𝓟ᴏᴡᴇʀ .

HE’D LOWERED HIS SWORD , its blade piercing the shifting sands as she’d finished speaking . the growl that left his lips was subtle . the king’s eyes glimmered at her .

THE KING-IN-DARK LOOKED DOWN ON HIS SERVANT , HIS PUPPET , HIS PAWN . there were many things he could've called him , all of which , never quite low enough . even through the thickened , deep metal of the man's strange helm , ganondorf could see it . hear it . smell it . no armor could hide what he truly saw . no illusion cast could mask it . the essence of madness , of loathing , was ever inescapable . and always , forever , the king's feast of choice .

his own palace greatly complimented the king's own ambition . an impervious fortress of shadows . eclipsing , ravishing . fortified by the cruelest touch ; the entire palace itself looked as sharp as any blade . and within it , it was boundless . unending , labyrinthine halls . everywhere , lined with weapons ready to run through several hylians with ease . even a temple to the king's own greed , where sat countless gilded baubles and war spoils . and deeper still were sweltering beasts who toiled over burning kitchen-pits, feeding armies of monsters & men alike . traitors , murderers , thieves & zealots , all of them . and even further down , there were lightless dungeons , filled with cries going unheard . and leagues below , some soldiers said , lay a path to the underworld itself .

still , ganondorf strode these halls with his own commanded pride . a place as tumultuous , grand & and enigmatic as he believed himself to be .

he cared little for his company , truly . knowing well what he'd wanted of him . and how easy it was to sway those who's craved power . putting the wine just out of reach . and yet , he'd smiled as he'd looked down to him , ganondorf's weighted hand , a mighty & dreadful touch , upon zant's shoulder . the pauldron , foreign in design as it were , also mattered little . the twili had felt pierced through in a moment , and the king spoke poison into his pointed ear :

" i can feel your own ambitions , zant . it is that very rage which binds us both , such as hatred kindles the wills of evil men . that is why I spoke to you . why I had chosen you . through murder & deception was i forced into your realm .

i am ever indebted to you for your kindness . your admiration .

WHILE THE CANONICAL IDEA of ganon's army is mostly a horde of various monsters , I view such with more fluidity . his army is actually quite varied , full of different species & races . aside from monsters like bokoblins & stalfos , the army is open to draft just about anyone or anything , should they swear loyalty to ganon . this includes , for example : hylian deserters , gerudo exiles , even the more animalistic races like rito, goron or zora are welcome , too ( granted , they'd need their own manners of surviving outside of their homelands , if need be ) .

some of these other species can come on their own free will , should they be drawn to evil . however , some of them are captured & brainwashed . any towns or cities captured by the armys of ganon are to be absorbed into its ranks , should there be any survivors after a raid .