Zelda's Enemies - Lord Argo of Akkala, War advisor of the King's Council
She watched him walk across the lawn towards her, steps smooth and calculated, lips twisted in an arrogant smirk, eyes smouldering. This was a look she knew set hearts racing, a look that had secured him lovers in both his court and hers. This was a man who savoured the hunt, a man who always got what he wanted and desired. Whom hungered for what he should not have.
Lord Argo of Akkala had his eyes set on his greatest trophy. Her throne, her body, her legacy. Her.
He was the first to swear fealty to Ganondorf, his large army of soldiers taking eastern Hyrule in a wave of blood. She still recalled the almost delicious sight of his arrogance morphing to terror as the Demon King ordered her to kill him, his usefulness ended. The pitiful sounds of his begging echoing through the dark throne room, as she raised her kunai.
Frost began to appear on the grass around her skirts and the air began to chill as she levelled her glare at him. His only acknowledgment a further widening of his smirk as a glint of teeth appeared. He did not shy away from the challenge of felling a ferocious beast.
He bowed and gracefully took her hand, lips gliding softly over her knuckles, amber eyes never leaving her steel green ones.
“Good morning my Princess.”
She tilted her head up and let the venom drip from her tongue.
“Never yours.”
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Former Lord of Akkala, turned cursed Wyrm, turned Guardian of the Spring of Power, Volga’s history is fraught with both prestige and darkness.
After more than a century trapped in his cursed form as the dragon Volvagia, he is set free by Zelda and Link. He swears fealty to her and becomes instrumental in dealing with his corrupt great-great nephew, the current Lord of Akkala, Argo.
Forced to relinquish her throne to Ganondorf as per Gerudo custom, she is now a staunch ally of the Hylians after his defeat. Bold and self-assured, she is highly respected amongst the Gerudo as a leader, warrior and mother.
She has great respect for Zelda, the young Princess showing promise to be a great Queen. She is irritated however by the expectations placed on her by the court especially pressure to marry, something that Sajani knows from personal experience is completely irrelevant to a woman’s ability to rule.
Her years long feud with Nabooru the Sage of Spirit is a constant source of gossip in Gerudo town, much to the curiosity of her 13 year old daughter…
A bookshop owner in Castle Town, he is recruited by the mysterious Sheik to uncover the truth hidden in the myths and legends written about the Hero of Time. A story that has been altered so many times over the centuries to the benefit of those who wish to influence the people, that many would not recognise him were he to be reappear...
Presuming of course the hero was ever more than a bedtime story...
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Brought to the Royal Court by her father the Mayor of Castle Town, she is immediately ostracised by the young nobles for being both “odd” and “new money”.
After Zelda discovers her powerful nature magic she takes her under her wing and promotes her to the prestigious position as her lady-in-waiting much to the horror of the other noblewomen.
Finding both a mentor and friend in Zelda, Agitha will not hesitate to assist her in any way necessary.
Besides nothing will distract an entire castle from a disappearing Princess than an infestation…
As much as I thought the OoT manga had hit on something good with what they did with Volvagia being rescued by young Link and later he was forced to kill it, I really love Hyrule Warriors and Volga.
So, a concept, which allows me to expand on the Nobility and the corruption plot line that Zelda is fighting an underworld war with:
A century before OoT, the Lord of the Akkala Region whom resided in the Akkala Citadel was Volga who was known as the great Dragon Knight of Akkala. He had no interest in Court nor politics, caring only for battle and victory and as a result was at odds with the other regions. He was determined to be the greatest knight and fill his trophy room with the heads of mythical creatures and monsters and win every grand tourney throughout Hyrule.
He was so arrogant and full of self-worth, that he sought the greatest trophy of all to crown his castle, the head of the mythical Dragon Dinraal. He tasked scholars from Hyrule Castle to research a way to summon the Dragon whom rarely appeared and only to those worthy. Knowing of his warrior nature and of Dinraal as an aspect of the Goddess of Power Din, they aided him, believing that he sought Dinraal’s blessing.
When the time came, he performed the rite and summoned Dinraal at the Spring of Power. Sensing the deceit of Volga and his men armed as they were for a hunt, Dinraal cursed him in the form of his avatar, a fire dragon. The men, minds twisted by the power of Dinraal, mistook their master for their quarry and attacked. Volga fled to the north flank of death mountain, his scaly hide full of arrows and roared in anguish.
And so the Dragon Knight Volga disappeared never to be seen again. His nephew claiming Lordship over Akkala.
A century passed and the Dragon Volvagia became a scary bedtime story for children. Should you wander into the shadow of Death Mountain, into the Badlands with it’s great skeletons, the fiery Wyrm shall devour you. Here is where the fallen warrior lay dormant, wallowing in memories long gone of honourable battle and the hunt.
Until the Evil Gerudo King Ganondorf found him and using the Triforce of Power, twisted what remained of the Hylian Warrior into the hungry raging monster. He commanded the dragon to rule over Death Mountain and bring the Gorons to heel.
Soon a young man with a faerie challenged him. The battle was vicious as it raged in the molten depths of the Fire Temple. Wielding the legendary hammer of the Gorons, Link shattered the scales of the monster before delivering the final blow with the Master Sword. The dragon’s head rolled to the ground, and much to the horror of the boy, it transformed into the head of a man.
Every being that had fallen on his sword had been a monster, a being created by evil, but not this time. Lifeless green eyes stared up at him and something broke within. He had spilled the blood of a man.
Ganondorf fell, and time reset and the dragon awakened in it’s cave. A haunted dream to add to his meaningless existence of hunting animals for meat.
Ten years passed until one day two Hylians entered his den. Roaring and breathing fire he engaged to push them from his territory but they held firm with skill and magic. Face to face he came with a young man whose features struck a chord in the back of his mind, of a boy, a hammer and crushing pain.
But before he could turn the figure to ash it was the other young man dressed as Sheikah that called him by his name, his true name which had not been uttered in a century. The two Hylians then lifted their hands and the dragon was blinded by Golden light and when he opened his eyes he knelt on the floor, a man once more.
Bested in battle by these fearless warriors, whom broke his curse, he swore his fealty to them and took an oath to be a guardian of the Spring of Power, to atone for his original sin.
A new ally honour bound to her service was to be an asset to the Princess, for those who ruled Akkala were a source of corruption in her Court that she wished to root out. A trusted heir to the throne of Akkala would be useful and perhaps could help her bring down the current Lord, Volga’s great-great nephew…
Hello! It’s me again! Do you have anymore context or lore behind that comic you made of Link in Majora’s Mask and the aftermath of it? I believe you called it Repetition. I love that comic sm ♥️
Hi again! 🥰 Thanks so much, it’s one of my favourites too 💕 I frequently abandon comics because I get lost in the dialogue so it worked in my favour for having none haha.
I certainly do! I find MM is a very important part of Link’s Journey especially in the context of this AU.
To understand the emotional turmoil behind this you need to take into consideration how Link viewed his status as hero. Despite the time skips, Link in OoT is a child the entire time. When he is an “adult” he certainly sees a lot of death and destruction which would be harrowing especially considering how sheltered he was in the Forest. But at the end of it all, time is reset and all of those deaths and bloodshed that he sees the aftermath of are erased.
OoT could be perceived in his eyes as a complete win. As a child, to be a hero would be a mantle he would have fully enjoyed, and at the end of it he certainly had saved the day, no one was hurt. (barring of course characters like the Deku Tree ect but even he is reborn).
Then Termina happens. Link enters this world and despite his starting predicament it immediately becomes clear this place needs a hero. It’s his duty and his nature to help.
One of the key mechanics of the game is that you CANNOT get all the masks and complete all the quests in a three day cycle. One of my favourite examples that i reflect on is that you cannot continue the Anju/Kafei quest if you save the old woman on the first night. You have to decide which one to complete and let the other essentially fail.
Link is the kind of person who believes he needs to save everyone, that is his purpose and sacred duty. So every time he helps someone, he soon discovers that someone else suffers because of his actions. As a result he constantly resets the timeline. Over the course of the resets he takes details notes of everyones movements (Bomber’s Club notebook). His goal is to find a way to save everyone. He HAS to.
With each reset he becomes more frantic. He keeps failing people, he sees the moon fall again and again and feels the fear and anguish of all the people of Termina.
He is not the hero he is supposed to be and something inside breaks. He cannot move on until he accepts the harsh reality of being a hero. That you cannot save everyone. You must make hard decisions and make sacrifices.
He saves as many as he can and the Skull Kids give him the Fierce Deity Mask for their final “game”.
I see this particular Mask as an equal to Majora. It’s got the word Deity in it’s name so I don’t believe it is something that should be wielded by a mortal without consequences. It turns Link into a cold weapon and he succeeds in stopping the moon. When it is all over he is left empty. Despite the fact he has saved the town he cannot erase from his mind the people he was forced to sacrifice for the greater good. Every being in the world has a life, has feelings, has worth.
Anju is the one who breaks through to him and convinces him to remove the Mask. It takes an incredible amount of strength for him to remove the it and causes him great pain. The magic of the mask leaves a painful burn scar around his jaw and face where the edges of the mask met his skin and the markings leave bloody scars. He has a permanent reminder of this power he wielded and the price that was paid.
In the aftermath of Termina when he returns to his world, he no longer sees himself as a hero. He cannot escape the failures of his role. He values the life and happiness of everything. Time passes and he rebrands himself purely as a wandering warrior as opposed to a hero (a word he now despises).
Apart from the physical scarring there are still mental ticks that stay with him which do get better as he recovers with Zelda. The overuse of the Ocarina of course breaks his ability to perceive time properly. No force of magic should ever be treated lightly or without respect (there will always be consequences). He frequently has flashbacks from across the ages and sometimes struggles to discern ‘when’ he is. He is also hyper vigilant. He can’t always help but take note of the movements of the town, trying to memorise every step and action. Of course because he isn’t resetting time it’s fruitless and exhausting. He is trying to make predictions out of chaos. And of course he can’t sleep on the full moon, he cannot help but stand in silent vigil incase the moon shall fall again.
At the end of it all the main thing i like to do with Majora is challenge the meaning of ‘hero’. Everyone has a different definition of it. Link enters the conflict with a purely fairytale view of it which isn’t realistic. He is seen as one by those around him who can see who he truely is and what he achieved.
I personally believe that a true hero never sees themselves as one. They are people who simply try to do the right thing and ask nothing in return. No matter the size of the conflict.
