Spirits of Good

Spirits of Good, as they are referred in Spirit Tracks, are never seen but often mentioned. They live in the heavens watching over the people of Hyrule, and they played a major role in the Spirit War, a war that ensued between the Demon King and the Spirits of Good.

History

 * See also: Spirit War

In the beginning, the people of the land followed and worshiped the Spirits of Good, living a life of prosperity and peace; however, the evil Demon King suddenly rose to power and attacked the land, ending the era of peace and destroying everything in his path. The Spirits of Good had no choice but to come down from the heavens and ensue in a long and bloody battle with him. Although the spirits were powerful, they could not destroy the Demon King: they were only able to subdue him, and by that time, the power of the Spirits of Good had been depleted greatly. They used their remaining power to bury the spirit of the Demon King in the ground, building shackles known as the Spirit Tracks and a tower that acted as a lock. With their powers almost completely gone, the Spirits of Good returned to their home in the heavens, leaving the land deprived of both demons and spirits.

The Lokomo are servants of these spirits. The Spirits sent the Lokomo to Hyrule and entrusted them to take care of the land due to their absence, leaving the Lokomo with a number of tools to help with this burden, specifically the Spirit Train, the Bow of Light, and the Compass of Light. Moreover, the Lokomo Sword was handed over to them as well, which is a sword that is infused with sacred energy that had only been used by the spirits to battle evil.

Symbol of the Spirits
The emblem of the Spirits of Good is depicted to be a Force Gem on top of a pedestal and appears on various items and places that have some connection to the Spirits. It should be noted that while the Triforce, which is considered to be the famous emblem of Hyrule and its Royal Family, is nowhere to be seen, the symbol of the Spirits appears throughout many places of the kingdom, most notably, in front of the Spirit Train, atop the Tower of Spirits, and in the middle of the Rail Map. As such, it is also sometimes referred to as the crest of the "new Hyrule." Since the Lokomo are servants of the Spirits, the small vehicles they ride on depict the Spirits' symbol in the front as well.

Whenever Link clears a temple, a Force Gem is unlocked, and a pedestal in which it rests emerges from the ground. This is the same symbol as the Spirits', which further illustrates their influence around the kingdom. It is interesting to note that the Lokomo Sword's hilt is specifically shaped like the symbol of the spirits, as well as Bow of Light and the shield used by Link, which has a more intricate and elaborated pedestal along with the Force Gem. Moreover, the Warp Gates that appear throughout the overworld also bear the emblem all along the arc that supports the gem at the top.

Trivia

 * The drawing of the Spirits of Good in the prologue of Spirit Tracks bears a striking resemblance to Anjean.

Theory
The Spirits of Good may be connected to the four Light Spirits seen in. While there is little shown in-game to directly link the two groups, both are groups of powerful, holy spirits, and the latter group was shown to be able to create a Bow of Light (or at least an equivalent) when acting together. Four golden triangles are also shown in the opening cinematic describing the war with Malladus, and while these were most likely meant to represent the four Force Gems that power the Spirit Tracks, they could also be indicative of the spirits who preside over them, who could potentially be the Light Spirits. The Light Spirits would also logically exist in all three Zelda timelines, including the Adult Timeline of which Spirit Tracks was a part, and given the destruction of Old Hyrule at the end of, it would again be logical to assume that the Light Spirits migrated to New Hyrule with Tetra and her crew.

Alternately, the term "Spirits of Good" may be a broad title for the "lesser gods" of the Zelda universe. This is supported by the fact that Zelda is said and shown to have the "sacred power of the spirits" in her body; previously, however, the Royal Family of Hyrule (both Old and, through Tetra, New) had mystical powers unrelated to the Spirits, given to them by their common bloodline with the goddess Hylia. This discrepancy would be perfectly logical, however, if Hylia- an important, yet nonetheless lesser, goddess- was one of the so-called Spirits. This would also potentially be supported by the fact that the Spirits were said to have wielded physical weapons such as the Bow of Light and Lokomo Sword, which would be odd if they were true spirits, but makes sense if they had physical forms, as the lesser gods of Hyrule do. Zelda was also able to summon a Bow of Light in, despite the Spirits of Good never being mentioned in-game, suggesting that Zelda is connected to the Spirits in all three Zelda timelines, which by extension would support the idea that the Spirits are Hyrule's lesser deities.

Gallery
 File:ST Shield.png|The shield bearing the symbol of the Spirits of Good File:Rail Map.png|The Rail Map with the symbol of the Spirits in the middle File:Lokomo sword.png|The Lokomo Sword, one of the many objects bearing the symbol of the Spirits File:ST Intro 5.png|The people worshiping the Spirits at the Tower of Spirits File:STHyrulecrest.jpg|The crest of the "new Hyrule" File:SymbolofSpirits.png|The Symbol of Spirits of Good. File:SymbolofSpirits2.png|The Symbol of Spirits as seen in Lokomos' Vehicles