Darunia

Darunia is the Goron Patriarch and Fire Sage in Ocarina of Time.

Appearance
As a Goron, Darunia is a browned-skinned, muscular rock-based creature with red or blue eyes (depending on source material . He has sandy-colored hair framing his face like a mane, with spiky hair and a large beard. He has a simple rope band around each wrist and a tattoo of the Goron tribe's symbol, which resembles the Goron Ruby.

In-game
Darunia is the patriarch of the Goron Tribe, a rock-eating species that live on Death Mountain. He refused to hand the Goron Ruby, the Spiritual Stone of Fire, over to Ganondorf when he demanded it, so Ganondorf sealed off the entrance to Dodongo's Cavern, their main source of food. The Gorons began to starve, and slowly began wanting to eat the Goron Ruby itself. Worried, Darunia sealed himself away in his chambers to wait for the Royal Messenger to show up. When he did, the Gorons explained to him where Darunia was, and Link played Zelda's Lullaby to prove that he was the messenger. When Darunia heard this, he opened his doors to speak with him, but became angry that he was only a small child and refused to talk to him. After being told by another Goron that Darunia loved to dance and listen to music, Link played Saria's Song for him, which put him in a better mood. Darunia spoke to him after this, but was still hesitant to give up the stone. As a test, he directed Link to defeat the monsters in Dodongo's Cavern, giving him the Goron Bracelet to help him pick up Bombs. Once Link defeats Dodongo and beats the dungeon, Darunia gives him the Goron Ruby and declared that Link was now his Sworn Brother. Sometime while Link was in his seven-year slumber, Darunia had a son and named him Link as well (or whatever the player happened to name their character). He told his son all about the boy who had defeated the monsters of Dodongo's Cavern before, and when Link meets up with this Goron boy, he tells Link that his father has gone to Dodongo's Cavern, because Ganondorf had unleashed Volvagia, an evil dragon, inside of the cavern, locking the other Gorons inside to be eaten by the dragon as an example for other races who wouldn't obey him. When Link meets Darunia in the Fire Temple, he is happy to see him, but does not have time to talk and asks him to defeat Volvagia and free his people. After he defeats Volvagia, Link meets up with Darunia again in the Chamber of Sages, having awoken him as the Fire Sage. Darunia gives him the Fire Medallion, thanking him for saving his people and being his Sworn Brother. Darunia makes a final appearance when he helps create a bridge to Ganon's Castle, and breaks the Fire Seal inside the castle.

Trivia

 * There is a stained-glass window in The Wind Waker that has Darunia on it.
 * His sprite is reused in Majora's Mask for a character named Darmani.