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

Link

The main protagonist, the Link in Majora's Mask is the same "Hero of Time" found in Ocarina of Time. Returned to his young form and on an adventure, he is robbed by the Skull Kid, who draws him into an alternate world called Terminus where he must track down his stolen possessions, heal himself, and save the people of that world from a cataclysmic event using his power over time. See Link for more about Link.

Skull Kid

Skull Kid, in the game spelled Skullkid, is a mischievous child who uses the powerful Majora's Mask to cause most of the conflict in the game.

In Majora's Mask

In Majora's Mask, his two fairy sidekicks Tatl and Tael 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. He lunges for Skullkid, but he hops on Epona for his getaway. After holding on a while, Link falls off, and follows him into a hollow log and falls into an abyss (disputedly, this is how Link travels to Termina). Then Skull Kid turns Link into a Deku Scrub and leaves. He tries to make the moon fall on Termina and the player finds out later that Majora's Mask is controlling him.

In Ocarina Of Time

Skull Kid makes a brief, unnamed 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. When completing the 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. It is seen in 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, based on the traditional Zelda skeleton enemy known as Stalfos .

Tatl

Tatl is a fairy companion of the Skull Kid. After being separated from her brother Tael (another one of the Skull Kid's fairies), she befriends Link on his journey and helps him along the way, much like Navi (Link's fairy from Ocarina of Time). She has a bossy disposition but eventually warms to Link. It is believed that Tatl and Tael's names are derived from the phrase "tattletale," hinting at their childish natures.

Tael

Tael is a dark-colored fairy companion of the Skull Kid. Tael is Tatl's brother, but they were separated unwillingly after the Skull Kid met up with Link. Tael stayed with the Skull Kid while Tatl went on a journey with Link, but in the end they were reunited.

The Four Giants

The Four Giants are from an ancient, long forgotten Terminian race 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 with hopes of a good harvest in the year to come.

See also

Four Heavenly Kings