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

Unfortunatly for the Maku Tree, it didn't take long for them to ravage his domain and take it for themselves. Bando Grove soon fell, and their new tribe spreading their reach south, expanding more than the old tree predicted. Despite having been killed his 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 his role in the manga as the one who commanded the Skull Kids. Since the faction was never implemented, he ended up just being part of the Mudmen's backstory.