The Kokiri & the Koroks
Eternal forest children who became walking leaf-spirits — one of the clearest on-record species transformations in the series.
Ocarina of TimeShared Trunk (Before the Split)The Kokiri: ageless children of the forest who die if they leave it, raised under the Great Deku Tree.
The Wind WakerAdult TimelineThe Koroks debut — Hyrule Historia states the Kokiri took plant form after the flood, migrating with the Deku Tree.
Breath of the WildDistant Future (BOTW / TOTK)Nine hundred Koroks hide across Hyrule, guarding seeds; Hestu's maracas made them a phenomenon.
Tears of the KingdomDistant Future (BOTW / TOTK)Koroks return — including the backpack-laden travelers players famously strapped to rockets.