| On Koholint, Link met a girl named Marin who looked exactly like his long lost love, Princess Zelda Harkin of Hyrule. Eventually, he discovered that Marin actually was Zelda, who had taken up a new identity over ten years ago to protect herself. Although at first she did not recognize Link, when he revealed himself to her, they instantly fell in love again and decided to join forces to escape from Koholint island and return home. Zelda had been living on Koholint for years after she was shipwrecked on her way to a school far from Hyrule. Presumed dead by all of her kingdom, Zelda gave up her identity, preferring to start a new life as a normal person. She cast a powerful spell over Koholint, making all the inhabitants believe that she was really Marin, the daughter of Tarin, a widower. After casting that spell, Zelda lost all her magical powers and had to start relearning them from Link. Zelda's two talents lie with her ocarina and with her bow and arrows. While she hides her warrior tendencies, she is noble enough to move mountains. |
