Nabooru

Sorry I'm late on this one guys. Had work through Friday followed by a commitment in the evening and being too tired to write one of these out, haha.

Nabooru is a female character hailing from the Gerudo tribe, and is a leader figure for them - apart from their king Ganondorf of course, who she openly opposes. She possesses a rather strong personality, determined and strong, as well as being the leader of a female-based community. Apart from being the leader of the tribe, she also happens to be one of the Sages, pertaining to the Spirit Temple in the Desert Colossus being the place we meet her.

Upon meeting Nabooru we find her attempting to acquire the Silver Gauntlets and harness their power, but alas is too big to fit through the opening into the chamber beyond. Agreeing to help, it falls to Young Link to crawl through and make his way to the coveted items. Due to Link being a child at the time she has no issues with him getting the adult-only item, and promises him a great reward in return. When the gauntlets are acquired, however, Link looks down upon a distressing scene as Nabooru slowly sinks into a black hole in the sand conjured by Koume and Kotake. As such, the gauntlets fall into ownership of Link, who can now use them as Adult Link upon return.

Following said return, Adult Link is assaulted by a strong Iron Knuckle. After defeating it, however, it becomes clear that it was actually an enchanted Nabooru, being made to fight against her will by the dark magic of the witches. Sadly for Link, the sisters magic her away again before he can come to her aid, forcing Link to proceed further and battle the boss known as Twinrova. It is following this that we discover Nabooru's identity as a Sage. She also tells of how she regrets not making good on her promise to Link, given how he's turned into a handsome young man...

Later down the timeline, we discover in Wind Waker a stained glass window depicting Nabooru. We also see her again with the other Sages during the end credits.

So what do we think of the strong female character of Nabooru, a leader of an essentially all-female society? Given their history with men and other female characters in OoT, what are your thoughts on Nabooru's love interest with Link? Was the Iron Knuckle mini-boss a nice touch or a boring addition? What do you think of the fact she spent no less than seven years enslaved by dark magic? How do we rate her as a Sage? Would you have liked to have seen her get more screen time?

I always thought it would've been interesting to see her try and use them against Ganondorf, but ultimately fall to his superior power and then have Link come across them following the fight and use them to get through the Spirit Temple. If said fight occurred at the Spirit Temple, it's entirely plausible for Koume and Kotake to still enslave her and have the rest of the storyline be the same.

And the rebelling against her own king is interesting when you know that his position is as the most respected male as far as relations with them go for the Gerudo.

i like nabooru, she is a more unexpected sage, she has a decent amount of back story.

you havde to save her from the evil kotake and koume in an awesome boss fight she also gets kidnapped by them, twice!

so yeah i think she makes a very fitting sage

Rauru is pretty cool. Ancient Sage and all that.

What did you guys think about the battle with Nabooru? I've never had much time for Iron Knuckles myself since I started finding them easy, and found it a bit of a waste to simply dress her up as a pre-existing enemy. Would've been a lot cooler to still give her a suit of armour but as an entirely separate design and not with a direct affiliation with any other enemies in OoT.

Well, fight was easy. Nothing much to say about it. Just treated her like any other Iron Knuckle.

She could of had the speed of the Iron Knuckle from MM, but it still would of been an easy fight.

Dark Link appearing in the Water Temple was just too random and out of place. At best, he should of been in the Shadow Temple as a mini-boss or the Spirit Temple.

We have found our next character of the week because I have a lot to say about this guy.

Sorry, but that is a rough and inaccurate assumption.

We never said that we didn't like Naborru as an Iron Knuckle.

I was talking about his percentage value towards the "mindless drone" statement.

I don't know, I've been out of it for the past week. Working outside in the bright, scorching sun tends to change one's attitude. Excuse any rude comments that I happen to make if they should come across.