aleks 🌱 (they/them)

Over the last five months I've had the extreme pleasure to work with a group of of talented, delightful, hardworking creators on what is now known as the Tales of the Kingdom collab. The idea was to take each of the newly introduced Ancient Sages from LoZ:TotK and give them life in the form of storybooks.

My thanks to the following artist/writer mix of contributors:

DAY 1 SONIA - 🎨@nebblin 📚@mandawritesall [ HERE ] DAY 2 ZELDA - 🎨@justapixelthing 📚IG@/dragonisprimeoffical [ HERE ] DAY 3 GERUDO - 🎨@pandascreativemess 📚@ordon-shield [ HERE ] DAY 4 ZORA - 🎨@solokarrot 📚IG@/dragonisprimeoffical [ HERE ] DAY 5 GORON - 🎨@subpurrs 📚IG@/dragonisprimeoffical [ HERE ] DAY 6 RITO - 🎨IG@/ellacsketch 📚@subpurrs [ HERE ] DAY 7 RAURU - 🎨IG@/sapio.estudio 📚AO3@/esotericenvy [ HERE ] DAY 8 MINERU - 🎨@lordsooga 📚@mandawritesall [ HERE ]

Everything has been posted by sage since October 1st, hosted on all my major socials (tumblr links above) and I encourage you to check out each of these creators individually 💚💚💚

Perhaps she would soon see her brother once again…or maybe everything was just a nightmare in her mind. Or, maybe it was even a dream. One can never know with Mineru.

📚 Mineru's Mind by @mandawritesall 💜 Read Full Here 💜

Pride. Honor and glory. A history worth recording. A legacy. What gets left behind.

📚 Seeds in the Garden of Time by @/esotericenvy 🤍 Read Full Here 🤍

"The wind still loves you Reyett — be happy." She smiles and squeezes him tighter, and he tries to anchor himself to the hope in her voice. "We're not abandoned yet."

📚 a breathless sky by @subpurrs 💚 Read full here 💚

Rudania squared his shoulders and looked up at the sky, the stars twinkling outside of his hut. "I miss my old life sometimes, the carefree nature of merchantry, but I know that I have another purpose now. I will serve my people until the magma within me cools, and then I will join the ancestors above to guide the next Chieftain's flames."

📚 Chieftain of the Gorons, Sage of Fire by @/dragonisprimeoffical ❤️ Read Full Here ❤️

Her father had given her that spear. He had forged it himself, spent days and days agonizing over the fine silver, sharpening it to a cutting point. He had told her that it would be her weapon as princess and that she would find another one to wield as queen one day, whether it was the Sword of Mikau or another weapon that she would create her own legend with.

Now here it was, cannibalized to save the Lightscale Crown.

📚 Read Queen of the Zora, Sage of Water by @/dragonisprimeoffical 💙 Read Full Here 💙

Staring out at the sun as it dipped below the horizon, an idea came to her. While her brother might be the ruler of the living, she was the ruler of the dead, and in their disembodied state, it was well known that time did not work the same for them. She had grown up hearing stories of priestesses who received visions of the future from their ancestors — would hers answer if she asked them what to do?

📚 Shifting Sands Under a Setting Sun by @ordon-shield 🧡 Read Full Here 🧡

The Light Dragon flew around above the Rist Peninsula. She knew this place, she knew this Hyrule had been her Hyrule so many years ago and yet here she was again. She remembered so much of it and still she could not quite remember why.

📚 Dragon of Light, Sage of Time by @/dragonisprimeoffical 💛 read full here 💛 ☜

As she watched him walk away, she noticed him turn back and give a small wave, a gesture that she returned. And soon, he was out of sight and the parade ended. Her parents and siblings were talking amongst each other, but all she could think of was the funny Zonai that had captured her. Not love at first sight, but truly seeming to be a person that she could call her friend. That was someone she wanted to meet so desperately, but she thought deeply: she was the daughter of some random farmer; there was no way that they could ever be friends.

📚 Sonia's Heart by @mandawritesall 💛read full here💛 ☜