Malon (The Legend of Zelda)

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Malon

Game series	Legend of Zelda series
First game	Ocarina of Time (1998)

Malon (マロン, Maron^?) is a fictional character in the Legend of Zelda series created by Nintendo. She has appeared in several games in the series, and is almost always found at the Lon Lon Ranch with her father Talon.

1 Appearances
2 Equivalents
- 2.1 Marin
- 2.2 Romani & Cremia
3 Trivia
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Ocarina of Time

Malon is the daughter of Talon and works at Lon Lon Ranch with her father and Ingo. Malon is a nice and (unlike her father) hard-working girl. Link first meets her as a child in Hyrule castle town when she's looking for her father. She gives Link an egg that will hatch and wake up Talon (when Link finds him and uses the newly born Cucco). Later when Link meets her at the ranch she calls him 'Fairy boy'.

Malon also raised Epona and will teach Link "Epona's song." This song will stop Epona from running away from Link and can later be used to call Epona.

Seven years later, Malon is forced to work for Ingo (who is influenced by Ganondorf) at Lon Lon Ranch after he kicked Talon out. (Malon is notable as one of the only characters who visibly ages between the present and future.) Link uses Epona's song to call Epona and wins her after defeating Ingo in horse racing and escaping the ranch. This makes Ingo see the error of his ways, and he lets Talon have the ranch back.

The gossip stones in Ocarina of Time also let the player know that Malon was the Original record holder of the Obstacle course with a time of fifty seconds and that she dreams of being swept off her feet by a knight in shining armor.

Some fans speculate on the possibility of a romantic relationship between Link and Malon, although this has never been substantiated by Nintendo. If Link plays Talon's Cucco game and wins, he is offered Malon's hand in marriage. Talon decides that Link and Malon are too young to be wed, however, and takes the offer back.

[edit] Manga

In the manga of Ocarina of Time, Malon has the same role as in the game. During the Young Link Saga, she meets Link in Lon Lon Ranch where she shows him the whole ranch, gives him a bottle of milk and of course teaches him "Epona's Song. “Before being interrupted by Kaepora Gaebora Malon tells Link that she dreams that one day a knight in shining armor will come and take her to his castle. Then in the Adult Saga, during a battle against some Gerudo warriors, Malon believes Link to be her knight in shining armor, but later this illusion disappears when Link yells Zelda's name to Sheik, breaking the poor, young farmer girl's heart. When the confrontation against the Gerudo ends, Malon bids farewell to Link, now calling him "Mr. Hero" instead of "Fairy Boy".

Malon and Talon as seen in Oracle of Seasons

[edit] Oracle of Seasons

Malon also made a cameo in Oracle of Seasons. She had a small house in which the player could visit her. Talon also makes an appearance as her father. It is interesting that Talon has a big resemblance to Mario, another Nintendo character.

[edit] Four Swords Adventures

While in Hyrule, Link stumbles upon Malon who needs help getting home. Link decides to escort her to Lon Lon Ranch, but as they begin to travel, Link finds himself protecting her from Vaati's soldiers. If Malon gets hit too many times, the player has to start over.

[edit] The Minish Cap

In this game, Malon and Talon once again appear. As usual, they own the Lon Lon Ranch, although it is nothing like the ranch in Ocarina of Time. After fusing a Kinstone with Talon, Malon will go into town and sell Lon Lon Milk. Upon speaking to her, she hums the melody of "Lon Lon Ranch" from Ocarina of Time.

[edit] Equivalents

In several games in the series, there have been characters that are quite similar to Malon in both appearance and personality.

[edit] Marin

The first Malon equivalent appeared in the Gameboy Game Link's Awakening as a young girl named Marin. In this game, she lived with a man named Tarin (who seems to be the equivalent of Talon) who was presumably her father (though it is never stated in the game.)

Cremia (on the left) and Romani (on the right)

Marin plays a rather major role in the game, as she is the one who finds Link on the island. She teaches you the first song you get on your Ocarina, the Ballad of the Wind Fish, and also helps you get to a dungeon around the middle of the game.

Marin says that she wishes she could become a seagull and fly away. At the end of the game, it is revealed that the island was in fact a dream of the Wind Fish. After awakening from his deep sleep, the whole island and everyone that inhabitated it vanished. If you beat the game without Link dying even one time, the ending will show an image of Marin as a seagull flying over the ocean, suggesting that Marin did not fade with the rest of the island, but instead had her wish granted.

[edit] Romani & Cremia

In Majora's Mask, Link visits an alternate world called Termina which is populated by different versions of Ocarina of Time characters. Malon has two equivalents in this world, Romani (the younger sister) and Cremia (the elder sister), two orphaned sisters who own Romani Ranch.

Romani is based off of Malon as seen in Ocarina of Time before Link removed the Master Sword, while Cremia is based off of Malon's appearance 7 years later. Romani requires Link's help in protecting herself and the cows from "Them" (aliens that resembled Poes), so Link escorts Cremia on a milk delivery to thwart an attempted robbery of her cart by the Gormen brothers, who reside in a Horse training farm next to the Romani Ranch. Cremia is friends with Anju from town.