Bulblin

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Bulblins are enemies found in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. They have green skin and wear bandit gear, which presumably enables them with defense. They wield one of two weapons: a club or bow with flame-ignited arrows. The Bulblins armed with clubs also have a quiver of arrows on their back, indicating the possibility that all Bulblins are armed identically, but choose one or other weapon at any given time. The Bulblins also ride Bullbos (usually 2 on each Bullbo) and shoot their flaming arrows at Link.

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A group of Bulblin archers encountered within the Goron Mines

They are one of the most seen enemies in the game and seem to fill out the gap left in the Zelda series where Moblins (etc.) have abandoned it. They have an orc-ish look about them and have small beady eyes.

They seem to have a significant presence in Hyrule by the time of Twilight Princess, they serve their leader, King Bulblin, who in turn serves Ganondorf and seem to be one of his forms of tainting Hyrule with darkness. The Bulbins seem to be an advance party for Zant's Shadow Beasts and went to the four springs of Hyrule where they cleared the path for Zant's Invasion of Hyrule by opening up the springs of each of the provinces. Link manages to destroy their base camp in the Gerudo Desert and by the end of the game, they decide not to fight for Ganondorf and are seen in the End Credits running through Hyrule Field with their King, possibly being at peace with Hyrule. The fate of their species or where they came from is still unknown.