Link and Malon Characters
This is the full cast around the Malon question. Only Malon has her own profile, because she is the person the searches name. Everyone else stays in the table until a separate page would have something new to say. Filter by game if you are chasing one mix-up. The rows come from the same character file the rest of the site uses.
Three confusions show up over and over. Marin, Cremia, and Romani share a design family with Malon and are not her. Malo and Talo are Ordon children whose names honor the ranch family. Zelda, Saria, Ruto, and Midna are other relationships people set beside Malink. Ilia, in Twilight Princess, is sometimes described by Shipping Wiki as partly based on Malon. That is a wiki remark, not a Nintendo credit, so the table’s key fact stays descriptive.
Full character table
| Name | Role | Games | Relation | Japanese | Key fact | Source pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malon | Rancher's daughter and songstress | Ocarina of Time; Ocarina of Time 3D; Ocarina of Time (Switch 2); Oracle of Seasons; Four Swords Adventures; The Minish Cap; OoT (Himekawa) | Link's childhood friend; central to the Malink fan theory | マロン (Maron) | Holds the 50-second Lon Lon Ranch obstacle record and rewards Link with a cow | 6 pages |
| Marin | Singer on Koholint Island | Link's Awakening (1993); Link's Awakening DX; Link's Awakening (2019) | Malon's design prototype; Link's dream-world companion | マリン | Her wish to see the world outside Koholint is tied to the island being a dream | 2 pages |
| Cremia | Manager of Romani Ranch | Majora's Mask; Majora's Mask 3D | Malon's Terminan adult counterpart | — | May give Link a hug (50/50 vs a Gold Rupee) after the second milk delivery | 2 pages |
| Talon | Owner of Lon Lon Ranch | Ocarina of Time; Oracle of Seasons; Four Swords Adventures; The Minish Cap | Malon's father; jokingly suggests Link marry her | タロン | Falls asleep at Hyrule Castle and is woken by the Cucco from Malon's Weird Egg | 2 pages |
| Ingo | Ranch hand; later takes over Lon Lon Ranch | Ocarina of Time; Oracle of Seasons | Malon's employer during the seven-year gap; Link races him for Epona | インゴー | Based on Luigi; redeems himself after losing Epona | 2 pages |
| Epona | Malon's horse; Link's mount | Ocarina of Time; Majora's Mask; The Minish Cap; Twilight Princess; Breath of the Wild (amiibo) | The bond between Link and Malon's horse; proof of the ranch's trust in Link | エポナ | Can be summoned with Epona's Song and can jump the Lon Lon Ranch gate | 2 pages |
| Romani | Romani Ranch helper | Majora's Mask; Majora's Mask 3D | Young Malon's Terminan counterpart | ロマニー | Calls Link 'Grasshopper' and teaches him Epona's Song | 2 pages |
| Malo | Ordon child; founder of Malo Mart | Twilight Princess; Twilight Princess HD | Name references Malon; not the same character | — | A boy, not a girl; runs Malo Mart in Kakariko Village | 2 pages |
| Talo | Ordon child | Twilight Princess; Twilight Princess HD | Name references Talon; not Malon | — | Malo's older brother; captured in the Forest Temple | 2 pages |
| Ilia | Mayor Bo's daughter | Twilight Princess; Twilight Princess HD | Partly based on Malon; implied crush on Link | — | Loses her memory and later gives Link the Horse Call | 2 pages |
| Tarin | Mabe Village resident | Link's Awakening; Link's Awakening DX; Link's Awakening (2019) | Marin's father; Malon/Talon's design prototype | タリン | Based on Mario; turns into a raccoon after eating a mushroom | 2 pages |
| Princess Zelda | Princess of Hyrule | Ocarina of Time; Skyward Sword; Breath of the Wild; Tears of the Kingdom; many others | The other main Link ship (ZeLink) | — | Her feelings for Link are explicit in some games and implied in others | 2 pages |
| Saria | Kokiri; Sage of the Forest | Ocarina of Time; Ocarina of Time 3D | Link's childhood friend; one of the 'crush' candidates | — | Becomes the Sage of the Forest and cannot age with Link | 2 pages |
| Princess Ruto | Zora princess; Sage of Water | Ocarina of Time; Ocarina of Time 3D | Gives Link the Zora's Sapphire, which she treats as an engagement ring | ルト | Calls Link her fiancé; Link is a child and does not understand | 2 pages |
| Midna | Ruler of the Twilight Realm | Twilight Princess; Twilight Princess HD | Link's companion; implied mutual care | — | Shatters the Mirror of Twilight at the end | 2 pages |
Source pages counts linked references, which can include more than one page from the same publisher; it is not a count of independent sources.
Questions people ask
Is Malo the same person as Malon?
No. Malo is a boy in Twilight Princess who runs Malo Mart. The name nods at Malon. Talo nods at Talon.
Are Cremia and Romani Malon?
No. They run Romani Ranch in Termina. Cremia is the older sister and likes Kafei. Romani calls Link “Grasshopper.”
Are Marin and Malon the same?
No. Marin is from Link’s Awakening. A developer said Malon was based on her. The comparison is on the Marin page.
Why are Zelda, Saria, Ruto, and Midna on this table?
People ask which of them liked Link. They are comparison rows, not versions of Malon. The longer comparison is Malink vs ZeLink.
Sources
Checked 2026-11-14. Two independent sources count as checked. A single source stays marked as one source.
- Zelda Wiki — Malon — checked 2026-11-14
- Zelda Wiki — Marin — checked 2026-11-14
- Zelda Wiki — Cremia — checked 2026-11-14
- Zelda Wiki — Malo — checked 2026-11-14
- Shipping Wiki — Malink — checked 2026-11-14