Purah Profile and Backstory

Purah is returning to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom as a researcher of ancient technology. Read on for details on Purah's backstory from Breath of the Wild, character traits, as well as her role in Tears of the Kingdom.

Purah's Role in Tears of the Kingdom

Gives Link the Paraglider

Purah will be the one to give Link his paraglider. You can get this while progressing the Find Princess Zelda Main Quest.

The Paraglider is one of the most important tools of the game as it can help you navigate inaccessible or hard-to-reach areas such as the Sky Islands.

How to Get the Paraglider

Creator of the Purah Pad

Purah is the creator of the Purah Pad, a powerful device with several features that can help you with your adventures. It is first introduced as a tool that you can use as a map and to know all the quests you have unlocked.

Eventually, through quests as well, you will unlock other features like Sensor +, Hyrule Compendium, and the Camera.

How to Unlock the Camera and Compendium

Ancient Zonai Technology Researcher

Given Purah's comprehension of ancient technology and the emergence of the Zonai ancient technology, Purah and Robbie will be active researchers of the Zonai ancient tech.

Who are the Zonai?

Purah Character Profile

An Ancient Technology Researcher

Purah is a Sheikah scientist who specializes in researching ancient technology. She is a brilliant fellow who is very opinionated and she tends to get carried away with her work.

In Tears of the Kingdom, her research focuses mainly on Zonai Technology and Gloom Activities all over Hyrule.
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Purah Backstory

Impa's Older Sister

Purah is the older sister of Impa, the chief elder of Kakariko Village. They were both born in Kakariko Village into a family that was loyal to the Royal Family of Hyrule.

Conducted Research with Zelda

Before the Great Calamity, Purah formed a research team together with her colleague, Robbie, to help Princess Zelda research about the ancient technology that can help them prepare for Calamity Ganon's return.

Purah and the others uncovered the Four Divine Beasts, Ancient Guardians, and many other ancient relics that they tried to restore and master to use against Calamity Ganon.

What Happened to the Divine Beasts?

Director of Hateno Ancient Tech Lab

Studied Ancient Runes

After their preparations with the Divine Beasts and Guardians failed during the Great Calamity, Purah escapes and continues to research ancient tech as the director of the Ancient Tech Lab located in Hateno Village.

There she meets Link a hundred years later with the Sheikah Slate, and Purah is the one who helps him complete the Sheikah Slate Runes and upgrades.

Hateno Village Location

Age-Reversal Rune

Before meeting Link, Purah was experimenting with an Age-Reversal Rune in order to extend a person's life-span and accidentally reversed her age to that of a little girl. Fortunately it was only her physical form that was reversed and she retained her adult mental state.

Her adult appearance can only be seen in flashback cutscenes and in Age of Calamity, but she remains in her younger form all throughout Breath of the Wild.

Purah Trivia

Purah Name Origin

Purah's name came from her Japanese name Purua, which is an anagram for the Japanese word for Apple, Apuru. This follows the trend of Sheikah characters being named after fruits like Paya who got her name from Papaya.

Voiced by Kate Higgins

Kate Higgins reprises her role from Breath of the Wild and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity to continue providing the voice of Purah in Tears of the Kingdom. She is credited as Catherine Higgins, who also voiced other popular characters such as Lissa of Fire Emblem: Awakening and Pauline from Super Mario Odyssey.
All Voice Actors Cast and Previous Roles

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Related Guides

All New and Returning Characters

List of All Characters

All Characters
Link	Zelda	Ganondorf	Rauru
Sidon	Riju	Tulin	Yunobo
Purah	Robbie	Impa	Josha
Paya	Teba	Yona	Dorephan
Buliara	Rhondson and Hudson	Tauro	Hestu
Deku Tree	Mineru	Master Kohga