Ilia

Ilia is a character in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. She is one of Link’s friends, and is the daughter of Bo, Ordon's mayor. She is also extremely close with nature and heals Link’s horse, Epona, when she is hurt jumping fences at the beginning of the game. Although Ilia is the daughter of the mayor, she prefers to spend her time in the wild. A while into the game, she is hit with an arrow and kidnapped along with Colin by King Bulblin and his Bulbin riders, which leads into Link trying to rescue her. Link eventually locates her in Hyrule Castle Town, but when she sees him, it is apparent that she does not recognize him. It is later revealed by Telma that Ilia has lost her memory from being hit by the arrow and cannot even remember her own name.

Later, however, she recovers her memory and gives Link a charm so he can call Epona anytime. At the end of the game, Ilia is seen waiting for Link. It is unconfirmed if she had spoken to him before he left.

Behind the scenes
It appears that in early production stages of Twilight Princess, Ilia was a member of the Hylian race instead of a Human. This was changed later on, however, perhaps due to the fact that she would blend in with the other Human villagers of Ordon Village better if she was one of them. Some fans noted that Ilia seems to be based off of Saria and Malon. For similarities with Saria, both are Link's childhood friends and even has a similar hairstyle. For similarities with Malon is her fondness of Epona.

Ilia