#dependent on rito to get around

[b3ar-arts]

so pizza tower ocs, huh

no name for these two yet, but i'm considering tilla (tortilla) and rito (quesarito)

[smallestapplin]

one of the best parts of romancing a non human person is them giving physical parts of themselves to you in courtship

Zoras and Ritos incorporating their scales/feathers into armors, clothings, weapons, jewelry, etc.

a handcrafted gift would be more than enough for anyone, but it’s a sign that this was made by them for you alone

idk why but hair accessories and hair decorations get me exceptionally weak and swooning 🙏🥰💖

∾ 【 Rouge Anon 】

YEESSS!!! Thank you for the loz requests Rouge anon I love you

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Both Zora and Rito have similar ways of courtship, though still uniquely their own thing.

A Rito will soar into the sky, wings stretch wide as they pull off tight maneuvers, doing hard tricks in the air, all for you to see and impress you! Shaping clouds and showing off, just to hear you cheer. They will land in front of you, puffed proudly as you gush about them.

Zora will dive from great heights, jumping from the water they landed in to splash the water up as they leap and spin, making the air shine around them, showing you just how fast they can move in water and how fast they can get to you after such a show.

Rito split, depending on their personality, some will either make a nest to show to you, to get your praise of being a good home maker, or some will bring you nesting matierals so you could make the nest. If the ladder you are given many soft items, some of which belong to the Rito courting you, just so the nest smells like them.

Zora don’t have nest making, but they do have item making, whether it’s zora armor or some sort of jewelry with a shed of their scales or teeth, you will get a ring, bracelet, necklace, or earrings of one or both as the Zora lays a claim over you and shows the domain you are theirs.

Rito share that in they will gift their courted a plum feather of theirs, soft and plush, to symbolize how they feel about you and wish to grow with you in the future.

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Revali

The champion Rito is that special case.

Revali maybe a bit snobbish but this also get s applied to any gift he gives you, he needs them to be perfect and of high quailty for you, he will not accept any less for the person he is courting.

When preening his feathers, trying to make himself look even better, a plum feather was plucked. Holding it up he knew it was the perfect one, so soft, a deep pale blue, and one from his neck so it smelt strongly of him.

Revali puffs proudly, knowing exactly what he wants to do.

That following day you are gifted an earring of that very feather, with sapphires adorning it, not only to help you combat the cold but also something strikingly Revali.

Along with a few nesting items he had to give you, but your eyes could hardly leave your mirror just in awe of how pretty it looks on you.

“My, I’m glad to see you enjoy my work so much.”

Revali stands behind you, feathers slick as he stands proudly.

“How can I not? It’s so beautiful…thank you, this is a wonderful gift.”

“My betrothed should only get the very best.”

He’s so smug, he almost forgot you were human and had no idea of Rito courting rituals.

Oops.

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Sidon

Now, Sidon does too much, not in trying to be a show off, but just wanting to make sure without a shadow of a doubt that you are loved and very much wanted. From flashy moves in the water, to hunting a bunch of fish for you to show he’s a good provider, hell to even trying to subtly(not very subtly) get your measurements so he can craft you zora armor.

However he decides that’s not enough.

He crafts the zora armor for you very slowly because he’s using a mix of metal and his shed scales, making the armor red like him.

You will also be gifted a necklace, one of his shedded teeth, the sharpness of it is not lost on you, it’s adore with more of his scales and Topazes, to defend against the lightning.

Your jewels scream you are of nobility, even though you’re not and it’s just the king spoiling you rotten.

“Sidon, you don’t have to do all this just for me.”

“I must! I want the world to see you and know how loved you are, I can’t let you leave this domain unsure of my affections for you.”

He’s already kneeling in front of you, holding out a part of the zora armor, the red scales and chainmail glow in the dim light of the luminous stones of the kingdom.

“Please, allow me to court you and call you mine? It would be an honor above all else to awake to you.”

Sidon is a sap, he’s romantic at heart and just can’t stop himself from smiling wide as you agree.

[askthenewritoelder]

What do you do with Rito who have committed a crime? Just thinking about if you could get Kain on indecent exposure charges...

Depends on the severity of the crime. Usually we’d give a verbal warning or put criminals in isolation with guards keeping watch, similar to Gerudo Town’s prison. A serious crime would be grounds for banishment. No one in the village has done anything that’d require this kind of action, thankfully.

As much as I dislike Kain’s behaviour, I can’t exactly punish him for the things he’s done so far. We’ve had tons of cases with people walking around barely covered or nude *cough* Link, Revali, myself *cough*

Now if he was doing something like working under Calamity Ganon or creating monsters, that would be a different story.

[asktheritochampion]

How often do you moult? I've heard it's different from Rito to Rito but I got that information from a Hylian library, so I'm not sure how accurate it is. Do you tend to moult uniformly, or do you get random pin feathers in random spots?

There's two kinds of moult, a gradual moult, and a catastrophic moult. A gradual moult is where you'll grow small patches of new pinfeathers and pluck the old ones, and a catastrophic moult is where you shed large amounts of your feathers at once, leaving large bald spots on your body for a short time.

From ages one to six, chicks tend to undergo a catastrophic moult around once a month to reneiw their damaged babyfeathers. There will be a few days or so where they have very few feathers and rely on their parents for warmth.

From around six to eighteen, nineteen or so, fledglings instead only undergo a carastrophic moult perhaps once a year, however during adolecence when the body is changing, we will undergo fairly frequent gradual moults particularily on our wings and chests, it's different for everyone; some Rito moult several times a month and others might only moult every now and then.

In adulthood, we Rito tend to only undergo gradual moults a few times a year when feathers become damaged or worn; and typically no longer catastrophic moult - however a serious injury, illness or a period of intense stress can still trigger a carastrophic moult, I underwent one when I first awoke after my death.

With a gradual moult, some Rito get random individual pinfeathers all over, and others get them localised in little patches. Mine tend to happen in patches, but it really depends on the individual and their feathertype.

We typically moult all of our feathers multiple times throughout our lives - with the only exception being the plumes behind our heads, which we never shed and continue to grow from birth.

[critical-birb]

I have 203049920493 unfinished fanfictions as well as a longfic I'm suposed to be working on (a poor half-finished chapter is still sat in my drafts from my last day of work before Christmas...)

Yet between traveling up and down the continant to see family then ultimately getting sick because public transport sucks - I have worked on none of these the past two weeks and instead have been bouncing back and forth between two different revalink oneshots depending on my mood.

A super extremely wholesome one with a very 'tortoise and the hare' style race across Hyrule where they both keep getting distracted with side quests. Revali who's far faster being in the sky arrives at the finish hours before Link anyway and decides to nap by a tree for a bit because he's exhausted from all the tasks and wants to see Links dumb face when he thrashes him. He doesn't wake up when Link wanders past until he's right at the finish line, but instead of taking the win while Revali scrambles to get up, Link wanders back over and flops next to him because he could do with a nap too - and they both settle on a tie they can argue about in the morning.

And a completely emotionally devastating one where post Calamity the Champions revive but with their blight injuries and Zelda/Link are requested to Rito Village by Teba after Revali attempts to uh...return to being a ghost, after learning he'll never fly or shoot a bow again because his wing is too mangled. So Zelda makes Link stay behind in the Village to lowkey 'babysit' to ensure Revali doesn't do anything stupid again while she starts doing research into creating some sort of prosthetic wing, and Link ends up pissing Revali off following him around everywhere obsessively - but ultimately teaches him to use a sword and to swim and climb like a Hylian, and to find new purpose after losing everything important to him, and they grow closer even through some tough moments.

Tragically I will probably never finish or post either of them but lawd - know that dispite it all I am still tryina write SOMETHING always.

[shadowy-suitcase-herring-neck]

ABOUT YOUR CENTAUR AU which btw is amazing and stunning and the way you draw their animal halves is just perfect anatomy wise-

If you could give him a centaur half, what do you think Ravio would be?

(also the shenanigans that the horse/pony/unicorn-half gang would get up to is insane)

That's all, peace out!! <333

The Lorulian Counterparts Could go one of two ways in this au thing I think. The Hyrulian and Lorulian could be the same type of centaur. (in this case Ravio would also be a donkey Centaur) Or Lorulians could have their animal halfs reflect The dark world form of Their Hyrulian counterparts. In this case Ravio would be a bunny "centaur" (bunnytaur hehe). Which is kind of Incredibly strange to the Hylians since according to most those don't exist.

I think I'd be funny if Ravio has these incredibly fake looking "hooves" And Just says he's a goat or something. Legend is amazed that no one has seemed to question it so far.

Since We're on the topic of other Taurs I think The Royals would be Pegasus centaurs. They get wings :) The Zonai Would be Lion/ Sphinx taurs. It'd look SO cool.

Gerudo Would be different types of Desert Gazelles, Ibex, Antelope Centaurs. But like Really tall ones. That or They could be camel Centaurs. That would also be cool. Just desert animals with "Hooves" (Camels don't really have hooves but they'd be cool nonetheless.)

The Zora Are an interesting one. I'm not going to do Hippocampi for them since those will be the equivalent of Merfolk. (Legend gets a Hippocampus suit hehe :D ) The Zora should be able to move around on land and through water anyways. So for them probably like They'd look like a water dragon taur. (no wings) Four limbs and a Long tail. Like a Plesiosaur but with feet.

Rito I'm not sure would even need any change for the au but if I where to change them at all they'd be griffin "Centaurs"

The Gorons get Rocky Anklyosaurus Animal halfs. That or Stegosaurus. Depends on the Goron.

on a somewhat unrelated note A part of me really wants Marin to be kirin Centaur.

Don't have thoughts on anyone else at this point. Other than the fact that Lynel Disguise mask Wild has Is probably a lot more effective for certain people. (Twilight)

[deepseaorcapt]

Hi, saw you mention missing writing for Revali. Was curious how would you envision (HCs) a Revali that survived Calamity (AoC) but a time skip passes and the events of Totk begin?

Hello! Thanks for your suggestion, I honestly have been thinking and debating on this for quite some time. It seems like it's time that I finally put my ideas out in the world! My first time doing HCs but I hope you enjoy it!

Revali surviving the Calamity and his life with his spouse:

I like to think Revali gained some sort of scar from the fight with Windblight Ganon.

A long scar in the form of a beam that goes across his chest and the side of his neck when he got hit.

From an outsider’s perspective, it didn’t seem that deep, but the medics concluded it was much of an injury to tell him he shouldn’t exert much into physical activities.

Unfortunately, he still does overtrain from time-to-time to the dismay of his, now, spouse.

On top of that, he still leads the rito warriors, organizing the operations and their duties to protect Rito Village. Sometimes, he takes hours just training and planning with the village elder.

It takes a lot of convincing to get him to rest, but the moment he sees the desperation in your eyes, he sighs and heads home with your arm wrapped in his.

"Revali." 

"I know, I… I’m sorry"

Since the calamity, Revali has been trying to be better at depending on others, especially since he’s chosen to have you in his life, not wanting to hurt you more by shutting you out.

Still, bad habits die hard. At the very least, he tries.

Getting home, it became a habit to lightly caress the scar on his chest as you both lie in your shared hammock.

The sensation bothered him for the first couple of months, but eventually, he couldn't sleep without it.

It's like a comforting feeling that he's alive, lucky enough to survive and live with you. Fortunate enough to see Hyrule again in its glory; For that, he's extremely grateful to Goddess Hylia.

There are a lot of days where he wakes up in the middle of the night.

Throat dry and eyes wide, awakened by the nightmare that haunts him in the form of Windblight Ganon. 

It’s only when he feels your body lean towards him in the hammock when he relaxes.

On most days, you wake up feeling his panic, consoling and letting him find comfort in your embrace.

But in the rare instance you stay asleep, he takes a walk or a flight just around the village.

There is just this one time where you woke in the middle of the night, looking for his warm blanket of wings in your shared hammock. 

In a panic, you ran around the village. It was only when you noticed a string of smoke from the flight range that you finally let go of the breath you didn’t know you were holding.

Still a bit sleepy, you make your way to him. Finding him, staring at his bow once more with paranoia in his eyes.

Your embrace wakes him up from the thoughts that plagued his mind, his tears made yours water in response.

Since then, he has been trying his best to wake you up on those nights; Trying to actually ask for help, knowing that he doesn’t have to be alone anymore.

[asksakitherito]

*You find a rolled up piece of paper tied to the doorway of your home addressed to you.*

Dear Mrs. Saki,

Hello there. I hope this letter finds you and your family in good health. I apologize that I did not give this to you directly. I'm very shy. It took a long time for me to decide whether to write this at all or suffer in silence in my dilemma.

You see, I think I have developed an attraction towards a friend of yours and Teba’s named Harth. But I'm unsure what to do since I learned he was once mated and has a daughter. From my interactions with him and my observations over months, I can tell he is kind and cares for his people. He is dedicated to his work and the well-being of his daughter, Molli. I think that's what drawn me to him.

I have never dated someone who already has a child before, and I want to get to know both of them better. I wish to be friends first before wanting to try to date since I know they are a package deal. I do like his daughter. Her curiosity about the world is very charming.

A little bit about me is I'm a traveling Rito, which is why you probably haven't seen me around constantly. With the current lock down, I'm going to be here for a while and depending on how things go, it might become more permanent.

I best end this here before I lose my nerve and throw this paper into the fire. I wait for your wisdom and how to go about this.

Signed,

Leela, the traveling rito.

Oh, how sweet!

While I cannot give you a definite answer I know for sure that Harth's choice will be heavily dependent on Molli. Harth will always put Molli first in any situation.

Outside of this I cannot say if he will reciprocate the intrest or not, Harth has told me that he is not seeking love. However I will not discourage you from trying.

Become friends with him first before anything else, then I'd sit with him and tell him flat out how you feel.

Harth deserves to have a lover in his life, he deserves to have someone to help hold him up and to help him raise Molli. But he may not want someone else to complicate his feelings towards you or his past wife.

If I were in your shoes I would take it one step at a time, don't try to splinter yourself into him and Molli's life. Taking it slow and being there to help him when he asks will be your best course of action.

[liminevator]

IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO ALL ARCHIVE STAFF: Please stop using our funding for these trivial "experiments" on anomalies, fellow denizens, or floors themselves, specifically the ones that are not requested for important documentation purposes, this explicitly includes but is not limited to:

- Trying to teach Skreepers how to speak, or any anomalies for that matter, please, its getting scary, I saw one in the wild the other day and it said my name.

- Attempting to find a piece of headwear that is immune to ID #0032 's hair, we still need to fix that hole in the ceiling.

- Any and all attempts to find a convoluted "exploit" around known dangers on certain floors UNLESS I have SPECIFICALLY ordered for it, and the necessary equipment to test it has been given to you. ESPECIALLY THE GIANT ACID PIT, NO WE CAN'T GET AROUND THAT ONE, PLEASE STOP IT.

- Documenting how much fur I shed depending on where I am in our facilities to see if it goes hand in hand with higher stress levels. What even makes you think of this???

And many more of course.

Please, if you guys get bored you know I can always find something helpful and fun for you to do, this is getting ridiculous.

Sincerely,

Doctor Rito Kusatta

[whatcha-reading-today]

Fanfic Spotlight: Beating Around the Bush | Umbreonix

Revali is a grumpy pilot who's life greatly improves (gets worse? depends on who you ask) when Link, an unhinged researcher needs to be flown all over for research purposes. This is such a cute and fun story and I love how Revali and Link work through building a relationship while trying to navigate not trying to strangle each other.

Read it here:

Author: Umbreonix

Author's Note:

Revali, an arrogant and sassy city man, moves to the small sub-artic village of Rito to set up his business as a bush pilot who transports scientists and mountaineers through the dangerous Hebra wilds in the furthest northern reaches of the country.

Life is pretty simple (AKA boring) until he starts working with a quiet researcher sent from the University of Central Hyrule who is seemingly insane enough to brace the rough tundra alone.

Revali spends his time now caught between worrying about the idiot and being utterly floored at his nonsensical (and sometimes feral) antics.

Words: 36,352

Complete?: No

[yarpharp]

So because I am strange and always fascinated by posing cultural questions when it comes to creating crossover fanfiction, I had this wild thought worm recently for no reason: If you dumped Link (Legend of Zelda) into Thedas (Dragon Age), how the fuck would everyone in Thedas react to him?

I mean, depending on how you interpret Link's character, he doesn't talk. At all. I've always been of the opinion he speaks via some form of generalized Sign Language, but Why Would Thedas Share Any Common Signs? And who's to say there IS a formalized sign language in Thedas? Maybe there is, but it's technically a dead language now. The Elvhenan were fucked up but extremely modernized, so maybe they did have a Sign Language. Maybe the Dalish still have a lot of it, because Sign is a great way to silently communicate and Not Alert The Asshole Shemlen.

Either way, Link doesn't talk. And even if he can communicate via Sign Language, I highly doubt Hylian sign is gonna be understood. So there's one issue.

Secondly: Hylians don't look exactly like Theodosian elves. Modern elves of Thedas are scrawny and small but not too small; eyes bigger than a human and with cat-like night vision. Link? Link is canonically 5'2" and quite fit. Not skinny built and quite healthy, generally soft nonbinary features, bright eyes (at least in recent games; Link's got big fucking blues that almost glow for a nice contrast in TotK/BotW), pointy but not super pointy ears. Compared to Theodosian elves which are designed to look "distinctly fantastically different" in comparison to humans, Link just looks like a very short human with elf ears. So people might get a bit baffled at his looks; he's elfy but to the left.

Third: Hyrule isn't anti-magic. Magic is so inherently tied into everything in all the Legend of Zelda games, we the players just accept it. Link can wield magic rods and staves with no issue. Gerudo can use fire magic or summon lightning storms. Link can use magical items to summon winds, or devices that can magically transport him far distances. Rito can summon gales instinctually. Zora have water/ice magic and healing powers. If Link dodges correctly, he can seemingly slow time for a moment to deal a flurry attack. He uses Rauru's arm's magical abilities without blinking. The Master Sword is literally the ultimate magical item with a spirit inside of it.

Can you imagine Link losing his weapon in battle and just picking up a staff without thinking, but WHOOPS Thedas is kinda religiously anti-magic and someone is watching him just SUDDENLY THROWING ICE SPELLS (thinking about those magic staffs in BotW/TotK with the default AoE ice spell) without any hesitation? That is Not Normal for them like it is for Link. And Link himself like... Serves a powerful princess with the bloodline of a goddess. She literally tosses around light magic and time magic and shit. He probably can't begin to fathom a society that shuns something that so integral to Hyrule/Hyrule's safety in the face of Ganondorf's machinations.

Idk this was a bizarre thought worm I had. Maybe I will write a fanfic. Maybe I won't. It's interesting to think about in an extremely nerdy way, lol.

(also Link would HATE Solas but LOVE The Iron Bull and The Chargers. Prove me wrong, I dare you.)

[hotcheetohatredwastaken]

7 & 10 or perish

7. Share a line/paragraph/snippet that you were especially proud of.

Okay so I love this chapter just for the fact that everything I've been setting up for 200,000+ words culminates in here (but this section I've chosen also should reveal nothing heu heu heu). Also @needfantasticstories complemented the wording of one of the sentences, and I seeing my work through another's eyes really makes me appreciate it? If you know what I'm saying? But yeah, I wrote this during the poetry section of my AP Literature class in high school, if you couldn't tell by my gratuitous use of alliteration, semicolons, and parallel sentence structure.

[Have I posted this before? I hope I haven't DX I am very proud of it. If I have let me know and I'll try to find something else]

Wild stepped into the ornate church. High stone ceilings flew overhead, lined with stained glass windows—depictions of their Golden Goddess—that sent shattered slivers of light dancing along the cold stone floor. Rows upon rows of lowly stone pews stood in ordered procession on either side of the walkway, stretching all the way to the raised platform at the front of the cathedral. A great statue, so unlike the one that he knew, loomed over it all. The Hylia he knew had hair of flowering vine, and robes of majestic moss; this one's every strand was spun of gold, this one's every fold formed of ivory. His Hylia’s face was of cracked calcite, worn down and rounded out over years of exposure to the elements; this one’s was of sharp, shining porcelain. Little gray wings he’d only ever seen tucked to her sides, like those of a Rito fledgling, were now golden and stretched out in their full glory. She did not lower her head over clasped hands in constant thought of her people, as said by her now-extinct priests; instead, her gaze was cast victoriously outwards, her hand thrust forwards like that of a sovereign, conquering queen. White rose petals drifted and fluttered gently down to lay scattered across the stone pews. They trailed after Wild, swirling around his ankles with every step, as he walked forwards in a dreamlike state to the foot of the statue. It only grew larger, more imposing, as he approached, and himself so much smaller.

10. What are your writing goals for the upcoming year?

Okay okay okay okay. Just because you asked, I'm going to end up having to write out my entire planned chapter by chapter schedule and pin it to the top of my blog, aren't I?

But for a summary, basically--right now I'm trying to finish up my Noble's Warning chapters, which will get me to through February and some of March, so that I can participate in FebWhump without juggling two projects. The Differences chapters, which are pretty much done besides a few select bits that actually need to be written, should carry me all the way to Spring Break and through. During Spring Break (cuz I'm a cringe college student) I will try to finalize enough to make it close to the Heal Chapters, which should free me up until finals are over in May/June-ish.

Summer is when things get real. That's when I'll evaluate how much of Arc 2 I have done and how much time I think I need to finish it. If I'm ahead of schedule, I'll make sure I've hit all the finishing touches for Arc 1 and start releasing chapters twice a week. If not, I'll give myself more time with the once a week updates. Plus, I want to take a break between Arc 1 and 2 just to let ya'll squirm, so that gives me at least a month, I think, depending how hard ya'll cry at me to continue. There's also a whole timeline thing there of whether I want to do flashbacks of a section or if I just wanna say F it we ball, but that's beside the point.

If I do once a week releases, I already have enough planned content for Arc 1 + the occasional Prologue pieces to get me through the entire year and then some. So yeah, that's the plan for the year :D

[aikoiya]

LoZ: Hyrulean Cultural Aesthetics

Important to note, Hylians, Sheikah, Gerudo, & Lupáns are all considered human.

Those with pointed ears are referred to as Cuspan & those without are called Ovelian.

Overall Cultural Influences:

Central Hyrule & Hylians specifically = Medieval Germanic & Arthurian English with some variation depending on location. All Hylian towns will likely have a little bit of this in them.

Ovelians = Rural, small town, down home, farmer, tough as nails, survivor, rough around the edges, traditional, conservative, but still rebellious, & generally very good-hearted. That means they are the rednecks, the cowboys, the military men, the American Southerners, the Vikings, & the Celts kind of characters. You're salt of the earth types. At least in feel, though not necessarily in culture. It's because of this that humans generally get along well with Gorons. Either way, humans stick mostly to the agricultural & ranching settlements for the most part.

Zora = Hard to tell as they generally don't wear clothing, but they do wear a lot of jewelry. If I had to give them clothes, I'd definitely say they'd be something flowy. Possibly Roman or Greek in fashion to go with the water theme? As for sensibilities, maybe a bit of French Rococo. I also get the impression that the Zora's Domain is actually divided into 2 levels: the Upper Domain & the Lower Domain. The Upper Domain is what we see in the games & consists of the commercial district & palace. The Lower Domain is entirely underwater & is where the Zora actually live. The reason we don't see it is because Link can't dive.

Rito = Northern Native American. Aldean specifically. Maybe a bit of Latin American.

Goron = A mix of Maori (Polynesian), African, Dwarven, & maybe a bit of Old West mining town, though it's hard to tell for certain as they generally don't wear clothing. At the same time, their general architecture seems to have a Town of Bedrock-type feel to it. Definitely something with a decent source of friendly machismo (not what is considered "toxic masculinity;" actual machismo). Something masculine & tribal, but also community oriented & friendly.

Gerudo = Egyptian/Middle Eastern Amazons with some Orc influence. Possibly with some hints of Hindu too. At least as far as fashion goes.

Korok/Kokiri = If Peter Pan & the Lost Boys were Hobbits.

Twili = Possibly Scandanavian? Also Chinese with some Japanese influences.

Mogma = They seem to be Brooklyn-ish. Maybe even a bit of an Italian-American Mob feel, but more so in the "friendly gangster" way. So, I'm seeing some Bensonhurst influences, which is a specifically Italian-American borough within Brooklyn, I believe. Maybe even a bit of New York Jewish? Like, they come across as being Italian mafia adjacent, but only in so much as the accent, the attitude, & family-oriented organization. Sort of an "it takes a village" & "we take care of our own" type of mentality. Not in any way actually mafia though & certainly not in the romanticized view of gangsters as I don't actually see the Mogmas being the types to actually commit crimes on the reg. And despite being avid treasure-hunters, they seem to have a general culture of altruistic generosity. By that, I mean that their love language is gift-giving.

Yeti = Norse Viking.

Minish = Borrowers.

Anouki = Inuit.

Lokomo = Possibly Greek?

Zonai = Mesoamerican.

*Búralupán = Gaelic, Celtic, & a bit Nordic. (This is a race I made up, if you wanna know more, go to Wolf Link & the Lupán Race.)

Smaller Settlements:

Hateno = I'm getting Gaelic Scottish farming town. Also maybe a bit of Spain, Italy, & Greece. Mostly inhabited by humans, both Cuspan & Ovelian.

Kakariko = Japanese with maybe a touch of American Old West. While primarily Japanese, there's also some definite South Korean influences. Especially in their cooking.

Mabé = Rustic dairy ranching town vibes because I'm putting Lon Lon Ranch there. Based on how AoC & LA's Mabe was designed, their roofing is colorful terracotta tile & generally has ivy & such growing on their homes, so Castillian. Mostly inhabited by humans.

Goponga = I'm getting rural Luisiana Bayou vibes, most likely due to it being located in a swamp. So, primarily Cajun, French, & Colonial Spanish with some Zora inspiration maybe. Mostly inhabited by humans & Zora.

Deya = Italian. I'm also giving them a vineyard, peach orchard, & making them use them to make moscato, so specifically an old Tuscany winery & fishing village. Mostly inhabited by humans. From what we see in the games, it was actually the biggest settlement in Hyrule besides Castle Town, so it could've been a full-on town or city.

Ordon = Has a rural ranching feel & might be inspired by a southern agricultural town in Italy called Ordona. So, maybe a touch of rural Italy with American South mannerisms & sensibilities. Culturally, though, I get Gaelic Irish vibes. It might be the smials… Also, maybe a little bit of Welsh too. Either way, it's mostly inhabited by Ovelians & Lupáns (more Ovelian than Lupáns) with the occasional Hylian, Sheikah, & 1 or 2 Gerudo. (For more of their overall culture, go to Ordonian Culture & Ordon Cooking Culture.)

Lurelin = Rural Polynesian fishing village. Maybe a little bit of Caribbean & Okinawan? With a little bit of Mesoamerican mixed in due to Zonai influence from the nearby ruins.

Ealiyah = Tibetan-flavored Gerudo farming & brewing town. Maybe a little bit of Russian & hints of Norse too? Also, interior decoration is eclectic & cluttered but cozy & colorful in a vibrant, rustic Bohemian sort of way. There are also some influences from humans, including Ovelians, Hylians, Lupàns, & even Sheikah to a degree as several of each race lives there too (all men), but overall, the culture remains mostly that Tibetan-Gerudo sort of style. They do a lot of weaving & sewing as well as dying. (This is a town I made up, for more on its culture & history, go to Ealiyah Town & the Highlands Gerudo.)

- Hànmalàn Hamlet = A small majority Upper Middle Eastern/Southeast Asian-flavored Gerudo settlement in the Faron Jungle with some Lurelinites & a number of Sheikah living there as well. Located in Damel Forest.

Tabantha Village = Celtic-Norse with Rito, Yeti, & Lupán inspiration. So, old Norse Viking, Aldean, Celtic, & Gaelic with a Russian & Welsh accent. They use a lot of furs in their clothing. Mostly inhabited by Ovelians, Hylians, Rito, Yeti, & Lupán.

Shadow Hamlet = Dwarven possibly, with Goron inspiration. So, very masculine. Maybe a bit of Old Western Mining Town. A mix of Gorons, Hylians, & Ovelians tend to live here.

Koholint Domain = This is on the Koholina Archipelago, which Eventide Island is the smallest island of & will eventually become a fishing & port town. In-world, it has influence from Zora, Rito, & Lurelin. But, from a real world perspective, it's mostly Polynesian, coastal Native American, & coastal Hindu with some ancient coastal Greco-Roman (even Atlantis-like) influence for the underwater sections of the settlement. As well as in their formal fashion. There would likely be a tiny bit of Carribean & Okinawan influence in there too. The population is made up of Euryhaline Zora (able to survive in both salt & fresh water), Coastal Rito, & Lurelin humans. And, much like with how I think the Zora's Domain is built, the settlement's commercial district is on land, while the Zora residential area is underwater. The Rito & human residences, as well as the Cheiftain's home, are also on land. (For more on the specifics of this, go to Euryhaline Zora & Coastal Rito Port Town.)

Gatepost, Outpost, & East Post = These are all a package deal. These are mostly military towns, so that'll definitely factor in. They are positioned in such a way as to protect Oldcastle. Mostly inhabited by Hyrulean Humans, but with smatterings of the other races too.

Oldcastle or Hightemple = The site of OoT's Castle Town, a.k.a. the Great Plateau, so there'll be some DEEP historical significance going on. As such, it's mostly Medieval Germanic & Arthurian English. Mostly inhabited by Hyrulean Humans.

LoZ Cultural Masterlist

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oi I just came back from the deads and LONG TIME NO POSTING BOUT MY OCSSS WTFFFFF

Meet Rito Kimura !!(<- the first name was an update)

Name: Rito Kimura(divided as Satoko, the light one, and Utena, the dark one)

Bday: September 5

Likes: i dunno lol(probably ice creams)

Dislikes: i dunno lol

MBTI: Depending on the mood

Height: 159cm

Pronouns: Any pronouns(except he/him since they hates being called like that)(non-binary girl)

Info: After being raised in the underground, Satoko was known to be a "threat" for the people around them and even the government wanted them to be killed. But after getting in to one of the schools in the city, then they felt being accepted by their classmates and other courses. Also their dream of dressing like the FutariPre girls came true.

Fun Facts !!

They shares same last name with Seiko Kimura from the Danganronpa series

The reason their body is splited in two is because they had a big tumour in the entire left side of their body and was forced to get a urgent surgery

Main Themes:

Their normal outfit is based on Cure Black from FutariPre and their hemoanima uniform is based on Cure Rouge and hairstyle on Cure Pine from Fresh Precure

She can actually split into two, which means 2 person; One is Satoko, the chill and nice one, and then Utena, the crazy and violent one, but don't worry, Utena won't hurt you unless you say something about her

[gloryseized]

[HAND] Sender takes receivers hand so they don't get lost in a crowd. ( kido to link, context is entirely dependent on you! <3 )

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Hateno has slowly grown busier in the years since the Calamity was defeated, and even with the unrest of the Upheaval, Hateno still thrived. Some might say Link gives the small village a special protection, seeing it was his home once long ago, and still is his home now, although Link does his best to make sure he protects all of Hyrule equally. Even so, he can't help the lightness that enters his steps whenever he returns to the village the bustle of familiar faces and voices all around him.

He forgets how such a place could be overwhelming for a newcomer.

The elections for the new mayor of Hateno are about to come to a close, and the center of town is positively teaming with villagers. It's been awhile since Link has seen the town square so busy, and Link turns to look over his shoulder to see the small Rito, eager smile on his face at all the excitement. Only for his expression to dim at the look on Kido's face.

Ah, he should have known. This is too much.

Reaching out a hand, he gently takes the little one's wing, pulling it carefully to the edge of the crowd, before aiming for the far edge of the crowd. With his free hand, he arcs his pointer finger up towards Purah's lab. << Let's go. >> There will be time to see the center of Hateno later, time when things are less busy.

[amber-dragonfly]

Seeing the lab get too small I think everyones fav mayor and building company will be showing up soon~ but got a question each of hyrule’s races have they own take on how houses look in their towns right? How would monster house look like?

Maybe take a page from the gorons? In a cave like hut or maybe one of those monster camp skulls?

Or maybe be like the zora and rito with a few open walls but high build into a canyon or something?

Or be like the gerudo walled area with houses craved out of sand or mud and you can sleep where ever (referring in totk after you save the town how the gerudo kids sleep together outside) or korok

Or have houses like the hylain villages like the fishing village? or kakariko or hateno

But also take in account for the monsters and their needs like:

hinox need big areas but aren’t picky as they sleep anywhere

Wizzrobe need areas where they can dispel elemental energy

Lynels need space to run and train

Horriblins unless born on surface need areas that are too bright

Lizalfos always seem to be near bodies of water or rivers

Moblins, bokoblins and boss bokos are the only normal house needs

As for gibdo caves or areas were concentrated light (like what happened with mirrors in game) aren’t common other wise Gibdo can walk around in daylight (because during TotK first gibdo attack on the bazar those Gibdo are out in broad daylight no shroud, same for the first Gibdo queen encounter at the thunder temple these Gibdo in the hives that spawn and the queen are out in broad daylight)

How I can imagine a monster city looking like is: houses for all monster types issue is where in hyrule would be the best place for a monster village? I was thinking hyrule ridge area or by the feild by korok forest by the lindor’s brow tower in TotK

Take in account how most villages in botw and totk are like some far but others close to other villages like kakariko, hateno, lurelin village are the only villages that don’t have much distance between the other unlike the stables and non hyalin/sheikah villages

The areas around tarrey town are good too, ice and fire areas like deep eldin and hebra would be too hot or cold for some of the monster races, so normal areas were link doesn’t need a special armor would be the best and ideal place for the first malice free monster village

but take in account of farming, raising live stock, fishing and other ways for the monsters to help trade to get rubies to trade with hyrule’s other races were as monsters don’t use currency or know how it works but know if they need to make they place in hyrule they need those weird small gems.

YESSSSSSS I LOVE THIS TYPE OF WORLDBUILDING

For me I see Hinoxes and Lynels as nomadic as they'd move in herds since that'd be way more practical than permanent shelters.

Lizalfos being water-based makes sense for most of them, but we also got the Elemental Lizalfos that would fit in perfectly with Wizzrobe settlements.

Horriblins I imagine would have underground cities lit by biolumiscencent mushrooms. But they'd still have interactions above the service. Like dwarves in traditional fantasy but monsters.

And then for Bokoblin/Moblins it'd largely depend on the topography their settlement is in.

This is all the shit in absolutely ITCHING to wrote in the 2nd main arc of my story heehee. I can't WAIT to explore the politics of land boundaries for the new monster populations.