Kokiri

The Kokiri are small, child-like beings that once inhabited the Kokiri Forest, living in small houses built from tree trunks. They lived under the guidance of their deity, the Great Deku Tree. All Kokiri wore green tunics out of tradition, and remained children for all of their existence.

The Rise of New Hyrule
The industrial revolution caused lumber companies to seek new resources for their dwindling businesses. They found the Kokiri forest, and saw a gold mine to be taken. The Kokiri tribe was soon driven from their home as it was ravaged before their very eyes, their guardian deity killed. With nowhere else to go, the Kokiris followed the trees that were stolen from their forest to New Hyrule.

Their leader, Saria, keeps the seed given to her by the Great Deku Tree in hopes that someday the Kokiri will find someplace safe they can plant it and regain their forest. Until then, however, they live in a small camp in the national park, doing what they have to do to survive. While many do stay in their camp, there are some who venture out and have become thieves or conmen, pretending to be orphan children to mislead and rob from people and homes.

The Kokiri's Plight
Those that left began to discover that if they are gone from the park for too long their skin begins to turn into bark, and when the process begins it is irreversible, even if they return to their camp.

While some daring Kokiri take the risk purposely, it has led to a number of deaths by scared adoptive parents who’ve reacted violently. Other Kokiri are sadly killed during robberies. Accidents with the new technology also removed some of the population when they first migrated. All of this combined has left the most hardened and cautious Kokiri left in New Hyrule, who often wear something green as a reminder of their heritage and to honor those that they’ve lost.

The Kokiri who travel outside of their camp tend to have numerous agreements with like minded individuals to help them buy supplies and other things children would not be allowed to do on their own. While the National Park does not have enough power to turn those who wander lost in it into monsters, unsuspecting people will find themselves lost in it for hours, unable to find the Kokiri camp nor any monuments, until they are spat back out the way they came disorientated and confused.