Kind, clever, determined and heroic; I would use these four terms to best describe Link. Sure, every Link fits those four, right? It just comes in different forms, along with each Link that is born. This Link is shown as being part of the Skyloft Knights, a group that has the goal of keeping the citizens safe, and that right there should tell you a few key things about him.
He wants to protect, and not because it pays well (though it does). Link wants to be sure that everyone he has grown up with and lived with all his life is safe from harm, whether it is from the keese at night or someone falling off the island in the sky. His kindness even extends to what leads into the Gratuity Crystals sidequests. There is a point in game where he is told one of the towns children went missing, and that a monster kidnapped her. Following several leads until he encounters the actual monster, the creature pleads for his life and says the girl was his friend; Bateaux just wanted to befriend the citizens of Skyloft, but because he is a demon (and a rather ferocious looking one at that), they would scream in terror and run. What is a Link to do? Gather the towns gratitude and use its energy to turn the demon into a human, so he can befriend the people. Link's kindness knows almost no bounds; truly bad people who have no regret for their actions... yeah. He won't take their behavior lying down, that's for sure. Link is kind, but not so utterly naive to get walked all over.
Link is more than just courageous. He may be lacking a little in book-smarts, but he more than makes up for it with ingenuity and a general cleverness that leaves other people scratching their head. Since the two temples were full of traps he needed to disarm to get through, they had specific keys, ways to get past them safely; and he had to figure it all out without being caught in them and hurt past what a potion could help with. Whether it was from trial and error to seeing a vine hanging in plain sight, it certainly wasn't easy. Two of the main keys he had to find were 3D puzzles on their own. Which way does it turn to fit in the lock correctly? Just shoving it in would damage the key and render it useless, and leave him unable to go any further; unable to help anyone.
His determination counters what one would call laziness in the form of his love of sleep. Link certainly can sleep like a log, but when he has a task he needs to accomplish, he doesn't sleep as well as he should. Worried for Zelda and always trying to catch up to her, it's likely he only sleeps when he can't keep his eyes open any longer. This, coupled with the fact that he knows that almost every day he is on the surface, his life is at risk? Link is more concerned with his friend than his own life. Being reckless with it is a no go, because he truly wants to bring her home; not because he is the 'chosen hero of the Goddess', but because Zelda is an important person to him. He will walk into active volcanos, unyielding deserts, lost forests, even take on tests from the creation Goddesses to prove that he will do anything to protect her and bring her home.
Not because she is Hylia reincarnated, but because she is Zelda; his friend. Perhaps even someone he loves, since he eventually decides to stay on the surface with her.
Personality
Kind, clever, determined and heroic; I would use these four terms to best describe Link. Sure, every Link fits those four, right? It just comes in different forms, along with each Link that is born. This Link is shown as being part of the Skyloft Knights, a group that has the goal of keeping the citizens safe, and that right there should tell you a few key things about him.
He wants to protect, and not because it pays well (though it does). Link wants to be sure that everyone he has grown up with and lived with all his life is safe from harm, whether it is from the keese at night or someone falling off the island in the sky. His kindness even extends to what leads into the Gratuity Crystals sidequests. There is a point in game where he is told one of the towns children went missing, and that a monster kidnapped her. Following several leads until he encounters the actual monster, the creature pleads for his life and says the girl was his friend; Bateaux just wanted to befriend the citizens of Skyloft, but because he is a demon (and a rather ferocious looking one at that), they would scream in terror and run. What is a Link to do? Gather the towns gratitude and use its energy to turn the demon into a human, so he can befriend the people. Link's kindness knows almost no bounds; truly bad people who have no regret for their actions... yeah. He won't take their behavior lying down, that's for sure. Link is kind, but not so utterly naive to get walked all over.
Link is more than just courageous. He may be lacking a little in book-smarts, but he more than makes up for it with ingenuity and a general cleverness that leaves other people scratching their head. Since the two temples were full of traps he needed to disarm to get through, they had specific keys, ways to get past them safely; and he had to figure it all out without being caught in them and hurt past what a potion could help with. Whether it was from trial and error to seeing a vine hanging in plain sight, it certainly wasn't easy. Two of the main keys he had to find were 3D puzzles on their own. Which way does it turn to fit in the lock correctly? Just shoving it in would damage the key and render it useless, and leave him unable to go any further; unable to help anyone.
His determination counters what one would call laziness in the form of his love of sleep. Link certainly can sleep like a log, but when he has a task he needs to accomplish, he doesn't sleep as well as he should. Worried for Zelda and always trying to catch up to her, it's likely he only sleeps when he can't keep his eyes open any longer. This, coupled with the fact that he knows that almost every day he is on the surface, his life is at risk? Link is more concerned with his friend than his own life. Being reckless with it is a no go, because he truly wants to bring her home; not because he is the 'chosen hero of the Goddess', but because Zelda is an important person to him. He will walk into active volcanos, unyielding deserts, lost forests, even take on tests from the creation Goddesses to prove that he will do anything to protect her and bring her home.
Not because she is Hylia reincarnated, but because she is Zelda; his friend. Perhaps even someone he loves, since he eventually decides to stay on the surface with her.