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Link is the hero of Skyward Sword, starting off the game as a young man living in Skyloft who attends a Knight Academy. Link is dressed with boots, green pants, and a sweatshirt, not unlike the rest of the citizens of Skyloft. He is a very active young lad who goes skydiving and bird riding to impress Zelda and his other classmates. Each of the citizens of Skyloft have large birds that they use for transportation, but Link has a rare red bird that he befriends early on. Link is very close friends with Zelda and they seem to care greatly for each other. Early on in his quest, Link successfully wins a bird race conducted by the Ceremony Leader and this allows him to win a prize from Zelda.

Link will travel down to the land below in search of Zelda. Throughout his quest, he will use a standard set of inventory items that he will upgrade along the way as he battles through the overworld and dungeons, attempting to save Hyrule from the evil that lurks there. Using his Loftwing Link will travel between Skyloft and the surface world. Part of his quest will take him to the Silent Realm, an alternate dimension of the surface world, where he must collect tears of light and avoid guardians without the aid of his sword. He will fight many foes along the way, but perhaps none fiercer than the Demon Lord Ghirahim. Ghirahim is also in search of Zelda and has no problem bringing Link within an inch of his life. It is up to our hero to defeat Ghirahim, rescue Zelda, and save the lands of Skyloft and Hyrule.

Zelda is a resident of Skyloft, a classmate of Link and one of his closest friends. It is obvious from very early on that Zelda has a thing for Link. She too enjoys soaring through the clouds on top of her own bird. Despite being a normal girl in the town, Zelda seems to have some special status amongst the people of Skyloft. Early on in the game, Zelda gives out a prize to whomever wins the flight race.  

Link, his rival, and the evil Ghirahim set out to look for Zelda. Link is out to rescue her while Ghirahim seeks her holiness for some unknown end. Her importance is a mystery, but she is referred to as an "oracle" and "a female servant of the goddess". She apparently has been taken to the Forest Temple, but is taken elsewhere before either Link or Ghirahim have a chance to reach her. Link picks up her trail in Eldin Volcano, but not before Ghirahim enters. It is uncertain who will find her first and what will become of her.

One of the game's antagonists, the demon Ghirahim is a tall and slender man with grayish skin and albino hair. His bodysuit and mantle are decorated with diamond patterns. He is skilled in the ways of magic, his sorcerous powers allowing him to teleport, conjure knives, and summon a distinct black sabre with which he is incredibly skilled.  

Unfortunately for Link, Ghirahim's arrogance seems justified. Link barely survives his tornado and the battle with Ghirahim himself, only surviving because of the Skyward Sword. Link's life does not matter to Ghirahim but he offers Link mercy after their battle, threatening to kill him if he ever interferes again.

Link's sidekick in this game appears as a female spirit-like entity called Fi. Both her and Zelda bear the same diamond crest on their chests. She is first encountered in a dream when she appears from the sky above Link as he is falling to the land below. Later he sees her and chases her around Skyloft until she leads him to the Goddess Statue revealing a secret room housing the Goddess Sword. Her origins are a mystery. With her advising and aiding him Link journeys to the Forest Temple, where he fights Ghirahim. The Demon Lord himself states that the Goddess Sword is the only thing that kept Link alive during their fight.  

The Goddess Sword is somehow important to the forging of the Master Sword. Exactly how has yet to be revealed.

Like his previous incarnations, Beedle is a shop owner and sells a wide variety of very useful items, only this time, he sets up business in a floating wooden shop. Link can grab onto a rope and be pulled up to the shop via a pulley mechanism. The inside of Beedle's shop is covered in large gears, which Beedle keeps spinning via a bicycle-like machine. His shop carries four items at any time, ranging from item-carrying pouches to pieces of heart. His familiar "OH" sound effect has been carried over from The Wind Waker.

Gaepora is the headmaster of the knight academy but seems to hold an even higher position of authority in Skyloft, slightly higher than the ceremony leader. He observes the ceremony, offering a scolding remark to Groose. His decorative red sash is similar to the ceremony leader's except that it features four golden triangles, as well as the Skyloftian bird symbol on its back. His belt also has a bird design. Gaepora is Zelda's father and has a symbol on his back almost identical to hers. His robes bear a striking resemblance to those of Rauru, who credited himself as one of the ancient Sages who constructed the Temple of Time. He also has long eyebrows and laughs with a "Hoo Hoo Hoo" much like Kaepora Gaebora, said to be a reincarnation of an ancient Sage. Some even think he resembles the Kings of Hyrule who appears in The Adventure of Link, The Wind Waker and The Minish Cap.

After Zelda is taken by the tornado, Link goes to Gaepora to tell him of Zelda's fate and ask for help. Gaepora thinks of his daughter as strong and is not worried, but can only offer Link support and give him his green tunic from being promoted to Senior Class, saying his old clothes were not suitable for a journey.

Groose appears throughout the game in different ways. He has a thing for Zelda and is determined to win the birdriding competition to impress her. He and his lackeys compete very roughly with Link, and tries to knock him around to prevent him from taking the bird statue first. He also has his lackeys, Cawlin and Stritch throw eggs at Link to slow him down. The ceremony leader specifically warned against this behavior just before the contest began, and the old man singled out Groose as someone who is prone to not play by the rules. He will probably be trying to rescue Zelda before Link does, but it is not known whether he will be a help or a hindrance to Link's quest.

Much like Link, Zelda has her own feathery friend to ride on when adventuring above the clouds. Zelda will leap off the ledge and land on top of her bird, just like all the other folks in Skyloft do. Whenever Zelda is seen flying, she always has her bluish-purple friend nearby.  

Things take a turn for the worse when a tornado is summoned to kidnap Zelda. Both Zelda and her bird are falling down to the land below the clouds when Zelda appears to be swallowed by a shadow monster. Zelda's bird is not shown being swallowed by the shadow monster, therefore we do not know of its whereabouts.