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{{Character

|name = Link

|game = ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]''<br>''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|The Adventure of Link]]''<br>''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]''<br>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords|Four Swords]]''<br>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]''<br>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]''<br>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]''<br>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons|Oracle of Seasons]]''<br>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages|Oracle of Ages]]''<br>''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]''<br>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures|Four Swords Adventures]]''<br>''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap|The Minish Cap]]''<br>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]]''<br>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|Phantom Hourglass]]''<br>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|Spirit Tracks]]''<br>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Skyward Sword]]''

|location = [[Hyrule]]<br>[[Koholint Island]]<br>[[Termina]]<br>[[Labrynna]]<br>[[Holodrum]]<br>[[Subrosia]]<br>[[Great Sea]]<br>[[World of the Ocean King]]<br>[[New Hyrule]]<br>[[Skyloft]]

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==Appearances==

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Link is the hero and main protagonist of ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|The Adventure of Link]]'' and starts off his adventure in North Palace, in front of the sleeping Zelda from the past. An older Princess Zelda wouldn't tell her brother, the Prince, the location of the Triforce. The Prince hired a Magician to interrogate her, but after being unsuccessful, he put Zelda into a deep sleep. Unable to wake her, the Prince put her in a tower. Impa, the Princess's nursemaid, informs an older Link that the only way to wake this Princess is to recover the [[Triforce of Courage]]. Ganon's followers are after Link, because they believe mixing his blood with [[Ganon]]'s remains will resurrect him. Link is able to survive, recover the Triforce of Courage, defeat Dark Link, and awaken the Princess.

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Link is the main protagonist of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]'' and starts off sleeping in his [[Link's Uncle|Uncle]]'s house. After receiving a strange telepathic message claiming to be from the Princess of Hyrule, his uncle leaves the house to head to the [[Hyrule Castle|castle]] and tells Link not to follow him. Link, of course, follows his uncle, only to find him injured in the castle where his uncle tells him he must save the Princess, Zelda, and gives Link his [[sword]] and [[shield]]. After saving Zelda from the dungeon, Link learns of an evil plot of the wizard [[Agahnim]] trying to take over [[Hyrule]] and gain the power of the [[Triforce]]. In order to defeat Agahnim, Link has to find the three [[Pendants of Virtue]] and retrieve the [[Master Sword]].

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In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]'', Link gets caught out on the sea on his raft during a storm. He eventually washes up on the shores of [[Koholint Island]], where a girl named [[Marin]] finds him. She takes him back to [[Mabe Village]], where she lives with her father, [[Tarin]]. Link mistakes Marin as Princess Zelda.

Link must defeat the [[Nightmare]] of this dungeon and the other seven dungeons and collect the [[Eight Instruments of the Sirens]] if he wants to leave the island.

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Link is the hero and main protagonist of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'' starting off as a [[Hylian]] kid living in [[Kokiri Forest]] along with the [[Kokiri]]. He gains the [[Kokiri Sword]] and [[Deku Shield]] and goes to the [[Great Deku Tree]] to break the curse on the Great Deku Tree. After he does, he gets the first [[Spiritual Stones|Spiritual Stone]], the [[Kokiri's Emerald]], and heads for Princess Zelda. Zelda tells him to find the other two Spiritual Stones and bring them to her. After he finds them, he goes to Zelda to give her the Spiritual Stones. However, Zelda is being chased by [[Ganon|Ganondorf]] and throws Link the [[Ocarina of Time]]. She then telepathically teaches him a song that will open the door to the [[Sacred Realm]] and tells him to go there and get the Triforce before Ganondorf. He does so, without realizing that Ganondorf followed him into the Sacred Realm. He takes the [[Master Sword]] from its [[Pedestal of Time|pedestal]], but it didn't recognize him as the [[Hero of Time]] because Link was too young so his Spirit was stored for seven years. He has to awaken six [[Sages]] to go to [[Ganon's Castle]], save Princess Zelda, and slay Ganondorf.

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Link is the hero and main protagonist of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]'' and starts off looking for who is inferred to be [[Navi]] in the Lost Woods. A [[Skull Kid]] wearing a mysterious mask and his fairies [[Tatl]] and [[Tael]] scare Epona and Link is knocked off, unconsious. Skull Kid steals Epona and the Ocarina of Time from Link and rides into the woods. Link follows, and learns Epona has run off, but Skull Kid still has the Ocarina of Time. The Skull Kid turns Link into a [[Deku Link|Deku Scrub]] and leaves him and, accidentally, Tatl, behind after leaving. Deku Link and Tatl go on to follow them into a clock tower. They meet the [[Happy Mask Salesman]], who tells them that if they can get the Ocarina back in 3 days, before he has to leave, he can turn Link back into a Hylian, as long as he gets the Skull Kid's mask he stole. Link learns the Skull Kid has caused mischief across the new world he's entered called [[Termina]], and that he is trying to get the Moon to crash into Clock Town and destroy the world at the end of Day 3. Link gets the Ocarina of Time back and uses the [[Song of Time]] to transport him and Tatl back to the beginning of Day 1. The Happy Mask Salesman turns Link back to a Hylian, leaving a mask behind that will allow him to turn back to the Deku Scrub whenever he wants. Link now must awaken the 4 Giants in the 4 compass directions to prevent the Moon from falling, and must repeat the same 3 days over and over until he can awaken them. After saving the Deku Princess and removing the poison from the [[Southern Swamp]], bringing [[Snowpeak]] to spring, saving the Zora eggs and clearing the fog from [[Great Bay]], and bringing peace to souls in [[Ikana Canyon]]. Link stops the Moon from crashing into Termina, but the mask the Skull Kid was wearing, called [[Majora's Mask]] and harnessing dark evil powers, takes over the Moon itself. Link lands on the moon through the portal left from Majora's Mask dark powers, and defeats Majora in his Mask, Wrath, and Incarnate forms. Link then leaves to return to Hyrule and continue his search for Navi.

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Link is the Legendary Hero and the main protagonist within ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages|Oracle of Ages]]''. After being summoned by the power of the Triforce, he awakens within a mysterious forest. Shortly after, he saves a woman named Impa who is being attacked by a group of octoroks. The two then journey to meet up with [[Nayru (Oracle)|Nayru]], the Oracle of Ages. It is revealed that Impa was, at the time, being controlled by the Dark Sorceress [[Veran]], who, after getting passed a block that only Link could move, possess Nayru and gains the power to travel through time. After traveling 400 years in the past, Veran's evil deeds start to alter the present, causing chaos throughout the land. It then becomes the goal of Link to stop Veran and save the land of [[Labrynna]].  

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Link ventures to Hyrule Castle and visits the Triforce in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons|Oracle of Seasons]]''. While there, he is knocked unconcious and falls into the world of [[Holodrum]]. He is discovered by a dancer named [[Din (Oracle)|Din]] who cares for him until he awakens. He discovers Din with her troupe and talks to everyone, then Din asks him to dance. While dancing, the troupe is attacked by [[Onox]], General of Darkness, who reveals that Din is none other than the Oracle of Seasons and controls the seasons in Holodrum. He causes a tornado that sends the members of the troupe flying and attacks Link while he tries to protect Din. He tries saving her again and ends up blown away and knocked unconscious. Onox imprisons Din and sinks the [[Temple of Seasons]] into the land of [[Subrosia]], throwing the seasons into chaos. [[Impa]], the troupe's cook, wakes him up and explains that she is actually the nursemaid of Princess Zelda and Link is a hero with a special fate. She tells him to go see the Maku Tree in Horon Village in order to help save Din. A weakened Maku Tree explains that Link must go find the eight Essences of Nature in order to restore him to his former state. Eventually, Link has to find the Temple of Seasons in Subrosia and obtain the [[Rod of Seasons]] which he can use to control the seasons manually in order to save Din. However, he has to visit the spirits of each season to gain their powers. Once equipped with all four seasons and all eight Essences, the Maku Tree gives Link a [[Maku Seed]], which can be used to get rid of the darkness surrounding Onox's castle. Link fights Onox and defeats him, but it is revealed later that Onox and [[Veran]] were just pawns to [[Twinrova]], who is trying to revive [[Ganon]]. The defeat of Onox lights the Flame of Destruction, and Twinrova kidnaps Zelda to sacrifice her. Link ventures forth into the [[Room of Rites]] and fights Twinrova, defeating her.Twinrova then sacrifices herself and Ganon is revived as a mindless beast, and defeated by Link. Afterwards, he returns with Zelda and the game ends with him on a raft heading for an unknown location.

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Link is the hero and main protagonist of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]'' and starts his adventure on [[Outset Island]]. Link's sister, [[Aryll]], is kidnapped by the [[Helmaroc King]] after it drops [[Tetra]] in the island's forest. Link rides along with Tetra and the pirates on their [[Pirate Ship]] until he is shot at the Helmaroc King's stronghold, [[Forsaken Fortress]]. Link is knocked away, but is saved by a talking boat called the [[King of Red Lions]], who offers to help Link save his sister. After getting the 3 Goddesses Pearls, Link goes underwater to a submerged Hyrule Castle. He pulls the Master Sword out, and goes back to confront the Helmaroc King. He defeats it and frees his sister, but learns the true evil is a man named Ganondorf, who was stopped by the Hero of Time in the past, but came back and caused the Great Flood that formed the [[Great Sea]]. The Master Sword, which was supposed to be able to defeat Ganondorf, has lost its power and Link is saved before he can be killed. Tetra is revealed to be Princess Zelda in disguise, and Link awakens the Earth and Wind Sages, who restore the Master Sword's power. Link recovers the broken-up Triforce of Courage and confronts Ganondorf again, this time with Zelda. Link and Zelda defeat Ganondorf, who is impaled through the forehead by the Master Sword and is turned to stone and dropped down to the bottom of the Great Sea. Link and Zelda, now back as Tetra, go in search of a new [[Hyrule]]. He has no true relation to the true "Hero" of Hyrule, yet the Wind Waker chose him.

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Link is a childhood friend of Princess Zelda and is brought with her to check the seal on the [[Four Sword]], which Zelda thinks may be weakening. [[Vaati]], the Wind Mage, breaks free from his imprisonment and kidnaps Zelda, intending to make her his bride. In order to save Zelda, Link draws the Four Sword and is split into four different colored copies of himself. He collects the keys from three different Great Fairies in order to go to Vaati's Palace of Winds and rescue Zelda. After a long fight with Vaati, Link seals him in the Four Sword once more, and returns with Zelda to the Sanctuary to return the blade to its resting place.

Strange occurences have happened recently in a fearful Hyrule. Zelda and the six maidens have reasons to believe that the cause of this forboding air is the weakening seal on Vaati, the Wind Mage. To verify their presumptions, the maidens open the portal to the Four Sword Sanctuary, the sealing place of Vaati. When they are successful, Shadow Link emerges from the portal and kidnaps the maidens. Link follows him back into the portal and finds the Four Sword waiting in its resting place. He draws it and in doing so splits into four. However, Vaati is released from his prison and starts to cover the world in darkness. It is now up to Link once again to stop Vaati from terrorizing Hyrule. But there seems to be a bigger threat behind the evil Wind Mage that is pulling all the strings...

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In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap|The Minish Cap]]'', Link is the grandson of Smith and a childhood friend of Princess Zelda. One notable trait is that he starts his quest without a cap.  

It so happens that the cap Vaati was wearing was Ezlo's invention, a cap able to grant wishes. The cap is purified by Zelda and she uses it to purify the lands of Hyrule. Ezlo, who was cursed by Vaati, returned into what he really was... a Picori. This year was special, as the door between the Picori and the big world was opened. But the door would soon close, and Ezlo must hurry if he wants to return to his people. However, before he left he created a parting gift for Link, a green cap. After remarking that it looked good on Link, Ezlo left.

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Link is the hero and main protagonist of ''Twilight Princess'', and is believed to be a direct descendant of the "Hero of Time" from ''Ocarina of Time''. He starts off as a rancher who lives in [[Ordon Village]]. He is dressed with a multi-colored shirt and pants, and sandals. He buys a [[Slingshot|slingshot]] and shows it off to the kids when a monkey comes and [[Malo]], [[Talo]], and [[Beth]] run after the monkey. Talo keeps running after the monkey, while Malo and Beth get left behind. Link has to find Talo and the monkey. After he saves Talo and the monkey he returns to Ordon Village. The next day he prepares to go off for [[Hyrule Castle]] to deliver a gift but [[Ilia]] notices a cut on Epona and yells at him. The land becomes covered in [[Twilight]] and Link is transformed into a wolf. He meets up with [[Midna]] in the [[Twilight Realm]] who becomes his partner for this game. Link meets the Twilight Princess and eventually returns to the light. Throughout the game, Link has to return the [[Tears of Light]] to the [[Light Spirit]]s, and go through three dungeons to get three [[Fused Shadow]]s. He then has to repair the [[Mirror of Twilight]]. Once he does, he has acces to the Twilight Realm]. He goes there to defeat [[Zant]] and save Hyrule Castle from the Twilight. He eventually goes on to confront his old nemesis, [[Ganon|Ganondorf]].

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Link is washed up on an island called [[Mercay Island]] where he meets [[Oshus]] and a fairy named [[Ciela]] who has lost her memory and becomes Link's partner for this game. To find the Ghost Ship and rescue Tetra, Link must travel the seas on a steamboat captained by [[Linebeck]]. Link must eventually confront [[Bellum]].

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''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|Spirit Tracks]]'' takes place centuries from where ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|Phantom Hourglass]]'' left off. In this game, Link is a young engineer who is going to Hyrule Castle to get the [[Engineer Certificate]] from Princess Zelda. He lives in [[Aboda Village]] with [[Niko]]. Link is first seen half-asleep as Niko relates the story of the war betweeen the spirit and [[Malladus]]. [[Alfonzo]], Link's mentor, then appears and makes Link get ready to receive his certificate.

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Link is the hero and main protagonist of ''Skyward Sword'', starting off the game as a young man living in [[Skyloft]], who attends the [[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 called [[Loftwing]]s that they use for transportation, but Link has a rare red Loftwing called a [[Crimson Loftwing]] 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 the [[Wing Ceremony]] conducted by [[Instructor Horwell]] and this allows him to win a prize from Zelda.

==Gallery==

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File:Link LA.png|Link's sprite from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]''

File:Link from Animated Series.png|Link from the Animated Series