Daruk

Lord Daruk is a major character in the "Era of the Wilds" saga within ‘s franchise, serving as one of the four tritagonists (alongside Mipha, Revali, and Urbosa) of the 2017 action-adventure video game and a titular major character in its 2020 spin-off .
He is a warrior of the Goron tribe who lived in Goron City and is one of the four Champions of Hyrule who pilots Divine Beast Vah Rudania. 
He is voiced by Koji Takeda in the Japanese version, who also voiced Wasabi in the Japanese dub of Big Hero 6 and by Joe Hernandez in the English version.
==Personality==
Daruk is courageous at heart and eternally devoted to his goal of defeating Calamity Ganon along with his friends. He is normally calm for the most part when he is not in the battlefield or enjoying the peace, as well as extremely fun-loving and playful, but he does become loud and ferocious during battle, such as when he yells "open up wide" to the malevolent monstrosity just before having his Divine Beast fire its laser at Hyrule Castle. Daruk is also shown to be a great leader as he rallies his fellow Champions to action upon witnessing Ganon's revival. He also swore to protect his land and people with his life, and even after being freed by Link he chose to keep on striving for the greater good even after death as a spirit as Link was his sworn brother and comrade in order to finished what he has started. If anything, Daruk was willing to fully embraced his role as a Champion much like Mipha and Urbosa did; Revali wouldn't embrace until much later when reality starts to kick in. He was in awe of Link's Goron-like strength and hoped that Link hadn't noticed that he had a dopey look on his face while being sidetracked by Link's strength when they first met indicating that he is quite proud of his own strength and embarrassed of showing signs of weakness such as his fear of dogs, due to being chased by them as a youngster. Despite all this, he is willing to dub him his sworn brother as he recognized Link's strength and bravery. He and Link also bonded over their shared gluttony, with Daruk impressed that Link can and will eat rocks as well.
Daruk had a strong sense of comradeship due to his Goron upbringing and though he admittedly that he, like most Gorons, lived a simple life as his training journal often recorded simple activities such as meals he enjoyed and is notable to be a big eater who loves Rock Roasts with a passion. Due to being foreign with Hylian diet, he found Link's eating habits odd, not realizing that they were quite normal for Hylians and encouraged him to eat rocks which caused him to become more mistaken after Link successfully consumed some Grade A Rock Roast. While it is uncertain if Link actually enjoyed it or not, but from Daruk's perspective, he assumed he did enjoy its taste. This has led him to assume all Hylians could in fact eat rocks as part of their diet. Daruk was also happy and relieved to see his descendant Yunobo and Goron City are thriving even after one hundred years since the Great Calamity meaning their efforts had not been in vain. He would still fight alongside Link to defend his land and people, who viewed Daruk a great hero who died a hero's death fighting Ganon.
Daruk is also very caring to the people around him. He establishes a brother-sister bond with the Zora Princess, Mipha who asks him to help her train so that she will be prepared to face tougher foes in battle, and he also apparently knows of her crush on Link, giving an amused look and chuckle, but in respect doesn't reveal her intentions to anyone given how timid Mipha can be regarding the Hylian. Daruk and Revali don't always get along when they interact and with their opposing personalities, with Daruk being open and outgoing and Revali being closed off and reserved, can lead to bouts of arguing at times, with Daruk disapproving of Revali's poor treatment of Link and the Rito snarking at Daruk quite a lot. Even with the tension between them, Revali still respects Daruk as his fellow Champion and has a few moments of being polite with him in the best of times and Daruk respects and cares about Revali deeply. Daruk is quite close with Urbosa and hopes to find a way to help the younger Champions see that they are Hyrule's future as well as the younger generation. He is on good terms with Princess Zelda, who is the only one who knows of his cynophobia and seems to be concerned for her when it came to her fulfilling her sacred duties which she had struggled all her life to awaken her sealing power needed to keep Calamity Ganon at bay. 
In Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, he is consistently encouraging his savior and descendent, Yunobo whenever he fell short. While he can be somewhat miffed at Yunobo for addressing him with formalities. In the Guardian of Remembrance DLC Pack, Yunobo is hesitant to take credit for doing his part in defending Kakariko Village due to his insecurities and tendency to be cowardly until a certain friend (Link from the Breath of the Wild timeline) assisted him into becoming braver. Daruk pulls his arm up and lets him know that he is the Champion of the future and to tell that friend of his that he wishes him all the best. The two form a very strong bond and later share rock roasts in celebration. 
==Appearance==
Daruk possesses a bulky muscular appearance like that of the other Gorons and has dark gold skin and large hands with white nails on his fingers and toes. He also has white hair on his head as well as facial hair consisting of a moustache and beard and some hair on his shoulders and wrists. He wears dark brown wristbands and armbands as well as a pale white rope belt with a brown buckle around his waist. 
Before becoming Champion, Daruk's adornments consist of two brown chains attached to a diamond shaped buckle with a red Goron crest which also holds his Boulder Breaker. After becoming Champion, Daruk swaps out his left shoulder chain in favor of the blue sash with a white Divine Beast Vah Rudania imprinted on it.
==Powers and Abilities==
Being a member of the Goron tribe, Daruk boasts great strength and is physically stronger than all his other fellow Champions. 
His weapon of choice is the Boulder Breaker, a powerful two-handed club sword that Daruk could easily wield with one hand, leaving his free hand available for follow-up attacks, this weapon coupled with his strength made him a force to be reckoned with.
The ability that Daruk bestows to Link: Daruk's Protection is a nigh-impenetrable shield that can protect the young Hylian from enemy attack's up to three times before requiring a cooldown. This ability can also parry an enemy's attacks if they fight up-close. In Age of Calamity, Daruk can use this as his shield against enemy attacks before counterattacking once the enemy is vulnerable.
==Other Media==
===Super Smash Bros.===
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Daruk appears as an advanced-ranked primary shield-type spirit who increases the user's weight. His spirit battle is a stamina battle against Donkey Kong with a extra durability on his shield on the battlefield form of the Find Mii stage covered in a lava floor.
No.	Image	Name 	Type 	Class	Slots	Stats	Ability 	Acquisition
240	 	Daruk	Shield	★★ 	1 	4300 	Weight ↑	
*Battle via World of Light
*Purchase at the Shop
*Battle via Spirit Board
==Quotes==
===The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild===
===Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity===
==Audio==
===Theme===
==Trivia==
*Daruk's pride and care for his fellow Gorons is similar to Darunia's.
*Daruk's Protection recharge period is 18 minutes, making it the second longest charge time ahead of Mipha's cooldown time. If updated upon completing the "Daruk's Song Sidequest" part of the EX The Champions' Ballad, it is reduced to 6 minutes.
*In the EX Champions' Ballad, Daruk is revealed to suffer cynophobia (fear of dogs) and will tremble in fright if he comes across one. This fear is caused by having been chased by dogs in his youth.
*His theme is "Daruk's Proclamation". A somber version plays during the one of the trailers for the game.
*Daruk's name came from the Japanese word meaning "Strong Boulder Benefactor" which is well suited for someone like him. 
==External Links==
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*Daruk on the Zelda Wiki
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