#also that triangle pin on his collar does change sides depending on what he's wearing

[mythicalartisttm]

Another one of my Links! The Cardinal Hero, nicknamed Conductor. He's the Toon Link that appears in HW and represents his timeline's version of all the Adult Timeline Links.

Some notes on him under the cut

As previously stated, he's WW + PH + ST. C^21 runs on my personal timeline theory so he's an interpretation of how that Adult Timeline could go down

His Hero title comes from the four cardinal directions, as they're very important for traveling, whether that be land or sea

Nickname is because he both conducts the wind and is a train conductor. It's win/win!

"The design I have in mind for him snowballed into making him sharp-tongued and cocky so he's just Like That now" - actual quote from my word document

Granted, he's not totally insufferable, just know that he was notably worse before the Valley of Seers fiasco. The War of Ages overall smoothed out his more... undesirable qualities a bit. But his pride took the most hits

He and Young Link (don't have a good nickname for him rn) were on the same platoon (?) so they're close. But Conductor was/is a bad influence 😂

Back to his design tho, I wanted to lean into the "royal" in "royal engineer" so I gave him a suit which is technically his uniform. His conductor hat is kind of required even during the War tho to help tell him and Union apart

Obligatory Toon Link Swirl on his vest bc I said so

He has a coat with tails but only really wears it to meetings. Or it's cold. Or he wants to flex

The greaves are questionable and I might remove them

One last thing: @skyward-floored you asked for him!