|What with preparing their meals, cleaning up after them, and everything else, the day just seems to fly by!|Essa|BotW}}</ref> According to her, whenever she lays out food for the {{Term|BotW|Sand Seal|display=Seals}}, they rush over as quickly as they can to eat it.<ref>{{Cite|It never feels like I'm done, either. {{Color|BotW Red|If I lay out food, they'll rush over as fast as they can...}} Even if I just fed them! I swear, they have bottomless pits in place of stomachs...|Essa|BotW}}</ref> If {{Term|BotW|Link}} speaks to {{Term|BotW|Essa}} while she is sleeping, she asks to be left alone.<ref>{{Cite|I'm so tired...<br/>Please let me rest right now.|Essa|BotW}}</ref> | |||
During the "{{Term|BotW|EX Champion Urbosa's Song|link}}" {{Term|BotW|Main Quest|link}}, {{Term|BotW|Link}} can find {{Term|BotW|Essa}} to the northwest of {{Term|BotW|Gerudo Town}} with a group of wild {{Plural|BotW|Sand Seal}}. She explains that {{Term|BotW|Frelly}} asked her to go recruit some wild {{Plural|BotW|Sand Seal}}.<ref>{{Cite|Sav'saaba! Frelly asked me to go recruit some wild {{Color|BotW Red|sand seals}}.|Essa|BotW}}</ref> While the {{Plural|BotW|Sand Seal}} in {{Term|BotW|Gerudo Town}} are faster and will wait for the rider, {{Term|BotW|Essa}}'s wild {{Plural|BotW|Sand Seal}} will run away when dismounted.<ref>{{Cite|The {{Color|BotW Red|sand seals}} in town were all trained by Frelly. They're faster, and they'll wait for you to return to them. By comparison, the ones outside who haven't been trained will just run off the moment you dismount.|Essa|BotW}}</ref> She recommends renting a trained one, as she believes them to be worth it.<ref>{{Cite|It's definitely worth renting a trained one! Frelly puts her heart into training them!|Essa|BotW}}</ref> Link can use one of her {{Plural|BotW|Sand Seal}} to ride through the {{Plural|BotW|Glowing Ring|link}} in the {{Term|BotW|West Barrens|link}}. | |||
==={{TotK|-}}=== | |||
{{Stub|TotK}} | |||
==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
{{Term|Series|Essa}} is an alternate transcription of the male {{Wp|Arabic}} name "Isa."<ref>{{Cite Web|published= November 16, 2019 |retrieved= November 13, 2022 |url= https://www.behindthename.com/name/essa |archive= https://web.archive.org/web/20221113053710/https://www.behindthename.com/name/essa |title= Meaning, origin and history of the name Essa |site= Behind the Name}}</ref> | |||
{{Nomenclature}} | {{Nomenclature}} | ||
==See Also== | |||
* {{Term|Series|Gerudo|link}} | |||
* {{Term|Series|Gerudo Town|link}} | |||
* {{Term|Series|Sand-Seal Rental Shop Southeast Booth|link}} | |||
{{Ref}} | {{Ref}} | ||
{{Categories | {{Categories | ||
|Gerudo | |Gerudo, Hyruleans | ||
|characters= BotW | |characters= BotW, TotK | ||
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