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.

Many of these characters are "clones" or "alternate versions" of characters from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, since the game was made using a version of the OoT engine, and character models were reused. Template:Spoiler

Anju

A young woman whose family runs an inn in Clock Town. Anju falls in love with, and later marries, Kafei. She is shown in her wedding dress during the ending credits.

Anju is the "alternate version" of the Cucco Lady from OoT who could not handle her Cuccos due to her allergies.

Anju's Grandmother

A very old and senile woman who thinks Link is her (apparently) deceased son Tortus (Anju's Father). It may be inferred she is partially blind and sees blurred images. She hates her granddaughter's cooking. She tells extremely long stories that only the wearer of a rare mask—namely, the expensive All-Night Mask bought from the Curiosity Shop—can listen towithout falling asleep.

She shares the model of the old hag who makes the blue potion in Ocarina of Time.

Beaver Bros.

Two beavers of a fraternal nature. They live in a waterfall near the Zora city in Termina, and horde bottles and heart pieces—refusing to give their treasures to anyone who can't outswim them both. They defeated Mikau in this game.

Bombers Secret Society of Justice

A group of children out to help people in 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. Once he learns the password, when he becomes Link again, he can use it to easily join their club. They give him the Bomber's Notebook, which can be used to catalog items, people and events.

They are nearly identical to the boy who impersonates Dampé in OoT and takes the Spooky Mask from you.

Cremia

A young woman who runs Romani Ranch with her sister Romani. They're famous for their prized 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.

Her model comes form the older version of Malon in OoT.

Romani

A young woman who runs Romani Ranch with her sister Romani. 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 Festival of Time every year. Romani tries to defend the cows by practicing with a bow, but she can't do it alone. If she fails, then she too, will be taken away by the aliens.

Her model comes form the younger version of Malon in OoT.

Darmani

A Goron warrior who fell in battle trying to end the long winter in the Goron Village. After Link plays the song of healing for Darmani's spirit, Darmani gives his spirit, in the form of a mask, to Link so Link may carry out his final mission. He was also a fairly accomplished Goron racer. He's the Goron Elder of Termina's son's hero.

He is vaguly based on of Darunia from Ocarina of Time.

Goron Elder

He is the patriarch of the Goron Tribe in Termina and thus leader of them all. His son, while more than 12 years old is still only a child in Goron terms, a toddler at most. It's not known how old the Goron Elder is, but judging by to his diminished physique and degenerative body, it's obvious he is exceedingly old.

Goron Elder's Son

The only son and by birth rite, heir to the patriarchy, even though it is actually up to the Goron Elder to decide who will succeed him. He cries a lot when his father is not around, and can only be calmed by the Goron's Lullaby.

Deku Butler

A butler to the Deku King of Termina. If Deku Link can defeat him in a race, the butler will give him the Mask of Scents. The depressing dead Deku Tree seen early in the game and at the end of it is generally believed to be his son.

Deku King

Ruler of the Deku tribe in Termina, his daughter is the Deku Princess. The Deku population in Termina is very differentfrom what is seen Hyrule, as it has developed into a full-fledged civilization with an apparent social heirarchy.

Deku Princess

First introduced when Link has defeated Odolwa, boss of Woodfall Temple, the Deku Princess is eventually returned to the Deku King, her father, after Link has rescued her. Somehow, she is able to ride inside one of Link's bottles.

Japas

A friend of Mikau's and a fellow member of the Indigo-Gos, a Zora band. Like Mikau, he is a guitarist and they regularly jam together.

Kafei

Boyfriend and later husband of Anju. Before the wedding was to take place, he and Anju constructed masks to use in the ceremony. Anju made the Mask of the Moon, Kafei, the Mask of the Sun. On his way to visit his fiancée, he bumped into the Skull Kid wearing Majora's Mask, who used its evil magic to transform Kafei into a child. To make matters worse, Kafei then encountered Sakon 'the smiling thief', who took the Mask of the Sun! Kafei spends most of the three day cycle hidden in the back of the Curiosity Shop, hoping to track down Sakon. He always wears a Keaton Mask during the game.

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 join their masks together to form the Couple's Mask, and become a couple. This may mean they are wed, since they give Link the mask for being their witness. The end credits show Anju in a wedding dress walking down the aisle, though the camera shows Kafei's perspective, so it is never definitively shown whether or not Kafei transformed back into a man when Majora's Mask was destroyed.

It is notable that during this optional quest to recover the Sun's Mask, the player is able to directly control Kafei for some brief segments, making him the only character not carrying or being inhabited by Link to be under player control in the entire Legend of Zelda series.

Link

The protagonist. The Link in Majora's Mask is the same "Hero of Time" Link found in 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 is on an adventure to find a missing friend. Robbed by the Skull Kid, who turns him into a deku scrub, Link is drawn into a parallel world called Termina where he must track down his stolen possessions, change himself back, and save the people of that world from the cataclysmic event using his power over time. See Link.

Lulu

Singer of the IndiGo-Gos band of Zoras. She lost her voice, and needs to hear the 'New Wave Bossa Nova', a special song Link learns from the Zora Eggs (Lulu's children) he rescues from the Gerudo pirates and from the cave filled with Eel Monsters. Apparently, these offspring were concieved either magically or with Mikau, but this point is never explained. Her voice has the ability to summon the Giant Turtle, a sleeping turtle with an island on its back, for Link to ride to the Great Bay Temple.

She is based on Ruto from OoT, but one major difference is that she is clothed where Ruto is not.

Skull Kid

The Skull Kid is a mischievous being from the Lost Woods who uses the potent artifact Majora's Mask to seek revenge on old playmates he sees as abandoning him. The Mask's power overwhelms him and becomes the primary source of conflict in the game.

In Majora's Mask

In Majora's Mask, his two fairy sidekicks Tatl and Tael (a pun on tattle-tale) ambush Link in the Lost Woods. They scare the horse Epona, which causes Link to be thrown off and knocked unconscious. He comes and pats down Link, looking for anything valuable, settling for the Ocarina of Time, which he begins to blow into, waking up Link. Link lunges for him, but he hops on Epona to make his getaway. After holding on a while, Link falls is shaken loose, and the trio into a hollow log, then falls into an abyss, eventually emerging in Termina. The Skull Kid turns Link into a Deku Scrub and leaves. He tries to make the moon crash into Termina.

In Ocarina Of Time

A Skull Kid which may be the same character makes a brief appearance in Ocarina of Time. He can be found in the Lost Woods dancing on a tree stump. The player can teach him Saria's Song on the ocarina. During the Happy Mask side quest, the Skull mask is given to him. Also, later in the game, after you receive the Biggoron Sword, if you return to the Lost Woods as an adult and kill the Skull Kid you will receive a giant rupee worth 200 rupees. His past is shrouded in mystery, and no one knows where he came from. Some say he is simply a forest sprite, but the Ocarina of Time manga states that while his family was on a picnic, a young child ventured into the Lost Woods, deaf to his mother's warnings. He wanted to catch a fairy, but instead got lost. After the fear subsided, he breathed in the dark air easily, and was gradually transformed into a Skull Kid, the final form that befalls Hylian children or Kokiri who venture into the Lost Woods. The manga and in the game that there is more than just one Skull Kid.

Name origins

In manga and in early translations, his name is roughly translated as Star Kid, coming from the name Sutaru Kiddo (スタルキッド), since the Japanese language spells foreign words based on phonetics rather than spelling. This was, however, an error; the character is known as "Stalkid" in Japan,¹ based on the traditional Zelda skeleton enemy known as Stalfos.

==Tatl and Tael==

Tatl and Tael are siblings, the fairy companions of the Skull Kid. Tatl is female and glows with a light color, while Tael is male and glows with a dark color. Their names are derived from the phrase "tattletale," hinting at their childish natures. The early translations "Chat" and "Trail", respectively, were used by importers to discuss the characters before the North American version became available.¹

After Tatl is separated from her brother and the Skull Kid, she befriends Link on his journey and helps him along the way, playing roughly the same role Link's fairy Navi played in Ocarina of Time. She has a bossy disposition, but eventually warms to Link. Tael stayed with the Skull Kid while Tatl went on her journey with Link, but in the end they were reunited.

The Four Giants

The Four Giants are ancient, long forgotten Terminian gods that protected the people of Termina from danger in ages past. They assumed the responsibility of protector deities and stood guard in the four compass directions. Skull Kid felt his friends wronged him and, using the power of Majora's Mask, sealed them in evil deity masks in four temples throughout the land. These four gods of Termina are worshipped at the Carnival of Time with song 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 Buddhist faith, which are also gods associated with the four cardinal directions.

Footnotes

1. This walkthrough says "Stalkid: An imp with only two friends, Chat and Trail, [...]". A fan site says "Stalkid - An imp who once had no friends, he is the companion of Chat and Trail." Also, the French-language Majora's Mask FAQ says "Ces deux fées s'appellent Chat et Trail (JP), connues sous les noms Tatl et Tael dans la version nord-américaine." This translates to: "These two fairies are called Chat and Trail (JP), known by the names Tatl and Tael in the North American version."

See also

• The Legend of Zelda series characters
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening characters
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time characters
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker characters