Deku Princess
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| Deku Princess | |
|---|---|
 Artwork of the Deku Princess | |
| First appearance | Majora's Mask (2000) |
| Sex | Female |
| Homeland | Termina |
| Hometown | Southern Swamp |
| Kindred | Deku King (father) |
| Race | Deku |
| Affiliations | Deku Royal Family |
- "So... The monkey made it back fine after all. That's good. I was worried that when I didn't come home, my father would think that monkey had kidnapped me! I was worried that my father would even go as far as to punish the monkey! Hoo-hoo-hoo... Don't tell me... Are you serious?!? Is father actually doing that?!? Yet another hasty decision, father!"
- — The Deku Princess
The Deku Princess is a character from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. She is the princess of the Deku Royal Family that inhabits areas of the Southern Swamp. She befriends a monkey and teaches him the "Sonata of Awakening" which, when played on the Pipes of Awakening, opens the way into Woodfall Temple.
[edit] Story
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Link meets a monkey who is being held captive in the Deku Palace and is told by him that he did not kidnap the princess, but rather she will suffer a fate worse than kidnapping if nothing is done soon. Link then shows the monkey the Pipes of Awakening, and the monkey recognizes them as the same instrument the Deku Princess used to open the temple. The monkey then teaches Link the "Sonata of Awakening" in the hopes that he will be able to save the princess.
After defeating Odolwa in Woodfall Temple, Link appears in a secret chamber under the temple where he finds the Deku Princess. She doesn't appear to be worried at all and upon seeing Link she asks him if he was sent by the monkey. She is relieved to hear he was because she assumes this means the monkey is safe:
The princess gets very angry and frantically asks Link to transport her to the Deku Palace in whatever he has to carry her. Link, of course, only has empty bottles, so she squeezes into one like an item, and they travel to the Deku Palace.
When they arrive at the Deku Palace and Link releases her from her bottle in the Royal Chamber, she attacks her father out of anger and demands that the monkey be freed. Her father is startled and appears to be very scared of his daughter. She is deeply apologetic towards the monkey and as a reward to Link for saving her she instructs the Deku Butler to give him the Mask of Scents, which is hidden in the Deku Shrine behind the palace.
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[edit] In the manga
Non-canon warning: This article or section contains non-canonical information that is not considered to be an official part of the Legend of Zelda series and should not be considered part of the overall storyline.
It is revealed that the Deku Princess used to be attracted to the Deku Butler's Son.
Non-canon warning: Non-canonical information ends here.
