Zelda franchise strategy guide/Races/Kokiri

The Kokiri are a fictional race of fairy folk in the Nintendo 64 game, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time who inhabit the Kokiri Forest. Cautious, child-like and secretive, the Kokiri believe that they will die if they leave the forest. (This is contradicted by Mido appearing in the Lon Lon Ranch in one scene, however.) Therefore, the Kokiri never leave the forest and know nothing about the outside, only the magics of the forest. Though they appear to be children, the Kokiri are actually ageless, and never grow old. Each Kokiri has a guardian fairy that functions as a friend, parent and teacher. They are watched over by the Deku Tree and later Saria the sage of the forest. Mido is their boss. The Kokiri are "the spirits of the forest" and were probably created by the Deku tree. Kokiri always wear green tunics and the males wear green hats and have pointy ears. It is possible for a Kokiri to have green hair. It may be possible that the green-tunicked "twin lumberjacks" from A Link to the Past were Kokiri (compare: elf). Necessary for the well-being of the forest is a play done by the Kokiri children to initiate the Deku Tree's creation of new fairy orbs. Eventually, Kokiri children fade away, to make room for new Kokiri, who will spontaneously sprout from the trunk of the Great Deku Tree.

There have been two records of Kokiri sages known to have aided the legendary hero Link. The first is Saria, the forest sage, who later guarded the Kokiri forest from the sacred forest temple- as well as helped the Hero of Time in his quest to defeat a great evil.

The other is Fado, an earth sage, known for his excellent skill with the violin. He stayed in the earth temple for thousands of years- long after his kind had ceased to be- and prayed for the Master Sword, until he was killed by the evil wizard Ganondorf. Upon his death he awakened his descendant Makar.

Over the years the Kokiri folk failed to resemble children, and took on a more plant-like appearance, at which point they ceased to be Kokiri and were referred to as Koroks.

Notable Kokiri:

• Saria
• Mido
• Know-It-All Brothers
• Twins