Ganondorf

Appearance

long red hair, gold eyes, with a powerful and muscular physique

Hates

Princess Zelda, Link the royal knight and Hyrule

Loves

his people the Gerudo and power

Dislike

Zora, Rito and Goron

Likes

Sheika

Gender

Male

Personality

Ganondorf is an extremely powerful Gerudo warlock who opposes Link and Princess Zelda within the series; as such, he is a villain of pure evil and a cruel, ruthless warlord whose goal is to usurp the Kingdom of Hyrule. Ganondorf's only ambition in life is to obtain the Triforce and dominate the world using the abilities imbued by them. He has many characteristics of a megalomaniac. Despite his undeniable lust for power, Ganon is also a mastermind; he is an adept tactician and a master of manipulation and deceit. It is not unusual for Ganondorf to manipulate the events of a story behind the scenes, only to be revealed as the orchestrator in a plot twist. Owing to his mastermind nature, he is also capable of engaging in pragmatism, such being evident during his first attempt at conquest in Hyrule having him decide on subterfuge upon noticing the Secret Stones largely due to realizing that brute force alone won't be enough to overcome the Hyrule royal family. He resents defiance from anybody. Ganondorf was also implied to hold mental instability in two instances. The first was shortly after King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule wished for Hyrule and Ganondorf to be flooded completely where he proceeded to engage in hysterical laughter as the land was being flooded permanently during the Adult Timeline, and the other time was when he proceeded to engage in similar hysterical laughter when witnessing Zelda try to scramble to aid Queen Sonia shortly after he mortally wounded the latter just before becoming the Demon King.

Ability

Ganondorf's dark magic, and possibly his position as the Demon King, grant him the power to create his armies of monsters and beasts. His power, with or without the Triforce, appears to grow over time. The sages in Arbiter's Grounds, when discussing his evil power, mention it being pure malice and hatred. As the Calamity Ganon, his very essence is known as Malice, possibly meaning that his demonic magic and power is fueled as much by his own hatred as the Triforce, and his capacity for hatred is the only true limit on how powerful he can grow.

General

Ganondorf, also known as the Evil King, King of the Gerudo, or Demon King, is a powerful Gerudo warlock and is none other than Ganon, the main antagonist of The Legend of Zelda series,[30] as a human rather than the ferocious boar-like beast. While he technically debuted in the original The Legend of Zelda as his actual monster form, Ganondorf himself made his first appearance in Ocarina of Time, but was first mentioned in A Link to the Past, and has since been present or referred to in some games, though he was absent from the mainline titles starting in Twilight Princess until Tears of the Kingdom. Regardless of his forms, as Ganondorf is indeed Ganon himself as an alter-ego using the aspects of his Triforce of Power, he is the arch-nemesis of Link and Princess Zelda, and the Final Boss in the games which he appears in.