Aryll

Aryll
Aryll's artwork for The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
First appearance	The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002)
Latest appearance	Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition (2018, Zelda franchise) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018, overall)
Species	Hylian

Aryll is the younger sister of Link in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. She lives on Outset Island with Link and their grandma, and has a lookout tower named Aryll's Lookout, which is her favorite place to gaze at the sea.

History

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Aryll, after being freed from her cage, in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

At the start of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Aryll lends her Telescope to Link as a birthday present. He looks from it, and he and Aryll notice a large bird, the Helmaroc King, carrying a young girl, named Tetra, in its talons. The bird accidentally drops her into the forest, and Aryll urges Link to rescue her. After rescuing Tetra, the Helmaroc King notices Aryll, and it abducts her and flies away to the Forsaken Fortress. Link convinces Tetra and her pirate crew to go after the Helmaroc King, starting his adventure to rescue Aryll.

After traveling up the Forsaken Fortress, Link finds Aryll in a room, locked in a cage with other small girls. They are briefly reunited, but the Helmaroc King appears and launches Link far off into the Great Sea. Link survives and perseveres with his adventure, gaining items and weapons, before returning to the Forsaken Fortress to reattempt rescuing Aryll.

On his second visit to the Forsaken Fortress, right before facing the Helmaroc King, Link successfully rescues Aryll and the other girls. Tetra and her pirates decide to take the girls with them, and Tetra promises to return Aryll to Outset Island. For the rest of Link's adventure, Aryll explores the Great Sea with Tetra and her pirates.

Aryl is last seen during the end credits, returning home to Outset Island with Link. Aryll and the others on Outset Island wave goodbye as Link, Tetra, and the pirates start another journey to search for new lands.

General information

Physical appearance

Aryll has short, yellow hair arranged in two ponytails. She has a similar face to Link's. Aryll is usually wearing a light blue dress with a few orange flowers. In the game's ending sequence and during the entire Second Quest, Aryll is wearing a maroon dress with a few large skulls on it.

Personality

Aryll looks up to Link as her older brother and aspires to become like him. She has a kind and helpful personality, and sometimes helps out her grandma. Aryll is fond of seagulls and enjoys playing with them, especially from her lookout. The Telescope is Aryll's most cherished belonging, but she allows Link to borrow it as a birthday present.

Trivia

• In the character design notes for Aryll inside the Zelda Box book, Eiji Aonuma said that Aryll was originally going to be named Mariru (マリル?), making her similar to Marin from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and Malon from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Additionally, it could reference her and Marin's shared fondness for seagulls.

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