Littered throughout the long and winding history of Hyrule are repeated figures. There's the reincarnation of the hatred of Skyward Sword's villain Demise, a sword-wielding hero named Link, and the mortal embodiment of the goddess Hylia called Zelda. The Legend of Zelda series has offered many iterations of these characters, and while the Ganons and Links of the world maintain largely the same personalities, none has seen as much variation as Zelda.
While she has a penchant for getting kidnapped and becoming the game's MacGuffin, Zelda has played wildly varying roles in her tenure as princess. From pirate to scholar, leader to spy, here's every mainline Legend of Zelda incarnation of Zelda, ranked from worst to best.
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