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Darunia (ダルニア;) is a Goron introduced in Ocarina of Time. He is the leader of the Hyrulean Gorons and the Sworn Brother of the King of Hyrule. Despite his stern appearance, he loves music and dance and cares deeply about his people. His known relatives are a distant ancestor who became a legendary hero by defeating Volvagia and his son Link who was born sometime in the seven year absence of the Hero of Time. Darunia eventually becomes the new Sage of Fire when Link cleanses the Fire Temple.
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I really like seeing a familiar character re-designed in the style of another chapter in the story! I think some people over-analyze these sort of things, and need to think more creatively than literally. Specifically, I once saw someone propose the idea that gorons "devolved" over the time between Skyward Sword and Ocarina of Time, since the Ocarina gorons are a simpler people who are mainly interested in living in caves and eating rocks, unlike the worldly explorers seen sparsely scattered around Hyrule in SS's time. I think it's very likely that gorons have always had explorers in their ranks, and you just don't hear about them in OoT because Nintendo didn't think of it yet / it was irrelevant.

The tattoos weren't mentioned in this person's argument, but I'm sure somebody out there has brought it up. The tattoos are clearly just an artistic evolution of the gorons' design, one they didn't come up with until the development of Twilight Princess, not a literal change in their society (since we see them on gorons from both before and after OoT, which were all designed after OoT).