Kokiri Forest

Kokiri Forest (Japanese, Kokiri no Mori) is a forest south of Hyrule Field accessed by a single entrance over a bridge through the Lost Woods. Its inhabitants are the child-like Kokiri and their fairies overseen by the Great Deku Tree. Mido is the Kokiri leader. Kokiri Forest contains six buildings: the houses of Link, Saria, Mido, the Twins, and the Know-It-All Brothers, and a shop. The forest has a training area and a stream running through it. To the east of Kokiri Forest lie the Lost Woods. In the early stages of the game, when Link is a child, Kokiri Forest is a peaceful place, but when he returns in the later stages as an adult, the place has become overrun with Deku Baba, and the Kokiri inhabitants only stay indoors. Once the Forest Temple stage has been completed and the Deku Sprout appears, the area returns to normal. It is Link's homeland. In the Wind Waker after the flood Kokiri Forest is now the Forest Haven and the Forbidden Woods. It is now inhabited by Koroks.