Ganondorf

*“Hyrule will bow down before me.” ~ Ganondorf as he prepares to invade Hyrule.*

**Ganondorf**, also known as the **Demon King**, is one of the central antagonists of the Fantasy Adventure Teams series. He is Link’s arch-nemesis.

## Appearance

When Link, Zelda, and Shanezilla first meet Ganondorf, his body is that of a Gerudo man with long red hair. It is simply a corpse which has almost completely rotted away. He still wears some Gerudo armor and accessories. However after being revitalised by the Secret Stone, he returns to his original form as a muscular, dark-skinned Gerudo with a hawk-like nose, typical among Gerudo. He also wears the Secret Stone on his head as an accessory, and sometimes wears his hair in a *chonmage*. He has a habit of carrying his sheathed sword by hand instead of wearing it at his side or on his back.

When empowered by the Stone into his demonic form, Ganondorf's hair becomes a much brighter red and is more unkempt. His skin turns black, with his jewelry and kimono also turning black and red with gold details. Said markings on his clothes also glow, implying that they are made of Gloom or Malice. His sclerae turn black, his pupils and teeth turn orange/red and he grows small horns. When Calamity Ganon possesses him, his eyes glow pure red.

Upon consuming the Secret Stone, Ganondorf fuses with Calamity Ganon and his Demon Sword to become the Demon Dragon: a demonic dragon with the minds of both the Calamity and the Demon King, overall hell-bent on killing Link. In this form, he is a large, Eastern-styled dragon with black scales, a thick red mane, red crystalline horns and eleven gold horns, with ten on the sides of his head and one at the center. His eyes remain the same from his Demon King state, and he has six red legs as well. On his back, Ganondorf also possesses weak points made of Gloom which take the form of large black clumps of the substance with his eyes.

## Personality

Ganondorf is a ruthless warlord with a bloodthirsty craving for power and conquest. He desires to rule Hyrule through pure force and tyranny, advocating the demise of many, as a means of reshaping the kingdom in his own image. His malevolent nature is extremely transparent, to the point that Rauru and Zelda were able to immediately notice his deceit of declaring his loyalty to the royal family of Hyrule. It's for this very reason that he is hated by many, including the Gerudo, who declared him to be a demon manifested as a Gerudo and a traitor to his own kind.

He lacks many signs of honor and respect for others, and prides himself greatly on his own power and status. His thrill for battle and conquest comes from his own sadistic desires of spreading bloodshed across Hyrule, for the sole purpose of becoming king. His envisioned rule of Hyrule is one where he stands at the top above a kingdom filled with monsters and demons that desire nothing more than destruction. Likewise, he is more than willing to have Hyrule's own inhabitants be slaughtered by his monstrous army, including his own people, scoffing at the idea of living amongst them in a peaceful world.

He is totally committed and fiercely loyal to Calamity Ganon, willing to carry out any orders without hesitation. His goal to help Calamity Ganon is so they can both rule over Hyrule with an iron fist. Ganondorf is determined to make Calamity Ganon’s wishes to rule become a reality.

His arrogance is most noticeable in his interactions with Link, where his view of Link's potential was only based on what Rauru promised as him being the wielder of the Master Sword. As such, when he meets Link for the first time, he was very disappointed for a supposed rival that was prophesied to be the one who would defeat him one day. However, this does change when Link proves his worth by holding his own against Ganondorf and managing to push him above his limits, to which Ganondorf admits he hasn't felt the thrill of battle for so long.