Welcome to Legends Legacy: A Links Meet AU! I wanted to create my own Links Meet AU, and here we are! My non comic accounts are @sailor-of-winds and @the-real-lu-legend
my ask blogs are @asktheheroofmasks and @mystery-and-baby-saja
My profile picture, a picture of Mural, was drawn by my talented friend @licket! Again, thanks!
My background was drawn by yours truly! I had to do it on my phone, and there are some mistakes!
For now, I have barely any way to post my art, because I only have a sketchbook for my art, and no device that I can actually do my art on. Besides my phone. (I drew the cover on a notebook! Working on a new and better one!)
Please don't tag this as LU, because this is my own thing. It is NOT, I repeat, Linked Universe. Do not tag as if it is.
Whats happening in this story? Hylia thought it would be fun, so she sends the Heroes of Hyrule to meet each other! And probably do something saving the Timeline... I haven't figured everything out yet!
For the characters, I will put their hero title, the game or games they are from (Adventures they have been on), and the name I gave them.
Characters under the cut:
Hero of the Sky (Skyward Sword) - Loft
Hero of the Minish/The Minishi Hero (Minish Cap) - Minish
Hero(es) of the Four Sword (Four Swords) - Four (Crimson, Jade, Slate, Lavender [Lav])
Hero of Time and Termina (Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Hyrule Warriors) - Sprite
Hero of Twilight (Twilight Princess, Links Crossbow Training) - Fangs
Hero(es) of the Four Swords (Four Swords Adventures) - Shard (Green, Blue, Violet [Vio], Red)
Hero of the Wind (WInd Waker, Phantom Hourglass, Hyrule Warriors) - Wake
Hero of Spirits (Spirit Tracks, Hyrule Warriors) - Engie
Hero of Legend (A Link to the Past, Oracle of Ages and Seasons, Links Awakening) - Past
Hero(es) of the Triforce (A Link Between Worlds, Triforce Heroes) - Mural (Flare, Tide, Leaf)
The Silent Hero (Echoes of Wisdom, Cadence of Hyrule) - Silent
Hero of Hyrule (Legend of Zelda, Adventure of Link) - Haven
Hero of War (Hyrule Warriors) - Captain
Hero of the Ancient Wilds (Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom) - Ranger
Hero of the Great Calamity (Age of Calamity) - Warden
I hope this turns out amazing, and I hope you enjoy it!
As a small thanks for @licket for their (his? her? their? Idk pronouns and so sorry!!!! So I'ma just use their) picture of my lil boy Mural (meeting their Demo) I drew a similar picture, with my boy Silent!
Or at least I tried too... I attempted it...
Featuring Demo!
Sorry if its A) messy or B) blurry or C) Just a bad drawing.................
:D Here you go!!!!
Again, I'm not that talented at art so........ its an attempt!
MINISH! YOU! Tell me: How weird is it to see Four wielding the Four Sword? Since you forged it, and all? And don't you find it strange that it splits Four into, well, four, but when you used it, it only made copies?
And Wild! Dress up time! Besides the Hero's Clothes that you found at the Giant Goddess Statue in the Forgotten Temple (the Wild Set), what are some more of your favorites?
...and Wild, did you recognize Puppy from anywhere? Your adventure, perhaps?
âI hate that stupid sword⌠it never leaves me alone. But it IS weird how it actually split Four. Is the power evolving? Idkâ
âI really love this outfit too! And⌠uh⌠no. Iâve never seen puppy before. At least I donât think? I have a bad memoryâ
I finally figured out how to draw on my phone (cause that's the only thing I can draw on, besides a sketchbook) and Im here to show you my favorite of my Links!
Mural:
Shard:
and Silent!
Here's my three faves! Tell me how they are!
And yes, Silent went through some changes from when I showed you my cover!
Oh nice!!! :D drawing on your phone is good!! They look so cute, just lil guys!!!
I noticed the slight style change in Wars' scarf (from before you actually started LBL and then where we are currently) and so I was wondering.......
What was the og design for your Links? And then how did it change to how it is right now?
I thought that would be an interesting ask, so here you go!
I hope you ready for a big load of yapping Anon cuz I have many things to say about their older designs đ
So weâll start with Sky!
Old design on the left and new design on the right. He had a cape LU style, baggier clothes, and had the loftwing feather attached to his earring. I have the skyloftians wear their loftwingâs feathers because it lets them feel closer to them when theyâre separated from them on the surface! The thing about this design was that not only was it impractical, but it was also suuuuper annoying to draw and color. Idk if you read the old comic from before but that helped me know that his loftwing feather was driving me insane haha. The cape as well was super annoying and while baggy clothes fits Sky, it didnât seem smart for him to have that. He was also 5â0â because I wanted him to be older than twi but shorter than him. When I redid Lbl I thought about what I hated about his design while drawing it and changed it around
I made him 5â5â so I wouldnât have to make his Zelda super short (sheâs 5â3â) and heâs definitely one of the âtallerâ Links. I put the sailcloth and loftwing feather at his belt so they were out of the way. I also gave him bracers that kept his baggier sleeves out of the way and yeah! Still not the most practical thing ever but this is fiction and idc đIâm a little sad about the loftwing feather tho cuz I always wanted him to have a long feather on his earring since I first designed him but oh well. Itâs for my own sanity haha. I still kept his more âcomfierâ clothes and his lightning scars hehe đ so yeah!
The rest of the ramblings are under here:
Minish also underwent a lot of changes:
Older design on the left and newer one on the right.
The old design not bad but itâs kinda plain to me. Being a blacksmith he has an apron and gloves, and I always imagines mc Link with curly hair. I do love his headband and I think itâs super neat, but thatâs really it. Itâs just plain and when he has no apron itâs even more plain. So I changed it to the newer one!
He still has curly hair and his headband but he has no more apron. His tunic is meant to resemble a Minish but I kept the golden outline for some pizzazz. I gave him back his blue eyes which are very integral to his sprite in mc imo and I changed his nose shape to match his grandpaâs and thatâs probably my favorite change about him. I love his nose very much and it makes him look very unique. I kept his gloves but I also added some iron-toed boots just so metal doesnât break his toes lol. And I always had the square belt buckle on him. Itâs very fun exploring different ways to do that swirly belt buckle! I also made his tunic dark green so itâd look better. Overall I love his newer design!
Old on the left, new on the right. Time didnât change too much but he did enough for me to talk about it! His shirt darkened to match his old tunic, gave him the gauntlets for something interesting to look at, changed his collar shape, and I changed his eye color! This actually happened after I made the newer drawing XD I changed his eye color to match Twiâs :) also I untucked his shirt. Idk why. I thought itâd look better so weâll see lol.
Twi changed a LOT, and by a lot I mean his colors lol. I had a plan where he was going to be pale with dark brown hair to show that he isolated himself and stayed inside after tp, and lbl helped him heal and he was able to look like he went outside again. Buuuuut I changed it for my own sanity cuz that wouldâve been so hard to do well lol. So the newer design has the colors he was going to get in the old lbl. Truthfully the old backstory doesnât fit what I have in mind anymore anyways so it makes sense for him to be tan in the new one. I also added more battle stuff for him including bracers, that sleeve thing, and actual clothes that match ordon lol. I did keep the Ordona symbol tho cuz itâs cool. But yeah, other than that there wasnât too much of a change in his actual clothes! I did give him dimples tho :> you just canât see it
Four changed quiet a bit as well. As least when heâs merged. He used to have armor but I thought giving him a full thing of armor when he was only 14 was kind of odd so I instead took out most of the armor. I also made his colors more neutral cuz I loved the idea that Fourâs colors were more white and brown to show the colors merging. But honestly i donât like the look of it haha đ it makes more sense for all of the colors to be on Four anyways since it resembles the colors never fully merging so honestly I miiiight switch the colors⌠but anyways. I did keep the braid flower thing cuz many liked that as did I, and I changed his eye color to match the actual eye color of the colors. They will change depending on whoâs in control! But yeah, change in colors đ might change it again idk. I just donât like the tan and brown haha.
I went through a whole thing with windy because he was originally gonna be 17 or 18. He was gonna be an adult. But I didnât like that and changed him to being 14! The issue with that tho was that he looked too old in his old design. The blue lobster and coat that resembled Linebeckâs just didnât fit him anymore so I decided to lean more into his green tunic and played with colors to get him his new design! Which I love a lot! Itâs just a little more boyish with nice colors of sea foam green that I like, and it definitely fits his younger aura. That could easily have something to do with how I drew his face tho haha. The old design had the blue lobster cuz thatâs what everyone else was doing and I thought the coat would be a cut homage to Linebeck. Including a gossip stone. Also no boots cuz idk, I like it. Makes it easier on me haha. And his scar is a little less healed in the new design than the old one :) itâs very clear that I decided to do what I wanted to do with his design instead of doing what I thought people wanted, and I love his newer design now. Should be easier to draw too!
Left drawing was the first design of Age, and thereâs some things I do kinda like. For starters the cape is very neat and would definitely mark him as a champion, but thatâs about all I like haha. His short hair is fine but it doesnât make sense for him to cut it, the armored pieces are a pain to draw and the colors were hard to work with. So I got rid of the cape cuz I figured itâd be harder to draw and wasnât super practical, changed the tunic color and his hair color to match canon, and gave him more simple bracers and boots. The thing about Age tho is that I donât like his design. Same issue with Four honestly. Itâs not satisfying and I wish I took the time to play with his design more instead of jumping in, so I might play with his design a bit more, might do something with the cape. But I did add Miphaâs scale to show that theyâre a thing <3 and lastly he used to be 5â5â but I didnât like that so I moved him down to 5â0â. Heâs taller than Wild to show that the shrine of resurrection stunted Wildâs height (but honestly my Age did technically use the shrine of resurrection so) but heâs not absurdly taller than him haha. but yeah, i donât like either of his designs đ
Wildâs overall design didnât change too much cuz I did like the championâs tunic with the Hateno clothes on top of it, but something that I do wish I kept was that his hair canât grow back on some parts of his head, leaving him bald. I might still keep it but itâll be very well hidden under that mane of hair haha. I dropped the braid and let his hair flow beautifully in the wind, and smae with Age, changed the hair and tunic color! I wanted him and Age to both have the championâs tunic so that they know that theyâre technically the same :) luckily Wild has a lot of outfits so I can honestly play with the clothes whenever I want hehe.
And as you mentioned, Wars went through a lot of change too! Just like Wind I played with some ideas for him cuz I wasnât vibing with his design. He and Sky are the only ones I had in the older lbl comic so I was able to know what I did and didnât like about his design! I liked his tunic design for sure, and itâs still there, but the cape was kinda lame to me. It wasnât fancy, had a bad color, and I hated the overall shape. He has his hat here but he was always going to lose it. So keeping everything else I decided to try to explore the scarf again and tried to find a style I liked. I didnât want it to be like the game, and I wanted it to look unique to him, and eventually I settled on the big triangle shaped scarf! Makes him look more dynamic and I changed the colors so theyâd look better, and I do really like his newer design! He didnât go through much change, but it was enough to keep me satisfied! I do wish his Diamond clip was on his back like how it is in the game but oh well, I wanted it to look like some sort of Medal of Honor đ¤ˇââď¸ my beloved
And thatâs about all the big changes! I didnât include everyone cuz they either didnât change much or they didnât have old designs. Like Hyrule did change a bit with his design now having a turtleneck rather than a V-neck, but thatâs about it. I donât think Legendâs design changed at all (I love his design) and Totem and Rift werenât in the older era of lbl :) I do need to draw refs for them tho augh. Spirit too didnât change all that much and I donât have room to include everyone haha. But yeah thatâs what changed about them! I like the changes a lot (kind of) and I hope they wonât kill me when I draw the comic :âD I know wolf Link is giving me grief, mostly his colors.
But yeah, thank you for this ask! I love rambling about this stuff!! XD especially comparing old lbl to new lbl :)
