#Daltus

[veiledbyart]

My players also gave me some doodle suggestions to draw a bunch of my NPCs from our LoZ Campaign as different races.

It was very fun to do, though you can definitely see which ones I struggled with lol

Don’t use or repost my art without permission.

[fourswords]

WAIT WAIT WAIT I DID FIND SOMEONE WHO DID AN ITALIAN PLAYTHROUGH. ZELDA SAYS "BUONGIORNO, ZIO SMITH" THAT'S SO CUTE

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Kind of a sneak peak of what the comic pages will look like once I get motivated and actually work on them. Though this doesn't pertain to the overall story of the AU, instead I wanted to try and build on the OoT royal siblings relationship a bit.

I mentioned briefly the mixed feelings of the other Hylian nobility towards the siblings though mainly Ahgin as he 1. takes his appearance more from their mother than Zelda does and 2. is a prince who does not have the divine nature that the Hylian Princesses do.

Aghin is aware of these feelings towards him and typically does his best to ignore them to better support his sister. The first person who looks at him without disgust and like any other Hylian was Link who at the time wasn't even aware of the feelings that were typically directed towards him.

Disclaimer: lazy flower crowns are lazy

[primalxeyes]

For Halloween, I drew my old OCs as EVE and Aya Brea from Parasite Eve!

[dreamdepot]

New Story: Dreams of the Kingdom

[Link x Male!Reader]

Power. Wisdom. Courage. The legend of Hyrule has always been the story of three. Where does that leave you, oh mighty prince of the wild?

A sequel story to Prince of the Wild.

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Edited 7/5/2024 - Links have been updated

Chapter 1: The Slumbering Beast

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Chapter 1 is now up on Wattpad, A03, and below the break

For links to the prequel Prince of the Wild, please see the following links:

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The ballroom was filled with laughter and music. The moonlight streamed down through the windows on the festivities. You straightened your crown, trying to make sure you looked just right in your reflection on the window. Tonight was going to be special; you just knew it.

The music swelled with a flourish of the violins. People glided across the polished marble floors, twirling to the beautiful piece. You could see your best friend, the royal poet and maestro Sharpe, absolutely beaming as he conducted the orchestra.

You let your eyes wander over the crowd. Your father, King Rhoam, was stoic as ever, watching from his own corner. Princess Zelda, your younger sister, was happily chatting with Robbie and Purah, no doubt sharing research notes. Impa and Mipha were laughing over drinks while little Sidon chowed down on snacks. Revali was attempting to dance with the ambassador from Hytopia, but it was impossible to tell who was worse at it. Daruk was drinking each of the castle guards under the table. Apparently, none of them ever heard that Gorons were unaffected by Hylian liquor. Your heart swelled with happiness, though it still felt a little empty without the one who was most important to you.

“Waiting on someone, sparrow?” Urbosa asked, gently laying a hand on your shoulder. She had a knowing glint in her eye as she sipped her Noble Pursuit.

“You wouldn’t have happened to-”

“I believe I saw him walking towards the Sanctum.” Your heart skipped a beat, and you were ready to run upstairs, but Urbosa’s grip held you back. “Don’t get into trouble, sparrow. You still need to make an appearance later tonight.”

You blushed but nodded. “Of course, you know I’m always professional.”

“Of course,” Urbosa said. She brushed a stray bit of your hair back and smoothed some wrinkles off your coat. “Go, I’ll cover for you.”

You barely got out a “thank you” before dashing out of the ballroom to the stairs. The music grew fainter and fainter as you made your way up the castle. A giddy bubble of happiness felt ready to burst out of your chest. You were Prince [Y/n] Daltus Hyrule, Lord of Akkala, Order of the Picori, Colonel in the Grand Hylian Army, Defender of the Holy Triforce, and Champion of the Goddess Din – but the most important title of all was Boyfriend of the Hylian Champion. Reaching the top of the steps, you pushed the doors open as quietly as you could.

“Link?” you called out. The torches were all lit inside, but all was quiet. You shut the door and entered. “Link? Are you here?”

No response.

You frowned, walking past the thrones, ignoring how the shadows danced on the walls. Suddenly, a wooden training sword clattered to the ground right at your feet. You looked up, seeing the knight grinning from the upper floor. “Oh, you’re on!”

You picked up the sword – slightly upset it was a single handed one instead of your preferred claymore – and mounted the stairs, charging up to the hidden lounge above the Sanctum. Link met you halfway, your swords clashing with a dull thonk. You drove him backwards up the stairs, slash after slash. Link laughed with each one, parrying them effortlessly.

The two of you clashed, when you saw your chance. You parried his blows, and…

…pulled the small rug from under him. Before he could get up, you pointed your sword at his chest. “Finally!” You shouted. “I win!”

“One out of – what, a thousand?” Your knight grinned.

You shrugged. “Hey, I’ll take it.” You helped him up and pulled him into a hug. “You didn’t get hurt when you fell right?”

“No, I’m fine,” he laughed. “Takes more than a practical joke to hurt a knight, your majesty.”

You took his hand and started leading him downstairs. “We should head back before Father gets upset.” You reached for the door but stopped. Someone was standing on the balcony overlooking Hyrule Field.

“Hello?” You let go of Link’s hand as you walked over to the balcony. The music seemed to fade away as you got closer. The figure didn’t seem familiar. “Oh, pardon me, but all guests should be downstairs. I’d be happy to show you the way.”

“There’s no need for that, I’ve been waiting for you,” a rumbling baritone voice said. The figure turned, revealing a wall of a man with a piercing glare. It felt like he could see you through to your soul. Your head throbbed with a migraine. For some reason, your left hand – the hand emblazoned with the mark of the Triforce of Power – felt like it was burning.

“Who are you?”

The moonlight turned a bloodstained red. “Of course you would forget me, but I certainly haven’t forgotten you and your treachery.” He reached out, firmly gripping your chin and tilting your head up to look you in the eyes. Panic rose in your throat looking into his glowing red and yellow eyes. He let out a low rumble of a laugh. “Don’t worry, I’ll be seeing you soon to take what is rightfully mine, little prince.”

The world swam and grew dark as a terrible laugh filled your ears. A scream tore from your throat. Pain shot through your body…

==

“[Y/n]! [Y/n]!!” Link shook you gently. “It’s okay! I’m here, I’m here…”

You gasped for air, looking up to see your handsome knight looking down at you. He wrapped you in his arms. “It’s okay, it’s just a nightmare. You’re going to be okay.”

You held him close, not caring how tangled you were in the sheets. It was still late, and the moon hung outside your window – thankfully still its normal pale color.

Your heart slowed as Link held you and stroked your hair. “Big spoon or little spoon?”

You told him your preference, and the two of you shifted to a more comfortable cuddling position. “It was the same dream,” you finally said.

“The royal ball and the stranger?”

“Yeah,” you said. “He knew me. I… I don’t know how to explain it but looking at him felt like… pure evil… It was almost like the Calamity.”

Link nodded. “Do you want to go talk to Symin about it? He helped Zelda when she had those nightmares last year.”

“Maybe,” you said. “I’m just confused. He knew me, Link. He said he was going to take what was ‘rightfully his’.”

“I’m sure it’s just a silly dream, but…” Link frowned and pressed his hand to your forehead. “Hmm doesn’t seem like a fever, but maybe the gloom is getting to you.”

“It’s not the gloom,” you said, pushing his hand away. “Maybe I’m stressed out? Maybe… maybe I’m just missing them.”

Link sighed. “I miss them too.”

“I did beat you this time though.”

Link snorted. “So, you’re saying you can only beat me in your dreams?”

“Shut up,” you laughed.

The two of you stayed quiet for a moment, just enjoying the cuddling. It was hard to believe it had been five years. Five years since you woke up in a cave, five years since you found Link without his memories, and five years since the two of you saved Hyrule and your sister. The life of the “lost prince” was never dull with Hyrule’s greatest swordsman as your boyfriend and Princess Zelda as your sister. The three of you had helped to rebuild most of Hyrule, bringing the people back together and creating a semblance of a government. Your New Hyrule Trading Company was now run through the Stable Association, a union-run business, giving you more time to train the new militia taking care of monsters across the land – not to mention helping your sister run things. “Helping” may be a bit generous, as Zelda was much more suited to academics than government and diplomacy. Most of the time, you and Link helped to set treaties and lead major reconstruction projects while Zelda focused more on educating Hyrule’s children and surveying old ruins.

Everything had been going well for a time, until a few months ago. Certain caves and old wells began to leak an odd crimson mist. At first, it seemed harmless, but then the sickness came. There were a few isolated cases that seemed to clear up quickly, but over the past few weeks, reports were getting worse. The mist was only growing thicker and more toxic. Purah named it the gloom, and it seemed to be tied to the malice that Calamity Ganon once produced. The difference was that this gloom was toxic and lingering. It seemed to seep from underground, though no one could figure out where or why. The worst of it came from the depths of Hyrule Castle. Whatever it touched, it devoured in decay. Your pride and joy, the construction of New Castle Town, was rotted back to rubble. Each time you had Hudson Construction try to rebuild it, they never got past laying the foundation before the houses would begin to decay. Residents were forced back to build a new settlement called Lookout Landing, just south of the ruins. Even then, it was little more than a lightly fortified trading and research outpost.

“Hey, I can tell Zelda to postpone the expedition,” Link said.

“No!” You said, then paused. “I appreciate the thought, but it’s too important to investigate the gloom. We need to get to the bottom of it – literally.”

Link rolled his eyes. “Right, but if you need to rest, you need to rest.”

“I know, but I promise I’ll be fine.” Link frowned, staring into you. “Okay, I’ll go see Symin after the expedition, but I promise I’ll be fine.”

“Good.” Link smiled, leaning forward to give you a gentle kiss.

The two of you talked for a little while more before you both drifted off into a gentle sleep. While Link may have been next to you, something still made you feel restless.

==

The next morning seemed to pass in a blur, and you weren’t truly shaken from your thoughts until you were descending into the depths of Hyrule Castle.

“This gloom keeps getting thicker,” your sister, Zelda, commented as you descended. She held the torch for you and Link. The two of you remained calm, but you were both on high alert. The weight of your Sword of the Six Sages was a comfort, not knowing what could be around the next corner. “We’ve been descending for a while now… These tunnels are deeper than I thought. What could be down here?”

“I have a feeling even Father didn’t know about these tunnels,” You commented as you passed some luminescent moss. “Some of this looks older than even the Sheikah tech.”

“I wish we were coming down here to explore for more academic reasons instead of trying to find the source of the gloom,” Zelda said, scanning over the wisps curling around her feet. “Though here, it seems almost misty and not concentrated enough to harm us…”

“What’s the plan then?” Link asked.

“We’ll keep going. With it coming up from beneath Hyrule Castle…” Zelda paused, then turned to you and Link. “We do not know what waits below, so we need to be ready for anything. But I know I’ll be okay with both of you. Let’s go solve this mystery.”

“That said, it may be best for you to stay behind one of us.” You drew your secondary weapon, an Eightfold Blade, and took the lead.

“As you wish… General,” Zelda said with a little laugh.

“You appointed me as head of Hyrule’s military, let me do my job, Princess,” you snarked back. You led the way deeper. Water dripped down the walls, leaving chalky stains. You could see just ahead that the cave looped into some ruins. “I bet no one has been down here in centuries…”

“Exactly, isn’t it exciting?” Zelda said. You smiled, happy to see your sister in her element. You couldn’t begin to count the number of ruins you explored with her over the past few years. While her obsessions may have moved on from the Sheikah, the promise of a new discovery always got her excited.

Before you could take another step, you heard something you hadn’t heard in five years. It was a familiar chime. Both you and Zelda turned to Link, seeing the Master Sword begin to glow. “It must be sensing something,” Zelda muttered. “I knew we had reason for concern…”

“Maybe we should have investigated the castle sooner,” you added. “Perhaps something from the Calamity is still lingering here.” Zelda shifted uneasily.

Link was always quick to notice when your sister was worried. “We’re going to be okay. If it really is something left over from the Calamity, it can’t be that strong with Ganon sealed away. Between the three of us, I know we can handle it.”

“Of course,” Zelda said, “I needn’t worry with the two best swordsmen in Hyrule around. All the same, we should proceed with caution.”

“Onward then,” you said, though you swapped from the smaller blade to your primary weapon granted to you by the Great Deku Tree: the Sword of the Six Sages. Link too drew the Master Sword and joined you in front of Zelda. It was best not to take chances. The soft white glow from your sword and the soft blue from the Master Sword was a small comfort to the three of you in the dark caves. With that, you continued deeper into the ruins.

As old as they were, the ruins were well preserved and mostly still standing. A few walls had collapsed to rubble, but the path was still clear. The gloom had grown a little thicker but clung to the floor and merely wrapped around your ankles, harmless for now. Zelda paused for a moment to observe the architecture. “Easily older than the Sheikah, and this unique style… wait!” She knelt at a fallen relief. “Something is written here… yes. I think this may be from the Zonai!”

The farther you walked, the better condition the ruins were in. “Yes, yes!” Zelda said, getting more excited with each step. “These carvings are absolutely Zonai in origin. I can’t believe we’re finding evidence of one of the oldest civilizations known to history directly under the castle.”

“The Zonai built those labyrinths, right?” Link asked.

“Yes, and they were said to worship the dragons. It’s said the Zonai had godlike powers and at one point lived in the sky. Unfortunately, we still know so little. Many history books on the Zonai give us more stories than factual history.”

Soon you came to the end of the hall, where two towering statues stood. Zelda stopped to inspect them further. “Is this what the Zonai looked like? They seem so different than us, and such large ears… I wonder if they were associated with the ancient city-state of Skyloft? Or perhaps they were some sort of precursors to the Oocca Civilization?”

You had a different question on your mind. “If they lived in the sky, why are they here underground?”

“An excellent point…” Zelda muttered, lost in thought. “Let’s see what else is ahead.”

You looked at the statues and for a moment, they seemed to shift. Their eyes seemed to glow with the faintest light, watching you. You rubbed your eyes and they appeared normal again. “Maybe it is the gloom,” you muttered to yourself.

You caught up with Link as the three of you made your way down the stairs, deeper and deeper. The ruins opened into a massive hall. Suddenly, you heard a familiar chittering. “Heads up,” you said, easily dispatching a keese. Link nodded, charging the second while you cleaved the third and final. You sheathed your sword, watching the keese fall to the ground.

“You aren’t hurt, are you?” Zelda asked.

“Zel, they’re keese. Link and I take care of keese like every day.” Still, she looked the both of you over, before giving a nod of approval. You couldn’t fault her, since you knew you’d be doing the same to her and Link if the roles were switched. With the monsters dealt with, you could take in the room. One wall was mostly covered by fallen rocks – likely from the Calamity – but the rest of the room was filled with sprawling carvings.

Zelda turned and let out a little gasp. “Look at these murals.” She walked the torch closer, letting the light dance across the eerie images. “The written histories of the Royal Family include stories of a great war fought long ago.”

Your many hours of tutoring in the Castle library played back in your head. “This isn’t just any war, Zelda,” you frowned looking at the murals. Zelda may have been the brains of the family, but you certainly knew the stories of your kingdom inside and out. You stopped before a carving of a wave of monsters. “This was clearly a very bloody one, and if we’re in the oldest part of the castle, it might be… Zelda, you don’t think it’s… that legend, do you?”

“What legend?” Link asked.

You felt a pit growing in your stomach. “The legend of the Demon King… an evil to surpass Demise.”

“Precisely,” She said, running along the walls. “It’s said that our ancestors – the first of Hyrule’s royal family were born from a union with the gods who descended from the heavens. These murals tell a similar story, and if they are accurate, then the gods mentioned were the Zonai… They must have forged a relationship with the Hylians of that time, working together to establish the kingdom of Hyrule!”

She turned to where the murals started to depict a man with a grotesque wave of red behind him. You felt a chill go down your spine. It couldn’t be possible… he couldn’t be the man from your nightmares. “This figure,” Zelda continued, “He seems to be stealing something of incredible power from the young kingdom. This all aligns with what I’ve read during my studies… and this!” She said, running back to the last panel. “And this shows the Demon King, and a fierce battle against him. If the creature depicted here really does represent the Demon King, then…” She stopped and gasped. “Incredible! This mural must be the great war recorded in the royal histories! This is the First Imprisoning War and the events that led up to it! This is a huge discovery!”

Zelda started fiddling with her pack. Link took the torch for her as she fished out her Purah Pad, Purah’s fantastic upgrade to the Sheikah Slate. You on the other hand stood frozen at the last panel, staring into the gargoyle-like grin of the monstrous Demon King. You took a shaky breath. “First Imprisoning War?” Link asked you.

“The First Imprisoning War sealed the Demon King. The Second sealed the king of thieves – who once tried to steal the Triforce from the Sacred Realm. Right, Zelda?”

“Yes, exactly, though some scholars suggest the Demon King and the king of thieves could have been one and the same – not that I necessarily subscribe to that theory,” she said, snapping photographs of the mural. “Why are you so jumpy?”

“No particular reason,” you muttered back. Link placed his hand on your shoulder, asking a silent question. “Later,” you whispered to him. He offered you a smile that helped to calm you.

“The part I don’t understand,” you said, steeling yourself, “is what he stole.” The three of you walked back to the third panel. “These objects… what do you think they are? Tears of Light? They don’t look anything like the Triforce.”

“Another excellent question,” Zelda said, lowering the Purah Pad. “Perhaps this was before our ancestors discovered the Triforce? Or perhaps it was hidden away. I would hate to think of what could have happened if the Demon King had stolen it.”

“Yeah,” you said, instinctively rubbing the tattoo on your hand. The power thrummed through your body for a moment, but it didn’t make you feel any better.

“Only more and more questions,” Link said, handing the torch back to Zelda.

“Maybe we’ll find more answers farther ahead,” she said. “Let’s keep moving deeper.”

This time, Link took the lead with Zelda while you brought up the rear. Your hand twitched and your gut twisted. It wasn’t like you to be so unnerved by something like that, but something felt deeply wrong, and the deeper you walked, the more the feeling grew.  

The three of you exited the staircase and entered into a massive chamber. “Oh Hylia…” Link muttered. A twisting ribbon of light drifted from some kind of pyramid collector lined with runes, feeding into a skeletal glowing arm with a warm green-blue light. Most disturbing of all was the desiccated corpse the hand was pinned to, digging into the chest. Dark clouds of gloom spilled from the wound.

“What is that...” Zelda murmured. “How long has this been under the Castle?”

As the three of you drew close, the arm’s light faded, and it fell to the ground. A glowing tear shaped stone popped out of the arm’s bracer, bouncing on the floor to Zelda. She tapped it hesitantly before picking it up. The stone glowed with warm golden light in her hand.

Suddenly, the three of you heard a crack and a heartbeat. You and Link instantly moved in front of Zelda, drawing your swords. The corpse cracked, its fingers starting to move, then its arm, then its spine, until finally, the head snapped towards you, demonic eyes glowing in your direction.

A burst of concentrated gloom and malice burst from his chest, rushing straight for Zelda. Link stepped in, shoving you away and knocking it back with the Master Sword. It doubled back, crawling up Link’s arm, burning away at his skin.

“Link!” You shouted, preparing to swing your sword at the gloom.

“No! It’ll get you too, don’t!” Link summoned every ounce of strength and swung the Master Sword at the gloom again.

You could hear a crack, and the Master Sword’s blade shattered in his hand.

The tip of the sword flew from the mess, slicing across the corpse’s cheek. You and Zelda rushed to Link’s side, helping him to stand. You tried not to look at the terrible burns on his arm, keeping your attention on the monster in front of you.

“Was that the sword that seals the darkness?” A raspy voice came from the corpse. “A blade that shatters so easily against my power cannot save you from me.” His eyes scanned across you as he tried to pull himself up. “Zelda… and you, who carries that fragile sword is Link. Rauru placed his faith in you and that was all you could do?” He turned his eyes to you, and the monster seemed to smile.

Suddenly, the eyes felt very familiar. You could hardly choke out the words. “It’s him.”

“Ah… [Y/n], you do remember me. And here you are, right where I want you. Millenia of preparation, all coming down to today. Oh, how I’ve waited for this moment.”

“How do you know our names?” Zelda asked.

He didn’t answer. Instead, he summoned a miasma of pure gloom and malice, releasing it from his chest into the runed pyramid above. The caves shook and a terrible earthquake tore through the walls. Boulders tumbled from all above you as the ground started to give way. You looked up and could see the stars as the corruption forced Hyrule Castle into the sky. As the gloom dissipated, the altar collapsed, and the corpse tumbled into the darkness below.

The earth still shook as Link fell to his knees, the decayed Master Sword still in hand. “Link!” you and Zelda both shouted, but it was cut off by a scream, as the ground gave way. Both of you began to fall back into emptiness. Link leaped after you, reaching out to catch you. He opened his hand, stretching out…

Your fingers barely missed his.

You turned to reach Zelda, but the stone glowed bright and she disappeared in ribbons of light. Link tried to reach you again, but the glowing hand seemed to regain its power, holding him aloft before yanking him upward in a burst of light.

You fought to stay calm, hearing the demented laugh of the monster somewhere deep below you. You pulled your left hand close to your chest. A familiar warmth spread through your body as your hand began to glow with a golden light.

A familiar voice whispered in your ear, albeit more urgent than the last time you heard it. “Sleep. He won’t get his hands on you today.”

As your consciousness began to fade, you wanted to ask what she meant. Instead, as sleep overtook you, there was only one thought in your mind.

Link, Zelda, please be safe.

[smilesrobotlover]

Thinking about dad squad but Zelda edition.

You Gaepora, King Daltus, King Rhoam, maybe Hoz, and Rusl, Linebeck, and Leon cuz their respective Zelda’s adopted them as their dads 💀💀💀

[dutchessofcaladan]

Ghostbusters: Soul Resurgence

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5! I'm back! Dan Aykroyd's birthday has revived my love for Ghostbusters so I decided it would be good continue this fic. As always, hope you guys enjoy and a big thank you to @phantomoftheparadise0002 for beta-reading this!

Summary: When the spirit of Sumerian sorceress Ahassunu, daughter of Vigo, possesses Alexis, the Ghostbusters must band together to determine the fate of the world

Translation for Sumerian: Seh...wam ana su.

You...care for her.

Arammu...inu ina naru mita summ daku lam sasm...ma asru.

Love...is the little death that kills us slowly...and painfully.

“So, you're telling me that you want me to basically scrap the PSD entirely in favor of building a canon to spray a psychoreactive slime that you guys collected from under the streets of New York back in 1989 after we give it a positive charge by playing Jackie Wilson?” Lars asked, attempting to understand the plan Ray had just explained to him.

“Yes.” Ray nodded.

“I love it.” The younger man smiled, clasping his hands together. “We'll get straight to work.”

After a few days, the canons were ready. Meeting at the Firehouse, Ray explained the rest of the plan.

“We'll use these the same way we did on Vigo. With enough luck, this stuff will separate the spirit from Alex.”

“How do we know this stuff is even going to work?” Phoebe questioned. “So far, there hasn't been any indication of a link between this spirit and Vigo.”

“All we can do is hope, my dear.” Ray responded.

“Ma me nekel, ma su petu inu sessu kunkkum, ma annitu, rabum girabum. Ma ina utu emu salmu kima labasu, ma ina nanna emu kima saleme. Ma ina tamtu samsum isatum ma ina elenu maqatu.”

As the ritual finished, Alex groaned, hearing the siren of the Ecto-1 echo down the street. Turning as the door slammed shut, she smirked at Ray.

“Raymond.” She sighed, her voice distorted.

Ray nodded.

“Alka.” She commanded.

Following her command, he was soon face to face with her.

Smiling devilishly, she lifted a finger, tracing his hairline, the shape of his ear, ending by lifting his chin to look directly into his eyes.

“Seh…wam ana su.” She whispered, slowly dragging her hand down his neck, over his shoulder, placing it over his heart, which was beating rapidly.

The rest of the Ghostbusters waited on baited breath, slime cannons at the ready.

“Arammu…inu ina naru mita summ daku lam sasm…ma asru.”

Ray lurched forward, tears springing to his eyes, feeling his heart begin to be torn from his chest.

“Now!” Winston shouted, slime shooting from each of the canons.

Alex's unconscious form fell into Ray's arms, which instantly pulled her close, as the spirit flew away, shouting “Mitu ma daltu. Adannu ma imow. An ase seru!”

“You guys alright?” Winston asked, panicked, as he jogged over to where Ray and Alex had fallen, closely followed by the rest of the team.

Ray nodded. “Yeah. We're fine.” He moved some of Alex's slime covered hair out of her face as she began to stir.

“You sure? You look terrified.”

Ray locked his gaze with Winston's, his face dead serious.

“That phrase the spirit said as it flew away. ‘Mitu ma daltu. Adannu ma imow. An ase seru.’ In English it means ‘Death is but a door. Time is but a window. I'll be back.’”

“That's what Vigo said just before his head died.” Winston grimaced.

“‘Before his head died?’ I feel like I'm missing something here.” Gary's eyes darted between Ray and Winston.

“Vigo the Carpathian was massacred before he died. He was poisoned, shot, stabbed, hung, stretched, disemboweled, and then drawn and quartered. That apparition was covered in runes and had black eyes. The fact that it quoted Vigo just before it left means there's a high probability that we're dealing with the spirit of his daughter, Ahassunu.”

“Ahassunu?” Callie questioned.

Ray nodded, taking a deep breath and holding Alex tighter. “A woman who nearly killed half of Carpathia when she took the throne who has now risen from the dead to reclaim that throne…and will stop at nothing to get it.”

[fuckit-hero-of-trains]

something something King Daltus losing his daughter and having to look into his best friends eyes knowing said best friend’s grandson is the only one he can send to save her. something something the pain of being an adult forced to send a child on a perilous journey because the journey itself necessitates a child specifically

[ixtaek]

Ok ok so we know that Hyrule was founded by settlers from Skyloft, led by Zelda, who went on to found the royal family. But it’s possible that not everyone up there moved to the surface.

We know that there was an inhabited building above the clouds at least as late as the Era of the Minish, and that tribe was good friends with King Daltus of Hyrule. The Wind Tribe took the wind element back to their home above the clouds after Daltus’ death. I think it not unlikely those guys were the descendants of Skyloftians.

And notably? They all have bright red hair.

[somasoa]

The History and Creation of the Four Sword

Note: This article describes a flow of chronological events that goes contrary to the Legend of Zelda timelines as described in Hyrule Historia, the Hyrule Encyclopedia, and Zelda.com. The timeline utilized in this article is the Extended Child Timeline, a graph of which can be found here.

Hello everyone, today we’ll be discussing the legendary blade from The Legend of Zelda, the Four Sword. While the most iconic legendary blade in The Legend of Zelda is undoubtedly the Master Sword, a close second is the Four Sword, the weapon which The Minish Cap, Four Swords, and Four Swords Adventures revolves around. The most significant trait of the Four Sword is its ability to fragment its wielder, splitting them into four separate individuals, allowing for the wielder to achieve greater feats than they would otherwise achieve alone. 

Chronologically, the Four Sword first appears in The Minish Cap. In the introduction of the game, we’re told about a great war, in which a horde of demons invaded the land of Hyrule, nearly bringing the kingdom to its ruin.

とおい とおい 昔 世界が ふかく くらい闇に のみこまれようとした時

A long, long time ago, When the world was about to be swallowed into a deep, dark blackness…

Introduction (The Minish Cap) - Translated by Sidier

However, the Picori, a race of diminutive people the size of a thumb, were said to have descended from the sky into the land of Hyrule. They then passed magical treasures to a man who we can clearly observe is an incarnation of the Hero, who is dubbed as the Hero of Men. One of these treasures was the Picori Blade, a magical blade that didn’t look dissimilar to the Master Sword. It possessed great power and was capable of dispelling evil curses.

The Hero of Men used this blade to defeat the demonic invasion, and the monsters were sealed away in a bound chest, with the sword maintaining the seal.

勇者は ちえと 勇気で 闇を ふりはらい

The hero dispelled the darkness through wisdom and courage.

Introduction (The Minish Cap) - Translated by Sidier

言い伝えでは あの宝箱には 剣の力で たくさんの魔物が 封印されて おるとも いわれておる

The tales say that the sword's power keeps many monsters sealed inside that chest!

Minister Potho (The Minish Cap) - Translated by Sidier 

Decades later, the sword was broken by the Minish sorcerer Vaati, or, in the Japanese release, Gufū (グフー), in an attempt to undo the seal on the bound chest, as he believed that the Light Force, a great concentration of magical energy and also the other treasure given by the Picori to the Hero of Men, was present in the chest.

Vaati then cursed Princess Zelda, turning her into a stone statue, as he suspected she would be a future nuisance in his search for the Light Force. Link is then tasked by the King of Hyrule to restore the broken blade, by meeting with the Minish and having them reforge it, as they were the original creators of the blade in the first place.

ピッコルの剣を 作ったのも 彼らピッコルだ彼らなら 折れたピッコルの剣を もとにしてあたらしい聖剣を 作ることが できるはずだ

They are the ones who made this blade, too. They should know how to restore this blade and make a new Sacred Blade.

Daltus (The Minish Cap) - Translated by Sidier

Link visits the Picori who reside in the Minish Village, and speaks with their elder, Gentari. Link learns from Gentari that to restore the broken blade, he must return its power by infusing it with the Four Elements, which are crystalline forms of the natural elements of the world. This would allow the blade to recover the original power it had once possessed.

なるほど剣を あたらしく作りなおしに こられたワケですなしかし あたらしく 聖剣を 作るには４つのエレメントが 必要ですじゃエレメントとは この世に みちているせいれいの 力の けっしょうその力を やどして はじめて 聖剣がうまれるのです今から ワタシが数える場所に エレメントがあるハズですじゃ

I see. So you came to remake that sword, is it? But to make a new Sacred Blade, you need the 4 Elements.

The Elements are crystals of spiritual power that fills our world. It is only when that power is lodged that the Sacred Blade is born. I will tell you the locations where the Elements should be at.

Gentari (The Minish Cap) - Translated by Sidier

After taking the broken sword to Mt. Crenel and meeting with the Minish master blacksmith Melari, he and his seven apprentices repair the broken blade, forging it into the White Sword.

With the blade now restored as a vessel for its original power, Link quests to recover the rest of the Elements. Each time Link acquires an Element, he journeys to the Elemental Sanctuary, a location that exists between the world of the Minish and the world of men. Link imbues the power of the Four Elements into the White Sword, and upon imbuing the power of the Wind Element into the blade, he completely restores the original power the Picori Blade once held. This process returns the sword to its true form - the Four Sword.

ホワイトソードが ４つのエレメントの 力を やどして４人に 分身できる フォーソードに なった！剣に 力をためて ビームを 撃とう！魔人の呪いで 石にされた人を もとに戻せる！

The White Sword lodges the power of the 4 elements, and became the Four Sword that allows you to split into 4! Build up power in the blade and shoot a beam! You can restore people turned to stone by the sorcerer's curse to normal!

Flavor Text (The Minish Cap) - Translated by Sidier

 The presence of the four elements in the sword allows Link to temporarily “split” into four by creating three copies of himself using Copy Panels.

It is also capable of breaking curses, as the Picori Blade originally could. Link uses this great power to undo the curse on Zelda and the others cursed by Vaati, and puts an end to the evil sorcerer. 

From The Minish Cap, time flows by, until the era of the backstory of Four Swords and Four Swords Adventures, in which Vaati has somehow been revived, taking a form similar to the one he took after absorbing a substantial part of the Light Force. He kidnapped young maidens from across the land and resided in his Palace of Winds, which is likely a reconstruction of the original Palace of Winds used by the Wind Tribe from the era of The Minish Cap.

Suddenly, a young boy appeared, carrying naught but a sword. He claimed he would put a stop to the sorcerer. When he drew his sword, his body split into four. The blade had undergone a dramatic change in function since The Minish Cap, as instead of allowing the wielder to create copies using Copy Panels, the sword now just splits its wielder and their life force into four separate fragments. Using their combined strength, the four Heroes trap Vaati into the blade. The Hero then plunges the blade into the ground in a region of southern Hyrule, and vanishes without a trace. Vaati was sealed within the depths of the earth, and the seal was maintained by the sword. The people of Hyrule christened the sword, calling it the “Four Sword.” This would mean that the original history of the sword, as well as its name in The Minish Cap, was likely forgotten by the era we learn of in the backstory of Four Swords. The people also constructed an elaborate shrine around the sword, which would be known as the Four Sword Sanctuary. 

その昔　ハイラルという国にグフーという風の魔神があらわれ美しい娘を次々とさらっていきました

人々��困り果てているとそこへ一本の剣をたずさえた旅の勇者があらわれました

勇者が剣をぬくと体が4つに分かれ力を合わせてグフーを退治したといいます

その後　勇者がグフーを封印（ふういん）した剣はフォーソードと名付けられハイラルの奥地聖域（せいいき）にひっそりと　まつられていました

A long time ago, in a country called Hyrule, a wind demon called Gufu appeared and kidnapped beautiful girls one after another. 

When the people were in trouble, a traveling Hero carrying a sword  appeared . 

When the hero drew his sword, it is said that his body was divided into four, and they combined their powers to exterminate Gufu. 

Afterwards, the sword with which the hero sealed Gufu was named the Four Sword, and was quietly enshrined in a sacred area in the depths of Hyrule. 

Introduction (Four Swords Adventures) - Translated by Sidier

After this event, ages flowed by, at which point the events of Four Swords occur. Link, the childhood friend of Princess Zelda, is called to the Four Sword Sanctuary. Zelda suspects the seal on Vaati is weakening, and she is correct, as the sword weakly falls over in its own pedestal, freeing the wind sorcerer. Vaati kidnaps Zelda, intent on making her his bride, and flees to his Palace of Winds. Link draws the Four Sword from its pedestal, splitting into four, just as the Hero who sealed Vaati in the first place did.

The four Links venture through Hyrule, gathering the keys to Vaati’s Palace of Wind from the fairies throughout the regions of Hyrule, and seal him using the Four Sword again, placing the sword back into the pedestal. 

風の魔神グフーはフォーソードの封印をやぶって復活しハイラル国の王女ゼルダ姫をさらってしまいました

ゼルダ姫と幼なじみの少年リンクはフォーソードの不思議��力を借りてはげしい戦いの末再びグフーを封印することに成功しました

Gufu, the Wind God, broke the seal of the Four Swords, revived, and kidnapped Princess Zelda of Hyrule.

Princess Zelda and her childhood friend Link, with the help of the magical power of the Four Swords, succeeded in sealing Gufu once again after a fierce battle.

Introduction (Four Swords Adventures) - Translated by Sidier

A few months later, dark clouds gathered over Hyrule, and Zelda telepathically communicated with Link, asking him to accompany her to inspect the seal of the Four Sword, as he originally did in Four Swords. Link and Zelda attempt to travel there via a portal at Hyrule Castle, but are stopped by a shadowy doppelganger of Link.

Shadow Link kidnaps Zelda, as well as the Shrine Maidens associated with the Four Sword Sanctuary, and Link, in desperation, ends up drawing the Four Sword again. He splits into four as he once did, but in the process also unseals Vaati, who sends the Links hurtling through the air using his wind magic, blowing them all the way to eastern Hyrule. Link learns from Kaepora Gaebora that the blade has been drained of its energy due to Vaati’s power, and he must continuously gather Force Gems to retain its ability to break the effects of evil magic - specifically, the evil barriers created that drain energy from the land.

だが、お前の持つ剣はグフーの魔力によって闇を打ちくだく力を失ってしまった。

剣に力を取り戻すにはその源であるフォースを剣に集めなければならない。

この世界のあらゆる物に宿るフォースを剣に集め巫女を、そしてゼルダ姫を救うのだ。

But the magic of Gufu caused for your sword to lose its power to destroy the darkness. 

To regain its power, you must gather the Force, the source of the power, into the sword. 

Collect the Force that resides in everything in this world into the sword and save the maidens and Princess Zelda.

Kaepora Gaebora (Four Swords Adventures) - Translated by Sidier

 However, the sword only regains its power for so long, and Link must continuously acquire Force Gems after the sword has lost its charge. This shows that the sword is in a very unstable condition where it can barely keep a magical “charge.” Link eventually rescues the maidens and Princess Zelda, entering the Palace of Winds again, and, in a fateful battle, slays Vaati once and for all. 

Ganon then reveals himself as the true mastermind of the dark events that have been affecting Hyrule, and engages with the four Heroes in combat. Using the power of Zelda’s sealing abilities, Link is capable of sealing Ganon in the Four Sword, just as was done to Vaati twice before. After Link places the sword in the pedestal, the maidens reinforce the seal as Link and Zelda leave the sanctuary, marking the final time that the Four Sword would be used by a Hero.

リンク。あなたが守ってくれた私たちとこのハイラル…。

ハイラルの民は手を取り合いまた歩き出すでしょう。

あなたが４人で戦ったようにみな力をあわせて…。

さあ　フォーソードを…。闇の王を封じた剣を台��におさめましょう…！

Link.

You protected us and Hyrule... The people of Hyrule will join hands and together we will march forth once again. Just as the four of you fought together... 

Now, the Four Sword... Place the sword that sealed the Dark Lord on its pedestal..!

Zelda (Four Swords Adventures) - Translated by Sidier

While it can’t be known for certain exactly what happened between Four Swords Adventures and A Link to the Past, it can be determined what most likely happened. As the sword was in a very weak state during Four Swords Adventures, the seal it held on Ganon after the events of the game was also likely very weak, even with the fortification of the maidens. Ganon likely eventually broke out of this seal, and, in the process, he would shatter the Four Sword, separating it into four, which is why we see it shattered in A Link to the Past.

 Then, whether out of fear that the weapon would be used against him or out of sheer avarice for the blade that once sealed him, Ganon then takes the pieces of the Four Sword with him. As we later see in the Dark World, Ganon dedicates a section of his Pyramid to serve as effectively of prison for the broken sword, dubbed the Palace of the Four Sword.

 Very interestingly, the pieces of the shattered Four Sword have very similar designs to the phases the White Sword goes through in The Minish Cap, likely meaning that each of the shattered pieces is representative of one of the Four Elements, and contains its power.

Eventually, once the Hero of A Link to the Past arrives in the Dark World, he enters the Palace of the Four Sword, where he locates the shattered pieces of the Four Sword. He takes them to the deepest part of the temple, and when the swords attempt to re-unify, four Shadow Links appear, one by one, clearly being reminiscent of the four Heroes who sealed Ganon using the Four Sword. Link dispatches them and the shattered pieces finally reunify as the Four Sword.

Unfortunately, this is where our knowledge on what exactly happened to the Four Sword ends. It’s possible the sword was left in Link’s basement as shown in Ancient Stone Tablets, tucked away along with the rest of the treasures and artifacts Link finds on his adventure. It’s also possible Link left it to remain in the Sacred Realm, serving as a kind of peaceful afterlife for the sword to reside in, its purpose in the world complete. While we may never know exactly what happened to the blade, its influence on the history of Hyrule and the conflicts with the Wind Sorcerer and the Demon King of Darkness isn’t easily forgotten.  

[margindoodles2407]

Families in Margin's Modern AU

The MacIrvines

Paladin (adopted), 19

Orpheus (adopted), 17

Awakener, 12

Aryll, 8

Grandma/Mrs MacIrvine, 65

The Telery-Mystroses

Odysseus, 16

Graffiti, 15

Uncle/Mr Mystros, 43

Genesis (who is Odysseus and Graffiti's cousin and Mr Mystros's nephew), 16

The Mois

Dawnbringer (adopted), 18

Colin, 12

Unborn Baby Sister, unborn

Rusl, 45

Uli, 41

The Gonzoes

Engineer, 18

Alfonzo (his big brother), 26

Niko (their great uncle), 72

The Gaeporas

Forger (not really adopted but he lives with them), 18

Groose (same deal), 18

Goddess, 18

Mr Gaepora, 63

The Himirus

Luminary (not adopted but lives with them), 17

Purah, 22

Robbie, 21

Impa, 23

The Smyths

Fractal, 17

Alphonsus Smyth (his dad), 44

Amellia Smyth (his mom), 43

Grandpa Smyth, 66

The Do Bons

Mipha, 18

Sidon, 17

Ruto, 16

Mr Do Bon (King Zora), 48

The Bosphoramuses

Sunshine, 17

Mr Rhoam Bosphoramus (Governor of Hyrule), 45

The Daltuses

Radiance, 17

Mr Daltus (CEO of Picori Incorporated), 45

The Kagegadoes

Sonata (adopted), 17

You know what I don't care, I'm making Eos her sister (adopted), 18

Impa, 37

The Nohansens

Tetra, 12

Phantasma, 17

Mr Nohansen/King of Red Lions (their grandfather; director of Red Lions Boating Company), 67

The Harkinians

Visionary, 16

Iconography, 15

Hilda, 15

Mr Harkinian (director of the Hyrule Institute for the Blind)

Dawn, 16 (their cousin)

Somnia, 15 (also their cousin and Dawn's sister)

There are others but these are all I could think of rn

[an0ob1s]

Ok, so I’m kind of obsessed with Links Meet AUs. All of them. @linkeduniverse, @linkbetweenlinksau, @minas-linkverse, @linked-maze, you get the idea. I also don’t have anywhere NEAR their following, but nevertheless, I have an idea.

A Links Meet au… but there are no Links.

Let me explain. In the Skyward Sword prequel manga, when First dies, Hylia does NOT force him to reincarnate alongside her for all time. But her eternal war with Demise is still a thing, so she’s forced to choose other warriors to bear the mantle of hero— or sometimes take it up herself. Here’s the basic crew, although if I do make a whole AU out of it, I’ll probably narrow it down a bit. And if anyone has better ideas, I will happily consider them.

~ Princess Zelda is the Hero of Hyrule. When she realized no hero was coming to reassemble the Triforce of Wisdom, she escaped Ganon and collected them herself. She’s a lot like her cartoon counterpart, but has a magic zappy sword, casts spells, and turns into a fairy.

~ Ravio is the Hero of Legend. His first adventure was a cross between ALttP/ALBW - he was dragged into Hyrule to claim the Master Sword, and uses it to defeat Yuga Ganon back in Lorule. He’s a little more courageous than usual, but just as much of a hoarder. And he does turn into a bunny, but embraces the transformation.

~ Saria is the Hero of Time. She began to age upon leaving the Kokiri Forest, and didn’t leave Hyrule after returning to her childhood. She’s now in her teens again, and Mido is the new Sage of Forest.

~ Kafei is the Hero of Termina, because I can’t really see Saria doing Majora’s Mask, and a quest driven by love for Anju would be incredible. He has all the masks, and a Lunar Ocarina like Skull Kid in HW.

~ Princess Zelda is the Hero of the Four Sword. Her father, King Daltus, was turned to stone while shielding her from Vaati, so she and Ezlo forged the Four Sword to restore him. She’s much younger than the other heroes.

~ Aryll is the Hero of the Winds. After accidentally causing Tetra to be kidnapped, she joined her crew and set out to rescue her- with the permission of her grandma, of course. Now she’s a young teenager, and won’t let anyone forget that she’s the First Mate.

~ Rusl is the Hero of Twilight. While trying to rescue his son from the monsters raiding Ordon, he was dragged into the twilight and turned into a wolf. He’s kinda everyone’s dad, including his Midna and half of the Resistance.

~ Groose is the Hero of the Skies. With no rivals for Zelda’s affections, it was he who witnessed her abduction and followed her to the surface- and inadvertently caused the curse of the heroes.

~ Linkle is the Hero of Warriors. She enlisted in the Hyrulean Army immediately after Queen Zelda’s disappearance, and became Impa’s protege. She doesn’t like the Master Sword, and greatly favors crossbows and explosives.

Maybe I’ll draw them. Maybe not. Just thought I’d put the idea out in the world, cause my brain runs out of space sometimes.

[fourswords]

tell me ur thoughts on minish cap link plss. u have such good takes

oh my boy....i have so many of them. for starters i think his serious/angry demeanor is something he's had his whole short life. like do you know how there just seems to be a specific brand of children that are like little walking talking professional adults. i think he's been like that since the day he was born. i also think he lost his parents when he was too young to remember them (probably to a disease or smth that passed through hyrule town) and that's why it's just him and his grandpa and people tend to think that that's why he's so serious all the time but no. he's just like that. he doesn't even really care about not having parents outside of idly wondering what would be different if they were still there sometimes but i think he's one of those people who just has a sort of "if it's not something i can fix then there's really no use in thinking about it when i have other things i could be doing" mentality. he's got grandpa and that's always been enough for him.

since he and zelda canonically went to school together i really like to think it was one of those things where zelda basically just attached herself to him like a leech and refused to be shaken off because everyone but him was too intimidated by her princesses status to be her friend. and also because since grandpa smith and king daltus are good & old friends ("He and King Daltus are friends and enjoyed a pleasant rivalry as youths.") i think that she actually would have met smith before when he came to visit the castle (link didn't want to go because the thought of hanging around a castle while his grandpa hung out with his friend sounded boring) so she meets his grandkid and she's like "!!!!!! NEW FRIEND" and meanwhile link is just sitting there like. Get off my arm. What are you doing. which is so far removed from the "uhhh yes princess zelda no princess zelda bye princess zelda" treatment that she was getting that it just motivates her even more. and obviously eventually they do become great friends!

speaking of link and school though... in the game when you go to the school the teacher mentions that she hasn't seen link in a long time and that it was good that he came back which makes me think. okay either link is skipping school solely for the sake of this adventure, his grandpa is LETTING him skip school for some reason or another, or link is skipping school in general (maybe because of something like zelda getting pulled out to study more in-depth about princess things with her private tutors?) and grandpa decidedly Does Not know about it. and since link and smith live in south hyrule field instead of in hyrule town itself it may just be very easy for link TO skip school. either way i think it's hilarious. maybe he sneaks into the castle to visit zelda sometimes like how zelda sneaks out of hyrule castle to go visit him? that one sounds likely.

AND speaking of zelda sneaking out to drag him to the picori festival i think that this is something she continues to do for their whole lives. link is bound and determined to hole himself up and do nothing but work on swords sometimes when they're older (or he just forgets that he's a person who needs to Eat and Drink and whatnot) and zelda just kind of. kicks down the door like HEYYYYY YOU'RE COMING WITH ME TO GO LOOK AT THIS COOL ROCK I FOUND IN THE GARDENS <333 and link is like. couldn't you have just. brought it here? and zelda is like NO <333333333 and drags him there. like so

(the minish cap manga isn't something that i think really Adds anything to the story like the four swords adventures manga or the skyward sword prequel manga and as such i focus more on the game and its storyline instead, but it was nice to finally read through the manga and see So Many Of My Ideas For Link Reinforced. VINDICATION)

as for his adventure.... i really do think link took zelda getting turned into stone and him failing to do anything about it really really hard. especially since his grandpa told link before they left the house to look after her but mostly because she was his first and only friend and he failed her. his inner dialogue is so genuinely distraught when you (as the player) interacts with zelda-as-a-statue and it's genuinely so sad to see. like the equivalent of when ss link started crying when ss zelda sealed herself away to sleep for thousands of years. and tbh i think that's really when his angry-looking demeanor turned into more of an angry personality. or maybe not angry, per se, but definitely determined to a fault. i think he did all the game's sidequests but he always did so (at first at least) in kind of a rushed manner, y'know? and tbh i think ezlo kind of helped to slow him down a little bit despite the fact that ezlo was always the one to be urging him onwards—ezlo would be like "hurry up you lazy boy!" and link would get so irritated that he would slow down on purpose. like a sort of "WELL NOW THAT YOU TOLD ME TO SPEED UP I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT >:(" and it goes a long way for cooling his Rage levels down to just Grumpy levels.

meeting with the minish helps him out as well to act less like a Haggard Adult and more like the kid he is! they're all so warm to him that he literally can't find it in himself to deny them when they invite him in for a cup of berry juice or something. one thing i liked about the manga is that it had link help out with the restoration of the broken pieces of the picori blade into the white sword, and i'm absolutely integrating that into my mc link belief system. i also think that he nags melari and his disciples like crazy because he doesn't know whether or not he'll ever get the chance to ask them about things again. immediately after his adventure, without ezlo around, he can't shrink down to their size anymore BUT he can still see them even when he gets well past the age limit. he's not called the hero of the minish for nothing! and i love to think that eventually he figures out a spell to shrink on his own.

as for him and the four sword....i think one big thing about the four sword that not enough people take advantage of in writing about it is that it's an elemental sword. the master sword is a sword of the divine but the four sword is made from the pure essences of the earth and wind and fire and water and even the gods themselves know the power of the elements and all that they bring (did demise not call down lightning from a storm of water and wind to aid him in his battle, instead of using his own dark powers? did the golden goddesses not use water to flood hyrule to wipe out the darkness staining the land? was the power of the master sword not granted by the sacred fires?). so i like to think that when link finally brought together all four elements and the picori blade finally became The Four Sword it was something he could feel all the way down to the core of him—the earth under his feet, the wind in his lungs, water in his blood and a fire in his heart. it's how he was able to get to vaati so fast when the time limit part happened—the elements themselves were aiding him, in their own way. and i like to think that some part of him can still feel that same sort of guiding sway even after sealing vaati away and leaving the four sword behind—it's more distant, but he always knows the moment his fires reach the right temperatures to work with in the forge, and if he closes his eyes while walking on land or on the cloud tops or while swimming in the water he always somehow finds himself at his intended destination no matter what.

but also, and i've brought this up before a few times (and it's an idea that isn't set in stone for me, just something fun to think about), but i reallyyyyy think it'd be so fucking interesting if the four sword's splitting of its later wielders came not from any interference with its magic from vaati but from it reacting to a wish from mc link: that he didn't have to fight alone. no matter how brave or scrappy or angry he is, he's still just one very young kid against all these monsters (and VAATI, who was, at that point, very close to matching the strength of a god as a result of absorbing so much of the light force. he even transported link to a Special Place that went on seemingly forever for the final battle, just like demise did with ss link). i think there would be some tiny part of him that wished that someone was there to watch his back, no matter how capable he might have grown to be. maybe he looked at the identical, transparent copies of himself while fighting vaati and went "why do they always have to disappear the moment they get hit?! why can't they be solid like me and actually help me FIGHT?!" and the four sword heard that and was like "you got it little man 👍" and then because it's just made up of the elements and doesn't actually have any sort of conscious spirit like the master sword and fi it just. split the four-who-are-one and fs and fsa link's entire souls into four HAHA

back to thinking about him and zelda, i think that they would be kind of nervous at the next annual picori festival because of the way things went down the year prior, but once the festival goes off without a hitch this time they start to relax again. i also think they hold hands the whole festival but it's not because of what the surrounding townspeople are thinking ("ooooh they're such a cute pair <3 the sweet little princess and her stoic little hero <33") and more because it's a reminder to both of them that zelda is no longer a damn statue lmao. i think it was as bad on zelda's side as it was on link's side because zelda literally admits she was having visions of link during his adventure in both the game and the manga. she was conscious for that whole thing to some degree. i think she gets even MORE energetic (which didn't seem possible to people before) after the whole shebang just because she can move around again and i think that link puts up a LOT less of a fight when it comes to letting her drag him around places too. and he smiles more often after his adventure! to the great wonder of the townspeople and the great relief of his grandpa LMAO. and i think zelda starts nagging him about wanting to go climb the giant vines that touch the sky and meeting zeffa and visiting the wind tribe and so that's exactly what they go do. one of the greatest joys in life is chasing your best friend around on top of a cloud with the wind at your back!

eventually he outgrows the hat ezlo made for him and i think he gets so so so sad about it (not outwardly but. zelda and his grandpa can still tell) so zelda asks him if she can turn the hat into another article of clothing for him instead and he agrees. and she makes him another hat in its place that actually fits him now and he gets so happy about it.

i do think he also wears that roc's cape of his all the time too because thinks it looks super cool. not that you can tell because. again. he's still got the world's angriest resting face <3

[linked-history]

I mentioned that for Ocarina of Time, Zelda had an older brother so I included him into the reference.

For the Au i wanted to try and add as much diversity with the Zeldas as I could, similar to what I attempted with the Link so Zelda and her Brother are Half-Sheikah (On their mother's side) though Ahgin takes after their mother more than Zelda does.

This brings a lot of mixed feelings among the other Hylian Nobles who mainly accept Zelda due to her Divine lineage.

I'm debating if Zelda and Ahgin would both have Sheikah disguises during the "Teen/Forgotten" Timeline or if it would be something different so I haven't put much thought into the designs.

But I do have a little comic planned going into their relationship a bit and the opinions of the other nobility.

[twilightsage]

Royal Family Headcanon dump

The leading royal to be, Queen or King, is decided not by gender but by birth order. It is always the first born heir. If for some reason the first born is unable to produce a natural born heir, and is unwilling to adopt an heir from infancy, they are required to abdicate the throne for the next born child.

Royals can willfully abdicate if they feel they are unfit for duty or think their sibling is better suited. See Dante Abrahos Hyrule II, who abdicated his role due to the overwhelming responsibility of being king during conflict, to become Duke of Faron, and later fully becoming estranged. He has his own bloodline, but it isn't tracked by the Royal family due to the "embarrassment" of the would be king being considered a coward.

The only person in the last 5 generations to marry into the family for love was Dante Abrahos Hyrule I, who married and courted 'Eva' Zelda Hyrule IV with his whole heart, and he tragically passed after their second born was brought into the world.

A royal name is not necessarily a given name, it can be, but it is just a name from the history of the family (or family being married into the royal family) to be passed on. An incoming royal can choose to immortalize their own family into the Royal bloodline, or to honor their forbearers. Most choose whatever would get them into the good graces of their In-Law.

The secondborn child is a Duke or Marquess of Territories within Hyrule. Acting essentially as a governor or governess. If there are no secondborns, and the previous generation has passed, it's an appointed title.

The qualifier digit after the name is dictated by the royal name they wield not necessarily their given name. Andros Willius Hyrule II was already named after his grandfather-in-law, being Andros of Faron. But the 'Second' is dictated by the given name Willius. Oraiya Zelda Hyrule VII, is the 7th Zelda.

Royals in this timeline are also called by their royal name. Oraiya Zelda Hyrule is Princess Zelda. Dante Abrahos Hyrule was King Abrahos. Kazakk Daphnes Hyrule was King Daphnes. and so On

Miriam Zelda was the first Queen to die before her husband, dying during the birth of her firstborn.

Delilah of Snowpeak had an affair with a visiting Zora ambassador and fled, nearly causing a war between Hylians and Zora. Miphos and Daphnes dueled "for her hand" and Miphos was killed. The loveless marriage ended with the murder of her husband and then herself.

Daltus Regis Hyrule V was known as the Boy King. Being only 15 when he took the throne due to the tragedy that preceded him.

The royal blooded parent gets to decide the name of their child. This is a tradition broken by Kazakk Daphnes Hyrule IV, who chose instead to name his first child after Sheikah ancestors. Met with such backlash and outrage he "Allowed" his wife to name their son.

Kazakk of the Sheikah and Antoi of Akkala can choke tbh