Musings of Zelda

In this way, the timeline as presented in the  Hyrule Historia is still a valid depiction of the timeline, with the three Light Force games not sitting strictly inline, but behind the Triforce games, with near copies of events as needed along the neutral child timeline.

To all of you following this blog, or even just the tag, it's been a fun last couple of months. However, I'm afraid I've quite run out of topics to add my own thoughts to at this point, in case anyone was wondering about the lack of recent posts these past days. Maybe Breath of the Wild will bring some new things to theorize, or maybe random inspiration will strike. But for now and possibly a long while to come, silence will once again be the norm. Thank you all for reading what I had posted. And despite capping the public side of this, I'm still more than welcome to any discussion or debate on any topics Zelda.

The King of Red Lions, the boat which vessels the Spirit of King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule, so that he may accompany the Hero of Winds, is a rather enigmatic creation. How far in advance of making the wish to flood Hyrule did he have it commissioned for creation, or did he find it randomly one day after being somewhat freed from stasis? The origins of the craft may be shrouded in mystery, but it is clear he has been using it for quite some time. Through it, the King was able to keep in contact with the guardians of Hyrule's non-human races, Valoo, the Great Deku Tree and Jabun. After convincing them of his identity, he was able to plan for the inevitable return of Ganondorf, and quickly relay that the Hero accompanying him had his full trust and is to be treated with respect on par with the legendary Hero of Time.

While I have long asserted that Vaati is neither an incarnation nor heir of the spirit of Demise, his form as the Wind Mage would have not been possible. When Demise was defeated, his minions did not automatically vanish from that fact. Instead, they retreated, regrouped, and eventually returned to put the newly formed Kingdom of Hyrule into its first war; the War of the Bound Chest, as it would become to be known as the army of evil was sealed in the aforementioned chest. After generations of being sealed, the evil entities eventually turned back into energy of Demise from which they were originally born. Upon opening this chest, Vaati willingly absorbed much of the energy into himself, becoming a powerful focus of evil energy and inadvertently turning himself into a minion of Demise.

The Hero of Time is the most influential hero on which most heroes after him are modeled. However, the Hero, as a recognized hero, does not exist in the child time line. During the events of the Twilight Incursion, another hero appeared and was gifted the green clothes of the legendary hero by the Spirit of Light, Faron. However, to which hero is this referring? The obvious choice would harken back to the Hero from the Sky, but it may not be the Hero to which the clothes were properly adopted in this reality. I believe it is in fact still the from the Hero of Time. As the Hero was denied his earned recognition for the majority of his life, and these feelings haunted him even beyond death, leading to the Hero's Shade. However, the Triforce cannot lie, and beings deeply tied to the magic of the world are able to detect it. The Hero of Time may have been branded a liar by the mortal men around him, was still recognized as a true hero by the spirits, and likely even the Sages, albeit in hushed tones, as the vast majority of people would have trouble understanding the full truth of the matter.

Currently unanswerable questions. Since rupees can be found literally everywhere, what controls their worth? When the Triforce is wished upon where does it go to prevent rapid, consecutive wishes? If the Cataclysm of the Triforce happened before the first Ganondorf was consumed with power, to whom would the Triforce of Power go? To whom does the Triforce of Courage go between living instances of the Hero? How do cuccos summon unrelenting, invincible copies to attack their assaulters?

When the Hero of Time was sent to the past to create a future where he never needed to open the Door of Time, naturally the Spirit of the Hero went with him. Without the threat of Hylia's Champion to stop him, Ganon/dorf's were the Sages and a Princess Zelda. Without the support of a Hero, the Demon King was able to make short work of the Sages and cause Zelda to be sent into perpetual hiding while the king went to use the Triforce. The banishment of Ganon and the sealing of Hyrule under the water was all for the singular purpose of buying time for a new spirit of the Hero to form. The fact it preserved the King to aid the Hero and the descendant of his daughter, as well as sending the Spirit of Demise to a location where he could be dealt with was completely coincidental.

The second tier gods, Demise and Hylia, despite all of their power, are unable to change their forms easily. While Hylia did so willingly, the resultant release of energy likely altered the very basics of life on the planet with the supposed creation of the Light Force, hearts and heart containers. Demise on the other hand did not change willingly, but at the same time, his expelled energy did not have quite the world affecting side effect. The first, and most obvious, change was likely a little different, as in the form of the Imprisoned, he wad no less powerful, but the power was altered and likely partially put into the spike on his head to better control him. His second, albeit alternative, change was after his defeat with the Master Sword, part of his essence was torn from him and sealed into the sword where Fi would mostly shutdown to trap the energy forever, even if the external functions of the sword were to cease functioning or be broken entirely. The third, and first for Ganon, change came about with the wish that led to the Great Sea being formed, being forcefully expelled from Hyrule likely tore away part of his energy leaving him to reform in a new image.

Addendum to Hyrule's laws not accounting for children separately. During the time of Zant's incursions into Hyrule with Twilight, a young boy, nor even of ten years opens his own store. Later, the store expands to a second site with the Hero's assistance, becoming a full fledged franchise, by buying out an expensive curio shop. This cold is named Malo, and despite being so young, he is allowed to run this entire chain of stores. But how can this be? Much like the Hero, Malo has impressive drive, and he aspires to make his chain of stores extremely profitable. There is no law in Hyrule to prevent such things happening, it is just unlikely for children to have the passion acne knowledge for good business ownership. But Malo does, and he likely expanded his line of marts far and wide after the Twilight was reaped back to its own realm.

Like Ganondorf, there are only two Eponas known to be directly related to the Hero. Only the Hero of Time and the Hero Chosen by the Gods are each confirmed to have an instance of Epona which they can call their own. While it is likely Epona was slain in the Decline Line after her master was struck down, and horses aren't well suited to the ocean world of the Adult Line, heroes rarely have other animal assistants. The original Hero chosen by Hylia hear his own bird mount, and despite all future heros being derived from him, so few have any animal skills at all.

Unique attributes of the three time lines after the Cataclysm of the Triforce. Adult: The continued existence of Beedle's family occupation of mobile store owner. Complete disappearance of the Sheikah. Decline: Ganon and only Ganon. The existence of goriya. Child: Second Ganondorf. Return of a hero after his death.

Impa, the oft nurse maid, bodyguard and retainer to a princess Zelda, is also commonly stated to be the tribal leader of the Sheikah. Both of these positions are extremely taxing and time consuming, no single person, regardless of ability, should be able to hold and do both well. I propose that these two two jobs are in fact, one; and that the Sheikah tribe cannot be thought of ad a proper tribe at all. Instead, it is more proper to consider the Sheikah as a covert organization for the Hyrulean Royal Family, and more specifically Zelda who is the true leader, and she commands them through Impa. Ergo, it is only logical that as a multifaceted tool for a Zelda to employ should be with her constantly should also take on roles that require close proximity to and deep trust of the princess.

The laws of Hyrule seem rather lax when it comes to children. Several of the heroes through time have been no older than twelve. However, very few people are usually privy to that fact, if they even believe the claims. In spite of that, fewer people still seem to question why a child has a sword, prevent a child from entering areas that are even dangerous to adults or refuse to sell dangerous items such as bombs to a child. While the history of Hyrule is wrought with war, there are also long periods of peace. Normally, one would expect laws would be enacted to protect the children from themselves in many cases. However, it rarely happens and children can often be found in places and doing things they never should be. This is in fact an intentional decision by Zeldas. As the incarnation of Hylia, they would know their own champion best, as well as the fact that a hero's time to be called to action may come at any time, not just when they ate already grown. To this end, it would be easier to keep laws specifically regarding children to a minimum, as it would prevent beauracratic issues down the line if a child hero requires special permission to get the tools he requires to save the kingdom.

The Sword of Evil’s Bane was created with the singular goal of opposing Demise,his minions and his various forms, but it is not the only weapon capable of bringing out victory over the Demon King. But that leaves us with the question, what happened to the Matter Sword? Simple, it was destroyed. By the landmarks of Lower Hyrule, with both the Lost Woods and Spectacle Rock, the pedestal of the legendary sword, and likely the castle of Hyrule as well, was within those borders. However, this was a time when Ganon had free reign over the physical realm of Hyrule for the first time. Without being dead or constrained to another Realm, he was free to exercise his full power. It seems quite likely one of his first acts was to seek out the blade and destroy it on the spot before any meddling heroes could find it and strike him down.

Addendum to Hylia's excess energy from becoming mortal. Aside from the energy captured to create the Light Force, the remainder of the energy may not have been lost to the endless expanse. But rather, it may have also been captured for use. Unlike with the Light Force, where it was returned to the mortal form of the Goddess and remains with her through her blood, these other uses have been far more varied. Many of the creatures which are identified as bosses contain within them what was once Hylia's power. Upon being defeated by the Hero, this energy manifests itself in a form he can use to empower himself, a heart container. Furthermore, others have also attempted to harness the now ambient energy to empower themselves to no effect, and end up leaving it somewhere someone else finds it or gives it to the Hero directly. However, since the Hero is not the original source of the energy, it likely is expelled from his body after the adventure, either on its own or by the Hero's will. Additionally, the smaller hearts found and sold everywhere are very small concentrations of the same energy that can likely be used by anyone to rapidly heal minor wounds. Though being more potent for the Hero due to his connection with Hylia.

When the aged Hero of Time assaulted Ganondorf's castle, he required the assistance of the Sages to create a bridge to cross the gap. Ganondorf knew this, and in turn set up a way to siphon some of that energy to create a last ditch barrier to postpone the final confrontation. However, siphoning a limited amount of energy during an unspecified time frame does not make for the strongest barriers. Again, Ganondorf knew this,thus he had the trapped rooms constructed ahead of time to prevent the Hero from reaching the seals to release the stolen energy. Furthermore, he did not recapture any of the Sages, the visions the Hero saw when destroying the barrier was that of the freed energy merely appearing in the shape of their source sage.