#tc holpar

[triplechain]

hero of men: look at that devil creature cori: it is literally playing with skid hero: devil creature vio: you said the same about shadow hero: and i was right! vio: not really??? red: pspsps cent! pspsps come here hero: WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING red: showing you its not a devil creature. cori: look see he is standing there very patiently and politely hero: KICK IT vio: are you fucking kidding me hero: KICK IT BEYOND THE HORIZON light, the original host of the body: hey buddy :) the others: arguing the in the background light: (to cent) you want head scritches? hero: DO NOT PUT OUR HANDS ON THAT CORRUPT BEING vio: PET THE CAT light: *peaceful cent head scritches* literally every other person in the body: *earshattering debate*

[developer's note: man i love collaboration]

[i have since gotten over these worries and have decided to make it everyone's problem.]

[yeah this was a while ago when we got Frog Update. following this was an old version of how chain 2 met the main chain, which will be included under the cut at the end.]

it would also be fun to have the reveal happen as a result of rhythm sort of. snapping. hylia, he knows stopping the shadows is important and protecting people from the monsters they bring is part of the job and he knows damn well that he's not the only one missing home and the people there but part of him feels like his situation is worse than some of the others. he's not the only one separated from someone he loves, but he'd bet a hundred rupees he's the only one who might lose his chance at still having that love afterwards at least in the eyes of the law and their peers because as much as he cares for reti, he cannot continue the royal bloodline. sheila will always be the one the zora will think of standing by reti's side. even if he proves how much he cares and the people know the hylian is more than just a personal guard, that's all he may ever be in title. unable to show the full extent of his feelings in public, because it would be scandalous to be flirting with the king due to already having a queen and because of a disparity in rank. the longer he's away from home, the less time he has to prove himself to the zora people, and more importantly to the current zora king. and part of rhythm is terrified of it. even in sheila were to accept him as well, without the approval of the king, he would still be nothing more than a personal guard trying to court the throne. a personal guard that went back on his vow to protect the royal family of hyrule to serve the sea. a personal guard functionally unable to leave or find love because of the prince's gift, always able to be dragged back into the depths. he hates the thought.

out of context developmental things for this nonsense, pt. 16

[cw below the cut: canon-typical violence. wild meets chain 2 after they teleport to him during Sunset pt. 10. this is no longer exactly how things happen I think, I'm still sort of working it out...]

one of the sudden arrivals runs off after the horse, three are panicking, one's in a hood and not saying much, and--

oh. oh no. someone's bleeding. apparently they don't have any healing. one of the newcomers looks like a monster, though.

wild doesn't have a sword at the moment but he does have a stick. the moment he tries to strike, the injured one blocks the way.

it's hard to tell how much is blood.

"if you wanna hurt them..." the guy says, through pained breaths, barely supported by a spear. "you'll have to get through me."

it's at this point the injured guy collapses. more panic. the horse and the one who went after it come back and something bolts from the bag into the forest.

the one in the hood perks up but says nothing. then their head whips around and he sees red in their eyes.

"oh no" is all the stranger says. "the others are here."

the one who ran after the horse looks more annoyed. "please tell me you're joking."

"who are the others?" wild finally says something to them. "and who're you all, for that matter, and how did you teleport on top of me?"

"the others are shadows and we're heroes and we teleported with this!" one of the other creatures - a skull kid, if he remembers right - holds out a lute. "we were in a fight and one of them got a strong hit on link and--"

wild is already not having a great day and this really isn't helping, but he's not about to let someone down again. "we're not far to a town. there's people who can help there."

"really?"

he nods, not telling them he doesn't know for sure if they can help. if it's another case like twilight's... wild brushes off the thought and picks up this other link as best he can. "where're the shadows?"

the hooded one points towards where wild left the rest of his brothers.

they split off when they reach town. wild, other link, blue-hair, the fairy who was not a healer, and the small plant head into town, leaving red-hair, green-hair, hood, and the skull kid take the horse to meet up with wild's brothers and help deal with "the others".

the town group runs into the smith - his nickname of "four" makes a lot more sense now - who doesn't comment on the injured hylian or the broken sword wild tossed down before he ran off. no, his(their?) eyes are trained on hood, who isn't on the horse despite additional space. green hair looks back at the town group before snapping the reigns and they bolt off.

hood vanishes into the horse's shadow and four's eyes go wide. wider than wild felt his own going at seeing the same thing.

"are you sure there's space for him here?" blue hair asks, pulling wild's attention.

"positive," four murmurs, eyes fixed on the rapidly-disappearing horse.

"mhm."

"they why're we just standing around here?" the fairy gripes. "the sooner link gets help, the better."

the horse vanishes over the horizon and four finally gives the group full attention. "link?"

"that's his name, yes." the plant answers.

four's shoulders rise a little, but whatever he was going to say is dispelled with a twitch of the head. "are you... familiar with the shadow?"

"he's our friend," blue-hair says. "if it wasn't for him warning us, link would be dead right now."

the words sting in wild's ears.

"link isn't going to die."

four's words are as much reassurance for the strangers as they are for wild. even if he knows four is just as scared if the red one was anything to go by.

wild isn't going to let anyone die this time. not twilight, not any of his brothers, not this stranger.

he can't let anyone die this time.

[triplechain]

[January 8th, 2023]

me, someone who already struggles with birds: what if holpar has two kinds of bird

[trying to give accessories to a horse is not easy either...]

[triplechain]

[June 29th, 2022]

...so i actually ended up bringing up the concepts for this to some younger kids while working as a summer camp counselor cause I brought my references with me to doodle more in my free time. this is really only relevant context for why Koridai is doing the duck walk cause one of the kids said another was like him and would do the same walk.

also this might've been the first drawing of legend and he was a bunny

[was expermenting with putting a sheikah eye on trois's hand. ended up going against it cause while cool, it's too obvious]

[triplechain]

[developer's notes: AUs are wild. this is a different one from last time.]

honestly the choices in clothing would make you thing Twilight was more of a hunter and Rus was more of a farmer but personality-wise and weapon-wise, it's the other way around. Twilight has a sword and a wooden shield, and only hunts game when necessary (killing for food and not thinking about taking anything as a trophy). He can speak to animals as a wolf and is friendly to them despite his appearance, so he's listened to their stories and carries them with him. Rus has a crossbow(which I still have no clue how it works) and a shield of horn and bone, and is more likely to hunt for fun. He takes home the kills for food, yes, but he's more likely to also take something as a prize for his victory. he does it less often since Twilight came back, but there's still deer-horn handles on knives and furs that line warmer clothes. he can't speak with the animals, and is less talkative and social than his older twin. there's a reason why Twilight's animal form is a blue-eyed wolf while Rus's animal form is more like a White Wolfos (potentially also with blue eyes, haven't decided). The wolf hunts when necessary while the wolfos will hunt for fun. Peter Pancho III may be the scariest member of the team by accident, but Rus is no slouch in the fear inciting department.

[this is only relevant cause the pictures sent were Sky+Horse and Twilight+Yves]

out of context developmental things for this nonsense, pt. 19

[triplechain]

[November 19th - November 25th, 2022]

Decided to try and draw (almost) everyone from memory in preparation for the one-year anniversary of this nonsense. I still can't believe it's almost been a year since my brain went "what if you added more to linkeduniverse" and I doodled the totem and cly in my notes. how the time flies... hopefully I'll also have something for the anniversary but no promises

the hardest part about having so many characters is remembering all of their different boot styles

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[developer's note: this is for an AU that's centered around Cent. he's got a lot of his own content courtesy of my co-conspirator and friend]

out of context developmental things for this nonsense pt. 15

[Karts = Holpar. was his name for a WHILE]

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men: kill it. four: NO???? men: it's darkness vio: so's cly men: >:| vio: NO. men: DARKNESS LEADS TO DESTRUCTION AND PROBLEMS vio: THE BIGGEST PROBLEM CLY CAUSES IS NOT SPEAKING HIS MIND blue: i'm gonna get popcorn men: AND THE SHADOW BEAST?! four: he's cly's... friend? i think? red: and he's fun! cori: plus he makes neat sounds!! light: please stop yelling i'm trying to hear what the others are saying green: i think they're looking at us. have you rememebered to blink light: crap [meanwhile] warriors, waving a hand in front of four's face: four? you with us? four(light): [rapid blinking and a small head shake] o-oh yeah, sorry. spaced out. legend: no kidding time: so did you hear the plan? four(light): ... time: that's a no. four(light): sorry... [internally] light: great, now we look stupid blue, with mind popcorn: could be worse green: okay, you guys really need to stop fighting men: >:( four: >:/ red: Ò-Ó cori: Ò∧Ó vio: -_-"

[developer's notes: fun fact! this is actually gonna happen if/when i actually write more. it's for Phantom's coronation. it's gonna be great >:)]

out of context development things for this nonsense, pt. 14

[crossbow = rus, cartoon = shields, karts = holpar, maringull = riptide]

[triplechain]

[August 13th, 2022]

Holpar and Four seem like they'd get along better than expected. Some of it definitely comes from Cori's blacksmithing side meshing well with Holpar's engineering experience, but Holpar's also just fun to talk to.

[both brains go a mile a minute]

[triplechain]

[July 9th, 2022]

As much as I want to have Sprocket around for Chain C's adventure... it wouldn't be fair to Sky. and I don't know how to draw Loftwings. Even with reference they're still weird...

[one of these days I want to finish the sketch in the second image with Sky and Holpar flying together. It's vaguely symbolic and also it just seems like it could end up being a really nice piece]

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out of context developmental things for triple chain pt. 11

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[developer's notes: bitch you thought]

out of context developmental things for triple chain pt. 9

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[developer's notes: i. i mean i haven't written a lot with chain c still but wow yeah rus isn't actually the strong silent type. maybe he was more when he and twilight were younger but after twilight princess I think twilight gets quieter and rus fills in the gaps]

[also i forgot that rus and twilight weren't even twins originally]

out of context developmental nonsense for triple chain pt. 8

rus edition i guess

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[February 26th and March 28th, 2022]

Chain C gang's all here (Holpar and Rus had their little doodle expanded)! and the Shadows of the Den

[in retrospect maybe doodling on the back of a test wasn't my best move considering i hated the class. also no i don't know how motorcycles or crossbows work.]

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I'm not sure if this'll still be canon, but...

Shields: PLEASE tell me none of you like the "pampered life"

Spirits: I'm literally a royal engineer but go off i guess

Rus: i mean i still live in the same town as my parents

Spoons: like in a cave or

Koradai: of course I do!

Peter: ¿Que?

Holpar: *shrugging*

Shields: all of you stuck except for the blue kid

Spoons: :)

Koradai: Peter didn't even get a valid chance to answer

Holpar: i mean hyrule's also barely a thing back home

Shields: THEN HOW DO YOU HAVE THAT BIKE?!

Holpar: asked some robots and stole ancient tech :D

[triplechain]

Sooooo fun fact: the first "drafts" of Shields, Spoons, Holpar, and Spirits were all done with the "Mega Anime Avatar Creator" cause flashpoint is a lifesaver

It is. very strange to look back at these and see what elements I've kept or changed(the flower crowns are there to represent the brim of their hats). Like yeah some of it's gonna be different just because of the limitations of the avatar maker, but other things? I just. totally forgot were ever part of their design. Like Spirits having goggles and a bandana and a scar, or the fact that I gave Holpar a sword and a hat, or Spoons being Regular Link colors.

(Shields's necklace was more of a "THERE'S BEEN A TRIFORCE NECKLACE THIS WHOLE TIME?!" than part of his design. he was the last one made.)

[the file names are, in order, "cartoony", "cereal (pretend he's holding a spoon)", "everyone says karts gets goggles and i agree", and "who are you people and why are you on my train"]

[I might actually go back and take parts from this Spirits design and work them into the current one. He just... kinda bland right now outside of the hair. The secondary point of triple chain was to help me get better at character design. Not just taking the given appearance, but doing Something to it. Some of them still need that Something. it's a slow process.]

[triplechain]

Name: Holpar Nickname(s): Karts, Speed Demon, Zoomies Age: 16 Affiliation: Lanaryu Mining Robots, Chain C Race: Hylian

Holpar was one of the early generations born on the surface after the events of Skyward Sword, only a hundred or so years down the line. While the people are no longer as strongly connected to the skies, they still have Loftwings and Wing Ceremonies at this time.

Holpar doesn't use a sword. He prefers to crash into folks on a motorcycle of sorts he made himself, or dive-bomb them with his Loftwing, Sprocket.

This kid loves to go fast. Whether it's racing through the desert, soaring around on Sprocket's back, or cruising along with Captain Skipper through a time stone, he lives for the thrill of it all. For better or worse, he's also got the brains to make a way to go fast with the help of the Ancient Robots. The goggles came at the suggestion of a Goron he met while testing his creation, but he still refuses to get a proper helmet.

He also adores Cent. He's probably the one who has the "cent scarf" the most, if not just after Cly. Something about the strange creature just strikes the right chord with Holpar, even if he can't understand a word of what Cent's actually saying.

[designer's notes: it's mario kart 8 link!! he's got goggles for safety and a ripped tunic because let's be real he would crash and rip it. there's a reason he's got chainmail on. i love him. the first drawing of him says "yeah i have like no impulse control <3" and it shows. also his name is a sort of corruption on chaparral which is another name for a roadrunner. because birds. also i have no idea if he's the reincarnation of the hero's spirit or just Some Kid]