#farore's spirits series

[aufi-creative-mind]

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Here's all nine of the featured Heroes. It took me a while to get to this point but made it nonetheless. Also the series' now renamed to just [SPIRITS Series]....for lore reasons I have in mind.

It will take me a while to complete all nine parts so please bear with me for taking so long. I hope to complete this series within this year!

[linderosse]

✨ Wisdomverse x Smash ✨

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Masterpost

It’s time.

I finally get to talk about Smash and the Zeldas :).

How this wacky little fighting game series represents the LoZ gals and influences them in Wisdomverse— explained under the cut!

Exactly four Zeldas make an appearance as playable characters in the Smash Brothers franchise, spanning different games and decades.

[OoT] Lullaby: Melee (Zelda and Sheik), Smash4 (Sheik), Ultimate (Sheik)

[TP] Dusk: Brawl (Zelda and also Sheik somehow), Smash4

[ALttP/ALBW] Fable: Ultimate

[ST] Phantom (a special case): Smash4, Ultimate

Funnily enough, there have also been four Links in Smash, although they’re not quite from the same games as the Zeldas.

[OoT/MM] Time: SSB64 (Adult), Melee (Adult and Young), Brawl (Young), Ultimate (Young)

[TP] Twilight: Brawl, Smash4

[BotW/TotK] Wild: Ultimate

[WW/PH] Wind: Brawl, Smash4, Ultimate

Now, Smash is just about as non-canon a game as Hyrule Warriors— and we all accept Wars and Artemis. And some Zeldas arguably have more of a chance to display their skills in Smash than in their own games.

Therefore, I’ve peripherally incorporated Smash into Wisdomverse:

Characters who have met each other in Smash will sometimes recognize each other from there, as if they’ve met in a vague dream. They may also forget. Such is the ephemeral world of Smash to its players.

To keep things fair, Smash connections and story will not be relevant to the plot of Wisdomverse.

Each mainline Smash Zelda also gets one of the three Golden Goddess skills from their Smash moveset to use in Wisdomverse, based on their personality and events from their actual games.

Charismatic, dramatic Fable gets to blow things up with Din’s Fire — like how Fable and the sages blast through Ganon’s barrier in ALttP

Steady, calculating Dusk gets to defend against attacks with Nayru’s Love — reminiscent of the twilight pyramid encasing her in Hyrule Castle in Twilight Princess

Quiet, stealthy Lullaby gets to teleport short distances with Farore’s Wind — like how Sheik (technically Requiem, not Lullaby) vanishes ninja-style in Ocarina of Time

And there you have it! Rebalancing the Zeldas, one skillset at a time :).

Extra:

For the truly dedicated folks, here’s a further analysis of interesting (and intentional on the part of the devs) Smash x Zelda facts:

Despite clearly looking like Dusk and not Lullaby, Brawl Zelda is able to turn into Sheik in both the plot of Subspace Emissary and in battle in Brawl. She loses this ability and goes back to normal in Smash4.

Despite clearly looking like Twilight, Brawl Link is shown with Navi in Subspace Emissary.

Wind is clearly Wind, and not Spirit, because he has the Wind Waker as a taunt in all three Smash games he shows up in.

Wind uses some of Legend’s attacks. And some of Time’s attacks. Wind is a dirty rotten move stealer (affectionate).

Phantom isn’t technically playable, but both Fable and Dusk summon a phantom to fight alongside them, and neither of them have seen a phantom in any of their games. Also, while their phantom summoning skill is recharging, they have a purple glow around their hand. Therefore, I’m inclined to believe they’re literally summoning Spirit Tracks Zelda (Phantom), like Robin summoning Chrom for his Final Smash, and you technically control her, so close enough.

In Melee, Young Link is clearly from MM, while Link is from OoT. This means Young Link is older than Link (just Time things).

[manitschilly]

My notes taken while reasearching the Zelda Timeline lol, mostly cannon a little headcannon in places. Also my Zelink rating aren't how much I like them it's how likely they are in the narrative.

Power: Din ->Demise->Ganondorf. The Gerudo give birth to a male every 100 years, and it's only ever been Ganon. The 100 year system got screwed though because Ganon keeps not actually dying. Pigs. Fire. Red.

Courage: Farore-> heros spirit (fierce diety?)-> Link. Only the hero's spirit is reincarnated in Link, so he's not the same person. Not related at all, except for Twilight Princess where Link is a descendant of Ocarina of Time Link. Wolves and horses. Lighting. Green.

Wisdom: Naydra -> Hylia-> Zelda. Every Zelda is actually Hylia reincarnated through a consistant bloodline. Loftwing. Ice. Blue.

-there is a void called Null

-The three goddess create the earth and the triforce, and that's their only relation to Demise, Hylia, and the heros spirit. They're not reincarnations at all, more like patrons. (Unwillingly in Dins case). Din created the land, Farore created life, and Nayru created order.

-possibly Zonai and Sonia and Rauru founding the first kingdom of Hyrule. This would imply there is a Ganon unconnected to Demise sealed for the rest of everything and a dragon Zelda floating around. Rauru and Sonias light and time magic start off the royal family.

-a long undisclosed time with robots for some reason

-A battle between the Hylia, Demise and the races in Hyrule breaks out over the Triforce. Hylia takes the Hylian kingdom into the sky to protect them, then becomes a Hylian to protect the triforce. She also created a sword with a spirit named Fi with her godly power. With Demise sealed for now, she waits to be born.

-Sheikah are probably started around here, as like a Hylia cult.

-Skyward Sword: First incartion is Skyward Sword, when Hylia chooses to be born as Zelda and chooses Link as her champion to hold the heros spirit. They fight Demise who then curses them to reincarnate forever, and establishes his own incarnation, kicking off the rest of the series. Hylia, now Zelda, is shown to use her time powers. Link, Zelda, and a few Hylians from Skyloft restart the kingdom on the surface.

Link and Zelda are in love, Zelda chosing Link specifically for that reason. This could imply that Hylia and the heros spirit are soulmates in some way, and every incarnarion after is an extension of that. They don't end up together every time, but that makes it even more beautiful and heartrenching. (Just to specify, Links aren't related so don't worry about it) 10/10 Zelink potential this shit is cannon.

Kikwi present. Impa is there as part of the Shiekah. Impa seems to be either a repeated name or a title given to Shiekah warriors meant to protect the reincarnation of Hylia, not their own incarnation.

-another very long time gap

-evil sorcerors are after the triforce which is hidden in the sacred realm. A new temple of time (after the one in Hylias time used to hide the sealed Demise and Zelda) is built around the master sword, which has been holding in Demise this whole time.

-Another long time passes. Zelda's descendants have become the royal family. Princesses are named Zelda after the original incarnation (note, they aren't all reincarnations, just named after her). There is still a lot of magic floating around the bloodline.

-sheikah are sworn to Hylias blood and therefore the royal family.

-Hyrule is again in danger, a special species called the Minish come from the sky to protect them with a special sword, which was then wielded by an incarnation of Link.

-Minish Cap: a bitch named Vaati wants light powers, turns the current Zelda (actually an incarnation, you know because there's a hero) to stone, and that times Link turns the Minish's sword into the 4-sword. Zelda is the light power source, as the light power is still in the royal family. 8/10 Zelink potential

Gorons present

-Another time skip

- Four Swords: the four-sword is used to defeat Vaati again by another Link and Zelda incarnation. 6/10 Zelink potential

- time skip

- Giant ass civil war

- shiekah go into hiding but are still used by the royal family for sketchy shit. (Queue shadow temple 'nam flash backs)

- the first actual Ganondorf is born, or the second depending on if the Zonai are before or after.

- Ocarina of Time: Ganondorf is born as king of the gerudo, and pretends to be allied with the king to gain access to the triforce which is still in the sacred realm, sealed with the master sword. This Link incarnation pulls out the master sword as a child and opens the sacred realm, allowing Ganandorf access to the Triforce, the triforce of power attaching itself to him forever. This also gave Link the triforce of Courage and Zelda the triforce of wisdom. The sacred realm becomes evil and Ganondorf is sealed in it. There's a lot of time travel and it ruins just everything.

Zora, Kokiri, Gerudo, and Gorons present.

Great deku tree dies and is reborn.

and now shit hits the fan

Fallen hero time line

- Ocarina of Time: Link freaking dies and Ganondorf wins, taking the while triforce for himself. He still gets sealed in the corrupted sacred realm, but now he has the triforce. 0/10 Zelink potential long term, as Link is dead, but like 8/10 short term.

- time passes and homies keep going into the sacred realm to get the triforce but they never come back and monsters keep coming out. The sealed it again, at great cost of life and resources

-Echoes of Wisdom: a dark being called Null that was the nothing before the three goddess's created Hyrule starts taking over Hyrule with Rifts. Zelda gets kidnapped and Link is called to save her, but immediately after gets dragged into a rift and Zelda saves Hyrule from Null, who for a second owns a piece of the Triforce. At the end Null is defeated and the Triforce is restored. 10/10 Zelink potential it was glorious

- A Link to the Past: Agahim, some bitch, takes over the kingdom and the remaining sages to break the seal on Ganon. This reincarnarion of Zelda magically contacts the new Link. He kills Ganon and uses his newly acquired triforce to put everything back to normal. Now the royal family has the triforce. 7/10 Zelink potential. Same Link then has Links awakening acid trip. I'd knock down the Zelink potential but Malin like isn't real so.

Zora present

-Oracle series: same Link then has another acid trip but this time it's real, ending with Ganon being brought back to life as a mindless force of chaos. Ups Zelink to like 8/10, and confirms existence of other kingdoms beside Hyrule that aren't in another dimension.

- triforce splits again somehow, power returns to beast Ganon

- time skip

- A Link Between Worlds: new Link, new sages, Lorule exists so that's fun, opposite Hyrule dimension without a triforce. Ganon is freed and eats a man probably. Confirms this Link and Zelda have their respective triforces. Upon returning to Hyrule, the triforce is again in 1 piece and peace is restored to Hyrule and Lorule. 8/10 Zelink potential and like 9.5/10 Hildio potential.

- same Link goes to Hytopia, yet another kingdom in the same dimension.

- time skip. Great time, royal family again has the United triforce.

- King breaks up the triforce and sends Courage to the next Link incarnation, hiding its physical location from all except his daughter Zelda. New King puts that Zelda under a sleeping spell and regrets it. Tries to rule with just power of Wisdom but it doesn't go great.

- time skip

- The Legend of Zelda: same Ganon steals the triforce of power, new Zelda and Impa. New Link, without triforce of Courage, again postponed Ganon

- Adventure of Link : same Link is helping Hyrule not burn down, when suddenly he is given the triforce of Courage mark. He wakes up the old Zelda. I'd say the Zelda born in his time is the actual incarnarion, the older Zelda just a princess. 9/10 Zelink actually but like also he's a little weird with old Zelda to little odd but okay.

Child timeline

- Ocarina of Time: Link defeats Ganondorf and is sent back in time to relive the childhood he didn't have. He warns the royal family before Ganondorf can gain any power and therefore the events of Ocarina of Time never happen. Link leaves on a horse to look for Navi and has a Majoras mask acid trip. 10/10 short term Zelink and like 2/10 longterm, but also one of my favorite dynamics. This is one of the tragedy timeliness, where Zelda loved him before sending him back in time (Sheik was a simp). He could have ended up with this Zelda, but he probably didn't because his descendant in the next game isn't royalty like at all. Scrodingers Zelink, if the next Zelink happened then this one didn't, but we don't know if it does.

-Twilight Princess: Ganondorf is banished to the Twilight realm, where the wizard sent there a Hella long time ago got busy. He gains power with a guy named Zant who takes over the Twilight realm and breaks out to Hyrule. The princess of the Twilight realm named Midna finds the new Link incarnation, an actual descendant of the last one and holder of the triforce of Courage.

Link is trained by the like ghost of the hero of time, who is an adult and missing an eye. The hero of time means nothing to this Hyrule because Ocarina of Time never happened.

They kill Ganondorf finally holy shit and the Twilight mirror is shattered, forever separating the two places.

Like 8/10 Zelink potential, frick Illia freaking hate her. I follow that Zelink both had a crush on Midna but she's gone sooooo

Gerudo, Gorons, and Zora.

-big ass time skip

-Four Sword Adventure: new Ganondorf is born finally, but is like immediately sealed with the 4-sword by a new Link. I don't think there even is a Zelda so 0/10 Zelink potential

Adult timeline

-Ocarina of Time :This is what's left when Link gets sent back in time. Ganondorf is sealed in the corrupted spirit realm and the triforce of Courage shatters into 8 pieces, master sword is returned to the temple of time. 10/10 horribly tragic Zelink poor Zelda good lord.

-time passes without any reincarnations.

-Ganon escapes his seal in the sacred realm but there's still no Link or so Hyrule is effed. The gods flood Hyrule, society continues on mountaintops that are now islands and Hyrule is frozen underneath a giant ocean. The Triforce of Wisdom is split in two between Zelda, who stays on land, and her father, in the frozen Hyrule.

-Time passes badly

-Windwaker: Gannon escapes to the surface and kidnaps "girls with pointed ears", or descendants of Hylia. A new Link appears and gets the master sword from the frozen Hyrule, but it doesn't do shit until he fixes the triforce of courage. The king appears and bestows Links pirate captain the other half of the triforce, as she's reveled to be this time's Zelda. The triforce is restored and the old Hyrule gets genocided. Ganon is sealed, not dead, and Link and Zelda/Tetra go to establish a new hyrule. 10/10 Zelink potential this is some good shit. Rito, Kokiri, and Gerudo present

-Phantom Hourglass: Same Link and Zelda have a bit on their quest, no lasting consequences except for 11/10 Zelink potential. They discover New Hyrule.

-Spirit Tracks: some train shit in New Hyrule, new Link and Zelda have a soft romantic adventure with no lasting consequences except no more trains. 10/10 Zelink it's the whole plot.

Gorons present

After or before

-all the three timelines get just apocalyptic and society is just like gone, so the Zonai come from the Heaven's and with their arrival comes the merging of the three timelines.

-OR potentially Rauru and Sonias time is actually before Skyward Sword, as Ganondorf isn't actually a reincarnation. This would imply that every other game happens inbetween Rauru and Sonias time and Breath of the Wild, which i like better but it makes some leaps in logic, however it also explains the existence of both time and Light magic in the royal blood line.

-time passes

-Hyrule is once again reformed OR formed for the first time, by the last of the Zonai, Raruru and his Hylian wife Sonia. The incarnations are still going strong, so Ganondorf is born but their kind of hosed because there isn't a Link or Zelda OR the incarnations havent started yet and this is the first Ganon, before he was tied to Demise.

Luckily, either way, a Zelda comes from the future, and after a battle ending in the death of Sonia, Rauru uses himself to seal Ganondorf away and Zelda turns into a dragon.

-Time passes, the kingdom grows and hyrule castle is built over Ganondorf.

-Time passes and either all the other games happen or nothing happens, either way Zelda is still a dragon.

Definitely after

-a Link and Zelda are reincarnated to fight Calamity Gannon, whatever is left of the monster Ganon that was never killed in the other timelines. They, with the highly technogically advanced Shiekah, build weapons and postpone his return. We don't know much but like 8/10 Zelink I don't know could be cool. Shiekah go off, creating shrines and all types of shit.

-abreak off of the shiekah called the Yiga form, which is like the shiekah but for Ganon instead of Hylia.

-Breath of the Wild: a new Link and Zelda are born. They are so far ahead that they no longer have a grasp on the incarnations before them besides a few sparce legends. They know Ganon is coming back but they don't know who he is. They know Zelda is suppose to have powers, but they have no idea how she's gets them. Link finds the master sword in the lost woods, guarded by the great deku (the 2nd actually the first one died somewhere).

So they fail, whoops. Link dies and gets put in a Sheikah shrine for healing while Zelda holds of Ganon for 100 years.

-hyrule collapses and turns into almost a tribal society very unconnected.

-Link wakes up, wrecks havoc, and defeats Calamity Ganon, freeing Zelda and starting the reconstruction of hyrule.

10/10 Zelink potential. We got the before when Zelda cononicly loved him but we don't know Links feeling, and then Link might remember her and its like a reuniting thing and it's lovely or he doesn't and they fall in love again. Or possibly he didn't love her before and either way its a saga and his rubber band was in her study in "her" house thats all I'm saying.

-7 years, hyrule is being rebuilt by Zelda.

-Tears of the Kingdom: A sickness is spreading through Hyrule, Zelda and Link go to investigate and find what's left of the Ganondorf Rauru fought, who is either the first ganondorf or the most recent one. Zelda is sent in the past to Sonia and Rauru, along with the destroyed master sword.

Zelda is turned into a dragon and lives out thousands of years as one, potentially during every other game in the series. If so, the cloud layer established by Hylia was probably around until the upheavel, hiding her.

-The Upheavel happens and the world gets a little more cracked out, but Link defeats the Ganondorf and Zelda is turned back to her Hylian form. 11/10 Zelink potential and the dragon bit is so upsetting.

The three goddesses are present as dragons. Are they dragons? Are they just manifestations of their power? Idek but it's sick.

What the hell is Beedle? I read a fanfic once that he never dies because he helped Hylia once and it was really good so I highkey stand by that.

Sages kinda hop around, usually there's 7, one for each major group, even though not every race exists in every game. Are they extensions of the gods somehow?

(Rito, Zora, Gerudo, Gorons, Hylians, Shiekah, and whatever weird shit they got going on that game usually just Zelda)

One main issue with the Zonai before theory is that there's all the races when the Rito specifically doesn't seem to exist outside of the adult timeline.

There is a possible Kikwi, Kokiri, Korok pipeline.

I prescribe to the fierce deity as the original hero incarnation because it's just fits well and I'm obsessed with him, but it it doesn't really matter either way. I also read a fanfic once where the Fierce Deity loved Hylia and fought with her against Demise, but he died and the hero's spirit in each Link is what's left of him. Also read one where he saved Farore once from Demise and that's why he's specifically blessed with courage. Might have been the same one. I cannot remember it is 5:30 am and I haven't slept yet.

Ears are cool and plot relevant. The closer they are the Hylia the pointier their ears are, they get less pointy over time. Which adds to the Zonai being before because they got the pointiest ears. Also Gerudo ears get more pointy as time goes on.

Din gerudo pipeline? That's interesting. Farore and Nayru don't really have anything like that. Hylia has the Hylians but that's it.

Great Deku tree? Who? How? Why is he still kicking? Kind of adds to the Before Zonai theory or else he would have had to survive whatever apocalypse destroyed everything

In summary, somebody off me and therapy is probably a good investment.

[crazylittlejester]

I return with a short list of headcannons

Twilight has anemia. He is so pale despite being a farm boy and the only farm boy I knew who was as pale as him also had anemia. Give this boy some iron supplements pls.

You may think Wild and Hyrule are the problem children when together, but if you added Four it's as if you sent three overly hyper children into a candy store. Zero brain cells are to be found.

Every bird loves Sky. Every. Single. One. He has Disney princess vibes.

Warriors cannot sing for the life of him. You know Scuttle from the Little Mermaid? Thats what he sounds like.

Fairies love Hyrule and Time so much that it isn't uncommon to see the small balls of light attempt to "kidnap" them. (Which in reality is just them repeatedly hitting themselves against the two since they can't push them, and it's adorable.)

Time, in his youth, would starve himself since he was so used to eating very little. Malon threatened to throw a cow at him if he didn't start eating. Time hasn't starved himself since.

Wind believes babies come from storks and I will die on that hill.

Legend, despite what many others headcannon for him, is religious. I like to think that he doesn't worship Hylia, but Farore.

Twilight is also religious, but for the light spirits. I like to think that Ordon's religion is simular to our paganism.

All the Links (minus Legend and Wind) experienced horrible sea sickness when they first got on Tetra's boat.

Twilight has a prosthetic arm after his arm was cut off during his adventure. You know the "need a hand" joke? That's how he revealed his prosthetic to the chain. He threw his arm to Sky, causing the man to pass out out of shock and horror (since Skyloft hasn't made the medical advancements for prosthetics!)

Cats love the Links, even if Four is deathly afraid of them. It's because the remlets loved Sky back when they existed.

Thanks for sharing these I had fun reading them!! I’m sorry it took me so long to respond to ur ask, I wanted to make sure I had enough time to read through all of them and respond :)

- Oooh Twilight with anemia is interesting. I personally headcanon that Twilight has one of the darkest skin tones of the bunch, along with Sky and Hyrule, while Legend and Time are the two palest

- Four to me gives off incredibly responsible energy, but when you pair him with someone else, he goes nuts and gets real silly real quick

- SKY DISNEY PRINCESS REAL. That boy has sung and held out his hand and a bird has landed in it, I just know it.

- I actually have a fic series I wrote where Wars was just completely tone deaf but did not let that stop him from screaming along to the radio. I think normal Wars would secretly be a decent singer but be bad on purpose because its a skill he’s anxious about

- I headcanon that fairies will just it in Time’s hair and let him walk around and carry them, and that they also do this to Hyrule and Wild as well

- I have a similar headcanon that Time used to only live off of nuts and fruits and cried the first time he saw Malon kill a cow for food. He’s over it now, but he’s still upset if he has to see it happen and will not kill an animal himself

- WIND ABSOLUTELY BELIEVES THAT AND I THINK HE’D CRY IF SOMEONE TOLD HIM OTHERWISE

- As far as the Links and religion go, I don’t think any of the hate Hylia, I think some are a bit bitter but I think at the end of the day they all know its not her fault. And yes to Legend worshipping Farore and Twilight the light spirits!

- I would like to add that I don’t think Wild would get sea sick. But all the others? Dead. Gone actually. One boat ride and they’re on the floor. Sky’s been in boats before but he hates them

- Twilight with a prosthetic arm would be an absolute menace to society oh good god 😭😭😭 (I’m obsessed with this headcanon btw, i love it)

- CATS LOVING LINKS BECAUSE REMLITS LOVED SKY IS SO CUTE. TEARS IN MY EYES RN THAT’S ADORABLE.

[babbletaels]

The triforce..

Power, red, related to fire, the godess Din, and the gorons.

Wisdom, blue, related to water, the godess Nayru, and the Zora.

Courage, related to wind, forest, lightning, the godess Farore, the kokiri and the rito.

The colours of the triforce are very deliberate.

Look familiar? This is RGB, the primary colours of optical colour mixing. There are three additional colours from the triforce colours, and though it varies through the different games, I don't think these colours are too unfamiliar to us.

Magenta, represents shadow in ocarina of time.

Yellow represents lightning in tears of the kingdom, and could easily be switched out for the orange we see representing the sage of spirit in ocarina of time.

Cyan is a tricky one, but honestly I think that this is actually a better representation of water, because I think blue, aka wisdom, is more related to time.

I would probably categorize it like this:

Red = Fire

Blue = Time (or water)

Green = Forest(oot)/Wind(totk)

Magenta = Shadow(oot)/Spirit(totk)

Cyan = Water (or time)

Yellow = Spirit(oot)/Lightning(totk)

This would also place Fire and Water as opposites, which they technically are, so that fits well. But this doesn't actually really matter, because there are only three godesses, and by that I mean that these abilities of the secondary colours are contained within the three godesses!

I would suggest that the triforce of Power contains both Fire and Shadow(oot)/Spirit(totk), the triforce of Wisdom contains both Time and Water, and the triforce of courage contains both Forest(oot)/Wind(totk) as well as Spirit(oot)/Lightning(totk). This also fits very well because in botw/totk there are three types of elemental enemies: Fire, Ice (ice is just frozen water, remember), and Electricity. These abilities mirror the three dragons, and it's extremely clear that lightning belongs to Farore in a way.

Anyway, you probably understand what I'm building up towards, because you've noticed that there's something missing, haven't you? There's this thing where if you mix Red, Blue and Green, just like in the picture above, you get..

White light.

Okay so, I don't believe in the tetraforce, however..

The thing is, in rgb, white isn't a primary colour. If we were talking about the primary colours of paint that would be CMY and if you mix them you get black, and white is the lack of colour, but now we're talking about RGB, in which white isn't the lack of colour but is Red, Blue and Green mixed together! This means that Hylia - the godess of light - could very well be seen as a godess but also not one of the main godesses, because she was created by the three godesses powers working together.

The three golden godesses also created two other things together; The planet which hyrule is a part of, as well as the triforce.

We have never actually seen Hylia exactly, so what if Hylia is.. kind of like mother earth? What if Hylia is the personification of the planet?

I was also thinking that Hylia could be the personification of the sun, However if the sun is a godess then it wouldn't be one, but be the three golden godesses together, because they are the ones who created the earth and gave it life, like a sun would, and Hylia would be more like a ray of sunshine sent by them to the planet. Every time we see the triforce itself, it is shining as if it's emitting light, which is extremely appropriate for it to do in this theory. So what if Hylia might be the triforce in a way that she is a misinterpration of a princess of sorts that once held the complete triforce inside her, like the kings of the fallen timeline, as well as zelda from breath of the wild.

I guess this series might be more symbolic than we think.

What do you think? Does any of this make sense? Feel free to add to the speculation!

[zenjestrr]

beat Echoes of Wisdom overall, I really enjoyed it and it's definitely worth a purchase. I think it's the best 2D Zelda game but I'll come back to this game in the future to see if I still agree with that take. it kind of confirms a fan theory I've had since like...2011, at least the general premise of it. (obv major major spoilers for EoW below)

ok in Ocarina of Time they state multiple times that the Golden Goddesses "descended upon the chaos that was Hyrule" implying there was already something here before Din, Nayru, and Farore forged the world. When Skyward Sword came out, I thought it was weird that Demise and his demons poured out of the ground since there really isn't a "hell" in the Zelda series. So I headcanon'd that the goddesses made Hyrule ON TOP of the Demon World (I thought unknowingly but EoW confirms they knew what they were doing) and that's why Demise hated the gods so much and wanted to destroy everything: he wanted his world back. the train portion of the Demon World in Spirit Tracks and the aesthetic of the rifts between worlds in A Link Between Worlds just fueled this little fan theory of mine, especially since Hilda confirmed that the destruction of a Triforce will cause the world to wither and collapse and resemble a void world. fast forward to this game and the Goddesses DID forge Hyrule on top of the void (not the dark world, tho although lots of things in the series have multiple names for the same thing...hell the Triforce in EoW is referred to by a diff name entirely). granted, this void had a consciousness and that's why this bad shit was happening. the Big Bad of EoW is literally just Sithis/Padomay from The Elder Scrolls except a lot more talkative and involved lol.

[mudora]

unnnghhh, I just need to get this out of my system before it gets stupid.  I promise, it is a -very- silly and light criticism of current totk discourse revolving around the three Goddesses, Din, Nayru, and Farore. Honestly I shouldn’t even be negatively affected by just some fun theories being thrown around, but clearly I’m bothered by it for some reason. And I can likely explain why. (This isn’t to stop fun fan theories from being made or me being an old codger and saying NO to fans, because that’s completely rude. If those developments are genuinely exciting to you, I getchya.) 

Current talk is that at least in BoTW and ToTK, the dragons that are roughly named after the three goddesses (not my assumption) (and are referred to as she) by the Goddess statues, are Zonai who consumed their stones. So at least in this universe that BoTW and ToTK decides to be in, these goddesses were mortal in some way or somehow turned their secret stones into the triforce or... something along those lines. I don’t inherently like this line of thinking, for a few reasons. Sort of the same reasons I don’t inherently like the idea of Zelda basically being the Virgin Mary figure in skyward sword and onward. It’s just opinion, and shouldn’t affect your fun times. And for some dumb reason it bothers me and I just want to explain why. The Golden Goddesses, Din, Nayru, and Farore, were not sideliners when it comes to the entirety of Zelda lore. They made the world, full stop, and possibly other worlds that also appear in the Zelda series. They -made- the kingdom of Hyrule, and left the Triforce behind after their creation was complete. They have no official appearance in any game (these are not the oracles), but their hand is -felt- in certain ways. Even if their presence is subdued, they still call the shots on their creation. Just like them, their respective Triforce Pieces represent their philosophy. Din is most comfortable in their Power. Nayru has ageless Wisdom, and Farore gives courage to all she holds dear. Together, they represent The Legend of Zelda’s whole philosophy: As one, they are perfect, working in tandem. Apart, they are still powerful, but become imbalanced and that imbalance throws the world into chaos, as it has time and time again since the Triforce’s original separation in Ocarina of Time. The Goddesses Themselves continue to have namesakes within the series, which is where the Dragon’s names in BoTW and ToTK will become more familiar. At least since Twilight Princess, the Light Spirits that protect the world of reality from shadow, are named subtly after their creators. Faron (Not Farore), Lanayru, (Not Nayru), and Eldin (not Din). They bear the responsibility of protecting creation and the Sacred Realm from the shadow the Twili created, and naturally were eventually banished to the Twilight Realm due to their sacrosanct acts. This is, as far as I remember, the first time we hear of these names. They were created by Din, Nayru, and Farore, but they themselves are not the gods incarnate, and never were. They simply had a purpose, and carried their namesake due to who mothered them into existence.  Now, again, I don’t really subscribe that much to a timeline, and never really have regardless of the “Official” timeline existing. BotW and TotK feel wildly different in terms of what is included in them. We at least know there are *stories* of the Hero of Time, the Hero of Winds, the Hero of Twilight, etc, etc. or they are at least vaguely mentioned in ancient rites and likely moldy tomes that haven’t seen the light of day in thousands, if not tens of thousands of years. Most of this ancient era has come and gone, to the point where the Sheikah tribe of old developed frickin computers with magic powers, and by the time THAT was featured in BoTW, it was already ANCIENT Sheikah tech. But with the events of ToTK, I’m completely complacent in thinking this could be a completely different -universe- then the actual “Official” timeline.  Much like how Termina exists, It’s not really difficult to imagine several different Hyrules existing in many alternate realities, dimensions, planes, what have you. And just because the Zonai exist does not inherently mean the Triforce and the Goddesses don’t also somehow exist in this set universe. I don’t believe the Goddesses would suddenly decide to become Zonai, when perhaps they are the ones who created them anyway, much like the Hylians, the Gorons, the Zora, etc. And even if there are multiple Hyrules, The Goddesses literally made it. I doubt, in any timeline, plane, reality, dimension, that fact would somehow be different, as they are literally the ones responsible for its actual existence. The Zonai, after all are said to be -descended- from Gods, and are only seen as gods themselves due to how these Gods GIFTED these guys with Secret Stones.  This of course, brings us to the dragons in question: I do understand where people believe these three dragons could be the Goddesses. Though the Zonai consider the process of Draconfication forbidden, I don’t really think it’s as forbidden as we think it is. Where I differ from the current discourse, however, is that I don’t remotely think Din, Nayru, and Farore were somehow Zonai, and partook of their sacred stones and it became the triforce. This just doesn’t make sense with the very little we have to go on, for a lot of  reasons. 1, we have to presume Din, Nayru, and Farore already exist, and have existed for Milennia. Otherwise, the Kingdom of Hyrule -would not exist-. Neither would the Hero, Neither would Princess Zelda, Ganondorf, etc.  However. I have a theory that the Dragons are the God forms of the Zonai. Though they are a bit goat like, they also share... quite a few draconic traits on their own, no?Sharp teeth, hair that more serpentine dragons have from Japan and China. They came from the literal sky and wished to bring their bounty to the races of the land. The Zonai -revere- dragons and dragon kind. The Secret Stones themselves obviously don’t just turn Zonai into dragons, as we can see from Zelda consuming hers. I presume, that these gifted Secret Stones likely come from the God-like dragons that the Zonai likely descended from. When swallowing a stone, you are inheriting the power of presumed God-hood as defined by the Zonai. You become immortal. You lose yourself. Because mortals and Gods are profoundly different. Now, whether or not Dragons are capable of becoming mortal on their own is a good question I can’t answer, but I suspect the Zonai have -way- more relation to the concept of the dragons then they do Din, Nayru, and Farore. The same goes for the Dragons that are already within Hyrule: Dinraal, Naydraa (Wtf that isn’t even close to Nayru), and Farosh.. These guys have way more in common with their other namesakes, the light spirits of twilight princess, then they do with the actual Golden Goddesses. And they presumably also share something with their Light Spirit Namesakes. They are guardians of the springs of Power, Wisdom, and Courage respectively. However I picture this relation to be more of these dragon gods wishing to protect creation from ages long past. Perhaps these Dragons never became Zonai. Perhaps these dragons are Zonai who wished to fulfill a purpose in protecting these springs. But being the Golden Goddesses themselves? I highly doubt it. There is plenty of room within the Zelda universe to have the Golden Goddesses remain as such, and to have other gods and spirits fulfill myriad roles deemed important to the Cycles.  If anything, I would say the Zonai are an interesting addition to the many races of Hyrule, and their story is a more compelling one, when viewed in a lense that encompasses their relationship to dragonkind. Not God-kind. Or... at least DragonGod Kind. I also feel like viewing it this way is -way- easier to swallow then somehow relating the Secret Stones to the Triforce. These are their own unique goodie. ToTK, more or less, is a lesson that the Triforce has already taught many times, but through a different lens. Might and Power can obviously come from many different things in Hyrule, and a DragonGod’s essence? Well.  How could Ganondorf, one who seeks power with relentless force, resist?  In her Wisdom, Zelda chose to seek this power to protect her Kingdom from the plague she so feared.  And Link, once again, is the edge of the sword, stuck within the power struggle. Yet his courage and valor lead to the destruction of the Demon Dragon.  I don’t know about you, but the Goddesses are definitely watching. And not as dragons. 

[echoequinox]

My biggest botw/totk headcanon is that Zelda is supposed to be the hero and Link is supposed to be the princess which SOUNDS like bullshit, but like...

Link being way more spiritually sensitive is what first set me off, like. Zelda spent her entire life up until adulthood desperately, DESPERATELY attempting to contact the spirits, the goddesses, trying to be the priestess she was told she was destined to be, only for it to just never happen. Only in the eleventh hour did her powers even begin to activate and not even fully allowing her to destroy the Calamity, only stop it.

Link, however, has been able to talk to not just the koroks but the GODDESS STATUES from the jump. Like, it's one of the first voices you hear when starting botw: you can talk to Rhoam, but also the statue in the ruined temple of time. The koroks make a big deal about being able to talk to them and sure it could be because they're descended from the kokiri, etc etc but it's still weird.

Another voice that feels weird is Fi's voice - one that Link cannot hear but Zelda can. She's heard Fi's voice on multiple occasions, the soft buzzing of the sword that we - as Link - cannot parse but SHE can. Also, coincidentally, immediately afterward she hears Fi for the first time, as if in response to her powers...

Additionally, light and time as motifs are kind of muddied throughout the series but one of the bigger constants is that of the two, it's primarily Link - the Hero of Time - that's capable of manipulating it and traversing between time periods. Meanwhile, it's Zelda who's the more capable at wielding the light against the darkness, a shield against the monsters.

In totk specifically, the roles are switched. (Spoilers for totk from here on out) The reversal power you get at the beginning is the Sage Power of Zelda. It's the same iconography as the other secret stones that the sages give you, so it's her lending you her ability to manipulate time, as seen by Sonia in the past using Reversal as well. Meanwhile Link's main abilities draw from the Light, though that's primarily through things like using the Master Sword and he's not very magically adept.

I also heavily think that the idea of naming her the Light Dragon rather than the Time Dragon was primarily a misnomer to make you think that she was Hylia instead of Zelda (fitting with the motif of the other three dragons being Din, Nayru, and Farore). She's explained to have both time and light powers, but her primary abilities seem to be time, rather than light.

(Also it's so minor and tiny but SILENT Princess? Hmmmm??? Which of the two is silent it's not ZELDA it's LI-) (I KNOW it's her motif I KNOW it's cute and I like the idea of not being able to thrive in captivity blah blah blah but hear me out,)

All of this to say t4t masc-nonbinary Zelda and transfemme Link rights, the end

[knightofhylia-sageofthetriforce]

Ocarina Song Correspondences

As I further develop my own Hylian Faith that I practice in a way that emulates Link, I find the ocarina to also be an important spiritual tool as the Ocarina of Time was an important tool in the Hero of Time’s arsenal, as well as the key to open the door to the sacred realm. Of course other instruments may also be used, considering how important a lyre harp has been in the series as well.

Most of my practice is energy cultivation, meditation, and prayer, but I’m also slowly working on my own magical system utilizing various tools for spells, such as talismans and music magic. Due to this, I have devised a basic correspondence list for many songs from The Legend of Zelda. Please bear in mind: I am super new to this so my correspondences will be fairly limited. Also please remmber that your path is your own and you may make your own correspondences. Intention and sincerity are the most important elements. Some of these correspondences are related to specific deities, sages, races, and even characters since people will have very individual practices and I want to hopefully provide inspiration for one’s own faith.

Zelda’s Lullaby

Princess Zelda, royal family, Goddess Hylia, sacred power, access, relaxation, healthy sleep.

Epona’s Song

Epona, comfort, bounty (connection to LonLon Ranch), Horse God Malanya, transport.

Saria’s Song

Sage of the Forest, friendship, nature, forest, trees, Goddess Farore, Great Deku Tree, Kokiri (Koroks and Kikwi too).

Song of Time

Goddess Hylia, Sacred Realm, time.

Song of Storms

Rain (literal or beneficial symbol), Storm (literal or baneful symbol).

Minuet of Forest

Goddess Farore, Sage of the Forest, Sacred Forest

Bolero of Fire

Goddess Din, Sage of Fire, fire, passion, Gorons

Serenade of Water 

Goddess Nayru, Sage of Water, water, nourishment, cleansing, healing, Zora.

Requiem of Spirit

Goddess of the Sand, Sage of Spirit, strengthen and fortify spirit, Gerudo.

Nocturne of Shadow

Goddess of Death, Sage of Shadow, Sheikah, shadow work, death, darkness.

Prelude of Light

light, Sage of Light, protection

Song of Healing

Healing, breaking curses.

Song of Soaring

Travel, safe journey.

Sonata of Awakening

Deku, swamp, awakening of inner self, awakening of desired qualities.

Goron Lullaby

Gorons, soothing, warm feelings, snow, restful sleep.

Oath to Order

Giants of Termina, support for heavy emotions, strength (mental, emotional, physical).

New Wave Bossa Nova

Zora, ocean, musical skill.

Ballad of the Windfish

dreams, waking, dispelling illusion, processing complex emotions

Ballad of the Goddess

Devotion to Goddess Hylia, sky, sacred power, protection, Hylians.

Fi’s Theme

Communing with Fi, primary sacred tools, creativity

[tad-ahrt]

I decided to dedicate this new art book, I got it just the other day, to my Zelda ideas and studies- 'cause it's such a creative series, and also it's fun/stimulating to try and "modify" Totk (since we all know by now that it's not all that well thought out.. not to throw any shade lol) Info dump over

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I've heard many people talk about how they find the difference between Botw's Zonai and Totk's Zonai to be too jarring - Which I don't personally mind because I've also heard that the difference is because apparently Botw's Zonai structures were already ancient ruines (aka the beginning of Zonai civilization) by the time of Mineru and Rauru (aka the end of the Zonai civilization). Which is really interesting.

And also a shame why Totk didn't spend any major time giving us any insight beyond the Zonai devices being a major part of their culture. Or even how the Zonai managed to make whole islands float. And they never even explained how or why the Zonai just... Ascended into the sky???? 'Cause we know they were surface dwellers at one point due to the Zonai ruines in Botw.. But at the very least if Nintendo wanted them to have originated from the sky as like a holiness thing, they could've just said that they were Skyloftians that somehow never descended onto Hyrule, or that they come from the Wind tribe, or that they were crafted by Hylia Herself or something et cetera, at cetera. I feel like the lack of a clarification is just a major oversight in my opinion, because it would have become a welcomed addition to the Zelda lore. The Zlore...

So in order to elaborate on the divide, and also the sky-thing, I decided to delve into the theory that they were originally surface dwellers!

The post-ascension Zonai are basically just Totk Zonai but with the basic scale colours modified so they resemble the Botw/Totk dragons more, and the pre-ascension Zonai just flat out have dragon heads because of, y'know, the Zonai's whole shtick?

I wanted the Zonai, as a race, to be descended from dragons because:

1. It explains why they haven't shown up in any previous Zelda game. They're a relatively "new" "cross breed". (Though I haven't figured out what the dragons "bred" with yet- if at all. Sheikah, hylians, Rito, whatever the hell Kilton and Koltin's race is..)

2. It fits nicely with the ouroborous thing Totk has going on. What came first: the chicken or the egg? The dragons or the Zonai?

3. Dragons have already appeared in previous Zelda games like Ocarina of Time and Oracle of Seasons ( I think). And that only helps to link Botw/Totk's dragons to the Zonai.

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Anyway back to my drawings:

I used a achromatic colour scheme for my default zonai because I think it would be really interesting if the Zonai's colours were based on their "powers".

Mineru's design is purple due to her being the sage of spirit, Rauru's is yellow/white because of his light magic, and so on- but I hc the pre-ascension Zonai to be split into three (3) sub-tribes? clans? Based on the three Godesses: Din (power), Nayru (wisdom), and Farore (courage). So these pre-ascent Zonai will have red, blue, or green/gold colourings (unless they're too important I guess? Or just specialise in a different power like a sage would). So just swap out the black/grey for a different colour and you'll see what I'm trying to get at lol.

I also made their hair less scaly so there would be a more obvious connection to them and the Sheikah, just look at that 3rd eye man c'mon Nintendo, the theories!!..

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Side note: I don't think there would be much of a difference between male and female zonai, except that female Zonai are bigger because they follow reptile lore. (Also giant dragon women 👀👀👀).

I also believe that, the Zonai are a matriarchy (meaning women are expected to be in authority) because of the Godess/Goddesses being female, Zonai women being larger when they live in a warrior-heavy society (see: Botw barbarian armour). And this would also explain Botw/Totk's dragons (Dinraal, Naydra, and Farosh) having female pronouns and a very high status. Leaving credence for the theory that they were once Zonai and weren't always dragons. (This will feed into the 'plot' later).

However, Mineru's height is still considered "smaller" for a Zonai because she is trans. Hope this helps!

Essay Over

[classicintp]

Has anyone linked (ha.) the titles of the latest Legend of Zelda games to the three golden goddesses of the games lore? I can't find anyone referencing it anywhere but I can't be the first person to put that together. It clicked when the title of the new game was also written as "____ of the ____".

Ocarina of Time gave the Hyrule creation story as the three golden goddesses shaping and forming the world:

Din's power created the red earth, that piece of the triforce glows red—we don't have a game for that yet.

Nayru's wisdom gave the spirit of law to the world, accented by the blue sky in the game, that piece of the triforce glows blue. Tears 😭 like in this emoji are frequently colored blue, and among other things, kingdoms themselves represent their law over the people and land within them. Maybe that's a stretch but next to the previous title, Tears of the Kingdom feels like it's meant to represent the glowing blue triforce piece of wisdom.

And Farore's rich soul created the life forms that would uphold those laws, she breathed life into the world accented in the game by green grass and other flora. And yeah, even though the wild is more than just trees and grass (it's also the deserts, the mountains, the tundras, even the ocean), I think a lot of us imagine being in the middle of a green forest, jungle, or valley. By itself, the title just represented the open-world genre of the game to us, but now that we have a second game with the same motif I think Breath of the Wild was meant to represent the glowing green triforce piece of courage.

So I'm wondering if that means they already planned for a third game, that in half a decade or more we're going to get a ____ of the ____ title representing the glowing red triforce piece of power. Maybe not though, the gameboy games Oracle of Ages and Seasons were directly meant to be a series of three games representing the triforce and that fell apart to the two games we got instead. So maybe that'll happen again, but until then I'm going to assume a 3rd game is in the works, likely for the next generation of Nintendo console. You're welcome to guess the title with me in reblogs and comments. Something like Strength of the People, or Force of the Heavens

[aufi-creative-mind]

[Linked Universe AU]: SPIRITS series - 4/9 Heroes - base colour update

Update! I recently got a new drawing tablet and upgraded my PC. The downside, I forgot to save my brush presets settings so there's gonna be a slight change in the way my artworks will look, if slightly. So lesson learnt - backup all of your customised settings, my creative dudes!

As for the LU Bois, I'm in the process of outlining and adding in the base colours. I'm currently working on LU Sky and LU Warriors as of this post.

[sarasalandhistory]

Tears of the Kingdom: Lore I Made Up for  Zonai

Spoilers!

Zonai Lore:

The Zonai arrived after the Great Convergance, an event that merged all the timelines together which slowly created strife and conflict within the Old Kingdom of Hyrule, and settled in in the Faron Region. Even then they were masters of magic and technology, however they weren’t always so benevolent. In the distant past, they were worshipped as gods even though they weren’t and took advantage of it. The most warlike of them wanted to invade the rest of Hyrule and rule it. However there were those who knew they weren’t and tried to live peacefully with their neighbors and even forming deep bonds with the Hyruleans while sharing and spreading their technology. 

Eventually, these viewpoints, those that want to conquer Hyrule vs those who want to live in peace would reach its head when the Hyrulean Royal Family fell and the Zonai fell into a period of Civil War that seemed to be without end due to their advanced technology. Eventually, though the warlike half won out over the peaceful side and they were driven underground with three Secret Stones into the Depths where they slowly rebuilt their civilization for the next 1500 years continuing to perfect their technological advancements.

On the surface, the warlike faction then began to plan for trying to take over Hyrule using the remaining Secret Stones they’re ancestors said to have passed down to them. However without their common enemy anymore, backstabbing and corruption slowly took over until they slowly wiped themselves out. Some even committed the forbidden act of Draconification in an attempt to gain more power but since their hearts and intentions were impure they were felled and the 4 remaining secret stones seemed lost forever.

Underneath meanwhile, the Depths proved to be quite a challenge slowly over the course of a thousand year the harsh environment and the lack of people caused their population to drop dramatically until there were only two Zonai left, Mineru who was a young girl who was chosen to be the Sage of Spirits and her brother Rauru the new Sage of Light named for a past one.

Zonai worship the three great dragons as the three golden goddesses who blessed their ancestors with their own spikes that were reforged into the Secret Stones. However, the tribe of the Depths also came to worship another god, the god of spirits, the Great Bargainer who is willing to grant blessings in exchange for helping him with ferrying the souls of the lost to the next world. They didn’t really worship the goddess Hylia until Rauru married a descendant of hers int the form of the priestess Sonia.

They mainly worshipped the goddess Farore (one version of the origins even say they’re descended from her) and thus created a series of dangerous endeavors to prove their worship to her including the gliding contest that young Zonai warriors would perform as a rite of adulthood. 

As a mark of adulthood, Zonai would chop off their tails.

Were they descended from the gods? No one is actually quite sure. Even the Zonai themselves are not sure. Some believe that they evolved from strange creatures that inhabited the ancient cities in the sky. Some believe that they come from a tribe of Hylians who perfected their magic that managed to ascend to the skies using the winds. Some believe that they are descended from the first people of Hylia who remained behind while their cousins populated the surface. Perhaps, it was the goddess Farore herself that granted them their blessings. Or perhaps they evolved from nothing and just been secretly hiding just under the surface before rising to the heavens.

[chandelierslayer]

~The Legend of Zelda~ Complete series Adventure

Now you can keep up with my progress in real time! Or, whenever I update this! XDD

The Legend of Zelda | 1986 | First completed: 2021 | Times completed: 1 | Currently replaying on 2 different files (no save states on one of them, pray for me) Zelda II: The Adventure of Link | 1987 | First completed: 2023 | Times completed: 1 (and you CAN'T MAKE ME DO IT AGAIN!) A Link to the Past | 1991 | First completed: Uhh... Sometime in the 2000s | Times completed: Uhhhh... Yes? | Currently replaying AGAIN for the who knows how many'th time Link's Awakening | 1993 | First completed: 2023 | Times Completed: 1 | Currently playing the Switch remake

Ocarina of Time | 1998 | First completed: 1999 | Times completed: ...At least five that I can vividly remember Majora's Mask | 2000 | First completed: 2001? | Times completed: 3

Oracle of Seasons | 2001 | First completed: 2024 | Times completed: 1 Oracle of Ages | 2001 | 30%

Four Swords | 2002 | First completed: 2012 (Anniversary Edition) | Times completed: 1 | Currently replaying on GBA NSO (with friends!)

The Wind Waker | 2002 | First completed: 2011/2012 | Times completed: 2 | Currently playing Hero Mode

Four Swords Adventures | 2004 | 60% (and stuck there for years 'cause my disk was RUINED. NINTENDO GIVE US GAMECUBE GAMES ALREADY PLEASE)

The Minish Cap | 2004 | First completed: 2013 | Times completed: 2 | Currently replaying on Wii U and GBA NSO (I can have as many files as I want, I love this game, don't judge me!)

Twilight Princess | 2006 | First completed: 2019? | Times completed: 1 (I really don't wanna do it again anytime soon)

Phantom Hourglass | 2007 | 20% Spirit Tracks | 2009 | 0%

Skyward Sword | 2011 | First completed: 2016/2017 (that's when I made this blog, remember? :3 ) | Times completed: 2

A Link Between Worlds | 2013 | First completed: 2017? | Times completed: 1

Tri Force Heroes | 2015 | 50%

Breath of the Wild | 2017 | First completed: 2017/2018 | Times completed: 1 (although I've made several files, the story doesn't interest me and the dungeons and bosses are boring and easy, and the final fight is a joke, so I really only play to wander around Hyrule) Tears of the Kingdom | 2023 | Uh. I guess I'll play it someday.

Echoes of Wisdom | SOON | SOOOOOOOOOOOOON

Games completed / Total 14 / 20 Completed replays At least more than 12 Verdict ...........Sweet Farore, I've played a lot of Zelda

[dreamstar-moonlight]

Legend of Zelda: 25th Aniversary Poster

Still can't get over this incredible masterpiece of a poster created by a Japanese artist on Pixiv named Ag+

The original image had a resolution of 1216 × 6650. Too bad Tumblr won't let me upload it in the highest resolution; if anyone knows a workaround, let me know!

There exists another version of 3588x19632 quality. The 1216px one is an original copy, and the 3588px one is something that someone enlarged and ran through photoshop filters to minimize quality loss. I don't have a source of who I got it from, but the quality is actually pretty nice for printing considering they made it thrice as large. Both these versions are now available as a 59mb zipped file on MediaFire. You can download them here.

In case the MediaFire link gets taken down in the future, notify me in the comments or shoot me a DM and I will fix it immediately.

List of LoZ characters in this poster

Source

Row 1:

Farore (Oracle of Ages/Oracle of Seasons)

Nayru (Oracle of Ages)

Din (Oracle of Seasons)

Row 2:

Rauru w/ Kaepora Gaebora (Ocarina of Time)

Impa (Ocarina of Time)

Saria (Ocarina of Time)

King of Hyrule (Zelda series)

Nabooru (Ocarina of Time)

Ruto (Ocarina of Time)

Darunia (Ocarina of Time)

Row 3:

Link (Zelda series)

Zelda (Zelda series)

Ganondorf (Zelda series)

Row 4:

Wind Fish (Link’s Awakening)

Great Fairy w/ Fairy Queen (The Wind Waker)

Great Fairy (Twilight Princess)

Fi (Skyward Sword)

Ciela (Phantom Hourglass)

Navi (Ocarina of Time)

Tatl (Majora’s Mask)

Tael (Majora’s Mask)

Great Fairy (Ocarina of Time)

Valoo (The Wind Waker)

Row 5:

Great Deku Tree w/ little Deku tree (Ocarina of Time)

Fado (The Wind Waker)

Makar (The Wind Waker)

Medli (The Wind Waker)

Laruto (The Wind Waker)

Jabun (The Wind Waker)

Row 6:

Renado (Twilight Princess)

Rusl (Twilight Princess)

Ashei (Twilight Princess)

Shad (Twilight Princess)

Auru (Twilight Princess)

Tarin (Link’s Awakening)

Marin (Link’s Awakening)

Ilia w/ Epona (Twilight Princess)

Talon (Ocarina of Time)

Ingo (Ocarina of Time)

Row 7:

Anju (Majora’s Mask)

Kafei (Majora’s Mask)

Linebeck (Phantom Hourglass)

Aryll (The Wind Waker)

Gonzo (The Wind Waker)

Senza (The Wind Waker)

Nudge (The Wind Waker)

Row 7.2:

Tingle (Majora’s Mask)

Romani and Cremia (Majora’s Mask)

Niko (The Wind Waker)

Mako (The Wind Waker)

Zuko (The Wind Waker)

Link’s Grandma (The Wind Waker)

Row 8:

Tijo (Majora’s Mask)

Toto (Majora’s Mask)

Evan (Majora’s Mask)

Lulu (Majora’s Mask)

Ralph (Oracle of Ages)

Maple (Oracle of Ages, Oracle of Seasons)

Darmani the Third (Majora’s Mask)

Row 9:

Japas (Majora’s Mask)

Mikau (Majora’s Mask)

Skull Kid (Ocarina of Time)

Mido (Ocarina of Time)

Deku Royal Family (Majora’s Mask)

Goron Elder w/ Goron Baby (Majora’s Mask)

Row 10:

The King of Red Lions (The Wind Waker)

Byrne (Spirit Tracks)

Anjean (Spirit Tracks)

Midna (Twilight Princess)

Oshus (Phantom Hourglass)

Sahasrahla (A Link to the Past)

Ezlo (The Minish Cap)

Row 11:

Happy Mask Salesman (Majora’s Mask)

Bellum (Phantom Hourglass)

Row 12:

Veran (Oracle of Ages)

Zant (Twilight Princess)

Aganhim (A Link to the Past)

Vaati (The Minish Cap)

Onox (Oracle of Seasons)

Row 12.2:

Koume (Ocarina of Time)

The Moon (Majora’s Mask)

Kotake (Ocarina of Time)

Chancellor Cole (Spirit Tracks)

Row 13:

2x Four Giants (Majora’s Mask)

Moon Children with boss masks (Majora’s Mask)

2x Four Giants (Majora’s Mask)

Row 14:

Ganon (Ocarina of Time)

Fierce Deity Link (Majora’s Mask)

Link’s Mother (Ocarina of Time)

Hero’s Shade w/ Golden Wolf form (Twilight Princes

Edit:

Added the link to the "Making of" YouTube video in the post.

[powdermelonkeg]

Hey, I'm the anon from the ask about Hyrule's religion! I meant it as question one, with the information that we know of. Thank you!

For those wondering, this was the original ask

Hyrule's religion is polytheistic, meaning that they worship a pantheon of gods. However, since the term "god" is pretty generously used, I'm going to be dividing that up a bit further for clarity's sakes.

Gods/Goddesses refers to the beings that created the world, but left it behind. Across the Zelda games, we've heard these referred to all the time, most notably in Skyward Sword.

This includes the High Three: Din, Nayru, and Farore, as well as the unnamed gods of which they’re a pantheon of (if those three were the only gods in the pantheon, it would stand to reason that they’d be called the Golden Goddesses in this context, like they were in Ocarina of Time. There are other gods named throughout the series, like the Goddess of Time in Majora’s Mask, so it stands that there are various divine beings that go unnamed in Hyrule’s religion)

Deities refers to beings that stay in Hyrule and have power over its elements. Hylia toes the line between Goddess and Deity by this definition, because she’s seen as a Goddess that was left behind by the others to guard over the world. However, this term is more concrete in people like Cyclos, Zephos, and Malanya.

Guardian Spirits refers to beings that are tasked with guarding a region, but have limited control of the world beyond their states of being. They might be tied to forces of nature, but they don’t wield its power completely at will.

Like how Hylia toes the line between Deity and Goddess, the Light Spirits of Twilight Princess and the dragons of Skyward Sword toe the line between Deity and Spirit. They’re guardians of the world, but they do have at least some influence over their element; we just don’t get to see that influence, not beyond Lanayru vs Midna or Faron stopping a waterfall.

Divine beings that more directly fit here are things like Lord Jabu-Jabu, Valoo, or Majora’s Mask’s four giants.

Now, with those technicalities out of the way, let’s get to the religion itself.

Worship of divine beings varies from location to location. The Gods and Goddesses are fairly broadly prayed to across the land, of course, but it wouldn’t make sense to make an offering to Lanayru when you’re all the way up on Death Mountain. That’s why you’ll see the yet-to-be-named Snake Goddess and the Eight Heroines in Gerudo, while running into various dragon carvings in Eldin and Faron regions.

Worship of Gods requires prayer and devotion, and it’s generally understood that they do not reply; they left this world ages ago, so it must be a dire circumstance to draw them back.

There was a brief resurgence in urgent prayer when the Oracles were known to roam the earth.

But it was short lived, as the Oracles were as mortal as Skyward Sword Zelda, and eventually had to return to the heavens.

Worship of Deities is a lot more finicky. They tend to be very fussy about their work; they consider themselves leagues above humans, and get bitter if their domains or shrines aren’t well cared for.

Then worship of Guardian Spirits is a lot more casual, as far as the Hyruleans are concerned. Spirits influence their day-to-day lives and protect their homes from things like Ganon, so the people of Hyrule give regular offerings to them. You might have seen dishes of apples or durians out in the wilds of Breath of the Wild, or heard about masks that offer tribute to Termina’s various gods (Terminian religion is an offshoot and parallel to Hyrulean; they share similar origins, but went off in different directions).

As for how the Princess of Hyrule plays into religion, her influence has waned significantly as the ages pass.

In Skyward Sword, Zelda was, quite literally, Hylia reborn.

We can assume based on the history that followed that this status gave her family the ruling rights over Hyrule, along with custody of the Triforce.

In Minish Cap, she’s honored for the Light Force, and the Royal Family keeps the secret of the Picori, very minor Guardian Spirits that look after the Hylians themselves.

However, the true peak of Hyrulean religion comes in Ocarina of Time; we don’t see people worshipping Zelda, of course, but the reaches of the Royal Family are everywhere, most notably in hidden temples.

This tells us that, despite us not seeing it directly in dialogue, the Royal Family has taken a position of power as head of both the state AND the church. This is punctuated by the fact that the Temple of Time, the resting place of the Master Sword, the legendary Triforce, and the Sacred Realm, is right at the palace doorstep.

In all other games, the sword and Triforce are either stored separately, or the temple has fallen into ruin, most often hidden away.

From there, however, we see a sharp decline. In the child timeline, the temple of time fades away into nothing; Zelda maintains her power as the Seventh Sage, which has its own religious implications—

—but loses the Triforce’s full form and the Master Sword.

In the downfall timeline, we see a similar fate, though the Triforce of Courage and the Master Sword are lost entirely by the end of it due to royal mishap and shrinking borders.

Instead, our best sword is a gold-hilted magical sword we get from a hermit in a cave.

And then in the adult timeline, it’s snuffed out entirely. No one knows who Zelda is when she’s Tetra, and Tetra’s descendant has no religious ties; in fact, in her time of need, Spirit Tracks Zel prays to Tetra, not any gods.

She even doubts if there’s a sacred power to be had in her at all.

Now Breath of the Wild. That’s...trickier.

We know that Zelda herself knows she has a tie to the Gods of old through her prayers to them; she might not know she’s Hylia’s descendant, but she knows that that’s where her ability to seal Ganon away comes from.

She has ceremonial gear bearing Hylia’s symbol, as well as bracelets that match Skyward Sword Zelda’s.

Yet it also bears some similarity to the Door of Time in Ocarina of Time, namely  via the circle with rays extending out from it.

That being said, by Breath of the Wild’s era, I don’t think that the Royal Family are heralded as the leaders of Hyrulean religion anymore. Rather, their tie to the power that seals Ganon is more important than the place it came from, and Zelda’s ceremonial garb is modeled after the royal crest, instead of Hylia herself’s symbol.

We can also see sign of this in the Sanctum. Compare the Triforce here

with its counterpart in Twilight Princess.

By Breath of the Wild, all traces of connection between the Triforce and the Goddesses are gone. Considering how far in the future BotW IS compared to the rest of the timeline, we don’t even know if Zelda knows what the Triforce IS; not in its wish-making state, anyways. With how desperate she and Rhoam were, if they HAD known, it would have been their top priority to find, rather than freezing to death in a cold spring.

By Breath of the Wild, worship of the old gods has faded into near-obscurity, save for people among the royal family. However, worship of tangible spirits, things that the Hyruleans have come to know they can rely on for even small things, has flourished. You’d be hard pressed to walk a kilometer without finding a little bowl to leave some fruit in, and may fortune befall whoever fills it.

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