Sidon

The Sage of Water

The Champion of the Zora

The Avenger of Mipha

The Legend of Zelda: The Demise of Hyrule

**Sidon** is a recurring character in The Legend of Zelda Seroes. It was shown in *Tears of the Kingdom* that he is a descendant of one of the Six Sages from the Second Hyrule Founding, the Sage of Water.

## Personality

Sidon is extroverted, evidenced by his enthusiasm and optimistic view on life and he seems to see things on the positive side even during dark times and doesn't let his royal heritage affect him. Because of this, he is very popular with most of the younger Zora, and he exhibits kindness to everyone around him and it extends to non-Zora races. While usually quite cheerful, Sidon can be serious, when necessary and he doesn't take kindly to any kind of prejudice against others as he often silences Muzu when he rudely tried to object to having Link help them out. He is also strict when it comes to unwanted visitors when his father is busy with other things and will escort them out, but he makes an exception for Link when he saw that he was a Hylian who would help appease Divine Beast Vah Ruta as the Zoras cannot use the Shock Arrows needed to disable it and Seggin, who was resistant for a Zora was aged and his resistance is limited to how much he could take. Sidon can be seen staring at his sister's statue and silently mourns her as the loss of her had affected him deeply. But to honor his beloved sister’s memory he tried to remain as cheerful and positive as possible and is devoted to protecting his home, just as Mipha requested of him when he was a child.

## Biography

### Past

Sidon was Mipha's little brother, and he looked up to her all those years ago, and was heartbroken when Mipha died. Eventually, he made friends with Yona, who would come to be his fiancée.

### *Breath of the Wild*

Sidon is the prince of the Zora, the son of King Dorephan and the brother of Mipha. He first encounters Link in *Breath of the Wild* at Inogo Bridge while on his way to Zora's Domain. Sidon requests Link to come to his home in hopes of helping quell the rains caused by the Divine Beast Vah Ruta, which were threatening to burst the dams surrounding Zora's Domain. He gives Link an Electro Elixir to aid against the monsters who attack with Electricity ahead. As Link makes his way to Zora's Domain, Sidon encourages the hero from the river.

When Link approaches the throne room, he is encountered by Muzu, an elderly Zora who remembers him from 100 years ago. Muzu insists that it is because of Link that Mipha had died, stolen from her kingdom who loved her dearly. Sidon then defends Link as the only one who can save their home. When King Dorephan presents Link with the Zora Armor, Muzu berates the King for gifting Link the Armor. He claims that crafting a Zora Armor is an act that a Zora princess would only do for her future husband and finds Link unworthy of Mipha's love and hard work. He then proceeds to head to Mipha's statue in the town square to reminisce. Sidon then confronts Muzu, stating that even though he was too young to understand it at the time, Mipha has feelings for Link. When Link puts the Armor on and approaches Muzu, Sidon comments on how the armor fits Link perfectly. Sidon's words resonate within Muzu, who agrees to help them take down the Divine Beast.

After Link gathers the Shock Arrows needed to take down Divine Beast Vah Ruta, he meets up with Sidon at the East Reservoir Lake, where the Divine Beast is stationed. Sidon and Link battle the mechanical beast together, with Sidon swimming around the lake and Link firing Arrows while riding his back. After destroying the sources of Water on the Divine Beast's back, Sidon escorts Link to the boarding platform before it rises too high for Link to get on board.

After Link frees Mipha's spirit and takes control of Divine Beast Vah Ruta from Calamity Ganon, King Dorephan greets Link and congratulates him on his victory when he returns to Zora's Domain, as well as commending Sidon for his assistance in Ruta's recovery. Sidon becomes a tad emotional, having a moment of silence following his father claiming that Mipha would be proud of his actions and that he will one day make a great king, before enthusiastically thanking Link for ending the crisis. If Link speaks to Sidon after this, the Zora will proclaim that he is both thankful and proud of Link for his assistance. Sidon can usually be found outside of his father's throne room, but he will go gaze at Mipha's statue at night. If Linkapproaches him from behind, he can hear Sidon commenting on her status as a lingering spirit within Ruta. Sidon expresses that he misses Mipha and wishes she was still around to give him words of wisdom as she did when they were young.When he catches Link listening, Sidon apologizes to Link for catching him in a moment of weakness.

If Link goes to the throne room of Zora's Domain without first activating the "Reach Zora's Domain" Main Quest at Inogo Bridge, a different cutscene will play. Sidon will be in the throne room and will hear Link walking up the stairs, exclaiming that the king is not accepting visitors at the time and preparing to escort Link outbefore realizing that the visitor is a Hylian. The major character introduction text 'Prince Sidon, Zora Prince' appears below the prince's head as it would have in the Inogo Bridge cutscene, and Sidon asks the guest why he didn't say he was a Hylian in the first place, before inviting him in vigorously. King Dorephan's dialogue is changed slightly to reflect the fact that Link suddenly appeared as if by miracle, instead of being found and directed by Sidon. After this, the "Reach Zora's Domain" Main Quest will appear and be instantly completed, and the "Divine Beast Vah Ruta" Main Quest appears as normal.

### *Tears of the Kingdom*

Sidon becomes the new king of the Zora in his father's stead, and was also engaged with Yona. When the Upheaval came, a monster, created by Ganondorf plagued his home with some kind of sludge. King Dorephan and Muzu went to investigate, in the meantime Sidon sent Jiahto, a historian to investigate in Toto Lake, while Sidon tries to heal the source of the water in Zora's Domain with his ability to manipulate water. Eventually, when Link came along Sidon was overjoyed to see his old friend, with not a minute to waste he told Link the situation and sent him Jiahto's way. After a little help Yona, getting the zora armor, and finding Dorephan, he gave Link his scales to solve the riddle. By shooting an arrow with Dorephan's scale on a fish shaped island in the sky, and shooting said arrow in a water droplet shaped relic Link came to Sidon and Yona to tell them the news. After dealing with an ambush from a Sludge-like, Yona convinced Sidon to go with Link.

By going through the waterworks they managed to clear a path to the Temple of Water, which was where the source of the sludge was. After getting all the ancient vases full and pouring it on the sludge, it revealed the cause of the sludge, the Mucktorok. They managed to defeat it and gain the Secret Stone. Sidon accepted his stone and became the Sage of Water, as he can make an avatar, which he gave to Link as proof he would always stand by his side. After the sludge faded, Dorephan believed that he should pass down the throne to Sidon, he was reluctant at first but he accepted it and became the new king of the Zora.