Nabooru

**Nabooru** is a character in *The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time*. She is a Gerudo, and the Sage of Spirit. She used to be Ganondorf's second-in-command, highly respected by the Gerudo people, but has since joined Link's side in fighting against Ganondorf.

## Appearance

Nabooru resembles an Arabian woman, muscular but lean, with tanned skin and Arabian-like garbs. Her hair is bright red and pulled back into a ponytail secured with a hot pink jewel, and her eyes are orange and accented with gold eyeshadow. She notably has a long, pointy nose. Nabooru wears gold-and-red earrings, pink lipstick, and an orange jewel inset in a silver frame on her forehead. As for the rest of her jewelry, she wears a gold-and-pink choker-like necklace with an exceptionally large pink jewel hanging from it, multiple rings on her hands, and a gold-and-pink armband high up on her left arm. She wears a short, strapless, bra-like top, presumably because of the heat of the Gerudo Desert and the Arabian clothes her outfit was modeled after. The top is white, with a blue and red pattern on it. Her pants are puffy harem pants with a red-and-white pattern, along with gold cuffs, on the bottom, and they are white in-game, but pink in the official artwork. Similar to the pants, she wears long fingerless gloves that are white in-game but pink in the artwork. Her belt is silver, with a yellow jewel in. Her shoes are pointy and red.

## In-game

Link first meets Nabooru at the Spirit Temple as a child, having used the Requiem of Spirit that Sheik taught him in the future to get there. Nabooru is a Gerudo woman who is opposed to Ganondorf's rule and wishes to infiltrate the headquarters of his followers. However, she cannot get there without the Silver Gauntlets, which are through a small opening that Link can only enter due to his small size. She asks him to retrieve the gauntlets for her, promising something great in return, but before he can give her them, Koume and Kotake arrive and kidnap Nabooru. When Link returns as an adult, Nabooru has been brainwashed by the two witches, now a devout follower of Ganondorf who apparently brainwashes others to feel the same way. Near the end of the temple, Link finds the witches commanding an Iron Knuckle to attack him. Once Link defeats the Iron Knuckle, its armor falls off, revealing Nabooru inside. She has come out of her brainwashing, once again against Ganondorf and his ideals. Twinrova capture her again, and Link must fight them as a boss battle. Once defeated, Nabooru is freed, and awakens as the Sage of Spirit, giving Link the Spirit Medallion. Later on, she combines her powers with the other Sages' to create a bridge into Ganon's Castle, and appears one final time in the game to break the Spirit Seal. The sages seal Ganondorf away, and Nabooru is seen with the other sages in the credits atop Death Mountain, looking over the now-peaceful land of Hyrule.

## Trivia

* Her official artwork portrays her with pink clothes, while they are white in-game.
* A stained-glass window in *The Wind Waker* portrays her and the other sages.
* Divine Beast Vah Naboris is named after her in *Breath of the Wild*.
* Her name comes from the town with the same name in *Adventure of Link*, which in turn possibly comes from the Japanese name Noboru, meaning "rise up".