Hero's Shade

### Perks

Disarming Bash, Power Bash, Deadly Bash, Armsman (40), Overdraw (60), Bladesman (60), Quick Shot, Critical Shot

### Spells

Din's Fireball, Nayru's Love, Farore's Gale, Hero's Shade Abilities, Elegy of Emptiness, Nocturne of Shadow, Saria's Song, Triforce of Courage abilities.

### Factions

Creature Faction, Skeleton Faction

The Hero's Shade is a boss enemy found in the Ethereal Sanctuary in the Ruptured Towers. He serves as the final boss of *Relics of Hyrule* and must be defeated before entering the Triforce Shrine.

He wears what resembles traditional Ancient Nord armor and a unique helmet, the Helmet of the Hero's Shade. He resembles a Draugr warrior, but has translucent flesh, and one glowing red eye.

He carries the Blade of the Hero's Shade, an Enhanced Fairy Bow, 50 Ebony Arrows, 10 Hylian Bombs, 5 Hylian Impact Bombs, a Forgotten Broadsword, and a Daybreak Clock Shield. When defeated, his remains contain Stalfos Bone Meal, the Fairy Ocarina, an Enhanced Fairy Bow, the Hero's Key, and *Hero's Lament*.

In battle, he will primarily use the Blade of the Hero's Shade and Clock Shield, but will switch to his bow if his foe is out of melée range.

Once the Hero's Lament is read, the Hero's Shade Blessing is granted, fortifying magic resistance and stamina regeneration by 10%, and fortifying healing in combat by 5%. Additionally, the Hero's Shade will appear when the Oath to Order is played.

If the Hero's Shade is released via the Triforce or Farore's Shrine, the Hero's Shade Blessing is replaced with the Hero's Blessing, which fortifies magic resistance and stamina regeneration by 15%, and fortifying healing in combat by 10%.

## Lore

The Hero's Shade is the restless spirit of the Hero of Time, trapped within the Ruptured Towers and plagued by guilt. The nature of the Ruptured Towers are a result of the memories of the Hero's Shade blending with corrupted remnants of Hyrule. The Hero's Shade, according to Hermaeus Mora in the lore book *Twilight and Apocrypha,* is the caretaker of the Ruptured Towers. He also wrote the Hero's Laments while trapped in the Ruptured Towers and exploring what was left of Hyrule.

According to *The Scouring of Kokiri Forest,* the Hero's Shade had been trapped in Termina after suffering a fatal fall. The book *Hero's Lament* explains that the Hero's Shade used Majora's Mask to open a link between Termina and Hyrule so Termina could serve as a refuge, but the link was "discovered and severed." This event was mentioned by Hermaeus Mora in *Twilight and Apocrpyha.* It its unknown whether Hermaeus Mora knew of the severed link because he was the cause, or if he was simply aware that the link had been severed.

The Hero's Shade has never entered the Triforce Shrine for unknown reasons. The most likely reason is that he feels unworthy. If he is summoned via the Oath to Order in the Ethereal Sanctuary or Triforce Shrine, he will appear and be able to cross the threshold to and from the shrine. Furthermore, the Hero's Shade carries the Blade of the Hero's Shade, a decoy version of the Master Sword, as his primary weapon. This signifies that he does not feel worthy to wield a true artifact of Hyrule and that he views himself as a false hero.

## Notes

The Hero's Shade can be released and returned to Farore in two ways: the Triforce, and Farore's Shrine. Doing so will revert the Oath to Order to its original function.

## Background and Inspiration

The Hero's Shade was added in version 6.0 with the Ruptured Towers and Triforce.

The Hero's Shade is inspired by and based on a character of a similar name from *Twilight Princess*. His arena, the Ethereal Sanctuary, is based on the arena in which Dark Link is fought in *Ocarina of Time*.

JKalenad has plans to adjust the AI for the Hero's Shade to make fighting against him and alongside him more dynamic. JKalenad also plans to customize the armor of the Hero's Shade.

## See Also

Ruptured Towers

Hero's Laments

Triforce