At the official Legend of Zelda website, there exists an online guide to the world of Hyrule and the many characters that exist in it. The character glossary refers to one of our favorite villains, Ganondorf, as “the King of Thieves, Ganondorf Dragmire,” which is the first time the surname has been recognized as canon.
The last name “Dragmire” was first used in the English-localized instruction booklet for A Link to the Past, but because that was the only mention, the surname hasn’t been recognized as canon. In the same game manual, he supposedly possessed an alias before entering the Sacred Realm, which was Mandrag Ganon.
Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf have always been addressed by their first names, aside from Link’s full name being “Link Link.” This was stated by Miyamoto in a light-hearted Game Informer interview back in February. It is always enjoyable to find out new information regarding Zelda characters, especially those as iconic as Ganondorf.
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