#zelda talks

Zelda and Link, attire designs for the fanfiction I am writing for them. Below if my rambling about my own zelda game timeline.

Thank you for reading the following. Following is my rambling about the Legend of Zelda series in a timeline, based on my personal take on the games I played out of the full game series.

Here are the games from the Zelda series I played; Skyward Sword, Minish Cap, Ocarina of Time - Majora’s Mask, Twilight Princess, Hyrule Warriors, Wind Waker, Link to the Past, Link’s Awakening, Echoes of Wisdom, Age of Calamity, Breath of the Wild, and Tears of the Kingdom. If there are parts of the series story overall, my apologies. However each player has their own take on the game series. Thank you again for reading my rambling on my own playthrough, to which my fanart, comics or fanfics are based on. Ocarina of Time is still my favorite, it was my first Zelda game on a gamecube collector's edition. Which caused me to connect all the games into a timeline of my own. ^-^ Thank you for letting me ramble away!

One of my few Timelines, but here is the main. Others are more branched off after Ocarina of Time, but share those another time.

For starting my timeline, Echoes of Wisdom shares about the series of golden goddesses that created the Triforce for Hylia to protect, and how Null didn’t like having his territory taken. Which caused him to influence other races, creating the reason for the fight of Demise with Hylia. Such events of Skyward Sword take place. With Null also being sealed by Hylia into Demise’s blade, creating  Ghirahim. Although by the end of the game, with the blade vanishing. Null was released from his seal and was able to slowly regain his power over time. 

With years passing since the defeat of Demise and Fi entering her deep slumber within the Master Sword. Soon Link and Zelda met with the Ancient Sheikah that were once supporters of Hylia, but chose to remain on the surface. Causing them to learn of a dispute between the Sheikah and the barbaric race of Zonai that resided in Ikana Canyon. With their son, Rauru from Ocarina of Time, inheriting the abilities of his mother, heir of Hylia. Sealing the Triforce into the Sacred Realm along with himself into the Master Sword. Allowing him to protect the relic and wait for the next hero. Despite being sealed in the blade, he was allowed to hear within the Temple of Time’s walls. With the Temple changing of the ages, as his Sheikah wife, Sonia, trusted the stones ,used in opening the door of Time, to trusted their trusted friend that would be the new Sages. Along with Rauru’s younger Sister who created the Ocarina of Time from a Time shift stone. By the era of war between the ancient Sheikah and the ancient Zonai were close. With the appearance of the Triforce being the trigger of it, and after the sealing of Rauru into the Master Sword. With the Triforce sealed and the war between the Sheikah and Zonai ended. With the Zonai moving to the Sky Islands, which caused the sheikah to create giant Canons to let them travel up to the sky islands. Although these Zonai became greedy, creating the secret stones that would amplify their powers, but replicas of the Triforce. With them being sealed into the Twilight Realm, which sealed the sky islands as well. Although the Mirror wasn’t created to interact with the Twilight Realm until the point of Echoes of Wisdom, I'll get to that point soon.

The Era of Hyrule’s founding is with Rauru’s great granddaughter becoming Queen of Hyrule along with a Zonai, also Rauru, as King and also Sage of Light. With him and his Sister the remaining Zonai. With many years since their Skyloftians left them, Loftwings became the Rito. Although I have more on Zonai Rauru and his sister I will share later on.

For Ancient Ganondorf of Hyrule’s founding. He is the grandson of Groose and the first King of the Gerudo, his father being an Ordonian. With him, like Queen Sonia, being a descendant of the first Hero of Time and Hylia’s heir, Zelda. Although he didn’t know of the Triforce like his Cousin, neither was he aware of their blood connection. Although he would become great-grandfather to Ganondorf of the Era of Ocarina of Time. With him being raised by the Ancient Ganondorf’s minions, they were loyal for 400 years, Kotake and Koume. With them spending their many years studying the magic of the Zonai, allowing them to be Twinrova.

After the fall of both King and Queen of Hyrule, after Zonai Rauru sealed himself. Named after her great-grandmother and also a portion inheriting Hylia’s powers, Sonia’s brother became the next King of Hyrule. Although after being appointed by the sages that were appointed by King Rauru, his daughter would be named after Zelda, sage of Time who would transform into the light Dragon to heal the Master Sword from her Era. Would become the Princess in the Tapestry that Sheikah, that would be kept by the Royal Family until the Era of the Wild. Only being found after many generations. However, only being hidden after a new King decree for all the Ancient Technology, left by the aid of previous sages, caused conflict with their allied races and within the Sheikah tribe. 

Before the Era of Minish Cap, many of the Royal family members didn’t appear to inherit the same powers of Hylia. Until the appearance of the Minish, which was Null’s doing. With him creating a rift to a realm that housed the Minish, but only in his attempts to connect the Twilight Realm. Although doing cso allowed the Minish to aid in Hyrule during the times their realms met, being every 100 years. By the events of Minish Cap, Vatti is sealed after falling under the influence of Null. With him attempting to use Vatti in recreating his body for him to take over, but Vatti is sealed away without Null.

By the Era of Echoes of Wisdom, Null’s powers have begun to grow to the point that the Tri and his cleaning buddies were made. In attempts to keep Null’s fits under control, but leads with that Era’s Princess Zelda aiding Tri with the Tri Rod. After the events of the game, Null is defeated and the rifts have ended. With Null unable to influence Hyrule’s realm and the other. Which caused the Minish unable to return to Hyrule, but with the Tri Rod. Soon it was turned into the Dominion Rod with the aid of the Oocca. I’ll return to them when I get to Twilight Princess. Triforce is known as relic due to being lost to time, but I like to think it appears out of the sacred realm when needed, and like the Master Sword. More than one can exist at the same time, but can't interact with each other. As each is on their own adventure.

The Oocca, Skyloftians that remained in Skyloft when the Zonai took over and were moved to the twilight realm. With them transforming into the Oocca and spared from being placed into the realm. With them using the information from their time with the ancient Zonai to craft the Dominion Rod from the Tri Rod. However, by this era, another war for the Triforce began. With the Triforce becoming known again,  because few of Sheikah began to doubt the Royal Family. Beginning the Hyrule Civil War.

Before the era of Ocarina of Time, the Great Deku tree used his powers to create a barrier between Hyrule and Termina, thus the Loft woods was born. With him taking in Ordonian children that were orphaned during a previous war, and to end the war along with the crowning of a new King of Hyrule. He was able to end the war and bring peace again with the other races. Taking advantage of the war, a young Ganondorf along with his Gerudo sisters traveled to a Hyrule castle to study the Triforce. Only during this advantage is when a mother flees to the Lost Woods with the soon to be Hero of Time. Creating the events of Ocarina of Time, and split of events to occur depending on the actions of not only Zelda, but Link.

With the events of the downfall timeline, Link falls to Ganon’s form, and forces Zelda along with the sages to seal him away. With the hero that would come to inherit the hero’s spirit was the long-lost descendant of Skyward Sword Zelda and Link's second child. With their powers being unknown to them, but the hero’s spirit only awoke to one capable of wielding the weight. Why within Echoes of Wisdom that Zelda was able to use the Hero’s spirit and take on Link’s form with his sword, although it wasn’t the Master Sword.

In the Adult Time. Link defeats Ganon, but is sent back to relive his childhood. Leaving the saved Hyrule under Zelda’s control as she rules over as Queen of Hyrule, until her Father the King comes out of hiding. Allowing the Kingdom to move their Castle to a new location. Despite the hero of Time no longer being amongst them, Hyrule began to rebuild. With building a location for the Master Sword, it was located back on its pedestal after the final fight, inside the new castle. Honoring the Hero, but soon the seal of the Sages came undone before the era of Wind Waker. Resulting in the King seal himself into a boat with his shard of the Triforce of Wisdom, with the relic splitting upon Zelda of Time’s era sending the hero back and the fracturing of the Triforce of Courage, and Zelda fleeing away onto a boat. With her eventually coming to rekindle the long-lost relationship between the Royal family female members and Gerudo, established in Echoes of Wisdom’s era then almost lost due to Ganondorf. Thanks to this relationship, Zelda’s lineage soon adopted the same lineage as the Gerudo. Using a small part of her powers to seal her powers into the remaining Triforce of Wisdom, she entrusted the relic to her offspring. Only entrusting the relic to their heir, until the era of Wind Waker with Tetra. Allowing her to possess her great-great-great-grandmother’s power and form, but only temporarily. 

In Child Time. Link is sent to relive his childhood by Zelda and thus begins the events of Majora’s Mask. With the Hero of Time to go on a journey searching for his companion, Navi. Although it resulted in Skull Kid, a child that got lost in the Lost Woods, to take the Ocarina of Time from Link and his horse. With the repeated three days that was inflicted on the hero, forcing him to become a hero once more. Soon Link comes to meet Romani, and slowly he gets to learn more about her sisters. Anju, her distant half-Sister, runs an Inn along with her Mother and grandmother, her father’s mother. Only after her father left her mother, but only to run off to his family’s ranch with his new wife and step-daughter, Cremia. With his new wife passing sometime after Romani was born, and due to a rivalry with another ranch. This Led to the passing of Romani’s father, and leaving the ranch into the hands of Cremia. With the Culprits being the same rivalry that were descendants of Sheikah, allowing them to use these tricks to mess with the valuable ranch owner. With this being the beginning of the Yiga-Clan, ex-Sheikah members. During the true end three day-cycle, Link aids Romani in defending the Ranch, and saving her mentally from an attack from unknown origin. Aiding and Saving Cremia from the Attack of the Gormon Brothers, who were jealous of Romani’s Ranch success in Clock Town’s Milk bar. Finally, Link aids in reuniting the Lovers by the final day, before the final battle.

With Link freeing Termina from the time loop, resulted in the Yiga following the hero of Time, but by the era of Breath of the Wild it is forgotten and confused for Ganon. Link stays in Termina, settling the regrets of the Masks. Which allowed him  to live amongst Termina, but soon he left through the Depths as he arrived at Termina. Although this leads the hero of Time to an unknown journey, more explore when I get to Hyrule Warriors’ era. 

Before the era of Twilight Princess. Link, second hero of Time, returns to Hyrule in his adulthood, but only to find it has entered a state of another civil war. Only it was to capture Ganondorf, but without the Master Sword and loss of the Ocarina of Time. He still aided in helping in the protection of civilians, Malon, Romani, and a few others that came from Termina. With the barrier of the Lost Woods slowly fading, due to the transplant of the Deku Sprout by Link. Allowing the remaining Kokiri that chose to stay with the sprout became the Koroks by the era of the Wild. With the barrier fading, allowed Termina to become one with Hyrule once more, but the forest started to take over the abandoned grounds that was once the temple of Time, but was destroyed during the war to capture Ganondorf. With all timelines having the first castle to be destroyed and relocated, but in the child's time. Four Light spirits are sent, while sending those that followed Ganondorf into the Twilight Realm with the aid of Light Sages. Using the Mirror of Twilight that was founded in the sky islands. By the era of Twilight Sky Islands has become legend, but was kept secret by the remaining Sheikah that was tasked with watching over the book of Dominion Rod. Until the hero of Twilight, descendant of the hero of Time and Malon, retrieves the Dominion Rod from the Temple of Time.  

With the era of Twilight. Lalon, name I give Twilight Princess Link, being raised by uncle and aunt while acting as an older brother to his cousin, Collin, alternative time life Wind Waker Link. Until the events of the game call for the Ranch hand to become a hero, like his great-great-grandfather. With him calling and meeting with the Hero’s Shade, soothing the regret of his great-great-grandfather’s spirit. Allowing him to rest while entrusting his skills to his lineage. Which was trained to future knights by Lalon, but only after Midna shattered the mirror of Twilight. Teachings that were still passed on by the era of Age of Calamity. With Lalon’s future lineage becoming knights of Hyrule. In his older years, Lalon would discover a means to reunite with Midna, but doing so made him unable to return. Leaving behind Ilia and their offspring that were grown. With his reunion with Midna, thanks to the ability of the Twili that merged with him, allowed Lalon to be with her once more. However during his time traversing the realm of Twilight, Lalon came to discover a lost doorway of Time. Which is used by their descendant Mineru and her kid brother used to escape the Twilight realm, but was sent to a time before Hyrule’s Founding. With her kid brother, Zonai Rauru, to come into contact with remaining Zonai members on sparred sky islands. With them sharing their history with the young Twili children in the way of the Zonai. Leaving them as the remaining Zonai with the doorway of time being unable to be used anymore. Thus they began their life as Zonai. More in the era of Tears of the Kingdom. Ilia is also a descendant of Skyward Sword Zelda and Link’s second child.

By the era of Hyrule Warriors. Ilia and Lalon’s grandchild Link, who inherited the powers of Twili Light, becomes a knight of Hyrule. Although he catches the attention of Null’s daughter, who causes a merge of timelines. Resulting in the connection of past Eras, and heroes. However this era was short, but collided with the split time back together, temporarily . Mostly due to the playthrough story once, I need to replay again. 

By the era of Age of Calamity, without Terako. Link is born into a family of knights, but he grew up in Hateno village. With this Link is a normal knight, but he has a deep connection with Mipha. Learning to rock climb, so he could race with her when it came to waterfall racing. Although she beat him every time, he enjoyed watching her swim. Soon Link came to be Zelda’s appointed knight. With him holding Sheikah blood, with this Link being a descendant of Cremia. As events play out as Calamity Ganon, born through the built-up malice from Ancient Ganondorf, took over the uncovered ancient technology. Only dug up after the rediscovery of the tapestry of an era that passed, with barely any records left. With Queen Zelda, while still alive, began to research the location of the Divine Beasts and the Guardians. After the era of Twilight, the Sheikah numbers like the Gerudo were scaress thanks to the civil wars. After the era of Twilight, past Queen Zelda helped build the relationship with the Gerudo that lived far in the desert or at sea. Which led to last Queen Zelda and Urbossa’s close friendship. Also the reasoning for Zelda and Riju’s friendship, despite Riju’s feelings towards Link in the era of Tears of the Kingdom. Despite being able to uncover the Divine Beasts, Guardians, and even teach Zelda how to craft Terako. Queen Zelda was captured by the Yiga and resulted in Zelda being unable to learn how to control her powers. I thought Link’s father was secretly a Yiga spy and he was the one to kidnap Zelda’s mother. With them falling in love and Link was their love child with her passing in childbirth, but that is an if scenario. 

As the Era of Breath of the Wild begins, depending on the version of botw alters the timeline between Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. My version of Breath of the Wild Wii U and Tears of the Kingdom Switch, this is the heartbreak timeline. While if you own both on the Switch then you get the True ZeLink Ending. Link awakens from his hundred year recovery sleep, which leaves him without his memories. With each memorie Zelda shared with him, and the ones off Mipha shook Link to his core. Awakening his spirit, allowing him to aid Hyrule.

As the Era of Tears of the Kingdom, seven years later. Link has developed the Monster Control-Crew, to combat the Blood Moon that was born during the Calamity. Along with aid in the construction of Mipha’s Court, with abandoning his Hateno home once more. Which allowed Zelda to move into, recovering for her broken heart. With learning of the Musician’s secret love for her and for Link’s rejection of her feelings. As his heart was still suffering the loss of Mipha, but he still held Zelda close as his connection to his other friends. Link's brotherly connection with Sidon was known through the Zora, with him feeling connected to Mipha. Upon the events of the Tears of the Kingdom, with the Gloom appearing. Which causes Zelda and Link to separate once more, causing Link to relive the loss once more. Causing him to gain the hand of Zonai Rauru, after losing the other to the Gloom of Ancient Ganondorf. Upon Gaining all of Zonai Rauru’s abilities, Link is able to awaken his own using the borrowed Zonai/Twili power from his hand. Grinding him the ability to swim upwards, like a waterfall. Allowing Link to feel Mipha with him in his adventure to reunite with Zelda and save Hyrule.

Princess Zelda of this era was the pure born lineage of first Zelda, and descendant of the hero of Twilight. While Impa and Purah are also descendants of the hero of Time as well. 

Riju is a descendant of Anju and Kafei, with her father being a Yiga Clan member. Disguised in Gerudo clothing, but watching over Gerudo Town instead of infiltrating to cause mayhem. Instead he infiltrated to catch a glimpse of his daughter, but with her being well guarded disallowed him from approaching. Upon meeting Link, entrusts him with some of his disguise to help infiltrate. Although soon as he discovers he is the same Link that all the Yiga despite and he aided him with his daughter. Resulted in his fellow Yiga members getting rid of him by the era of Tears of the Kingdom.

Tauro is the son of Kohga, leader of the Yiga Clan, but he was more interested in research than stopping Link. Which ended up with him ending the Yiga Clan and Sheikah feud, with him crushing on Paya. 

In the heartbreak split, if you have Breath of the Wild Wii U and Tears of The Kingdom Switch, Zelda and Link don’t end together, but they have a deep bond. In this split, Link treats Zelda like a sibling. With Zelda taking over Link’s house in Hateno Village, he moves to live outside Terry Town. In view of Mipha’s Court, and Link becoming Riju’s Voe. While Zelda settled down Numar in his split.

In the Lover split, if you have Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom Switch, Link and Zelda settle down together and rebuild Hyrule. 

During the Time Zelda was the Light Dragon, when she swallowed the secret stone. She carried the secondary Master Sword and Triforce with her, from the point she became a dragon ,until she was recalled to her original state.

In the Age of Calamity, with Terako, playout as the game events is to prevent the Calamity and the era of Breath of the Wild. Although they succeeded in beating the newly formed Calamity Ganon from the corpse of Astro, the musician corrupted in this split from the calamity. It didn’t help Hyrule with the awakening of the Ancient Ganondorf as the events play out differently. Although I’m still working on how that would play out. 

Thank you for reading one of my Legend of Zelda ramblings about my personal timeline. =v=

Please feel free to share your own with me, or build on one. Please let me know in a comment.

I have multiple timeline takes, as I got a few Link ships and Zelda ships that make the connections between each game interesting. That is not including the downfall timeline. As I know Link’s Awakening is after Link to the Past, but when I first played it. I felt it could fit after Ocarina of Time as well, but that is my personal timeline. ^-^ My apologies for the long read! Thank you for reading! Please share your favorite pairing! My toop Zelda Pairing at the moment besides Skyward Sword ZeLink, is Zelda from Echoes of Wisdom and the Stamp Guy. Along with the River and Sea Zora are both very cute when they interact with each other.

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Tell Me You Love Me by Demi Lovato

After missions go bad or bad days in general you just have to hold Leon in your arms and he just miserably whispers, it's almost silent, he says "tell me you love me." His forehead on your shoulder, his lips pressed against your skin just muttering so low "tell me, I have to hear that someone needs me"

It's so hard to imagine it but with someone he can be vulnerable with, the tears come slowly and silently. You feel them on your skin as he continues, the whispers becoming hoarse, "please tell me, tell me you love me, please."

FD and Majora are just two sides of the same coin: if it is true that Fierce Deity was Link’s corresponding in Termina, and that he sacrificed himself after millennia of fighting in order to save the people from Majora, just as Majora is still a threat while being “contained” in the mask, the same applies for the Fierce Deity’s Mask as well, despite it being used primarily to face evil.

So, is FD good or evil?

I don’t know if we can call this entity “good” the same way as we can obviously say that Majora is evil… maybe he was good (or at least, he fought for a good cause) but his power is even bigger than Majora’s (therefore more dangerous), as we can see in the final battle with Link, and the children’s words on the Moon makes me think a lot. I usually “link” them to our Hero of Time and to Skull Kid, because the meaning fits a lot with their situations, however this quote in particular is very ambiguous and I think it resumes everything that happened during Majora’s Mask very well:

“Can I ask... a question? The right thing... what is it? I wonder... if you do the right thing... does it really make... everybody... happy?”

Gyorg Child says this to Link and while on the one hand it almost certainly refers to Link himself, who had to “pretend” to be someone else (a Deku, Darmani III, Mikau, etc.) because of the circumstances but also to make everyone “happy” (even if maybe they deserved to know the truth, despite it being painful), on the other hand it could also be referred to Fierce Deity.

Does that mean that maybe, even if you do the “right thing” (which in this case is using an unlimited amount of power, who can actually DESTROY, even more than Majora), at the same time you aren’t actually doing the right thing? Because it will have impacts on everybody, leaving on them scars (just like on Link, on Skull Kid, on Termina itself) and also trauma (at the end Majora was defeated again, but the price was really high)…

And what about Link? FD’s spirit is SO MUCH stronger than Mikau’s etc., it completely overwhelms him, he can’t control all this power (he isn’t a god after all), if his and FD’s visions melt together, and he starts seeing everything as a threat, he could become a war machine without any scrupulous: the FD’s mask is dangerous.

What if Link kills innocent people, and destroys things, because he can’t control it?

The problem is that both of Majora and Fierce Deity are chaotic identities, even if the second one can provide order when opposed to the first one: they can only find balance by fighting with each other and therefore the only existence/presence of just one of them means chaos, even if it’s the Fierce Deity alone and not Majora.