#aryll

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Hope you enjoy this one.

I did a thing .. made these over a month ago bc so many moots were making their own guys so I wanted to join in, and then I forgot to post them…

They’re like super wip bc zelda don’t even got a nickname but Link is named Map 👍 I think they’d go downfall timeline b4 or after eow ?

I actually didn’t proofread this anymore uhmmm fingers crossed it’s fine

First up, Ocean! Our boy has been through the ringer a little bit, such is the pirate life. It, like, physically pained me to give him the mustache-goatee combo but it must be done 🤣 now its kind of grown on me. I mostly want to point out his pirates charm earring and his cool tatoo :D (and his extremely messed up nose boy can you even breath 😭). He was fun to design, definitely one of the easier ones out of the bunch.

Rock! I don't really know if I can necessarily say that he's grown so much (still a shortie lol) but here he is, 6 years later! He certainly hasn't had it easy, but out of everyone he's the happiest to hang up the hero mantle and go back to his normal life. As such, I mostly wanted to keep his design fairly simple. He's not kitted out for battle, or carrying around a bunch of crazy items. He's just living life. He's got the physical scars of his adventure but mostly he's moved on from it.

Leaf, my sweet sweet boy who was by far the HARDEST to design and generally figure out post timeskip. Cuz hes not the bubbly child he once was, but making him too stoic and serious just rendered him unrecognizable as a character, which I didn't want. Honestly I'm still trying to figure him out, but under a thin layer of him pretending to be ~an adult~ he's still the same guy we know and love. He's been busy looking for Navi and falling into random worlds Termina style. Meaning he's probably got a mask or item from your favorite fictional property which is just so much fun crossover potential. In terms of design notes, I tried to put in a couple key blue areas to show he's still looking for Navi. He still puts braids into his hair, but stopped braiding plants into it. Lense of truth eye is bc I had a thought that maybe the hero's shade's red eye is actually the weird one because he's a skeleton ghost maybe he's not supposed to have eyes. So the one we see is a magical eye that shows up even when you're a skeleton ghost. Anyways that's cool because his hair over his face to cover it is very reminiscent of Sheik who he misses a lot and tries to emulate because they are the example of a ~functioning adult~ lol

Pinkie!!!!!!! My sweet sweet boy! Like Ocean, he acts pretty similar to how he did as a kid most of the time. The difference here is its not quite as genuine. He is happy to be adventuring and exploring and meeting new people, that's genuine, but he's running from his problems a little too hard in the process. Quick explanation of two Zeldas: Oracle Games Zelda doesn't recognize you during that game so what if she's actually Alttp Zelda's little sister whos lowkey an oracle (in the sees vision of future way). Pinkie hasn't seen Alttp Zelda in 4 years, but he's seen oracle games Zelda much more recently since she traveled out to Holodrum and Labrynna. No sibling theory, I decided, Pinkie's not related to either of them. Which makes oracle games zelda kissing him at the end of a linked game make a little more sense lol. Design notes: his embroidery designs are each inspired by the symbols of the three goddesses/oracles. His bag has Farore's symbols because she enchants it bag of holding style (and helps him get his items back aftering getting triforce teleported without them). Boots have Nayru's symbols, which is what allows him to run fast with them. Tunic has Din's symbols which grant protection. Speaking of his tunic, he never got the 3rd tunic upgrade in A Link to the Past. I did this partially because I never found it and partially because I wanted to find some ways to keep my design distinct from ones I've seen in other very cool and awesome links meet aus.

Ok so one Zelda: Whats up with that? Mostly, I just liked how it worked for the story I wanted to tell with Wood better tbh. He leaves for a long time in order to protect himself and Zelda cuz of the whole blood curse thing, but even so she still gets cursed. Running away doesn't keep the people he loves safe like he'd hoped, so now he's decided to stay. I'm starting to regret such a big deviation from the canon of the games now, but its a bit too late to go back so it is what it is. PInkie can have 2 Zeldas instead because I'm silly like that :P Fairly simple design, he likes to travel light with only the essentials.

Oh, also, height chart! Featuring Tetra and Aryll cuz why not: