The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass/Characters

Linebeck

The captain of the steamship Link uses in Phantom Hourglass. He's a complete coward, and only agrees to help Link when he learns of the possible treasure involved. He provides most of the comic relief in the game.

• Boss Remix: When he becomes possessed by Bellum, the boss music is a remix of his leitmotif.
• Character Development: Notably. He goes from a greedy, cowardly crook to saving Link and Tetra from Bellum, then giving up his original goal of treasure so he can get his ship back.
• Cool Boat
• Cowardly Sidekick
• Demonic Possession: He becomes the final boss under the influence of the parasite Bellum.
• Expy: He bears a certain resemblance to a certain Captain Jack Sparrow.
• Identical Grandson: Linebeck III in Spirit Tracks.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold
• Legacy Character: As of Spirit Tracks, he apparently has a descendant living in New Hyrule.
• Lovable Coward
• Miles Gloriosus
  • Cowardly Lion: After some character development.
• Psycho Ex-Girlfriend: You're being chased by his ex Jolene throughout the game.

Ciela

A fairy with Laser-Guided Amnesia, who found Link on the shore. She helps him throughout the game.

• Deadpan Snarker: Only regarding Linebeck. She does not just hate his Jerk-like, cowardly behaviour, she despises it... which is kind of justified, since she's the spirit of courage. She still seems to like the "Heart of Gold part" in his "Jerk" though.
• Exposition Fairy: Well, she's not an Expy of Navi and Tatl for nothing, right?
• Expy: Of Navi, even featuring the same voice, albeit her personality is a bit more short-tempered. Once Ciela's true power and "colour" are revealed, she becomes an Expy of Tatl from Majora's Mask.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: She's lost her memories when Link meets her. She regains them twice: when she realises her role as the Spirit of Courage, and during the first fight with Bellum.
• Sword Beam: When Link equips her as his cursor, she lets him do these.
• Time Stop: Grants a brief version of this to Link at the end of Phantom Hourglass.

Oshus/The Ocean King

• Big Good: Well, once he gets his powers back.
• Big Ol' Eyebrows: He has a pair, even in his whale form.
• Cool Old Guy
• Elderly Immortal
• Mr. Exposition
• One-Winged Angel: When he turns into his true giant flying whale form.
• Sealed Good in a Can: Bellum sealed his power and he is forced to remain in old man form.
• Shout-Out/Expy: To the Wind Fish from Link's Awakening.

Bellum

The main villain of Phantom Hourglass, it rose from the depths and fed on life force, trapping the Ocean King in a feeble human form while it prowled the seas for victims in a Ghost Ship. With little characterization, Bellum seems more like a parasitic force of nature than a truly malicious villain. He also is never Hijacked by Ganon.

• Big Bad
• Bilingual Bonus: "Bellum" is Latin for "War."
• Combat Tentacles
• Demonic Possession: Uses this when it takes over the Ghost Ship, and again when it takes over Linebeck's body.
• Duel Boss
• Eldritch Abomination
• Expy: Of Majora's Mask: a tentacle user with big, staring eyes, who seems more like a mindless, destructive force rather than a plotting villain.
• Eyes Do Not Belong There: IN HIS MOUTH IT DOES NOT BELONG THERE.
• Faceless Eye: On its tentacles, no less.
• Ghost Ship
• Hive Mind: It controls the Phantom Guards this way.