Who is Rauru in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom introduces a new race, a tribe called the Zonai, and a mysterious new character named Rauru. Rauru’s introduction carries larger implications for the series’ lore, connecting back to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and marks the inclusion of a new culture for the Zelda franchise.
The Zonai were previously hinted at in Breath of the Wild, but the tribe (and Rauru) play a very important role in the Tears of the Kingdom. Here’s what we know about them and their leader.
The Zonai are an ancient race that, according to Zelda, were once a prosperous society that lived in the sky and possessed godlike powers. Although Link first encountered ruins of their civilization in Breath of the Wild, we never saw the Zonai or learned more about them until Tears of the Kingdom. In one of the first cutscenes of the sequel, Princess Zelda interprets ancient glyphs that tell a story about how the Zonai descended from the heavens and helped the Hylians establish the early kingdom of Hyrule.
In the English dub, according to the game’s credits, Rauru is played by voice actor Chris Hackney, who has voiced characters in other popular media franchises likeHunter x Hunter (Illumi Zoldyck), Fire Emblem Engage (Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddy), and Genshin Impact (Kamisato Ayato). Rauru is a Zonai who guides Link early in the game. He looks like a regal anthropomorphized goat.
He is the first Zonai we meet, and we run into him rather abruptly. After a calamitous encounter with a devious being under Hyrule castle who looks like Ganon, Link and Zelda get separated from one another. Link wakes up and gains a mysteriously altered arm that allows him to wield powers, similar to the Runes from Breath of the Wild.
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