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{{Specify|this=the character in Tears of the Kingdom|other=the town in The Adventure of Link|link=[[Town of Rauru]]|second=the character in Ocarina of Time|secondlink=[[Rauru (Ocarina of Time)]]}} | |||
{{Infobox|character | {{Infobox|character | ||
| image = | | name = Rauru | ||
| caption = | | image = [[File:Rauru - TotK Character Profile art.png|400px]] | ||
| title = | | caption = Rauru's character profile art from ''Tears of the Kingdom'' | ||
| race = | | title = Source of the Right Arm | ||
| gender = | | race = [[Zonai]] | ||
| gender = Male | |||
| occupation = | | occupation = | ||
| member = | | member = | ||
| game = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom|Tears of the Kingdom]]'' | | game = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom|Tears of the Kingdom]]'' | ||
| location = [[Great Sky Island]] | | location = [[Great Sky Island]] | ||
| quest = | | quest = | ||
| pointsint = | | pointsint = | ||
| item = | | item = | ||
| teaches = | | teaches = [[Ultrahand]]<br/>[[Fuse]]<br/>[[Ascend]] | ||
| shop = | | shop = | ||
| related = | | related = [[Sonia]] (wife)<br/>[[Mineru]] (older sister)<br/>[[Zelda (Breath of the Wild)#Tears of the Kingdom|Zelda]] (descendant)<br>[[Sacred Princess]] (descendant) | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Rauru''' is a character | '''Rauru''' is a character in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom|Tears of the Kingdom]]''. | ||
==''Tears of the Kingdom''== | ==''Tears of the Kingdom''== | ||
Rauru | {{quote|Someone who shares a name with the first king of Hyrule. He claims the strange arm Link finds himself with was once his. Before he disappeared, leaving more questions than answers, he also said that he'd learned of Link's existence from Princess Zelda.|In-game description}} | ||
"Long ago", Rauru filled the [[Shrine of Light|Shrines of Light]] with "light that purges evil." He left his right arm magically pinning down [[Ganon]]dorf's corpse [[Beneath Hyrule Castle]] long after he apparently died. | |||
When [[Link (Breath of the Wild)#Tears of the Kingdom|Link]] and [[Zelda (Breath of the Wild)#Tears of the Kingdom|Zelda]] travel Beneath Hyrule Castle searching for the source of the [[gloom]] affecting [[Hyrule]], they see the arm pinning Ganondorf down. When the arm falls, Ganondorf begins to revive, still corpse-like, and ravages Link's arm and health while shattering the [[Master Sword]], and mockingly notes that "Rauru placed his faith" in Link. | |||
When Zelda falls into the abyss, Link leaps after her, but sees her vanish; then is caught by the mysterious arm which had been pinning down Ganondorf's corpse. He awakens some time later, almost naked and his ravaged arm replaced with the arm which had saved him, to the sound of an unknown voice. | |||
The voice explains that it had heard a great deal about him from Zelda, and that he very nearly died. It replaced his arm because his original "was beyond saving". After Link leaves [[Room of Awakening|the room]], he leaps down to [[Great Sky Island]] and is pointed to the [[Temple of Time (Tears of the Kingdom)|Temple of Time]] there. When he reaches it, and uses his new arm on the door, he is denied entry, whereupon the voice tells him the "door will open only to those with sufficient power". | |||
Link spins to see a ghostly figure, who apologises for startling him and tells Link that his new right arm originally belonged to him. He identifies himself as Rauru, and states that he no longer has a physical form. He is surprised Link cannot open the door, as it should have been powerful enough, but apparently no longer is. He points Link to three Shrines of Light on Great Sky Island - [[Ukouh Shrine]], [[In-isa Shrine]] and [[Gutanbac Shrine]] - which should have the sacred light needed to restore the arm's power. | |||
When Link enters the first shrine, Rauru appears and explains that he filled them with the light, which can restore an ability Link's arm has lost. In each shrine in turn, he appears and uses the shrine's power to grant the arm an ability - [[Ultrahand]], [[Fuse]] and [[Ascend]] - and sends Link deeper to collect the [[Light of Blessing]] within. | |||
As Link travels across Great Sky Island, he meets Rauru's ghost in various places; musing on subjects such as how the [[Construct]]s mindlessly continue to perform their function even when all the reason for them to do so is gone, which disquiets him; the [[Time Bell]] of the [[Garden of Time]]; and the [[Zonai Device]]s they created. | |||
When Link collects three Lights of Blessing and enters the Temple of Time, he touches a tear-shaped statue and has a vision of Zelda, which grants him the [[Recall]] ability. Rauru appears and explains it; but cannot explain the vision of Zelda, nor where she has vanished to. When Link does not have the vitality to get through the back door of the Temple, he sends Link to the final shrine on the island - [[Nachoyah Shrine]] - to receive one more Light of Blessing, which he can offer to the Temple's [[Goddess Statue]] for more health. He also grants Link's [[Purah Pad]] the ability to [[warp]] to [[Travel Gate|travel gates]], and directs him to use it to travel back to the Room of Awakening and find the shrine there. | |||
After Link has collected the Light of Blessing, and exchanged the four for a [[Heart Container]] at the Goddess Statue, enabling him to pass through the door, Rauru appears to Link once more. He observes that Link is not yet fully recovered, but since he was "almost beyond saving", that's understandable and receiving the shrines' blessings has mitigated some of the corruption Ganondorf wreaked upon him. | |||
He then bids Link farewell, noting he was so happy to finally meet Link, and that he was "exactly as Zelda said." Saying he's done everything he can for Zelda, he tells Link it's up to him now, and his ghost dissolves into specks of light. | |||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery widths=160 heights=90> | |||
File:Rauru Source of the Right Arm - TotK.jpg | |||
File:Rauru Sitting - TotK.jpg | |||
File:Rauru Fades Away - TotK.jpg|Rauru fades away | |||
File:TotK_Rauru_Character_Profile.jpg|Rauru's Character Profile | |||
</gallery> | |||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
{{Cat|Tears of the Kingdom Characters}} | {{Cat|Tears of the Kingdom Key Characters}} | ||