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| Ruto is the princess of the water-dwelling [[Zora]] tribe and the daughter of [[King Zora]]. [[Link]] first hears of Ruto from her father who proclaims that she is missing. Link discovers a bottle at [[Lake Hylia]] with a message inside reading:
| | Princess of the [[Zora]]s and caretaker of the Zoras' patron deity [[Lord Jabu-Jabu]], Ruto is a rather spoiled and sassy young lady with a rebellious attitude towards her father [[King Zora]]. Link first learns of her when he finds [[Ruto's Letter|her letter in a bottle]] asking for help, as she was trapped [[Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly]]. When Link follows her, he finds Ruto safe and sound inside, claiming that she enters Lord Jabu-Jabu all the time. She tells Link that she has lost her "precious stone", the [[Zora's Sapphire]], and demands he accompanies her in search of it. She is captured once she finds the Sapphire, and Link must defeat [[Barinade]] to free her. After being saved, she is so impressed with Link that she quite quickly falls in love and declares them engaged by giving him her Sapphire, which her mother told to give only to her fiancé. |
| {{Quote|Help me.<br/>
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| I'm waiting for you inside<br/>
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| Lord Jabu Jabu's belly.<br/>
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| --Ruto<br/>
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| PS: Don't tell my father!}}
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| Ignoring the request, Link shows the message to King Zora, who then allows entrance to [[Lord Jabu-Jabu]].
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| Link finds Ruto [[Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly|inside of Lord Jabu-Jabu's belly]]. She has gone there often in the past, but this time, Jabu-Jabu isn't feeling well and monsters are in his stomach. Ruto isn't pleased to see Link and claims that she did not write the letter, and, while trying to walk away from him, she falls down a hole. When Link talks to her again, she finally accepts his help and explains how she dropped her "precious stone", the [[Zora's Sapphire]], and needs to recover it. He then carries Ruto around in search of the stone. Eventually, it is found in the center of a circular room, but when Ruto moves to and gets it, she is taken up to a higher level. [[Big Octo]] appears and Link must defeat it to follow Ruto. | |
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| When Link defeats [[Barinade]], he is reunited with Ruto who immediately exclaims her frustration with Link while blushing, stating that he is late and that she was lonely.
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| Back in [[Zora's Fountain]], she suddenly has a noticeable change of heart, startling Link causing him to fall into the water. With a seductive look, she says that Link "looked cool" and asks him what he wants as a reward. Regardless of what option Link picks, Ruto gives him the [[Spiritual Stones|Spiritual Stone]] of Water, the Zora's Sapphire. She then explains how her mother told her that the stone is to be given to the one that she picks to be her husband like an engagement ring. Afterwards, if Link wears a [[Zora Mask]], she asks him if he is getting ready to be married, while smiling.
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| Seven years later, after [[Ganon]]dorf obtains the [[Triforce of Power]] and takes over [[Hyrule]], [[Zora's Domain]] is entirely frozen with the Zoras stuck under the thick ice sheet. Ruto escaped with the assistance of [[Sheik]].
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| Link later meets Ruto in the [[Water Temple (Ocarina of Time)|Water Temple]], now as an adult. She tells [[Link]] that he was a horrible man for leaving her for so long, but is focused on the more important matter of saving her people. She leads Link to the top level of the Water Temple, but vanishes and is no longer seen.
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| Upon defeating [[Morpha]], Ruto is awakened as the Sage of Water. Her desire is to grant Link with her eternal love, but acknowledges that won't be possible, and instead she gives him the [[Water Medallion]]. In addition, she informs him, for the first time since he woke up, that [[Zelda|Princess Zelda]] is alive.
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| Ruto assists the other [[Seven Sages|Sages]] in sealing Ganondorf within the [[Sacred Realm]] at the end of the game.
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| | As an adult, Ruto has become far more mature and responsible. She was trapped under the ice when [[Zora's Domain]] froze over but, after being saved by [[Sheik]], she heads for the [[Water Temple (Ocarina of Time)|Water Temple]] to try and save her people. Link meets up with her again inside the Temple, where she is still determined to fulfil the engagement. While trying to assist Link in the Temple, Ruto suddenly disappears, only to later awaken as the Sage of Water upon Link's triumph over [[Morpha]]. In light of her new duties, she reluctantly cuts off her engagement to Link, saying that she can't grant her eternal love to him now. She continues to help Link from afar, joining the other [[Seven Sages|Sages]] in creating the rainbow bridge to [[Ganon's Castle]], dispelling the Water Barrier on [[Ganon's Tower]] and helping to seal [[Ganon]]dorf in the [[Dark World]]. She is last seen in the credits with the other newly-awakened sages on Death Mountain, watching over Hyrule. |
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