#sooga headcanons

[imaginethezeldaverse]

Thoughts on Sooga?

Oh you mean that giant hulking mass of a man with the loyalty of a golden retriever and the ability to probably split a tree with his bare hands? Love him.

Here’s a few headcanons I have:

He’s a great listener. He’s the strong silent type, for sure, but given his Yiga lineage, he's learned that listening carefully (be it when someone's talking or in your surroundings) is the best way to have the upper hand. In this case, it would be having the upper hand on being someone you can trust.

His favorite banana-made food item is a banana upside down cake.

Has carried Master Kohga on his back more times than he can count. Keeps himself in the best of shape in order to do so because Master Kohga is NOT light.

The deep cut in his mask was left from the only person other than Link to be able to get any sort of hit on him. A former Yiga, who, in a blind fit of rage at the death of his wife (Sooga's doing by orders of Master Kohga in recompense for treason), hurled his eightfold longblade at Sooga's head before being restrained.

Meditates on top of the Gerudo Highland mountains every morning in order to start his day.

[odddaze]

Quick doodleee

[noirandchocolate]

Another tiny nighttime headcanon, this time about the origin of the name Kohga! Now, there’s been plenty of other people explaining on Tumblr and elsewhere that the names “Kohga” and “Yiga/Iga” were inspired by real world Japanese ninja clans/the regions where they lived. That’s the very cool Doylist explanation. This post isn’t about that, it’s for a Watsonian explanation, in my own lil’ AoC-timeline ‘verse, as always.

The original Master Kohga, as I’ve said before, was the Chief of the major Sheikah settlements around Satori Mountain at the time of the ancient King’s betrayal. His full name—because as we know from the monks in BotW the Sheikah had family names 10,000 years ago—was Mogg Kohga.*

So where did that name come from? Welllllll…. I have seen some internet sources saying that IRL the name “Kohga” means “old river.” I don’t know how true that actually is on Earth (I’d welcome confirmation or disproving), buuuut…

I headcanon that the river that flows near Satori Mountain, that separates its environs from Central Hyrule, was once called the Kohga River. And much like a human on Earth might be named Jordan, Mogg Kohga was named for that river.

I also headcanon that the river’s path once ran closer to the Mountain, through the area now called Nima Plain,** but that at some point in the intervening 10,000 years it changed course, leaving that area a wider, low, grassy plain and, to the south, Dalite Forest. (It also flooded the very old Sage Temple area and created the moat around the Colosseum that was built much later.) But at the time Mogg Kohga lived, the river he was named for was quite a boon to the Sheikah living on and near Satori Mountain.

And now it’s called the Regencia River. Three guesses why. …okay if you said “because the ancient Hylian monarchy wanted to wipe the Sheikah and their culture off the map (literally) and ‘Kohga’ is a distinctly Sheikah name while ‘Regencia’ sounds Hylian and noble,” you win the prize of me saying, “you are smart and know how imperialism works!”

Any-wayyyyy…. Every Master of the Yiga Clan since then has taken on the name Kohga when they ascend to the position. 1) In honor of the first Master, 2) so they can do a kinda “from the ashes of one comes the next” thing, and 3) as an up-yours to the Hylian Royal Family that changed the name of the river. THE Kohga might be all but erased, but A Kohga will always exist in the shadows…

Added super bonus headcanon! I said in my tags on this post that this obviously means every Master Kohga once had a name that was NOT Kohga. Well! Once each successive Master ascends…. That original name just kind of goes away, other than in prior records. Nobody is supposed to—allowed to, really—address the Master by their former name. Of course plenty of people will know the old name, that goes without saying. Everyone in the Clan at the time of the ascension who’s old enough to understand what names are, don’t be silly! But it’s kind of like a culturally-enforced deadname. If someone calls a Master Kohga by their before-name, they’ve got to ignore it or correct that person, etc. You can’t call them by it behind their back, either. Doing so is considered really rude, taboo even. That’s not their name anymore.

So now for juuuust a little thing to think about. :)

Imagine you’re the Heir, and the unthinkable—or at least, something you’ve never really wanted to think about—has just happened. Your father, Master Kohga, is dead. He wasn’t even old! He was cut down, murdered, in his prime, only seventy-five! And you? You’re just twenty-five, and sure you’re big and strong and know all this powerful magic…you’ve been trained practically from birth to one day take over the Clan…. You’re capable, you think. You’ve got to be. But…it wasn’t supposed to happen yet. For decades, even. Not like this. Not like this.

But you pass the tests, and you ascend, and…Master Kohga is your name.

You liked your before-name. Loved it, even. Your Mama chose it, and she’s been…off, lately, weak for no reason anyone can tell…. And now not even she is allowed to call you by your…shoot, do you have to stop thinking of it as your “real” name too? Really? Nobody can use it anymore. Or any of your old nicknames, either. Your friends, your now-former mentors, people who’ve known you all your life. Nobody.

You liked being [Redacted].

You can’t be [Redacted].

You are Master Kohga.

~~~

*Family names apparently went first in ancient Sheikah custom. I assume this is so based on the two Dueling Peaks monks being canonically twin brothers: Shee Venath and Shee Vaneer. There is also a group of three monks with the family name Shae: Loya, Mo’sah, and Kenath. Aaaand there’s Dah Hasho and Dah Kaso, Kah Yah and Kah Okeo, Kema Kosassa and Kema Zoos, Maag No’rah and Maag Halan, Shai Utoh and Shai Yota…yeah. Guess being high-ranking martial artists and technicians and devout Hylia followers may have run in families!

**Interestingly, “Nima” is the given name of Monk Tutsuwa Nima, who gives Link a test of strength at his shrine at the Spring of Power in Akkala. I just noticed this tonight. Hmm…perhaps the area by the shore of the Kohga River was already named Nima something-or-other, and this monk was named for the geographical area too? Or both man and area are named for something else, that “Nima” means in Ancient Sheikah…? Still, kinda funny that I’ve been like “lol the Sheikah used to live at Satori Mountain” and it turns out an area near Satori Mountain has the same name as a monk…astfgldsksksd this kind of thing Happens to Me.

[sweetblueberrymuffin]

My sooga desing :3

I have the headcanon that he is a sheikah who decided to join the Yiga clan so I designed an outfit for him (and a visual guide of what the outfit is like)

[gspaepro]

ANOTHER REDRAW!!!!

This time I redrew my first ever finished piece featuring my Kohga and Sooga designs. They have grown so much, and my skills have definitely grown just from these past few years. I hope you guys still love these two as much as I do 💕💕

Here's a short speedpaint and here's the comparison between the 2021 version and the 2024 version!

[ashley-kins]

In the Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity timeline, Mipha confesses her love to Link. They end up together.

Zelda continues her research in both Sheikah and Zonai technology, now with King Rhoam allowing her to do so as she always wanted.

Purah figures out she has feelings for Zelda and Zelda realizes that she's bisexual when she starts finding Purah attractive. After about a year of flirting, they get together.

Revali and Link now train vigorously so that they can fight in the coliseum in front of all Hyrule to determine which of them is actually better at fighting.

Kohga and Sooga have gay sex every day and are happy boyfriends.

Ganondorf's body remains under Hyrule Castle for over a hundred years before he comes back from the dead when Queen Zelda and the Hero of the Wild are old and frail. Tears of the Kingdom happens but the only difference is the age. Also Zelda has dementia and Link has become deaf from their old ages.

[frickingnerd]

lovers to enemies with sooga

pairing: sooga x gn!reader

tags: fluff to angst, lie & attempted murder (sooga to reader), reader works at hyrule castle, fake feelings turning real

sooga always had been a good man

he treated you with respect, loved you unconditionally and you could see a future with years of happiness ahead for the two of you

and yet, you didn't actually know sooga

you only thought you did, but there were things he was keeping from you, ever since the two of you first met

you worked at hyrule castle, which is where you first met him and it was almost love at first sight

just a few words exchanged and you already knew you wouldn't be able to forget this man ever again

the two of you kept running into each other in the castle, leading you to believe he worked there as well, yet never questioning it

but while you worked closely together with princess zelda and helped her with her research, sooga had come to the castle to assassinate the princess

that had been his plan when he got there the first time, but then he ran into you

and while sooga only got closer to you to assassinate the princess, he ended up falling in love with you, even wanting to leave the yiga clan

but he couldn't do it. in the end, he had to choose between killing the princess or you

and so, he went to the castle one more time, this time disguised as a member of the yiga clan, to finish his job

though a brave knight protected the princess and during the fight, sooga's mask cracked

he had failed his mission and as he ran out of the castle, everything only got worse for him, as he ran into you

at first, you only saw him as the man who attacked the princess. then you noticed the crack in the mask and recognized the man you love…

still in shock, sooga pulls his weapon as he notices you recognized him, only to drop it a moment later

he didn't want to hurt you! that's why he did all of this in the first place… 

but it was already too late. you were unharmed, yet you were still hurting because of him

with tears in your eyes, you told him to leave. to never return to you and never show his face again

and while a part of you may have hoped he'd try to explain himself or come visit you again, he never did

that was the last time you saw sooga, yet you weren't able to ever forget him

he might have done bad things, but he wasn't a bad person. only what he did was bad, but he was still a good man, that your heart still belonged to…

[yigaclvn]

I got the idea of the knights being cloned based off of the Sheikah ability to clone yourself. For example, Maz Koshia and Impa have the ability to clone themselves. With Maz Koshia taking it up a notch by having his clones to be able to attack you. Anyways, I’m sure as hell the Yiga also share this ability. I mean, most of them are Sheikah. Now Yiga. And if I’m not mistaken, Master Kohga also cloned himself in a fight against him? Correct me if I’m mistaken. So the Yiga Clan have created clones of the knights for training purposes. And like I said, the clones aren’t real even though they mimic attacks.

[foxynovacoda]

✨Headcanon✨

Wow, it's been a while since I posted an headcanon. Sorry guys (who cares).

AAANYWAYYY

I bought and played the legend of zelda breath of the wilde, age of calamity and tears of the kingdom (no spoiler abt last one in this) aaand I came to the conclusion that I love Yiga Clan, for god's sake.

SO NOW

I think we don't talk enough about when Kohga and Sooga met

Because I think it went something like this (headcanon):

Kohga: Sooo what's yo' name, kiddo?

Sooga: My name's... Uhm, Sooga!

Kohga: ... Did you- did you just invented it?

Sooga: Listen man, I'm a trans kid, I escaped from my village 'cause of that.

Kohga: OH, OK. WELCOME IN THE CLAN, BOI.

Sooga: YEPPEEEEE

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it went like that

(TF DID I JUST WRITE, LMFAOOOO)

[top--banana]

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[noirandchocolate]

Behold!! What Bast does when I tell her about the kinda stuff our Kohga gets up to post-AoC and about his family historyyyy. She draws him so good and look at her adorable Zelda!!

Anyway the Master is currently involved with some science projects with Purah and Robbie at the Royal Lab because surprise surprise the Yiga Clan has old pre-persecution-and-genocide records and ancestral knowledge of Sheikah tech and magic. Kohga has also recently started teaching some of the younger researchers there how to read Ancient Sheikah so they too can review the scrolls and blueprints he's brought over. Zelda has joined in on these lessons (bottom left) 'cause Kohga is trying to become her weird uncle she is interested in learning more about ancient relics and history and also she is taking her alliance with the Clan seriously.

Meanwhile Kohga's Nana was a badass and his Mama, Hotaru, was super pretty. And the Clan now has three puppies from Mabe Village's Ranch because Kohga wanted to give the young children of the Clan some fun new friends to take care of after the trauma of the Calamity conflict. Because he loves them kids. Their names are Kon, Hashi, and Bashra; Bast drew Hashi!

In sum, Bast doodles are Best doodles and I love her. LOOK AT THESE.

Kohga doodles I’ve been sitting on!

[noirandchocolate]

It's the winner of my poll, so I hope you'll enjoy a nice big post about...

Yiga Clan Mask Culture and Traditions Headcanons!

History

The Clan adopted the practice of wearing masks fairly early on after their founding 10,000 years ago. Veils were already worn by powerful Sheikah monks as a symbol of martial prowess (being able to fight with hampered or absent sight), wisdom (being able to "see" what others could not, despite or because of a self-imposed "blindness"), and asceticism (being humble and near-anonymous). Those among the ancient Sheikah who worked as assassins, spies, guardians, and interrogators for the Crown also tended to wear masks covering at least part of the face. So, when the Sheikah who decided to defy the ancient King's genocide banded together to form the Yiga Clan, taking to wearing masks and veils to obscure their identities was a natural choice. The early Clan's face-coverings were among the first items they painted with the Inverted Eye that became the symbol of the group's defiance of their prior role as Hylia's chosen protectors and servants of the royal family.

The original Master Kohga, who had been the Chief of the Sheikah settlements around Satori Mountain, never actually wore a mask! (The practice of doing so had not fully standardized yet.) Instead, he took up wearing a veil to honor his grandfather, Monk Mogg Latan, and as a sign to those who would ask him and his people to shed their heritage, that he would not back down.

However, the First Master did provide the origin to one aspect of his successors' masks: While Sheikah who were considered masters in their chosen fields (including monks) traditionally wore a hairstyle featuring five long ornamental sticks, the First Master chose to wear six, as a symbol of a) his people's split from the Royal Family (cut an arrayed set of five sticks straight in half and you end up with six sticks--the formerly central one broken down the middle), and b) their continued claim to the power associated with the number three (note that the Sheikah monks found in Shrines (and Maz Koshia) all wear/display six golden bracelets). As you know, the current Master mask now features three horns on each side!

As time went on, in addition to providing protection and anonymity to Clan members particularly when traveling outside their main "hideout" base in Karusa Valley, the masks also became a unifying aspect of membership and family within the group. In other words, the masks are not only meant to hide one's face from outsiders, but to signal to insiders the bond between them. All within the Clan may don the mask, all may wear the same "face." All carry the symbol of the Inverted Eye. All are working together, all are playing their part. The Clan as a whole is quite a collectivist culture; the masks are one very obvious aspect of that.

The current mask designs have been in place for several millennia now, but it did take some time for the style to "settle" into this level of tradition and immutability. The Yiga have quite ancient scrolls and artworks depicting their ancestors wearing different styles of masks, including curved rectangular ones mimicking the shape of ancient monks' veils, and more complicated and demonic or deity-looking masks for Masters. During one period a few centuries into the Clan's existence, another Hylian monarch (this time, a Queen) sent troops across the kingdom to search for any remaining Sheikah (remember, Kakariko Village was "hidden" to most) to eradicate them. The Yiga began to appear "out of nowhere" to wreak havoc and sow discord among scouts and military camps, wearing masks painted with the inverted eye and large, red, smiling mouths. Quite unsettling!

How They're Made and How They Work

Masks are crafted of wood and, in the case only of the Master, an overlay of molduga bone. All those taking up the job of craft-work among the Yiga learn to make masks, but there have always been a few specially trained masters of the art who create masks and associated ornaments for the Master, Right Hand, presumptive Heir, and any spouse (Mistress or Consort) of the Master. These in particular are expected to be perfect, both in their specially-measured fit to the wearer's face and in their symmetry of shape and inlaid, painted design. And so, training to make them goes beyond the ordinary mask-maker's education, involving a great deal of practice but also meditation. A keen eye for detail and steady hands are paramount. These crafting masters are highly regarded, and often take on new names related in some way to their teachers', when they achieve their new position.

Yes, the masks are solid wood. Yiga are able to see "through" them using magic. The vast majority of current Clan members share a heritage that allows them to use magic (a subject for another post!) at least to some degree, and this Sight skill is one of the very first things Yiga are taught--whether as young children or as new additions if they join as teens or adults. As with many Yiga abilities (again, to be discussed in the future!), Sight has an accompanying rune/talisman that will keep it going perpetually. This is etched into an "active" mask when it is given to its owner. So, the owner puts on the mask, instantly starts the...for lack of a better word "spell," and then the rune keeps the ability "flowing" for as long as the user wishes.

Those vanishingly few Clan members who are completely devoid of magical ability must ask someone else to activate the rune for them. Unfortunately, their Sight through their masks is impaired by the fact that none of their own energy is being used to power the rune as it "flows." Such members do not take on/are not assigned to roles that will take them outside the Karusa Complex, as masks are absolutely required for such positions. Instead, they stay home, usually wear veils instead, and work within the Clan in other vital ways.

Current Designs

All Yiga masks save those for the Master and Right Hand share the same basic curved oval shape that contours around to cover the sides of the face, again for anonymity and conformity. Really the only difference about those two, too, is the addition of horns. All masks are marked with the Inverted Eye.

One other slightly different mask is that worn by the Heir, which is additionally marked by a curved slash of red down the sides of the face (most prominently visible in profile). This marks the Heir as one who is working to grow into leadership and one day wear a horned mask.

The horns on the Master and Right Hand's masks have that curved shape because they are meant to not only be horns, but flames. As in, flames of righteous fury against those who betrayed the Clan's ancestors, and the purifying flames of destruction they've hoped would purge the Kingdom of its ruling class! The red inlay of them of course matches the red of the Eyes, but also symbolizes the burning core of the Clan's intended vengeance.

The Master has three horns per side, and the Right Hand has one, so perhaps you've wondered: is there a two-horned mask? Why yes! I headcanon that there is! It is reserved for a Right Hand who is also the Heir. Which is not a very rare occurrence, since a Master would likely hope to rely on their Heir as their second-in-command, once they're of age and they've proven themself to be reliable, skilled, and powerful enough. (Great training to be Master themself one day!) Our current Best Guy Kohga remembers this mask as the one his father wore during his early childhood before his Nana died and Dad became Master. Kohga himself was also eventually given the two-horned mask when he became his father's Right Hand.

He was very proud to wear it.

He did not get to wear it for long.

The metal side ornaments on Yiga masks are meant to resemble fangs, and are meant to add an edge of ferociousness to the Clan's appearance. Even members who are not actively working in more martial positions wear them--a style similar to Footsoldiers', but with the subtle difference that the center ridge of their three-ridged design is red, instead of the top one.

Footsoldiers' ornaments are straighter and dagger-like, evoking their prowess with smaller, more concealed weapons and bows. The top ridge colored red indicates that they are in a martial position and their work--and if necessary, their bloodshed--protects the more "civilian" population of the Karusa Complex.

Blademasters' ornaments are curved and sharper, a show of their ferocity with larger, well, blades. Although usually hidden by their hoods when in they're in full uniform, their ornaments do still feature the three ridges with the top one in red.

The Right Hand's ornaments share the basic shape of the Blademasters', but are segmented more smoothly down their whole length, with the final, sharp segment at the tip in red. These show that the Right Hand is at the top of the martial hierarchy of the Clan, at the forefront of the Clan's protection and ready to stain their weapons ("fangs") with the blood of their enemies.

Finally, Master Kohga's ornaments' more hooked shape are similarly meant to represent curved fangs, but the more rounded, shiny red end-pieces are meant to evoke skill not only with weapons but with the special arcane techniques only a Master is trained in. The larger, round, red center of their five-ridged design shows that Master Kohga is the central figure for the Clan--not just the Chief or "top banana," but someone who lives among their people and keeps them together. Powerful, deadly, but also a unifying force.

Traditions Surrounding Masks

As suggested above, Yiga children start wearing veils and practicing using the Sight technique pretty young, so they're prepared for donning their masks when the time comes. Kids officially get their first masks at the very start of the year during which they'll turn eleven. Depending on the Clan's birth rate for a particular year there might be only a few getting masks or there might be a big group. Getting one's mask involves...

A trip to Satori Mountain with Master Kohga! The Mountain being a very important place for the Clan, it has been chosen for the children's (usually) first time leaving the relative safety of Karusa Valley. The Master takes them to the sacred spring among the sakura trees near the top, where they remove their veils and put on their first masks. This ceremonial part of the trip is fairly short, and involves a pledge to stay safe beneath the mask and to work to the best of one's ability for the Clan. Then, the kids get to have some fun exploring, doing some fun little tasks set by the Master--things like "pick four different kinds of mushroom" or "find the tree marked with the Eye." This is meant to give the children not only a chance to practice using Sight out in the open, but the opportunity to get to know the Mountain...and...well, to run around being kids rolling in grass and climbing trees, out in the world under the sky, using the basic tracking and stealth skills they've been learning through their childhoods. (This is truly another of the current Kohga's favorite days of the year. Man loves the kiddos.)

Once you've received your mask, you're also considered old enough to start doing more involved chores around the Complex and figuring out what jobs and roles you might want to start really training for. So it's a Coming of Age kind of event! Children's mask ornaments are again the same as footsoldiers' and civilians', but they have the lowest ridge painted red. Under the protection of everyone else. They'll have these until they turn sixteen--another milestone.

Clan members are expected to keep their faces covered or disguised even at home, once they have been given their first masks. I've said it before but it belongs in a post on this topic: one's true face is, after that age, reserved for one's very immediate family. Parents, grandparents, siblings, spouse, and kids/grandkids. So, when a child goes up Satori Mountain at the start of their special year, the moment between when they take off their veil and when they put on their mask may be the last time they see the real faces of their friends with whom they share an age. Honestly, it's quite poignant, a sort of shedding of one's childhood self and taking on of a new identity among the Clan.

After death, a person's final mask is kept for their family's area down in the Clan's ancestor shrine halls. Masks are cared for by family members as part of specific festivals and are brought out for various events like weddings and funerary rites within the family. Since so much of a person's energy flows through their mask over the time they wear it, it's believed to still carry a part of their essence. So it's felt that ancestors are especially "present" and watching over you, when you visit your family shrine, or when their masks are made a part of your special days.

Yiga masks are quite tough, and broken and outgrown ones are burned at home. Those who are assigned to jobs and missions outside the Valley must be adept at the disguise technique, but if one's mask is broken to the point it can no longer be worn and it is at all possible to break away from one's task, one is supposed to return home to retrieve a new one right away.

((Sooga's insistence on wearing his cracked mask is considered quite unusual and odd. It's honestly only permitted because he is the Right Hand and thus his horns and uniforms already make him stand out. He did have it reinforced and repainted after the incident. I gave his stated reasoning for keeping it in a prior post, but...it's also because he was initially ashamed at having broken the work of a master craftsman so shortly after he received it. To this day, years later, if pressed he will say that his mask is serviceable so there is no need to trouble anyone. Of course, now more than ever anyone would love to make him a new one, but...that's Sooga for you. T-T))

Married couples traditionally remove each other's masks on their wedding night, before shedding any remaining disguise. This is a profoundly intimate show of love and trust. Even within a marriage, consent must be given before taking off one's spouse's mask.

Once you turn sixteen, in fact, no one is allowed to remove your mask without your express permission. Even when you're disguised under there. That includes parents and romantic partners. It's considered incredibly rude and childish especially after that age, to grab at someone else's mask to try to remove it.

That said, poking at or rapping on someone's mask is just silly behavior between friends, and caressing a masked cheek is loving. Also, touching masked foreheads together is a gesture of closeness between family, friends, and partners. Especially with a romantic partner, it's like a masked kiss. Yes. It's true. Yiga bonk foreheads like kittycats. (/silly, not really)

Because Yiga tend to spend a lot of time with their faces--even their fake faces--covered up, as a culture they tend to be quite expressive with their bodies and vocal inflections. They don't have facial expressions to rely on for communication purposes all the time, so head-tilts and hand gestures and other body language are adopted from an early age to get one's point across. Of course this doesn't mean they don't know what facial expressions are and mean (don't be ridiculous)--they know those things too, for when they're using an unmasked disguise and for dealing with other races. Just...they tend to talk with their hands a lot and can tell another Yiga's intent or emotion by how far they're tilting their head or how they're leaning their body. In fact, not gesturing as much or using subtler postures is just as much considered "reserved" or "quiet" among the Yiga as simply keeping one's volume down. There's nuance in these things, that outsiders might not realize.

Yiga doing espionage have to sort of mitigate these instincts/learned behaviors; they can sometimes come off weird or unsettling, otherwise! Think of those travelers you may have seen on the roads...how they wave and call to you a little too enthusiastically, and smile just a bit too wide... But surely they're just friendly! You should go over to them and talk. If you're lucky, they might even sell you some bananas, at very fair prices!

And the last thing you see, will be the blood red of the Inverted Eye.

And there you have it! A whole bunch of headcanons about Masks! Hope you had a good time reading!

[sweetblueberrymuffin]

Parte 1 ??? Idk

Hice un cómic sobre la backstory de Sooga, siguiendo lo visto en Aoc, y como este se une al clan yiga. Para más contexto tengo el head canon de que sooga es sheika y se quedo huérfano por alguna razón. (Si se preguntan por que hice esto es por que volví a jugar Aoc y me encanta ver a Sooga y a Kohga , los quiero mucho)

[gspaepro]

The duo has been revamped! Finally after a literal YEAR of putting it off I have completed Sooga’s ref sheet.

Once again I do believe the two of them are mostly Sheikah- (Especially since ToTK has confirmed that for Kohga) and most of their physical attributes are taken from their in-game models, dialogue AND a few of @needs-to-stop-looking-at-yigas works

Thank you for being patient- if you were even waiting-

[foxynovacoda]

I just wanted to say one lil' thing abt the 4th headcanon. But it's a totk thing so

SPOILER ALLERT!

Alright, thing starts below there

In the new Zelda game you can get into the Yiga clan by looking for pieces of the yiga armor.

After getting into the clan you can talk with some of the minions, they're all rude and no one trust each other.

One minion will say that they don't like people, another minion is fricking obsessed with spikes and ecc.

Sooo I think the headcanon is actually canon.

Master Kohga Headcanons (ft. Sooga)

Am I obsessed with the Yiga Husbands? Maybe. Ask my dashboard. BUT HEY! We’re all here to have a good time and refuse that anything bad happened to Sooga. So, here are a few Kohga headcanons that my girlfriend and I came up with at 2am one night.

Spoilers? maybe? Also this was inspired by us reading Yiga Husbands oneshots by @sheikah-simp so shoutout to them! Go read their fics, they’re fucking brilliant!

-First of all, my theory for the Yiga Clan in AOC!Kohga’s time is that they were more of just a nuisance to the Gerudo for years until Astor showed up (clearly Kohga had been master for a while at that point)

-They *told* people they served Ganon? But like- in this universe they totally did not care, they were just following orders from Kohga and fucking around

-They serve Kohga, not Ganon, it’s really just about keeping a reputation and gave them a reason for a Super Secret Evil Hideout

-In general, the Yiga Clan is just made up of everyone that was an outcast or rejected somehow

-None of them are super evil, they’re just here to mess around and have fun with their banana shenanigans while being super cool ninjas

-Which is whyyyy, when Kohga came into leadership, he immediately adopted all the new recruits

-If you’re part of this clan, he will adopt you, thems just the rules, age doesn’t matter

-Tries to make it lowkey, fails

-If anybody acknowledges he actually cares about them, he’s the guy that’s like “NO! I do NOT! You’re my minions, that’s IT!”

- “…Here’s your banana smoothie, now go have fun and cause chaos.”

-Literally grew attached exactly three hours after he said he wasn’t gonna get attached

-Bad day? He knows just what you need

- “YIGA, ASSEMBLE! CUDDLE FORMATION-JUTSU, STAT!” “YES, MASTER!”

-For all the Yiga that stick in the hideout and live there full time, they all have their own little space to sleep in the rooms, but you can fit like twenty of them in there

-Goddess forbid one has a nightmare, the whole room wakes up

-Not because of the afflicted Yiga member being loud, no no, it’s what happens after

-One of them calls out in the night for Kohga, as he knows how to deal with them best (so they think, because he’s the greatest warrior ever)

-Immediately after, you just hear the fast pittering of footsteps down the hall until BAM! the door is struck down by Kohga

- “Alright you dirty dream demons, you! Get the HELL out of my hideout and STAY AWAY from my kids- er, minions!”

- Created his own “dream-demon-be-gone” move set that’s actually just him kicking at the air

-Absolutely no one questions if it’s real because somehow, it works

-”Dear Future Husband” would be a common drunkenly-singing-to-Sooga song at Karaoke Night

-Sooga always enjoys hearing Kohga sing and have fun

-but my gods that man doesn’t even consider for a moment that it’s meant for him

-Kohga could flat out tell Sooga “HEY I LOVE YOU!”

-And Sooga would be like “I also enjoy your company, Master Kohga :)”

-But Kohga would never do this anyway, no no, much too forward

-Literally EVERYONE in the clan knows he’s in love with Sooga, except for Sooga

-No, they are not hiding it well

-Sooga is just blind

-Extremely blind

-Not just because he has one eye

-The whole clan is trying to get them together and several (failed) attempts have been made

-They’ve collectively come up with a secret ship name for these “secret missions”

-It was after a long debate, but they finally settled on Kooga 

-Kohga overheard them talking about some Kooga person and eventually asks after they keep talking in hushed tones 

-Cue the many stammering and murmurings, as both Kohga and Sooga were there, and they had been caught red-handed

-To spare their master’s pride (and their own), a footsoldier fibbed that there was someone out there copying Master Kohga and trying to steal his evil thunder 

-Whose name was Kooga, instead

-Somehow, this works

-Kohga, completely convinced this guy exists, swears him as his arch-rival and vows to find this no-good rotten copycat if he has to search all of Hyrule!

-…That is, if it’s convenient and doesn’t intrude on nap time

-He never does get to the “all of Hyrule” part, but he never doubts Kooga’s existence for a second

-Has woken up in a cold sweat at 3am with a steely glare on his face and one thing on his mind

- “Kooga” 

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I’m so curious about your Gerudo Sooga headcanons omg. Tell us more please, the people want to Know.

GRIPS YOU. AAAAAAAHHHHHok ok here we go

First things first I like to think Sooga was born into the Gerudo village around the same time as Urbosa and they kinda grew up together as best friends but also not…?

Urbosa was somewhat aware that he would have to be banished as soon as he was old enough and tried not to get too attatched to him💔

Also, they have mirroring powers. Urbosa controls lightning, Sooga controls tornados, both storm related, maybe that could be something to do with the Gerudo…? (Yes ik it’s mostly bc of the blademaster technique but shhhh..)

I think his height and body are pretty dead giveaways he is a gerudo but also his tolerance to the desert. He probably doesn’t break a sweat when everyone is dying

If u guys want to request any specific Yiga clan content or have any questions about my silly au please do go to my asks EEHEHEHEHEHEHE I’m working on the others rn!