Queen Rutela

Rutela was the queen of the Zoras in Zora's Domain in, until she was executed by the Twilight creatures as an example of their authority and strength.

She appears to Link as a ghost in Zora's Domain and again in Kakariko Village. At Zora's Domain she requests that he finds her son, Ralis, and make sure that he is safe. She also grants him the Zora Armor, which is beneath the village's graveyard, as thanks for defending her sick son on a journey through Hyrule Field so that he could get to Renado, the shaman who hals him. Ralis mentions to Link that she appeared to him in a dream and explained who Link was and what he looked like. Her name is probably another reference to Princess Ruto of the Zora tribe, from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.