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Hudson

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.

Importance

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First appearance

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom · character art

Key Takeaways

Hudson is a non-playable Hylian leader whose work helps show how Hyrule’s communities rebuild after the Upheaval.

Leader of Hudson Construction

Hudson runs Hudson Construction, the company responsible for major building work in and around Tarrey Town.

A community leader in Tarrey Town

His role connects him to Tarrey Town’s development and to the ordinary people rebuilding their lives after the Upheaval.

Family relationship with Mattison

Hudson is Mattison’s father. Their family storyline is central to the Side Adventure “Mattison’s Independence.”

Partner of Rhondson

Hudson’s relationship with Rhondson forms part of the family and community structure established in Tarrey Town.

Non-playable character

Hudson is not a playable hero or Sage; his importance comes from quests, dialogue, construction projects, and his connection to Tarrey Town’s residents.

Overview

Hudson is the president of Hudson Construction and a recurring civilian leader in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Based in Tarrey Town, he connects the game's wider rebuilding effort with several character-focused quests.

Hudson is a Hylian associated with Tarrey Town, the settlement that grew from a construction project in the previous game. In Tears of the Kingdom, he leads Hudson Construction and remains closely involved in the town's development. His role is primarily that of a civilian organizer and quest-related character rather than a fighter, Sage, or member of the Hyrulean royal family.

The character is first meaningfully encountered in Tarrey Town, where Hudson's position makes him a useful point of contact for the settlement's people and its ongoing projects. He is presented as a practical community leader whose responsibilities extend beyond his own workplace. Through Hudson, the game shows how ordinary residents and local businesses contribute to rebuilding Hyrule after the upheaval affecting the kingdom.

Hudson's family life also gives him a more personal role in Tarrey Town. He is married to Rhondson and is the father of Mattison, and their family circumstances provide the context for one of Hudson's notable character-focused quest appearances. These relationships distinguish Hudson from a simple merchant or background town leader: his quests connect civic responsibility with the concerns of a parent and community member.

For gameplay, Hudson mainly matters as a quest giver and as part of Tarrey Town's broader network of construction-related characters. He does not provide Link with a combat ability or function as a traditional companion. Instead, his importance comes from representing Hyrule's civilian recovery, linking the player's activities to local construction efforts, and supporting stories about family, work, and the growth of a settlement.

Background

Building Tarrey Town

Before the events of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Hudson had already established himself as a builder and community leader in Hyrule. During the reconstruction period following the Calamity, he was associated with the construction effort that eventually became Tarrey Town. The settlement grew from a remote construction project into a functioning community, bringing together residents from different peoples and regions. Hudson’s work there established the practical, cooperative image he carries into the later game: he is a builder whose influence comes from organizing people and creating places where others can live and work.

Hudson Construction and His Family

By the time of Tears of the Kingdom, Hudson leads Hudson Construction and is known as the president of the company. His earlier work in Tarrey Town forms the foundation of that role, although the game presents him primarily through his established position rather than through a detailed account of his childhood or early career. Hudson is also married to Rhondson, and the couple have a daughter, Mattison. Their family life connects Hudson’s public responsibilities with the community he helped establish, while his relationship with Mattison provides important context for the family’s place in Tarrey Town before Link becomes involved in the settlement’s later events.

I'm Hudson, president of Hudson Construction.

Hudson's dialogue in Tarrey Town, when establishing his identity and role as the company's president. Verification: recalled from model knowledge, unverified

Role in the Story

Spoilers

Story spoilers ahead. This section covers the character’s later arc and outcomes.

Hudson serves as one of Hyrule’s civilian leaders during The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. As the president of Hudson Construction, he represents the rebuilding effort taking place away from the main conflict with the Demon King. His role is centered in Tarrey Town, where construction, family life, and the town’s future provide a grounded counterpart to Link’s larger journey. Hudson is not a Sage or a combat companion, but his work shows how ordinary communities respond to the upheaval affecting Hyrule.

His story is primarily developed through the Side Adventure Mattison’s Independence. By this point, Hudson is raising his daughter, Mattison, with Rhondson in Tarrey Town. Mattison is fascinated by her Gerudo heritage and wants to visit Gerudo Town, while Hudson is concerned about her leaving home. Their disagreement gives Hudson a personal conflict separate from the game’s central battle: he must balance his protective instincts with his daughter’s wish to become more independent. Link becomes involved when the family needs help resolving that conflict.

Hudson’s narrative importance comes from the way the Side Adventure connects a large-scale rebuilding project to a small family decision. His construction company is associated with practical recovery across Hyrule, but his most personal challenge is not architectural. It is accepting that Mattison has her own interests, identity, and ambitions. The story presents him as a parent who cares deeply for his daughter while also struggling to let her make choices for herself.

After the events of Mattison’s Independence, Hudson remains part of Tarrey Town’s community rather than becoming a major participant in the remaining Main Quests. His resolution is local and domestic: the family reaches a better understanding of Mattison’s goals, and Hudson’s relationship with her is allowed to develop beyond simple protection. This makes him a supporting character whose arc is completed through family reconciliation rather than through a battle, faction change, or revelation about the ancient past.

Hudson Construction and the Rebuilding of Hyrule

Hudson’s position as president of Hudson Construction places him among the characters working to restore Hyrule after the upheaval. The company’s presence reflects the practical side of recovery: settlements need buildings, transport, repairs, and organized labor even while Link investigates the regional crises. Hudson therefore helps establish that the game’s world is not waiting passively for the main conflict to end. People are already adapting and rebuilding.

This role also connects Hudson to the broader civilian community around Tarrey Town. The town is a place where several peoples and family histories meet, and Hudson’s work contributes to that identity. His responsibilities as a business leader make him useful as a setting character, but Tears of the Kingdom gives him a more personal storyline so that he is not defined only by his occupation.

Mattison’s Independence

The Side Adventure Mattison’s Independence is Hudson’s central narrative appearance in Tears of the Kingdom. Mattison wants to travel to Gerudo Town and learn more about her Gerudo heritage. Hudson initially has difficulty accepting the idea, not because he rejects Mattison’s interests, but because he is worried about her leaving the family home. His concern creates the main tension of the quest and gives Link a role in helping the family communicate.

The quest follows Hudson as he confronts the difference between protecting Mattison and deciding her future for her. Mattison’s wish to travel is treated as a meaningful step toward independence rather than as a threat to the family. Hudson’s eventual response marks the important change in his story: he learns to support her developing identity while continuing to care for her as a parent.

The resolution also reinforces the connection between Tarrey Town and Gerudo Town. Mattison’s heritage is not treated as a minor detail; it is part of what motivates her and shapes the family’s decision. Hudson’s acceptance allows the two sides of her identity—her life with Hudson and Rhondson and her connection to the Gerudo—to coexist.

Hudson’s Role Beyond the Main Quest

Hudson does not lead a Regional Phenomena questline and does not accompany Link into a Temple. His contribution to the narrative is instead measured through the people and settlement he supports. The rebuilding associated with Hudson Construction gives Tarrey Town a continuing sense of purpose, while Mattison’s story shows the emotional responsibilities that exist alongside that public work.

Through Hudson, the game presents recovery as both communal and personal. Hyrule needs construction projects and restored settlements, but families also need to negotiate change. Hudson’s completed arc is therefore modest in scale but important in tone: he begins as a worried parent trying to keep his daughter close and ends by recognizing that supporting Mattison may require giving her room to grow.

Personality & Motivations

A Community-Minded Builder

Hudson’s personality is defined by earnest optimism and practical responsibility. As the leader of Hudson Construction and a central figure in Tarrey Town, he treats building as more than a commercial activity: construction creates homes, connects communities, and gives people a place in the changed kingdom. His behavior consistently favors cooperation and useful work over personal prestige, whether he is managing a growing settlement or supporting the people who depend on it.

Hudson is also notably devoted to his family. His concern for Mattison during her wish to visit Gerudo Town shows a protective side, but he does not simply dismiss her independence. The situation places his parental instincts alongside his recognition that Mattison must learn about the world beyond Tarrey Town. His eventual support reflects a motivation grounded in care rather than control: he wants to keep her safe, while also accepting that growing up involves leaving familiar surroundings.

His outlook combines confidence in construction with a willingness to rely on others. Hudson delegates work to employees and accepts Link’s help when a problem exceeds what he can solve alone. That pattern makes him less an isolated master builder than a community organizer whose ambitions depend on collective effort. He can be anxious when personal responsibilities conflict with his desire to keep Tarrey Town stable, but his actions repeatedly return to cooperation, family, and the belief that problems can be solved through patient, tangible work.

Hudson Construction is dedicated to building a better Hyrule.

Hudson's construction-company dialogue in Tarrey Town. Verification: recalled from model knowledge, unverified

Relationships

Mission Appearances

Hudson is central to this Side Adventure in Tarrey Town. After Mattison decides to leave home, Hudson's concern for his daughter drives the family conflict, while the quest also highlights his responsibilities as the town's leader and a father. The appearance is important for understanding Hudson's family relationship with Mattison and the community he helped establish.

Hudson appears as the builder who creates a monster display in Tarrey Town from a reference image supplied for the project. The Side Adventure establishes the collaboration between Hudson's construction skills and Kilton's interest in showcasing monsters. It also begins the collection series associated with Tarrey Town's sculpture display.

Hudson continues his role as Tarrey Town's sculptor and builder in this follow-up Side Adventure. He produces another monster statue for the expanding collection, giving the character a practical role in the town's optional activities without changing the main story. The quest is part of the recurring A Monstrous Collection series.

Hudson returns to construct another statue for Tarrey Town's monster exhibition. His appearance reinforces the character's identity as a skilled community builder and connects his construction work to Kilton's collection project. As with the other entries in the series, the character's role is primarily tied to creating and displaying the requested sculpture.

This Side Adventure includes another Hudson-built addition to Tarrey Town's monster display. Hudson's participation extends the sculpture project and provides an optional use for monster reference images gathered during exploration. The appearance is a supporting activity rather than a major story event, but it gives Hudson a recurring role outside his family and settlement scenes.

Hudson completes another commissioned monster sculpture for the Tarrey Town collection. His involvement in the final stage of the series continues the established pattern: Kilton supplies the collecting purpose, while Hudson turns the requested subject into a physical display. The quest is one of Hudson's notable optional appearances beyond Mattison's Independence.

Mattison is my daughter.

Hudson's dialogue during the Side Adventure “Mattison's Independence,” concerning his family in Tarrey Town. Verification: recalled from model knowledge, unverified

Locations and Properties

Tarrey Town and Hudson Construction

Hudson is most strongly associated with Tarrey Town, the settlement in Akkala that serves as the base of Hudson Construction. He can be found there overseeing the company’s work and interacting with residents, making the town his primary home and workplace during The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Hudson Construction’s activity extends beyond a single office: Hudson and his crew organize building projects at several sites across Hyrule. These temporary work areas are better treated as company operations than as Hudson’s personal properties. Tarrey Town remains the important recurring location for his character, while construction sites connected to his quests are encounter locations rather than permanent residences.

Character Development

From Construction Leader to Community Builder

Hudson’s development in Tears of the Kingdom is shown less through a dramatic change of ideology than through the widening of his responsibilities. He remains an energetic construction leader, but his role in Tarrey Town has matured into one of maintaining a community and supporting the people who depend on it. His confidence and enthusiasm are still prominent, yet they are balanced by a greater awareness that leadership involves delegation, cooperation, and making room for others to shape the settlement’s future.

Learning to Support Mattison’s Independence

Hudson’s relationship with his daughter, Mattison, provides the clearest personal development. He is a caring father whose concern can become overprotectiveness when she begins expressing her own ambitions and connection to Gerudo culture. Through the events surrounding Mattison’s independence, Hudson is forced to recognize that protecting his daughter does not mean deciding her future for her. His growth comes from accepting her identity and encouraging her next step, even when that prospect is emotionally difficult for him. This gives Hudson a more vulnerable dimension than his public image as the enthusiastic president of Hudson Construction.

I want Mattison to grow up strong and independent.

Hudson's family-related dialogue during “Mattison's Independence.” Verification: recalled from model knowledge, unverified

Appearance and Design

Hudson's Construction-Worker Design

Hudson’s appearance immediately connects him to the building work associated with Hudson Construction. He has a broad, sturdy build and a prominent orange beard and hair, giving him a visually distinctive silhouette among the residents of Hyrule. His work-oriented clothing and practical gear reinforce his identity as a hands-on construction leader rather than a court official or warrior.

The design also communicates Hudson’s grounded, approachable role in the world. His sturdy proportions and expressive face make him easy to recognize during scenes in Tarrey Town and other construction-related moments, while his workwear places him visually alongside the company and its projects. The character’s presentation favors warmth and practicality over mystery or aristocratic refinement, matching his role as a civilian leader whose importance comes from organizing people and building settlements.

Quotes

Identity and Leadership