#wis hansen

Legend and Fable are twins! (And to actually answer your question: technically, Fable’s older :) )

And while I’m at it, I might as well clear up the relative ages of some other Wisdomverse siblings.

Siblings of the Zelda series!

Prince Hansen is canonically older than Echo!

I’m following the AoL manual’s text, which explicitly states that he’s Zelda’s older brother. He just… looks young in this depiction, loll. I draw him a bit older than this for WV!

(Note that, after EoW, he’s mentally about the same age as Echo, since he spent two years in stasis after falling into the Still World in Echo of the Past. This may explain his youth :) .)

I don’t mind either way, but I like to write Linkle as older than Wars!

They’re not canonically related at all, but the idea that they would be siblings was apparently briefly considered during development. I like it, and nothing in the game disproves it, so I consider it canon to WV.

I like to think Linkle, as the older sibling, was always convinced she would be the hero— and that’s why she stayed back in the village, while Wars went off to enlist in the army as a common soldier. Wars was shocked when Artemis identified him as the hero. He kinda thought that whole hero business was just a delusion. Linkle was shocked when she found out, and eventually reconciled herself with the fact that she’s still a hero, if not the hero.

They’re only about a year apart in age, imo.

The Colors don’t really have canon ages— but I like to think their ages go in reverse of the order the Elements are infused into the Four Sword in Minish Cap, with Green at the head. Like the personalities were split in LIFO order.

So Green’s the oldest, followed by Blue, then Red, then Vio.

Vio is a little miffed that he’s the youngest, but he doesn’t really mind that much. And that doesn’t stop all of them from being protective of Red, including Vio.

Wind and his little sister Aryll form the second actually canon sibling pair in this list (Echo and Hansen are the first), but…

The original BotW concept art also gave Wild an unnamed little sister! I’m definitely not the one who first discovered this or decided to use it, but I’ve kept it canon to WV in this one small line here:

I like to think her name was also Aryll (since she’s the younger sister of a Link). Edit: Graciously borrowing @kiriekonamistan’s idea that her name was Rally!

Whoever she was, it’s likely that Wild doesn’t remember much of her— and she likely died during the 100 years since the Calamity 🥲

(More theories and analyses at #lin thinks!)

like echo and silent canonically have the same age and Silent was 10 when he lost his voice

wich means that echo was 10 when she lost her brother

and yes i do mean lost here, people returning from rifts are already a rare thing but its very clear that people in rift caused comas just dont wake up and considering how hansen is in the middle of the rift when he is caught in it

the fact that his comatose body was even recovered is a miracle on its own

did her father break the news to her?

do you think this affected echo? this is why she became the way she is? living her life to the fullest with the conscience that just like her brother was taken by a cruel twist of fate she too could just disappear and never be seen again or worse be left in the same state as her brother as a grim reminder of what was once there

you ever think tri saw how uncharacteristically quiet echo got when Null was directly mentioned/involved? how her grip on the tri rod strenghtenend not on fear but determination and a deep seated anger as Null already took her brother and even tho they barely know each other she wont let him take link away as well

you think echo after hearing silent's first words ran out of the celebration? her chest bursting with hope as she run throught the halls of her home anxious to see someone who she thought was forever lost?

Hahaha okay, I do kind of have a name for him, but I haven’t decided if I’m set on it yet. Y’all feel free to let me know what you think.

Tl;dr at the bottom.

For context, I didn’t want to give him the same name as one of the Kings of Hyrule. All the Kings have different names anyways. But I did want it to be kinda similar, as a reference.

Here are all named Kings (afaik):

Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule [Wind Waker]: The guy old fans think of when they think of a king of Hyrule. Wind’s snarky old man companion. Can turn into a boat. Requiem’s descendant— I like to think he’s Requiem’s son. Tetra’s ancestor.

Rhoam Bosphoramus Hyrule [BotW]: The guy new fans think of when they think of a king of Hyrule. Flora’s father. Strict, but only because he decided that he has to be. He chooses to put his country’s safety over his daughter’s happiness. His choice turned out badly, but honestly, I can’t fault him for his decision, given what he knew at the time.

Daltus [Minish Cap]: Dot’s dad. A nice guy, gives off bumbling old man vibes, a little? He gets one-shot by Vaati’s attack that eight year old Dot effortlessly sweeps aside, iirc (though Dot is also kind of an eldritch badass so it’s not really his fault). He gets possessed by Vaati for a bit as well, though that’s also not his fault.

Gustav [Minish Cap]: Daltus and Dot’s ancestor. Sun and Sky’s descendant. I like to think he was king or prince during the Second Imprisoning War against Proto Ganon, and was friends with the Hero of Men. He was canonically good friends with the Wind Tribe, who I’d like to believe are the descendants of the people who stayed behind on Skyloft.

So— names for AoL’s prince.

Funnily enough, I originally had him in my notes as “Hansen Nodaphnes Hyrule,” as a reference to the King of Red Lions. This was supposed to just be a meme, but it’s been a while now, and I’ve genuinely been calling him Hansen in my head? I’m kinda set on it now 😆.

And I always mess up and call Dot’s father Dalton instead of Daltus, so I’m considering just making Echo’s dad’s name “Dalton Gustavio Hyrule”

Tl;dr: I’ve been calling Echo’s brother Hansen because of a meme. I’m keeping it unless I think of something better.

(Previous q&a at #lin responds. More theories at #lin thinks)