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So here's the first Link's line up!

Descriptions below!

Skyloft; From Skyward Sword. He's 27 years old, has 2 daughters with his Zelda, who will be nicknamed Sun. They're both in a relationship with Groose. He’s leader with Sun of the peoples of Skyloft, the first Hylians. They don't have kings, that comes later (at force) from the Zonia. Groose is currently traveling the world in search of other peoples who survived the sealing wars, since supposedly there were 5. Skyloft is generally pretty settled, but the effect of fighting a literal god has reduced his stamina and made him susceptible to asthma attacks. He has a 'puffer' of Sundelion. He also occasionally suffers from terrible nightmares, visions of the far off future, and even occasional present-future, but these are sometimes mixed into actual nightmares, which causes some insomnia.

Outset; From Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass. His/their pronouns bounce between he and they and they are 22 years old. Co-creator of New Hyrule with his Zelda, Tetra. She is Queen, he/they are not King, he didn’t want the title as they prefer the freedom to travel without a retinue of knights. He and Tetra have a pretty good relationship but her new duties have meant that she’s often too busy to do much more than see him when he ferries people into New Hyrule. They have a daughter together, and he is her father, but Tetra and themselves are not married, and both have agreed to an ‘open’ relationship. Outset captains a ship with his friend and first mate Linebeck on (technically) Linebeck’s ship.

Hyrule; From LOZ 1&2, Link’s Adventure. Hyrule is 17, and technically what one might consider intersex, though it is magical in nature. They can have either genitals, but usually have one genitalia when large, and the other when they’re a fairy. They’re technically king of Hyrule, as they were married to Zelda 2 shortly after Link’s Adventure, but Hyrule doesn’t rule. The two Zeldas rule together as co-ruler queens, and yes they are both Zelda, and yes it can get very confusing. They mostly go by Zelda the Elder, (LOZ2) and Zelda the Younger (LOZ1). Hyrule doesn’t really understand marriage, as both themselves and Zelda the Elder were too young for it, and Hyrule tends to just sleep with whomever whenever they feel like. It’s generally seen as fine, since ‘Kings’ often have mistresses, though people do whisper about how they take as many male lovers as they do female. They tend to be very awkward in the castle as they have no idea how to be a king and aside from going out and helping people, and have no intention to learn. Their fine tunic and jewelry is supplied by Zelda the Elder, their wife.

Hateno; From Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. They’re 24, and their pronouns tend to be whatever they feel like being at that moment. They are, previous to BOTW, effectively transgender, as they were born female and became male when they became Champion. After they awoke in the shrine they didn’t feel like any gender and are agendered. Post BOTW they’re in a relationship with his Zelda, later nicknamed Scholar, but while she generally sticks to him, he doesn’t do the same and had taken lovers all over Hyrule pre defeat of Calamity Ganon. Hateno didn’t want to stop post BOTW and while it has caused tension, is now simply how they are. She tends to travel all over Hyrule with Scholar, doing research, helping rebuild Hyrule as they had pre TOTK. There are calls about Scholar becoming Queen, and officially marrying Hateno, neither have pursued either call. The scars Hateno has are mostly just cosmetic in nature and he has full range of movement, though their seem to be a couple side effects from a hundred years in the Shrine of Resurrection…

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Ramblings about the designs here! In order so I can get thoughts out.

So, when designing these guys I thought; remember, you do not have more than a basic 3d model of these guys and will constantly have to redraw them. Details are nice, but unless you feel you can easily stamp it, don't add it.

Roughs and descriptions under cut

Unfortunately and fortunately…Skyward Sword's Link's offical design is entirely uninteresting. It's so basic. So unlike the others I could up the design instead of pulling it down. I straight up pulled several design elements from Zelda of Skyward, including the belt buckle and sail clothe. I also kept him blond but upped his skintone as he's a people who are constantly in a sunny environment. The only reason for the blond bit was I headcanon that when people get exposed to the divine light of Hylia end up getting gold in their hair. It doesn't always go blond, but it will change from a more normal browns, reds, etc to something with a golden sheen. I decided to make him big after I researched his 'official height' and it was like 5'7". So he's big, physically and height. I know official heights and memes but I feel like these guys are actually humans who became Hylians, after Hylia saved them, so they'd be kinda the last vestiges of their human ancestry, their ears are shorter than later Hylians and their faces are rounder too. They're straight up called humans in the Hyrule Historia, though I am admittedly cherry picking from that as I see fit.

Rough;

As you can see, he went through a redesign, as he had more of a Cossack look (Ukraine) but then I looked more at Zelda and realized she's wearing what appears to be a viking dress so I went more in that direction for his final design.

Outset went through several designs before I landed on where it was. Admittedly I really chased the island aesthetic before landing where I was when I realized that if I decorated Outset in all the tattoos I had planned then I might find myself in trouble with having to redraw them all again and again, even if that would me putting down a stamp. So, he got long sleeves…the tats are still under that, which I I'll post later (when I get a good version done.)

Rough;

See…so many tats. So pretty.

Poor Hyrule, I probably went through like 3 redesigns for this poor fae. I knew I wanted them awkward looking, but even their official art flies wildly between cute and smol to spindly with the only consistent thing being dark eyes and darker hair. They're also the literal first Link, so their clothing is super simple. 'But!' I thought, 'They're a king!' So, you know, their things have to be a little fancy. I don't see them running around in a codpiece, by any stretch, but they've likely at least got a less threadworn tunic on. So I just upped his basic design by making it a little prettier.

Rough;

As you can see I played around with this a lot before settling a couple things. Main one that their hair isn't curly anymore. It does have a lot of volume still but I figured that Outset's curls were fine for now. Plus, the logical side says that unless someone is maintaining their curls for them, it's going to be short as they literally live in caves, alongside most of the population. So, no curls, sorry.

Okay, not gunna lie; Hateno looks pretty much how he looks in offical art with the only change being; I did not want to draw that much armor over and over again. So, I combined between BOTW and TOTK at random and as I saw fit. I also did not like the zonia arm, so he also didn't get that.

Rough;

Poor kid, a major case of; what I don't like. This, that? Cool, remove them.

So here's the first Link's line up!

Descriptions below!

Skyloft; From Skyward Sword. He's 27 years old, has 2 daughters with his Zelda, who will be nicknamed Sun. They're both in a relationship with Groose. He’s leader with Sun of the peoples of Skyloft, the first Hylians. They don't have kings, that comes later (at force) from the Zonia. Groose is currently traveling the world in search of other peoples who survived the sealing wars, since supposedly there were 5. Skyloft is generally pretty settled, but the effect of fighting a literal god has reduced his stamina and made him susceptible to asthma attacks. He has a 'puffer' of Sundelion. He also occasionally suffers from terrible nightmares, visions of the far off future, and even occasional present-future, but these are sometimes mixed into actual nightmares, which causes some insomnia.

Outset; From Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass. His/their pronouns bounce between he and they and they are 22 years old. Co-creator of New Hyrule with his Zelda, Tetra. She is Queen, he/they are not King, he didn’t want the title as they prefer the freedom to travel without a retinue of knights. He and Tetra have a pretty good relationship but her new duties have meant that she’s often too busy to do much more than see him when he ferries people into New Hyrule. They have a daughter together, and he is her father, but Tetra and themselves are not married, and both have agreed to an ‘open’ relationship. Outset captains a ship with his friend and first mate Linebeck on (technically) Linebeck’s ship.

Hyrule; From LOZ 1&2, Link’s Adventure. Hyrule is 17, and technically what one might consider intersex, though it is magical in nature. They can have either genitals, but usually have one genitalia when large, and the other when they’re a fairy. They’re technically king of Hyrule, as they were married to Zelda 2 shortly after Link’s Adventure, but Hyrule doesn’t rule. The two Zeldas rule together as co-ruler queens, and yes they are both Zelda, and yes it can get very confusing. They mostly go by Zelda the Elder, (LOZ2) and Zelda the Younger (LOZ1). Hyrule doesn’t really understand marriage, as both themselves and Zelda the Elder were too young for it, and Hyrule tends to just sleep with whomever whenever they feel like. It’s generally seen as fine, since ‘Kings’ often have mistresses, though people do whisper about how they take as many male lovers as they do female. They tend to be very awkward in the castle as they have no idea how to be a king and aside from going out and helping people, and have no intention to learn. Their fine tunic and jewelry is supplied by Zelda the Elder, their wife.

Hateno; From Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. They’re 24, and their pronouns tend to be whatever they feel like being at that moment. They are, previous to BOTW, effectively transgender, as they were born female and became male when they became Champion. After they awoke in the shrine they didn’t feel like any gender and are agendered. Post BOTW they’re in a relationship with his Zelda, later nicknamed Scholar, but while she generally sticks to him, he doesn’t do the same and had taken lovers all over Hyrule pre defeat of Calamity Ganon. Hateno didn’t want to stop post BOTW and while it has caused tension, is now simply how they are. She tends to travel all over Hyrule with Scholar, doing research, helping rebuild Hyrule as they had pre TOTK. There are calls about Scholar becoming Queen, and officially marrying Hateno, neither have pursued either call. The scars Hateno has are mostly just cosmetic in nature and he has full range of movement, though their seem to be a couple side effects from a hundred years in the Shrine of Resurrection…