Im confused about the kokiri.

what i know is that the kokiri never grow up. what im confused about is that im not shure that they are imortal in age wise. can someone explain this to me?

The Koroks (from The Wind Waker) used to be in Human form. That is evidence for them once being the kokiri from Ocarina Of Time. If that is true, at the very least they live for a long, long time.

i guess i can see some similarities in that. but i wonder what those dumb children did to turn into wood lol. according to the legend at the begging of ww, its common sence to say that in between oot, that was centuries in difference.

guess i can see some similarities in that. but i wonder what those dumb children did to turn into wood lol.

The Quote that confirms that the Koroks were once kokiri was from the Deku tree in the sacred forest haven. He claimed that they had to take that form in order to be better suited in a world full of water. Im guessing that the Deku tree probably changed their form.

yes the great deku tree can do alot of things to help them survive i guess. i dont remeber much from ww because my gc cd is screwed up. ive beatten the game and every thing but dont remeber much.

And add-in to this discussion..
(oh and by the way, I don't know about the growing up thing)

How come at the beginning of Oot the Kokiri said they can't leave the forest or they'll die, and then at the end of the game they're at Lon Lon ranch? Also, when they said that Ganondorf hasn't taken reign so don't say that they could go out because Ganondorf was defeated...

Anyway, there you go!

Originally Posted by Tywar

i dont remeber much from ww because my gc cd is screwed up.

same thing with me my disc is also screwed up but i do believe that the koroks are the kokiri from OOt

Its not that they cant leave its that they dont. During the Time of OoT, a great evil is lurking about. My guess is that the Kokiri are a peaceful race, almost pacifist. But they will fight... evidence that suggest this are the Kokiri Sword, the training ground, and the Deku Shield.

In the forest the Great Deku tree can protect them, once they leave the forest they are out of his reach. So when they leave they are on their own to defend themselfs. So they simply choose to stay in the forest, even though they are free at anytime to leave.

Also the Koroks are not the exact same Kokiri from OoT... Simple reason is because they have different names.

But yes, they are Kokiri we see in OoT, probably a different generation.

As for being immortal. They can die and be injured. If not then what would they have to fear about being attacked by the Deku Scrubs and such.(go to Kokiri forest before you defeat the Forest Temple)

My guess is that they either have a very long life, or they live until they are killed.

in the comic books when links is needed to go inside the deku tree he is only equiped with the sling shot. he also goes inside with mido who has the kokiri sword. mido gets scared link shoots ghoma with a seed mido finishes her. link makes a sheld out of deku trees remains because he said he wanted to protect link. if you want to read it your self go to zelda infinate. but i did see some simularties on the korks

If you're looking for information on anything zelda,the comic are not the way to go mate.They aren't canon.

How come at the beginning of Oot the Kokiri said they can't leave the forest or they'll die, and then at the end of the game they're at Lon Lon ranch?

No,you've gotten that wrong friend.Yes it says they will die when they leave the forest,but its not as though they will die the second they step foot out of the forest.
They reason they will start to die is because they will no longer be under the protection of the deku tree and its magic.
Another literal interpretation would be that they would not be able to survive the hardships outside of the forest.

lol i was just trying to point somthing out so we have somthing to talk about. yeah thats going to bring some confusion. they had magical force feilds protecting them when they went to lon lon ranch.

I sorta like to think of the Kokiris like the tree (bobble-head) spirits shown in Princess Mononoke. If the trees die, the Kokiri die. Of course, this is just my own guess as to how they seem to live forever (but it doesn't mean that it's a Zelda fact). Trees can live up to hundreds of years (very few has lived up to thousands) so I can see why Kokiri can be seen as immortal (because humans wouldn't be able to live long enough to see one Kokiri be born and die).

Why the change into Koroks? The Deku Tree changed them to a form so it would make it easier for them to travel. In a world consumed by ocean, it's hard for any very large forrest to strive (and Hyrule was full of them), so the Deku Tree changed his children into "seedling-like" children that could easily waft in the wind.

-BGS

they would have needed some sort of magical force for them to mutate over time in the korks. i would not think that they are imortal, but just that they have to be children for all their live. I would think that they are like elfs or hylian or somthin like that in order to live hundreds or thousands of years old.

Originally Posted by Blue fire

The Quote that confirms that the Koroks were once kokiri was from the Deku tree in the sacred forest haven. He claimed that they had to take that form in order to be better suited in a world full of water. Im guessing that the Deku tree probably changed their form.

is it just me or did the deku tree die in ocarina of time.

is it just me or did the deku tree die in ocarina of time.

True, but have you ever heard of the Deku tree sprout? No?

They probably die, they just don't age.