Talon

Talon in Ocarina of Time.
Talon
Species	Hylian/Human
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Blue
Relatives	Malon (daughter)
Debut	Ocarina of Time

Talon is a recurring character in the Zelda series. He is shown as the bumbling and lazy, but good-hearted, owner of Lon Lon Ranch. In all appearances he has a daughter named Malon.

Background

Ocarina of Time

In Ocarina of Time, Talon was first seen napping outside Hyrule Castle after making another shipment of milk. Link was able to wake him up with the aid of a Cucco. Afterwards Talon returned to the ranch with Malon. Whenever Link arrived, Talon would let him play a Super Cucco-collecting minigame with a bottle of milk as a prize.

During the seven years that Ganondorf came into power in Hyrule, Lon Lon Ranch was taken over by Ingo, the disgruntled ranch hand. Ingo kicked Talon out from the ranch, and Talon was forced to live alone in Kakariko Village, where he worried about Malon's fate. Link later woke him up from another nap with a Pocket Cucco, and he told Link about his troubles. Link was able to defeat Ingo, and Talon rushed back to Lon Lon Ranch. With the ranch back under his leadership, he threw a party celebrating Ganondorf's defeat in the ending. Talon and Ingo were seen drunkenly dancing together.

Other Games

Talon and Malon lived in a house north of Horon Village in Holodrum in Oracle of Seasons. Talon left home to climb Mt. Cucco, but he had to wait for winter to come around since the seasons had been thrown into disorder. While he waited in a cave he fell asleep as usual, until Link came to wake him up with a Megaphone. Talon woke with a start and realized he had to hurry home. He thanked Link by giving him a Mushroom.

Talon also appeared in Four Swords Adventures. When the Links safely escorted Malon back to the ranch, Talon thanked them by offering to let the travelers use their horses and the items in their cellars.

Talon also made a small appearance in The Minish Cap. In that game Talon had locked himself and Malon out of their own house until Link found their spare key and brought it to them.

Trivia

• He is based on the character Tarin from Link's Awakening (with their names being even more similar in Japanese, where l's and r's are interchangeable). Both Tarin and Talon are modeled to resemble Mario.
• Talon's Terminan counterpart is a bartender named Barten. Although not of blood relation to Romani or Cremia (Malon's Terminan counterparts), Barten is on good terms with Cremia due to receiving milk shipments from her ranch.
• Malon and Talon mysteriously wear golden emblems of Bowser's face in Ocarina of Time.
• Twilight Princess has a pair of characters named Talo and Malo whose names are similar to Talon and Malon, yet aside from that there is no connection.