Just back to OoT for a minute, the Deku Tree talked about being cursed. Link was to break the curse. Link killed Gohma. Link broke the curse but the Deku Tree said it was too late he was doomed anyways. So...Wouldn't Gohma be evil since it's the curse Ganondorf placed there? Plus Gohma didn't give you the stone, the DT did after you were warped out of the dungeon.
You're right. I'm tired and I've been playing ALttP too much recently; I must have been thinking about the Medallions, with the bosses acting as tests and such (even though Gohma isn't in that game as a boss). Faulty neurons.
It's possible Gohma is evil, but Gohma could merely be hostile to anyone, as some have suggested.
However, on compiling these two quotations, Gohma (or her actions) could have been part of the curse.
Great Deku Tree said:
That evil man who cast the death
curse upon me and sapped my
power...
Navi said:
Gohma
It's one of the parasitic monsters
inside the Deku Tree! Its eye is
vulnerable when it's red!
The notion of being "parasitic" could be physically "s
apping" the energy out of the Great Deku Tree, so you may be correct there.
Provided Barba is Volvagia, Barba cannot appear "naturally" on the AT as he is defeated in the Adult portion of OoT. He was revived on the AT once (as he appears in OoT), so it's possible he could appear again if you place AoL on the AT. But, there remains the case of how Volvagia/Barba was revived; it couldn't be Ganon, as he was defeated himself in LoZ. Why would the King/Zelda have revived Volvagia, other than to protect the Triforce of Courage further? It's already protected in the Great Temple. This would imply that
On the CT, Volvagia is only slain once, by the Goron Hero of lore, assuming that happens pre-split.
Goron Child said:
A long time ago there was an
evil dragon named Volvagia living
in this mountain.
That dragon was very scary!
He ate Gorons!
Using a huge hammer, the hero of
the Gorons... BOOOM!
Destroyed it just like that. This is
a myth from long ago, but it's
true!
I know, because my dad is a
descendant of the hero!
What other clues aside from appearance are there to indicate that Volvagia is Barba? What implications does this bring about? Much like other Temple Guardians in AoL, Barba is likely amoral, defending the Temple as it was intended to do.