In Echoes of Wisdom, Link is from Suthorn Village in southern Hyrule. When he was a child, he and several other children from Suthorn Village were pulled into a Rift. While they were able to return, Link and the other children lost their ability to speak. Unlike all the other children who had returned, Link kept his memories of what happened inside the Still World. From his experience Link gained the ability to sense when new Rifts opened, which he used to fight off Monsters that would appear from them and help people who would be taken by the Rifts. Link fought with the hope that in doing so he might eventually regain the ability to speak.
