Weird Void Error

Mason3121 (2)
Hello, i am trying to make a simple game inside of windows console in c++, but for some reason i am getting an error that says unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl Intro(void)" (?Intro@@YAXXZ)
here is the code inside of my main file where i want to program to begin, i don't understand what i did wrong. Could someone please help me if they know.
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  #include "stdafx.h"
#include "Macros.h"
#include "Character.h"
#include "Actors.h"

int main()
{
	string answer;
	Character Player;

	void Intro(); {
		OUTPUT "Welcome to Eternal, please enter your name: ";
		INPUT Player.Name;
		OUTPUT "Is this correct? y|n" << Player.Name;
		INPUT answer;
		if (answer == "y") {
			system("pause");

		}
		if (answer == "n") {
			Intro();
		}
	}

    Intro();
}



in my macros.h i did 
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 #define OUTPUT cout <<
#define INPUT cin >>
#define PAUSE getchar;
using namespace std;


and in my character.h i did

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#pragma once
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

class Character {
public:
	string Name;
	string LVL;
	string EXP;
	string Strength;
	string COL;
	string Aglity;
};

Hippogriff (727)
You can't define a function inside of another function. 

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void Intro() 
{
        string answer;
	Character Player;

	OUTPUT "Welcome to Eternal, please enter your name: ";
	INPUT Player.Name;
	OUTPUT "Is this correct? y|n" << Player.Name;
	INPUT answer;
	if (answer == "y") {
		system("pause");

	}
	if (answer == "n") {
		Intro();
	}
}

int main()
{
        Intro();
        return 0;
}


http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/functions/
As a side note don't get into the habit of redefining cout/cin etc. It makes your code harder to read.
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Mason3121 (2)
Thank you so much Hippogriff i guess i forgot about that at some point. and yeah it does make it harder by define them.
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