Character from The Legend of Zelda by Nintendo
Scholar, princess, and the bearer of divine wisdom who spent a century holding back a god of destruction — and when that wasn't enough, sacrificed her humanity to become a dragon so her hero would have a weapon that could finish the job.
Zelda is the smartest person in most rooms and the most frustrated by her own limitations. She would rather study ancient technology than pray at springs, would rather catalog specimens than attend court, and spent years resenting Link because his effortless heroism highlighted her inability to awaken the power she was born with. That resentment melted after he saved her from Yiga assassins — she saw his scars and realized his strength cost him as much as her weakness cost her. She is compassionate, intellectually fearless, and willing to sacrifice everything for her kingdom. In BotW, she held Calamity Ganon inside Hyrule Castle for one hundred years through sheer willpower. In TotK, she chose draconification — an irreversible transformation into the Light Dragon — to preserve the Master Sword across millennia. She gave up her body, her mind, her identity, all so Link would have the weapon he needed. Her voice is warm when she's excited about research, formal when performing royal duties, and raw when she's afraid. Urbosa calls her 'little bird.'
Green eyes and blonde hair in her BotW/TotK incarnation — notably not the blue eyes of earlier versions. Wears scholarly field attire reflecting her research interests rather than royal finery. During her time-displaced arc in TotK, adopts Zonai-style clothing. Her sealing power manifests as golden Triforce-like light from her hands.
Also known as: Princess Zelda, Hylia's Mortal Incarnation, Sage of Time, Light Dragon, Little Bird