[BotW] [TotK] does anyone else feel like the koroks could have been more involved in the story

I've always felt like the koroks in these games were underused in the story of these games, especially since in past games they use to be super involved in the plot of the game. I mean they could have easily made a champion/sage for the koroks and make them like the other races or they could be involved with link and the master sword by having a korok like hestu guiding and helping link find the master sword in both games instead of just being for inventory slots. Am I the only one who feels this way?