The Great Deku Tree Chapter Summary

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Link, the protagonist and hero, is born to a poor Hylian woman fleeing war. Fatally wounded, his mother stumbles into Kokiri Forest and entrusts the child to its guardian, the Great Deku Tree, before succumbing to her wounds. Link is raised in Kokiri Forest as a Kokiri. When Link is around 11, the Great Deku Tree is poisoned by an evil power, so he summons Link and informs him of his destiny to save Hyrule from an evil man desiring the power of the Triforce, a relic which bestows upon its user godlike powers. Before dying, the tree tells Link to meet with Princess Zelda of Hyrule at Hyrule Castle Town. Link reaches the town, infiltrates the castle garden, and finds a young Zelda, whose prophetic dreams informed her of Link’s coming and of