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Miscellaneous Cryptid au lore bits that are too short/too specific to make it into individual posts!
If you want more information about any of these, feel free to ask! Iâm always willing to ramble about my Little Guys haha!
(In no particular order)
⢠Skyâs wings are too big to fit through doors. He will 100% for sure run into people in a crowded street. Because of this, he stays behind when the others go to villages. This gets incredibly lonely for our friendly little bird boy so eventually itâs decided that someone has to stay with him. This leads to one on one bonding between Sky and everyone in the Chain! (Except Time)
⢠Four can control water, earth, fire, and air, but not particularly well. Jack of all trades is a master of none. That being said, each individual color is a master of their element, so when separated, they are a FORCE to be reconned with. Their diminished power as a whole is a huge source of frustration for them, but I canât let them be too powerful.ďżź
⢠After the (Cryptid) LU adventure is over, Time lives out the rest of what would have been his mortal life with Malon, then he takes care of his children, and his childrenâs children. But eventually heâs just⌠lived too long. His humanity falls away and he becomes more and more of a God and stops interacting with mortals almost entirely. Except when the other Links are born in their own eras, Time looks after them Father Time style and if they fall, he rewinds to before they were injured (their last âsave pointâ) and pushes them to a better path. (Game over. Continue?)
⢠Even if someone is born with the blood of a God, their powers need to be awakened. This usually happens in a moment of desperation. For example, during Timeâs adventures, he meddled with the flow of time so much that it became his dominion. Twilightâs powers awakened when he was like two years old. His parents had been killed by monsters- monsters that were now looking for him. And in his desperation, he looked to a squirrel in the tree above and he copied it. The monsters lost track of him, ignoring the animals of the forest. Time was gifted, well⌠time⌠because against a falling moon, it was his last hope. Twilight was gifted shape shifting because he had no other chance of survival.
^ Hylia doesnât count because she was one of the original Goddesses. Many of the Zeldas, while they do possess the blood of the Goddess, have not had their awakening. Yet.
⢠Warriors will sometimes blurt out random sets of data without being prompted. Heâll ask to run calculations on things that no one has ever asked him to. And while the others might find this confusing, itâs his way of expressing his interests. Of learning more about the things that he likes, of telling people about the things that he likes. This happens rarely, but when it does, Sky drops EVERYTHING to talk with him, so excited to see him opening up.
⢠The Legend of the Godkiller is a very idealized and not very accurate retelling of Skyâs final battle against Demise. It paints him as a very confident, willing knight of the Goddess. Full of righteous anger and absolutely thrumming with power. In the story that Time knows, Sky wasnât even scared. He knew he was capable of killing Demise, and he wasnât even surprised when he was cursed. This is⌠far from the truth.
⢠Yeah, Time knows about Skyâs curse. But whatâs he gonna do? Confront him about it? Tell the others? And risk drawing the wrath of the Godkiller? Absolutely not.
⢠Wild is more sentient than he lets on. He understands more than the others might think. Heâs a little chaos gremlin who gets so easily distracted and acts more like a wild animal than a person, but heâs very smart. He couldnât do long division but he can tell that⌠somethingâs not right with Sky and the Master Sword. The others havenât caught on yet.
⢠Wild KNOWS THINGS. That he SHOULDNâT.
⢠Hyrule is so incredibly timid by nature. Heâs used to being hunted: first as a fairy, sought for his healing magic, and then because of his blood curse, sought by monsters to bring about the revival of Ganon. Because of this, heâs incredibly shy. Until one of his companions gets hurt!! Then heâs ALL BUSINESS and he speaks with the authority that one might expect from a fairy so powerful.
⢠Speaking of that! At first, no one knew he was a fairy! He was afraid that theyâd bottle him (they had other bottled fairies in their pouches when heâd first met the others, so it was justified). He kept up his glamour until he physically couldnât anymore. The others knew he was a magic user- he tended to fight less with a sword and more with his spells and had an affinity for healing, but they didnât know JUST how powerful he was until his glamour fell apart.
⢠Hyruleâs glamour can change the way that people see things, but it cannot change the physical shape of something. (Except himself, because his body is mostly magic anyway). For example, he could hide Fourâs horns, but if you were to touch the top of Fourâs head, youâd still feel them! He can make Wild look like a Hylian, but that doesnât make their antennae go away. This is why Sky canât go into towns: his wings may be invisible, but theyâre still there, they can still feel pain and can still bump into people and walls. So⌠he canât fit, unfortunately.
⢠The best swimmer (aside from Legend, Ravio, and Wind) is Sky. Which is weird, right? One might think that those massive wings would slow him down. But he has the Water Dragonâs Scale! Everyoneâs so surprised when he starts racing people and WINNING. When he jumps out of the water in a spiral spin. Legend can call him a cheater all he wants, but heâll be a hypocrite for it. He canât say anything about using magic items to bolster abilities.
⢠Legend and Wind go from enemies to best friends in the course of like a month. They bond over a war and the ocean, and their connection is strengthened by the conflict that theyâre both familiar with. Honestly a big reason that Legend warms up to Wind is that Ravio is fond of him. Also itâs actually impossible to hate Wind. Also he went to Outset that one time and was ablel to better understand Windâs perspective.
⢠Wind dies a little bit inside every time Aryll or his grandma call themselves a Sea Monster. But he doesnât have the heart to correct them.
⢠Ravio was never really afraid of Wind himself. More so⌠afraid of the monster that he had the potential to be (Ku). When Wind was never corrupted, Ravio had no reason to hate him! So they became friends during the War of Eras.
⢠Ravio joins the Chain very late. But we love him anyway.
⢠Twilight has little nicknames for everyone. If he calls them by their actual name/their title, theyâre in trouble.
⢠Four only splits around Sky, Warriors, Hyrule and Twilight at first. Actually, the first person they split in front of was Sky but that was an accident. Once they determine that itâs safe, they start doing it around the others⌠slowly but surelyâŚ
⢠Post God Reveal, Legend and Four join Sky in the âdistrust Timeâ corner
⢠Time wields Warsâ sword because Wars has deemed him the most powerful. Because of this, Warriors will go with Time when their adventure comes to an end. (This way, neither of them have to face eternity alone).
⢠I know I made a whole big long post about what happens to Mer if they donât soak, but I neglected to say that all that will happen to Aquili too, just to a lesser extent. Wind needs to soak as well, just not as often as Legend and Ravio do.
⢠Mer cannot assume their natural form if they have anything on their legs/feet where their tail would go. Ravioâs⌠not wearing anything under his robes. And Legend⌠isnât wearing anything under his skirt. Being barefoot definitely isnât ideal but itâs better than the alternative: being unable to soak and drying out. Now, they could simply remove their shoes/pants, but theyâre traveling and often in battle and they donât always have the time to shed their clothes. If they need to jump into the water? They jump into the water.
⢠During Legendâs adventures, him being Mer was a secret. (The Zora were already antagonistic- imagine what theyâd do if they knew he was a war mongering Mer!) This is why he needed flippers or a magic item to be able to swim- something on his feet or something magically imbued to keep him from transforming.
⢠For Sky, Link and Aepon are generally completely fused, but there are certain events that can force an imbalance between their influence over him. For example, if heâs hurt and takes a heart potion for healing, the body is healed, his Link half is healed, but is Aepon half is still weakened. The others might notice that he acts differently after taking a potion and he just seems very⌠unwell. Distressed, panicked. But also, he has both Aepon dreams and Link dreams. And depending on their frequency and severity, they can affect how he acts when he wakes, at least until both halves are sufficiently awake.
⢠When Skyâs Aepon half is more dominant, he is actually legitimately a bird. He doesnât speak, he just chirps and squawks and trills like a bird. He looses all sense of personal space. And heâll LOOSE IT if his feathers are touched.
⢠Sky canât see well at night but he has a much greater endurance for looking at bright things.
⢠Hyrule hangs out around Sky as much as he can because Sky canât take heart potions and also his bones are literally hollow and can break a lot easier than the othersâ
⢠Hyrule is a GIFT to this world and I donât draw him enough.
I have a LOT MORE to say about these guys but this is just off the top of my head right now. Also I donât want to spoil story elements! But let me know if you have any questions or want more context! I have short stories written about like half of these.
"Long lost memories are hidden behind his dreams. Memories that part of him wants to bring to the waking world, but sometimes squeeze him too tightly. And while I can't help him remember them, the least I can do is loosen their grip."
Twilight knows Wild's dreams are sometimes troubled. Animals pick up on these things. So on nights when he's awake and he hears the boy whimper, the partial weight of a furry body and a head to pet soothes Wild's scattered soul.
I was inspired by a certain movie scene to draw this a year ago. Twilight is in my opinion the heart of the group. Should another of his kin be suffering, he does anything he can to help. Emotional support wolf included.
Forgive me if the words read a bit odd. Writing isn't my strongest talent and I'm tired.
