Kikwi: Difference between revisions

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[[Bucha]],

[[Machi]],

  [[Yerbal]],

The Kikwi are small, furry creatures that are a mix between animal and plant.<ref name="Flora or Fauna">{{Cite|Hmm... Fascinating! Should this actually be classified as flora or fauna... I mean, plant or animal?|Owlan|SS}}</ref> Their bodies are a rotund, bottom-heavy pear shape, with their fur being a contrasting dark and light brown. They have short, white arms and stubby, black feet. Their faces consist of variously shaped black eyes and a short beak. On their posteriors is what looks like a bushy tail, but is actually a bud that blooms into a leafy bush under which a Kikwi can attempt to hide themselves. In addition, Kikwi also have a leafy plumage on the top of their heads resembling hair. Likewise, Kikwi can also grow facial hair, as is the case with the elders [[Bucha]] and [[Yerbal]]. The average size of a Kikwi is usually no more than half of [[Link]]'s height. A notable exception to this is Bucha, who is much larger and towers over Link.

The Kikwi are herbivorous.<ref name="Hermit">{{Cite|He is a hermit of the herbivorous Kikwi race. He climbed a tree and never came down, thus becoming a hermit.|Fi|SS}}</ref> They are a peaceful race who do not resort to violence, and instead do the opposite by hiding themselves at any sign of danger. Many of them are in fact quite cowardly, even believing Link and [[Fi]] are monsters when they first meet.<ref>{{Cite|Kwee-koo! Now there's a green one! I didn't know they came in green! Don't hurt me, koo-weep!|Machi|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|You really spooked me, kwee... You keep some very strange company, friend.|Machi|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|What WAS that just now, kwee? Don't scare me like that!|Oolo|SS}}</ref>

The Kikwi were among the five races of the [[Hyrule|Surface]] who joined the Goddess [[Hylia]] in the war against the evil forces of [[Demise]]. During the [[Sky Era]], the Kikwi live in the Faron Woods. Their patriarch is the Kikwi Elder [[Bucha]], an older and much larger Kikwi.

Shortly after Link first arrives to the forest, his Sword's [[Dowsing]] ability leads him to a pack of [[Bokoblin]]s surrounding a frightened, hiding Kikwi. Link fights off the monsters, but the Kikwi runs away thinking he is one of them. The Kikwi, named [[Machi]], relaxes once he realizes that Link is not a Bokoblin. Machi explains that he had encountered [[Princess Zelda|Zelda]] before him, who escaped with the elder Bucha as they were chased by the Bokoblins.<ref>{{Cite|That's weird, kee-koo. A little while ago I ran into another funny animal like you, but that one was a girl. [...] She seemed to be in big trouble when I saw her. She a friend of yours, kwee? A pack of those mean red guys were after her, kwee, but she escaped with the Kikwi {{Color|SS Blue|elder}}.|Machi|SS}}</ref> Fi hypothesizes that the Dowsing ability led Link to the Kikwi due to a false-positive caused by Machi interacting with Zelda, and believes the ability should likewise lead them to Bucha.<ref>{{Cite|Furthermore, my analysis suggests that this Kikwi most likely produces a false-positive dowsing reaction due to previous direct contact with Zelda. Using this hypothesis, I theorize there is an 85% chance that the Kikwi elder will also generate a dowsing reaction for the same reason.|Fi|SS}}</ref> Link eventually finds Bucha, who confirms that he had indeed been with Zelda. However, Bucha is more worried about his tribe who have all gone missing during the monster panic.<ref>{{Cite|Hmmm... Yes. At one point during the monster panic here, I did speak with a blonde girl of your kind, kweee. But now is not the time for such talk. The forest is full of monsters, and I am worried about my missing tribe.|Bucha|SS}}</ref> He asks that Link find the rest of his Kikwi, and he may remember Zelda's whereabouts once he is at ease. Fi upgrades Link's Dowsing ability to search for the remaining three Kikwi, all of which are hiding somewhere around the Woods from the monsters.

After Link finds all of the missing Kikwi and reports back to Bucha, the Kikwi Elder remembers that Zelda had went into the [[Deep Woods]], heading towards the [[Skyview Temple]]. He also rewards Link for all his help with the Kikwi heirloom, a [[Slingshot]] stored in the bud on his back.<ref>{{Cite|As a reward for finding all my fellow Kikwis, I will give you a precious Kikwi heirloom.|Bucha|SS}}</ref> Bucha lets Link take the item, saying that it will help him go further into the forest where the Temple lies.

Much later, after Link completes [[Farore's Silent Realm]], he is led to the [[Great Tree]] where at the top he meets the Kikwi Hermit, [[Yerbal]]. Yerbal had left the other Kikwi long ago to climb the Tree and never came down, becoming a hermit.<ref name="Hermit"/> Yerbal helps Link by telling him the way to [[Lake Floria]], where the [[Faron (Dragon)|Water Dragon Faron]] dwells.

==Trivia==

*[[Erla]] and [[Yerbal]] both reference "[[Iconic Quotes from The Legend of Zelda|It's a secret to everybody]]." Yerbal says it after he tells Link about Farore's Flame,<ref>{{Cite|All right, I'll tell you. But remember--it's a secret to everybody.|Yerbal|SS}}</ref> while [[Erla]] says it when Link discovers his hiding place after the flooding of Faron Woods.<ref>{{Cite|Don't forget, it's a secret to everybody.|Erla|SS}}</ref>

*Upon completing the [[Gratitude Crystal]] quest that requires Link to deliver [[Oolo]] the Kikwi to [[Owlan]] in [[Skyloft]], Owlan does not know whether to classify the creatures as flora or fauna.<ref name="Flora or Fauna"/> Fascinated, he observes that the Kikwi may very well be a new species altogether.<ref>{{Cite|Hmm... You know, this may very well mark the discovery of a new type of species altogether!|Owlan|SS}}</ref>

*Kikwi speak fluent English, yet they add small clicks and sounds at the end of some sentences, somewhat resembling Bird calls.

==Nomenclature==

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File:SSKikwiConcept2.jpg|Concept art of Kikwi from {{HH|-}}

File:SSKikwiConcept3.jpg|Concept art of Kikwi from {{HH|-}}

File:SS concept 106.jpg|Concept art of Kikwi from ''Hyrule Historia''

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