#tc four

Tis the gay month so here's some silly little art with some of the TC cast's flags

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[March 30th, 2022]

I imagine Four has only ever split twice in their life. The first time they drew the four sword, it was super disorienting for the colored links to come into being but all four of them came to the conclusion that defeating Vaati could fix it. And once they put the four sword back, Four was back to normal. Becoming four people was weird and took a while to process but they figured it was a one time thing and didn’t dwell much on it.

The second time though, it was hell. Four was not only split for much longer, but the colored links developed personalities of their own as they became farther apart. They formed bonds with other people and didn’t always get along.

The second adventure keeps them up at night. Four questioned their identity, who are they? Where did the four links go? Are they a culmination of the four colors or are the colored links different parts of Four? Who would Four have become if they hadn’t drawn the four sword? Is part of them evil for joining Shadow? Was Shadow their counterpart? Why doesn’t Four have a shadow anymore? Will they lose a piece of themselves if one of the colors dies? If the four sword broke while Four was four, what would happen? Is Four broken? Will they always be broken? Can Four be repaired or will they never be whole?

When they put the four sword back, Four took a much longer time to recover, physically and mentally. They worried splitting up would become a reoccurring thing and as time went on, they found themself itching for the four sword once more but refused, scared of what it would mean.

But as they started adventuring with the Young Chain, Four was forced to draw the four sword once more (with gloves on) and the urge to split was greater than ever. So close to the sword, Four had to physically stop themself from drawing the sword and burying the issue left a mental toll on them. The longer it went on, they began to get more agitated and antsy.

Four gets in their own head a lot, especially around the four sword, it doesn’t help that they’re also pretty awkward with the others. Four looks up to Clover, doesn’t know how to talk to Tears, is intimidated by Twi, and is conflicted about their revered predecessor Mini being much younger than them.

Mighty (the hero of men) grants the sword spirit her freedom when he is gifted the blade and uses it to defeat the Remnants of Demise alongside the leader Valorie. Mighty doesn’t know much about Valorie outside of her combat skill and that her ancestor was a reincarnation of Hylia. Fi, however, seems to resonate with Valorie and pledges herself to the leader with her newfound freedom. (This is likely because of the remnants of the triforce lying dormant within the young Hylian descendant, aka the light force that grants Valorie her combat power, courage in battle, and strategical wisdom).

Meanwhile the Picori Blade, without its sword spirit to embody and take care of it, diminishes slightly in strength over time. This is unbeknownst to the Minish that gift it to Mighty nor the hero who uses it to bind the Remnants to the Bound Chest. Thus when Mini (hero of the Minish) has to reforge the blade into the Four Sword next, he has to drawn upon the sacred light of the four Elementals. This grants him the power of four and the ability to create three fragile, temporary clones of himself. But it doesn’t last forever…

Without a sword spirit to regulate its power, the Four Sword must rely on the nearest source of strength it can find. So by the time Four (hero of the four sword) draws the blade, it relies on their Hero’s Spirit to fuel its power. As a result, it splits Four’s soul into pieces, an attempt to maintain the light clone ability. Each split Link is represented by a different aspect of Four’s person and this is how Red, Green, Blue, and Vio Link come about (he’s not the best at coming up with names). It absolutely fractures Four’s being. As much as he tries to piece himself together and avoid splitting, his patchwork soul can never be fully mended and restored. It gives him splitting (ha) headaches and pain that he desperately hides to resemble some sense of normalcy again.