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[Doopliss]

Well, the only canon information we have about him is that he's very good natured and that the rumors say that Kaepora Gaebora is an ancient sage.

[Lord Jabu-Jabu]

It also also a canon fact that his name is Kaebora Gaebora, not the other way around.

[Hero of Winds]

It's also a fact that in Japan, last name comes before first. =P

Anyways, I always liked the idea that the owl was Ganon's agent, stringing Link along in order to open the Sacred Realm.

[Zythe]

I always beleived he was one of the seven ancient sages, of which we know of: Fado, Laruto, Kaepora Gaebora and Rauru.

[Hero of Winds]

And of those, only the latter two have been said to be ancient Sages.

[Kairu Hakubi]

and in case anyone's confused about pronunciation.. his kana-ized name is kepora gebora.. so it goes 'ei' at least i think so.. i read it in a guide which had forgotten to translate some of the names (akindo nut, and so on) so.. yeah. they called him kepola..

[Hero of Winds]

Wouldn't it be Kepora though? No L in Japanese...

[Zythe]

Owe, I'll never understand japanese...

[SteveT]

No r in Japanese, either. They have one letter that's halfway between our R and L, so no matter what, if someone pronounces an English word with a Japanese accent, it sounds like he's saying the other letter.

Hence, Engrish and Elic Crapton.

[Hero of Winds]

I thought there was an R in Japanese, and that it could sound like the English L when you rolled it.

[Doopliss]

It sounds a lot like Spanish's soft r.

[Husse]

Anyway...yeah, I always thought Kaepora was Rauru in disguise. They have the same nature, same look, how else can his character be developed?, and when the Sages gather on the mountain, old Rauru isn't there. Kaepora, however, is seen flying away...

[Kairu Hakubi]

rauru wasnt with them on the mountain? huh. i knew someone was missing.. well maybe he belongs in the sacred realm or somesuch.

[Husse]

*singsong voice* Or maybe he's the owl...

[Lord Jabu-Jabu]

Originally posted by Hero of Winds@Sep 25 2004, 08:39 AM
It's also a fact that in Japan, last name comes before first. =P

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It's still the same in Japan (Kaepora first, then Gaebora).

[Hero of Winds]

Really? My bad.

[Tri-Enforcer]

It could be possible that Rauru was already a spirit from the start of OOT. Notice we never see a younger version of him in the past portion of OOT, nor do we see him at all in the past, like we do the other sages. Then again, why would Rauru need to be awakened like the other sages...if he's already awakened and flying around as an owl?

[Kairu Hakubi]

they're vaguely similar around the eyes, i'll give you.. but for that matter rauru looks like a fat white ganondorf to me (the eyebrows!)

[Doopliss]

I don't remember where I heard that Rauru is the only one remaining from the ancient sages.

[Zythe]

Pleae don't make any Rauru=Ganondorf theories, anyway its WW Ganon he looks like and so does Nohansen.

Is Rauru the King... no.

[Koroks Rock]

the gossip stones said kg is a reincarnation of an ancient sage. reincarnation as in dead > alive again

rauru seems to be very much alive, they even went so far to make him breath (which is purely nonessential detail, seeing how many OoT characters don't). this suggests to me that they're two seperate characters

[Zythe]

I never got how people thought they were one in the same, unless you apply the possibility that one is the Astral Projection of the other.

[Kairu Hakubi]

yeah.. the owl is a weird talking owl guy but he's definitely an owl.. too odd to be human or some astral projection/reincarnation-of-a-guy-who's-still-around..

[Zythe]

Exactly, there was a massive debate in the old LA about the Ancient Sages who forged the Master Sword and Temple of Time. We kind of went over these theories a couple times, any returning members know them well (but that's no reason to stop discussing).

[Showsni]

Perhaps he is the owl from Link's Awakening. That was the guardian of the Wind Fish's dream. Once the Wind fish was woken, he was out of a job, so got a new position as pretend ancient sage in Hyrule.