Baga Tree (Total War)



The Baga Tree was a wicked Maku Tree which once inhabited the Kokiri Forest.

Before the Gerudo Wars
Little is known of the Baga Tree except that she inhabited a wooden fortress in what would later be known as the Bando Grove and that she was the cousin of Kasuto. Sometime after the establishment of the Kokiri, she would lure a group of them into her lair, wishing to control them and make them do her bidding, potentially initiating a conflict with the other Kokiri and the Great Deku Tree. The results of her influence lead the Kokiri to become feral and violent just as she wished, creating the Mudmen of Faron.

Unfortunatly for the Maku Tree, it didn't take long for them to ravage her domain and take it for themselves. Bando Grove soon fell, and their new tribe spread their reach south, expanding more than the old tree predicted. Despite having been killed, her influence remained for a time, making the Mudmen unable and unwilling to reconcile with their original father. It would take the Mudman chieftan Mirora befriending Saria for the tribe to once again communicate with the other Kokiri.

The storming of Bando Grove and the Baga Tree's death would be immortalized in Mudman mask reenactments.

Trivia

 * The Great Baga Tree originates from the Ocarina of Time Manga written by Akira Himekawa.
 * The Baga Tree was planned to be the hero of the Skull Kids minor faction of Hyrule Total War, mirroring her role in the manga as the one who commanded the Skull Kids. Since the faction was never implemented, she ended up just being part of the Mudmen's backstory.