different types of races known in and around hyrule

Hylians

Location: Hyrule Famous Race Members: Link, Zelda

Description: Blessed by the Gods with exceptional magical skills, such as the ability to communicate through telepathy and making powerful potions, the Hylians have always been the most powerful race throughout Hyrule. They look a lot like humans, except their ears are long and pointy. The Hylians are known for having the skills of manipulating magic.

Sheikah

Location: Kakariko Village in Hyrule Famous Race Members: Impa, sheik but he's actually zelda Description: The Sheikah, also known as 'The Shadow Folk' are the people chosen by the gods to protect the Triforce and the Royal family of Hyrule. They looked just like Hylians, but bigger. During the great war all the Sheikah except Impa died. The Sheikah built the Shadow Temple.

Kokiri

Location: Kokiri Forest in Hyrule Famous Race Members: Saria, Mido Description: Living in Kokiri Forest protected by The Great Deku Tree, the Kokiri were the only race that did not participate in the Great War. An ancient legend tells that if a Kokiri leaves the forest, he/she will die. When a kokiri is born a fairy will be chosen by the great deku tree to protect this child of the forest during it's lifetime. in ocarina of time it is said that they stay kids forever or at least until they die but it's not known wheter they live forever or die at a certain age.

Korok

Location: Forest Haven on the Great Sea Famous Race Members: Makar, hollo Description: The Korok are the Kokiri. Confused? When Hyrule was flooded around a century after Ocarina of Time, the various races then had to adapt to their new every day lives. As a result, the magical children of the Deku Tree took the form as Koroks, simply because this was a more suitable shape for them. One of the reasons was that they could easily fly with the help of the Deku Leaves, and it was also most likely a shape that was more true to their nature, rather than the human-like shape they had as the Kokiri Children..

Goron

Location: Hyrule, Labrynna, Termina Famous Race Members: Darunia, Darmani Description: The Gorons are generally a helpful race that won't harm anybody that doesn't want to harm them. However, they do possess great power and knowledge about fighting techniques. This is proven when Link inhabits the body of an ancient Goron Soldier, Darmani, in the adventure of Majora's Mask. They can live under extreme heath, and grow to become HUGE (Example: Biggoron who lives at the top of Death Mountain). The Gorons eat rocks. It is believed that once Hyrule was flooded the Gorons fled to other parts of the world, such as Labrynna and Termina, as they are not very tolerable to water.

Zora

Location: Hyrule, Labrynna, Termina Famous Race Members: Princess Ruto, King Zora, Mikau Description: The Zoras are a powerful, but at the same time very voulnerable race. Their powers are shown in Majoras Mask when Link inahibts the body of legendary Zoran musician, Mikau. They are extremely good swimmers, but they need water to survive. In Ocarina of Time, most of the Zoras died when their home, Zora's Domain was frozen during Links seven-year sleep. The Zoras have also appeared as an evil race, but then they go by the name "Zola".

Rito

Location: Dragon Roost Island on the Great Sea Famous Race Members: Quill, Medli, Prince Komali Description: It is believed that as the known world of Hyrule was flooded, and only the Great Sea was left, somewhere along the line the Zoras that lived in Hyrule became, be it by magic or evolution, what is known as the Rito - A birdlike tribe which lives on top Death Mountain, which is then known as Dragon Roost Island. The Ritos worship Valoo, the God of the Sky, and every Rito who wants wings must face Valoo to get them.

Deku

Location: Hyrule, Termina, Labrynna Famous Race Members: The Deku Princess Description: The Dekus are a strange race, which can be considered both as enemies and friends. In Ocarina of Time they mainly show up as Deku Scrubs (enemies), but Majora's Mask shows us that there exists a group of Dekus that live in their own society. The Dekus are a race who is mainly concerned about themselves, and therefore they can switch sides between good and evil, and they mostly stay on the side which is best for them.

Gerudo

Location: Hyrule, Termina Famous Race Members: Ganondorf, Nabooru Description: The Gerudos are a lone folk. They live in fortresses, and are known as thieves. Nearly all Gerudos are women. In Hyrule, a male Gerduo is born every 100 years. This man is destined to be the leader of the Gerudos until a new male is born into the tribe.

Fairy

Location: Everywhere Famous Race Members: Navi, Tatl Description: Guardian Fairy's, or just fairy's, are small glowing 'flies' that have been assigned to guard and protect their own Kokiri Kid. The Great Fairy is a big fairy, that seems to be put together by many small Guardian Fairy's, or at least she is in Majora's Mask when Skull Kid shatters her into many small fairy's. Special fairies that are only used for healing are called 'Faeries',but it it's only written like this in the very first legend of zelda. The Fairies are often forgotten when the races of Hyrule are mentioned, even though they play a great part in the journeys of Link.

Subrosian

Location: Subrosia Famous Race Members: Rosa Description: Not much is known about these strange lonely people. Their land, Subrosia, is a boiling hot land filled with living-volcanos everywhere. Nobody has ever seen what a Subrosian really looks like, as they always wear their capes which hide their real faces.

Tokay

Location: Crescent Island in Labrynna Famous Race Member: None Description: A very rare race, only found on Crescent Island in Labrynna. These creatures look like Lizards, but their intelligence is far beyond the ones of the Lizards. They can walk and talk, and even lie, which Link gets to experience when he visits this island. Not a bad race at all however.

Minish

Location: Hyrule Famous Race Member: Ezlo, Vaati Description: The Minish people are a legendary people who live scattered throughout Hyrule. Some live in villages in the forests, others live right amongst the people of Hyrule, but because of their small size inhabitants of Hyrule aren't aware of their existance, and they are most often thought to be but a legend.