#tears of the kingdom au

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Linktober Day 5! Hyrule Field Chasm.

The duo find themselves trapped in a strange new location. At least they have each other! Also note to self: zonai magic and sheikah tech do not mix. Explosions are to be had.

All zelda nonsense here'

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[scenicphoenix]

You know how most if not all links in the legend of Zelda are eventually forgotten, and if they aren’t they ended up in a different timeline. And most of them are seen as just a hero for the most part, a normal guy who stood up to the challenge to save the world.

What if one of them ended up with a religious reputation? Like a Botw/Totk au. This guy can outright speak with the Hylia Statues, something not even the royal family can do despite their close ties to the gods. What if people noticed his conversations with the Hylia statues? What if he instead of becoming a royal knight like he wanted to, was forced into a priest like role due to his ability to converse with Hylia herself (he tried to convince them that the statues are more like secretaries but they didn’t really understand him)

I think this would make a very interesting botw/totk swap au! Link is still chosen by the master sword, just cementing his role as the goddesses chosen talking piece. His relationship with Zelda is very different but still similar to canon. Zelda is jealous of links ability to talk to the goddess, but also understanding of how much pressure he must be feeling. She is secretly thankful for him taking many eyes off her even if just for a moment. They both equally vent to each other angrily.

Zelda is the one to die and be resurrected and Link to hold Calamity Ganon back for a hundred years. I’m thinking Zelda still protects Link, but does it differently. Since he’s injured she tries to both heal him and destroy the guardians around them. But she realizes that he is on the verge of death, so instead of trying to destroy the guardians she uses all her powers to save link. By giving them to him. Link is able to destroy the guardians once healed and given that huge magic boost. But Zelda has been mortally wounded and has died. So he has the Sheika send her to the shrine of resurrection. And he prepares to fight the calamity.

Link can’t defeat the calamity alone, not when it’s this strong. Not with the other champions, not without Zelda. So he goes into a one hundred year fight with the calamity. He doesn’t have the master sword as it needs to recharge with the great deku tree. So it’s a test of willpower and magic.

[aberrantcreature]

Wisdom and Courage ✨

I had the sudden revelation of correlation while playing Tears of the Kingdom today that both Link and Anakin lose their arms and get a cool replacement. Thus, this was born.

I put Obi-Wan in the Frostbite armor because I HAD TO. [It has an open back.~]

[archi-pelago]

"hey are you gonna do more of that AU where Link gets turned into a Zonai" yeah brother I already did

its a super complicated au that involves Link going back in time thousands of years to try and nip the problem at the bud since a Zonai body is a bit longer lived and can handle time travel waaay more efficiently.

the deal Link made with the God of Time (named Ordona) to get the Ocarina of time + the melodies needed to save the world was allowing him to possess Link when he gets bored so he can play around with the mortals. (thus why Zonai link has fierce deity markings, they're the same god in this AU) when Link goes back in time to save Ganon from being influenced by Demise, he also decides to kick around the gerudo desert and ends up in Ganon's employ, basically sticking around to make sure that Demise isn't fucking with Ganon's brain anymore (this doesn't make Ganon less of a self absorbed jackass, but it DOES make him less murder-y which Link considers a win)

...for better or for worse he seems to get along with the gerudo and all of Ganon's monsters

also this au is predominantly ganlink because i said so. he's the kings silly rabbit if you will

downside is, Link is still gloomtouched from getting his arm fucked, so Demise is trying to set anchor at the same time as Ordona

the latent gloom starts presenting where Link has scar tissue, as its the most compromised, and spreads out from there. don't worry, eventually Ganon hucks Link and himself up to Hyrule castle and fetches assistance from Rauru and co. who are VERY confused as to why there's aNOTHER Zonai here????

some additional references, the first one is a set of armor Ganon insist Link wears when he's out with the guards (he does not, he thinks its kind of stuffy because he's covered in fur and scales now) and the second is a matching cloak Ganon makes him wear when they're at political meetings so people identify Link as part of Ganon's personal honor guard. (...and also because Ganon thinks its cool to match with the dude he's totally not crushing on)

last one is a nakey boy, showing his more prominent scars.

[ickymakesart]

au where everything is fine

[hollypies]

I legit forgot to post this ???? Lol anyway I drew this with my thumb so it prolly looks weird ! I was downstairs watching our doggy and was to lazy to go get my stylus 👍

Anyway MORE ZONAI LINK MY BABBBBYYYYYYY!!!

[finrinrinfin]

klance sticky note doodles I do when I’m procrastinating at my desk. I’m fond of the zelda/link AU, I think they’re cute

[dragonartist298]

So, my sibling Is crying her eyes out (She Just watched Transformers:One) so . . . I want to make It worst help her out with a grown!up Tulip!

[pkmn-lillie]

TOTK AU idea!! spoilers for the ending of the game!!!

so you know how Zelda got un-dragon-ed by Sonia and Rauru at the end. what if it didn't work right? like, it only *mostly* reverses the draconification, so zelda has horns and a tail and spikes and scales, all that fun shit. But where did all that extra energy go?

It went to the other three dragons, who are now hanging around in hylian-adjacent forms in Hyrule (or the Depths ;)) and having fun/making trouble. I'm going to posit that they didn't start out as mortals like Zelda, so they have more memories of being dragons, unlike Zelda who was 'sleeping'. Also I'm bringing Ganondorf back, but getting exploded has knocked a lot of memories out of his head.

While the defeat of the Demon King has slowed the Blood Moon phenomena and greatly reduced the number of monsters on the surface, it has correlated with a surge in monsters and stalfos in the Depths, making it incredibly difficult to traverse, even by the Yiga. the Gloom has also disappeared from the surface, and only pockets of it remain within the Depths.

Because both Zelda and Link are trying to recuperate and manage the kingdom (and her new body,) they don't find out about this development until a few months after the defeat of the Demon King.

I've been alternating between he/they/she pronouns for all the dragons btw, i don't think they'd particularly care. (all three of the dragons are also wearing their respective armor set for convenience)

More on the dragons below the cut

FAROSH:

They are the tallest of the trio, (3.5m) and also bear the most resemblance to a Gerudo voe.

I have no way to describe his hair other than that it's Gotenks hair. Their hair conveniently sticks up like their horn.

Prefers one-handed weapons and shields.

He wakes up on the shores of Rassla Lake, heads to Tuft Mountain to get the lay of the land, and runs into Bolson.

Farosh: my name is Farosh.

Bolson: like the dragon?

Farosh: ??? of course???

I don't think anyone would immediately clock her as being The Thunder Dragon, just some weird Gerudo who chases off all the pirates.

They don't go to Gerudo Town because she gets mistaken for a voe by a stable attendant, and he misunderstands it as 'dragons aren't allowed'

NAYDRA:

They have the smallest stature, and besides the dragon features he also has a variety of malice scars (a la botw) and feathers (for flavor).

She also has the longest hair, like a waterfall, and white/light blue in color.

Prefers bows and wands/staves.

He initially patrols Mount Lanayru and slowly starts interacting with Kakariko, Hateno, and the Zora as a 'lone wolf monster exterminator'.

I think she would be the first one that Link & Zelda would learn about, and the least cooperative (they don't want to leave their territory.)

I think that their horns would look a bit different than the frostbite headdress, having three large separate spikes with smaller shards in between.

DINRAAL:

Poor Dinraal got their legs while they were in the Depths, and being unable to fly means that he's just kinda stuck down there-- not like she's complaining!

Dinraal is the most muscular of the dragons, and his skin has a rocky texture where it's not covered by scales. Their skin tone is also notably grayer than a normal Hylian.

His hair is very curly, in red/orange/yellow hues, and she keeps it tied back with a metal band.

Prefers two-handed weapons and hammers.

They are the one who finds the returned Ganondorf, who is stumbling through the Depths trying to avoid dying (he is bad at it, because he's lost most of his memories: Dinraal saves him.) She takes him under their metaphorical wing, and tries to teach him how to be the wielder of the triforce of power *without* becoming corrupted by Demise.

thank you for coming to my ted talk. if you want to write/draw anything from this, just tag me because i wanna see 🥺

[uncleskyrule]

Plot of The Legend of Zelda: Missing Link?

Yay, that's my favorite title from that list! If anyone sees this and is inspired to write/draw something based on this, be my guest! And tag me so I can see it :)

After the defeat of Calamity Ganon, peace reigns in Hyrule. With the help of her loyal knight who never leaves her side, Zelda works to rebuild the fallen kingdom and strengthen ties between the peoples. Though her heart lies in research, she is dedicated to fulfilling her duty as heir to the kingdom, with grief for the past and hope for the future spurring her on. However, as she and Link move throughout Hyrule, they notice something alarming: the monsters that should have disappeared once Ganon was destroyed are still there. In fact, new types of monsters have sprung up: gibdos in Gerudo Desert, horroblins in the Hyrule caves, like-likes around Death Mountain, gleeoks near Zora's Domain, and aerocudas flying over Rito Village. The townspeople who were expected to welcome Zelda and Link with open arms are now a cold and withdrawn few. Those that they meet in the street only spit angry words at the so-called saviors of Hyrule. Windows are shuttered and few houses have light shining through the cracks. Barely anyone lives there now, but with so many monsters about, the idea that someone would voluntarily leave the safety of their town is strange. They decide to camp on the outskirts, close enough to be sheltered by the houses but not too close in order to avoid more harassment. Zelda is tempted to feel uneasy, but Link's steady presence quells her fears, so she is able to fall asleep. When she awakens, Link is gone. Zelda never imagined her return to research would be like this. Hunted by monsters and shunned by her own people, she searches for answers while the sensation that she is running out of time hangs over her head. Why are there new monsters? Why are so many people missing? Where is Link? And why does it feel like she is always being watched?

Send me one of these BotW 2 speculative titles and I'll write a plot!

[waytoomanyaustbh]

I have an EXTREMELY cracky legend of zelda au that I need to talk about rn.

the gist is, time travel, ocarina of time to totk-ancient hyrule. except the one doing the traveling is ganondorf, from in the middle of the seven year timeskip.

I'm going with the theory that the Koume and Kotake you get glimpses of in the totk flashbacks are the same ones from OOT. Which means OOT takes place about 400 years after TOTK's backstory, and also means that OOT!Ganondorf was named after TOTK!Ganondorf. Just to be clear. They're happening in the same timeline branch in this.

OOT!Ganondorf is pretty upfront about the fact that he's from the future. Like, publicly to everyone, he says he comes from the future.

(Oh, also, in this Koume and Kotake are TOTK!Ganon's sisters bc I like this exchange: "You were trained by my sisters?" "I was raised by your sisters.")

He also very plainly states that he's the ruler of Hyrule in his time! But neglects to mention why. So the entire time he's there he's just like

While everyone from the past (including Zelda AND TOTK!Ganondorf mind you) assumes he got it the legit way (either married into it or was born into it) (TOTK!G assumes this means his plans to conquer hyrule himself will be fruitful)

Meanwhile, OOT!Ganondorf has no idea how time travel works. He has a few ideas bc some of the books he's read had hypotheses about it. But he doesn't know which one is accurate, so he's playing it safe, playing the diplomatic time travelling king, and just trying to not change anything.

This means he is actually very concerned about TOTK!Ganondorf's attempts to conquer/destroy Hyrule. Like... no, you can't do that, I need this place intact for when I conquer it. Sooo this leads to him siding against Demon King Ganondorf later.

...This au is basically me setting up a brainspace for a Ganondorf VS Ganondorf fight lmao

OOT!Ganondorf does not get a Secret Stone when he teams up with Rauru eventually, bc there aren't enough. Also he doesn't need one. But I want to note that if he did it would link to and power up his light magic bc I think that's ironic.

(OOT Ganondorf is a warlock if you'll recall. He can use the three elemental magics, + light and dark)

anyway I think I'm done rambling for now and I need to go to bed. feel free to ask questions. bye.

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LINKTOBER DAY 7: goron hot springs!

Link and zelda are sent to death mountain to “deal with the problem” via Purah. Yunobo is tired.

(Recasting Death Mountain to be slightly on fire! I love it when things are on fire.)

More of my zelda au here! (It’s totk without the time travel)

My patreon’s here if youd like to support my crimes :0

[scenicphoenix]

Totk roleswap because of course I am doing that

(might add on to this when I completely finish the game. I have only mentioned stuff i am absolutely certain about currently)

Link and Zelda finding Ganondorf is different, instead of Rarus hand imprisoning him, its fragments of Sonia and her Time magic. Raru was killed instead of Sonia, his Stone stolen by Ganondorf. Sonia using her stone and time magic to seal herself and Ganondorf in a bubble of frozen time.

Link gets sent to the past instead of Zelda, he was the one to end up falling instead. The Sonias Zonai stone ending up on his person during the chaos of the fall. Zelda while trying to catch Link and ends up grabbing the master sword instead, this is the moment Link teleports to the past and Zelda to the Sky islands

Links arm was still infected with gloom and needed to be amputated when he arrived in the past. The Zonai stone he arrived with helped keep the gloom at bay. Raru takes him under his wing due to his remarkable abilities in serving the light, and to help with the gloom infecting him. Sonia is impressed by his abilities in time magic as well, his flurry rush has a unique use of time magic.

Link doesn't immediately connect the dots of Ganondorf being the corpse that attacked him and Zelda. He does know he absolutely doesn't trust him. Ganondorf doesn't like Link either, mutual hatred for the other.

Before officially meeting Ganondorf, where he tries to brute force his way into taking over Hyrule, the battle goes differently. Instead of a beam of pure magic that nukes the Moldugas, due to not having Zelda around, with Links Zonai stone combined with a boost from Raru and Sonai. Link is able to destroy the Moldugas one by one at a fast pace, a super powered version of his flurry rush. This battle was much more close and Link was a last resort that Sonia suggested last second as a desperate measure. Her hope of powering up his flurry rush worked, she just wished she didn't have to put him in such harms way, however.

Raru is dead, the sages have fallen, Ganondorf is sealed away thanks to Sonia but that's only temporary. Link is at the temple of time, a tale as old as time, he's hoping for an answer, he gets one. Through the sands of time he and Zelda unknowingly briefly connect, Zelda sending not only the master sword but a large portion of her powers of light to him. He briefly remembers that the master sword can heal any damage done to it over time if the holy power is strong enough. He remembers what he was told about Zonai stones and the sacred dragons.

Link turns into a sacred dragon so he can heal the master sword and arrive in the future. Although he isn't a dragon of light like Zelda would have been. He's the dragon of time. A large green dragon that can be seen entering and exiting portals from different eras of time ever since his ascension into the dragon of time. Is the one you're approaching the correct version of him? Will it be the one where the sword is healed or still healing? His golden mane seems to be made of sand. His tears leave behind Sundilions instead of silent princesses. He has one less legs than the other dragons. Zelda feels safer around this dragon and he wonders why. She figures out why when he finds all the dragons tears.

Zelda wakes up at the sky islands, and is led by Sonia. Much like how Link was led by Raru. With Zelda being the mortal goddess and not infected by gloom, he is not restricted by the door of the temple of time like link would have been. Giving the sword and a portion of her powers to link through a hole in time. Now being weaker due to him sacrificing most of his powers to heal the master sword, Sonia guides her to shrines on the islands to help rebuild her strength.

Due to Zelda being distantly related to Sonia and his status as mortal goddess even if she has been weakened, she is able to open the shrines and use anything with the Zonai symbols on them. His reason for going to shrines is to strengthen her powers over light again after giving most of it to Link through time for the purpose of healing the master sword.

I don't think Zelda would fight with a sword or similar weapons. I think he would like bows and magic based weapons and attacks. Distance is her friend, although I doubt you want to be hit full force at close range by his powers even when she's weakened. He's a force to be reckoned with. He's the descendant of a goddess for Pete's sake.

Zelda would love exploring the skies and the depths.

The dragons of times portal ls only work for him. Although you can look through them and see the different eras he's traveling from or to. There are three noticeably different dragons of time, all based on how much the master sword has healed. The first one where he's basically just turned into a dragon and the sword is still heavily damaged. The second one where he's right in the middle of the past and present, the master sword is noticeably still damaged but on its way to being healed. And the third one where it's the most recent version of himself, the master sword is completely healed. But all three can travel through time, and you won't know which version of him it is until you check the master sword. If you try and pull one of the still damaged swords you will be flung into the nearby skies. A good way to get to higher sky islands.

I wouldn't be surprised if Zelda disquises herself, feeling like he can't completely be there for her kingdom without Link. Plus i think Ganon and the Yiga would be more aggressive at hunting him down. Zelda's also never got to try out fully being a him before being a princess and all. Sheik time. I like gender fluid Zelda. Why not both gender? Also Sheik gets to be included, everybody loves Sheik

Some things I haven't added because I would need time to figure it out and write it down. Like Links growing relationships with Raru and Sonai, Mineru, how the final battle goes before and when Sonai seals Ganon, ect. The more dialog heavy story bits mostly.

[aberrantcreature]

More Tears of the Kingdom AU doodles requested by @yatsukisakura !

We have Knight Ani and Prince Obi exploring under Hyrule Castle, investigating the gloom.

We have Sheikah Ahsoka! I think she’d be a perfect bab with the white hair and what not.

Obi in one of the ‘flashbacks’ gushing about Ani.

And my design of the Light Dragon.

[squidthesimp]

Fullbody Jazzmyne Reference🤍🤍🤍

[ickymakesart]

ugh god i'm in love with these two besties