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Saria is a major character in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. She is Link's childhood friend, and adoptive older sister, having raised him since he was a baby. Saria is a Kokiri, a race of forest dwelling fairy folk who form lifelong partnerships with Fairies. She, along with the rest of her species, lives in Kokiri Forest, isolated from the rest of Hyrule. Most Kokiri do not leave the forest as it is said that they will die if they do so. However, Saria is deeply fascinated with the lands outside of the forest and frequently goes as far as she can to the edge of the forest in an effort to learn more about other peoples.
She is considered something of an idle among the Kokiri and often acts as their de facto leader, despite the bossy Mido frequently claiming himself to be. Growing up, Saria was often the one to stand up for Link when other Kokiri ostracized him, and her influence is what allowed Link to be as accepted as he was into Kokiri society despite lacking a fairy companion of his own.
Later on, she becomes the Sage of Forest and helps Link greatly throughout the entire game.
She is named after the city of Saria in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.
Appearance[]
Saria is a Kokiri, a fairy race created by the Great Deku Tree to serve as his children and attendants. She has the appearance of a regular human with green hair and long ears, coupled with an appearance of a young girl due to the fact that the Kokiri don't visibly age.
Story[]
At the beginning of the game, Saria greets Link after he awakes and finds that the fairy, Navi, has chosen him as a partner. She congratulated him due to the fact that he had been the only Kokiri in Kokiri Forest not to have his or her own guardian fairy. The conversation didn't last long, however, as the Great Deku Tree required Navi to bring Link to him.
After Link thwarted Gohma within the Great Deku Tree, he headed across the bridge leading to Hyrule Field where he once more met up with Saria, where the two exchanged good byes. Saria gave Link his very first Ocarina - the Fairy Ocarina, and he set off to Hyrule Castle Town.
After Link was required to find the rest of the three Spiritual Stones (one of which he already had thanks to the Great Deku Tree), he went back to his home and met Saria in the Sacred Forest Meadow, which can be accessed by traversing through the Lost Woods. He was able to find her by following the sound of nice music. It would be found that Saria was the one playing the song. Once Link conversed with her, she would teach him Saria's Song, which would be used to talk to her even when miles apart. Saria's Song would allow Link to get through the game's next dungeon in Death Mountain by playing the song to Darunia.
Seven years pass when Link entered the Temple of Time with the three spiritual stones, where he slept awaiting a time for his summoning, which occurred, as stated, seven years later. Link was now an adult, and immediately got a distress call from Saria via the Ocarina. He went back to Kokiri Forest to find that its been infested with monsters that weren't previously here. He traveled through the Lost Woods and found Mido, who had spread rumors that Link killed the Great Deku Tree (rumors which were obviously false and done out of spite) which angered Saria, who defended Link up until she left. Mido explained to the adult Link that he was sorry for this. Link continued on and found an entrance to the Forest Temple.
After thwarting Phantom Ganon, the boss who awaited Link within Forest Temple, he awakened Saria, who was now the Sage of Forest. Saria knew that the days in which she could have a happy-go-lucky life were over and handed the Forest Medallion over to the hero of time. Heading back through the Lost Forest, Mido explained to the adult Link that Saria wanted him to tell him that she had felt grand affection for him.
At the end of the game, Saria and the six other sages used their powers to help Link defeat Ganon once more. While Hyrule was celebrating, she and the other sages looked upon them on Death Mountain.
Trivia[]
- In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, a lake is named after her in the Eldin region.