#loz zonai

[camiliar]

uhhhh dudes....not to alarm you but.they put furries in zelda game....

[sketches-lauer]

Four years later...

[amaterasusart]

my zonai-sona??!?!?!!?!!!! real! they r just a lil dood :]

i love the zonai to bits and want to see more of them 🥺

[russeliarat]

I got the damn designs done. Took me all weekend tbh but I love all three. Since the Aama’s design (left) was already based off the woman from the TotK mural, it’s basically a no brainer the design ideas. Her design’s also a lot more simple than the other two because she’s blind and can’t have too much shit dangling in her way to navigate. The Zoclu’s (right) is basically the pants of the Barbarian set but with a decorated panel and pelt, and basically if you mash together Link and a Gerudo. Bro kinda looks like he could be a Ganondorf reincarnation but not trying to murder everyone. The Vamai is basically some androgynous kid with cool Aztec/Mayan clothing and also kinda how I see a human version of Farore. Basically some high priests with kinda matching colour schemes.

More on my Zonai stuff here and here, which is basically kinda weaving together ideas for TotK plot/AU.

[nolongerapileofashprobably]

It’s probably not a hot take to say that the past sages are the worst part of Tears of the Kingdom. Not only are they faceless personality voids with the same cutscene 4 times over, but their actual dialogue… hearing it again, I can kind of see why it squeaked some people out.

For starters, all of them say they “served Rauru”, and while that most likely means they served as his generals, some people saw it as them serving him absolutely, and including their races.

All of them also refer to them passing down their stones as the destiny of their races. I think you can kind of see how some people read that as “what, so these other races exist solely to serve Hyrule? R A C I S T ! ! !” Yes?

I don’t think any of this was intentional, mind you; I think it’s just how woefully underwritten they are that made some people think up this weird alternate story.

I definitely think the old sages are the WEAKEST part of the story. They have repetitive cutscenes, with the new sages and with Zelda, and are literally faceless. I do think there was an intentional choice to have their faces covered with masks— something I hope the DLC will cover.

There is a LOT about the Zonai and it’s culture that we still don’t know about, but we do see that the Zonai are considered ‘closer to the Gods’ than even the Hylians. That’s a LOT of unpacked lore. I can’t blame people for wanting to fill in those blanks themselves, but there is simply no evidence to prove anything. We don’t know squat about the Zonai, beyond what Rauru and Mineru show us. The last of their kind, access to secret stones… there is something that happened that wiped out the rest of the Zonai that we do not know anything about.

Passing down the stone is the destiny of the new sages, a responsibility passed on and one accepted by each of the new sages. We know they would have helped Link regardless, but this is a request from Zelda being fulfilled thousands of years later in order to support Link. I definitely think calling that ‘racist’ is simply misinterpreting the story and the intention.

The dialogue itself is pretty reminiscent of the Champions being appointed in the final flashback from The Champion’s ballad, honestly. Serve Hyrule. I think the change to have it be Rauru is because unlike King Rhoam, Rauru was the one facing off against Ganondorf. They would serve him in battle just as soldiers do for their commanders. And he was the commander 🤷‍♀️ I’m not all that bothered by the dialogue choice, but people can do what they want with it

Overall, I truly believe that we will get more answers in the DLC! I hope we will because I understand the focus was on the new sages, but the old ones were important pieces of the story too!

I also truly think a lot of criticism of Rauru and the Zonai is that we DONT have a ton of information about them… but this game was not meant to answer everything. It’s an introduction to a new era of Zelda lore. So while we can create theories and critique the game, there’s a plethora of lore we just don’t have access to yet.

That’s honestly why I haven’t really attempted to delve into Rauru and the Zonai, because canonically speaking we just don’t know much about the culture or their history. And until we do, I’ll remain pretty neutral about it.

[scuotivento]

Rarararara

[momosweetpeach]

Zonai Jelly Sandwich

He's had worse

[zoroshark]

Just wanted to draw Ranran with no shawl, plus some shenanigans.

[puppyeared]

basement guys

[sacredrealm64]

I was literally blown away by Tears of the Kingdom. I've literally never had this feeling for a game since Ocarina of Time. It definitely had exceeded my expectations. Easily Game of the Year. I cannot wait for the Future of Zelda!

[maimoncat]

It's gonna be mostly zelda shitposts on this profile, for now

[cathianemelian]

Tauro hair is down so no one can see his tears of joy

[emily-e-draws]

something something turntables

[pineflowerart]

When the Blood Moon rises, light is swallowed whole.

[russeliarat]

Sneak peek of the Zonai priests! Guess who’s who.

[kamabokobun]

Un-dragons your spirits <3