#kokiri au

[chained-spirits]

Double the CS, double the fun

Culture Shock by @nell0-0

[thenmichael]

I need to finish something one day, anyway, here is Kokiri

Chained Spirits

More art :)

[citrusici]

LU Star Wars AU: Part 5

LAST BUT NOT LEAST ITS TIME AND SKY LETS GO

PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4

Time

Time is a direct survivor of Order 66. He was a child living in one of the more remote temples when everything happened, and was able to escape alive by fleeing into the dense forests of the planet.

Time spent many years after that traveling on his own and not getting close to anyone out of fear of being found out, or worse, left behind. He holds a certain bitterness towards everything that's happened, and when he was a teenager, he was involved in a major incident on the planet Termina. Time finally decided to bury his saber on a remote planet after that, unwilling to take on the responsibility that comes with it.

Time actually ended up meeting Sheik and donning Mandalorian armor some time after that in his teenage years. He doesnt always gel with Mandalorian warrior ideaology, but he doesn’t truly fit the Jedi way of his childhood anymore either, after all the war and death he’s seen. He's determined to be strong enough to protect those he cares about, like Malon.

Time doesn't entirely get along with the Chain at first. (Especially Warriors and Twilight; Warriors reminds him of his old Jedi master, who wore a red scarf, and Twilight's saber looks suspiciously familiar.) The boys eventually grew on him anyway, and he counts them among the people he cares about.

Sky

Sky comes from a gaseous planet in the Outer Rim with settlements that float in the clouds, constructed far above its surface.

Sky's planet is a bit of a cosmic mystery, since it should be impossible for islands of solid rock to float; some theorize that it was constructed instead of naturally occurring, or that there is a unique combination of magnetic fields and orbits that make it possible, but no one knows for certain. Loftwings are part of the planet's ecosystem of impossible floating islands, and are an important part of the culture there.

Being so remote, the Empire didn't show much interest in Sky's home planet until Ghirahim showed up. The Empire hasn’t taken over his home yet, and he is determined to keep it that way, along with the rest of the Knights of Skyloft (including Sun). Ghirahim's interest in the planet involved rumors that there was an old Jedi temple hidden on its surface, and the secrets that were hidden within it.

Those rumors turned out to be true; there was an ancient abandoned temple on one of the floating islands, and Sky and Sun ended up discovering it before Ghirahim did. Sky also found a protocol droid named F1, and with Fi's help he and Sun managed to forge their own sabers with the only remaining kyber crystals there.

Sky's connection to the Force manifests mostly as visions, and he occasionally experiences strange, cryptic dreams as a result.

Linked Universe AU belongs to @ linkeduniverse!

[linked-constellation]

HERO OF TIME🍀

The forgotten one.((Ocarina Of Time/Majora's Mask))

Information under the cut !

☆○°.} Speak the language of Termina , Gorons , Hylian and other races. But his mother tongue is fae.

☆○°.} During his first quest , at only 7 , Navi translated everything. She taught him how to speak during rainy or moody days.

☆○°.} They're very bad at writing and reading. Frankly , they still struggle with it.

☆○°.} Have a very bad sleep schedule. Sometime he would not sleep for 2 days straight , and sometime they would need two naps in one day.

☆○°.} Can easily guess the time. They're always right.

☆○°.} Desperately cling to their Kokiri identity. He knows it's futile , he is not a child of the forest. But it is the only thing he has known and the only thing that kept them alive during his travels.

☆○°.} Still searching Navi. Will he ever stop ? Probably not. They can't understand how could she had left him as if he didn't value anything to her.

☆○°.} The mark on his neck is one he shares with his fairy. A mark that intertwines the souls of a kokiri to their fairy's forever.

☆○°.} Doesn't cut their nails out of habit. He never grew used to do this since Kokiris have claws.

☆○°.} After the event of Majora's Mask , he came back in Hyrule for a few months , maybe years. Retrieving Epona to Malon , nobody ever saw them again.

☆○°.} The scar on their hand is not an accident. Nor the one slicing their eyes. But this one is a touchy subject.

☆○°.} He broke the mask of the fierce deity after an accident. Guilty of it , he is not unable to talk with the god like he did before. As if his soul died with the shatter of his mask.

☆○°.} Yet , it seems like the deity had tried to leave a trace on the young hero's face.

☆○°.} They didn't use it again after this day.

[turbofanatic]

His smile and optimism: Gone

Pre-Ocarina-of-Time timeskip and End-Majora's-Mask Link.

Thoughts on the differences below the cut.

In OoT his child outfit is traditional Kokiri bark cloth and leather. The Kokiri bark cloth is rather distinctive for its green color, bleached and dyed in some places for the Kokiri spiral patterns.

After he returns from the future, he beats up his clothes pretty badly in the process of saving Princess Ruto and killing King Dodongo again, and drifts away from the Kokiri. So he ends up in the castle's version of the outfit. Really the only thing he keeps by the end of MM is the Kokiri scabbard (slightly extended to hold the longer Gilded Sword).

He's grown a little bit (let's say the child part of OoT was three months, and he leaves for MM six months later). He doesn't age at all in MM due to the time fuckery, but he's definitely more worn out.

Also he's scraped his other knee. I spent most my childhood scraping my knees so this feels right.

Would be interesting to do a Hyrule Warriors version, he spends about three years in the war and is hitting his growth spurt pretty hard, so at the age of twelve he's on the tall side for a Hylian. The combination of looking older than he is and being emotionally stunted from his trauma is... well it's not good. The three time traveling heroes (OoT/MM Link, WW/PH Link, and ST Link) are pigeon-holed into the religious roles of Din's, Farore's, and Nayru's Blessed, because Hylians sure love groups of three. Once again, not really healthy for any of them!

And the less said about that awful burgeoning Hylia cult the better. You cannot convince me that something bad didn't go down when everyone in BotW/TotK is worshipping the same god, including the Gerudo and Zora who had different religions in the past. What the fuck. Also where did Z1/Z2's pseudo-Christianity go?

[ilikefork]

Congrats to the Chained Spirits Discord for counting to 1000! We're not illiterate! (sometimes)

The lovely Kokiri is from @chained-spirits by @thenmichael! Go check it out :3 (and psst maybe join the Discord we're very friendly I promise)

[misplaced-aquarius]

Holy moly, Okay, I finally found the origin of my TLOZ AU idea, it all started with my spooky little skull kid / kokiri (skullori) idea. I imagine after some time there would be blended variations or kokiri would eventually have to be tougher. See that little spike knee bracer? He totally stole it from Ganondorf and is going home to show all of his friends. Then above is some early concept designs for zurudo people (they're so unpolished ;w; ) also I had to sensor my name on these before I did my little MA signature. I hope peeps can trust me on that that these are in fact my drawings and all that but I really didn't want to leave these unshared today <3

[adrift-in-thyme]

What if…what if Time were part fairy

[scopophobia-polaris]

[hyrule-library]

Kokiris + Saria design

My headcanon about the korok masks is that they were created by OOT/mm Link, when he came back to the forest after his adventure in termina and before he get lost in the woods and was teleported to the Hyrule library in my AU. Link created Saria, Mido and a few other kokiris's masks, but the others were created by the kokiris, and it became a tradition for the kokiris/koroks to wear masks.

[chained-spirits]

The Hero of Time, ie, Kokiri.

Kokiri is very a interesting character to think about, as he has delt with sm as a child, he was forced to grow up, so he acts very mature for his age. He dislikes being referred to as a child as it feels like a dismissal of his experiences.

He still has all the masks from Majora's and keeps most the magical // powerful ones a secret.

He lives at Lon Lon Ranch with Malon and Talon, he's a great ranch hand, and does most the heavy lifting (golden gauntlets).

He got his burn scar from Termina, specifically during the inverted stone tower temple, in the wizrobe fight in the room with the lava falling from the ceiling, whether it be from the wizrobe or the lava, his eye suffered the consequence leaving him with no sight in that eye. (He had to take too many cycles off just to recover)

He is the sole guardian of the spiritual stones after the events of oot where he told the King of Hyrule what Ganon was planning.

He keeps to himself, but is an extreme people pleaser. (Partly due to the events of MM)

He has trust issues, and thinks that he, alone, can be responsible for the protection of Hyrule, its people and stones, even though the people before him were more than capable, the events of oot.

Doodles of him ^

[thetriforcetriohouse]

Other Characters

Koume and Kotake

Ganondorf's moms. Very spooky old women who are always up to something.

Will drop in for surprise visits to see Ganondorf, much to everyone else's discomfort.

They adore their son, but will not hesitate to smack him with a broom if he's being foolish.

Local black market pharmacists. They can't get you prescription drugs, but their home remedies are extremely effective. They're absolutely foul to ingest and they hit like a freight train, but they work. Their most well-known product is their back-alley period symptoms cure--it's like drinking battery acid, but it's instantaneous.

Darunia

Zelda's eccentric 'uncle'.

Retirement age, but teaches Zumba class at the local recreation center.

Always willing to drop what he's doing to lend a hand if he's nearby and you need him.

Local wrestling champion.

He and Sidon are fitness bros.

The Kokiri

The children taking Sidon's swim class and Darunia's Zumba class.

They give Link life advice when he talks to them.

Agitha

Another child at the recreation center that gives Link life advice.

Rich child. Her parents don't quite 'get' her neurodivergency, but damn it, they support her.

Special interest is bugs.

Always eager to share Cool Bug Facts!

Knows everyone's secrets. She claims the bugs told her.

She'll share those secrets if you give her cool bugs or bug related items like shed skins or shells.

Lolita fashion enthusiast.

Linkle

Link's ADHD sister.

Keeps Cuccos.

Absolute shit at directions. Unless she has a GPS, she's not going to get there in a timely fashion.

An absolute crackshot with her crossbows. This translates over to first person shooters, and she always tops the leaderboards.

Annoys the fuck out of everyone in the game chat because she comes off as ditzy and Not Really Trying, yet is constantly top 3.

A frequent guest on Midna's livestreams.

Tingle

35 years old, unemployed, and always trying to Get Rich.

Sells weed. It's good weed, but if you buy from him, he always invites himself in and helps himself to your food.

Hopeless otaku. His favorite anime is Sword Art Online.

Constantly getting into flame wars with Zant over their conflicting media opinions.

Cryptobro. Has invested so much money into the cryptocurrency market and lost almost all of it because he's absolute shit at it.

Has his own currency called TingleCoin he'll shill at every single opportunity, and he has at least three 'unpaid interns' constantly mining it.

Will text you unprompted to try and involve you in his latest Multi Level Marketing scam.

Ren Faire connoisseur, but pervs on the women there enough that they have him on a list. They see him coming in those little red undies and they go running the other way.

Impa

???????????

Just a mysterious woman who comes to the house and talks to Zelda every now and then to make sure she's okay.

Then she leaves on her motorcycle.

Whenever anyone asks, Zelda just tells her Impa is 'a friend of the family' and drops it.

That's it. That's all anyone knows about her.

Groose

Total meathead, but he has a good heart.

Was carrying a torch for Zelda for years, but has finally decided to 'let her down gently' after getting together with Cadence. Zelda was incredibly receptive.

Works at the gym. He always looks out for everybody coming in to work out. He means well, but he also does the thing where he shows you how to do the exercises or use the equipment and you can't quite help but feel like he's showing off.

Competitive. The quickest way to get him to do something is to imply that he's incapable of doing it.

He'll offer to share his food with you. Do not take it. It's all protein and fitness stuff and it's absolutely rancid.

Taking engineering classes on the side. He likes to build.

Keeps birds.

Shad

35.

Eccentric scholar, works as the local librarian.

Delightfully befuddled most of the time.

Close friends with Sonata, and concerned for her wellbeing.

Physically fragile. The wind could blow the wrong way and he'd fall over.

"I'm not 'feeding the trolls', this is an internet debate and I'm sharing what I know!"

Gets targeted often by Sonata's stalker (Zant), much to his misfortune. This man can't use the computer anymore because Zant keeps fucking up Shad's mainframe.

Might feel something more than just friendship for Sonata...

[thenmichael]

Soon

[kheprriverse]

you have the AUDACITY to tell us link and Malon have a son and ONLY tell us like 2 things about him

I THINK NOT

so here are some questions about him

how old is he

what is his favorite food

is he a mama or daddy’s boy

what’s his favorite animal

what’s his favorite thing to do with his dad

What’s his favorite thing to do with his mom

is ruto his auntie

What’s his favorite color

dose he have or will he get any siblings

What dose he want to be when he grows up

and finally how old was he / will he be when his dad” kicks the bucket “

Damn! You caught me!! I was wondering how long I could go without giving much detail xD. Nonetheless! I shall answer some of your questions.

Below the cut is an image to get a better idea of his design as well as answers for you. Also coz this got really long lmao.

I'm not as confident at drawing children, which is why he's not featured very often atm. But he will appear in my au so eventually I'll figure it out :'D

How old is he? -> He's around 8-ish when Ballad has to leave for the main au.

What is his favorite food? -> Pancakes! With honey syrup and berries.

Is he a mama or daddy’s boy? -> I thought about this one a lot last night and I'm still indecisive. While he'd spend a lot more time with his mom (Ballad IS still one of Zelda's soldiers so he can't stay home as often as he'd like. And if they are home they're usually injured/recovering sadly), I do think he'd be a daddy's boy. Any time Link is around so is his son, if its possible.

What’s his favorite animal? -> Much like both his parents, horses! Cuccos are also a plus :)!

What’s his favorite thing to do with his mom/dad? -> Taking care of the horses and cuccos with Malon seems to be his favorite activity, as well as doing little crafts and drawing (inheriting his creative-eye from his dad). However Ballad takes him fishing when they have free time, or if his son bugs him enough to xD

Is Ruto his auntie? -> Yes! She's still relatively close to Ballad so by association she's automatically one of his son's favorite people. She's always visiting if she happens to be nearby or on the way to Hyrule Castle, and always has gifts for the fam <3

What’s his favorite color? -> Yellow ☺️

Does he have or will he get any siblings? -> Can't say 🤫

What dose he want to be when he grows up? -> I imagine he'd wanna continue working on the ranch, especially with his love of horses and the other farm animals they have.

And finally how old was he / will he be when his dad "kicks the bucket"? -> I also cannot answer this 🤫. It'll eventually happen ofc, especially since Ballad has a habit of getting himself horribly injured. But he always makes it home. Eventually.

Some extra info below:

Appearance wise he looks more like his mom, but inherits a lot of his interests and personality from his dad.

Ballad is horribly protective of him and tries his absolute hardest to keep his son out of his soldier-business. But eventually he loosens up and teaches him basic self-defense (which means his boy indeed knows how to use a sword, though not very well just yet).

He's named after his dad, but is often called "Koki" (or "Linky" by Malon if Ballad happens to be in teasing distance.)

He was born hard of hearing as well (being mostly deaf) and has been learning sign language from both his parents most of his life now (He knows Hylian and Gerudo sign language, but has also picked up some Kokiri signs from his father).

His parents had to result to at-home schooling due to the bullying he'd receive at the schools in Castletown. He's mostly taught by Malon or a tutor.

[musical-chan]

Link and the Deity Chapter 6: Autumn Into Winter

Lessons continued, despite Link's trepidation. It was several days before Deity could get the boy to engage fully in sparring once more but he pushed on, knowing it was important that they proceed. Far beyond Link using the double helix, something in the god's mind said that there would be a need for the boy to be properly trained. He was a Hero, unfortunately, and there was a feel of things unfinished, a battle that would need to be won. 

This was a premonition, obviously.  It wasn't as strong as he would have preferred but the lingering effects of demon magic made connecting with the Mothers nearly impossible.  It was still comforting, despite how frustrated he was by his current weakness, to know that They were trying to help. He spent many of his spare moments and most nights trying to untangle his essence with very few successes. It just may be that he would have to establish a more direct connection with Them to be completely free of this curse.  He considered a visit to Mother Nayru but in one of the many books he had procured, it mentioned there was an age requirement for mortals to ascend to the holy spring. Though Link's twelfth birthday had come and gone, that was still not old enough. Would he be able to get his son past the priestesses anyway? Would it be better to leave Link at home?  He would be slowed considerably with a companion but even travelling at his fastest speeds, it would take weeks. 

(Read the rest on AO3)

[turbofanatic]

Redrawing the current blorbo for some experimentation with various brushes and textures. This is Tiny's "Someone says there's something screaming in the field at night so I'm going to have a look" outfit. Normally he would not be carrying the Great Fairy's sword around casually.

Worldbuilding nonsense under the cut.

The great fairy sword is so sharp it would shred a scabbard after a few quick draws and is awkwardly large so it (like historical montantes and other large swords) does not have a scabbard. It either goes in a magical storage bag or is held up and over the shoulder. When at home it's wrapped up in cloth and placed on a high shelf. Being made of magically reinforced obsidian, it needs very little maintenance. In contrast, the more traditional metal sword Tiny sometimes uses has a scabbard based on the design of the Master Sword's scabbard, affixed to a belt, but that's not shown here.

The smaller side weapon is the gilded sword, forged from the Kokiri sword, which really was just a large dagger with exceptionally good protective runes taken by the lost children from dead poachers. The Kokiri don't know how to forge or care for iron (and the trees despise iron), but they can work with copper, and a few other metals (mostly obtained by looting corpses slain by the woods). The scabbard for the gilded sword was originally the scabbard for the Kokiri sword, with an extension built into the top to accommodate the longer length. The scabbard is made from bone, capped with copper. The scabbard and Saria's ocarina are all that remain of Tiny's life with the forest children and he clings to them.

Kokiri craftsmanship is rather unique in being both overwrought and simple. Imagine a ten year old with decades to spare crafting something and you're on the right track. The have fine barkcloth but no weaving. Decent pottery but no throwing wheels. A common Kokiri household object is a stone bowl carved over the course of years when bored.

The belt buckle and embroidery are from Malon, the tunic is made from goat hair (I don't remember sheep in Hyrule but I could be wrong), the pants and undershirt are linen. The boots are leather, cinched above the ankle and calf with small belts.