#Vah Medoh

[askvahmedoh]

Champion "Revali." I need you to calm down. This matters because being prepared, and passing down all of what you know is important.

You will make it this time, I know you will. While I am not joking about the potential disaster that would occur, I am quite sure you will be able to avoid it. You were already so close to completing the ritual.

I can play back a visual representation of how Champion "Kalia" had completed it, what they did to complete it. Give you an idea of what they did, if you would like to see it.

In case of failure, I do have a backup that I am putting together, though I will need Technician "Purah's" assistance to complete it. So you won't have to worry about me... Well, dying.

I believe in you, my Son. The Other Side awaits.

I-I'm sorry.

I sh-shouldn't have f-f-forced that onto you.

Rest as long as you need.

I will focus on f-fixing errors I have e-encountered.

(@askvahmedoh)

Well yes, some warning would have been appreciated. I wasn't aware that process was going to feel like my mind was going to burn to ashes and my soul would be torn out of my body. It was almost as painful as dying again. If your first pilot experienced something similar then I know you are not oblivious to how such an experience cannot simply be sprung upon one with a promise of ease.

We are already bonded in so many ways, Medoh. You know me better than my own blood kin. Meaning I know you know there is nothing I hate more than to feel helpless and out of control like that. I felt like I was blind and being pulled into a fire, and while you know you hold my trust, my instincts are sharp and I cannot stop myself from pulling back.

If we are going to achive this goal, I need you not to pull, but to guide. I shall endure the burning and locate you through the smoke, but you must meet me half way and never take away my control. Am I understood?

...

I appoligise for failing your drill training. I am mortified and ashamed of myself for letting you down. Furthermore I am....sorry that I hurt you. You are more than even family to me, I never wished to cause you pain.

If you should accept it, I should like to try again. When and if you are feeling up to it, of course.

[silvergarnet12]

What if you could find the Divine Beasts in the Depths?

You’re in this dark, alien environment, strange noises echoing around you, the inescapable anxiety your only companion. Squinting in the distance, you see a frighteningly familiar shade of blue flicker, faint in the distance.

Cautiously moving forward, you begin to realise the blue belongs to something much, much larger than a possible guardian. Eventually, an ancient behemoth looms overhead, still, silent, and empty, both at rest and unnervingly calm. A strange, restless melancholy replaces the sense of creeping dread, no less uneasy than before.

Entering the resting stone, in the corner of your eyes, you see movement flicker. At first you think a spirit, perhaps the Champions still linger… but deep down you know they’ve passed on… right?

Echoing footsteps fill the silence as you press on, avoiding gloom where there had once been malice, a desecration of a sacred resting place. You see the flicker again, turn on your foot and see for a split second, a beloved friend, an uneasy rival, a stalwart protector, a steadfast leader, an ally, a painful reminder of your worst failure. Even now, years later, it stings.

You try to get their attention, but there is no response. Instead, you watch. And realise. And mourn again. There are no spirits here. Not in the vast, decaying depths, not in the final resting places of a final hope.

These are echoes of the ones you knew. You can see them in the corner of your eyes sometimes, going about preparations for that ill-fated battle. It’s eerie, made no better by the Grand Poes gently swaying, their locations random but making uncomfortable sense.

Sometimes, on unlucky days, it is not preparations that these echoes go through. Pain torn screams faintly heard as their final moments are played out, a play on an eerie stage.

Vah Medoh groans in the dark, as the image of her pilot slams limply on her back, wing torn, and struggles to get up, defiance in his glare even now.

Vah Ruta cries a warning, as her pilot slumps over the controls, never seeing her killer, her last thought to warn the others.

Vah Rudania braces herself, as the echo of her pilot does the same, but the shield shatters, a flash of phantom heat coating the area, followed by darkness.

Vah Nabooris strides steady, until her pilot, fatigued from a relentless assualt, makes one fatal misstep in her final dance, lightning crackling in the air.

The stone beasts are restless, aware of the new threat, and unable to let go of the last pilots they’ll ever have, desperately trying to fight once more. But instead, they lay still, silent, a monument to their pilots lost to time.

What if you could find the Divine Beasts in the Depths?

[kurolini909]

* Recall Medoh's Champion of flight,

before he fell to his fateful plight...

Behold: a bastard.

Next: Champion Urbosa. ->

[3leggedmagpie]

Divine Beast Morse code, visualized:

Based on my write-up here and these enhanced music tracks:

Vah Medoh

Vah Naboris

Vah Rudania

Vah Ruta

I never really understood where a lot of the fan interpretations of the SOSs came from, since they never seemed to line up with what I was hearing in the in-game audio. Hope all y'all fan writers and theorists find this useful!

Feel free to send corrections and I'll edit the post and update via comment.

Complimentary Tulin (cuz he's somehow the only way to get tags to work on this post):

[mythicminim]

I've been playing Breath of the Wild lately (maybe too much!) and I had a silly idea I needed to draw up.

It's nothing particularly impressive, I mostly wanted to draw something involving working with silhouettes and as Revali is my favourite champion it seemed only fitting to try it with him.

I might try it later with the other three if the mood takes me. Quicklinks Revali | Urbosa | Mipha

[critical-birb]

I'M SORRY. WE WERE SUPOSED TO GET A CUTSCENE WITH REVALI NAPPING ON MEDOH'S HEAD??? I cannot beleive they stole this from me.

Also was he suposed to have a little garden on Medoh's beak??? Excuse me????? 🥺🥺🥺

[shroudedscribequill]

I think there's a beautiful irony in Breath of the Wild that one of the most useful, almost essential, abilities for navigating Hyrule is Revali's Gale. Every time you use it to skip a climb, get higher for an arrow shot, or escape a tough situation, you're invoking the power of the Champion who doubted Link the most. I like to see it as constant, practical reminder of his skill and presence, essentially proving his power to Link, while the Hylian is the one to wield it to save the world neither could protect on their own. I find it kind of tragic that this unity only came about after he died. Makes me wonder what Revali was thinking during the century he was trapped in Vah Medoh, and if he regretted treating Link the way he did.

[askvahmedoh]

Alright, good morning Medoh. I've finished my morning workout and am fueled up with coffee. How do you want to start this drill training?

You'll be pleased to know I've been practising my turning manouvers and the control placement regarding canon three in preparation so I shan't have the same difficulties as last year. Not to mention I've been brushing up on those notes you printed for me in regards to your unlocked features. I'm sure I shall master them immediately as I do with most things.

Just...please don't make me parallel park you until at least lunch time. I simply don't have it in me to endure that trial again this early in the morning. I still have nightmares about last time. I'm simply not convinced that trial is even possible....

Good morning, Champion "Revali."

Your drills will begin with the standard piloting procedures, then you will proceed to cannon controls and firing sequences. All four cannons are currently available, but are not ready for active combat due to damaged micro-reactors.

After that, you will move onto the new course, the Alternate Forms Course. This is a new Advanced course that will see you learning how to fully access the alternate forms and switch between them during combat or during patrols. This course will take several hours to complete.

The Parallel Parking Course is the final training course for you, as the last time you tried this ONE HUNDRED and FIVE years ago resulted in a chunk of the Village Spire Perch to fall off and land in the waters below. We must avoid causing accidents like that.

[mewsartworld]

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[askaritobard]

Hello Kass, Hello Amali. How are you both doing this fine week?

We're both doing well! The rest of the village on the other wing...

[riddle-of-sphinx]

Been thinking of how sad it is that the things that were so important in BotW (sheikah tech, divine beasts) were less than an afterthought in totk, so here's an idea of what the divine beasts at least could have been in totk, if they were around.

Vah Ruta: since the zora have great respect for Mipha and all that was associated with her, I can imagine Vah Ruta being turned into some sort of mobile hospital, one that can use the waterways to go to its patients, perhaps even experimenting with recreating the tech for the shrine of resurrection or something similar. Its endless source of clean water would do well in a hospital setting, for cleaning wounds an such. In game, a quest could be bringing water from the wellsprings in the depths to make the hospital better. (these assuming the beasts would be repurposed in a way that would make them less weapon-y)

Vah Rundania: hyper mobile mining rig. Capable of climbing into the caldera of death mountain itself, the gorons would get a lot of mileage out of the beeg lizarb. A lot of new minerals could potentially be obtained using Vah Rudania. In game, a quest could be going with the gorons on a mining run, if there were monsters that needed destroying.

Vah Medoh: Merchant or Charter plane, to transport items or people long distances, or bring people up to the sky islands for research purposes. In game, a quest could be helping repair it, and either it being something you could hitch a ride on to get to some harder to reach places, or helping the Zonai research crew get in touch with the Rito for a partnership investigating the skylands.

Vah Naboris: Power plant baby. If anyone deserves to discover air conditioning and indoor plumbing first, it's the Gerudo. Using Naboris as their source of electricity, making electric lights, motors, AC, etc. would be a cool and interesting way of repurposing Naboris. A lot of electricity ultrahand puzzles could have come out of this.

Bonus: Shrine of resurrection dlc dungeon (forgot what its called lol). Make that the new sheikah lab, where you can assist with integrating zonai and sheikah tech.

[asktheritochampion]

How’s Revali doing…

I'm doing just fine.

Simply planning my revenge on whomever it was that attemted to make a fool of me by spreading false news about the third Calamity.

Perhaps I need a vacation...

[muchmossymess]

A Revali Fanfic Recommendation

I urge you all to put your life on hold for a moment and go read this brilliant fanfiction:

A hundred years after the fall of Hyrule to Calamity Ganon, and the hero Link has finally sealed the darkness and freed the Divine Beasts of their curse - and with it, their pilots are finally free. But not just as spirits. Awake once again, the four Champions of old have a second chance at life and must re-adjust to this future world with their decendants. Well - all except for one Champion, who doesn't have a decentant. Or even anyone left alive that knew him. Teba is happy to take in his revived ancient idol as one of his own, but sharing a living space with a hundred year old Champion with an ego the size of his divine beast and who might have some issues he's not willing to share can be a lot sometimes and they don't always see eye to eye. Revali thinks he should return to leading the new generation of Rito warriors. Teba thinks this actual child should never have been leading warriors or fighting a war in the first place. Tulin is just excited to have the infamous Rito Champion in his house.

Beautifully written and lovingly crafted, this baby can fit so much trauma and whump into the most gut-wrenching and heat-breakingly found family story you may ever read. 130,000 words, 36 chapters (and still regularly updating!), and a CRIMINALLY low number of kudos. If that doesn't sway you, here is some gushing under the cut <3

You think you've read a champions revival fic before? This will have you saying "how the FUCK have I not seen this before" and completely change the way you view everything (mild exaggeration. m i l d). We have all of your favourite revali tropes: being a dick and getting owned, being a dick and being right, getting own and never showing those feelings to the light of day, getting killed, getting unkilled and loved, showing emotions but being super weird and revali about it, bonding with tulin!!, bonding with teba and the rest of rito village, bonding with the champions, having panic attacks and trauma, vah medoh being the best ever, being a terrifying force of nature, being an idiot kid, and so much more!

Do you like grumpy dad teba? Do you like revali swallowing his pride? Do you like revali immediately spitting his pride back up and being a bitchy bird? Do you like mipha and revali as gossip buddies? Do you like the complete and utter fool revali makes of himself everytime he so much as hears the name link? Do you like people seeing right through his facade and calling him out on it?

AND NOT TO MENTION THE WORLD BUILDING??? this fic is so in depth of the political climates, racism, lore, changes in culture during times of war, colonisation, biology of the races and just fucking everything?? It adds so much life to the world of hyrule I am genuinely shocked at how much this person clearly loves these games (botw/totk/aoc) and they are able to incorporate all of this amazing information in a way that flows so naturally and just hhrnngngg I am fucking insane about it. THE SCIENCE, oh my god how did I forget all the wonderous thoughts surrounding the divine beasts and the sheikah tech, oh god and how they write the magic system? Guys I swear it's so good.

Characterisation is on point, everyone feels so full of life and that they are reacting exactly how you would expect them too, and they just seem so real, like they are right beside you as you're reading. The author does an IMMACULATE job of drawing you in and making you feel a part of the story, all the while being just beautifully written?

Don't get me started on the attention to rito culture. I have never seen someone pour so much love into something before, genuinely on of the greatest things I've seen. I've always had a fascination over how the races of hyrule view each other, similarities and differences, how their cultures and histories intertwine, and conflicts that may arise. But oh. my. god. My jaw was on the floor every time, it's so rich and beautiful but not without the horrors (and oh god, they are Horrors tm) and again it's just so real!!!

Be warned, however, that there is gore and viscera and terror and hurt and war crimes and death (duh), but for each terrible thing to happen it is repaid tenfold in love and kindness somewhere down the line. (Unless you are into hurt no comfort, then sorry buddy!) It is a beautiful narrative and the exploration of trauma and self is mind boggling and just go read it!!! 😭 😭 😭 I just love this fic so much, it has instantly sky-rocketed to one of my top 3 favourite fics I've ever read, and I'm so grateful to have found it and now be along for the ride that if I could bring that to one more person then by god I will fucking do it

[affogato-analysis]

Sentient botw Divine Beasts headcanons my beloved

Hey gang do we think Naboris was lost?

Naboris kicks up standstorms in its path and was walking in circles until we brought Urbosa back to it.

Do we think it was lost, trying to find her? Do we think it shot whoever got close because it hoped the Thunderhelm would answer its attacks?

Do we think Rudania created eruptions to call for Daruk to come back?

Do we think it calmed down when Yunobo hit it because it could recognize Daruk's protection?

Do we think Ruta was crying?

That the rain was Ruta mourning the girl whose grave it became? Did it hide under water so Mipha could rest in the water like her people do?

I think Medoh's just a bitch ngl like shoot on sight mf, very on par with Revali's own temper

(either that or it's because no one else could access Medoh without his gale and anyone else making it to its platform is a form of betrayal)

godammit I'm hurting myself with these sentient beasts headcanons (please share your hc abt the champions and the divine beasts I'm going insane over there)

[nanamename]

what if scene in the momentary sparks

[asktheyigamaster]

Leader Kogha of the despicable Yiga Clan,

It is no secret that I hate you, and you hate me. We are sworn enemies as by our background. Beyond putting an arrow through your skull, I have little desire to ever have an interaction with you. Your pathetic existence repulses me.

However. As much as it pains me to do so, I would like to propose a momentary truce in the name of knowledge exchange.

It is becoming increasingly obvious that you; for whatever reason, seem to have a great deal of information in regards to the inner workings and nature of the four Divine Beasts. I supose them being ancient Sheika technology means that you must have some history with them.

The one and only thing you and I perhaps share in common is that we both seem to have an invested interest in the wellbeing of Vah Medoh.

You are pleased for the rise of this ancient technology that your people created and feel as though the Beasts should remain unburied and thrive, and as her designated Pilot I have a responsibility to keep her safe and in working order.

Thus I propose the following;

You shall provide me with information to aid in Medoh's well being, and in return I shall offer you the payment of taking mercy on the next Yiga assassin that attempts to cross me. Also this one bunch of mighty bananas enclosed, which I had to fly all the way to Faron to aquire.

In short. Usually I would request the Princesses aid or perhaps Purah when it comes to any technical issues regarding Medoh. However; ever since her release from the Demon King's filthy paws, she has been making a strange clunking sound intermittently from the lower back energy core behind her main control panel. When questioned about it, both Purah and the Princess insisted it was likely just rusted gears that could be fixed with a little oil - as if I hadn't already thought of that possibility and done as such. Honnestly their dismissive attitudes about it frustrated me.

Which I'm certain is obvious by the fact I have sunk low enough to resort to coming to you for advice.

Vah Medoh is in... pain. I know she is a machine and machines don't feel pain, I am not a fool. I admit I don't know how to explain that I know this, I just do. I want to help her, even if it means turning to...distrustful sources. I am unsure where else to turn.

I would like to clarify that this is not an invitation to approach the Divine Beast. If you come within a ten foot radius of her or attempt to board, I will not hesitate to send you away looking like a porcupine. This is merely a request for information exchange. If you know what could be the cause for Vah Medoh's distress, and know how to fix it, I implore you to share it with me, just on this one occasion.

This does not make us allies, you are still my sworn enemy and I yours.

Unkind regards,

Champion Revali, Hero of the Rito, Master of the Skies.

Champiom Revali, Master of Blah-blah-blah

You hear a WHAT?

From WHERE?

Medoh is a busty mechanim, with massive metal parts. A clunking noise would be rather normal. NOT anywhere near the energy cells!!!

AND DEFINITELY NOT NEAR THE CONSOLE. THAT'S WHERE THE EMPATHIC CORE IS!

What in dear Ganon's name did you do to it, Featherbrain?!?!! There's not any moving parts TO clang there. This means you made a part move. BADLY

...

It is the place you and Link fought off Ganon's influence isn't it? Both of you share a proclivity for explosive arrowheads, DONT YOU?!?!

mmmmhhhhhhhaaaAAAAAAA

And of course the Princess just told you to oil her up! ... I excepted better from Purah though......

At least you understand that they are wrong, so there's some hope.

There should be more to your situation. No, there definitely is. And the people who, through what I imagine can only be sheer ignorance, managed to convince a Pilot of a Divine Beast that it can't feel pain, are SO not qualified to tell me what it is. A nither are YOU! A pilot who is calling himself a fool for thinking a sapient creature can feel.

I am going in there right now. And I am going to help Vah Medoh, or at least learn exactly how you hurt her to add it to the list of Yiga geudges or so help me Ganon. And you try to stop me the Rito will be holding a contest for a new mech pilot. Cash in that promise of yours not to touch a Yiga for this, I don't care.

By the way! Those are some BRILLIANT Bananas, incredible quality, juuuuuust the right ripeness. Thanks a lot. You gotta share where exactly you got them.

Kindly, Master Kohga, the only guy around with an Ancient Sheikah engineering degree.