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|game    = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]''<br/>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]''<br/>''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]''<br/><br/>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|Spirit Tracks]]''<br/>''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds|A Link Between Worlds]]''

|location = [[Sacred Realm]]<br/>[[Dark World]]<br/>[[Lorule]]<br/>[[Temple of Light#Chamber of the Sages|Chamber of the Sages]]<br/>Temples and Sanctuaries

In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]'', the Seven Maidens are all descendants of the Seven Wise Men that sealed [[Ganon]] during the [[Imprisoning War]]. [[Agahnim]] seeks out these maidens to send them to the [[Dark World]], where they are trapped inside of one of the [[dungeon]]s in a crystal. [[Link]] goes on a quest to rescue them all. [[Zelda|Princess Zelda]] is one of these maidens.

Link first meets the Sages as a child, before they are awakened to their true roles. Once Link takes the [[Master Sword]] from the [[Pedestal of Time]], he is sent seven years into the future. The Sage of Light, [[Rauru]], meets him in the [[Temple of Light#Chamber of the Sages|Chamber of the Sages]] within the [[Temple of Light]] and explains that he is the Hero of Time and he must enlist the help of the other Sages in order to defeat Ganondorf. Once Link exits the temple, [[Sheik]] expands on that, and he tells Link where each of the temples are located.

The Sages are always found in the temple that represents their element: either the [[Forest Temple (Ocarina of Time)|Forest Temple]], the [[Fire Temple (Ocarina of Time)|Fire Temple]], the [[Water Temple]], the [[Shadow Temple]], or the [[Spirit Temple]]. After Link defeats the [[boss]] of the temple, he will be transported to the Chamber of the Sages and briefly speak to the newly awakened Sage before returning to the physical world. They will give Link the [[Medallions|Medallion]] of their element.

''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]'' only mentions two Sages: the Wind Sage and the Earth Sage. These two sages lived in [[Hyrule]] before the [[Great Sea]] flooded it, and they prayed to the gods to keep the power to repel evil in the Master Sword. They resided inside of the [[Earth Temple (The Wind Waker)|Earth Temple]] and the [[Wind Temple]], which were situated on tall mountains in Hyrule. The temples are still accessible from the sea due to the entrances above the water level on [[Headstone Island]] and [[Gale Isle]] respectively. When Ganon returned to wreak havoc upon the people of Hyrule, he killed the Sages, trapping their souls within the temples and leaving the Master Sword powerless.

Link heads to the Earth Temple is search of the sage that can restore the Master Sword's power, and he finds a large stone blocking the entrance to the temple with the directions to a song. Once he conducts this song on the [[Wind Waker]], the song is revealed to be the [[Earth God's Lyric]].

A ghostly [[Zora]] named [[Laruto]] appears and tells Link that she was the Earth Sage before she was killed. She says that the only way to return the power to the Master Sword is to awaken her descendant as a new Sage using the Earth God's Lyric, and bring them to the temple. She claims that her descendant will be holding a harp identical to her own.

Inside of the Wind Temple, Link finds a similar stone to the one in the Earth Temple and he conducts the [[Wind God's Aria]] with it. [[Fado (The Wind Waker)|Fado]] appears and, similar to Laruto, he states that he is the deceased Wind Sage and that his descendant would hold a violin like his.

The Lokomos are the Sages of each of the realms. There are seven Lokomo total, similar to the Sages from ''Ocarina of Time''; however, [[Byrne]] does not act as a Sage. [[Anjean]] appears to be the leader of them. She helps Link and Zelda out in their quest to restore the [[Spirit Tracks]] from her place in the [[Tower of Spirits]]. Aside from her, all of the Lokomo Sages live in Sanctuaries that match their realm. They will all play a [[Lokomo Song]] on their instrument with Link to restore the missing tracks.

In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds|A Link Between Worlds]]'', the Seven Sages are descendants of the Seven Maiden. After [[Yuga]] captures the seven sages and turned them into portraits, he uses them to resurrect and absorb Ganon's power. After the ceremony, the portraits are spread across the kingdom of [[Lorule]], sealed in seven dungeons. Link then begins his quest to rescue the captured seven sages from the paintings Yuga has imprisoned them in.