Link’s childhood best friend from the Kokiri Forest, Saria awakens as the Sage of the Forest after Link clears the Forest Temple. It is a heartbreaking moment: Saria gives up her physical form and childhood to assume her sage duties, forever separated from her bond with Link. Her element—the Forest—represents life, memory, and the sorrow of growing up.
Perhaps the most poignant awakening. Saria is Link’s only true friend during his lonely childhood in Kokiri Forest. Her ascension to the Forest Temple signifies that Link cannot remain in the sanctuary of childhood forever. Her song is one of friendship, but her role as a Sage places her permanently out of Link's reach, cementing the game's theme of growing up and moving on. ocarina of time sages
A rare noble Gerudo who opposes Ganondorf’s tyranny, Nabooru is the second-in-command of the Gerudo thieves. As a child, she asks Link to help her find the Silver Gauntlets. As an adult, she has been brainwashed by the witches Twinrova into serving as a Iron Knuckle. After Link frees and defeats her captors, Nabooru awakens as the Sage of Spirit, guarding the desert and the Spirit Temple. Link’s childhood best friend from the Kokiri Forest,