It was dark over Kakariko village. Night had settled, and everything was quiet. For the moment.
Extra guards from the castle had been stationed in the village, due to the warnings of thieves, and there was one man on lookout. He stood there for hours on end, attentively, as he had been trained. But by the time midnight had come, his eyes were starting to close shut.
But he awoke with a start. From his position high above the gates of Kakariko, he could see the Gerudo silently approaching, but not expecting much resistance. As the guard lit a torch to see better, he was sure that his vision was not playing tricks on him.
But the Gerudo saw the flame he had lit. As the guard turned his back to blow the warning horn, he was silenced with an arrow to the back before he could set his lips to it.
The Gerudo, now aware there could be resistance, approached the town for their second raid with even more stealth. The unaware guards were easily knocked out by the sly women thieves, and now headed for their quarry.
One by one, each house was robbed without anyone aware that the Gerudo were even in the town, let alone their own houses. After every precious belonging had been stolen, they collected in the middle of the town. There were about 6 of these she-pirates.
"Ha! Not one bit of resistance this time!" One Gerudo squealed with greedy glee.
"We didn't have to unsheathe our swords once!" Another said with delight.
"Silence!" The one who seemed to be the leader commanded. "Now everyone, check the town again to make sure no one saw us. I don't want any eyewitnesses. And if there were, show them no mercy.
The Gerudo split up and started searching the village once more.
Two of these Gerudo were walking together, not really worried about any danger, when one of them disappeared suddenly. Her partner, turned, puzzled as to where she had gone. All of the sudden, she was grabbed out of the sky, and let out a scream- but to no avail, and her mouth was muffled. She mumbled in anger until she passed out from lack of oxygen.
But this commotion had alerted the others. They all took out their blades, searching around with caution. The leader looked at one of her fellow thieves, who seemed incredibly nervous, and then towards the other two.
But they were nowhere in sight.
"We must find them," she called quickly to her partner. But she had merely spoken to the air, as her companion had seemingly vanished.
This band leader looked all about her in fear of whatever this danger was, but she could see absolutely nothing.
"Where are you?" She called out. "Show yourself!"
"I'm right here," spoke up a raspy voice from behind her.
She sliced at the air where the voice came from, but struck nothing. Suddenly, she felt herself being lifted up into the air, and, as she screamed, she was violently forced against a watchtower.
"What do you want from this village?" her attacker demanded.
She stared the dark figure in the face. All she could see was his angry snarl and his enraged eyes. She just hung there, breathless, grasped by the throat in the firm hands of this man of shadows.
"W-Who are you?" She finally managed to let out.
The figure just stared her down with his fury, for what seemed like years of torment and fear to the Gerudo.
Finally, that terrifying face of stone uttered two words in his coarse voice, two words that struck fear forever into the heart of the Gerudo leader:
"I'm Keeseman."