Nabooru
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Nabooru (nä-bōō'roo) is the second-in-command and reclusive lone wolf thief of the Gerudo. Like most Gerudo, she has red hair and gold eyes. Link, as a child, first meets her inside the Spirit Temple. It is here she reveals that though she serves under Ganondorf, she wants nothing to do with his dark ambitions. She confesses her belief that Ganondorf is truly an evil king. She promises Link a great reward if he can successfully retrieve the Silver Gauntlets for her. She herself, once equipped with the gauntlets, plans to explore the temple ever further to locate and steal Ganondorf's treasure (which he has hoarded from his followers). Nabooru, however, is captured by Koume and Kotake before she can receive the gauntlets, and is subjected to practices of brainwashing.
Seven years later, Link encounters her again within the second half of the explored Spirit Temple, but this time she is in the guise of an Iron Knuckle. As a brainwashed, loyal servant to the evil witches, Nabooru protects the final entrance to Twinrova's chambers and Link must defeat her to finally conquer the temple. When he destroys Twinrova, Nabooru is awakened as the Sage of Spirit and Link receives the Spirit Medallion from her. It is never revealed what it was she intended to reward Link with upon giving her the gauntlets; however, her final words in the Chamber of Sages to him are: "If only I knew you would become such a handsome young man... I should have kept my promise back then."
In the manga, she was sent by the Twinrova sisters (while under the influence of mind control) to make sure Sheik would not betray Ganondorf. She interrogated Link when he came to prison. He fought her, and in the process, cracked the gem on her forehead that served as the Twinrova sisters' means of controlling her. She then fought her comrades, eventually freeing them from the sisters' spell as well, while Link took Sheik out of harm's way. Nabooru then gave Link the Mirror Shield to defeat the Twinrova sisters. Nabooru then helped Link get into Ganon's Tower once she awakened as the Sage of Spirit.
Like several other characters, Nabooru is named after a town in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.
