—all of my links, ranked by how magical they are.
1. trift; literally made from magic. were his story an actual game, as it progressed you’d get magic spells and magical item upgrades from the goddesses as you got closer to your goal. he’s the best with farore’s wind- and hylia’s light-type magic, given his origins, but he’s not bad with din and nayru’s elemental domains either. magic that isn’t elemental isn’t as innate to him, but if he puts in a bit of effort he can master anything.
2. shadow; also literally made from magic - and while the magic he can cast is super strong, his shortcoming comes from the fact that he can’t cast light magic or a wide selection of goddess-based magic. it’s okay, though, because the trade-off is being able to meld with shadows / darkness, summon dark replicas of almost anything, and cast certain illusions.
3. ravio; while he doesn’t have a particular gift for magic, his lorulian sheikah heritage makes it much easier for him to learn and control it than for others. he specializes in transformation and fire magic; the bracelet he gave to link was dropped ( read: stolen ) from yuga, and modified to allow the wearer to transform back and forth.
4. azai; they’re a bit of a special case when it comes to magic; they didn’t start out with a lot of magic power in them. but, due to the amount of magic and magical items they were exposed to during their adventures, they kind of. gradually got good at it. even after giving back / disposing of / donating all of their magical channels, they’ll sometimes accidentally set something on fire or freeze something just because of all the magic in them now.
5. red; of the four splits from their original self, red ranks number three in terms of innate magic power. his best spells come from working with magic-imbued items, like the fire / ice rod, rather than casting them himself. despite his prowess with magic channels, however, he doesn’t use magic that often and prefers the sword or no weapon at all.
6. safilix; hylians from skyloft aren’t too far descended from the original hylians themselves, so in theory, saf is actually much higher on this list in terms of innate power. HOWEVER. skyloft kind of stopped using magic after a while, and now it’s rare to find someone to teach you correctly or help you discover it. also, magical channels are practically nonexistent. safilix uses things like the gust bellows, sacred bow, and the water dragon’s scale very easily, but using magic through these sorts of items is the only magic that he’s able to perform.
7. finlay; the poor kid has no innate magic power whatsoever. he can use magic-imbued items, like the magic rods and ravio’s bracelet, but only for a limited time based on how much magic is actually in the item. if he was without a magical focus, he could maybe cast a tiny spark. maybe.
