Characters in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

This article is about fictional characters from the video game The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for the Nintendo 64.

The game's setting, Termina, is a parallel universe version of Hyrule, and many of these characters are dopplegangers of characters from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, since the game was made using a version of the Ocarina of Time engine, and a number of the character models were reused.

Main characters

Link

Main article: Link (The Legend of Zelda)

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Link, as he appears in official art for Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask.

The protagonist. The Link of Majora's Mask is the "Hero of Time" from Ocarina of Time. At the end of that game, he was sent back in time to relive the years of his childhood he had lost, and he is now on an adventure to find a missing friend, generally believed to be Navi. Robbed by the Skull Kid, who turns him into a Deku Scrub, Link is drawn into the parallel world of Termina, where he must track down his stolen possessions, change himself back, and save the people of that world from a cataclysmic event using his power over time.

The Link in this game has the ability of wearing different masks to assume the form of others whom he has "healed" with the Song of Healing.

Coincidentally, a Goron tourist with the same name as Link enters the town on the first day and makes a reservation at the Stock Pot Inn. The player can claim the reservation as their own, in which case the Goron is forced to sleep outside. Some people could consider that this Goron may be the alternate form of the young Goron in Ocarina of Time, also named Link by his father, Darunia. Because it's an alternative dimension, the young Goron may be an adult in Termina.

After obtaining every mask in the game, Link can trade them all away before the final battle for possession of the mighty "Fierce Deity" mask, and becomes Fierce Deity Link. Though considered non-canonical by some fans, it is said in the manga that the Fierce Deity was an overwhelmingly powerful god or spirit who relished in battle, and his essence was compounded into a mask. Link becomes older when donning the mask, and significantly darker and more violent. He also becomes very tall, even in comparison with most of the adult characters in the game. The Mask, however, is only usable inside boss battles, except for a glitch exploited in the original copy of the game.

Majora's Mask

Majora's Mask (ムジュラの仮面, Mujura no Kamen), also known as Majora, is the title character, primary antagonist and final boss in the game.

In ancient times, the mask was worshiped by an ancient tribe who used it in rituals involving the casting of hexes and curses, until they finally sealed it away from the world in the hopes that its evil power would not be unleashed ever again when the mask became out of control and bestowed such evil power. By the time Link begins his journey, this tribe has faded into legend. Not long before the game's story, the mask was briefly in the possession of the Happy Mask Salesman; however, an imp known as Skull Kid steals the mask and wears it. From that point, the Mask begins to corrupt Skull Kid's mind and wishes, which eventually results in Skull Kid wishing for the Moon to abandon its orbit and crash into his world, a doomsday the player must prevent.

Majora is different from most Zelda villains. While most Zelda villains, like Ganon, commit evil acts out of a lust for power, Majora torments people just for his own personal amusement. Majora's Mask also seems to be related with the Fierce Deity. When suggesting to play a game of tag in the Moon, "good guys against bad guys", if Link has given all of his masks to the other four children of the moon, the child wearing Majora's Mask offers Link the Fierce Deity's Mask in order to become the true "bad guy". This could imply that Majora actually believes himself to be the good guy, and thinks of Link as a villain. It could also mean that the original Fierce Deity was in some way the Mask's rival.

The origin of the mask was only mentioned once in the game, in an explanation from the Happy Mask Salesman. After finding out that Link's first attempt at recovering the Mask from the thief failed, he tells Link that Majora's Mask is an accursed item from legend, said to have been used by an ancient tribe in its hexing rituals. The Mask grants its wielder's wishes, but possesses them with an evil, apocalyptic power. According to this legend, the troubles caused by Majora's Mask were so great that the ancient ones, fearing catastrophe, "sealed the Mask in shadow forever", preventing its misuse. But by the time of Majora's Mask, the legendary tribe had vanished, and thus any other information about the origin and true nature of the Mask was lost.

Being trapped in the shadow makes it unknown how the Happy Mask Salesman obtained it; although eventually, Skull Kid and his fairy sibling companions Tatl and Tael managed to ambush him and steal it. Skull Kid began to wear the Mask, and eventually, it possessed his wishes, weakened his inhibitions and brought out his repressed feelings, such as anger and loneliness. By the beginning of the game, Skull Kid has already used the Mask to cause trouble in Termina, from small evils such as turning Kafei, a soon-to-marry young man, into a child, to greater destructive actions, like sealing the Four Giants, Termina's protectors, behind Masks, and causing sudden weather and geographical changes that threaten to kill the many Terminian races.

The manga by Akira Himekawa, although not by official Nintendo authors, provides a side story that attempts to explain the origin of the Mask. The Mask is revealed to be an ancient and dangerous artifact made from the body armor of a legendary beast, Majora. According to a myth devised "by the humans themselves," the beast's armor was supposed to grant wishes and hold a great and terrible power. Nevertheless, all who approached Majora, warriors, men and women alike, even with good intentions, were devoured without remorse by the beast. After centuries of a woeful and solitary existence, a being disguised as a human musician (resembling the Fierce Deity) approached Majora, and offered it eternal rest, not by fighting, but by playing music. Majora happily began to dance, but in the end died of exhaustion after three days of agony. The musician removed the armor's body parts from Majora, and from them he carved Majora's Mask, attempting to bring an end to the solitude of the beast and the fear and ambition of the people.

Somehow, Majora's Mask ended up in the hands of early Terminian tribes, and became known as the Mask of the Devil. Majora's Mask gained its power from the evil desires that people had in their minds as they were devoured by the beast, or when they cast the hexes when the armor was made into the mask. As it passed from member to member in the tribe it accumulated its power until it was too much to control. The tribe died out, but the mask still rested in darkness, until the Happy Mask Salesman recovered it after a long search. In the end of this story, the Mask's wish-granting power is destroyed, but the reasons behind its apocalypse and the motivation behind the Salesman's quest for it are never revealed. In the Manga, Majora's Mask has more of a personality, where seemed playful, but still evil and psychotic, since its ideas of fun were twisted and consisted playing with the lives of others, and it feels no remorse for its actions.

Skull Kid

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The Skull Kid, wearing Majora's Mask.

Skull Kid is one of the main antagonists in the storyline of Majora's Mask. He is somewhat of a bully and plays tricks, and has few friends. He met Tatl and Tael while taking shelter from rain once, and quickly became friends with them. He continued to play tricks, eventually scaring the Happy Mask Salesman. Looking through his masks, he stole his favorite, the cursed artifact, "Majora's Mask". The mask took at least some degree of control over him as his mischief turned to outright malevolence. Under its influence and with the help of the mask's power, he cursed many people in Termina (including Link), sealed away the Four Giants and cursed the moon, causing it to crash into Termina within three days. Link eventually summons the Four Giants, who catch the moon just before it hits Termina, causing the Skull Kid to collapse due to the great emotional surge combined with the Mask's attempt to keep control. At the end of the game, after the mask has been sealed again, the Skull Kid regains his friendship with the Giants. The Skull Kid also sniffs Link and tells him "You smell like the fairy kid who taught me that song in the woods" (Saria's Song) indicating he is indeed the same Skull Kid whom Link gave the Skull Mask to in Ocarina of Time.

His appearance revolves around his dark, bark-colored skin and glowing orange eyes. The rest of his face is obscure, save for a beak-like appendage. One description says that Skull Kid is unhappy "not to have a face". There is more than one Skull Kid in the Lost Woods, but only one is featured in Majora's Mask.

Happy Mask Salesman

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Happy Mask Salesman

Link met the Happy Mask Salesman in Hyrule, where he had set up shop in Hyrule Castle Market. Having learned the legends of the ancient Terminans and uncovered information about Majora's Mask, he set out to find it and adds it to his collection. On his way back to Hyrule he was confronted by the Skull Kid, who knocked him out and stole Majora's Mask. He encounters Link, though it is unclear whether or not he recognized him, and employs him to retrieve Majora's Mask.

There is more to this character than meets the eye. His facial expressions do not gradually change, but rather flash into a new emotion as if he were swapping masks, he also flashes from one position or gesture to the next, however he moves in a normal manner between these "flashes". The five children on the moon all have an identical hair style and skull structure. One of the children even comments "Are you going to be a mask salesman too?" This character also mysteriously vanishes when walking away from Link and the Skull Kid. It is unknown what his tie to the mask really is because of these oddities and his desire for having it so badly.

The salesman teaches Link the Song of Healing, playing a large organ (which seemingly appears from nowhere), though only three notes are used for the song.

On the Salesman's pack are masks resembling Mario, Darth Maul, Doctor Doom, the face on the Mirror Shield, the face that is shown on the mayor's chair, but with a frown , a sad Elvis Presley, a character that resembles a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, and a Snifit.

Tatl and Tael

Tatl and Tael are siblings, the fairy companions of the Skull Kid. Tatl is female and glows with a light yellow color, while Tael is male (one of the only clearly male fairies in the series to date, the other being Leaf from Phantom Hourglass) and glows with a dark purple color. Early in the game, Tatl is separated from her brother and must grudgingly team with Link in order to reunite with him. Her personality sharply contrasts with that of Link's previous fairy companion, Navi, as Tatl is rather impatient and condescending towards Link throughout the game, ridiculing him for not knowing past enemies from Ocarina of Time, though by the end she seems to have warmed up to him, crying when he has to leave. The two fairies' names are a play on "tattletale", hinting at their childish natures and also explaining Tatl's function of "telling on" the bad guys, telling Link their secrets and weaknesses (though Tatl will sometimes admit that she has no idea how to deal with certain creatures) as well as Tael revealing that the Four Giants are needed in order to stop Skull Kid. In Japan they are known as Chat and Trail (チャットとトレイル, Chatto to Toreiru). Early direct translations from the Japanese were used by importers to discuss the characters before the North American version became available.

Darmani

Darmani is a Goron warrior who fell and died in a quest to end the unnaturally long winter in Goron Village: in traveling to the Snowhead Temple, he was blown off the narrow path by the concealed Biggoron and into the valley below. His spirit was visited by the owl Kaepora Gaebora, who told him that he will be visited by a magic-user who is able to see his ghost—Link. Darmani guides Link to his grave site, where he tells his story. He then asks Link if Link can use his magic to bring him back to life, but realizing that Link does not possess that power, he asks that Link soothe his spirit, broken for not being able to save his people from the fatal winter. Link plays the Song of Healing to soothe Darmani's spirit, and obtains the Goron Mask, which Link can use to take Darmani's form. While in this form, the Ocarina of Time becomes a quintet of marching drums known as the Goron Drums. Link's standard green cap and tunic are assumed into his Goron visage while wearing the mask; however, to all others he appears to look exactly like Darmani. When Link plays the Elegy of Emptiness in Goron form, the Goron statue left behind has a gigantic scar on its belly.

Darmani was a fairly accomplished Goron racer, and the personal hero of the Goron Elder's son when he was alive. He seems to have had a close relationship with the Goron Elder and his son—the Elder explained that he used to play the Goron's Lullaby for Darmani when he was younger, hinting that the Goron Elder is also his father and that the Goron Elder's son is his younger brother. The Goron Elder reveals to Link, while in Goron form, that it was his wish for Darmani to inherit his position of patriarch.

Mikau

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Link, in his Zora form, plays a fish skeleton guitar.

Mikau is the guitarist of The Indigo-Go's, and often holds jam sessions with fellow band member Japas. Mikau is covered in many tattoos, which no other Zora seems to have. His guitar is made from the skeleton of a large fish. Link first encounters Mikau when he sees the guitarist floating in the ocean, on the verge of death from attempting to rescue Lulu's eggs from the Gerudo pirates. When Link brings the wounded Mikau to shore, Mikau gets to his feet and in a rather humorous manner tells Link what happened to him by playing a song and singing, collapsing afterwards. Link must play the "Song of Healing" to free Mikau's spirit of his troubles and obtain the Zora Mask, which Link can use to take Mikau's form.

It is hinted that Mikau was romantically involved with Lulu, and could perhaps be the father of her children, as she initially doesn't want to tell him that the Gerudo pirates took her eggs. In the end credits, there is a scene where Mikau is performing with the rest of the band. Whether this is the real Mikau returned to life or Link taking his form is unknown, but seeing as though this Mikau has no tattoos and is wearing green, we can safely assume this is Link. The Jackson Guitar company produced a limited number of special guitars that were upscaled, usable, 7-string electric instruments modeled after Mikau's Fish-Bone Guitar. The instrument is said to be worth more than $20,000 and is referred to as the Zoraxe. In 2001, the guitar, then referred to be "one of a kind", was also the grand prize in a Nintendo Power sweepstakes.

Bombers' Notebook characters

These are characters that are automatically placed into the Bombers' Notebook once Link receives the notebook from them and talks to each of the following characters. These characters require Link to do certain tasks for them in order for Link to fill up his Notebook or when he interacts with them in certain ways and they give out certain rewards for his efforts.

Bombers Secret Society of Justice

A group of young boys, lead by a boy named Jim, who are out to help the people of Clock Town. There are six members, one of whom guards the entrance to the Astral Observatory, which they use as a hideout. As a Deku Scrub, Link must play hide and seek and find five of them in order to get the password to their secret base (a similar game of hide and seek is played with the Killer Bee Gang in The Wind Waker). Once Link learns the password, he can use it to easily join their club (after going back in time and regaining his human form). They then give him the Bomber's Notebook, which can be used to catalog items, people and events. Jim reveals that they once had a non-human member and that they regret ever having him. It is implied, though not confirmed, that this non-human member is actually the Skull Kid. The Astronomer at the Observatory also tells Link that Kafei was once part of the Bombers.

The members of the Bombers all look nearly identical to the boy in Ocarina of Time who impersonates Dampé and buys the Spooky Mask from Link.

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An emaciated hand that reaches out of the Stock Pot Inn's squatting toilet is simply referred to as ??? and demands only a piece of paper (presumably to use it as toilet paper) in exchange for a Piece of Heart. This mysterious hand also makes an appearance in Oracle of Ages, in the past-times of Labrynna, living in a small building called "Toilet" on the map. He also asks for a piece of paper, for which he is willing to trade his Stink Bag.

Anju

A young woman whose family runs the Stock Pot inn in Clock Town. Anju says that before her family rented out their rooms they used to be a cafeteria. A terrible cook with a bad memory, Anju tends to apologize a lot and leave things until the last minute. Anju is engaged to Kafei, and although their wedding is in jeopardy at the beginning of the game, she later marries him. In the game, you must go through a quest that usually takes three days to help Anju reunite with Kafei. She is shown in her wedding dress during the end credits.

Anju is the Terminan Counterpart to the Cucco Lady from Ocarina of Time, who could not handle her Cuccos due to unfortunate allergies. A second Counterpart also appears in The Minish Cap again as being unable to handle Cuccos but does not have an allergy to them.

Kafei

Kafei is Anju's fiancé, and although he is a main character, he has no Hyrulean counterpart. Before the wedding was to take place, he and Anju constructed masks to use in the ceremony. She made the Mask of the Moon, he, the Mask of the Sun. On his way to the milk bar to show his friends, Kafei bumped into the Skull Kid, who used the evil magic of Majora's Mask to transform Kafei into a child. Kafei traveled to North Clock Town to ask the Great Fairy there for help, but to make matters worse he then encountered Sakon, "the grinning thief", who stole his wedding mask. Kafei spends most of the three-day cycle hidden in the back of the Curiosity Shop, in the laundry pool area, hoping to track down Sakon. The owner of the Curiosity Shop shelters him out of their friendship, proven by the Keaton's Mask, a gift from the shop owner to Kafei, despite Kafei's form. He always wears a Keaton Mask when he goes out into town, such as to send a letter. If Link goes behind the curtain in the room next to Madame Aroma's office, he can read an entry of Kafei's diary, which appears to have been written a short while before Kafei is transformed into a child by the Skull Kid and has his mask stolen. If Link speaks to the astronomer in the observatory while wearing the Kafei Mask, he learns that Kafei was a member of the Bombers when he was young.

If Link intervenes, Kafei can get the Sun's Mask back and be reunited with Anju, who still loves him even though he is transformed. When they reunite (moments before the moon hits), they exchange oaths and join their masks together to form the Couple's Mask. They give Link the mask for being their witness, and wait together for the world to end. If Link stops the moon, the end credits show Anju in a wedding dress walking down the aisle, but the camera shows Kafei's perspective, so it is never definitively shown whether or not Kafei transforms back into a man when the malicious powers of Majora's Mask are destroyed (though the camera angle suggests that he is around Anju's height). It is plausible that he may become an adult again if he knew the Great Fairy could help him beforehand, and much of the other evil done by Majora's Mask is reversed when its power is lost.

Kafei's quest is the longest in the game, spanning all three days and involving several masks. During this optional quest to recover the Sun's Mask, the player is able to directly control Kafei for some brief segments, making him one of the first playable secondary characters in the Zelda series.

Anju's grandmother

Anju's grandmother is a very old woman in a wheelchair (which has spikes on the wheels and the face of a tiger on the back, a reference to the pet her counterpart had in Ocarina of Time), who seems to think everyone who speaks to her is her deceased son Tortus (Anju's father). She seems to be partially blind and somewhat senile; on the other hand, the entries in her diary indicate that her brain is working correctly, and that she is trying to avoid eating her granddaughter's cooking, as well as being depressed and trying to live in a time that has long since passed. She tells extremely long stories that only the wearer of a rare mask—namely, the expensive All-Night Mask purchased at the Curiosity Shop—can listen to without falling asleep, and awards Pieces of Heart to those who listen well. It appears that she was a Clock Town schoolteacher in the past; when Link speaks to her wearing the Kafei Mask she mistakes Link for Dotour and tells him to talk to teacher if he gets picked on again. Her diary entry on the second and third days mentions that the family will be taking refuge at Romani Ranch to avoid the fall of the moon, and that she'll maybe "take along some of Gampy's favorite books." It is unknown whether "Gampy" is the name of her husband, an approximation of "grampy" (i.e. Anju's grandfather), or the name of Anju's mother.

Her Hyrulian counterpart is the elderly woman who makes the blue potion in Ocarina of Time.

Madame Aroma and Mayor Dotour

The Mayor of Clock Town, Dotour, is the husband of Madame Aroma and presumedly the father of Kafei. He is only seen in his office in a long and tedious meeting in deciding if the Carnival of Time should be carried on or if the remaining people in Clock Town should evacuate. If Link wears the Couple's Mask during the meeting it helps the Mayor make his decision and decides that it is the choice of the people to stay or leave. He rewards Link with a Piece of Heart for helping him end the long meeting.

Madame Aroma is the wife of the mayor of Clock Town and Kafei's mother. She hired the Gorman Troupe to perform in the Carnival of Time but was forced to fire them because of the strange events going on in Termina. When she meets Link she mistakes him for the professional detective she hired to look for Kafei and recruits him for the job by giving him the Kafei Mask. On the third day after the Curiosity Shop Owner gives Link the "Express Mail to Mama", depending on Link's decision on who to deliver to there are two different outcomes: if Link gives it to the Postman the Postman delivers it to her and she relieves him of his duty and therefore he is free to leave Clock Town (giving the player the postman's hat before he leaves), if Link delivers the letter himself she rewards him with a bottle of Chateau Romani.

Cremia

A friend of Anju, she runs Romani Ranch with her sister Romani. They're famous for their prized Chateau Romani Milk, but lately bandits have been stealing it. Cremia delivers Milk to clock town, but will be attacked en route if Link doesn't protect her. Once Link successfully defends her coach from the bandits, she'll give him Romani's Mask, which allows him to access the Milk Bar in East Clock Town. If he goes back in time and does it again, he will either get two hundred rupees or a hug from Cremia (which makes Link feel "All warm and fuzzy inside").

Cremia doesn't believe what Romani says about the aliens at first. However, if Link doesn't help Romani fend them off the first day, she'll be too depressed to deliver milk, because the cows will also be gone. If the aliens are successfully fended off, she seems to have believed her by the time Link saves Termina, as she is shown watching Romani practice in the credits. Also of interest is her relationship to Anju and Kafei. The dialog from Anju's mother and Cremia herself hints at a possible love triangle, where Cremia has (possibly unreturned) feelings towards Kafei. However, she's happy for Anju and doesn't intervene at any point, although Anju's mother apparently thinks otherwise.

Cremia bears a striking resemblance to Malon from the Adult Link portion of Ocarina of Time.

Romani

A girl around Link's age who runs Romani Ranch with her sister Cremia. They're famous for their prized Romani Milk, but lately bandits have been stealing it. Mysterious ghosts/aliens also plague the ranch, stealing the cows before the Carnival of Time every year. Romani will try to defend the cows by practicing with a bow, but without Link's help, she will fail in her endeavor, resulting in the abduction of both herself and the cows. If this happens, Romani returns on the third day (found wandering far outside her house in a daze) with parts of her memory erased. The player can still practice shooting fake aliens while riding on Epona and get new records, but Romani won't remember what the practice is for.

Aside from possessing a more cheery disposition than Malon, Romani also has a habit of referring to herself in the third person and likes to call Link "Grasshopper", which alludes to Malon calling Link "Fairy Boy".

Romani is the counterpart of the Ocarina of Time character Malon, as a child.

Curiosity Shop Owner

This character runs the Curiosity Shop at night and the general store during the day. His name isn't revealed but he claims to be a friend of Kafei's since childhood and was the one that gave Kafei the Keaton's Mask that Kafei is seen wearing in the game. When Kafei was transformed and had the Sun's Mask stolen he went to his old friend who agreed to let him stay with him (although at first he didn't even recognize Kafei until he saw the Keaton Mask). He sells stolen goods provided by Sakon and will sell the Bomb Bags stolen from the mother of the Bomb Shop's owner. If Link stops Sakon from stealing from her Link can buy the All-Night Mask from the Curiosity Shop for 500 rupees on the night of the third day. Also if Link follows through with reuniting Anju and Kafei Link can meet the Curiosity Shop Owner in the back room where he reveals his relation with Kafei and gives him the Keaton Mask as well as the "Express Mail to Mama" in Kafei's stead.

The 3D model for the Curiosity Shop Owner was previously used for the man who owns the Fishing Hole in Ocarina of Time.

Postman

The Postman is usually running around Clock Town, delivering mail. While he is in his office, he does mental exercises and invites Link to join him. He is devoted to the mail and to his delivery schedule, and will not flee the doomed town unless Link helps him get official orders to do so. His Hyrulian counterpart can be seen running around Hyrule Field in Ocarina of Time. The Postman in Majora's Mask gives Link the Postman's Hat. His identifying symbol appears to be a small bunny icon, which is a reference to the Bunny Hood that Link can sell to his Hyrulian counterpart in Ocarina of Time. He makes an appearance in Lynna Village in the past in Oracle of Ages. He can also be seen in The Minish Cap. There is a Rito postman (the mail sorter) in The Wind Waker that bears some resemblance to him. A Postman also very similar to him makes his rounds to deliver mail to Link in Twilight Princess. He appears to be afraid of the Bunny Hood.

The Postman is the Terminian Counterpart to the unnamed marathon runner in Ocarina of Time to whom Link sells the Bunny Hood. The Postman's "name" is most likely an allusion to the fact that the marathon runner in Ocarina of Time also had no real name.

Gorman

Gorman is the leader of Gorman Troupe of performers that were hired to perform for the Carnival of Time. Most of the time he seems to be in a cranky mood, except towards Madame Aroma, his employer. Madame Aroma is forced to fire Gorman since the Carnival of Time may be cancelled due to the many strange events going on in Termina (the Moon falling, the Indigo-Go's lead singer losing her voice etc...). He retires to the Milk Bar and appears in a tipsy state afterwards. At night when Toto has Link played the Ballad of the Wind fish it causes Gorman to reminisce past memories. He reveals the main reason he joined showbusiness was so that he could meet the singer of the Indigo-Go's who sang the Ballad of the Wind Fish at the Carnival of Time a long time ago. Toto reveals to him that the Ballad of the Wind Fish's singer, Lulu, has been succeeded by her daughter, also named Lulu, and Gorman says he would like to hear her perform too. He then apologizes to Link for being rude to him and gives him the Gorman Mask.

There is also a shadey pair of characters called the Gorman Brothers who live near Romani Ranch. When Link speaks to them riding Epona they make fun of Link's horse and challenge him to a race. If he beats them they reward him with the Garo's Mask if Link promises not to tell anyone about him beating them. If Link helps Cremia deliver milk to the Milk Bar on the night of the second day, the Gorman Bros. chase them through their racetrack since the way to Milk Road is blocked off (most likely the work of the brothers) and so Link is forced to defend their carriage and the milk. If Link is wearing the Gorman's Mask they won't attack, although he has to complete the quest without this mask before you can acquire it.

Gorman and the Gorman Brothers are designed after Ingo from Ocarina of Time.

Toto

Toto is the manager of The Indigo-Go's. He is found at the Mayor's Office, trying to arrange the concert in Clock Town for the Carnival of Time, and in the Milk Bar thereafter. He somewhat resembles King Zora in shape, but has a different face and is much smaller. In the Manga Link even briefly mistakes Toto for King Zora.

He is the only Zora in Majora's Mask to notice that Link is not Mikau while Link is using the Zora Mask, although he does observe that Link looks something like Mikau.

Other characters

Goron Elder

The Goron Elder is the patriarch of the Goron tribe in Termina, and thus leader of their Northern mountain civilization. He becomes frozen in a block of ice after taking it upon himself to trek to Snowhead to deal with the storm plaguing the Goron civilization (after Darmani doesn't return). After freeing him from the ice, Goron Link is taught the first-half of the "Goron's Lullaby". The Goron Elder's son is still only a child in Goron terms, a baby or a toddler at most. It's not clear exactly how old the Goron Elder is, but examining his diminished physique and degenerated body, it's obvious he is exceedingly old. He supports his weight on his knuckles due to his hunched back. After you thaw out the Elder his extremely slow movement causes him to become frozen again after only a few steps. Once you defeat Goht, he will appear at the shrine with the other Gorons celebrating the end of the unnaturally long winter.

Goron Elder's son

The only known son of the Goron Elder. He cries incessantly when his father is not around, and can only be calmed by the "Goron's Lullaby". He also seems to be close to Darmani (although their relationship is not clarified, most likely they are friends, although the Goron Elder hints that they may also be brothers since the Goron Elder claimed he played the Goron's Lullaby for Darmani when he was younger), calling the older Goron "Darmi". He also seems oblivious to the fact that Darmani is dead, for he doesn't act surprised when Link talks to him as Darmani.

The Indigo-Gos

The Indigo-Gos are a musical band consisting of five Zoras. They are known especially for their old standby, "Ballad of the Wind Fish," which featured Lulu's mother as the lead singer and is distinctly different from the "Ballad of the Wind Fish" heard in Link's Awakening. At times during the game, the members of the band can be heard playing renditions of theme music from earlier The Legend of Zelda series games, such as the "Hyrule Overture" (the original overworld theme) featured in the original Legend of Zelda and A Link to the Past. In the Japanese version the name of the band is Dull Blue (ダル・ブルー, Daru Burū).

Evan

Evan is the band's leader, keyboardist and main songwriter. He looks fairly different from other Zoras, featuring more golden or brown scales and an eel-like tail coming from the back of his head in place of the usual dolphin one. He sent Mikau to retrieve Lulu's missing eggs. Evan writes most of the songs for the band, and dislikes it when others write songs without his input. His scales may not be one-of-a-kind, as the Golden Scale is similar to his scales. He plays the "game over" theme from The Legend of Zelda for the NES.

Japas

Japas is the bassist of The Indigo-Gos. He is friends with Mikau, and has his cephalic fins styled like typical "grunge" hair; his manner of speech reflects his "slacker" demeanor also. His bass guitar is constructed from the body and forearm of a large crustacean. He and Mikau are reputed to regularly jam together. He plays the dungeon theme from The Legend of Zelda for the NES.

Lulu

Lulu is the lead singer of The Indigo-Gos and has a beautiful singing voice. Unfortunately, when her eggs were stolen by the Gerudo Pirates she lost her voice, and she cannot regain it until she hears the "New Wave Bossa Nova" played on Mikau's guitar, which is taught to Link by the very Zora children she bore. Her voice has the power to rouse any person, including the Giant Turtle that takes Link to the Great Bay Temple. She is the Terminan counterpart to the character Princess Ruto from Ocarina of Time. However, the main visual difference between them is that Lulu wears a dress, while Ruto is naked.

Tijo

Tijo is the drummer of The Indigo-Gos. He is somewhat larger than the average Zora and resembles a manta ray. He plays a large drum set seemingly made of pufferfish of various sizes. He knows a little bit about what's troubling Lulu and apparently rooms with Mikau. He plays the Cave Theme from A Link to the Past on the SNES.

Great Fairies

Just like in Hyrule, there are Great Fairies in Termina, although fewer in number. They look like beautiful women (without wings, unlike common Fairies), and wear rather few clothes. While all Great Fairies in Hyrule were identical, the ones from Termina can be distinguished by their hair color and titles. One Great Fairy lives in Clock Town, while the others all live near the game's four dungeons. Majora's Mask had broken their bodies into several smaller fairies known as Stray Fairies. These Stray Fairies all have the same color as the hair of the corresponding Great Fairy. Unlike other fairies from Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, stray fairies look more humanoid and fly with two propeller-like wings on their head. Each of the Great Fairies gives Link a gift for bringing the Stray Fairies back to their Fairy Fountains.

The Four Giants

The Four Giants are beings worshiped by the Terminans as gods and guardians of their world. When they assumed the responsibility of guardian deities, their friend the Skull Kid felt that they had wronged him, and he used the power of Majora's Mask to seal them into the four masked beasts. These four gods of Termina are worshiped at the Carnival of Time with a song sang at the top of the Clock Tower, in hopes of a good harvest in the year to come. They may be compared with the Four Heavenly Kings of the real-world Buddhist faith, which are also associated with the four cardinal directions. Once they are freed, the Four Giants are shown as enormous wood-like heads with greenish beards and long, skinny limbs. The Four Giants are also a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee, and appear in the background of the "Great Bay" stage of the same game, catching the falling moon, and tossing it up into the sky again.

Tingle

Main article: Tingle

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Tingle as he appears in official art for Majora's Mask.

Tingle is a man of 35, but short and immature. He believes he is a fairy child like the Kokiri (and dresses accordingly). He floats high above the ground using a red balloon, and while he's in the air he paints useful maps. Seeing Link's outfit, he shares his "magic words" (Tingle, Tingle! Kooloo-Limpah!) and sells Link his maps.

Majora's Mask is Tingle's first appearance in The Legend of Zelda series. He reappears several times later on.

Aliens

A mysterious race of alien-like entities (known as "They" in dialog or "ghosts" in the Bomber's notebook) that appear each year, a few days before The Carnival of Time, to raid Romani Ranch and abduct its cows. Their mode of transport appears to be a shining ball of energy, possibly a spacecraft, which will fly over the ranch and send in more troops should the first waves fall. Their methods and motives are never explained, but they appear to be a play on real-world cow abduction conspiracies. Romani and Link are the ranch's only defense against the invaders, and if Link fails to stop Them, They will blow the roof off the barn and abduct the cows and Romani (who is also in the barn at the time), after which a mourning Cremia can be found the next day. If Romani has been abducted, she can be found at the ranch on the Third Day, apparently with her memories wiped. At the end of the game Romani and Cremia train to counter future attacks.

Anju's mother

Anju's mother is a stocky woman who wears a large green coat and keeps her hair up in a bun. She can be found sometimes attending the front desk of the Stock Pot Inn on either the second or third day if Anju is absent when her quest is failed in the cycle. If Link wears the Kafei Mask when speaking to her, she gets angry and throws a fist into the air while yelling at Link to not show that face around her. From this reaction it can be assumed that she disapproves of Kafei going missing and supposedly abandoning Anju, that she doesn't want to be reminded of her daughter's sorrow, or that she just doesn't like him in general. This is further proved on the night of the second day, if Link has the inn key. At 9:30pm on the Night of the Second Day, if Link listens though the weak spot in the wall in "his" room, an interesting conversation between Anju and her mother can be heard, discussing refuge in Romani Ranch and Kafei's disappearance. Her mother apparently thinks he has run off with Cremia and states that it would work to Cremia's benefit, and implies her husband once did the same thing to her. In the credits, she can be seen attending Anju's and Kafei's wedding.

Aveil

Aveil is the leader of the pirates living in the Fortress at the coast of Great Bay. She's been told by Majora's Mask that the eggs of the Zora Lulu are the key to getting rich very quickly, through treasure from the Great Bay Temple. Link sees her once while spying on a conversation between her and another pirate, but never meets her. She is the Terminian counterpart of the Second-in-Command after Nabooru of the Gerudo tribe in Ocarina of Time.

Beaver Brothers

Two beavers of a fraternal nature. They live atop a waterfall at the end of the Great Bay Coast, and horde bottles and Pieces of Heart, refusing to give their treasures to anyone who cannot outswim them both. In the first round, Link must swim through 20 rings in under 2 minutes; in the second, 25 rings.

Children of the Moon

There are five children up on the moon. Once the player has rescued all four giants and goes to Clock Tower on the eve of the carnival and plays the Oath to Order they get sucked up by the moon. They are all wearing masks the same as the bosses; Odolwa, Goht, Gyorg, Twinmold, and Majora. After Link clears the four Moon Dungeons and talks to the child wearing Majora's Mask, he is given the Fierce Deity's Mask. These children are very similar in appearance to the Happy Mask Salesman.

Deku Butler

A butler to the Deku King of Termina. For saving the Deku Princess and her friend the monkey, Link gets a chance to enter a little race with the Deku Butler. If Link wins, he will receive the Mask of Scents. However, it is also implied this is therapy for the Deku Butler, as he mentions he used to race with his missing son all the time, and how much Link reminds him of his son. The small, twisted Deku Sprout seen early in the game and after the end credits is generally believed to be the Deku Butler's missing son. At the end of the game, the Deku Butler is also seen crying in front of the twisted Deku Sprout.

Deku Butler's son

His name is not mentioned anywhere in the game and his story is told rather subtly. When Link is on his way to Termina from Hyrule, after just being turned into a Deku Scrub, he sees a small, twisted sprout. Tatl remarks it looks just like Link in his Deku Scrub form and that it also looks like it could start crying any second. No more is said about it until Link meets the Deku Butler, who remarks how much Link reminds him of his son, who's gone missing. The Deku Butler confesses how much he misses him. At the end of the game, the Deku Butler can be seen crying near the twisted sprout. This may be a statement being the Skull Kid took the spirit of the Deku Butler's son and then cursed Link in his Deku form.

In general, it is believed the son of the Deku Butler wandered off too far and was killed by Majora's Mask in a rather painful way. Whether this was just for fun or was done in order to be able to curse someone is unknown. It is believed that the Deku Mask is inhabited by his spirit, since Link's other shapeshifting masks were also taken from nearby members of their respective races who had recently died (with the exception of the Fierce Deity form he takes), and the twisted sprout is close to the place where Link was first transformed. Like Darmani and Mikau, the Deku Butler's son is one of the characters who could not be saved, since was killed before the three day cycle started.

It is also interesting to note that when Link wears the Deku Mask and plays the Elegy of Emptiness, his doll bares a striking resemblance to the twisted sprout from the beginning of the game. Since both the Goron and Zora dolls are Darmani and Mikau respectively, it is generally believed that the spirit of the Twisted Sprout is infused within the Deku Mask.

Deku King

Ruler of the Deku tribe in Termina, his daughter is the Deku Princess. Deku society in Termina is very different from that of the forest primitives in Hyrule, and has developed into a full-fledged civilization with an apparent social hierarchy. He appears to have quite a temper and has a tendency to overreact.

Deku Princess

Link must rescue the Deku Princess from the Woodfall Temple by defeating Odolwa, and return her to her father, the Deku King. Despite being almost Link's height, she is able to ride inside one of his bottles. A monkey friend of hers is accused of kidnapping her, but he is innocent. She appears to have a temperament equal to her father, displaying his fierce temper and general bad attitude. When hearing of her father's ill treatment of her friend (the king had tortured the monkey by dipping him in boiling hot liquid in his anger) she physically attacks her father in retribution when Link returns her to him, proving herself more than his match.

Kotake and Koume

Kotake, the potion shop owner in the Southern Swamp, and Koume, the boat cruise attendant, are twin witch sisters. Kotake, in her old age, is losing her sense of smell so Koume goes and finds mushrooms for their potions for her.

They are the alternate versions of Ganondorf's surrogate mothers and the Spirit Temple bosses in Ocarina of Time who share the same names and combine into Twinrova.

Mutoh

The head carpenter in charge of constructing the fireworks tower in the center of Clock Town. He seems to be extremely stubborn and is mostly always seen in his pose of arms crossed and laughing in a scoffing manner. Mutoh can be first found arguing with Captain Viscen in the Mayor's office over whether or not to flee the town in the wake of the impending moon or to continue on with the carnival; both men trying to convince the uncertain Mayor of their respective opinions. Should Link quell this feud with the Couple's Mask, Mutoh seems to disappear until the night of the final day, where he can be found at the foot of the completed carnival tower (no other carpenters in sight) yelling spitefully at the moon "If you're gonna fall, then what's stoppin' ya, you monster?!"

However, Mutoh does believe that the moon will fall, and if Link talks to him as a Deku during the Night of the Final Day, he will tell Link that he wished he could scare the moon away.

He seems to have some sons who already fled the town and a wife, about whom he wonders of her whereabouts (whether she has fled or not) during the end of the meeting in the mayor's office. Also, he seems to dislike Kafei for going missing and compares him to his sons.

Mutoh is the Terminan counterpart to the unnamed head carpenter from Ocarina of Time. Additionally, he re-appears in Oracle of Ages, with his workers building the bridge to Symmetry City, and in The Minish Cap, along with some of his workers in Hyrule Castle Market.

Captain Viscen

Captain Viscen appears to be the leader of the Clock Town soldiers. He is first seen arguing with Mutoh in the mayor's office. While Mutoh is trying to convince the mayor that everyone in the town should stay put for the carnival, Viscen is trying to convince him to make all of the townspeople flee and take refuge. When Link uses the Couple's Mask to stop the arguing, Viscen seems surprised when Mutoh expresses his worry for his wife. Viscen also tries to recruit more soldiers in the short, three-day cycle, as seen on a sign in the game, and several normal Clock Town soldiers mention him. It is also interesting to note that when the moon is destroyed at the end of the game, Viscen and Mutoh are among the only ones not openly cheering.

Viscen seems to be a counterpart of the two higher-ranking guards in Ocarina of Time, seen when Link and Zelda spy through a window of Hyrule Castle at Ganondorf. These models were never finished, and are actually only 2D.

Dampé

Like in Ocarina of Time, Dampé is a gravedigger, located in Ikana Canyon. If Link wears the Captain's Mask and talk to him when he is in the graveyard, he panics and runs back to his house. On the third day, he is wandering around under one of the graves searching for treasure and asks Link for help.

Pamela

One of the only four living inhabitants of Ikana Canyon, (the other three being Sakon, Dampé, and her father), she spends most of her time locked in her house. She only comes out when Link plays the Song of Storms in Sharp the Composer's lair, causing a stream of water to pour down, or by planting a bomb outside her door. She is very reserved, due to the mutation of her father, and wants to be left alone by outside intruders. After healing her father, she discusses with the player that she wants to leave Ikana and go back to town.

Pamela's father

A researcher and scientist, one of the only four inhabitants of Ikana Canyon. He lives with his daughter and conducts experiments on the undead and the supernatural phenomenon occurring in Ikana and possibly all of Termina. When Link first meets him, it is revealed that he has been painfully turned into a Gibdo-like version of himself when he went into the bottom of the well. Using the Song of Healing, Link can help Pamela's father revert back to his human state, receiving the Gibdo mask in the process. Her father seems to have no recollection of being a Gibdo, and Pamela wishes that Link not speak to her father about the event, because it would provoke him into delving deeper into his studies. He seems to be unafraid of Ikana's supernatural state, and has developed a plethora of safety mechanisms (such as the Gibdo-repelling song their house plays) to keep himself and his daughter safe. While he is a Gibdo, other Gibdos seem attracted to him, as they surround the music box house. If Link talks to them while wearing the Gibdo mask, they say that they are waiting for their friend to emerge from the house, to which Pamela says "My father is not one of you!"

Sharp and Flat

Sharp and Flat are two composer brothers, named after the two main accidentals in Western music. Flat was killed by Sharp, but Sharp himself died soon afterwards. Flat's ghost can be found at the bottom of one of the graves in Ikana Graveyard, where he teaches Link the Song of Storms, which he claims to have written. Sharp's ghost has blocked up the spring which causes the water to flow through Ikana, and curses anyone who enters. If Link plays the Song of Storms in this spring, Sharp becomes more amiable, and the rainwater causes the river to flow once more.

Sakon

Sakon is a man who steals from the more vulnerable inhabitants of Clock Town. He steals the Sun's Mask from Kafei after the latter was turned into a child by the Skull Kid, and, when Link arrives in Clock Town, he witnesses Sakon robbing an old woman of a bomb bag delivery to her Bomb Shop. Eventually Link travels back in time and intervenes in both of these victims' situations. He is also notable as the only normal human that Link can kill, albeit through trying to stop him stealing the bomb bag. If Link fires an arrow at Sakon while he is trying to escape, the bomb bag, apparently full of explosives, blows up, killing Sakon. However, this has no practical value, and not only does the old woman not give Link a mask, but Kafei's quest cannot be completed in that cycle. He is later seen in Ikana Canyon, and can be witnessed prancing around in front of his intricate hideout where he stores all of his stolen goods.

He is the Terminan counterpart to the man prancing around in Hyrule Castle Market during Link's childhood in Ocarina of Time, where he mysteriously runs inside and out of different markets, constantly muttering that he is late (similar to the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland).