Linken

Linken is a gnome originally located at Marshal's Refuge in the Un'Goro Crater. He and his questline vanished from Un'Goro following Cataclysm, but reappeared in Mount Hyjal, aiding in the fight against Ragnaros' forces.

During the Great Gnomeregan Run, he is seen in Northern Stranglethorn cheering at the participants.

Locations

Notable appearances
Location	Level range	Health range
Un'Goro Crater	40	1,548
[35 Daily] The Protectors of Hyjal	85	232,000
[1-60] The Great Gnomeregan Run	110	1,662,828

This section concerns content related to Cataclysm.

He is involved in the following quests:

The subject of this section was removed from World of Warcraft in patch 4.0.3a but is present in Classic.

During [35 Daily] The Protectors of Hyjal: Linken yells: Everybody, stop your attacks!; Linken says: Excuuuuse me, princess!; Linken says: I'm not used to fighting with other people.; Linken says: Oh, boy! I'm so hungry, I could eat a fire elemental!; Linken says: Well fought. Farewell, hero.

I... I'm not really sure how I got here...

I seem to remember traveling... a raft...

His name and appearance is a reference to Link, the main protagonist of The Legend of Zelda video game series. The quest sequence that Linken once gave was a reference to the series' first game, The Legend of Zelda.
- After the player completed [52] It's a Secret to Everybody, when Linken was spoken to, he said "I met a man that said 'Master using it and you can have this'". This was a reference to the Old Man that appeared at the beginning of the first The Legend of Zelda game.
- One of his lines during [35 Daily] The Protectors of Hyjal, Oh, boy! I'm so hungry, I could eat a fire elemental! is a reference to the infamous Legend Of Zelda CD-i games. It comes from the original phrase, "Oh, boy! I'm so hungry, I could eat an octorok!"
Kinnel is an anagram of Linken, and also a gnome in the same green shirt, but there is no known connection between them.