Language of Fauna

Language of Fauna
Type	Utility Spell
Fields	Communicate, Forest, Kokiri, Lynel, Lynel
Cost	High Cost C5: 55 rupees C4: 65 rupees C3: 75 rupees C2: 85 rupees C1: 95 rupees Rent: 15 rupees

Language of Fauna is a utility spell, and a racial perk for Kokiri, Picori, and Lynels. As such, a member of any such race can choose to gain it as a perk upon character creation. If a Kokiri, Picori, or Lynel chooses to gain this perk at some point after creation, the treasure costs 15 rupees less than the listed price. Other races acquire this treasure normally.

Due to their unique physiology and origins, Kokiri, Picori, and Lynels are often capable of communicating with all forms of animal life--from cockroaches to squids to horses. This is done through a silent method of communication not unlike telepathy, and can be done over maximum distance of about 12 feet (or 4 meters). It takes the user only a few moments to establish a link to a creature. Once the caster has established a link with this spell, the target can communicate back in the same fashion so long as the caster mentally maintains the channel and stays within distance. The caster can also function as a line between two animals otherwise unable to communicate.

The depth of articulation a creature can provide by this spell depends roughly on its level of intelligence. An insect, for example, may be unable to describe anything, but offer the caster basic emotions and senses it has felt recently. A horse, as a highly intelligent animal, will likely be able to describe events it observed yesterday fairly well. Creatures already capable or nearly capable of speech, such as apes, can of course articulate their thoughts extremely well.

Trivia

• Like this treasure enables communication with all animals, Don Gero's Mask enables communication with only reptiles, and Language of Flora grants communication with plants.
• The Language of Fauna treasure canonically appears in the Zelda series, initially in The Minish Cap.