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a little update on the escort of lady lightning!

so I’ve sort of figured out how to put together botw and aoc because they don’t really connect all that smoothly. I have two options: 1 is to completely split the series into two different sub-series(?) for aoc and botw separately because they have similar points and sometimes aoc can function as a filler between botw memories, but they have very different introductions and endings. this would also mean I might have to make up a few fillers between the memories, maybe oneshots or smth like that just to keep the story moving. The 2nd option is to just try to combine them as best as I can and leave out any aoc cutscenes which don’t really fit in with the botw memories

I’ve already written out all the scenes for the botw memories, so either one wouldn’t be too difficult to do but the more detailed one would probably be the 2nd option. idk I’m not very sure so what do you ppl think?

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𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗔𝗗𝗬 𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 (prologue)

synopsis: tales of old will always regale the listener with praises and recognition of the feats of esteemed gerudo champion urbosa. but time wears thin on the stories of pivotal companions, and most of them will ultimately leave out one vai, arguably just as important — a warrior, an advisor, a personal guard. most of all… a friend, and yet so much more; the chief’s light in the approaching darkness.

pairing: urbosa x f!gerudo!reader [reader is her personal guard & advisor]

word count: 544

warnings: use of Y/N, urbosa’s mother’s name is azrah, and reader’s mom’s name is isir. also a little bit of my idea of how urbosa’s lightning abilities were first discovered :)

a/n: not yet onto the main storyline! originally I was gonna just dive right in and start with the cutscene of her entrance in age of calamity, but I thought it’d fit together better if there’s a prologue and a little bit of introduction first. and I adore the idea of urbosa’s hair just sticking up all the time as a child bc she hasn’t learnt to fully control her lightning, I think it’d be so cute 💕

anyways, enjoy! <3

After a whole week of steadily rising temperatures that made even the desert-adapted citizens of Gerudo Town suffer, the scorching sun seemed to have taken mercy on the town. Children played in the streets, and vendors’ loud sales pitches rang through the air.

The Gerudo chieftain stood underneath the minimal shade of a palm tree, her personal guard standing to attention beside her. Their eyes followed the movements of two children, playing together with loud giggles and shouts that could probably be heard even from across town.

“They grow up so fast, don’t they? It feels like only yesterday when they drew their first breaths.” The chief’s tone carried a hint of nostalgia, as if memories from her own childhood were stealing their way into her thoughts.

“It truly does, my lady.”

“I am sure it’ll be no time at all till they’re grown… and then my daughter will take the throne.” The chief paused, shifting her gaze to her daughter’s playmate. “And what of your little one, Isir? You plan on beginning her training when she is of age, and inducting her into the guard?”

“Yes, Lady Azrah. I come from a long line of chiefly guards; it is only natural that I give her the training she needs to prepare her, should she be chosen as the next chief’s personal escort.”

A flash of yellow light caught Azrah’s eye and she looked at the children in surprise. “Isir… did you see that light? What was—”

The guard turned to the girls and alarm flared in her eyes. “Hey! Y/N! Put that down!”

Isir rushed forward to gently pull the small dagger out of her daughter’s hands, the blade glinting in the sunlight as she took it away from the children. Her child pouted, and Azrah’s daughter gave a little whine of protest.

“But Isir! We were playing Guards and Thieves!”

“Urbosa, you can do that without the knife,” Azrah crouched to place her hand on the little vai’s shoulder, unable to stop a smile from forming as she brushed a lock of unruly red hair from her daughter’s forehead. “Now, run along. I’m sure Hefza will give you a voltfruit — but only if you ask nicely.”

Urbosa’s eyes lit up again and she grinned, grabbing Y/N’s hand and turning to rush off into the streets to find the vendor. Azrah watched the children run off, a small frown creasing the space between her eyebrows. She could’ve sworn that she saw… something crackling, wreathing around Urbosa’s fingers. Something that charged the air around the girl and put a metallic taste in Azrah’s mouth. Perhaps there was a reason Urbosa’s hair refused to lay flat for more than five minutes at a time.

The Sage’s gift… could it be? But that would mean—

“My chief, with all due respect, I think those two will drive poor Hefza up the wall. As it is, she’s one of the few vendors who humour them in their little games.”

Azrah laughed at Isir’s wry words, turning to her guard. “We’ll pull them out if — no, when — she tires of being the Thief in their game. Until then… let them play, Isir. Let them be children. These carefree times will desert them sooner than you think.”

divider credits: @/saradika-graphics

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saw a post suggesting that ‘makeela’ in makeela riju could come from the arabic name malika, which means queen

adding onto that because I found this while trying to come up with gerudo-sounding names:

(source)

as well as this:

(source)

so ‘riju’ could either be another spelling of the word for queen, in which case both her names could possibly mean queen

OR, and I find this to be highly likely considering how her character is initially presented in botw, (a child struggling to follow in her mother’s footsteps and be a worthy chief) it could mean ‘innocent’

so yeah just an interesting lil detail about her! <33

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i was wondering why botw felt so familiar when i started playing it recently-ish (a little while after totk came out) and then when i got to the master sword pull cutscene i realised i actually ‘played’ it years back when it first came out

i say ‘played’ because i just watched over my older cousin’s shoulder while he played it and i remember that i played through the medoh and naboris divine beasts before promptly dying to the blights and he allowed me to do the master sword pull which completely blew my mind back then

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Here is that thing I’ve been working on since I got my iPad. I think it turned out pretty good considering the fact that I have no clue what I’m doing 😅 I learned a lot and I look forward to learning more.

I gave up on the background. And I don’t want to draw a guardian ever again. Cheers.

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urbosa is a lesbian urbosa is a LESBIAN URBOSA IS A LESBIAN

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Hi, I really love your designs for the ballet AU

Maybe you could do ballet versions of Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom? Just the main characters and Sages/Champions, though.

I’d also love to see a crossover with Princess Tutu, if at all possible.

Thank you!!

I have to say "just the main characters and Sages/Champions" is a lot of work! I went the easy road and did something with Riju and Urbosa (they are my favorites anyway). Designing costumes for the other characters would be much more difficult but it could be interesting, maybe I’ll try something when I have more time!

I also have sketches of BotW/TotK Link and Zelda in my WIPs, but that’s for later :))

I didn’t even know what Princess Tutu was so… sorry about that :/

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Not a day goes by where I think we were robbed of well developed Gerudo culture.

Seriously, I think about it and how many South Asian, South-East Asian, and SWANA cultures have such beautiful outfits and Nintendo still went with orientalist belly-dancer costumes for all of them.

I mean, if they couldn't pick a region they could have at least been respectful.

We could have had Urbosa in one of these!

(Yes I'm aware these are all from different regions but it's Nintendo's fault for mixing cultures badly)

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pouring my HEART out into smth for my fellow urbosa girlies btw so watch for that :D

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★ 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃’𝐕𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐌𝐘 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐒, 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌

pairing: post-botw/pre-totk link x gn!reader

wc: 575

contains: domestic fluff!!! reader washing link’s hair, me waffling on various hidden scars link might have

a/n: first time sharing my writing for link! please be kind <3

“Shh, stop fussing. I’m only washing your hair.”

You tut with dramatised disapproval, leaning forward to press a kiss to the tangled mass of golden hair in front of you. You’re met with more squirms and a hand reaching up to mess with the shampoo you had tried in vain to rub into the wet strands.

“Link, I swear to Hylia, if you don’t stop moving—”

“It tickles,” complains the royal knight, the Light of Hyrule, carrier of the Master Sword sitting in front of you, a small, tickle-induced giggle escaping his lips as you smooth the shampoo in again. You chuckle softly at the absurdity of it all. “You’ve parried Guardians with a pot lid for a shield, defeated four Blights, freed the Divine Beasts, fought Calamity Ganon — and you can’t take a little tickling?”

Soft grumbles of protest reach your ears, and you observe the pointed tips of Link’s ears grow just a tiny bit pinker than they were before. Maybe a distraction would work?

“Where did you get this scar?” You ask, gently touching your pinkie to a small, puckered indentation in the skin right where the back of his ear met his head. With your other hand, you finally rub the shampoo into his roots properly.

Link shuffles sheepishly. “Uh… I was attacked by Cucco.”

You frown in confusion. “Cuccos?”

“Hey, those things are monsters when they’re in a group,” He says defensively, trying to tip his head back to look at you. You quickly cup the back of his head, gently stilling his movements so that the shampoo doesn’t get everywhere.

Link lets out an unhappy grunt as you prevent him from moving his head and, unfortunately, from seeing you. “How much longer?”

“You’re almost done. Pinky promise. Let me take off the shampoo and put the conditioner, okay?” You dip down to kiss the Cucco scar, making his shoulders drop slightly as he relaxes.

You wash off the shampoo as gently as you can, finding another scar next to his left temple, right next to his hairline. This scar is round and a dusty, washed-out shade of maroon. More an old bruise than a scar, really. “Where’d you get this, love?”

Link is quiet for a moment, trying to remember. “I think it was a Lizalfos?”

“A what?”

“You know, those weird reptile things with the boomerangs—”

“Great Hylia.” You pause your systematic weaving of the conditioner into the thin strands and stare in concern at the back of his head. “Link, how you’re still alive after throwing yourself at practically every monster in Hyrule is beyond me.”

“In my defence, I had the Master Sword,” He gives a tiny shrug and you lean forward to kiss the scar too, making him tilt his head to one side in surprise.

“Are you just going to kiss every scar I have now?” He asks with a soft chuckle. You smile sweetly, just about starting to wash off the conditioner.

“Maybe I will, who knows?”

“Well, then,” He leans his head back before you can stop him and grins up at you, blue eyes sparkling with affection. The way he’s looking at you — like you’re the most beautiful jewel he’s ever seen — almost takes your breath away; you don’t even mind that he’s put leftover conditioner from his hair all over your lap.

“I think I have a few scars on my lips too.”

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☾ she/her. 🇮🇳 indian. bisexual. virgo. MINOR. certified urbosa obsessor. owns too many cardigans. honorary gerudo vai.

☼ loz characters i write for (subj. to change):

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2. most of my writing has x reader, but occasionally there might be a fic or two that don’t fall into that category!

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