(Disclaimer: in no way do I think this actually will be the next Zelda game, this is all for fun lol)
The next Zelda game takes place thousands of years after TotK. Hyrule has many settlements across its land, some small, some large, but they are all over the land. The royal family has not been around since the legendary sealing of the Calamity, the family who carries the Blood of the Goddess is unknown, living amongst everyone else, hiding, in a way.
It is sudden when word gets out that civilians start hurting each other, their friends and families, neighbouring villages, it sparks concern as the word and the violence âdiseaseâ travels. Within Faron Woods, when word finally gets to the villages, many panic. Some drop to their knees, begging for the one with the Goddessâ Blood to appear and save them all. Some young folk within the Faron Woods villages decide to go and find the one themselves, determined to bring an end to the clear evil that rises.
This brings us to our dear hero, Link, who is a bit of a savage, quite selfish and frankly, he doesnât wanna get out of bed and find some woman who will âmagically heal the world or whatever.â However, he is forced to go, donning a basic village tunic with a red cape, both partially ripped due to his own doing. He heads off, a shitty sword at his hip, heading in the one direction the others did not travel in.
The first village he sees is desolate, and is his first witness to the horror that Hyrule faces. Despite all the blood, he finds no one there. The next village, he finds someone sane enough to talk to, an elder, who tells him that thereâs a temple nearby the one he is looking for may reside in. After defeating the boss, he finds no one. He moves on, and the cycle repeats, although he does find more survivors, each one pleading for him to help them, of which the player decides what to do - make him more sympathetic or more selfish.
After no luck of finding the one with the Goddessâ Blood, Link enters one of the biggest villages, the one in the centre of Hyrule, where the old castle from the Calamity era still stands, although it rumbles with cracks and rubble everywhere, no walkable path in sight. There, he assists more people and is taken to the safe house alongside them, although he assures them he does not wish to go. Despite himself, he finds himself there, standing around. Eventually, a young woman about his age walks in, she looks at him briefly, before looking after someoneâs wounds, healing it with magic, something Link hasnât ever seen. The woman checks up on everyone, and when one civilian tells him about the âGoddessâ Springâ he knows where he has to go next.
He leaves for it in the morning, leaves behind the crying civilians, who can barely remember their lives before the evil infected them or their loved ones. In the Goddessâ Spring lies a brilliant sword, the Master Sword, and he takes it without hesitation. He defeats the beast of the spring (temple) and finds the woman he saw before praying at the spring itself. She recalls for him the history of the Blood of the Goddess, at least according to her research, and she channels her beliefs and dedication through her hands, creating magic that heals. Her name is Zelda, and allows herself to follow along with Link on his quest. Link detests the idea and threatens to go home, but Zelda tells him he canât go home, because if he does return unsuccessfully, he wonât even be praised for his efforts. Reluctantly, Link gives into the manipulation, fearing a bruised ego, and the two continue into various villages, of whom give more info regarding the Goddessâ Blood, which Zelda writes down, while Linkâs hand itches to take down as many enemies as possible. Although that weird triangle glow is also kind of making his hand itch, or maybe itâs the fact that Zelda also has the same glow but in her opposite hand.
Eventually, the two are told that the persistent evil lays within the old castle, and so they make their way in, and somehow, Zelda makes contact with the Princesses of old, revealing that she is the one with the Goddessâs Blood and that her magic on the back of her hand is one of a kind, repelling evil, and that the evil has struck at the civilians because there was no royal family to target. Link recalls every dead body he saw, and almost reveals his anger to Zelda until he sees that she too is angry. Angry at herself for being unable to prevent such evil from rising, being unable to help more people⌠Link finds himself also being remorseful, wondering if he could have helped more, should have helped more? He looks down at his left hand, the glow of the Triforce ever bright.
Zeldaâs ancestors tell them that the evil will persist to get Zelda, but more noticeably, it will try and kill Link first, due to the Master Sword partially hidden by his cape. He draws the sword, and vows to assist Zelda in any way he can, surprising her. Zelda, who always wanted to prove herself to the ones of old, now known to her as her ancestors, moves forward to the Sanctum, followed by Link, and they encounter Ganondorf.
Their goal is clear, and soon enough, after a fight of two vs one, Zelda is able to seal the damned man away. Immediately afterwards, Zelda smiles at Link, and for the first time in the game, Link smiles too.
Recalling the reasoning of why civilians were attacked, Zelda establishes the monarchy once again, and with surprising ease and acceptance of those living. She tells them everything that happened, and postgame is multiple Tarrey Town esq side quests, the biggest one being for the castle rebuilding.
Thereâs many more side quests from villagers, especially with Link being more open, although he still can be a jerk, depending on the players choices, and the true ending cutscene of the game is of Zelda holding her firstborn in her arms, Links partially gloved hand in frame, the child giving a big smile to the world as they cling onto Linkâs pinky. (Yes you may assume that this child is a zelink childđĽ°)
And these are the designs I created for Link and Zelda respectively! Some extra notes; Link is left handed and Zeldaâs purple sash was given to her by a civilian, while her red red is actually Linkâs cape and is worn postgame!
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