Great Fairy
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| Great Fairy | |
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 Great Fairy as depicted on Twilight Princess. |
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| Game series | Legend of Zelda series |
| First game | A Link to the Past (1992) |
Great Fairies are found in most games of The Legend of Zelda series. It is usually assumed that there are more than one in existence. After completing a specific quest or reaching a certain area, a Great Fairy can grant Link with a reward such as extended health, magic or upgraded items.
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[edit] Characteristics
In earlier games they came in two varieties — ones that provide upgrades for Link's status and ones that merely replenish Link's health. These separate concepts were combined in the Great Fairies of Ocarina of Time, wherein they would first grant Link the special ability in question and thereafter heal him on any later visits.
Great Fairies in The Legend of Zelda series have changed dramatically throughout the games. While they are portrayed as fully dressed, wearing clothes that are similar to a wedding dress in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, they've changed in appearance in others. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time makes them out to be slim, vine covered women, while Great Fairies The Wind Waker are clothed in a gown and have 4 arms. Why they have changed isn't explained, but like many other Zelda characters, have returned again and again.
[edit] Games history
[edit] A Link to the Past
Their first appearance is in A Link to the Past. There are three Great Fairy locations: behind the waterfall near Zora's Domain, on a island in the middle of Lake Hylia, and behind a wall outside the Dark Pyramid. They grant upgrades of items thrown into the water or after throwing in Rupees. The waterfall fairy usually grants a shield upgrade to block fireballs, the magic boomerang that goes further, and green potion for bottles thrown in. The island fairy lets you carry more arrows and bombs after throwing in rupees. Finally the trapped fairy gives you the Golden Sword for throwing in the tempered sword, the Silver Arrows from your regular ones, both needed to kill Ganon with, and green potion for bottles thrown in. There are also weaker great fairies that only heal link.
[edit] Ocarina of Time
In Ocarina of Time, Great Fairies are located at six locations: just outside Hyrule Castle, two on Death Mountain (one at the summit and one inside), the Desert Colossus, Jabu-Jabu's shrine, and just outside Ganon's Castle. These provide Link with, respectively, Din's Fire, Magic Power & double magic power, Nayru's Love, Farore's Wind, and automatic double defense.
[edit] Majora's Mask
In Majora's Mask, there are five Great Fairy locations, one in Clock Town where at the start of the game Link has to return a single scattered fairy to the fountain in Clock town. Here you receive the magic power and the ability to blow bubbles in Deku form, and one in each of the four major areas, Woodfall, Snowhead, Great Bay, and Stone Tower. After collecting fifteen fairies from each of these temples, a new power or item is bestowed to Link. They are respectively, upgraded sword magic, double magic power, a white lining around your hearts that reduces damage by half, and the Great Fairy's Sword.
[edit] The Wind Waker
In The Wind Waker, there are six islands with Great Fairies on them and two with Great Fairies that might be higher in rank than all other Great Fairies. These are, Northern Fairy Island, Southern Fairy Island, Eastern Fairy Island, Western Fairy Island, Thorn Fairy Island, Outset Island, Mother and Child Isles, and Headstone Island. The upgrades from each island are, respectively; rupee upgrade, bomb upgrade, bomb upgrade, arrow upgrade, arrow upgrade, rupee upgrade, fire & ice arrows, and double magic power. The Great Fairy who is on Mother and Child Isles says she is the Queen of the Fairies, although she appears to be a child (even having a stuffed doll); however, it is clear that she is still very powerful.
[edit] Twilight Princess
In The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess the Great Fairy (or Queen of the Fairies) appears inside the multi-level enemy gauntlet known as the Cave of Ordeals. In this incarnation, the Great Fairy resembles a young woman with long, green hair and pointed ears. She wears no clothing save for a small cloth that is tied around her waist as a skirt, and her breasts are covered by the lengths of her hair (creating possibly the strongest allusion to nudity in a Zelda game thus far). She grants the player access to a mystical substance known as Great Fairy Tears, if they survive the cave and reach her at the end.
[edit] Minor appearances
There are also seemingly minor Great Fairies appearing in Link's Awakening that when visited restore Hearts and Magic Power. They upgrade items to level 2 in Four Swords Adventures.
