Wise Men

Wise Men are characters from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. In all, eight Wise Men appear in towns scattered throughout Hyrule. If Link talks to them, he is taught different spells. Sometimes, the path to the Wise Men's locations are not always obvious and require some thinking on the part of the player; additionally, Link must usually aid one of the villagers in some way before being allowed to meet the village's Wise Man. There is some speculation that the Wise Men who teach Link spells in the various villages are all the Old Man from The Legend of Zelda, or at least based on him. This, however, is unproven.