#draconification au

[toonster]

Just another little Alfred x Alear doodle

Wanted to do more with my Draconification au so horns and tails

[ezlo-x]

iirc you said you wouldn't really touch totk's story for your au but like... just as a thought exercise... what would sheik and/or ganon look like as dragons? 🫣

i've humored the idea of draconification for my au and im kinda in between abt it I can't really 100% confirm if I'll add it to my au but I have drawn draconified Sheik a while back so I'll share that :]

[hyrulean-evalink]

"The Guardian Dragon appeared soon after the defeat of the strange Demon Dragon. Soon after it appeared, the blood moon stopped appearing and monsters began to vanish anywhere it passes. Considered the Guardian of Hyrule, its sight often brings courage to the heart of those who observes it. It's often seeing flying alongside the Light Dragon."

BOOM my version of a Dragon Link!

An AU in which reversing Zelda would be impossible... But it was proven she does remember and that she is conscious. Guessing Link's aching heart to see his beloved like this, Mineru offers her stone to him to perform the draconification ritual and join Zelda. Becoming the Guardian of Hyrule, his mere presence alongside Zelda's banishes anything evil on the kingdom's ground, forcing the monsters and gloom to retreat in the Depths.

Now, some design explanations:

I've seen a lot of people making the "mistake" of making him TOO much like his hylian self, which is something I've tried to avoid here

His mane is longer than Zelda's and has two big tufts to remind his bangs

Teal colors because Link has both Courage and Wisdom

The horn is shaped like a blade to remind the Master Sword

If Zelda has golden eyelashes and back rocks/scales (?) I felt like Link would have silver to complement and also to remind the armor of a knight

Chose yellow/gold for his sclera because of the Golden Power and to be a contrast to Zelda's purple

Blue spikes and horn to, again, remind the blue blade of the Master Sword

If you're wondering, yes, I've traced over the Light Dragon's picture to use as a base. You really expected me to be able to draw a dragon?

ALSO ! You are more than free to use this design !! Please tell me if you do I would be more than honored

[vivinavina]

Sage of Swords: A TotK Roleswap AU

Edit: This AU now has a fic, read it here:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/48501826

Basic Roleswap AU between Zelda and Link, with the twist being mostly on Link’s side of things after he gets sent back in time to ancient Hyrule. Lots of people have Link’s Secret Stone be like the Champion’s Blessings, or Time powers in an echo of canon. In this AU, Link’s Secret Stone enhances his resilience, forming an arm brace to keep the gloom at bay, keeping it from killing him but leaving the arm mostly usable, though not strong enough to wield a sword.

Cue Link having an existential crisis as the thing they spent the last five years of their resurrected life and most of their pre-Calamity life training for: being a soldier. Link does not take it well, kind of rejects Sonia and Rauru for a while, training to try and overcome the literal demon energy in their arm even though it’s awful and painful and self-destructive, despite them trying to get him to rest and heal.

Sonia and Rauru take Link to ask Mineru for advice, but they go to her before and go like, “Hey Sis, this feral child will kill themself at literally a 0.1% chance of going home. Maybe don’t mention draconification.” This leaves Link with no hope of going home (Zelda had the hope of improvising her time powers, Link doesn’t even have that), and has to come to terms with figuring who Link is without the sword.

After much tears and bonding with Sonia and Rauru, Link finds out a lot of things about herself, most crucially that she’s a girl. Adjusting and becoming happier with herself, learning little things and hobbies she missed out on.

(Meanwhile, in the present, instead of chasing visions of Link like you chase Zelda in canon, Zelda is chasing sightings of a mysterious “Thief,” a woman in archaic dress and an arm brace like Link left her in the Temple of Time. A “Thief” who carries the Master Sword and might know what happened to Link.)

But of course, things have to end tragically. Ganondorf plans on taking a secret stone, and Link, Rauru and Sonia’s little… adopted daughter? advisor? confidant? Ganondorf’s not sure but she would be the easiest to overpower and steal a stone from. No magic or martial skill to stop him from getting what he rightfully deserves. And he almost succeeds, but (Sonia? Rauru? Unsure which atm, both are juicy drama) step in to take the blow meant for Link.

Link realizes, “Oh, this is what happens when I don’t be a soldier, people die,” and almost all of her character growth gets undone. She fuses her Secret Stone to the Master Sword and uses its evil-sealing properties to forcibly and violently purge the gloom from her body, swearing herself as the Sage of Swords, and begins a self-destructive vengeance that lasts the Imprisoning War.

Will link a Part 2 if I decide to continue this.

[pkmn-lillie]

TOTK AU idea!! spoilers for the ending of the game!!!

so you know how Zelda got un-dragon-ed by Sonia and Rauru at the end. what if it didn't work right? like, it only *mostly* reverses the draconification, so zelda has horns and a tail and spikes and scales, all that fun shit. But where did all that extra energy go?

It went to the other three dragons, who are now hanging around in hylian-adjacent forms in Hyrule (or the Depths ;)) and having fun/making trouble. I'm going to posit that they didn't start out as mortals like Zelda, so they have more memories of being dragons, unlike Zelda who was 'sleeping'. Also I'm bringing Ganondorf back, but getting exploded has knocked a lot of memories out of his head.

While the defeat of the Demon King has slowed the Blood Moon phenomena and greatly reduced the number of monsters on the surface, it has correlated with a surge in monsters and stalfos in the Depths, making it incredibly difficult to traverse, even by the Yiga. the Gloom has also disappeared from the surface, and only pockets of it remain within the Depths.

Because both Zelda and Link are trying to recuperate and manage the kingdom (and her new body,) they don't find out about this development until a few months after the defeat of the Demon King.

I've been alternating between he/they/she pronouns for all the dragons btw, i don't think they'd particularly care. (all three of the dragons are also wearing their respective armor set for convenience)

More on the dragons below the cut

FAROSH:

They are the tallest of the trio, (3.5m) and also bear the most resemblance to a Gerudo voe.

I have no way to describe his hair other than that it's Gotenks hair. Their hair conveniently sticks up like their horn.

Prefers one-handed weapons and shields.

He wakes up on the shores of Rassla Lake, heads to Tuft Mountain to get the lay of the land, and runs into Bolson.

Farosh: my name is Farosh.

Bolson: like the dragon?

Farosh: ??? of course???

I don't think anyone would immediately clock her as being The Thunder Dragon, just some weird Gerudo who chases off all the pirates.

They don't go to Gerudo Town because she gets mistaken for a voe by a stable attendant, and he misunderstands it as 'dragons aren't allowed'

NAYDRA:

They have the smallest stature, and besides the dragon features he also has a variety of malice scars (a la botw) and feathers (for flavor).

She also has the longest hair, like a waterfall, and white/light blue in color.

Prefers bows and wands/staves.

He initially patrols Mount Lanayru and slowly starts interacting with Kakariko, Hateno, and the Zora as a 'lone wolf monster exterminator'.

I think she would be the first one that Link & Zelda would learn about, and the least cooperative (they don't want to leave their territory.)

I think that their horns would look a bit different than the frostbite headdress, having three large separate spikes with smaller shards in between.

DINRAAL:

Poor Dinraal got their legs while they were in the Depths, and being unable to fly means that he's just kinda stuck down there-- not like she's complaining!

Dinraal is the most muscular of the dragons, and his skin has a rocky texture where it's not covered by scales. Their skin tone is also notably grayer than a normal Hylian.

His hair is very curly, in red/orange/yellow hues, and she keeps it tied back with a metal band.

Prefers two-handed weapons and hammers.

They are the one who finds the returned Ganondorf, who is stumbling through the Depths trying to avoid dying (he is bad at it, because he's lost most of his memories: Dinraal saves him.) She takes him under their metaphorical wing, and tries to teach him how to be the wielder of the triforce of power *without* becoming corrupted by Demise.

thank you for coming to my ted talk. if you want to write/draw anything from this, just tag me because i wanna see 🥺

[kholnt]

Can you tell us about the Horn incident?

the simple answer of the horn incident is: a Bad Decision that lost made sprung from misunderstandings and misinterpreting i'll give the tldr and not give all of the details in case kay (the other person working on this au w/ me) wants to write a fic abt it basically the horn incident is a moment that happens soon after lost returns from totk (reminder: he's the one that became a dragon this time around) the chain didnt realize how self sacrificing lost actually is until they learn abt the draconification. the difference between flora and lost is that flora became a dragon as a last resort. for lost, it was always the plan, because what's losing yourself if you don't know who you are? lost doesnt regret his decision, but he Does Not like the looks the chain gives him. genuine concern and worry is interpreted as pity, and he has mixed feelings about the physical changes that happened to him (thicker hair, fangs, face markings, n 3 horns) anyway so as a desperate measure to try and make things go back to how it was, he breaks off one of his horns this results in him losing a lot of blood AND magic almost killing him, hyrule's first time healing him (which was an Experience) and a loud wakeup call to the entire chain that He Needs Help (they all had their own smaller wakeup calls but this is the one that springs them into action) this is the lowest low of lost in this au so thankfully it can only go up from here

[creativesplat]

@alflearweek Day 7: Gift Day

this is a piece made for @toonster, of the draconification AU

[legofanguy]

ToTK: A princess left behind

This is my entry for @zelinkcommunity Zelink week 2023 day 2 forbidden. The forbidden comes from this being a AU ending of Tears of the Kingdom in which Link kill Ganondorf before he turn into the Demon Dragon and swallow his secret stone. Spoliers for Tears of the Kingdom. Also, Link and Zelda's daughter Charlotte is named after her grandmother.

It has been months since both Charlotte's mother Princess Zelda and her father Link has disappeared and the Demon King has been defeated by the team work of Link and the new Sages. Right now, the four years old princess is on a sky island with her parents' close friends the Sages and Purah the Shiekah scientist. The Sages has last saw Link take a Secret Stone, a Zonai artifact that amplify the powers of the one whose wear it, from the Demon King dead body and strangely request that the Sages guide Charlotte in her duties as heir to the Kingdom of Hyrule and he is sorry for not saving Zelda from a fate. Weeks later, there begins sighting of a green dragon that sudden appear above Hyrule Castle before flying off to the clouds, where the mysterious Light Dragon was waiting for it, and there is no secrets that begin rumors of how the dragons are somehow connected to Princess Zelda and Link disappeared. Among the Sages is the spirit of Mineru, the Sage of Spirit and Charlotte's ancient aunt.

Mineru explains to Charlotte, "Long ago, when your mother end up in my time, in the begining era of Hyrule, I hold Princess Zelda about stories of a forbidden act called draconification. The story goes that 'to swallow a Secret Stone is to be become an immortal dragon... one blessed with eternal life. To become a immortal dragon is to lose oneself.' That is why it is forbidden. After my brother Rauru seal the Demon King at the cost of his life, the broken Master Sword appear in our time and your mother, Charlotte, decided..." and Mineru become sadly, "so that Link could get the sword in time for the final battle..."

Everyone realized what Mineru is hinting at with Purah saying in disbelief, "T-That's nonsense... Zelda would never turn herself into a dragon!" which the Zonai call out, "Maybe that why Link didn't tell any of you when he found out about Zelda's fate! You would have call him mad with grief, when Link was losing his will except to destroy the Demon King as Zelda wanted, just like my brother when his wife Sonia was murdered in cold blood by the Demon King for her Secret Stone! Beside, both he and Zelda suffered a crushing defeat by the Demon King's evil you called Calamity Ganon 100 years ago and it affected their minds!" Purah and the Sages understand that Mineru was right about their possible doubts as Charlotte ask, "What about daddy?" and the Zonia close her eyes and said to the little girl as she open them, "I am... I am sorry, little one... I told you about your mother's fate, because I tragically have a theory about what happen to Link, as he has saw Zelda's memories of me telling her about draconification and her transformation. I see in his face that Link was desperate to defeat the Demon King for something only than protecting Hyrule..."

Sidon made a horrible conclusion and ask, "Please... Don't tell us... Did you believe Link truely swallow the Secret Stone of..." Just then, two roars full the skies and everyone look up to see the Light Dragon and the Green Dragon, both has mane of blonde fur, which are proof of their identities. Riju speak out, "That Light Dragon... she must be Zelda. That mean that other dragon is truly..." and Charlotte speak this terrible realization as well, "Daddy..."

The two dragon sit down to the platform before the gathered group and lower their heads so that their Hylian daughter would touch their fur, just like she would feel their hands. As she does, a glowing light came from Charlotte's hands and spiritual avatars of Link and Zelda appear. Zelda's avatar happily, "Charlotte... oh, my Charlotte..." before she notice Link and realized, "Link... you are here.... but, did you..." and Link reply, "Yes, my love. I defeat the Demon King, with the Master Sword you keep safe for me, and swallow his Secret Stone to be with you."

A few weeks back, Link hold the Secret Stone he took from the beheaded body of the Demon King, seeing that it does amplify the recall ability as he hope, so he is left with his other option to be with Zelda, even if it means forshaking what make Link himself and leaving his daughter and his friends. Link has saw that he has become like Rhoam and Rauru when he learn Zelda fate 10,000 years ago of become a father and king of Hyrule whose lost his wife.

Just like the memoires of Zelda, Link put the Secret Stone and swallow it, which he feel everything fading away as a glow comes from his body before his blue eyes become the eyes of dragon and his Hylian body become a long green dragon with a mindset of finding his mate, the Light Dragon, roaring as it fly from above Hyrule Castle and into the skies of clouds where she waited him.

Link said to his friends with one last look, "Please... protect Charlotte... make her happy... ensure that the Hyrule she will lead will never face another evil like Ganon again." and both Zelda and him said to their daughter as their avatars fade away, "We love you, Charlotte... with all of our hearts." Soon, the two dragons fly out to explore and protect this land, together in eternal union. Mineru sigh and said, "It's a bettersweet ending. My brother and the wife he loved... their Secret Stones has made two lover forshake their mortal lives to be immortal dragons that wouldn't remember their past lives."

In a attempt to cheer Charlotte up, the Sages speak, trying to do so together, "Those of us... gathered here... swear on our lives... to support Princess Charlotte and...." They stop for a brief moment which cause Charlotte to giggle before the Sages try what Link told them before his transformation again, "to support Princess Charlotte Zelda Hannah Hyrule and safeguard the land of Hyrule."

After Mineru's spirit fade away, and Charlotte see that the Secret Stone that is now hers has become the mix of white and yellow to symbol her light and time powers, which her powers and her ancestors has.

[littleeggrock]

SPOILERS FOR TEARS OF THE KINGDOM

my brain wouldn't allow me to sleep last night so I bring to you: QSMP TotK au

This is gonna be mainly Jaiden focused bc I don't really watch anyone else's pov lmao. Things mainly play out the same as they have already except with a few changes like the eggs coming from the feds experiments with secret stones, most of the mobs are replaced with your general monsters in TotK, and things are more modern than they were in TotK but the Islanders don't have access to a lot of the tech. The races of a few of the islanders are changed as well, for example Foolish a Zora, while Jaiden is a Rito/Hylian hybrid of sorts created by the federation bc why not. Story wise things are about the same up until Jaiden is asked to work for the federation, she does work with them for the sake of protecting the eggs but she has different tasks, like examining Zonai ruins and researching the secret stones. Eventually Cucurucho gives her a secret stone, but she still has no idea how it works or what even to do with it. She continues to explore more and more ruins, learning how the stones allow the user to channel their powers and stuff, but she has no powers to amplify. (I'll write this off as a side effect from growing up in the federation, totally not cuz I have no idea what power to assign her with lmao). She eventually learns about draconification, and initially is like "why would anyone do this" but her position on it changes pretty quickly after the remainder of the eggs are gathered into one spot for an event along with the islanders, only to be attacked by multiple codes that quickly overwhelm even the strongest fighters in the group. Jaiden panics, and looks to cucurucho for help, but it only laughs and gives her a book that says "protect the eggs". She realizes what she has to do, swallows the stone, and undergoes draconification. She kills the codes, but is now stuck like this. Plot twist, the federation engineered her specifically for this purpose as they wanted to study the dragons further than just experimenting on the eggs. Because she was made for this, she has more consciousness than your average dragon and is much more agreeable to work with the federation, she's not totally there but enough of her is to know she doesn't want to hurt anyone.

I guess this would count as a fanfic idea? I'm not confident enough in myself to write tho haha. For all I know this could be incomprehensible rambling, but this idea has been bouncing around my head like the windows screensaver and I needed to put it down somewhere

[metfell]

the totk au would go insane btw. still thinking about it. i know i said id want ranboo as rauru but imagining them as the sage of spirit goes equally crazy. imagining tommy fighting to reach the spirit temple and hearing about tubbo and ranboo working together to set in place the plan to defeat the demon king and having ranboo tell him about how tubbo performed draconification. god..... GOD......

[toonster]

Alfred and Alear on their wedding day

When I had first saw the reference image I thought “This is extremely F!Alear x Alfred coded” and I had to draw it lol

https://x.com/officialwheyfu/status/1748728516982747357?s=46&t=lrLn2lJXa0_manuefwnF2Q

Here’s a link to the references used

[ezlo-x]

So how would some of ToTK concepts be incorporated into your au (Like the fckin dragons, stones, ultra hand, etc?)

Also does Kohga exist in the Lost Family au?

The whole Zonai magic technology thing does not exist in my au. As well as the Zonai they are more as a footnote like how they’re treated in BotW. The secret stones don’t exist sorta…the triforce does but they take a more physical form like the secret stones. Draconification…………..thinking abt it

Kohga does exist in my au as well as Sooga for all my Sooga enthusiasts out there, I don’t talk abt them much cause I’m not a big Yiga enjoyer like others </3 but they do take an important role to my au’s story

[science-lings]

What do you say to a giving a little more lore on the priestesses AU?

I WOULD LOVE TO

first of all, some things need to be adjusted for totk, and that means I have to share a different theory that I have that's kind of independent from the priestesses au.

The idea that the Zonai weren't the only race that disappeared. I think that probably at the same time as the Zonai there were a race that lived almost exclusively in the depths and were able to manipulate the darkness. (see Thypho ruins in botw) they could be what form the ancient hero took, (bc that magical fursuit does not look like any zonai we know, the tail, the ears, the hair, etc...)

That way there could still be a connection to the Twili, (also since Midna's and Zant's helmets are down there). It really bothered me that the Zonai suddenly came from the sky and looked like goat people and what little we knew about them was shattered. But if there were a race that cooperated with the Zonai in the depths, a mirrored world of the surface, blanketed in pitch darkness, that may have disappeared alongside them, and after thousands of years had been forgotten entirely, that makes sense to me.

The priestesses au is largely centered around creating a backstory for the three elemental dragons in botw, and so totk... made me have to make more changes for it to make sense. Originally the AU was supposed to happen a hundred years after the first calamity, like how botw happens a century after the second and final calamity. The plot was going to be that just like in the future, even with all the tech and the might of the champions and the princess and the hero, the calamity still wasn't quite sealed. It still had influence and a wanting to take the triforce from its chosen guardians.

But in totk the whole idea of the dragons was kind of explained (though I'm not sure if the dragons appeared in any past cutscenes or if Zelda was kind of 'the first'. I have a feeling due to the abundance of massive skeletal remains, the dragons aren't as immortal as they seem and there were more of them than just the four that we know about)

So, that just means that I now have a method of how the priestesses became the dragons. Perhaps after Ganondorf was sealed, more secret stones were discovered and given to those of extraordinary power, or perhaps they were just a last resort to keep the sacred springs and the goddesses that they represented safe. There was a reason calamity ganon tried to take over Naydra (Zelda) but wasn't able to fully control her. Her divinity was too much to turn her into a threat against Link. I have a feeling he would've tried to go after the other dragons but after the first one, knew it was a losing battle.

Or, they could be the reason draconification was banned in the first place and they turned before Hyrule was even a kingdom. Perhaps there used to be nine secret stones (Rauru/Zelda's- Light/Time, Sonia/Ganondorfs- Time/Gloom, Sages- Lightning, Fire, Wind, and Water, plus three more for the dragon trio) and the Zonai, who wanted to keep the secret stones within reach, banned the practice. After all, dragons don't really do much other than vibe and a secret stone is much more useful to have available.

Now, enough of that, it's kinda boring, let's get to the good shit, I want to talk about Ravio being the equilibrium between darkness and light, out of the rest of his siblings, he's the one who takes on the most 'twili' traits, he has the greatest grasp over darkness, which he uses to conceal his face, and his hair glows the brightest. And he's the one chosen to wield the sword that seals the darkness. I think it's important to note how the character of Link as the hero is always kind of a sponge of the magic and people around him, so Ravio is no different. He's the balance of the darkness and the light, and the magic prowess and the skill with a sword that it's important for the hero to have.

Every other character has a more clear delineation of skills, they have more extreme strengths and weaknesses but Ravio is made to be a little more adaptable, he is the duality that is needed to be the hero. He knows when to run and hide in the shadows, and he knows when to fight. He just has to learn that his nature of being a jack of all trades is a good thing rather than being disappointed that he can't seem to get good at one specific thing like all the people around him.

thanks for letting me go on a tangent, however, I am still open to more instigation lmao, my typing fingers aren't tired yet

[nat0327]

Fanfic Master Post

Just a compilation of all my published fanfics. For simplicity's sake, all links to the fics are AO3 links unless otherwise specified (aside from the link to the Sonata of Twilight Master Post).

Zelda Fanfics

Twilight Princess: Sonata of Twilight series (Master Post [here]) - [link] The Slow Process of Healing - [AO3 link], [tumblr link]

Tears of the Kingdom: Draconification - [link]

Ys Fanfics

Rastell's Goodbye - [link] Contains spoilers for the end of Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana. Rastell accompanied Dana as she and some other Eternians searched for somewhere to go, somewhere that wasn't slowly dying after the day the stars attacked Eternia. He is her last companion, after the others died along the trip. He has something to say to her before he breathes his last.

Spyro Fanfics

Reignited Memories - [link] Inspired by the art of Spyro and Thor in Reignited's credits. Following the defeat of Gnasty Gnorc, the Artisan dragons try to help Spyro find his artistic calling. When trying out ceramics, faint pieces of a memory come back to him.

Good Omens Fanfics

The Words I Meant to Say - [AO3 link], [tumblr link] He… he should say something. Right? "I…" But words, words are failing him. "I.." With the feeling of the kiss still lingering, sending his heart racing further. What if, instead of what Aziraphale said in the season 2 finale, he said what he really meant?

Can Either of us Really Ever be Free? - [AO3 link], [tumblr link] After Armageddon didn't happen, Aziraphale and Crowley were given the opportunity to become an "us". Then Crowley is accused of murder and taken away. --- An AU inspired by The Count of Monte Cristo, with Crowley taking on the role of Edmond Dantès and Aziraphale taking on the role of Mercédès.

Octopath Traveler II Fanfics

May the Sacred Flame Guide you - [link]

A shepherd always mourns when one of his flock is taken from him. They are his charges, his wards, and failing to keep them safe is a source of great shame for any self-respecting shepherd. Crick was Temenos' dearest lamb. The mourning is especially painful when it's someone so close to you.

[darkmatter-nebula]

Get ready for a freshly baked "Lost But Now Found" AU drabble about the Universe in the "Lost But Now Found" AU Multiverse with the Breath of the Wild/Tears of The Kingdom-esque setting. I had to get this Plotbunny out of my head. Basically, Demon King Belos forces the gem down Prince Colli's throat and Papa Titan is so angry that he manages to seal Belos away. Here I go, my dear fellas!

Drabble: Tales From The Multiverse - Forced Draconification

"You little rat will never bother me ever again!" Demon King Belos spoke venomously as he held down a certain small starboy with otherworldly fluffy lavender hair and a heart of gold. Colli was understandably terrified.

Belos summoned goopy hands to help him with his evil plan. The hands opened Colli's mouth and Belos forced the magical gem down the kindhearted eternal child's throat. "No... please... AAAAAAH!" Colli screamed as a horrible pain shot through his small body.

"What you've done, Belos?! He will turn into a dragon and lose himself in the process!" The Titan, also known as Papa Titan, was very angry! Despite of all the injuries he already had, he was determined to stop Belos!

"Hunter... please save us all..." Colli whispered as he transformed into the Star Dragon. The draconification was incredible painful for Colli. The Star Dragon's shed tears would turn into the geoglyphs Hunter would find.

"You monster... YOU MONSTER!" Papa Titan charged at Belos and used the last bit of his strength to seal the Demon King.

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Hunter, who just found the tear which contained this memory, couldn't believe what he just witnessed! Colli, his beloved little brother and the light of his life, who was sent into the distant past, was already suffering for thousands of years! The young Grimwalker was devastated.

At the same time, the blonde boy's magenta eyes were filled to the brim with determination to find a way to save Colli. The immortal celestial boy was Hunter's whole world. "I will find a way to turn you back to normal, my beautiful little Sunshine!" Hunter silently swore as the Star Dragon was flying above him.

The End

[ganonfan1995]

so like....something like this?? idk im still work-shopping it.

notes below + totk spoilers

After Ganondorf tricks the Queen of Hyrule and causes her untimely demise, Zelda is once again transported back in time, 40 years prior to Sonia's murder.

This time, she finds herself in a land before Hyrule, enveloped in fear and unrest as monsters plague from below, while neglectful "Gods" reign from above.

As the tremors of the earth worsen day by day, it falls upon Ganondorf to safeguard the well-being of his people and the city of Gerudo. Negotiations between the young hero king and a masked sky deity give rise to a lifelong rivalry between the two, and Zelda uncovers a horrifying truth about her kingdom's origins.

Setting:

Pre-Hyrule, the land is divided by region, but ruled by as one under the authority of its oppressive deities. The people of the land live isolated from one another in fear of the monsters which haunt it.

The land is far from lush, suffocating under the weight of excessive mining and destruction.

I'm always fascinated by the dense ruins of the Gerudo desert, so I envision it as a sprawling, expansive city. Aqueducts run water throughout the city, and large areas of land are surprisingly green and fertile. The city stretches to the edges of Faron and Hylia, and the Gerudo people have a strong horse culture that dominates the region. They are religiously ambivalent and look to their cultural heroes for worship instead of Gods and Goddesses. This has kept them culturally safe from the dubious nature of the Zonai and their subsequent worship.

The Gerudo are culturally gender neutral, Ganondorf is no more a man than he is a woman. He takes the title of king to outsiders but by his people is known to them as the Eighth, a historical title reserved for the elected leader and hero of their people. It is a title earned, and he earned it quite young.

Other populations in the immediate area include:

The Faron people, talented magicians from the Faron Reigon. Though humanoid in stature, they possess tails, long pointed ears, and cobalt eyes. They maintain a strong religious belief which worships “gods” from the sky. Namely: Dinral, Farosh, and Naydra, the dragons who part the clouds and shape the lands.

The Hylia people, an ancient people originating the from Hylia Region, located just north of Faron, near Lake Hylia. They have a diverse humanoid appearance and long pointed ears. They harbour a deep wariness toward outsiders and live in fear of monsters. They are the last remaining worshippers of the Hylia faith, holding pagan beliefs in their faceless dual natured deity, which encompasses the land and its depths below.

Though different in appearance, both the Hylia people and the Faron people share ancestry . The connection now made dubious through hundreds of being divided by religious favouritism. It is said that priests of the dragons are gifted with ancient relics which allow them to harness the powers from above…Though such evidence is hard to come by.

Uhhh I’m gonna work in the Mogma into this one b/c Nintendont and I’m so salty about it.

Also the Rito and the Zora I’m working on it.

I wanted to tie together the Heroes Aspect and also sort of thematically tie together the twili. I’m aiming towards sorting out the religious inconsistencies, also I just love religion and what is a Ganonfan_1995 AU w/o religious complexities.

The entity later known as Hylia is an ancient spirit residing within the land. Despite her spirit being torn and scattered throughout the land, I imagine there is a small population still devoted to her worship.

Din, Farore, and Lanayru are essentially Dinral, Farosh, and Naydra, serving the same purpose. They are draconified Zonai who once presided over their respective mines/regions prior to the collapse of the Zonai dynasty. Their draconification occurred at least 300 years before the setting, and they are mainly worshipped by the Faron people.

Currently, only Mineru and Rauru's mother, and a few members of her court remain as the surviving Zonai. Most Zonai have either departed, perished, or undergone draconification. Despite being labeled the "God of Nothing," their mother firmly believes herself to be a powerful goddess and the rightful heir to the land. She desperately clings to her family's legacy, looking to her two young children to continue their reign in the realm below.

The Zonai kingdom is called Hyrule at this point in time, and the secret stones symbolize their divine power, serving as their greatest treasure.

Rauru is about 6 or 7 at this time and his sister is 12.

Ganondorf is about 20 and is close in age to Zelda.

Oh fuck, I just had a really good zelgan idea with the TotK dynamic……👀💦