Here I’ll share all my ideas for the Four Sages AU I mentioned in my previous posts! It’s a lot so to those curious I hope it’s enjoyable. Huge thanks to @ratiorxtio , @floweredwishess , @omelevateart and @1caru for helping me form all these scenarios! It was so fun to discuss!!! Now without further ado all the thoughts under the cut!
• Shadow lives in a remote town near the Earth Temple, he lived with his parents before they were killed and he was told it was because of fate, that the Goddesses will demanded it. This is where his hate for the gods starts.
• When he goes into the village orphanage he meets Vio, another orphan, and they immediately become close. They become each other’s home, but Shadow’s hatred for the gods only grows when Vio is revealed to be the Earth Sage chosen by the gods. He feels it’s a slap to the face for the gods to stake their claim on someone else he loves.
• Shadow enters the village militia and becomes a swordsman, promising Vio he’ll protect him from any evils when they’re still young. The following years are peaceful, with Shadow helping Vio learn and tend to his sagely duties which include looking after the Earth Temple, blessing the land, etc.
• However all of this shatters as Vio receives word from Princess Zelda that something might be wrong with the temples, so he and Shadow go to take a look but while there Vio is taken by a monster and he summons a fairy to teleport Shadow to safety.
• Shadow is teleported to Hyrule Castle where it’s under attack, and he saves Zelda before she can be kidnapped by the monsters storming the castle. She tells him he must be the hero of destiny, which Shadow outright refuses, he helped but only because she’s the only person who might know what is going on and how he can save Vio.
• Zelda says she respects his decision but they’ll need each other if they want to save those they love. Shadow asks who was taken, and she says a friend of hers, the Wind Sage, was taken mere moments before he arrived, and they can’t fix this if they don’t save all four sages. And so Shadow ends up on a quest to save them all with Zelda’s help.
• They discover that the sages are being trapped in their respective temples and in the surrounding area there’s a natural disaster waiting to happen caused by Ganon that they have to constantly use their power to try and hold back which drains them the longer Shadow and Zelda take to save them.
• Green is in the Tower of Winds which is currently surrounded by storms, and Green is doing his best to keep it contained and away from other parts of Hyrule.
• Red is stuck in the Fire Temple which is inside an active volcano and is trying to keep said volcano from erupting and destroying the surrounding towns.
• Blue is inside the Water Temple which has been frozen over and he’s trying to keep a blizzard from destroying nearby civilizations like Zora’s Domain and such.
• Vio is inside the Earth Temple which is deep underground and he’s trying to keep a devastating earthquake from happening.
• When Shadow and Zelda enter each of the temples they hear the voices of the respective sage that guides them and helps them out when they’re in a pinch, but because their powers are slowly being drained each one takes longer to be able to communicate and help out.
• The order they’re saved in is Green, Red, Blue and Vio. As they’re saved they join the party!
• When they enter the Tower of Winds Green almost immediately talks to them, helping by keeping a wind barrier around the tower so the storm won’t knock them off.
• When they enter the Fire Temple Red takes a bit longer to communicate, but still rather early on, and he helps by turning off fire traps and moving lava away so they can get through certain places.
• When they reach the Water Temple they make it almost half way through before Blue is able to communicate and help out by raising and lowering the water level in places that aren’t frozen over
• Before they can reach the Earth Temple however something happens. Ganon doesn’t like how close they are to rescuing the fourth sage so he springs his plan:
• Ganon separates Shadow from the others, luring him into a trap until he’s surrounded by darkness. Shadow pulls out his sword and tells Ganon to face him, to give Vio back! And Ganon just hums and says he’s an odd hero, unlike all the others before him he can sense darkness in him, are there any dark desires he’s hiding from the others? Something he wants that he can’t say? Shadow tells him to shut up, he doesn’t know anything about him! But Ganon says he does, he can sense it, has seen it.
• Right then Vio appears before Shadow, his eyes a deep wine color, as if his usual lavender has been dipped in red, and Vio smiles and reaches out for him, wrapping his arms around Shadow and holding him close, saying how he’s missed him. Shadow is taken aback by it, the hand not holding his sword wrapping around Vio despite his confusion.
• Ganon laughs, how easy it is to tell that he’s not the hero the Princess and the sages think he is, all he wants is to take his beloved and whisk him away, Hyrule’s fate be damned! Shadow growls and says that’s not true, he– but a hand on his cheek stops him, and he takes his eyes away from the darkness to look at Vio, who’s still smiling, he tells Shadow its ok, all he wants is for them to be together too, he doesn’t have to do all of this, he owes Hyrule nothing.
• Shadow flounders, but he manages to push Vio away and say Vio would never say that, Vio would want him to do the right thing! However from behind him he feels arms wrap around his chest, Vio’s head resting on his shoulder in such an intimate manner that it leaves Shadow breathless.
• Shadow feels cold all over despite how warm Vio’s touch should feel, and a fog settles over his mind. He hears many voices at once, Ganon’s, Vio’s, his parents, Zelda’s, the other sages, and they all tell him to be honest with himself, they’ll listen. And Shadow grits his teeth, because fine he hates the gods! Hates how when his parents died he was always told it was the god’s will and he’d understand one day! And then when he met Vio and finally had someone to trust and love the gods just had to stake their claim on him too just to mock him! Ha hates them!
• Vio’s voice in his ears says that’s right, that’s why he should give up this endeavor, when Ganon rules Hyrule he’ll make sure they’re always together, nothing will ever come between them again. All he needs to do is let go of that sword and Vio is all his, simple right?
• Shadow refuses to however, cutting down the impostor and saying he’ll rescue Vio with his own power, he doesn’t need neither the gods nor Ganon’s help!
• Later on when they finally reach the earth temple it takes until they almost reach the boss chamber before Vio is able to help, using vines to keep them all from falling into a pit and apologizing for not helping out more, he’s running out of power, and that makes Shadow worry.
• However once they defeat the boss they find another surprise waiting for them, with Ganon’s image appearing and saying they’re too late, the Earth Sage has succumbed to his curse. As if to prove his point the temple begins to tremble, and they’re forced to escape before they can properly check if Vio is alive or not.
That’s all folks! Will there be a part 2? I don’t know! But still :D
Soo.. I drew this guy recently (not the image its not mine lmao obviously)- but the only people who've seen the art are on discord... it'd probably be the last lu related post anyone will get outta me shshsh (asides from this one other piece of artwork im still debating on posting)
Anyone ever wonder how Vio sneaks around during recon wearing a bright purple tunic? Well answer us he doesn’t, he has a separate outfit for all those stealth missions! Does this mean he has Sheikah training? Maybe~! đź¤
HUGE thanks to @floweredwishess for designing this outfit, I suck at designing so I was nervous about making one but he came to the rescue and designed this for me! He devoured with this!!!
I’m actually going to update some of the other’s designs in the near future too so look forward to that!
RAAAUGH HE LOOKS SO AMAZING!!! AND YOU'RE WELCOME- He was really fun to design especially since the sheikah gear is always a toughie for me to draw sometimes- but I'm glad I could help out!!!
Here's the design from me incase anyone wished to see!!!
OOOOOH I LOVE THIS??? THIS JS SL FUCKING AMAZING I LOVE SEEING PEOPLE'S OWN ZELDAS AND LINKS AND TIMELINES ITS JUST SO INTERESTING HOW MANY POSSIBILITIES THERE ARE- ✨✨ THE COLORING IS AMAZING LIKE W H A T- MORE PLEASE AND OMFG ARYLL MENTION ARYLL MENTION AAAAAA 🫶 WE LOVE OUR FUCKED UP DOWNFALL TIMELINES-
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