#By the Sword Divided

[missanthropicprinciple]

“Most beloved father, I, thy most humble and obedient son Thomas, do hereby vow that I shall avenge the wrongs thou hast suffered, sparing no effort, I shall seek to bring our enemies to justice and restore thy house to its rightful state, even at the cost of my life. I swear this by almighty God.”

[astralnymphh]

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[witchrealms]

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[powdermelonkeg]

Theory that solves(?) "founding of Hyrule" timeline inconsistencies:

Origin of Hyrule no. 1: Skyward Sword. Zelda, Link, and the Skylians settle the surface world at the game's conclusion. Notably, their dress looks nothing like the Zonai era.

Origin of Hyrule no. 2: Tears of the Kingdom. Rauru and Sonia are the king and queen who founded Hyrule. Notably, Zonai mechanisms and architecture greatly resemble the pre-Skyward-Sword-era Lanayru mining tech and symbolism, though Skyward Sword's art direction is more cartoony than TotK, so that has to be taken into account.

That's where it gets cyclical. If TotK's forgotten era came first, then:

Zonai influence should be ALL OVER Skyloft

The Gerudo should not exist, because they're (implied to be) descended from Groose, a Skylian; at the very least, there should have been a whole Gerudo culture in the Sky

Where did the Secret Stones go?

We should have seen Zeldra flying around in the sky, let alone Dinraal, Farosh, and Naydra

But if Skyward Sword came before all things Zonai, then:

The Lanayru Mining Facility (assuming it to be Zonai in origin) should not exist

Hyrule should have already been founded by Rauru's time

Of the two, Skyward Sword being first on the wild surface makes more sense. But if that's the case, there are even more questions:

Where did the Secret Stones come from? Are we to believe that Hylia gave them to the Zonai, since the Golden Trio have already left the Triforce and departed?

What about the Zonai themselves? They supposedly descended from the heavens. Were they just up so high that the Skylians couldn't find them? Did Hylia cleave the ground twice? Did they spontaneously appear up there like mice in grain bins?

Why is there a whole Temple of Time with bells that Rauru, one of two of the LAST of his species, woke up and went to sleep to? In fact, why is there an entire kingdom's worth of structures already built before the Sky Reckoning?

My solution:

The Zonai did exist pre-Skyward Sword, and did descend down from the sky ages ago. They built the Lanayru Mining Facility, utilizing the power of Timeshift Stones in their work. This is not Rauru and Mineru's era.

The Zonai are among the people that stay behind to fight Demise alongside Hylia, while the Skylians were sent up to Skyloft. The people of the Surface are entrusted with the Secret Stones as weapons against Demise, with the caveat that they keep them hidden. That's why they're called Secret Stones despite being well-known to Ganondorf in TotK, it was PARAMOUNT that Demise not know he could get any stronger.

The war ends. Just about every civilization is obliterated by it. The Zonai retreat as far from Demise's seal as they can to lick their wounds. They take the sages' Secret Stones with them, so as to not be caught unawares and lose them to Demise when he eventually reemerges.

Skyward Sword.

The evil is defeated, the Skylians come down to the Surface. That's the signal that it's safe to return now. Shortly after the Skylians officially start to settle, the Zonai, who know how things work, help them build a proper civilization.

Time passes. The Surface is officially a bunch of scattered clans with varying degrees of territory. People are content, though nothing is particularly efficient. The Skylians take on Zonai fashion and building styles as generations pass. The Zonai themselves dwindle.

Rauru, married to the leader of the Hylians, looks to unite the scattered clans under one banner in the name of prosperity and shared resources, idolizing the pre-Skyward era where the gods walked the land. He and Sonia officially name the place Hyrule, and any clan that signs treaty with them is considered within its borders. Mineru, meanwhile, has made her first construct models based on the Lanayru Mine Robots of old, which add to the appeal of joining Hyrule as its subkingdom territories.

Tears of the Kingdom, Zelda's first 12 memories.

Between the Master Sword going back in time and Zeldra's ascent, Zelda and Mineru get to work with as many constructs as possible to protect the Sky Isles they plan to send upwards. They need a TON of Zonaite, and recycling is a priority, leading to the gachapon machines.

Zelda knows enough about her kingdom that she knows where the land is particularly rich is where the people of her time settled, and Zonaite is shown to enrich soil greatly. This is why all the old Zonaite mines are underneath the towns in modern Hyrule, despite changing geography through other eras, and Tarrey Town's new-ness.

Zelda ascends.

The secretive Sheikah clan, having seen the Blood Moon's rise when the Demon King took power, realize that Demise isn't, in fact, all gone. They decide this means that their job serving Hylia isn't truly done, and return to help the fledgling kingdom as best they can. They bring the knowledge of the Master Sword of Skyward Sword days with them.

Ganondorf first shakes the seal he's under without form, leading to the first Calamity and the initial rise of Calamity Ganon. This is 10k years before BotW. This is also the first documented use of the Master Sword to seal the Demon King away, recorded in the tapestry.

The Sheikah are forced to abandon their technology. The Yiga/Sheikah split happens.

Literally all the rest of Hyrulean History happens after this.

Breath of the Wild.

Tears of the Kingdom.

[animatedglittergraphics-n-more]

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[glitchedfoxx]

okay! as promised, here's Vio and Shadow! This post with the other three got a lot more attention than I was expecting it to, I'm incredibly happy you guys like these designs

[thecutestgrotto]

Perhaps samurai swords and cherry blossoms?

Swords and Cherry Blossoms

You got it anon! Xx

[yuwuta]

no judgies pls but.. is it just me or does Yuta have yandere potential? Like not the super psycho kidnap shit 💀 but he's just a little 'too possessive' a little 'too loyal' and a lil 'too protective' to be a normal guy..

potential…. i fear he invented the archetype LOL yuuta is just fiercely loyal ://// he never intends to come across as “yandere” or too much, but it’s a consequence of how he loves. he just does, it’s all consuming, it drives his very being, so it’s naturally more intense than other people, but to him it’s normal yk? like he doesn’t think he loves more than other people, he just thinks he acts in the fundamental definition of love, so, to him, all his words and actions are normal and justified the irony is he is not even close to normal he’s definitely strange as fuck LOLLL he has a very skewed perception of everything bc he’s a freak but it’s part of his charm <22

[sister-lucifer]

Can I please request some sword dividers🩶🗡️⚔️🫶🏻

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[blueskittlesart]

POST MORE SWORD OF FATE PLS IM BEGGING

i have very little in terms of actual art LMAO but i CAN explain the sword thing because i checked and i did in fact never make this plot point public. i struggled for a while with creating a villain for this story until i realized that. i put "sword" in the title of the game. of course it has to be about the fucking sword. DUH.

so i want SOF to deal very heavily with religion, specifically the way in which hyrule's religion forms post-sksw but pre-reincarnation. i've placed it on the timeline directly after sksw, making it the first actual reincarnation in hyrule. what this means is that there's no actual proof yet that the reincarnation thing is real and not just an insane bluff on demise's part, and so several key characters including link and zelda barely believe in hylia or demise at all when the story starts. my thought with this setting's version of ganon is that he's the polar opposite of the nonbelievers. The gerudo don't really exist as of now, but he DOES come from the desert region of hyrule--specifically, he was raised in a cultlike offshoot of the sheikah religion which interpreted the hylia/demise myth completely literally and believes that a doomsday is coming, heralded by the foretold return of demise. Because of this, he knows more about the cycle and how to set it in motion than basically any other character. Crucially, he and his people are some of the only ones at this point aware of the existence of the master sword.

ganon finds. a sword. a sword which he THINKS is the master sword. and this theory is only reinforced when the sword begins to speak to him about his destiny and the salvation of hyrule. unfortunately it is not the master sword and he ends up basically a pawn in the greater plans of what's left of demise & ghirahim within that sword, manipulated into attempting to revive demise and destroy the reincarnated hero and princess. he remains in denial until basically the very end of the final battle, completely convinced that he is the true savior of hyrule and LINK is the one being misled. ghirahim is a very good manipulator lol

[baekcheon-jin-dongryon]

Translation Q&A* (Question/answer in commemoration of chapter 500) from Return of the Blossoming Blade, light novel by Biga 🌸

< My language is not English, please excuse any potential spelling errors (or point them out to me if necessary). >

Jo Geol [조걸]

Age: 20 years old

Height: 5’9" / 175 cm (still growing)

Date of birth: April 1st

Body type: Broad-shouldered and slightly thick. Firm feel.

Appearance: Mischievous type. Curly hair that is not organized well. He has a thick jawline. Among Mount Hua’s disciples (Hwasan), he has the darkest skin.

- His eyebrows are rather thick and his eyes are large, so he makes a strong impression. If he closes his mouth, he can look a little intimidating, but when his expression is loose, he doesn't give his opponent a feeling of fear.

- He doesn't want to let his hair bother him by letting it grow long, so he cuts it before it gets too long.

- The posture is generally rude, and the ben legs are the default option, it’s making him look the least Taoist in Mount Hua, except for Cheongmyeong.

To be continued

6/7

[greeneyed-thestral]

[judgeitbyitscover]

The Deed of Paksenarrion series by Elizabeth Moon

Cover art by Kevin Davies

Baen Books, 1988-1989

Sheepfarmer's Daughter (1988)

Paksenarrion — Paks for short — is somebody special. She knows it, even if nobody else does yet. No way will she follow her father's orders to marry the pig farmer down the road. She's off to join the army, even if it means she can never see her family again.

And so her adventure begins... the adventure that transforms her into a hero remembered in songs, chosen by the gods to restore a lost ruler to his throne.

Here is her tale as she lived it.

Paks is trained as a mercenary, blooded, and introduced to the life of a soldier . . . and to the followers of Gird, the soldier's god.

Divided Allegiance (1988)

Once a sheepfarmer's daughter, now a seasoned veteran, Paksenarrion has proven herself a fighter. Years with Duke Phelan's Company taught her weaponry, discipline, and how to react as part of a military unit.

Now, though, Paks feels spurred to a solitary destiny. Against all odds she is accepted as a paladin-candidate by the Fellowship of Gird. Years of study will follow, for a paladin must be versed in diplomacy and magic as well as the fighting arts. But before she is fully trained, Paks is called to her first mission: to seek out the fabled stronghold of Luap far to the west. The way is long, the dangers many - and not even the Marshal-General of Gird can say whether glory of ruin awaits.

Oath of Gold (1989)

Paksenarrion - Paks for short - was somebody special. Never could she have followed her father's orders and married the pig farmer down the road. Better a soldier's life than a pigfarmer's wife, and so though she knew that she could never go home again, Paks ran away to be a soldier. And so began and adventure destined to transform a simple Sheepfarmer's Daughter into a hero fit to be chosen by the gods.

[nightzap]

I finally did the Leon-Karnak dungeon after much delay, both in real life (I got absorbed into a M2TW mod) and ingame (there kept being stuff to do, and I wanted to get gold ore equipment), and I was completely overprepared for the whole affair. The difficulty spike back in Obsidian Mansion really made me overestimate how much enemy power rises with each dungeon, and I stomped the boss into the curb. I'm setting the difficulty back to Hard after this.

I had sworn to myself that after I return from this dangerous mission, I would tell Forte how I feel. So now I walked up to her, confessed, and... didn't have enough relationship levels, so she told me that this isn't something I should make jokes about. Ouch.

[glitchedfoxx]

A week ago on the 9th marked three whole years since I created Territorial Divide, so what better way of celebrating this AU's birthday than to update their designs? Here's Green, Blue, and Red, I'll be doing Vio and Shadow sometime in the near future

[thecutestgrotto]

Love your graphics! I’ve been into pirates lately and I’d like to request pirate ship or skull dividers! 🏴‍☠️

Pirates

Hi anon! Hope these fit what you’re looking for 💗