#hlt morishita

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HLT character post

Introducing Mori, the Spirit Tracks Link in the silly little AU called Hearts Linked Together, in which I remix the Zelda timeline and bring together as many Links as possible. Instead of going by titles or themed nicknames, these Links go by their surnames. It's been over a year since the last one, I think!

This Link is fantasy-Japanese, descended from those that survived the Great Flood and migrated back to a desolate mainland. His eventual contributions pave the way for Sheikah and Zonai tech.

As a person, Mori fits pretty well into the "mad professor" stereotype: he's always chasing new ideas, excited about building them from whatever he has on hand, forgetful about paltry things like food and sleep, and excited whenever someone wants to listen to him. He isn't a great teacher, but there are, especially later in his life, a lot of people who want to learn from him, so he does his best.

He does care about helping people as a concept, but he's much better at helping and caring about individuals than the collective whole. Trust doesn't come easily to him. He'd rather do everything himself when it comes to executing his visions, but nobody can build a railroad alone, so he's had to attempt to learn the difficult lesson of delegation and, yes, trust. He does sometimes forget that he likes riding trains as much as he does designing new ones, but he manages to get out every so often.

The one thing Mori does purposely for his appearance is dye his hair light blond. He's bad at keeping up on it, but it's a rebellion that he hasn't grown out of yet. He's a dominant personality, though he sticks his foot in his mouth a lot. He ends up arguing and yelling instead of debating, half the time.

Mori loves forging new frontiers—mostly on paper, but there are a few periods of his life where he spends several years out and about, exploring. The memory of the Great Flood is still alive in his culture's legends, so when Mori discovers the Skylands and the Depths, he's a big supporter of building into them and exploring them, partially for the value of knowledge and partially as places to go if a calamity ever strikes again. He builds the first Guardians and Divine Beasts, though they're simpler, steam-powered versions.

He's just an excitable nerd with some real skills in his chosen fields.