#eow dark link

[echoesofwisdomcountup]

100 Days Since Echoes of Wisdom Release. Whoa ... I still haven't finished the game. Anyway, it's amazing and I have lots of fun everytime I boot it up so thanks OP for some fun art and love towards this game.

My wonderful Patreons and I had a small livestream on Discord yesterday, where I sketched a few requests ! (And played a bit of Tiny Gladd 👀❤️) EoW content 🥰 Love that game!

[echoesofwisdomcountup]

101 Days Since Echoes of Wisdom Release. I finished Eow yesterday and wow did I adore that ending. So now I must continue going bit by bit through my playthrough screenshots. I ended up missing some things so I'll have to go back and complete them. There was a Great Fairy that I straight up missed. Oops.

Back to Eldin, did I mention that I think Darston is a fun character. A little guy with big shoes to fill. Also a secret passage in the Chief's room is absolutely something Loz has done before. I just can't remember which game(s) it was. Anyway...

I WASN'T EXPECTING THIS TO HAPPEN!! I thought the portrait would like fall over and lie on the ground not just shatter into pieces. I broke it I'm so sorry Darston.

I liked this character development. Darston sacrificing his nuggets of wisdom tablet and gaining a little bit more confidence by going through this mini adventure with us. He really learned through a small crisis. Good for him.

I changed into the red tunic outfit I got from one of my amiibo. It just felt right for Eldin of all places. Also the triangles behind Tri have circle shadows for some reason... a small oversight maybe?

So Zelda's bed has two pillows. Sleeping in the 2D areas is kinda funny looking for some reason. But I hadn't noticed this bed had two pillows until this moment. Explains why Zelda heals so fast in this one.

Having the rock right above my head was ominous and hilarious at the same time. But it worked and the fire from above couldn't touch me. I felt very wise for this one.

Legit right before I walked into this room I said to my partner, "Huh I haven't seen Dark Link in a while. Wonder if he's gonna show up again or not at all." Then boom. Speak of the Link. Though, this pretty much confirmed that I was probably supposed to do this area before Mt. Lanyru and Faron Wetlands. Such is life. I went in a slightly unintended order. This wouldn't be the first time since in Botw I did the Rito area last while so many others seem to have done that first.

Ok that's it for today!

[wickedcriminal]

Just go to the corner and spam the attack button. Easy peasy pizza cheesy 🧀

Bonus:

[sheikfangirl]

"Keep it."

Just a little post- Echoes of Wisdom scene from my headcanon ❤ This game is a GEM! I loved every second of it!! You guys had fun playing Eow? Cheers!

[echoesofwisdomcountup]

40 Days Until Echoes of Wisdom Release. Might be getting shadow puppet Link this game. I hope so. ALSO I'm gonna make so many smoothies, there are gonna be so many available combos bet.

whatcha got there... (EoW doodle page: Snippet 2)

[yasmeensh]

The comforts of palace life are still within reach for Zelda with the Tri-rod ✨

[funsizedcrow]

I just think that zelda fighting dark link would be very fun

[vioshortforviolence]

goodbye everyone

[moonglide]

echoes of wisdom hours 8 & 9

spoilers for gerudo desert

-i got a redead. i'm unstoppable.

-how do i get this woman a tumble weed. what do i do.

-at the rift, found unconcious gerudo, knocked out some monsters, she wakes up

-oh so THIS is dohna. she's cute.

-ok so i go back to the town and can go in the main building of the palace but not the room on the second floor?? wow.

-fanta or whatever her name is is a real buzzkill. i think she and the queen are rift guys

-wait, dohna, you're betting your honor on me??? am i about to watch an agni kai??? damn no wonder everyone ships her with zelda

-oh the queen went along with it it must just be fanta orange over here who's an impostor

-bro who tf told you killing monsters would make the rifts smaller??

-at the ancestor ruins. tried to long-distance echo over the rift. could not. sad.

-oh shit 'say thank you to my descendant'???? you're a ghost????

-sadly this rift is too small for me to jump inside.

-ok i was wandering and i found this boss?? or super strong enemy or something?? it just appeared and the ground became quicksand and how do i hurt it???

-she's dying of dehydration!!! quick, go to starbucks and get her a pumpkin spice latte!!!

-i actually didn't know you could do two of the same ingredient so that's cool.

-i love how much dohna trusts us.

-i saw fanta in the rift and i'm like huh she must not be an imposter. the rift must have expanded while we were still in it and it captured her. and then i realized that didn't make sense. fanta was always here.

-i had to look up a guide for this rift because i couldn't find the fifth clump of tris.

-the chief stabs fanta to reveal the it was sunkist orange the whole time. who knew. the chief sure didn't, she was like 'oh nice i was right' after she had already stabbed her advisor.

-went to the little mini-temple to pull the plug.

-awww, no massive free-for-all??? i was so excited

-link what the fuck are you doing here.

-ok link boss fight with bow and arrow. used the burrowing scorpion guys.

-that was easy.

-WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN THERE'S THREE OF THEM NOW????? EXCUSE YOU NINTENDO??

-shoutout to the best echo: ignacio. keepin' it real since last week.

[glorfys-glorioushair]

Idk if this counts as a spoiler or not, but under the cut, regardless

Reflecting back on my playthrough of Echoes of Wisdom so far reminded me that in my own canon of the game (how I use all my echoes) Zelda sets Link on fire in the first encounter. I could have thrown rocks or set beefy monsters on him, but no, our beloved princess chose arson. As she should.

[justakidicarus]

A little ficlet based on the recent Zelda reveal

I was suddenly inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom game trailer. While this probably can't be considered spoilers on accounts of the game and its story not actually being out, viewer discretion is advised. This is likely not canon to the actual events of the game and is just my initial lore prediction. I was heavily inspired by the trailer and it got words flowing.

Assumptions:

Set in the Downfall timeline post Link's Awakening due to similar art styles and the presence of Deku scrubs.

Characterisations are unique

Also, I know nothing about the Downfall timeline besides vague hints from Linked Universe content as I haven't played any of their games. Creative liberties have been taken.

Fic under the break. Tags of ficlet contain spoilers. Also additional notes for the fic are under the fic itself, including explanations of concepts and background for the scene not included in the Assumptions.

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Zelda threw herself to the ground as the Void Rift finally stopped eating at her steps, the halls of Ganon's new lair shrouded in shadows that Tri could barely pierce with their gleam. She groaned, hand still gripping the Tri-staff with a white-knuckled grip, as she refused to let go of her one saving grace in her journey for her kingdom. She didn't know how Link made each of his quests look so effortless. If the kingdom itself wasn't resting on her shoulders she didn't think she could have made it half as far as she has.

"Well, well, well. I didn't expect to see you in the Lord's Lair so soon. Quite far from the light aren't you, Princess?"

Zelda scrambled to her feet, Tri flying to her side to steady her hasty rise as she brandished her staff before her, summoning an echo torch before her to light the room.

The torch lasted mere moments before it was snuffed out, seemingly consumed by the ravenous Darkness surrounding her. If it wasn't for Tri and her staff, the wayward Princess wouldn't have been able to see the ground at all.

Tri zipped beside her ear to whisper advice, likely wary of whatever was in the room. The sheer fact that Tri didn't already know was worrying in and of itself. "Zelda this isn't normal Darkness, whatever is in here is dangerous, maybe even Ganon's most dangerous creation yet! This Darkness feels relentless." her companion murmured, their button-like eyes creased with barely concealed fear. Zelda felt her own heart jump. Tri couldn't even tell what was hidden in the shadows?

Zelda lifted a hand for her fairy to rest on as she replied with an equally as quiet "We can't turn back, not with the rift in the way. We'll make it through together," Before looking back into the Darkness for even a hint of movement. "Show yourself, servant of the Demon King!" She shouted, swinging her staff forward as an entire swath of torches was lit, fans behind them pushing the fire forward to clear out a path through the Darkness.

With a loud snarl more befitting of its master, the Darkness surged forward and attacked the fans directly, shattering the echoes before consuming the flames in turn. The hidden monster's voice had a loud echo as it spoke. Whatever room they were in must be big. "Do you think you can beat my Master? Your oh-so-pathetic knight couldn't, what makes you think you stand a chance?" it taunted, voice moving lazily across the room, uncaring of the impact of its words.

"Where is he? Answer me you monster!" Zelda cried out into the moving shadows surrounding her, twisting as she tried to track the monster, refusing to let it get behind her.

"Oh Princess, didn't you see those cursed souls outside?" it seemed to whisper, voice dripping with mocking pity as her heart clenched. The cursed souls, the Hylians that Ganon had kidnapped through the Dark Rifts doomed to serve their captor as slaves to the monsters. Only the Tri-staff's power could free them from Ganon's thrall, and return them home. Link would never succumb to the Darkness; he was too strong for that, but even the thought of him befalling such a fate sent a spike of fear through her bones.

"He would never have succumbed to your Master and his powers. Link is far too strong to ever fall," she hissed at the voice's general direction.

"I'll admit, he put up a fight. Not even a thousand monsters could weaken his resolve and put out that fool's damned faith." Despite the way the voice spat insults at her hero as if the words were poisoned, she almost felt relief at its words. Of course, Link would fight an entire army of monsters to reach her again, it was such a Link thing to do.

"but there's more than one way to snuff out a light," it chuckled, the voice whispering into her ear as her heart lept to her throat. She swung around and summoned an echoed lizalfos in front of her, but it barely lasted a second before the Darkness surrounded it and she could hear its death throes. Tri hovered over her shoulder, shaking with the weight of Zelda's fear for her knight. What are these monsters doing to him?!

"What have you done to my knight!" She screamed out, equal parts fury, mania, and fear giving her power enough of a boost that the Tri-staff glowed brighter, reacting to her will. The voice only laughed at her, its horrid amusement staining the air as the shadows pooled lazily at the edges of her light, unconcerned with her strengthened power.

"Where there is light, there must always be Darkness. Darkness is the natural state of the world, a state my Master will return it to once he rips that little triangle from your hand. From Darkness everything has come from-" it spoke with a madness that outshone its master's own, the monster's manic tone betraying barely a depth of its own insanity. Zelda's foot almost slipped into the Void Rift before she pulled herself back from the edge. Whatever creature Ganon had in this room, it was unlike anything she had ever faced before. It terrified her.

"-and to Darkness I have returned," it purred as torches of Dark fire lit upon the walls, bringing vision through the room while the space remained covered in its darkness. The ceiling was high and decorated with Ganon propaganda, images of the boar-faced brute staring down from all angles. The walls were leaking more of that Darkness, pooling down into grooves on the floor as they made their way to the circle of the cylindrical room. At its centre were multiple sets of shackles, prepared as if to contain a single person despite the sheer number of chains. Standing in the centre of the room was the source of the voice, the servant of Ganon whose darkness was so absolute that it didn't care at all for the power of the Tri-staff.

Distantly, Zelda could feel Tri slam into her chest, trembling so violently with both horror and fear that the little fairy could barely breathe. She could hear blood roaring in her ears as silently, desperately, she begged her eyes to be lying. This couldn't be real. Yet even as her free hand's nails dug hard enough into her palm to leave red marks on her skin, nothing in the room changed. The Hylian in front of her didn't morph into something else, or disappear as a trick of the shadows. This was real. This was real and she didn't know how to handle it as her world was shattered and laid to rest at the feet of the one she had journeyed so far to save.

"You've been searching my Master's kingdom for your hero? Well, here I am Princess." Link grinned at her, not an ounce of kindness in his eyes as he stared at her as if she were nothing but a Bokoblin he needed to kill.

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Notes!

So to start there are two kinds of Rifts. Dark rifts lead to Ganon's evil Realm and Void Rifts, lead from Ganon's Realm into the Void. Nothing survives a Void rift.

Darkness is the main evil force in this. It's sort of an omnipresent force as a vapour in Ganon's realm but also exists as both a liquid and a solid. it is essentially evil given tangible form.

And to get to the meat of the concept Link has been corrupted by Darkness!

Dark Link's appearance isn't brought up, but you can assume it's evil-looking and menacing, perhaps even the classic Dark Link fit (Black skin, Red eyes, Silver hair, Black hero outfit). Just make his eyes red.

The room is indeed a boss room, but Zelda will escape due to Tri-staff BS without finishing the fight with Link because I need to get at least two encounters out of this guy.

Ganon also stole Link's part of the Triforce when he captured him the first time. Yes, Link has escaped Ganon, but the only way in and out of the realm without Ganon's power is the Tri-staff. Link does not have the Tri-staff

The chains in the room + Ganon's Propaganda might not have been entirely obvious but this is also where Ganon imprisoned Link to corrupt him. I could write another ficlet for it but he was essentially chained down and smothered with darkness completely, with nothing but pure evil and propaganda for company. This would have been going on for at least two weeks to a month before Link was fully corrupted.

Zelda will eventually purge him of the Darkness don't worry, but first, the Tri-staff and her own power will need a serious upgrade. The Darkness infesting Link is supercharged, coming directly and purposefully from Ganon himself and is also attracted to him as the past holder of the Triforce of Courage. At her current strength, Zelda would be hard-pressed to beat him in combat, let alone purge hm of his Darkness.

I have a few ideas on how to build off of this idea, including the aforementioned Link's corruption ficlet, but also one where Zelda seeks aid, a Dark Link POV ficlet, and even Link's Purging. Feel free to suggest more ideas if you've got them, I wanna see where this idea could go!

[funderberker-thefrog]

I've been watching some early game playthroughs bc I'm not sure when I'll be able to buy the game myself and i love that the music when you fight dark link is like hyrule field but fucked up. just as a little treat

[thegeminisage]

i just can't decide if i should put echo link in my #dark link my beloved tag. i thought for a long time about putting fierce deity link in there but ultimately decided he's not a dark menacing copy of link, he's just some cool guy link turned into. FD link's not really that different from like. mikau. echo link IS a dark menacing copy of link, much like dark link/shadow link, down to the red eyes and sometimes-shadowy appearance. but sometimes he's NOT shadowy, and in fact most of the time is portrayed as not shadowy. so i can't decide.

[bluury2]

THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE A DARK LINK ARC HERE I NEED ONE PLEASE HE HASNT BEEN IN THE GAMES RECENTLY I NEED HIM TO COME BACK PELASEEEEJSJS NINTENDO PLEASE 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

ECHOES OF WISDOM!! I’m hyped brooo

[dead-in-a-damn-ditch]

what if ganon(dorf) isnt the one behind dark and shadow links, and neither are the goddesses, and it's null that creates them. theyre just echoes of the hero, after all.

[zarvasace]

This looks absolutely heinous but whatever. Some Linked Nexus alien species! I’ll put a description/ramble with the words transcribed under the cut. Wind and Twilight (far right two) are half-human in what passes for my canon so they don't look perfectly like this but I wanted to do dramatic versions.

Linked Nexus masterpost

Far left boy is labeled "human, Reverb (EoW)." He's average height, moderately stocky, has round ears. He covers his neck with a blue scarf. Humans are highly attracted to their environment, so he wears a climbing harness. He wears a green poncho and tan pants with hardy sleeves beneath, since he lives on a forest world (look idk where or if he's gonna show up in LN but I needed a human and had him.)

Next is labeled "Hylian, Warriors—90%." That extra 4% Gerudo made him taller than the average Hylian, who are generally shorter than humans. Hylians have bigger, slant-ier eyes, and, not labeled, often have actually metallic hair. Pure Hylians like Warriors are rare though.

Third from the left is labeled "Hylian (Sheikah), Legend". He looks a little different than usual, and is labeled with "Sheikah coloring is more uniform than others'—white hair, red eyes." He has some bands on one of his hair thingies that indicate his role and position inside the Collective. The Sheikah have very specific cultural hierarchy and clothing styles. Only about 5% of Sheikah doppelgangers—enough to make them valuable but not irreplaceable.

Next is "Kasitan, Hyrule." He's labeled as relatively short and rather slim. He has big, reflective eyes and green blushies. Kasitans are also long-limbed and long-fingered. It isn't labeled here but they also have some natural subdermal plating!

Next is "Zora (deep), not Wind." This Zora looks kinda like Zora from Twilight Princess, but with big shiny eyes for seeing in the dark, not much nose, and sharp teeth. They have claws and webbed fingers and big flipper feet. I put this one in clothes for reasons. They're tall. There are more fins hidden beneath the clothing, such as on the arms and legs.

Last is "Twili, not Twilight." He looks a little weird sorry. Twili are labeled as very tall, with long, bright hair. "Twili shadow forms influence their light forms; Twilight's wolf gives him fangs and claws." Also "I can't decide what color to make the skin...!" Twilight also has some cyan on his armor, labeled "special tech for a variety of purposes—like light-repelling." Twili have some interesting technology :)