The Hyrule Fantasy

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Centennial Bellum (Zelda AU BOTW/AOL Fanfic and Fanart)

{Centennial: Latin origin meaning one hundred years}

{Bellum: Latin origin for war}

Chapters:

Prologue

Solider in Training

Crest of the Royal Family

A Day in the Market

Visions of Destiny

The Foreigner and the Princess

Into the Battlefield

Bonus art:

OC Link design

Expression practice

Smug OC Link expression

Cover Art:

Link, you have no right being this fine.

My version of Link from the upcoming Zelda movie 🥹😊💚

What are your thoughts on his look so far? 😍

Art process video:

Chapter 7: Into the Battlefield

Read chapter: Ao3 or Wattpad

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Another chapter artwork done! Gotta say, I'm pretty proud of how this one came out. 😊

But poor Link is not having a good time...🥺

Chapter Extract:

He let go of the branches and leapt through the air. He flew over the moat through the gap, and just as he thought he wouldn't make it, his hands clammed the slippery surface of the terrace. His breathing was now moaning. He longed to get up and over the wall to release himself from the pressure of his hanging position. The rain splattered the stone pavement, and at one point Link lost his grip on one hand. Yelping in fear, he was quick to regain his hold on the edge while taking a short look down to view just how high up he was. If he were to fall, it would definitely be his end. He swallowed back the pain and moaned.

He was almost there. Just a little bit further.

I’ve made it a goal to go through the art I’ve done previously and improve it since I’ve been practicing and trying to improve. Pretty happy with how this one came out, and I’m really starting to see my fanfic come to life through my art. 🥹

Here is the new vs the old 👇🏻

2025:

2024:

I’m still not very good at backgrounds, but I’m getting there. 😄

I wasn’t happy with my original work, so I wanted to improve the cover image and add in the title.

Pretty happy with how this new version came out. Even just seeing my art skills slightly improve makes me happy. 😌

Check out the before and after below 👇🏻

Before/2024:

After/2025:

Centennial Bellum, Loz Fanfic by Xenforce

BotW/AoL AU

In the age before the fall, Link was a rising knight of Hyrule. Brave, humble, and bound by an unspoken bond to Princess Zelda, the kingdom’s adored heir. Together they dreamed of a future beneath golden skies, despite the social pressures around them.

But in the depths, whispers stirred. The loyal remnants of the Gerudo King sought to breathe life into their fallen master, believing his power would bring balance to a world they deemed unjust. When Ganondorf returns, bearing the Triforce of Power, his vision of equality becomes a kingdom shackled by fear—one where every race knelt beneath the same cruel hand.

The hero falls before his time. The princess vanishes beneath a curse.

And so begins a hundred years of darkness. An age without a saviour, where hope is buried, and the world waits for the hero who does not come.

Centennial Bellum (One-Hundred-Year War) is a Zelda Fanfic inspired by 'Breath of the Wild' and 'Adventure of Link' with its main plot essentially merging the two games.

Read prologue HERE

Nav to Table of Contents HERE

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This took me way longer than I anticipated 🥵

I kinda wanna go through some of my other artwork and redraw them, but we’ll see. 😊

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Enjoy this mood music by Rozen. This is truly a beautiful and inspiring piece that really helped me shape my fanfic and the cover art. Thank you to the amazing artist! 🎶🥹

Just chiming in to drop this here. I wanted to redo my prologue art since I felt like it didn’t suit the rest of the chapters’ artwork anymore, since refining the style a bit.

I kept the same pose but tried to make everything feel less stiff and “organised” and more raw and “poetic”?

Really just experimenting and finding my unique art style. 😊

If you haven’t already, check out my Zelda fanfic, Centennial Bellum! I’m super excited to share it with you all. 🥳

Read prologue HERE

Here’s a cheeky Link for anyone who didn’t ask 😏

This is how I imagine Link from my Zelda fanfic, Centennial Bellum (he pretty much looks like Botw Link but with TP’s eyes).

Anyway, I’ve been working on my art skills lately and I think I’m starting to nail my head visions. Yay!

Enjoy this smirky Link.