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Here’s a bit of an intro to the Links in this au!!

Feel free to shoot me an ask if you have any questions or wanna know more about any of them :)

Warriors (Hero of Warriors)

- He/Him, Asexual Biromantic

- 27 years old

- Games: Hyrule Warriors

- Good friends with his Zelda

- Not a real blond, dyes his hair regularly to keep up the appearance that he is. He has no one fooled

- Absolutely fantastic at doing eyeliner, everyone’s jealous

- Knows Mask and Tune from the War of Eras

- Natural born leader, acts a bit over the top to cover up insecurities

- Bad food anxiety from being poisoned a lot but he’s doing his best

Tears (Hero of the Wild)

- He/They, Bisexual

- 24 years old (124 years old)

- Games: Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom

- Married to their Zelda (recently)

- Rebuilding Hyrule slowly after everything that’s happened

- Missing an arm, wears a prosthetic. Has startled several of the others by just removing it at random because they forget it’s a prosthetic sometimes

- Very friendly, selectively mute so they use sign to talk sometimes

Wolf/Twilight (Hero of Twilight)

- Currently stuck in wolf form so Tears just calls him Wolf because no one knows he’s a hylian, they just think he’s a really odd wolf. Will eventually be called Twilight once he can turn back into a hylian

- He/Him, Bisexual

- 24 years old

- Games: Twilight Princess

- Assisted Tears on their first journey when Tears was 17-18 and Wolf/Twilight was 23. He has been stuck as a wolf ever since

- Lives with Rusl and Uli, but has been missing for a whole year

- Quiet and anxious, incredibly loyal

Sky (Hero of the Skies)

- He/Him, Bisexual

- 22 years old

- Games: Skyward Sword

- Chronic pain, lightning scars (look up lichtenberg figure), tattoo of wings that wrap around his wrist in honor of his loftwing

- Plays his harp as a way to relax

- Very friendly and talkative. Good person to go to if you need a chat

Tune (Hero of the Winds)

- He/Him, Pansexual

- 19 years old

- Games: Wind Waker, Phantom Hourglass

- Didn’t loose his eye, he just wears and eyepatch “for the aesthetic” (that’s his answer when people ask him why he wears it) but also so one of his eyes is always adjusted to being able to see in the dark so if he has to go below deck quickly for an emergency one of his eyes is well adjusted and he isn’t disoriented. His right eye is also extremely sensitive to light and the patch protects it

- Wears dark eyeliner under his eyes

- Curly, shoulder length hair that he ties up and has several small braids weaved into

- Knows Warriors and Mask from the War of Eras

- Very talkative, misses his boat

Hyrule (Hero of Hyrule)

- He/Him, Aro/Ace

- 18 years old

- Games: The Legend of Zelda, Adventure of Link

- Pretends to be a lot more shy and quiet than he really is

- Loves people but is very cautious around them

- Looks a bit frail because his clothes are a bit big for him, but is actually quite strong. He is not someone who should be underestimated

Past (Hero of Legend?)

- He/They, Pansexual

- 18 years old

- Games: A Link to the Past, A Link Between Worlds, Link’s Awakening, Edit: And the Oracles games

- Dyed Pink hair, has the longest hair of the whole group

- Happily lives with Ravio

- Loves apples

- Has a rabbit form he can shift into to squeeze into tight spaces

- Friendly but cautious, isn’t the most trusting

Calamity (Hero of the Calamity)

- He/Him/They/Them (usually prefers He/Him), Bisexual

- 18 years old

- Game: Age of Calamity

- Mute, doesn’t speak at all, only uses sign

- Doesn’t trust Tears at all, in fact at first Tears makes him extremely uncomfortable. Calamity makes Tears sad because they’re reminded of all the trauma the both of them went through, but Tears recognizes they’re two different people

- Looks up to Warriors a lot

- Very facially expressive

Mask (Hero of Time Masks)

- He/Him, Bisexual

- 17 years old (physically)

- Games: Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask

- Refuses to tell anyone his mental age, that’s between him and Hylia

- No one knows he is the Hero of Time, he’s scared to admit it because the others hold the Hero of Time up on a pedestal and he’s scared they’ll be disappointed to realize it’s him

- Has the Fierce Deity markings on one side of his face and one of his eyes is completely white but he can see out of both of them.

- Shy, quiet, reserved and mistrustful. Extreme abandonment issues have left him to expect everyone will leave. He only trusts Warriors and Tune, it takes him quite a long time to warm up to the others

Spirit (Spirit Tracks Link)

- He/Him, bisexual

- 16 years old

- Games: Spirit Tracks

- Friend of the birds

- Sees spirits and talks with them occasionally

- Absolute gremlin

Minish (Hero of the Four Sword)

- He/Him, straight

- 15 years old

- Games: Four Swords, Minish Cap

- Selectively mute, uses sign sometimes to communicate

- Very sweet, a little shy at first but quickly warms up to the others

- Misses his grandpa very much

- He and his Zelda are childhood friends

[crazylittlejester]

my notes app is such a Place.

[carelessapples]

even more links! ty @linked-through-the-centuries for letting me draw the blorbos again <3

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Link to the Cast #112: Diddy Kong Racing

Link to the Cast #112: Diddy Kong Racing

All death metal, all the time. Time for more LTTC!

*Just what is Pokemon Quest?

*Oh no, it’s time to talk about a David Cage game.

*John Bain dead at 33.

*Wolf Among Us Season 2 delayed till 2019.

*Mega Man 11 gets an official release!

https://soundcloud.com/link-to-the-cast/link-to-the-cast-112-diddy-kong-racing

Finally, for our Book Club feature this week, we’re going back to the safe, warm,…

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LTTC Links as Things Me and My Friends Have Said Part 2:

Warriors: I hit my damn head on the wall, the cold kiss of death cannot come soon enough to soothe the pain of this unforeseen tragedy

Sky: Would patting you on the shoulder help?

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Tune, about Wolf: Ooh he takes two steps at a time like a big boy!

Wolf: *happily prancing about*

Tears: He’s EPIC

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Mask, to Warriors: You're always in your ‘twink era’ bro, that's a lifestyle at this point

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Minish: Boys arent cute, they look like rats and different breeds of dinosaurs

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Hyrule: OH MY GOD I ATE A PIECE OF MY FORK

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I mentioned on a previous post that the Links first find themselves in groups before the come together as a whole, so here are those groups:

1. Warriors & Mask

They find each other in the forest and are very happy to see each other. For Mask it’s been 4 and a half years since the end of the War of Eras, for Warriors it’s been 7. They’re confused as to why they’ve been brought to this forest neither of them recognize but they work well together because they know each other

2. Tears & Wolf/Twilight

They run into each other immediately in the desert, and are very excited to be reunited. Tears still has no idea their best friend and companion is more than just a wolf, and Wolf is happy because if Tears is here, maybe they can help him find the master sword and turn him hylian again

3. Tune & Minish & Spirit

They meet up on an empty plain, it’s easy to spot each other with no trees around for cover. Minish is incredibly wary of Spirit and Tune at first, but they warm up to each other and get along quite well. Minish and Spirit remind Tune of Mask a little bit because Minish is a bit wild under all that shyness, and Spirit is plain wild. They have their bumps, like Tune forgetting Minish doesn’t speak with his voice at all (at first) and Minish getting overwhelmed by how loud Tune is, but ultimately they’re a good trio

4. Past & Sky

They run into each other in the mountains, Sky is used to the colder climate because Skyloft, high up as it is, is quite cold. Past on the other hand is wearing shorts, so ends up getting quite cold, and Sky offers him some warmer layers. They’re both rather friendly and get along well, although Past is a bit wary of Sky. Sky definitely trusts Past more than Past trusts Sky at first, but they become quite close before they end up running into the other groups

5. Calamity & Hyrule

Calamity is extremely mistrustful and wary, he’s friendly and kind, but he’s in an unfamiliar place and he’s scared, so he’s constantly on edge. With Hyrule being as non-threatening looking as he is, Calamity is able to relax around him eventually and the two become close friends. They both like to wander and explore, and they initially meet up in the ruins of an old town, but travel a lot, and are the first pair to run into another group: Past & Sky. Calamity and Hyrule work well together because even though Calamity only signs, he does not speak at all, Hyrule is incredibly patient with him and makes sure they walk side by side so if Calamity has something to say, it’s easy for Hyrule to notice. Even after they join with everyone and meet all the others, these two remain close

If you have any questions just shoot me an ask!! I love to get them, and I don’t know what kind of information you guys want about my versions of the Links, so ask and you shall receive

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I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this at all yet, but the story begins with the Links finding themselves in an unfamiliar place (which is a sort of ‘in between era’ that is as vast as the BOTW map, the era is quite large). It’s morning when they all wake up alone in different parts of the land, even though none of them remember going to bed the night before, and most of the supplies they’d had just they day before are gone. Everyone is allowed ‘one’ item, so here is the list of what everyone has to start off with:

Warriors: All 8 knives he keeps hidden on his body at any given time. He is never without them and whatever brought him here didn’t dare take those from him. He is however missing his sword and fire rod and everything else, but he was allowed his 8 small knives. They’re counted as one weapon

Tears: They got extremely lucky and have their entire slate with their full inventory. Their ‘one item’ is quite a lot of things all packed in one slate

Wolf/Twilight: Nothing technically, his crystal is the one thing he was allowed but it’s already in use so all he has is his wolf form

Sky: Goddess harp. Not the most useful thing in a fight, but it brings him comfort and he’s resourceful enough, he’ll find something

Tune: The Wind Waker

Hyrule: The white sword

Past: His staff that he uses both as a mobility aid on bad pain days, but also as something to hit people with ans something to ‘channel his magic’ (which is more of a mental hurdle. He doesn’t actually need the staff to do magic but he feels better if he has it). It’s incredibly durable and very ornate

Calamity: Royal Bow [Edited 4/3/24]

Mask: His plus one is technically the Fierce Diety, but he has basically nothing because the deity is oddly silent and Mask can’t seem to draw on his power at all (there’s a post titled ‘Fun Facts About Mask’ on my page that goes more in depth about how his situation with the deity works)

Spirit: Lokomo Sword

Minish: The Four Sword

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to send an ask!! I’m working on writing the first few chapters and I really hope to post them soon :)

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GREETINGS, I have the first chapter!!

I hope you guys enjoy!! If you have questions feel free to drop an ask in the box :)

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do you have any specific design choices in mind in order to distinguish between the different links?

I DO I DO, I’m just an awful artist so I can’t like… fully sketch out what I have in my brain but I can do my best to describe it!

Warriors: Would he even be HW Link without that damn scarf- It’s a staple part of who he is at this point, and it was a gift so of course he always has it. I haven’t done much to change what he wears, it’s very similar to the green tunic he wears in game, just with a lower cut V neck and the fabric of it reaches his knees. He has a few more “professional” looking outfits, he likes to dress nice and look presentable. Also I have designed him better boots because drawing his canon boots killed me. He doesn’t wear the blue earrings he did in game, he’s switched them out for gold ones

Tears: This guy’s wardrobe would have Warriors on the ground sobbing if the good captain ever caught the full extent of it. Tears likes to mix it up, wear new outfits, their favorite is the Frostbite Armor tunic with the strappy sandals you get at the beginning of totk, and he likes doing his hair nice, but that’s not always practical, so they have the hylian trousers and champion’s tunic that they wear most of the time. He also has multiple piercings, so they can wear more of their charmed earrings at once

Wolf/Twilight: Well right now he’s stuck as a wolf, but if he weren’t, he’d wear his Ordonian clothes. They’re comfortable for him, and they remind them of home (he really misses his family). He does still have his green tunic which is more comfortable to wear armor with, but again, he is stuck rn as a wolf so clothes are the least of his concerns. Tears saw he had pierced ears and gave him small earrings with guardian resistance

Sky: I’ve definitely redesigned his outfit in my mind quite a bit. I imagine he’s very attached to his green tunic, but I think he’d wear the red piece of his “casual clothes” (i don’t know what it’s called) over that. The sail cloth is wrapped around him kinda like a shawl. He has feather earrings from his loft wing, and he wears his blue earrings right above them (so he has two holes in each ear). Sky also has a tattoo that wraps around his right wrist (his sword arm), and it’s his loftwing’s wings

Tune: Another one I’ve redesigned a bit. He wears a loose fitting dark green tunic that he leaves incredibly loose around the neck, tucked into pants and belted. (Think William Turner from pirates of the Caribbean. There’s one specific outfit of his I’m thinking of, with the dark red shirt from I wanna say the third movie). He wears an eyepatch, and his hair is quite long and very curly, but he ties it up and out of his face. His hair also has several braids woven into it. He has a lot of piercings, several in his ears and an eyebrow piercing

Hyrule: Very similar to his in game design, simple green tunic with brown sleeves and brown pants. He doesn’t have much, but he likes his clothes. They’re a bit worn, so they have patches and places where embroidery covers small holes, and at this point he could afford to buy new clothes but he’s sentimental. Wears small gold hoops in his ears as a last resort to sell if he really runs out of rupees (it has never come to that)

Past: They have very long, bright pink hair that they sometimes tie up, but a lot of the time is just loosely braided to keep it out of their face. Down, it reaches just past his collar bones. He has a long green tunic that’s kind of dress-like, belted with a flashy belt, and wears shorts under it and then boots. The fabric of the tunic is a bit flowy like a dress as well, and Past has embroidered little patterns and flowers along the bottom hem. They got bored one day. They have a lot of earrings and necklaces, they like shiny things, and have a staff they claim is used to channel magic but really is just a fancy walking aid (he doesn’t need the staff to do anything magic related. It’s literally just cool to them and it also helps them walk when they need it)

Calamity: Champions tunic or full on soldier gear. He hasn’t learned to relax much, he’s always a bit stressed and he dresses to impress and to look “official”

Mask: He’s another one I took creative liberties with. He wears incredibly casual clothes, mainly a plain white linen shirt belted over plain brown pants, because he doesn’t want to be associated with the Hero of Time (which is he, he just won’t tell the others that) and he doesn’t own a whole lot of clothes. His hair is shoulder length and cut a bit choppily (he did it himself), and sometimes he pulls it back. He has simple but pretty blue earrings, which were a gift from Warriors for one of his birthdays during the war

Spirit: He wears his engineer’s clothes, they are usually covered in dirt or coal

Minish: He wears something VERY similar to his in game design, except I’ve also given him a small, darker green cape. He gets cold a lot, and he often wraps it tight around himself. He’ll also put the hood up sometimes to try to remind himself of Ezlo

One day I’ll have to get over my inability to draw and sketch these out, but for now I hope this works!! None of them wear the hats, those were just things they had for their adventures :)

If you have any more questions please ask them!! I would love to talk more about these guys I just literally don’t know what to say

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Wokf

Hes going through it

OMG HE! Wolf whenever someone does something unbearably stupid but he cannot stop them because he cannot speak

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I wanna talk about the crazy relationship that Mask and Twilight/Wolf have in my au

So once everyone meets up and all ten of them are in the same place, Twilight realizes fairly quickly that Mask is the Hero’s Shade and therefore the Hero of Time. He knows this kid is his ancestor, but he’s unable to say anything about it because he’s stuck as a wolf. When the group sets off looking for the Hero of Time, Twilight gets very frustrated both at the circumstances he’s found himself in, but also at Mask because the kid is staying quiet while everyone goes looking for “Time”.

Everyone thinks Wolf is just a very intelligent, odd animal. He has some eerily hylian qualities to him, but the others do not know Wolf is an actual person, and most of them just kind of brush it off as maybe some spirit creature or divine beast of sorts. Calamity and Mask are the only ones who seriously distrust Wolf in the beginning, Calamity because he’s cautious of everything, and Mask because the second they start looking for the Hero of Time, the wolf starts glaring at him and being passive aggressive and Mask is very confused. Mask is the first person to realize that Wolf isn’t just a smart animal, he’s a hylian in a different form. They both know each other’s biggest secrets, but neither of them are in a position to tell. Wolf physically can’t, he can’t talk, and if Mask reveals Twilight, Twilight will rat him out as the Hero of Time once he’s hylian again

They act a bit petty towards each other but eventually become quite close (though no where near as close as Tears and Wolf). It’s a relationship none of the others understand, because the standoffish teenager and the group wolf started acting much differently towards each other overnight when previously they didn’t like each other

If you have any questions please ask! :)

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How are Wolf and Mask petty with each other?

I can see Wolf running between his legs to make Mask fall or laying on top of him, but how would Mask retaliate?

Wolf will sprint at the back of Mask’s legs and knock him down, and he’ll get away with it because “he’s just a dog, it was an accident”, and Mask will get so mad at him that he’ll retaliate by flopping on top of him, which turns into a wrestling match that ends one of two ways: Mask’s neck in Wolf’s jaws (Wolf has no intention of hurting him), or Mask’s arm around Wolf’s neck (they’re just playing around)

They will full on attack each other and violently play fight and it looks like a whole wrestling match. Think Flynn Rider and the horse from Tangled, that’s these two. It looks more aggressive than it really is

Wolf will also hide Mask’s boots, and Mask will tattle on him and tell Tears, who will then scold Wolf like how you scold a dog who’s taken your shoe hostage, and Wolf actually feels bad because Tears is his best friend and he will do the best he can to apologize to Tears. And then find a way to knock Mask over or shove him into a tree, or trip the kid at an embarrassing time

(Mask being the only one who knows Wolf is hylian is a relief for Twilight but also a curse)

Wolf also talks like a Husky, so he’s quite sassy, dramatic, and ridiculous with his howls, and Mask will mock him by howling right back. So Wolf will stomp on his feet. He knows this kid is his ancestor and he’s unafraid to be petty if Mask is a little shit to him

It’s all fun and games, and they do know when it’s time to stop. When Mask is genuinely upset or overstimulated, Wolf will come sit by him and let the kid run his hands through his fur to calm down, or lay on him like a weighted blanket, and if Wolf ever growls at him Mask knows he went to far and it’s time to genuinely apologize. They don’t mean to actually hurt each other, physically or emotionally. When Wolf eventually gets his hylian form back, they really become good friends

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I’m working on more fun facts posts for the sillies! (Mask, Wars, and Sky are excluded from this because I already did posts for them)

If you have specific questions about any of them feel free to just ask, the ask box is always open :)

[crazylittlejester]

I was telling my friend about some of my character designs for LTTC, mainly the designs for Twilight, and I mentioned how even in Hylian form he has extremely pointy teeth. Like shockingly pointy teeth, and it definitely startled some of the others at first

And my friend just goes, “He’s definitely accidentally bitten his tongue many times and I know it hurt like hell”, and yeah 😔 yeah he has

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For the ask questions - which of the Links is the most responsible?

And a second question: What do they prioritize more as people - their duty and most pressing issues (main quests) or helping everyone and also taking their time solving small problems (side quests)?

I hope I've written it in a way that makes sense lol sorry if not

For most responsible it’s a tie between Twilight/Wolf and Warriors, they both have their flaws but those two are what make the group stick together. Warriors is the negotiator and peace keeper as well as their planner, and everyone looks to him as the leader since he’s the oldest, and Twilight/Wolf keeps track of him and kind of herds the others. The group would not be functional as a GROUP without one of them

For your second question (I hope I answered this well 😭):

Warriors: He feels horribly guilty if he cannot save everyone. When the War or Eras took them to villages that were being destroyed and if he had to choose between helping fight back the monsters, actively driving the enemy out and helping an injured civilian get to safety first, he would pick the civilian every time. He’s a defender of the defenseless, and while it hurts him to know he’s not helping his men fight by taking a minute to help a civilian get to a safe place, he knows that person would have died if he hadn’t helped. He’ll take the ‘side quest’ every time (he views it as his responsibility since he fully believes the war is 100% his fault and he takes the blame for everything)

Tears: They’re so side quest oriented because they get distracted a lot and desperately want to help. Like yes they will absolutely help a korok find its friend, or they’ll gather 20 baked apples for you. The main objective is incredibly important to him, but Tears loves showing people acts of kindness and lending a helping hand when they can

Twilight: The main objective is his biggest priority and it’s the biggest thing on his mind, however he will stop and help if he’s able to. He’s more oriented towards the end goal, but he loves to help and is more than willing to lend a hand

Sky: His priority is everyone and that’s part of why he gets overwhelmed easily. He gets frustrated with himself when he feels like he’s failing or falling behind in his quest but he always has to stop and help, even if it means he doesn’t have as much energy to dedicate to his main quest

Tune: He laser focuses in on the main objective and it becomes his top priority. He will stop and help people, but he will not REST until his main objective is achieved

Past: They stop to help everyone they can, they’re very side quest oriented. The main objective is incredibly important to them, of course it is, but they are physically incapable of refusing a side quest or helping someone who needs it

Hyrule: He lives for the side quests, he lives for the little treats and the trill of completing little goals. Like yes, defeating Ganon is the most important thing, but he’s a little guy and he likes to run around (I don’t think there are a lot of side quests in his games that I remember, but he would love them)

Calamity: He prioritizes his duty as a knight and his responsibility to the kingdom over anything else because he’s pretty much completely lost himself and doesn’t know what he wants for him anymore. He will still help people, but his main priority is stopping the calamity and saving the kingdom as a whole

Mask: A lot of the others are some mix of both but Mask is TRULY the middle ground. He has an incredibly strong sense of justice, and he does whatever he thinks is most right in the moment. If that means helping someone with a side quest, he’ll do it, but if that means skipping a side quest to focus on the main objective, he’ll politely decline and come back to the side quest at a later time

Minish: He’s INCREDIBLY side quest oriented, he lives for the trinkets (the kinstones were soooo good for him). He’s still working towards the main goal, and that’s very important to him also, but he takes time to frolic. His priority is helping people and being kind

[crazylittlejester]

“but Jesse!! Jesse you’re the Wars guy!! doesnt that mean Warriors will be the one to have a miserable awful time in your au??”

all i’m saying is Wolf is gonna need y’all’s thoughts and prayers- poor guy did NOTHING to deserve this

spoiler alert: They BOTH have a miserable awful time :3