Nabooru

Nabooru in Ocarina of Time.
Nabooru
Species	Gerudo
Hair color	Red
Eye color	Yellow
Debut	Ocarina of Time

Nabooru was a lone wolf thief of the Gerudo Valley. This thief was one with a code of honor, however. This led her to despise Ganondorf, the cruel-hearted king of the Gerudos, despite the contrary opinions of the other Gerudos. She eventually searched for a way to stop Ganondorf.

Background

In Ocarina of Time, Nabooru attempted to infiltrate Ganondorf's base of operations, the Spirit Temple. She planned to loot all of Ganondorf's treasure there in order to foil his plans. However, she found that she needed the Silver Gauntlets to proceed through the Spirit Temple, and the path to the Silver Gauntlets was an opening to narrow for her to squeeze through.

However, fate brought a young boy named Link to her side. She convinced Link to aid her in her vendetta against Ganondorf by getting the Silver Gauntlets for her, and promised to do something great for him in return. Link succeeded in finding them, but he returned to Nabooru too late. By then she had been captured by the Gerudo witches Twinrova.

Nabooru was brainwashed by Twinrova's magic over the next seven years into becoming Ganondorf's second-in-command, acting as cruel and brutal as Ganondorf himself. When Link found her in the Spirit Temple, Twinrova had her attack Link in the armor of an Iron Knuckle. After Link destroyed the armor, Nabooru regained her memory. Twinrova quickly recaptured Nabooru and battled Link shortly afterwards.

After Twinrova was slain by Link, he and Nabooru traveled to the Chamber of Sages. Nabooru was awakened as the Sage of Spirit and gave Link the Spirit Medallion. Seeing Link as an adult made her regret not keeping her promise, and she told Link to pay back Ganondorf in full. After uniting with the other sages Nabooru used her new power to create a rainbow bridge leading to Ganon's Castle and seal Ganondorf in the Dark Realm. Nabooru traveled in the form of a yellow sprite to Death Mountain with the other sages in the ending, and from their perch they saw the Lon Lon Ranch festivities.

Other Appearances

• Nabooru appears in some of the last few chapters of the Ocarina of Time manga. Because Link does not travel back to his childhood years in this version, he does not meet Nabooru until his adult years. She at first is brainwashed by Twinrova through a gem on her head, but after the gem is shattered she regains her senses and acts as an ally to Link, providing him with the Mirror Shield and accompanying him until she was awakened as Sage of Spirit when they reached Ganon's Tower.

Trivia

• Nabooru shares her name with a town in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.
• Nabooru also appears on a stain glass window in The Wind Waker.