#5. Wait how do you pronounce Dearg again?

[melonthesprigatito]

Aight, fuck it. If Nintendo isn't going to give me a new Rito to hyperfixate on, I made my own. If Echoes of Wisdom is Rito-less, just assume she's from the Tears of the Kingdom version of Hyrule.

Rubee: Rito Merchant

"Welcome to the Bird's Nest! Our prices are a steal!"

From Rito Village (or whatever a hypothetical Echoes of Wisdom Hyrule Rito Village settlement could be called), decided to become a travelling merchant in order to escape Rito societal expectations of being a housewife/singer.

Sells shockingly rare/normally expensive items for affordable prices. How did she get said expensive items? Trader's secret 🤫

Really just a nice, if not socially awkward bird.

Has a lifelong rivalry with Beedle. He thinks she's sketchy, she thinks he's annoying.

BUUUUUT, in reality she's also secretly an outlaw

Actually a really skilled archer. She had to train in private because only male Ritos got to be archers, it was seen as shameful and Most Unorthodox™ for a Woman™ to pick up a bow.

Her bow is a pretty sick one she made herself that she named the Moon Wing Bow.

Outlaw Name pending, I wanted to call her the Emerald Arrow, but it sounds to similar to Green Arrow (the DC Superhero) and also doesn't sound particularly Zelda-like so I'm not 100% happy with it (help)

Robs from the rich to give to the poor. There is a visual pun with her design and I will give you a virtual cookie if you noticed it.

The reason she became an outlaw is because her mother had a deathly illness and ended up dying from it because the medicine was too expensive.

So Rubee uses her bandit identity to steal expensive luxury items/healing items/weapons in order to sell in her shop for dirt cheap. If someone suspects her, she'll just pack up and fly someplace else.

I literally only came up with all this two days ago

Actually part of her clothing is directly lifted from Revali's concept art

This is kinda a minor nonsensical thing to be hopeful for, but I REALLY REALLY REALLY want there to be at least one (1) Rito NPC in Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.

I'm just ridiculously attached to the BOTW era Ritos, I want them to be a series staple in Legend of Zelda games going forward like the Gorons, Zora and Gerudo. I heard they also appeared in Wind Waker, but that's like.... Only three games.

Please Nintendo, I want a new birb boi to obsess over