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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (view source)
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==Story== | ==Story== | ||
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Some years after the events of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild|Breath of the Wild]]'', [[Link (Breath of the Wild)|Link]] and [[Zelda (Breath of the Wild)|Zelda]] are searching for the source of the [[gloom]] afflicting [[Hyrule]] in the [[Depths]] [[Beneath Hyrule Castle]]. There, they find murals depicting beings called [[Zonai]] and events recalling a battle with a demon king. Traveling further, they see a red-haired corpse held down by a strange [[Right Arm]]. A [[Secret Stone|tear-shaped object]] falls from the arm - apparently weakening it - and as Zelda picks it up, [[Ganon|the corpse]] revives. Still corpse-like, it ravages Link's health, ruins his right arm, shatters the [[Master Sword]] and causes a huge [[Upheaval]] which raises [[Hyrule Castle (Tears of the Kingdom)|Hyrule Castle]] into the air, opening a chasm that Zelda falls into. Link jumps after her, but she is [[warp|warped]] away, and only the mysterious hand saves him from the [[chasm]]. | Some years after the events of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild|Breath of the Wild]]'', [[Link (Breath of the Wild)|Link]] and [[Zelda (Breath of the Wild)|Zelda]] are searching for the source of the [[gloom]] afflicting [[Hyrule]] in the [[Depths]] [[Beneath Hyrule Castle]]. There, they find murals depicting beings called [[Zonai]] and events recalling a battle with a demon king. Traveling further, they see a red-haired corpse held down by a strange [[Right Arm]]. A [[Secret Stone|tear-shaped object]] falls from the arm - apparently weakening it - and as Zelda picks it up, [[Ganon|the corpse]] revives. Still corpse-like, it ravages Link's health and stamina (reducing him to 3 hearts and a single Stamina Wheel), ruins his right arm, shatters the [[Master Sword]] and causes a huge [[Upheaval]] which raises [[Hyrule Castle (Tears of the Kingdom)|Hyrule Castle]] into the air, opening a chasm that Zelda falls into. Link jumps after her, but she is [[warp|warped]] away, and only the mysterious hand saves him from the [[chasm]]. | ||
Zelda awakens in the distant past, and is found by the first King of Hyrule, the [[Zonai]] [[Rauru (Tears of the Kingdom)|Rauru]], and his [[Hylian]] wife, [[Sonia|Queen Sonia]]. The two take her in. Visiting the king's sister, the scholar [[Mineru]], she reveals that finding the tear-shaped object - a Zonai "secret stone" - awakened and amplified her latent power to manipulate time, a power she shares with Sonia; while Rauru possesses the same sacred light she used to defeat Calamity Ganon. Unfortunately, Zelda has neither the knowledge or training required to reverse her trip through time and return to the present. Mineru does bring up one potential alternative, the forbidden art of [[draconification]] - which involves swallowing a secret stone and becoming an immortal dragon - but notes that "to become an immortal dragon is to lose yourself", making it an unappealing possibility. Meanwhile, the Gerudo King Ganondorf attacks Hyrule and after seeing the power of Rauru, Sonia and Zelda, decides to pretend fealty to Hyrule as a way to obtain a secret stone of his own. | Zelda awakens in the distant past, and is found by the first King of Hyrule, the [[Zonai]] [[Rauru (Tears of the Kingdom)|Rauru]], and his [[Hylian]] wife, [[Sonia|Queen Sonia]]. The two take her in. Visiting the king's sister, the scholar [[Mineru]], she reveals that finding the tear-shaped object - a Zonai "secret stone" - awakened and amplified her latent power to manipulate time, a power she shares with Sonia; while Rauru possesses the same sacred light she used to defeat Calamity Ganon. Unfortunately, Zelda has neither the knowledge or training required to reverse her trip through time and return to the present. Mineru does bring up one potential alternative, the forbidden art of [[draconification]] - which involves swallowing a secret stone and becoming an immortal dragon - but notes that "to become an immortal dragon is to lose yourself", making it an unappealing possibility. Meanwhile, the Gerudo King Ganondorf attacks Hyrule and after seeing the power of Rauru, Sonia and Zelda, decides to pretend fealty to Hyrule as a way to obtain a secret stone of his own. | ||
Time passes, and Zelda becomes close to the ancient royals, while Sonia trains her in the use of her time power. This lasts until Ganondorf kills Sonia in front of Zelda and takes her secret stone, becoming the powerful "Demon King" and summoning a [[Blood Moon]] to give himself a monster army. Unable to stem the tide, the grieving Rauru is convinced to give secret stones to the leaders of the Gerudo (who have rejected the Demon King), Gorons, Rito and Zora. Along with Zelda and Mineru, who already have stones, they become powerful [[sage]]s in Rauru's service. | Time passes, and Zelda becomes close to the ancient royals, while Sonia trains her in the use of her time power. This lasts until Ganondorf kills Sonia in front of Zelda and takes her secret stone, becoming the powerful "Demon King" and summoning a [[Blood Moon]] to give himself a monster army. Unable to stem the tide, the grieving Rauru is convinced to give secret stones to the leaders of the Gerudo (who have rejected the Demon King), Gorons, Rito and Zora. Along with Zelda and Mineru, who already have stones, they become powerful [[sage]]s in Rauru's service. The night before the final battle, Zelda tells Rauru about finding Ganondorf - withered, but still alive and powerful - in the present, and is convinced they can't win; but Rauru tells her they must try anyway. Ultimately, while they cannot kill Ganondorf, they manage to imprison the Demon King at the cost of Rauru's life. | ||
In the aftermath, Zelda fears for Link in the future. As she worries, she feels a pull to a place where there is a strange hole in space, which the [[Decayed Master Sword]] emerges from. Hearing from the sword that Link survived Ganondorf's attack, Zelda is relieved, and comes to a decision. To restore the Master Sword, and bathe it in sacred power to make it as strong as it can be, she swallows her secret stone, sacrificing her personality and self to become a [[Light Dragon]]. With the Master Sword embedded in her head, she flies high into the sky. | In the aftermath, Zelda fears for Link in the future. As she worries, she feels a pull to a place where there is a strange hole in space, which the [[Decayed Master Sword]] emerges from. Hearing from the sword that Link survived Ganondorf's attack, Zelda is relieved, and comes to a decision. To restore the Master Sword, and bathe it in sacred power to make it as strong as it can be, she swallows her secret stone, sacrificing her personality and self to become a [[Light Dragon]]. With the Master Sword embedded in her head, she flies high into the sky. | ||
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'''Finding The Fifth Sage''' | '''Finding The Fifth Sage''' | ||
With the four [[Regional Phenomena]] solved, Link returns to [[Lookout Landing]] to report to [[Purah]]. At that moment, a [[Blood Moon]] appears in the sky, and Purah witnesses Zelda standing on the floating [[Hyrule Castle]]. Link pursues Zelda intent on rescuing her, and hears her voice calling to him as he scales the levels of the castle searching for her. In every location he finds her however, Zelda suddenly vanishes, with hoards of monsters taking her place. Finally, he makes it to the [[Sanctum]] of the castle, where Zelda seems to finally meet him face to face. She tells Link she wants to show him something, and Hyrule Castle transforms into its former, undamaged self from before the [[Calamity]]. She tells him to take in every detail, for it will be the last thing that Link ever sees, with her voice darkening into that of [[Ganon|the corpse]] he and Zelda encountered at the very beginning. The corpse shows himself in a channeled vision above Zelda, revealing her to be nothing more than a puppet used to trick Link. This Zelda then re-materializes into five [[Phantom Ganon]]s and attack Link simultaneously, with Link being joined and protected by the four sage descendants -- Tulin, Yunobo, Sidon and Riju -- right before being ravaged by [[Gloom]] once more. The corpse, who finally reveals himself to be the still-alive [[Demon King Ganondorf]], imparts upon Link and the sages a vision of the world he wishes to make upon his full restoration -- one of an army of monsters storming and destroying the landscape of Hyrule -- and withdraws his presence from the castle. | With the four [[Regional Phenomena]] solved, Link returns to [[Lookout Landing]] to report to [[Purah]]. At that moment, a [[Blood Moon]] appears in the sky, and Purah witnesses Zelda standing on the floating [[Hyrule Castle]]. Link pursues Zelda intent on rescuing her, and hears her voice calling to him as he scales the levels of the castle searching for her. In every location he finds her however, Zelda suddenly vanishes, with hoards of monsters taking her place. Finally, he makes it to the [[Sanctum]] of the castle, where Zelda seems to finally meet him face to face. She tells Link she wants to show him something, and Hyrule Castle transforms into its former, undamaged self from before the [[Calamity]]. She tells him to take in every detail, for it will be the last thing that Link ever sees, with her voice darkening into that of [[Ganon|the corpse]] he and Zelda encountered at the very beginning. The corpse shows himself in a channeled vision above "Zelda", revealing her to be nothing more than a puppet used to trick Link. This Zelda then re-materializes into five [[Phantom Ganon]]s and attack Link simultaneously, with Link being joined and protected by the four sage descendants -- Tulin, Yunobo, Sidon and Riju -- right before being ravaged by [[Gloom]] once more. The corpse, who finally reveals himself to be the still-alive [[Demon King Ganondorf]], imparts upon Link and the sages a vision of the world he wishes to make upon his full restoration -- one of an army of monsters storming and destroying the landscape of Hyrule -- and withdraws his presence from the castle. | ||
Suspecting that Ganondorf's fleeing, rather than further attacking, is due to continued efforts to rebuild his full strength, Link and the sages return to [[Lookout Landing]] to strategize. In talking with [[Purah]], they realize that there was a fifth sage that fought alongside [[Rauru]] and Zelda who has not yet been found in the present day, and that information on their whereabouts could be best gleaned from major ruins from the age of legends. The four sages depart to their homelands for information, and Link ventures alone to other parts of Hyrule. | Suspecting that Ganondorf's fleeing, rather than further attacking, is due to continued efforts to rebuild his full strength, Link and the sages return to [[Lookout Landing]] to strategize. In talking with [[Purah]], they realize that there was a fifth sage that fought alongside [[Rauru]] and Zelda who has not yet been found in the present day, and that information on their whereabouts could be best gleaned from major ruins from the age of legends. The four sages depart to their homelands for information, and Link ventures alone to other parts of Hyrule. | ||
Link's travels then take him to [[Kakariko Village]], where a thorough survey of floating [[Ring Ruins]] that had descended around the village was underway but forestalled, due to the preconception that Zelda had ordered the floating ruins off limits. When they learn that | Link's travels then take him to [[Kakariko Village]], where a thorough survey of floating [[Ring Ruins]] that had descended around the village was underway but forestalled, due to the preconception that Zelda had ordered the floating ruins off limits. When they learn that the "Zelda" that gave the order was a puppet of Ganondorf, [[Paya]], the new village chief, and [[Tauro]], the head of the Zonai research team, re-open access to the ruins and further surveying. Link enters the inside of the floating ruins and fetches a photograph of a stone slab engraved in Zonai script, and Tauro is able to decipher references to the [[Demon King Ganondorf|Demon King]], Zelda, the sage [[Mineru]], and a mention of a southeast location that fellow research team member [[Calip]] takes to refer to the [[Zonai Ruins]] in the jungles of [[Faron]]. Paya also recognizes the phrase "dragon land", further confirming Calip's catch; dragon-themed architecture is unique to the location of the Zonai Ruins. Tauro, Calip and Link make haste towards the ruins, setting up a small camp in the [[Popla Foothills]]. | ||
At [[Dracozu Lake]], close to the [[Spring of Courage]], Tauro finds doorways that have opened in tall, dragon-resembling pillars with metal horns at the top, containing both a riddle and a set of chests only Link is able to open. These chests contain a set of ritual dress modelled after the eternal dragon [[Farosh]] -- the [[Charged Set]]. Link follows the riddle to an altar at the "tail" of the serpent-shaped [[Dracozu River]], where he dons the Charged set and places an offering of a [[Zonai Charge]]. At that moment, the four tall pillars activate, and lightning strikes all four at once, absorbing the energy of a constant lightning storm that had previously consumed the [[Thunderhead Isles]] floating in the sky above the jungle. On [[Dragonhead Island]], the largest of these isles, Link encounters an ancient Zonai artifact that resembles a headpiece. It speaks to him, drawing him on a path that leads him to [[Tobias Hollow]], where the headpiece activates an elevator that takes Link down into [[the Depths]] to a long abandoned [[Construct Factory]]. | At [[Dracozu Lake]], close to the [[Spring of Courage]], Tauro finds doorways that have opened in tall, dragon-resembling pillars with metal horns at the top, containing both a riddle and a set of chests only Link is able to open. These chests contain a set of ritual dress modelled after the eternal dragon [[Farosh]] -- the [[Charged Set]]. Link follows the riddle to an altar at the "tail" of the serpent-shaped [[Dracozu River]], where he dons the Charged set and places an offering of a [[Zonai Charge]]. At that moment, the four tall pillars activate, and lightning strikes all four at once, absorbing the energy of a constant lightning storm that had previously consumed the [[Thunderhead Isles]] floating in the sky above the jungle. On [[Dragonhead Island]], the largest of these isles, Link encounters an ancient Zonai artifact that resembles a headpiece. It speaks to him, drawing him on a path that leads him to [[Tobias Hollow]], where the headpiece activates an elevator that takes Link down into [[the Depths]] to a long abandoned [[Construct Factory]]. | ||