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{{Character
:''Not to be confused with {{Term|Series|Goron Link|link}}, the transformation of the Hero of Time in {{MM|-}}.''
|name = Link
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|image = [[File:MM Link-goro(Walking).png|220px]]
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|caption= Link the Goron in ''Majora's Mask''
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|race = [[Goron]]
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|Model OoT3D= File:OoT3D Link (Goron) Model.png
|Model MM= File:MM Link (Goron) Model.png
|Model MM3D= File:MM3D Link (Goron) Model.png
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|pronunciation=
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{{Infobox Game Blocks
|OoT= Hero of the Gorons<ref name="OoT Hero">{{Cite|How could you do this to me? You, you're Ganondorf's servant! Hear my name and tremble! I am Link! Hero of the Gorons!|Link (Goron)|OoT}}</ref>
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|race = {{Term|Series|Goron|link}}
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|game = {{OoT}}<br>{{MM}}
|game = OoT, MM
|era = [[Zelda Timeline#The Era of the Hero of Time|Era of the Hero of Time]]
|era = {{Term|Series|Era of the Hero of Time|link}}
|family = [[Darunia]] <small>(father)</small>{{Exp|Ocarina of Time}}
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:''Not to be confused with [[Goron Link]], the transformation caused by the Goron Mask.
{{Term/Store|Link||Series, OoT, OoT3D, MM, MM3D}} is a recurring character in {{TLoZ|Series}}.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 238 {{Exp Game|OoT}} & 245 {{Exp Game|MM}}}}</ref>{{Note|In reality, the {{Term|MM3D|Goron}}'s name matches whatever the player chooses as the hero {{Term|MM3D|Link}}'s name.}} In {{OoT|-}}, the {{Term|OoT3D|Goron|link}} chief {{Term|OoT3D|Darunia|link}} names his son after {{Term|OoT3D|Link|link}}, the {{Term|OoT3D|Hero of Time|link}}. In {{MM|-}}, {{Term|MM3D|Link (Goron)}} the {{Term|MM3D|Goron}} and the {{Term|MM3D|Hero of Time}} share their name by coincidence. {{Term|MM3D|Link}} can exploit this to claim the {{Term|MM3D|Goron}}'s reservation at the {{Term|MM3D|Stock Pot Inn|link}}.
In both {{OOT}} and {{MM}}, there is a [[Goron]] who share their names with the [[Link|Hero of Time]].<ref group=note>This article refers to these two Gorons as '''Link'''. In reality, the Gorons share whatever name the player chooses for the protagonist.</ref> In ''Ocarina of Time'', [[Darunia]]'s son is named after the young hero after he expelled the [[Dodongo]]s from [[Dodongo's Cavern]]. In ''Majora's Mask'', an unrelated traveling Goron also shares Link's name. The young hero can use this coincidence to swindle the Goron out of his reservation at the [[Stock Pot Inn]].
 
==Biography==
==={{OoT|-}}===
In {{OoT}}, [[Darunia]]'s son Link is born sometime during the [[Link|Hero of Time]]'s long seven-year sleep.<ref>{{Cite|My dad is Darunia...|Link (Goron)|OoT}}</ref> Darunia names his son after the hero, who before falling into his  sleep had saved the [[Goron]]s by chasing off the [[Dodongo]]s that had taken possession of [[Dodongo's Cavern]],<ref>{{Cite|Dad named me Link after you, because you're so brave!|Link (Goron)|OoT}}</ref> the Gorons' chief source of nourishment. After the Hero of Time awakens, he returns to [[Goron City]] in his search for the [[Fire Medallion]] and finds it entirely devoid of Gorons, save for the young Goron Link. When they first meet, Link the Goron is afraid the green-clad [[Hylian]] is one of [[Ganondorf]]'s servants, and defiantly continues to roll around the city to avoid being captured.<ref>{{Cite|I won't let you get me! You probably work for Ganondorf!|Link (Goron)|OoT}}</ref> The hero stops the Goron with a well-placed [[Bomb]].<ref name="OoT Hero"/> Upon learning the hero's name, Link the Goron realizes that the Hylian is the hero his father had told him about.<ref>{{Cite|What? Your name is also Link? Then you must be the legendary Dodongo Buster and Hero, Link!|Link (Goron)|OoT}}</ref> Knowing only his namesake could accomplish the task, he asks the hero to save Darunia and the other Gorons, who have been imprisoned at the {{Term|OoT3D|Fire Temple|link}} by Ganondorf and threatened to be fed to [[Volvagia]].<ref>{{Cite|Dad told me not to let anybody follow him to the temple, but... Only you, Link, can save everyone! I'm sure that the shop owner, who is hiding somewhere right now, will also help you! Now, I'll tell you about the secret passage to the Fire Temple!|Link (Goron)|OoT}}</ref> He helps the hero by informing him of Volvagia's weakness to the [[Megaton Hammer]],<ref>{{Cite|A long time ago there was an evil dragon named Volvagia living in this mountain. That dragon was very scary! He ate Gorons! Using a huge hammer, the hero of the Gorons... BOOOM! Destroyed it just like that. This is a myth from long ago, but it's true! I know, because my dad is a descendant of the hero!|Link (Goron)|OoT}}</ref> giving him the [[Goron Tunic]],<ref>{{Cite|Please help, Link! I'll give you this heat-resistant tunic!|Link (Goron)|OoT}}</ref> and revealing the secret entrance into [[Death Mountain]].<ref>{{Cite|Try to move the statue inside Dad's room!|Link (Goron)|OoT}}</ref>
 
==={{MM|-}}===
In {{MM}}, a travelling Goron named Link, unrelated to the Goron in {{OoT|-}}, visits [[East Clock Town]] on the [[First Day]] at 3:00 PM. He has a reservation at the [[Stock Pot Inn]] which he attempts to claim at 4:10 PM.<ref>{{Cite|I should have a reservation-goro. The name is Link. Don't you have it-goro?|Link (Goron)|MM}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Mr. Link. Ah! I do have your reservation. Your room is our "Knife Chamber" on the second floor. This is your room key.|Anju|MM}}</ref> If he gets the room, he goes into the Knife Chamber and is not seen again. However, Link the hero can claim the reservation for himself by speaking to [[Anju]] first, between 1:50 PM and 4:10 PM, assuming he had not spoken to her before this time.<ref>{{Cite|You do have a reservation? That's good... Mr. Link, is it? One moment, please. Mr. Link, I have you down for an afternoon arrival. Your room is our "Knife Chamber" on the second floor. Here is your key.|Anju|MM}}</ref> He can do so because the reservation is under his name and [[Anju]] tends to forget the faces of customers.<ref>{{Cite|Umm...Are you...staying the night? Oh my! I wonder...Did I by chance ask you the same thing earlier? My mother is always telling me to remember our customer's faces, but I tend to forget them...|Anju|MM}}</ref> In {{MM3D}}, Link must talk to Anju in his [[Goron Link|Goron form]] to claim the reservation. The ruse is not discovered because of the Goron's habit of suffixing his sentences with "goro,"<ref>{{Cite|I made a reservation... The name is Link-goro!|Link (Goron)|MM}}</ref> which confuses Anju.<ref>{{Cite|Mr. Link-goro? I don't have a reservation under that name. There is one close to that, but...|Anju|MM}}</ref>
 
If Link the Hero of Time claims the room before Link the Goron, the latter will not protest to Anju and decide to sleep outside instead.<ref>{{Cite|What?!? Really-goro? Well, it's nice weather, so I'll just sleep outside-goro.|Link (Goron)|MM}}</ref> He falls asleep just outside Stock Pot Inn as night falls on the First Day, at 6:00 PM. During the night, he talks in his sleep of a dampness in the wind, predicting the rain that comes down on [[Clock Town]] on the [[Second Day]].<ref>{{Cite|The wind has gotten damp-goro... Tomorrow is rain-goro...|Link (Goron)|MM}}</ref> Upon the Dawn of the Second Day, the disadvantaged Goron has left<!-- "has left" instead of "leaves" because you don't actually see him leave. --> town and is not seen again.
 
====Schedule====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Time
! Location
! Activity
! Condition
|-
!colspan="4"|Dawn of the First Day
|-
|style="text-align:center"| 3:20 PM
|style="text-align:center"| East Clock Town
|style="text-align:left"  | Enters Clock Town, heads to Stock Pot Inn.
|style="text-align:center"| —
|-
|style="text-align:center"| 4:10 PM
|style="text-align:center"| Stock Pot Inn Lobby
|style="text-align:left"  | Speaks to Anju.
|style="text-align:center"| —
|-
|style="text-align:center"| 4:30 PM
|style="text-align:center"| Stock Pot Inn
|style="text-align:left"  | Leaves to enter the Knife Chamber.
|style="text-align:left"  | Link does not have the Room Key.
|-
|style="text-align:center"| 4:30 PM
|style="text-align:center"| Stock Pot Inn
|style="text-align:left"  | Leaves the Stock Pot Inn to sleep outside.
|style="text-align:left"  | Link has the Room Key.
|-
|style="text-align:center"| 4:50 PM
|style="text-align:center"| Knife Chamber
|style="text-align:left"  | Enters Knife Chamber and is not seen again.
|style="text-align:left"  | Link does not have the Room Key.
|-
!colspan="4"|Night of the First Day
|-
|style="text-align:center"| 6:00 PM
|style="text-align:center"| East Clock Town
|style="text-align:left"  | Falls asleep in the streets outside Stock Pot Inn.
|style="text-align:left"  | Link has the Room Key.
|-
!colspan="4"|Dawn of the Second Day
|-
|style="text-align:center"| 6:00 AM
|style="text-align:center"| East Clock Town
|style="text-align:left"  | Leaves Clock Town and is not seen again.
|style="text-align:left"  | Link has the Room Key.
|}


==Appearances==
==Trivia==
===''Ocarina of Time''===
*Unlike most {{Plural|MM3D|Goron}} in {{MM}}, {{Term|MM3D|Link (Goron)}} the {{Term|MM3D|Goron}} will not be put to sleep by the "{{Term|MM3D|Goron Lullaby|link}}".
Link is the son of [[Darunia]] in {{OoT}}.<ref name=Quote1>{{cite|My dad is Darunia...|Link (Goron)|OoT}}</ref> He was born sometime during [[Link]]'s seven year long sleep. Darunia named him after the original Link<ref>{{cite|Dad named me Link after you, because you're so brave!|Link (Goron)|OoT}}</ref> who saved the [[Goron]]s by chasing off the [[Dodongo]]s which had taken possession of [[Dodongo's Cavern]], the place that the Gorons used as their chief source of nourishment. The Hero of Time met Link at [[Goron City]] during his quest to awaken the [[Sage]]s. At first, Link thought that the green-clad [[Hylian]] was one of [[Ganon]]'s servants and as such kept rolling around the city in order to not get captured.<ref>{{cite|I won't let you get me! You probably work for Ganondorf!|Link (Goron)|OoT}}</ref> However, the Hero of Time managed to stop the Goron child.<ref>{{cite|How could you do this to me? You, you're Ganondorf's servant! Hear my name and tremble! I am Link! Hero of the Gorons!|Link (Goron)|OoT}}</ref> Upon learning the hero's name, Link realized that the former was in fact the hero his father had told him so much about.<ref>{{cite|What? Your name is also Link? Then you must be the legendary Dodongo Buster and Hero, Link!|Link (Goron)|OoT}}</ref> As such, he asked the hero to save Darunia and the other Gorons, knowing only he could accomplish that task.<ref>{{cite|Dad told me not to let anybody follow him to the temple, but... Only you, Link, can save everyone! I'm sure that the shop owner, who is hiding somewhere right now, will also help you! Now, I'll tell you about the secret passage to the Fire Temple!|Link (Goron)|OoT}}</ref> Link helped the hero by providing him information on [[Volvagia|Volvagia's]] weakness,<ref>{{cite|A long time ago there was an evil dragon named Volvagia living in this mountain. That dragon was very scary! He ate Gorons! Using a huge hammer, the hero of the Gorons... BOOOM! Destroyed it just like that. This is a myth from long ago, but it's true! I know, because my dad is a descendant of the hero!|Link (Goron)|OoT}}</ref> giving him the [[Goron Tunic]],<ref>{{cite|Please help, Link! I'll give you this heat-resistant tunic!|Link (Goron)|OoT}}</ref> and telling him the secret entrance into [[Death Mountain]].<ref>{{cite|Try to move the statue inside Dad's room!|Link (Goron)|OoT}}</ref>


===''Majora's Mask''===
==Nomenclature==
[[File:Link..goro.jpg|thumb|left|Link the Goron sleeping outside after Link the Hero takes his room]]
{{Nomenclature}}
In {{MM}}, another Goron named Link appears. He can only be seen on the [[First Day]], from noon until night, in [[Clock Town]]. Link has a reservation at the [[Stock Pot Inn]] which he claims at four.<ref>{{cite|I should have a reservation-goro. The name is Link. Don't you have it-goro?|Link (Goron)|MM}}</ref><ref>{{cite|Mr. Link. Ah! I do have your reservation. Your room is our "Knife Chamber" on the second floor. This is your room key.|[[Anju]]|MM}}</ref> If he claims the room, he will go there, and the hero won't see him anymore. However, the Hero of Time can claim this room before he does and receive the [[Room Key]],<ref>{{cite|You do have a reservation? That's good... Mr. Link, is it? One moment, please. Mr. Link, I have you down for an afternoon arrival. Your room is our "Knife Chamber" on the second floor. Here is your key.|Anju|MM}}</ref> due to having the same name and [[Anju]] not being able to remember the faces of the customers.<ref>{{cite|Umm...Are you...staying the night? Oh my! I wonder...Did I by chance ask you the same thing earlier? My mother is always telling me to remember our customer's faces, but I tend to forget them...|[[Anju]]|MM}}</ref> The mix-up is not discovered, because of Link's tendency to put "goro" at the end of his sentences,<ref>{{cite|I made a reservation... The name is Link-goro!|Link (Goron)|MM}}</ref> which confuses Anju.<ref>{{cite|Mr. Link-goro? I don't have a reservation under that name. There is one close to that, but...|Anju|MM}}</ref> If the hero claimed the room before Link did, the latter will decide to sleep outside.<ref>{{cite|What?!? Really-goro? Well, it's nice weather, so I'll just sleep outside-goro.|Link (Goron)|MM}}</ref>
{{clear}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:MM Goron-Link (Sleeping).png|Link sleeping in ''Majora's Mask''
File:MM Link (Goron) Sleeping Model.png|{{Term|MM|Link (Goron)}} the {{Term|MM|Goron}} sleeping from {{MM|-}}
File:MM3D Anju and Link (Goron).png|{{Term|MM3D|Link (Goron)}} speaking to {{Term|MM3D|Anju}} from {{MM3D|-}}
File:MM3D Link (Goron) Sleeping.png|{{Term|MM|Link (Goron)}} sleeping from {{MM3D|-}}
</gallery>
</gallery>


==See also==
==See Also==
*[[Link (Pig)]]
* {{Term|Series|Link (Pig)|link|display=Link (Pig)}}


==Notes==
{{Notes}}
<references group=note/>


==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:24, 13 August 2023

Not to be confused with Goron Link, the transformation of the Hero of Time in Majora's Mask.

Link is a recurring character in The Legend of Zelda series.[2][note 1] In Ocarina of Time, the Goron chief Darunia names his son after Link, the Hero of Time. In Majora's Mask, Link the Goron and the Hero of Time share their name by coincidence. Link can exploit this to claim the Goron's reservation at the Stock Pot Inn.

Biography

Ocarina of Time

In Ocarina of Time, Darunia's son Link is born sometime during the Hero of Time's long seven-year sleep.[3] Darunia names his son after the hero, who before falling into his sleep had saved the Gorons by chasing off the Dodongos that had taken possession of Dodongo's Cavern,[4] the Gorons' chief source of nourishment. After the Hero of Time awakens, he returns to Goron City in his search for the Fire Medallion and finds it entirely devoid of Gorons, save for the young Goron Link. When they first meet, Link the Goron is afraid the green-clad Hylian is one of Ganondorf's servants, and defiantly continues to roll around the city to avoid being captured.[5] The hero stops the Goron with a well-placed Bomb.[1] Upon learning the hero's name, Link the Goron realizes that the Hylian is the hero his father had told him about.[6] Knowing only his namesake could accomplish the task, he asks the hero to save Darunia and the other Gorons, who have been imprisoned at the Fire Temple by Ganondorf and threatened to be fed to Volvagia.[7] He helps the hero by informing him of Volvagia's weakness to the Megaton Hammer,[8] giving him the Goron Tunic,[9] and revealing the secret entrance into Death Mountain.[10]

Majora's Mask

In Majora's Mask, a travelling Goron named Link, unrelated to the Goron in Ocarina of Time, visits East Clock Town on the First Day at 3:00 PM. He has a reservation at the Stock Pot Inn which he attempts to claim at 4:10 PM.[11][12] If he gets the room, he goes into the Knife Chamber and is not seen again. However, Link the hero can claim the reservation for himself by speaking to Anju first, between 1:50 PM and 4:10 PM, assuming he had not spoken to her before this time.[13] He can do so because the reservation is under his name and Anju tends to forget the faces of customers.[14] In Majora's Mask 3D, Link must talk to Anju in his Goron form to claim the reservation. The ruse is not discovered because of the Goron's habit of suffixing his sentences with "goro,"[15] which confuses Anju.[16]

If Link the Hero of Time claims the room before Link the Goron, the latter will not protest to Anju and decide to sleep outside instead.[17] He falls asleep just outside Stock Pot Inn as night falls on the First Day, at 6:00 PM. During the night, he talks in his sleep of a dampness in the wind, predicting the rain that comes down on Clock Town on the Second Day.[18] Upon the Dawn of the Second Day, the disadvantaged Goron has left town and is not seen again.

Schedule

Time Location Activity Condition
Dawn of the First Day
3:20 PM East Clock Town Enters Clock Town, heads to Stock Pot Inn. —
4:10 PM Stock Pot Inn Lobby Speaks to Anju. —
4:30 PM Stock Pot Inn Leaves to enter the Knife Chamber. Link does not have the Room Key.
4:30 PM Stock Pot Inn Leaves the Stock Pot Inn to sleep outside. Link has the Room Key.
4:50 PM Knife Chamber Enters Knife Chamber and is not seen again. Link does not have the Room Key.
Night of the First Day
6:00 PM East Clock Town Falls asleep in the streets outside Stock Pot Inn. Link has the Room Key.
Dawn of the Second Day
6:00 AM East Clock Town Leaves Clock Town and is not seen again. Link has the Room Key.

Trivia

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
LanguageNamesMeanings
Japan
Japanese
ゴロンキッド (Goron Kiddo) (OoT)[22]Goron Kid
The French Republic
FrenchEU
Link (OoT | MM3D)[23][24]
The Italian Republic
Italian
  •  
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Gallery

  • Link the Goron sleeping from Majora's Mask

    Link the Goron sleeping from Majora's Mask

  • Link speaking to Anju from Majora's Mask 3D

    Link speaking to Anju from Majora's Mask 3D

  • Link sleeping from Majora's Mask 3D

    Link sleeping from Majora's Mask 3D

See Also

Notes

  1. ↑ In reality, the Goron's name matches whatever the player chooses as the hero Link's name.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "How could you do this to me? You, you're Ganondorf's servant! Hear my name and tremble! I am Link! Hero of the Gorons!" — Link (Ocarina of Time)
  2. ↑ Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 238 (OoT) & 245 (MM)
  3. ↑ "My dad is Darunia..." — Link (Ocarina of Time)
  4. ↑ "Dad named me Link after you, because you're so brave!" — Link (Ocarina of Time)
  5. ↑ "I won't let you get me! You probably work for Ganondorf!" — Link (Ocarina of Time)
  6. ↑ "What? Your name is also Link? Then you must be the legendary Dodongo Buster and Hero, Link!" — Link (Ocarina of Time)
  7. ↑ "Dad told me not to let anybody follow him to the temple, but... Only you, Link, can save everyone! I'm sure that the shop owner, who is hiding somewhere right now, will also help you! Now, I'll tell you about the secret passage to the Fire Temple!" — Link (Ocarina of Time)
  8. ↑ "A long time ago there was an evil dragon named Volvagia living in this mountain. That dragon was very scary! He ate Gorons! Using a huge hammer, the hero of the Gorons... BOOOM! Destroyed it just like that. This is a myth from long ago, but it's true! I know, because my dad is a descendant of the hero!" — Link (Ocarina of Time)
  9. ↑ "Please help, Link! I'll give you this heat-resistant tunic!" — Link (Ocarina of Time)
  10. ↑ "Try to move the statue inside Dad's room!" — Link (Ocarina of Time)
  11. ↑ "I should have a reservation-goro. The name is Link. Don't you have it-goro?" — Link (Majora's Mask)
  12. ↑ "Mr. Link. Ah! I do have your reservation. Your room is our "Knife Chamber" on the second floor. This is your room key." — Anju (Majora's Mask)
  13. ↑ "You do have a reservation? That's good... Mr. Link, is it? One moment, please. Mr. Link, I have you down for an afternoon arrival. Your room is our "Knife Chamber" on the second floor. Here is your key." — Anju (Majora's Mask)
  14. ↑ "Umm...Are you...staying the night? Oh my! I wonder...Did I by chance ask you the same thing earlier? My mother is always telling me to remember our customer's faces, but I tend to forget them..." — Anju (Majora's Mask)
  15. ↑ "I made a reservation... The name is Link-goro!" — Link (Majora's Mask)
  16. ↑ "Mr. Link-goro? I don't have a reservation under that name. There is one close to that, but..." — Anju (Majora's Mask)
  17. ↑ "What?!? Really-goro? Well, it's nice weather, so I'll just sleep outside-goro." — Link (Majora's Mask)
  18. ↑ "The wind has gotten damp-goro... Tomorrow is rain-goro..." — Link (Majora's Mask)
  19. ↑ "Sembra che un Goron di nome Link si sia fermato alla Locanda della Pignatta." — Bombers' Notebook (Majora's Mask 3D, Italian localization)
  20. ↑ Enciclopedia di Hyrule, Magazzini Salani, pg. 238
  21. ↑ Enciclopedia di Hyrule, Magazzini Salani, pg. 245
  22. ↑ Nintendo Official Guidebook—The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Shogakukan, pg. 141
  23. ↑ Encyclopedia, Les Éditions Soleil, pg. 238
  24. ↑ Encyclopedia, Les Éditions Soleil, pg. 245
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