History Characters / ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink

** In the Yuu Mishouzaki manga, [[spoiler:Ganon somehow survived the final battle from the previous manga, taking on the form of Dark Link. Dark Link is indeed fought, but after Zelda and Link return from returning the crystals to the temples. After Link defeats Dark Link, the Demon King challenges him in the Great Temple, which here is a portal to Hell. Dark Link then transforms back into Ganon and proceeds to fight Link one last time, with the former being the core to the latter.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the game, Link's Shadow's purpose is to fight Link, giving the hero a chance to prove that he is worthy to take the Triforce of Courage. In the Yuu Mishouzaki manga, [[spoiler:he's a temporary form taken by [[BigBad Ganon]], who still plans on subjugating Hyrule]].

* WouldHitAGirl: The official art shows him striking Zelda's attendant with a whip, while his sister tries to stop him.

A robed wizard who attempts to strike down Link with magic bolts while warping around his room to avoid being hit himself. Carock serves as the boss of the Maze Island Palace.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the game, it was created by the King of Hyrule to guard the Triforce and does just that. In the comic adaptation, it's a flunky of Link's Shadow and helps him usurp the throne of the Kingdom of Calatia.

!![[center: [-'''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaTheTriforceWielders The Triforce Wielders:]]''' [[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaLink Link]], [[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaPrincessZelda Princess Zelda]], [[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaGanonGanondorf Ganon/Ganondorf]]-]]][[center:[-'''Other Recurring:''' [[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaGoddessesAndAllies Goddesses and Allies]], [[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaVillainsAndEnemies Villains and Enemies]], [[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaRaces Races]]-]]][[center: [-'''Main Series:''' ''Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaI'', ''Zelda II: The Adventure of Link'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle games]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords Four Swords]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures Four Swords Adventures]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap The Minish Cap]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass Phantom Hourglass]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaTriForceHeroes Tri Force Heroes]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild & Tears of the Kingdom]]''-]]][[center: [-'''Spin-Offs:''' ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Philips CD-i Games]]'', ''[[Characters/HyruleWarriors Hyrule Warriors]]'', ''[[Characters/CadenceOfHyrule Cadence of Hyrule]]'', ''[[Characters/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity]]''-]]]
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!![[center: [-'''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaTheTriforceWielders The Triforce Wielders:]]''' [[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaLink Link]], [[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaPrincessZelda Princess Zelda]], [[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaGanonGanondorf Ganon/Ganondorf]]-]]][[center:[-'''Other Recurring:''' [[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaGoddessesAndAllies Goddesses and Allies]], [[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaVillainsAndEnemies Villains and Enemies]], [[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaRaces Races]]-]]][[center: [-'''Main Series:''' ''Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaI'', ''Zelda II: The Adventure of Link'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle games]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords Four Swords]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures Four Swords Adventures]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap The Minish Cap]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass Phantom Hourglass]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaTriForceHeroes Tri Force Heroes]]'', ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]''-]]][[center: [-'''Spin-Offs:''' ''[[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Philips CD-i Games]]'', ''[[Characters/HyruleWarriors Hyrule Warriors]]'', ''[[Characters/CadenceOfHyrule Cadence of Hyrule]]'', ''[[Characters/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity]]''-]]]

* EliteMook: Blue Geru have high health, a strong attack, and the ability to throw their weapons on top of that, making them among the toughest of the overworld roaming monsters.

!!Link

[[folder:Princess Zelda]]
!!Princess Zelda I

[[folder:The King]]
!!The King of Hyrule

[[folder:The Prince]]
!!The Prince of Hyrule

[[folder:The Palace Guardians]]
A group of monsters selected by the King to guard the Palaces that Link must enter. They are called Horsehead, Helmethead, Rebonack, Carock, Gooma, Barba, and Thunderbird.

!!Horsehead
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/horsehead_taol.png]]

A horse-headed warrior who fights Link with a heavy mace. Horsehead serves as the boss of the Parapa Palace.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: Its only weak point is its head.
* CarryABigStick: Horsehead wields a spiked mace.
* DubNameChange: In Japanese, Horsehead is known as Mazura (meaning "Horse-Face", a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ox-Head_and_Horse-Face one of the guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology]]).
%%* GracefulLoser: When first encountered in Daisuke Shigoto's manga. Later averted in the rematch in the Sea Sanctuary.
* NonHumanHead: It resembles an armored human with, as the name states, a horse's head.
* RecurringBoss: In the Japanese version, it's fought again as a miniboss in the Palace on the Sea.

!!Helmethead
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/taol_helmethead.png]]

A living suit of armor with a detachable head, fought as the boss of the Midoro Palace.

!!Link's Shadow

[[folder:Error]]
!!Error / "Eraa"
[[quoteright:112:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/error_zelda.png]]

A minor NPC who appears in the town of Ruto with seemingly no purpose besides his signature line, "I AM ERROR." He later serves an actual purpose by giving you instructions on how to get to the Island Palace.

* ChekhovsGunman: He's introduced as a random and seemingly unimportant NPC, but it later becomes necessary to seek him out in order to progress.
* PunnyName: He and his friend Bagu are named after programming errors and bugs. In Daisuke Shigoto's manga, he is shown debugging the game, and gets an error message.
* WelcomeToCorneria: He only introduces himself over and over until you meet an NPC who asks you to meet with Error.
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[[folder:Bagu]]
!!"Bagu" / Bug
[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bagu_valiant.png]]

Error's friend, who lives near the town of Saria in the Moruge Forest.

* AdaptationExpansion: He has a major role in one story in the comic adaptation.
* PunnyName: His name is somewhat LostInTranslation, as its correct Romanization would be "Bug" to compliment Error's name.
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[[folder:Ganon]]
!!Ganon
[[quoteright:348:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ganon_taol.png]]
[[caption-width-right:348:GAME OVER\\
RETURN OF [[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaGanonGanondorf GANON]]]]

The EvilOverlord who Link defeated in the first ''Legend of Zelda'', he doesn't physically appear in this game, but his remaining minions are still around and need Link's blood to revive their vanquished master.

* AdaptationExpansion: Both manga adaptations manage to [[spoiler:show him revived]], by some way or another.
** In the Ran Maru manga, [[spoiler:he is revived when the Magician uses Zelda's blood after she had been killed in battle. This same manga reveals that the Magician has Ganon as his alter-ego, before running him through and obtaining the whole Triforce. He serves as the TrueFinalBoss, requiring Link to fight him outside of North Castle and trap him under a boulder]].
** In the Yuu Mishouzaki manga, [[spoiler:Ganon somehow survived the final battle from the previous manga, taking on the form of Dark Link. Dark Link is indeed fought, but after Zelda and Link return from returning the crystals to the temples. After Link defeats Dark Link, the Demon King challenges him in the Great Temple, which here is a portal to Hell. Dark Link then transforms back into Ganon and proceeds to fight Link one last time, with the former being the core to the latter.]]
* EvilLaugh: Lets out a menacing "Ho! Ho! Ho!" when he is revived. In the Famicom version, it's a loud roar instead.
* FascinatingEyebrow: Sports one as shown in the Game Over screen.
* GameOverMan: "GAME OVER RETURN OF GANON". [[NintendoHard You will be seeing this screen plenty of times.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: Hyrule will fall under Ganon's rule once more if he is revived, which is why his minions are trying to bring him back to life.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Not in the game's present events for obvious reasons, but the ''Hyrule Historia'' implies that he was involved in cursing the first Zelda into falling asleep by either using the magician as an alter ego or at the very least having the magician under his employ.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's dead by the time the game starts thanks to Link defeating him in the previous game, though he can come back to life should Link die.
* TheUnfought: Link cannot confront him directly, since he's already dead, yet through his minions, [[NothingIsScarier he makes his presence]] upon the land known, waiting for the hero to fall.

* {{Expy}}: Her entire role in the plot is lifted straight from Literature/SleepingBeauty.

** In the Yuu Mishouzaki manga, [[spoiler:Ganon somehow survived the final battle from the previous manga, taking on the form of Dark Link. Dark Link is indeed fought, but after Zelda and Link return from returning the crystals to the temples. After Link defeats Dark Link, the demon king challenges him in the Great Temple, which here is a portal to Hell. Dark Link then transforms back into Ganon and proceeds to fight Link one last time, with the former being the core to the latter.]]

[[folder:The King of Hyrule]]

[[folder:The Prince of Hyrule]]

* DubNameChange: In Japanese, it's known as Volvagia.

[[folder:Error / "Eraa"]]

[[folder:"Bagu" / Bug]]

Error's friend.

* WhipItGood: As shown in this piece of official art when he threatened Zelda.

* OutsideTheBoxTactic: Carock is impossible to beat without the Reflect Spell, which can throw players for a loop since they're used to the whole swordfighting requirement of the game. Thunderbird is also impossible to beat without the Thunder Spell, since it will be invincible to sword strikes unless it is somehow weakened.

* AdaptationHeroism: In Ran Maru's manga adaptation, he is unknowingly tricked by the Magician to interrogate Zelda for the whereabouts of the Triforce. When the Magician puts her under the curse, the Prince attempts to repremand him, only getting as far as injuring him with his sword.

* AdaptationExpansion: In Ran Maru's manga adaptation [[spoiler:he is the BigBad, primarily appearing in the guise of the Magician. This same manga also makes him into Ganon's alter-ego, serving as a prototype of sorts for Ganondorf.]]

* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:In Ran Maru's adaptation, it is revealed that the Prince and the Magician were one and the same in the actual history. The Magician-Prince is also a vessel for Ganon.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After the wizard curses Zelda into eternal slumber, he repents and decrees that every princess must be named Zelda in honor of his sister.

* RecurringBoss: After featuring as the boss of the Island Palace, it's fought twice as a miniboss in the Three-Eye Rock Palace.

* KingMook: A shrouded wizard who warps around the room and throws magic bolts at Link, Carock is obviously a boss-level Wizzrobe.

* KnightlySwordAndShield: He starts the game from beginning to end with the Magical Sword and the Magical Shield.

* WeaponOfChoice: The Magical Sword and the Magical Shield, the strongest offensive and defensive tools you had in the original game, are available from the start.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Nothing about Link's Shadow is ever mentioned or hinted, leaving many first-timers surprised when he popped out of Link. Some sources claim that this is Ganon's last-ditch attempt to resurrect, but it's hard to get any real or canon information. The most common believed origin story for him is that he's a prototype Dark Link.

* {{Doppelganger}}: To Link.

* EvilTwin: Link's shadow and his enemy, obviously.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Nothing about Link's Shadow is ever mentioned or hinted, leaving many first-timers surprised when he popped out of Link. Some sources claim that this is Ganon's last-ditch attempt to resurrect, but it's hard to get any real or canon information.

!!Link

!!Princess Zelda

[[folder:The King]]
!!The King of Hyrule

[[folder:The Prince]]
!!The Prince of Hyrule

[[folder:Guardians]]
!!The Palace Guardians

!!Error

!!Bagu

!!Ganon

!!Shadow Link / Dark Link

Later known as "Dark Link", "Shadow Link", and "Black Link", he is Link's {{Doppelganger}} who appears as the surprise final boss created by a wizard to test Link.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: After fighting the army of Ganon for the entire game, Link finally reclaims the Triforce of Courage and uses it to complete the Triforce. He then makes a wish to wake up Princess Zelda, getting a kiss for his efforts. The trope also applies for the “Defeated” timeline as Ganon is DeaderThanDead now that Link destroyed his army, Hyrule is on its way to recovery, and they have the Triforce again.

* PrincessesPreferPink: Her dress.

* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: As shown here in official art.

* AdaptationExpansion: [[spoiler:He is the BigBad of Ran Maru's manga adaptation, primarily appearing in the guise of the Magician. This same manga also makes him into Ganon's alter-ego, serving as a prototype of sorts for Ganondorf.]]

* AmbitionIsEvil: Wanted the Triforce for himself so he could rule Hyrule and grew desperate enough to resort to evil methods to find it.

* PosthumousCharacter: Probably dead long before this game.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/taol_helmethead.png]]

The [[Characters/TheLegendOfZeldaTheTriforceWeilders Princess]] that Link rescues in this game has been asleep for centuries. She had been cursed by the evil wizard who wanted the Triforce at her brother's command. By breaking the curse on the palaces and retrieving the Triforce of Courage, Link rescues her.

Despite Link's status as a LegacyCharacter, this is the exact same Link [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI from the previous game]]. After defeating Ganon, he stays in Hyrule to help rebuild. On his sixteenth birthday, a strange mark appears on the back of his hand; when he shows it to Impa, she takes him to a locked room in the North Castle, where the mark in question causes the door to open. This leads to the explanation of the original Princess Zelda and her [[Literature/SleepingBeauty centuries of sleep]]. Link is then tasked with returning six crystals to six palaces in order to acquire the Triforce of Courage, which will enable him to awaken her.

The Princess that Link rescues in this game has been asleep for centuries. She had been cursed by the evil wizard who wanted the Triforce at her brother's command. By breaking the curse on the palaces and retrieving the Triforce of Courage, Link rescues her.

[[folder:The King of Hyrule]]

[[folder:The Prince of Hyrule]]

[[folder:Error/ "Eraa"]]

[[folder:"Bagu"/ Bug]]

** UpToEleven with the Jump spell, where Link's [[InASingleBound jumping distance is increased to reach higher and farther places.]]

* OneManArmy: [[UpToEleven More than any other canonical Link to date.]] This Link fights the remnants of Ganon's army and an utterly incredible amount of [[NintendoHard insanely tough]] {{Mooks}} almost ''constantly'' until he defeats his own shadow at the end of the game. The only Link with a higher kill count would be the one from ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'', which is based on the gameplay of ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' (and isn't canon).

* PunnyName: He and his friend Bagu are named after programming errors and bugs. Taken UpToEleven in Daisuke Shigoto's manga, where he is shown debugging the game, and gets an error message.

* NiceHat: It's the same hat as the first game, a green cap with a yellow trim at the bottom.

* BalefulPolymorph: Link can invoke this on his enemies with Spell to turn them into blobs.

* ImprobableAge: Besides defeating Ganon when he was 10, this Link takes it UpToEleven by becoming a OneManArmy that destroys the overlord's surviving army, masters advanced sword techniques and magic spells, awakens the sleeping Princess Zelda, and completes the Triforce at the age of 16.

* {{Expy}}: Has one in King Harkinian, from the [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda animated adaptation]], whose look was clearly inspired by this official art.