Link (Hero of the Wild)/Synopsis

The synopsis of Link from Era of the Wilds saga.
==Childhood==
Link was born to an unnamed father and mother. His father was an accomplished knight. He may have came from Hateno Village, as the house towards the southwest of the village originally belonged to someone who went to service at Hyrule Castle before the Calamity and never returned. Despite being a child, he still possessed a great amount of skill, being capable of besting fully grown adults. He also spent a great amount of time at Zora's Domain, where he became close friends with the compassionate Princess Mipha, who fell in love with him. He also taught other Zora how to fight. These Zora would grow up to become some of the best Zora warriors. However, he did not want to be the Hero of Hyrule. Unfortunately for him, destiny had other plans and it was when he was a child that he managed to draw the fabled Master Sword. With what he believed to be a burden of wielding the Master Sword, Link stopped speaking. When he grew older, he enlisted in the Hyrulean army and became the most skilled knight in the army. During his time as a knight, the kingdom began to prepare for the foreseen return of the monster known as Calamity Ganon.
== Princess Zelda's Appointed Knight ==
=== Champions of Hyrule ===
The Kingdom of Hyrule excavated the mountains of Hyrule where they discovered the Divine Beasts and the guardians. The Divine Beasts and guardians were a creation of the Sheikah Tribe designed to combat Calamity Ganon. During the last time that Calamity Ganon attacked Hyrule, the wielder of the Master Sword and the woman with the blood of the goddess Hylia sealed him with the help of an army of guardians along with the Divine Beasts. So, the king decided that Hyrule would follow in the ancestor's footsteps and use the same method. While the Sheikah began testing the guardians to make sure they could defend the kingdom, the Divine Beasts needed special warriors to pilot them. They picked the pilots based on the locations of where the Divine Beasts were excavated out of.
Divine Beast Vah Ruta, resembling an elephant, was excavated out of the Lanayru Wetlands by Zora's Domain, with Princess Mipha being chosen as its pilot. Divine Beast Vah Rudania, resembling a lizard, was excavated out of the Eldin Mountains by Goron City, with the friendly giant Daruk being chosen as its pilot. Divine Beast Vah Naboris, resembling a camel, was excavated out of the Gerudo Desert by Gerudo Town, with the elegant Chief Urbosa being chosen as its pilot. Divine Beast Vah Medoh, resembling an eagle, was excavated out of the Hebra Mountains near Rito Village, with the arrogant Revali being chosen as its pilot. The Divine Beasts' names were intriguing, as they were named after famous heroes of their respective races. Vah Ruta was named after Princess Ruto, Vah Rudania was named after Chief Darunia, Vah Naboris was named after Nabooru and Vah Medoh was likely named after Medli. The kingdom dubbed the pilots Champions, with Link becoming a member after an incident. It was during a testing of one of the excavated guardians that it went haywire and started attacking people with its deadly laser beam. Fortunately Link grabbed a pot lid and deflected the laser beam right back at the guardian, destroying it. With his skill apparent, Link was chosen as not only a Champion, but also as the personal knight and bodyguard of Princess Zelda.
But there was another problem. Princess Zelda was said to inherit a special power that would be used to seal away the Calamity. But Zelda had shown no signs of inheriting the power, showing more interest in the Divine Beasts and guardians. No matter how much she prayed, she was unable to awaken her special power. This angered her father, King Rhoam, who viewed her as not trying hard enough. Zelda continually tried to defend herself to no avail, frustrating her. And her frustrations only grew once Link was assigned as her knight. According to Urbosa, Zelda saw Link as a living reminder as her own failures, as both were two Hylians part of the Champions, close to royalty and yet Link was a prodigy while Zelda still had no signs of power. While Link was still her bodyguard, she did not treat him kindly. She was cold and distant, making snide comments about Link being not having a mind of his own and asking if he can hear the voice in the sword. When Link followed her around Hyrule, she continually yelled at him for doing his job of keeping her safe. She even tried to spend time in Gerudo Town, where no men, "voe" in native Gerudo language, were allowed. Hilariously enough, Urbosa gave Link clothes to disguise himself as a woman, "vai" in native gerudo language, so that he could continue watching over her. Despite all this, Link did not speak in his defense. This continued for some time, until something changed.
=== Budding Friendship with Zelda ===
The Yiga Clan are a clan of former Sheikah who worship Calamity Ganon and were thus firmly against Hyrule's efforts to avert the Calamity. Thus, with Zelda and Link as two of the most important people needed to stop the Calamity, efforts were made to eliminate them. It was during one of these attempts that the dynamic between Link and Zelda changed. Three Yiga footsoldiers attempted to kill Zelda while she was in the desert, with her being unable to escape after a lengthy chase. One attempted to decapitate Zelda with their weapon, though they were disarmed and killed by Link, who forced the other two to flee. It was then that Zelda began to view Link differently.
She had been rude to him all this time, yet without a second thought he defended her. This made her stop treating Link so horribly. She began smiling around him more, got him involved with her research and spoke about her struggles to awaken her sealing power. Link in turn began to open up about himself. He actually spoke to Zelda and told her how with so many eyes on him due to him being her knight and wielding the Maser Sword, he deemed it necessary to silently bear any burden. A musician in the castle took notice of Zelda's growing affections for Link, who would make songs that would be played a century later. But these times of bonding would reach their end.
== The Great Calamity ==
Zelda's 17th birthday approached, which would have made her an adult. It was that day that she and Link would have to hike up to the top Mount Lanayru to the Spring of Wisdom for another attempt to unlock her sealing power. It was during that day that all the Champions traveled with Zelda to the base of the mountain, though only Link accompanied her to the top. And yet Zelda's prayer failed again. After getting back to the base, the Champions tried to comfort Zelda. As Mipha was going to give her some advice on how she uses her own power, they felt the ground shake. Revali flew up into the sky to survey the land and saw a purple mist surrounding Hyrule Castle, realizing that it was Calamity Ganon. He reported it to the group who prepared to fight. Daruk ordered the Champions to make their way to their Divine Beasts, with him saying that Link had to make his way to the castle. Urbosa ordered Zelda to get to a safe place, but she refused to abandon them.
As Link and Zelda made their way to the castle, they came across a horrifying sight. The guardians, machines created for the sole purpose of defending Hyrule from the Calamity, were corrupted by the Calamity and attacking everyone in sight. Most of the people in Castle Town were obliterated by the guardians as well as their homes. The surrounding settlements did not stand a chance with the guardians' speed and laser powers being so unrelenting. As for the people in Hyrule Castle, nobody survived the guardian onslaught. Link and Zelda were forced to flee Castle Town, with as many survivors as they could find following them. The Divine Beasts did not fair any better. They had been taken over by the Calamity, with all of the Champions being killed as well. As Link and Zelda and the survivors fled, Zelda fell to the ground and had an emotional breakdown: she had failed to unlock her sealing power, the Calamity had taken over the guardians and killed her friends and father and her kingdom was under an attack like no other. Link held her as she cried.
The group then arrived at Fort Hateno in East Necluda, with soldiers preparing to fight the guardians. Link joined the soldiers in combat, with him being responsible for destroying most of the guardians that attacked. But there were too many. Mortally wounded, Zelda told Link to run and save himself, but Link refused to leave the princess to the mechanical creations. As one aimed its laser at Link, Zelda stepped in front of him and raised her hand to the guardian, unleashing a blast of yellow light that disabled the rest of the guardians at the fort. With the sight of Zelda safe, Link collapsed in her arms as exhaustion took over. Zelda looked at her knight, her friend, as he died. Fortunately, the Master Sword spoke to Zelda and told her that Link could be saved. As two Sheikah warriors arrived to assist the princess, she instructed them to take Link to a place called the Shrine of Resurrection as quickly as possible, where he would heal and sleep for the next century, until he was called...
== Awakening ==
After hearing a female voice telling him to open his eyes, Link woke up in a room and emerged from a small pool, with no knowledge of who or where he was. It was then that he heard the voice call him "Link." He walked around the room and saw a terminal that contained a small device known as the Sheikah Slate. After obtaining the Slate, the room opened up to a larger room containing chests with an Old Shirt and Well-Worn Trousers. After putting on the clothes, the larger room opened its door to reveal the outside. The voice spoke to Link once more and told him that he was "the light that must shine upon Hyrule once again." He climbed out of the room, saw grass and ran to the edge of a cliff overlooking the area where he was, full of forests, ruins, snowy slopes and an old cathedral. After taking in his surroundings, he noticed an old man looking at him, before turning around to walk back to his campfire. Link walked to him, where he asked the man who he is and where they both were. The man called himself a humble resident and reveals that the area the two of them were in is called the Great Plateau, the birthplace of the kingdom of Hyrule.
After walking around and taking in his surroundings, he heard the voice again. It told him to go to the point marked on the slate. Along the way, he encountered a few bokoblins, pig-like monsters, with weak swords, shields, bows and arrows. Luckily with a few large sticks, a spare woodcutter's axe near the Old Man's campfire and muscle memory, Link was able to disarm and defeat them, taking their weapons for himself. It was then that Link discovered a cool function of the Sheikah Slate: the ability to store materials and weapons in the slate. Link would also come across a pair of Hylian Trousers, offering more warmth and durability than the Well-Worn Trousers. After getting to the point, Link noticed what the point was: a terminal similar to the one in the room he awoke in, but in a large rock. After putting the slate into the terminal, the terminal told Link that the Sheikah Towers were activated and to watch for falling rocks. Before Link could properly process the message, the ground began to shake around him and all around Hyrule, knocking him to the ground. All around Hyrule, sheikah towers began to rise out of the ground. Animals, monsters and people felt the ground shake and saw the towers rise. The tower even updated Link's map, giving him a complete map of the Great Plateau. Unfortunately, Calamity Ganon also took notice and realized that Link had survived. Once Link regained his footing, he heard the voice once again. It told him to remember and that he had been asleep for 100 years. As Link looked towards Hyrule Castle, Link noticed a purple misty monster circling the castle. The voice warned him that once the mist, a beast, regained its true form, the world would face its end. The voice then told Link to hurry.
After descending the Great Plateau Tower, the Old Man surprised Link by paragliding down to him. He asked Link if he noticed the castle and what he saw. Link told the Old Man that he saw a monster circling the castle and that a voice told him to hurry. The Old Man explained to Link that the monster he saw is called Calamity Ganon. It was responsible for the destruction of Hyrule 100 years ago. When asked if he intended to make his way to the castle, Link confirmed that he did. The Old Man admired Link's courage, but informed him that the Great Plateau's height would make descending without any special gear suicide. Fortunately the paraglider in the Old Man's possession was perfect for the job. He told Link that the nearby technological building to the northeast of the plateau, a Sheikah Shrine, has been activated, no doubt due to the activation of the sheikah towers. If Link completed the shrine, he would give Link the paraglider. So Link made his way to do so. The shrine in question's name is called the Oman Au Shrine, "Magnesis Trial." Link made his way to the shrine, where upon entering, a new voice calling itself Oman Au, instructed him to place the Sheikah Slate into a terminal. After doing so, the shrine dropped a droplet of sheikah technology into the slate, thus giving the slate the ability of magnesis: moving metal inanimate objects. Link used it to complete the puzzles of the shrine, where at the end he found a being behind what looked to be ethereal glass. After touching the glass with the slate, the glass was obliterated into harmless shards. The being introduced itself as Oman Au and congratulated Link on his completion of the trial. He rewarded Link a spirit orb that went into his body, much to the confusion of Link. Oman Au then prayed that the goddess smile upon Link, after which he faded away into blue dust.
Link exited the shrine to see the Old Man waiting for him. The Old Man asked Link if he received anything in the shrine, to which Link told him of Oman Au and the spirit orb. Link then asked the Old Man for the paraglider but the Old Man declined. He told Link that he would give it to him if he completed the other shrines around the plateau, much to the annoyance of Link. As compensation, he then told Link that the slate had the technique of fast travel. Link tested it by teleporting to the top of the Great Plateau Tower, though to his shock the old man had beaten him there. When asked about this, the Old Man simply replied that he had secrets. He then told Link to use the scope function of the Sheikah Slate to mark the shrines on the map of the slate. There was one to the east of the plateau in the Eastern Abbey. This one, the Ja Baij Shrine, "Bomb Trial," gave the slate the ability to produce both spherical and cubical remote bombs. This one also gave Link a spirit orb at the end. It was also at this area that Link witnessed Decayed Guardians awaken with the intent to kill him. Though just like 100 years ago, Link using a shield to parry their lasers proved to be able to destroy them. There was another shrine to the south of the plateau. This one, the Owa Daim Shrine, "Stasis Trial," gave the slate the ability to freeze time on inanimate objects. At the end, Link once again gained a spirit orb. The final one was to the west in the snowy region of the plateau. To survive the cold, Link was forced to rely on cold-resistant meals. On the way to that shrine, Link climbed to the top of Mount Hylia where he saw the Old Man calmly observing the landscape. As a reward for his bravery in reaching the top of the summit, he gave Link a Warm Doublet to keep stave off the cold. Link then made his way to the final shrine, Keh Namut Shrine, "Cryonis Trial." This gave the slate the ability to create ice blocks in bodies of water and once again Link was rewarded a spirit orb. After exiting, Link saw the Old Man again. He told Link he would give him his paraglider if he met in the one spot on the plateau where the shrines meet to form an x. He then dissolved in ethereal light similar to the monks. Link opened his map to figure out where the Old Man meant and found the location: the Temple of Time. Link made his way to the temple and discovered a goddess statue. It was then he found out that if he prayed to the goddess statue, he could trade four spirit orbs at a time for improvements to his health or stamina. After doing so, the Old Man called out to Link from the top of the temple to meet him up there. Link climbed to the top of the temple, where the Old Man had news for him.
The Old Man congratulated Link on completing the shrines. He then told Link that it was time he revealed his true identity: King Rhoam Bosphoramus Hyrule, the last leader of Hyrule. He explains to Link that Calamity Ganon originally took the form of a man, though through the usage of Malice, the energy that Ganon's monsters emit, transformed him into the monster surrounding Hyrule Castle. To fight the monster, Hyrule excavated machines created by their ancestors to fight Calamity Ganon before. Hyrule chose four skilled warriors to pilot the biggest machines, the Divine Beasts, to fight the Calamity. These warriors were called Champions. A princess commanded them, along with a skilled knight at her side. With them, victory should have been guaranteed. Unfortunately, Ganon was cunning and turned the machines against them using a substance called Malice that infected the machines and damaged all those who touched it. The Champions lost their lives along with everyone in the castle. The knight was gravely wounded defending the princess. But the princess survived to face Ganon alone, sealing themselves in the castle. King Rhoam told Link that the princess, Zelda, was his own daughter and Link was the knight who defended her till the very end. King Rhoam then told Link that Zelda's power is running out and then nothing would stop Calamity Ganon from destroying the world. He then asked Link to help Zelda destroy Ganon, to which Link agreed. Because Link was to weak to head directly to the castle at that point, King Rhoam to Link to seek out Lady Impa in Kakariko Village. He gave Link instructions on where to find her and gave Link the paraglider. With the mission given to Link, he disappeared and told Link to hurry.
== A Ruined Kingdom ==
After processing the information given to him by the king, Link used the paraglider to descend from the top of the temple as a test. After using it successfully, Link went to the edge of the plateau and jumped off. After landing successfully on the ground, Link took in his surroundings: the ruined Hyrule Kingdom.
=== Hyrule Kingdom ===
Hyrule is comprised of eight main areas: Hebra, Gerudo, Faron, Necluda, Lanayru, Akkala, Eldin and Central Hyrule. As the areas differ between elevation and landscape, there are multiple different weather conditions. The Gerudo region is a desert, so during the day it is sweltering hot while at night it is freezing cold, with the top of its highlands being extremely cold. The Hebra region is even colder than that all the time, along with plenty of mountains and snowfields. Eldin is a volcanic region, with some areas being so hot the temperature cannot be properly recorded. Faron is a rain forest like area, with it being humid and usually drenched with rain and deadly thunderstorms. Lanayru is a wetland region, with it being relatively cool, though there is Mount Lanayru with around the same coldness of the Hebra region and the Gerudo Highlands. Akkala, Necluda and Central Hyrule are relatively normal in terms of weather patterns, with hills and lakes.
Hyrule also has plenty of population centers. Throughout the land there are a series of stables, dedicated to sheltering people as well as boarding horses. There are plenty of wild horses traveling in packs around Hyrule, with someone stealthy enough being able to sneak onto one and register a horse at the stables. They are all connected, with the staff being able to transport horses between them if needed. The staff there take permanent residence, along with other people who welcome all travelers. There are also seven and later eight villages in Hyrule: Kakariko Village, which Link was on his way to, Hateno Village, Zora's Domain, Goron City, Gerudo Town, Rito Village, Lurelin Village and Tarrey Town. Tarrey Town is a town that during his quest Link would help build by recruiting people all across Hyrule to help build it, provide shopping and live there, with him even attending a wedding there. Around Hyrule, tiny creatures called Koroks hide. If Link found them, they would reward him with Korok seeds, which could be given to the large Korok, Hestu, who uses them as fillings in his maracas. As thanks, he could add more spaces in the Sheikah Slate to carry more melee weapons, shields and bows. There are even Great Fairies located across Hyrule, with them being able to improve the durability of clothes in exchange for monster parts.
The activation of the Great Plateau Tower activated plenty of other Sheikah Towers. The towers also had the ability to update the map of the Sheikah Slate, such as the Akkala Tower updating the map of the Akkala region. Unfortunately with the towers being in the ground for so long and nobody knowing about them, plenty of hazards surrounded them. Some towers were surrounded by environmental challenges, like the Hebra Tower being surrounded by large ice blocks. But more often than not, the towers were surrounded by dangerous monsters.
Throughout Hyrule there are plenty of monsters that make their homes there. Bokoblins form groups where they make a monster camp and control the surrounding area. Moblins, essentially larger bokoblins, and lizalfos, lizard monsters around the size of an average Hylian, occasionally join the monster camps, though most prefer to live with their own kind. Skeleton versions of these monsters come out at night. Keese, large bats, come out at night in small groups or swarms. Wizzrobes float around ruins with a sinister smile. Hinoxes, giant cyclopes, sleep all day and night. Taluses, large stone monsters, remain in disguise as regular boulders. Moldugas swim through the sand desert and attack anything that makes vibrations in the sand. Guardians still inhabit the world, with them patrolling areas and attacking all living beings they can find. And the most feared monsters in Hyrule, lynels, centaur-like monsters with weapons they forged themselves, live in solitude within their territories. Interestingly, all the monsters when killed explode into Malice, meaning that Calamity Ganon created them with the same substance used to control the guardians.
=== Sheikah Shrines ===
The Sheikah Shrines were located all across Hyrule, with the Sheikah Slate being required to access them. But the shrines were all part of a challenge of sorts. Some shrines were hidden away behind walls, in the ground, or being blocked by people with the puzzle being how to get to the shrine itself. But the rest of the shrines were out in the open, waiting for someone to access them. The shrines themselves had three different possibilities of what was inside. The first was that there nothing but a monk ready to give Link their blessing. The second was puzzles that required analytical thinking along with either the Sheikah Slate or items found throughout Hyrule. And the third was combat trials that forced Link to fight a Guardian Scout that surprisingly was uncorrupted by Calamity Ganon's malice. All shines once completed provided Link a Spirit Orb to trade for health or stamina improvements.
=== Kakariko Village ===
After traveling through Central Hyrule and West Necluda, Link came across a path through a valley containing Sheikah architecture. As he made his way through the valley, the architecture popped up more frequently, until he came across Kakariko Village, the home of the Sheikah. After being stopped by a resident, they noticed that he had the Sheikah Slate on his hip and welcomed him into the village, with them telling Link to hurry to the largest house in the village. Link made his way to the house, where he was stopped at the bottom of the stairs by two guards. One of them, Dorian, recognized the Sheikah Slate and apologized for the interruption. Link walked up the steps and noticed a young woman cleaning the porch. The woman, Paya, realized who Link was and immediately began blushing and telling him that her grandmother was inside. Link walked into the house and saw an elderly woman sitting in front of him. The woman, Impa, was glad that Link was finally awake and asked that even though it had been some time since they had last seen each other, if he remembered her.
From the look in Link's eyes, Impa could tell that Link did not remember her. However, she decided not to focus on Link's memory loss and instead tell him of the history of Hyrule and Calamity Ganon. Hyrule has been locked in an struggle for millennia with Ganon, but the most recent one, 10,000 years ago, resulted in Ganon being sealed away by a woman with a sacred power who was backed by a chosen hero and the army of Divine Beasts and guardians. That's what should have happened 100 years ago, but it evidently didn't. Impa then told Link that his best chance of helping Zelda to destroy Calamity Ganon would be to free the Divine Beasts. Using the Sheikah Slate, she marked where the Divine Beasts are: in the major population hubs of the other races that live in Hyrule. She also noticed that the Sheikah Slate is not fully operational, so she told Link to go to Hateno Village where a woman could help him fix the slate. While in the village, Link bought clothing that could help defend him from stronger attacks as well as Stealth Gear for the purpose of getting the jump on enemies and animals. Link also completed the Ta'loh Naeg Shrine, "Ta'loh Naeg's Teaching," located there, which helped him perfect his combat skills such as parrying physical attacks. It was also in the shrine that he perfected his legendary skills: Flurry Rush, which allows him to dodge attacks and slow down his perception of time allowing him to move and attack in what people watching would say in less than the blink of an eye, and Bullet Time, also allowing Link to slow down his perception of time while in the air and shoot arrows even more accurately. But it was also during his time there that Dorian reported to the Yiga Clan that Link was awake and active.
Dorian was a former Yiga Clan member who attempted to leave the organization when he fell in love with a Sheikah woman, married her and had two daughters. The Yiga killed his wife and threatened to kill his daughters unless he provided them information on Link. Later during Link's quest to free the Divine Beasts, a Sheikah orb went missing, Dorian realized that the Yiga had come to the village. Dorian found a Yiga Blademaster in the woods by the village outskirts and asked them to leave, citing that he had given them enough information on Link. The Blademaster scoffed at that and ordered that he continue his work as a spy. Dorian pulled out his weapon ready to fight. Luckily Link had followed Dorian, also believing that the Yiga were behind the theft of the orb. Link and Dorian then fought and defeated the Blademaster who then fled. It was then that Dorian revealed his past, though Link forgave him as he was trying to protect his kids and the fact that he helped Link defeat the Blademaster. Impa also forgave Dorian. The orb would later be used by Link to access the Lakna Rokee Shrine, "Lakna Rokee's Blessing."
=== Hateno Village ===
Link traveled through East Necluda to reach Hateno Village, where the woman who could repair the Sheikah Slate lived. The village consists of plenty of Hylians of all ages living comfortable lives. Link saw that there was a large lookout tower at the far east of the village and surmised that the woman must have been in there. Along the way, he heard two gossiping women discuss the director and a child that live in the tower. Once Link got to the tower, the Hateno Ancient Tech Lab, he noticed a child and a man in the research room. After the child joked about identities, she revealed that she was Purah, the older sister of Impa and the director.
The reason she looked like a child was due to an experiment to reverse her age gone wrong. But she could repair the Sheikah Slate if the lab's ancient flame was lit once again. Link provided the fire which allowed Purah to carefully examine the Sheikah Slate, as well as mark the tower on the Sheikah Slate's map as an area to warp to. The Stasis and Remote Bombs runes were not fully operational. Also the Camera rune was not reinstalled, which Purah quickly did. The runes could be improved with ancient materials found in guardians. But the interesting part was that the Camera rune had pictures taken by Zelda 100 years prior, which if Link went to the locations of the pictures could allow him to regain some of his memories. Purah also told him about her colleague Robbie, who was also working with ancient materials in the Akkala region.
Link would eventually make his way to Akkala to speak to Robbie, who like Impa was elderly. His home was the Akkala Ancient Tech Lab in Deep Akkala, whose flame had also gone out. He asked Link to relight the flame. Once Link did that, Robbie was able to provide Link with guardian and ancient weapons that could be used against the monsters of Hyrule in exchange for ancient materials and rupees, the main currency of Hyrule.
Also in Hateno Village was the old house that Link may have lived in 100 years ago. Bolson of Bolson Construction was preparing to tear it down with his men until Link showed up and asked to buy the house. For 3,000 rupees Link purchased the house. It gave Link a place to rest and a place to hang his weapons. After the purchase, one of Bolson's employees, Hudson, would go to Akkala to begin the process of building Tarrey Town.
== The Divine Beasts ==
=== Divine Beast Vah Ruta ===
The Divine Beast Vah Ruta became active not long after Link awoke and immediately began spraying water into the sky. This caused torrential downpour to happen all across the Lanayru region. Vah Ruta did this from the East Reservoir Lake, which began to overflow from Vah Ruta's water. The Rutala Dam was the structure responsible for preventing the lake from spilling into the Rutala River and thus spilling into Necluda and the Lanayru Wetlands, which would kill thousands of people. Prince Sidon, the younger brother of Mipha, worried for the lives of those who lived downstream from the dam and began looking for ways to stop Vah Ruta. Luckily there was a way. On the outside of Vah Ruta were red points that when disabled temporarily stopped the water from flowing out of Vah Ruta. But the only way to disable the spots would be with electricity, which was most effective when done with a Shock Arrow. A simple Shock Arrow was effective against the points, but because the Zora were aquatic they could not use the Shock Arrows without suffering damage. There would be no way to defeat Vah Ruta without any casualties if they used the Shock Arrows, so Sidon and a few other Zora began searching for Hylians to aid them in defeating Divine Beast Vah Ruta.
==== Road to Zora's Domain ====
Link began traveling through the Lanayru Wetlands and eventually saw the rain. As he went further into the wetlands, he noticed that the rain was more intentional than any other rain he had encountered. After climbing to the top of the Lanayru Tower, he noticed a Zora up there with him. The Zora, Gruve, noticed Link and told him that another Zora, Prince Sidon was on the ground looking for Hylians. Link descended to the ground, taking a stop to complete the Soh Kofi Shrine, and made his way to speak to Sidon. Link told Sidon his name, to which he had a sense of déjà vu of the name, but disregarded it. Sidon then asked Link to meet him at Zora's Domain, to which Link agreed. Sidon began swimming up the Zora River to the domain and Link took the roads. Along the way, Link encountered lizalfos with Shock Arrows, moblins and Electric Wizzrobes, though he was able to eliminate all that he came came across. After a long and dangerous journey, Link finally arrived at Zora's Domain.
==== Scorn of the Elders ====
As Link walked through Zora's Domain, plenty of Zora recognized him. Zora have a much longer lifespan than any other race in Hyrule, so the Zora that Link taught how to fight immediately recognized him, though were confused as to how he was still alive.
==== Ploymus Mountain ====
==== Boarding Vah Ruta ====
==== Waterblight Ganon ====
=== Divine Beast Vah Rudania ===
The Divine Beast Vah Rudania began its rampage around Death Mountain.
==== Goron City ====
==== Abandoned North Mine ====
==== Boarding Vah Rudania ====
==== Fireblight Ganon ====
=== Divine Beast Vah Naboris ===
The Divine Beast Vah Naboris began its rampage around the East Barrens.
==== Forbidden City Entrance ====
==== Infiltrating the Yiga Clan Hideout ====
==== Boarding Vah Naboris ====
==== Thunderblight Ganon ====
=== Divine Beast Vah Medoh ===
The Divine Beast Vah Medoh begins its rampage above Rito Village.
==== Rito Village ====
==== Flight Range ====
==== Boarding Vah Medoh ====
==== Windblight Ganon ====
== Forgotten Memories ==
Link met a Sheikah man named Pikango in Kakariko Village. After taking a picture of the Great Fairy Cotera's Fountain north of Kakariko Village, Pikango could be found at some stables and villages across Hyrule. Link showed him some of the pictures when he came across him and Pikango was able to provide Link information on where the pictures were taken.
The first picture showed the Sacred Ground Ruins and was taken in Hyrule Field.
The second picture showed the west of Lake Kolomo and was taken in Hyrule Field.
The third picture showed the Ancient Columns and Divine Beast Vah Medoh and was taken in the Tabantha Frontier.
The fourth picture showed Kara Kara Bazaar and was taken in the Gerudo Desert.
The fifth picture showed the mountains and Military Training Camp and was taken in the Eldin Canyon.
The sixth picture showed Irch Plain and Hyrule Castle and was taken in Hyrule Ridge.
The seventh picture showed the Bridge of Hylia and the Hills of Baumer and was taken in West Necluda.
The eighth picture showed Zelda's Room and was taken in Hyrule Castle.
The ninth picture showed the Spring of Power and was taken at the spring.
The 10th picture showed the Sandin Park Ruins and was taken at the ruins.
The 11th picture showed the Lanayru Road East Gate and was taken at the gate.
The 12th picture showed the woods northeast of the Bottomless Swamp and was taken in Hyrule Field. 
== The Master Sword ==
=== Reaching the Korok Forest ===
=== Worthy ===
=== Trials of the Sword ===
== The Champion's Ballad ==
=== Trial on the Plateau ===
=== Divine Beasts Trials ===
=== Monk Maz Koshia ===
== Calamity Ganon ==
to be continued
== Rebuilding Hyrule ==
After the defeat of Calamity Ganon, Link and Zelda began the process of rebuilding Hyrule.
== Meeting Ganondorf ==
Link and Zelda traveled to a large underground cavern beneath Hyrule Castle to investigate the gloom. But they noticed something off: the gloom appeared to be thicker, although not concentrated enough to hurt them. As they continued, they are attacked by keese, though Link was able to easily dispatch them. While looking around after the attack, they discovered pieces of pillars with writing on them. They detailed the events of a conflict known as the Imprisoning War, where the first king of Hyrule and six other people fought against the being known as the Demon King. Zelda took pictures with the Purah Pad, though she noticed that some of the murals of the war are covered in rubble. As they progressed further down the area, they discovered a large room called the Imprisoning Chamber with a mummified figure in the center of the room. The figure appeared to have gloom spewing from its body and had a hand pushing it down to lean back in what looked to be agony.
As they approached the figure, the hand dropped from it, with a stone rolling in front of Zelda. As she picked it up, the figure started to move. Its face moved to look at them, with its blank eyes coming to life with red pupils. The gloom launched itself at Zelda, though Link blocked it with the Master Sword. But the gloom wrapped itself around the sword and latched onto his arm, rapidly decaying both and causing Link a great amount of pain. With most of his remaining strength and the Master Sword falling apart, he launched the tip of the blade at the figure, though it only scratched the cheek and the figure simply regenerated the skin. The figure stood up, called the sword weak and addressed both of them. It immediately called Zelda by her name and realized that the swordsman was Link based on his use of the sword. It said that "Rauru" placed his faith in them, though it said that based on what he had seen they don't have a chance against it. It then spewed more gloom upward, causing the whole chamber floor to break apart. Zelda and the figure both fell into the darkness below. Link jumped after her to grab her hand, but he missed and then she vanished in a flash of yellow light. As Link continued to fall, the arm grabbed him and brought him upwards to a blue-green light. After the ordeal, Link passed out from exhaustion and pain.
== Recovery ==
After an unspecified amount of time, though it could be several weeks, Link woke up in a room with no weapons, gear, supplies, mirroring how he woke up in the Shrine of Resurrection. He then noticed that his arm felt weird. He looked at it and noticed that it wasn't his arm at all: it was dark green and covered in brown symbols. He then heard a mysterious male voice, apparently being relieved that he awoke. The voice told him that he heard a "great deal" about him from Zelda, catching Link's attention as wherever Zelda vanished was to a place where she could talk to the owner of the voice. The voice then told him that unfortunately to prevent his death they had to amputate his arm, though they were able to replace it with the arm he woke up with. 
=== Great Sky Island ===
=== Lookout Landing ===
== The Upheaval ==
=== Shrines of Light ===
=== Caves ===
=== New Monsters ===
=== The Depths ===
== Regional Phenomena ==
=== Tulin of Rito Village ===
==== Frozen Rito Village ====
==== Chasing After Tulin ====
==== Rising Island Chain ====
==== Wind Temple ====
=== Riju of Gerudo Town ===
==== Shrouded Gerudo Town ====
==== Defense Against the Gibdos ====
==== Sand Storm Pillars ====
==== Lightning Temple ====
=== Yunobo of Goron City ===
==== Drugged Goron City ====
==== Duel with Yunobo ====
==== Death Mountain Chasm ====
==== Fire Temple ====
=== Sidon of the Zora ===
==== Sludge-Covered Domain ====
==== Clues to the Sky ====
==== Ancient Zora Waterworks ====
==== Water Temple ====
== "Zelda" ==
=== Sightings Around Hyrule ===
=== Crisis at Hyrule Castle ===
== Finding the Fifth Sage ==
=== Ring Ruins ===
=== Ritual in Faron ===
=== Thunderhead Isles ===
=== Construct Factory ===
=== Spirit Temple ===
== Dragon Tears ==
The first tear is located in North Hyrule Plain near the New Serenne Stable.
== Revitalized Master Sword ==
After returning to Lookout Landing, Purah told Link that the next course of action would be to reclaim his blade, the Master Sword. Since the most likely person to know where it is is the Great Deku Tree, Link headed to the Great Hyrule Forest to speak to the tree. Unfortunately, when he got there, the entrance was sealed off by a purple mist. With no other way to get to the center of the forest, Link decideded to go under the mist through the Depths by using the Minshi Woods Chasm. While traversing through the Depths area under the Great Hyrule Forest, he discovered the Minshi Grove, the Korok Grove and the Forest Coliseum, where two Yiga members unleashed a Black Hinox in an attempt to kill him, though Link was able to defeat it. Once he reached the Korok Grove, Link ascended to the surface using an ascend point, where he appeared in the middle of the Korok Forest, though he noticed that something was very wrong.
All of the Koroks appeared to be in a daze, with them barely reacting to Link's presence. The Great Deku Tree didn't even respond to him, as it felt sick. He then went to the Great Deku Tree's Navel, where he noticed a small chasm. After jumping down, he reached the very foundation of the tree, but he was not alone down there. A gloom spawn was down there, the source of the poisoning of the Great Deku Tree. Luckily, Link was able to defat it, as well as the resulting Phantom Ganon. After the monster's defeat, a few Koroks thanked Link and told him the Great Deku Tree wished to speak to him. After getting out of the chasm, Link and the Great Deku Tree spoke, where the Great Deku Tree asked where the Master Sword is, to which Link responded with telling him of the events that had taken place since he and Zelda first investigated the gloom. It was then that the Great Deku Tree tried to focus on the Master Sword's location. He found out that it was moving and placed its location on the Purah Pad map. Link thanked him and went to reclaim the sword.
== Hunting Master Kohga ==
== Demon King Ganondorf ==
With the sages awakened, Link in possession of the Master Sword and the location of Ganondorf known, Link went to end the evil that plagued Hyrule for millennia once and for all.
to be continued
== Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity ==
Taking place in an alternate timeline from the events of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, Link is serving as a knight in the Hyrulean Army under King Rhoam. During a battle against Calamity Ganon's monsters in Hyrule Field, Link comes across Terrako, who traveled back in time to prevent the Great Calamity from occuring. Spotting Impa as she flees from some Bokoblins, in the process, she drops the Sheikah Slate she was carrying. As Link moves to catch it, Terrako activates and summons the Sheikah Tower. After the monsters are routed, Link and Impa meet up with Zelda, only for Terrako to come rushing past towards the princess, forcing Link to grab it and restrain it. After learning that it has some sort of message for Zelda, they take Terrako to be looked at by Robbie and Purah, only to be attacked by a corrupted Guardian Stalker on the way there, but Terrako activates some Decayed Guardians to weaken it for Link to slay it. After learning of the Great Calamity looming from Terrako's memory banks, Link joins Zelda and Impa to recruit the Champions for the Divine Beasts to try and stop it.
First up is Zora's Domain, where while Zelda and Impa meet with King Dorephan to convince him to have his daughter, Crown Princess Mipha, pilot Divine Beast Vah Ruta against Calamity Ganon, Link meets up with Mipha himself, who is instantly taken in by Terrako and how cute it is. However, a Zora guard arrives to tell her that monsters from Ploymus Mountain are heading for Zora's Domain. King Dorephan has deployed to lead the defense himself, but there is no sign of Mipha's younger brother, Prince Sidon. Mipha, with Link's support, agrees to look for him herself, and they find him trying to face the Red-Maned Lynel that lives on Ploymus Mountain. After they chase it off, Mipha reunites with Sidon, but it is soon discovered that the Lynel has regrouped and is leading more of Ganon's monsters to attack Zora's Domain. Mipha mans Vah Ruta to drive them off, saving her father from being attacked by an Electric Moblin, and Dorephan is convinced to allow Mipha to pilot Vah Ruta under the surmise and promise she comes back alive.
Traveling to the volcanic Death Mountain to recruit the Goron Champion in the stalwart Daruk, he is more than happy to join Link and the others, but first needed to retrieve Vah Rudania from Death Mountain's summit where it was laying dormant, but the path is guarded by more of Ganon's monsters, which also threaten the Goron mining operations. After dealing with any enemy forces that threaten the mines, Daruk, Link, and the others finally make it to the summit, and after dealing with the Igneo Talus that guarded the summit, Daruk gets into Vah Rudania and easily clears out all the remaining monsters on the way down the volcano's slope. After agreeing to become the Goron Champion and pilot of Vah Rudania, Daruk, thinking Link must have worked up an appetite from all that fighting, offers him a Prime Rock Roast to eat. Link digs in heartily, much to Zelda, Impa, and Terrako's shock, while Daruk promises to have extra next time for Zelda and Impa, much to Zelda's uneasy gratitude.
Next stop was Rito Village to recruit the master archer Revali. However, before Link and company arrive, Rito Village had been attacked previously by Ganon's monsters, and Revali and his kinsmen were wary of further attacks. Spotting Link and Terrako, assuming them to be more of Ganon's forces coming to attack them, Revali has the Rito move to attack them, destroying the bridge to Rito Village, and attempting to rain bomb arrows on them from above. When Link finally reaches the village, Revali personally engages him in battle, and just when Revali has Link at his mercy and prepares to kill him at point-blank range with one of his arrows, Zelda's shout to stop causes Revali to hesitate long enough for Link to block the fatal shot. Once the misunderstanding is cleared up, Revali is more than happy to pilot Divine Beast Vah Medoh, but still has his doubts about Link being the Chosen One to help seal away Calamity Ganon, calling him a "pathetic knight".
Finally, the last stop was Gerudo Town to recruit Zelda's good friend, the Gerudo Chieftain Urbosa. However, for some reason, the Gerudo treat Link, Zelda, and Impa with hostility, forcing them to fight their way to town to confront Urbosa in her palace. Once there, the vai honor guards block them in as Urbosa draws her Scimitar of the Seven, preparing to kill Zelda herself. Before Link can draw his own sword to block the attempt as Urbosa lunges to strike, she is struck by lightning, electrocuting her so badly she instantly collapses unconscious, before another Urbosa reveals herself having been the one to unleash the lightning, and proving she's the authentic one by calling Zelda by her nickname, "Little Bird". The Urbosa that tried to strike down Zelda is forced to reveal herself to actually be Master Kohga, leader of the Yiga Clan, who summons his own Yiga Clan warriors to face Link, Zelda, Urbosa, Impa, and their forces while he retreats to their base camp outside of Gerudo Town. After dealing with his Blademasters leading the attack in town, and summoning the Molduga to scare off the rest of them in the desert, Link and Urbosa soon attack Kohga's base camp and defeat him. Cornered, Kohga prepares to either be detained or executed, but is rescued by his elite second-in-command, Sooga, and the two of them escape capture, much to Urbosa's chagrin. Meeting up with Link, Zelda, and Impa at Divine Beast Vah Naboris, Urbosa explains about the Yiga Clan and their origins as Sheikah traitors allied with Calamity Ganon, much to Impa's disappointment that some of her kinsmen are still clinging to their hatred of the Hyrule Royal Family for their past transgressions against the Sheikah. Nevertheless, Urbosa agrees to join the fight and become Vah Naboris' pilot and Champion out of her loyalty and friendship with Zelda due to being such good friends with Zelda's late mother, the Queen of Hyrule.
After the Champions are gathered, Zelda, Link, Terrako, and the Champions are ambushed by the Yiga and Ganon's monsters, led by Sooga, in Castle Town. Link takes Zelda and retreats to cover while the Champions fight the Yiga and Ganon's monsters, but this was to lure them away while Sooga forces Link and Zelda back out into the open and attempts to assassinate the Princess. Link manages to block Sooga's kunai he throws at Zelda, and realizing continuing the fight was futile, Sooga orders a retreat. Terrako, on the other hand, scolds Link for disrupting its attempt to protect Zelda from Sooga's kunai, much to her amusement.
From there, Link, Zelda, and the Champions head into Korok Forest to retrieve the Master Sword. However, upon meeting up with Hestu, he reveals that the forest is crawling with monsters and he's too scared to fight them on his own. The Champions offer to help, and with their aid, Hestu escorts them through the forest. Along the way, they find that Malice is blocking the way to the Sacred Grove, despite Calamity Ganon still being dormant. This was the result of dark, Malice-born, copies of the Champions, known as Hollows. As each one is defeated, the Malice melts away until the way is clear again. However, upon Link and Zelda reaching the Sacred Grove, they encounter Astor, the Dark Prophet allied with Calamity Ganon. Summoning the Hollows again to attack Link, despite his fierce resistance, the Mipha Hollow catches Link's Hyrulean Army standard-issue sword in the prongs of her Lightscale Trident and snaps it in two, the Revali Hollow lays down a smokescreen with his Malice arrows, and the Daruk Hollow clobbers Link hard on his Hyrulean Army standard-issued shield with his Boulder Breaker, sending Link reeling back against the Master Sword's pedestal, incapacitating him. With Link down, Astor orders the Hollows to terminate Zelda. As the Urbosa Hollow lunges at Zelda to deliver the death blow or draw first blood with stabbing her in the face and head with her Scimitar of the Seven, Link, horrified to see Zelda about to die, reaches out in futility. This causes the Master Sword and Fi to awaken, with the light emitted from the Master Sword being unbearable for the Hollows to endure, stopping the Urbosa Hollow inches from the tip of her scimitar slicing into Zelda's face before the Hollows groan and dissolve, unable to maintain their forms against the Blade of Evil's Bane's positive light energy. Realizing what this means, Link draws the Master Sword from its pedestal, and now armed with the sword, and the Hylian Shield paired with it, Link faces the Hollows and decimates them, forcing Astor to personally enter battle, but he is forced to retreat due to the Master Sword being too powerful to face at the moment. With Astor gone, Link, Zelda, and the Champions meet the Great Deku Tree, who assures Zelda not to worry as they have everything they need to face the Great Calamity, and Hyrule's fate lies in their hands before he returns to his slumber.
Despite what the Great Deku Tree said, Zelda is still uncertain of herself after seeing Link with the Master Sword on his back. Noticing her plight, Terrako plays her Lullaby to ease her fears. However, more of Ganon's monsters are spotted ahead, and Link joins the Champions with clearing the way safely back to Hyrule Castle. Once in the clear, while Link is commended by Daruk and the other Hyrulean Soldiers and digs in to some more food they offer him, Urbosa joins Zelda to reassure her Link is still the same boy from before he acquired the Master Sword.
Once back in Castle Town, Link is officially dubbed Champion and given his Champion's Tunic alongside those of Urbosa, Revali, Daruk, and Mipha. Afterwards, he and Urbosa join Zelda and Purah as Link uses the Sheikah Slate to summon the other Sheikah Towers across Hyrule, before having to deal with Sooga and the Yiga having captured Akkala Citadel and its tower to prevent its use against the Yiga Clan. After defeating Sooga and a Blue-Maned Lynel, forcing Sooga to call a withdrawal, the Citadel is back in Hyrule's control and they are soon able to track down the Yiga Clan's main hideout. Once Urbosa clears the way with Vah Naboris, Link and her assault the Yiga, and despite Kohga and Sooga's best efforts in trying to defend their main base, they are defeated and routed.
Despite beating the Yiga and forcing them out of their main hideaway, Impa gives King Rhoam some distressing news: Further analysis of Terrako's memory banks have confirmed that Zelda's 17th birthday will be the day that Calamity Ganon awakens from its slumber. With time short, Rhoam sends Zelda to the Spring of Courage to try and awaken her holy powers while he has Castle Town evacuated and the soldiers redeployed to the Citadel and Fort Hateno to reinforce the garrisons as if those bases fall, Hyrule is as good as destroyed. Link and Impa join Zelda at the Spring, but despite her best efforts, she cannot awaken her holy powers, and the Spring is soon assaulted by Ganon's monsters. Thanks to Zelda's knowledge of the area and the ruins, they are able to lose pursuit of the monsters and have a moment to catch their breath before returning to Hyrule Castle. Once back, Zelda, again joined by Link and Impa, prepares to leave to head for the Spring of Wisdom at Mount Lanayru, only to see a panicked Terrako scurry up with the Sheikah Slate. As they wonder what's wrong, Calamity Ganon awakens and envelopes Hyrule Castle in a maelstrom of Malice. Fearing for her father, Zelda heads back in, joined by Link and Impa, as the Guardian Stalkers are corrupted with Ganon's Malice and turn hostile, forcing Link, Zelda, and Impa to fight through them until finding King Rhoam. In the end, just as Link and Zelda are fleeing the castle, a Guardian Stalker fires a warning shot at them before confronting them and targeting Zelda. As Link moves to protect her and prepares to try and deflect the laser, the Guardian Stalker is knocked over and stunned by a strike from King Rhoam himself with his claymore sword. He is soon joined by his Elite Guard. Ordering Link to take Zelda and get out of here, when Link prepares to draw the Master Sword to aid Rhoam, he reminds Link that his duty is to protect the Princess, not the King. Understanding his duty, Link keeps the Master Sword holstered, grabs Zelda, and retreats as two more Guardian Stalkers arrive to confront Rhoam and his men, while the stunned one recovers and rotates to glare at Rhoam. As Link and Zelda flee, they hear the Guardian Stalkers get target lock and fire, presumably killing Rhoam and his men.
Once having reached safety, as they watch as Calamity Ganon manifests over the castle and roars, as Impa shows Zelda the images from Terrako of the Divine Beasts under Ganon's control on the Sheikah Slate, Link can only watch Ganon as Zelda collapses in grief and guilt, only to be startled when a bright light shines from Terrako, and it summons several beams that shoot off in four directions. Upon hearing Vah Medoh's screech and seeing it still with blue circuitry, meaning Revali is still alive and there's hope to save the Champions, Link, Zelda, and Impa set off to save their comrades.
Heading to help Mipha in Vah Ruta against Waterblight Ganon, it is revealed that the older Sidon was summoned by Terrako to aid her against the Blight, refusing to lose her a second time. With Link's aid, the Blight is slain, and while Mipha recovers, Sidon helps Link clear the way to an Igneo Talus, which upon its destruction, allows Mipha to use Vah Ruta to clear the way to Vah Rudania, where Link arrives to find Yunobo having been summoned to back up Daruk against Fireblight Ganon. Once the Blight is eliminated, Daruk commends Link for saving them, but then all eyes turn to Zelda to ask about what happened at Hyrule Castle.
While Daruk and Yunobo deal with defending the Hyrulean Army's defensive line with Vah Rudania, Link, Zelda, and Impa go to help Urbosa in Vah Naboris. They arrive to find Riju and Patricia having been summoned to help Urbosa against Thunderblight Ganon. Link soon slays the abomination, before Riju clears the way to Mount Rhoam, where Urbosa blasts the top of the mountain open to allow Link to reach Vah Medoh via the wind current, arriving just in time to aid Revali and Teba against Windblight Ganon. Unfortunately, Windblight manages to escape for the moment upon being defeated. As everyone regroups, Revali reluctantly offers his thanks to Link for saving his life, before Urbosa asks Zelda about Hyrule Castle. Revali and Teba later take out Windblight for good while taking out Ganon's forces with Vah Medoh.
After learning it was Terrako's doing with bringing the future Champions to the past to prevent the Divine Beasts from being taken over by Calamity Ganon, Zelda has Link and Impa accompany her to Akkala Citadel to save it from the siege it was enduring by Ganon's forces. With help from Mipha, Sidon, Daruk, Yunobo, and their Divine Beasts, the Citadel is saved. Urbosa and Riju attempt to help Fort Hateno before being reinforced by the other Champions and their Divine Beasts. However, Astor arrives and unleashes the resurrected Blight Ganons on Link to ensure the fort is annihilated. Despite being outnumbered four-to-one, Link fights them off to protect Zelda as Impa tries to take her to safety, but not wishing to lose Link after having apparently lost her father, Zelda breaks free from Impa and runs back to aid Link. As she does, her holy power finally awakens, stunning the Blight Ganons, and purging the corrupted Guardian Stalkers of their Malice infection, to Zelda's own shock and surprise, and Astor's horror.
Thanks to Zelda awakening her holy power, Fort Hateno is saved just in time, and Zelda rallies the surviving troops under her banner, raising their morale. Joined by a reformed Master Kohga seeking revenge on Astor for sacrificing his Yiga brethren to revive the Blight Ganons, Link and the others head to the Great Plateau to rescue several Hyrulean troops garrisoned there and putting up a fierce resistance. Once at the Temple of Time, Zelda is stunned to find King Rhoam, still very much alive, waiting for her. After explaining how the disc Zelda gave him earlier saved his life from the corrupted Guardian Stalkers by deploying an Ancient Guardian Shield to deflect their eye lasers, stunning them long enough for him and his personal guard to escape and regroup at the temple, Rhoam rallies Link, Kohga, and the others to prepare to take back Hyrule Castle from Calamity Ganon.
Once Rhoam's forces have gathered in Hyrule Field with Hyrule Castle and Calamity Ganon lying before them, Purah supercharges the Sheikah Towers to bring reinforcements to aid them, including Gorons, Zora, Gerudo, and Rito troops, alongside Kohga and his surviving Yiga warriors, and the four Divine Beasts, piloted by their current and future Champions. Passing command to Zelda, Rhoam stands back as Zelda offers a stirring speech to the gathered coalition before giving the order to attack. After taking out Ganon's monsters reinforcing his barrier, Zelda has the Divine Beasts open fire on Ganon directly. However, the Blood Moon rises, allowing Ganon's power to wax to its zenith, resurrecting all his monsters, forcing Link and the others to take them down again before resuming their advance.
As they reach the castle courtyard, they are confronted by Astor and Harbinger Ganon. On the verge of a total psychotic meltdown, Astor declares that their journey to stop Ganon ends here and now, before attacking them alongside Harbinger Ganon, and the resurrected Blight Ganons. Link and the others destroy the Blights once and for all, and soon have Harbinger Ganon and Astor defeated. Astor finally loses it and orders Calamity Ganon to devour Link, Zelda, and the rest of their allies, but having tolerated Astor's failures for the last time, and as Sooga forewarned Astor earlier, Ganon is no one's servant, Ganon has Harbinger Ganon absorb Astor, resulting in Harbinger Ganon being destroyed, and Calamity Ganon to gain a complete, physical form that it failed to attain in the original timeline. Roaring in victory, Ganon causes some of its Malice to hit Terrako, infecting it. Though Terrako tries to fight off the infection, it soon succumbs to Ganon's corruption, and attacks Link and Zelda, forcing Link to fight it to purge the Malice, but leaving Terrako critically damaged afterwards. After Zelda, Link, and the Champions take a moment to mourn Terrako after Zelda finally remembers its name, Zelda, now fueled by rage and hatred towards Calamity Ganon, vows it will be defeated once and for all.
Making their way to where Calamity Ganon awaited them, they engaged the manifestation of Malice and evil incarnate, but due to being fueled by both his present and future selves, Calamity Ganon was invulnerable to all their attacks. When he tries to take out Zelda as she tries to hold him back with her holy power, Terrako is able to reactivate, despite its condition, make its way to where they were fighting, and flings itself at Calamity Ganon, activating its self-destruct to blow up in Calamity Ganon's face, resulting in his defenses being shattered, allowing him to be vulnerable to conventional attack. Once he has been weakened enough, Link moves in for the finisher, and cleaves Ganon clean in two vertically with the Master Sword, allowing Zelda to finish the job with her holy power, despite Ganon's furious and futile last attempt to attack her to stop her.
With Calamity Ganon's defeat and sealing by Zelda, Hyrule is spared the 100 years of turmoil and decay that it would have suffered in the original Breath of the Wild timeline before Link awakens from his slumber in the Shrine of Resurrection. As a result, with their duty complete, the future Champions are returned to the Breath of the Wild timeline by the residual energy left in the Blessed Screw leftover from Terrako, but take with them the knowledge of having helped save an alternate Hyrule from the fate that befell their own, with King Rhoam and the original Champions still alive, Master Kohga and his Yiga having reformed and rejoined the Sheikah, and the kingdom able to rebuild as they look towards a much more brighter future.
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