The Demon Dragon is the final boss of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, created when Ganondorf uses his Secret Stone to transform into a gigantic draconic form.

Ganondorf is the central antagonist of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, an ancient Gerudo king whose awakening unleashes gloom, the upheaval and the Demon King’s army across Hyrule.

Link is the playable protagonist of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, a swordsman who explores Hyrule, the Sky Islands and the Depths while searching for Princess Zelda and opposing Ganondorf.

Princess Zelda is Hyrule’s royal scholar and the central missing figure in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Her disappearance leads Link through the Upheaval, the geoglyph memories and the search for the Master Sword.

Purah is the Sheikah researcher and head of Lookout Landing in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. She directs Hyrule's early response to the Upheaval, equips Link with the Paraglider, and coordinates research into the ancient technology threatening the kingdom.

Rauru is a Zonai sage, the first king of Hyrule, and Link’s earliest guide in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Colgera is the boss of the Wind Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Link battles it in the skies above Hebra, using Tulin's wind and aerial movement to expose and destroy its vulnerable underside.

Gleeok is a three-headed elemental dragon boss in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Its heads combine powerful elemental beams with flight, making it one of Hyrule’s most demanding optional overworld encounters.

Gloom Hands are hostile, gloom-covered hands that emerge from a dark pool, pursue Link across difficult terrain, and can be followed by a Phantom Ganon encounter when defeated.

Impa is a Sheikah elder, former attendant to Princess Zelda, and a key investigator in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's Geoglyphs and Dragon's Tears questline.

Master Kohga is the boastful leader of the Yiga Clan and a recurring boss in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Link pursues him through four vehicle-based encounters in the Depths.

Mineru is a Zonai sage and the fifth sage of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Her Spirit Construct lets Link ride and customize a mechanical combat platform in the Depths.

Phantom Ganon is a recurring manifestation of the Demon King's power in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, appearing as a dangerous boss after certain Gloom Hands encounters and during the Hyrule Castle crisis.

Queen Gibdo is the boss of the Lightning Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, commanding the Gibdo assault on the Gerudo and serving the Demon King's Army.

Riju is the youthful chief of the Gerudo in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and a Sage of Lightning who helps Link defend Gerudo Town and confront the Lightning Temple.

Sidon is the Zora prince and Sage of Water who helps Link investigate the crisis affecting Zora’s Domain and the Water Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Sonia is the first Queen of Hyrule, a Zonai ruler, and the Sage of Time whose life and death shape the history revealed in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Tulin is a young Rito archer and Sage of Wind who joins Link during the investigation of the storm above Hebra. His vow grants a powerful gust that increases paraglider travel distance and helps solve aerial traversal problems.

Yunobo is the Goron sage of fire in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. After becoming the leader of YunoboCo, he joins Link to investigate Death Mountain and the Fire Temple.

Addison is a recurring Hyrulean civilian in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom who asks Link to help support Hudson Construction signs scattered across the Surface.

Cotera is one of the Great Fairies in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. She resides near Dueling Peaks Stable and upgrades Link's armor after her fountain is opened through the Stable Trotters questline.

Flux Constructs are Zonai-made boss machines in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Their detachable body parts can be rearranged with Ultrahand, creating a battle that rewards identifying and grabbing the glowing core.

Frox are enormous frog-like Depths monsters that use a single eye, powerful body slams, and an inhaling attack to ambush explorers and guard valuable Zonaite deposits.

Hestu is a Korok musician in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom who expands Link's weapon, bow, and shield stashes in exchange for Korok Seeds.

Hudson is the president of Hudson Construction and a key resident of Tarrey Town in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. He is involved in Mattison's Independence and the town's monster-statue commissions.

Josha is a young researcher at Lookout Landing who studies the Depths and helps Link investigate the strange underground world beneath Hyrule.

King Dorephan is the ruler of the Zora and Sidon’s father in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. He helps Link understand the Zora’s ancient connection to the Zora’s Domain crisis and provides the King’s Scale needed to enter the Water Temple.

Koltin is a monster enthusiast and traveling merchant in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom who trades Bubbul Gems for unusual rewards and searches for the mystical Koltin's Collection.

Marbled Gohma is the boss of the Fire Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Link and Yunobo must fight it across the temple’s floors and ceilings while avoiding its rock-based attacks and destroying its exposed eye.

Mucktorok is the boss of the Water Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. It hides inside a sludge-covered shark form and must be exposed with water-based attacks before Link can damage it.

Penn is a Rito reporter for the Lucky Clover Gazette who recruits Link to investigate reports connected to Princess Zelda in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Robbie is a Sheikah researcher and Purah’s technical partner who develops Link’s Purah Pad upgrades, researches the Depths, and operates the Hateno Village Research Lab.

The Seized Construct is the hostile Zonai machine guarding Mineru's Construct in the Spirit Temple. Link defeats it by using mounted weapons and the arena's electrified barriers.

Teba is the Rito Village chief in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and the father of Tulin. He supports Link and Tulin during the Rito storyline but does not become a Sage himself.

Yona is a Zora princess and Sidon's fiancée in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. She helps Link restore the Zora Armor and supports the Zora people during the crisis affecting Zora's Domain.

Beedle is a traveling merchant who visits the stables of Hyrule and sells arrows, insects, cooking materials, and other useful supplies in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Bludo is the Goron elder and community leader associated with Goron City in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. He is Yunobo’s grandfather and a supporting figure in the Eldin storyline.

Buliara is the Gerudo guard captain and Riju’s steadfast bodyguard in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Hoz is a Hyrulean military captain stationed at Lookout Landing in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. He helps establish the early investigation into the events surrounding Hyrule Castle.

Muzu is a Zora elder in Zora's Domain who initially distrusts Link but becomes an important source of information during the investigation into the sludge threatening the Zora.

Paya is the Sheikah chief of Kakariko Village in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. She helps oversee the village’s investigation of the Ring Ruins and carries forward Impa’s responsibilities.

Reede is the incumbent mayor of Hateno Village in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. He is a civilian leader involved in the village’s Mayoral Election and its dispute with Cece.

Traysi is the editor of the Lucky Clover Gazette and the questgiver who begins the Potential Princess Sightings! side adventure in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.