He who bears the weight of two impossible worlds yet persists. Half specter, half descendant of light itself, this beast is drawn to those who seek salvation and rescue, leading them back from the brink of death and into the arms of safety. Be wary not to earn his ire however, for a terrible fate worse than death awaits you.
In other words, I want to practice more monster design with some familiar faces so here's a hypothetical Prism if Time/OoT Link existed within the world inside my head and haunting my dreams. I majorly tried to focus on giving it a life and death theme since I think that goes hand in hand with the concept of time itself.
Long talk/Ideas under the cut, warning for slight body horror and dark fae topics. (Note: I may add stuff over time, but nothing will be deleted from the list)
Twilight. Wind. Legend. Hyrule. Four. Sky. War. Wild.
Time (Ocarina of Time/Majora’s Mask). Other nicknames: Mask, Sprite, Old man, Pops.
Titles: Hero of Time, Hero of the Kokiri, Hero of Mask, Hero of Termina, The Hero’s Shade. The Changed Kokiri
God who has claim over his soul: Kishin (Fierce Deity)
Part of First’s soul: Thoughtfulness
Note: Also appears in Hyrule Warriors. Is responsive for the first timeline break:
Fallen timeline - never grows when picking up the master sword and ends up dead because the energy of the fight was too much on his body.
Child timeline - Where he went through Oot and was sent back. So, to everyone he just got the gems and as a kid with visions warn of the outcome. (twilight princess)
Adult timeline - this was the timeline where he defeated Ganon as an adult, it was abandoned after (Wind Waker).
History:
Time is not human at all, though he looks like it. He is a Kokiri, a child of the fae and once leaving the forest, he’s considered a changeling. His mother is Navi, though she wasn’t by his side for most of his ‘childhood’ as she was sent on mission by the great deku tree.
Being sent on his adventure after the great Deku tree’s death, he and Navi leave the forest (much to Navi and the other kokiris horror). And start the journey from Oot, the only difference is Time has a full-on panic when he wakes up as an adult, because he knows physically, he’s a kokiri. Even after the events of Oot, he is never fully the same, this isn’t helped when Navi leaves his side for a moment, and he can’t find her. As he goes to find her, he ends up in Termina and ends up in a hellish time loop. Time is unsure how long he was in this loop, so his age mentally is completely unknown. Eventually he succeeds, however he doesn’t get time to rest as he is immediately sent to the Era of War (Hyrule Warriors), with skull kid and others. He ends up growing close to the Link from that era and he learns a lot about him before he is sent back. He never goes back to the Kokiri forest, for fear he wasn’t Kokiri anymore and the lost woods would transform him.
After being sent back to his time, he ends up living at Lon Lon Ranch, going on small adventures before marrying Malon.
His death: Time is sent somewhere for a war and ends up wounded in the lost woods. He’s injured with a metal mix that is poisonous to kokiri . Knowing what awaits him, Time holds onto his regret, which would keep him as a ghost on the world. The biggest regret was leaving behind someone he was protecting, never fulfilling the promise to see him again.
Interest stuff/Head canons:
Kokiri's are children of Fae who have yet to decide what they want to be, they are adaptable to everything, hence why they mainly take on human children or little tree children.
The sharp teeth, claws and inhuman eyes are typically just a defense to keep humans away, the biggest difference being their blood and tears proving they are not human.
Time’s teeth and nails are still sharp, he just actively keep them trimmed or filed down so others won’t freak out
Typically, the guardian fairies are the ones to protect the kokiris however they can use their teeth and claws if needed.
Although It’s discouraged for any Kokiri to experience or cause harm from the old saying ‘not to spill blood in the forest, as the tree will remember and crave it’, and blood and flesh will have to become a part of diet to grow up healthy (so Time eats a lot more meat then most).
Time was very much afraid of dying from leaving the forest, he was reassured that having the gem and his mother would keep him alive and healthy. It’s why he hunts for Navi so much after Oot, and later so heavily used to Fierce deity mask in HW. He now knows he doesn’t need it (the mark FD gave him is enough), but he still wears the gem as comfort.
He still hopes to see Navi one day, maybe just for comfort.
Because of his Kokiri/Fae nature and his ability to adapt, he took on aspects from each of the transformation masks, most are hidden from sight.
The Deku scrub has left Time’s insides to be a network of roots and vines rather than veins, this does allow him to heal faster. The Goron has transformed his bones to rock, as well as the heat not affecting him, he could stick his hand in lava if the vines didn’t scream in pain. Zora already improved his musical ability (fae song) but also has added scales and the ability to breathe underwater. The FD has added his height, the marking that married his face and eye as well as his unnerving and unreadable magic signature.
However Time does his best to hide his inhuman features, it’s why he doesn’t take off his bottom layer of clothes. Only the FD mark can be seen.
Time's blind eye acts like the lens of truth times 100, however he keeps it close because of the information overload.
Time loves Malon, and always dreams of having a family with her, but he always fears what his inhuman genes might do to the kid. Twilight, who shares so many traits with him and Malon, eases these worries.
He is very experienced and physically is the oldest.
However, he does just enough odd stuff that the closer you look at him and his behavior, the more you're on edge.
He can speak Hylian, Zora, Goron and Deku really well, but all sound very stiff and formal. Fae is the only one he speaks naturally though it's been getting rusty as he mostly speaks Hylian.
He still has a lot of childlike mischief still left, so he not above pulling pranks, but mainly harmless ones considering he’s the voice of reason.
Time's favorite food are sweet treats. He has stolen many cookies.
He still has all his masks, and while he does show them to the group. The transformation mask never leaves his bag. Despite the FD mask being the only one with a soul left, it feels off to let anyone mess with the Goron, Deku or Zora.
Time’s eye glows in darkness.
He gave himself the scar over his eye.
He has a tattoo on his shoulder from the Goron’s back home. It’s just never seen sense he doesn’t take off his shirt.
Because of Termina, Time can keep time down to the second, day and night.
you know when you get an adrenaline rush and you feel exhausted and weak afterwards? yeah, that. no matter what, the FD mask gives that as a base effect after its taken off :))
“What did I just do….” Despite the song being one of healing and kindness. The youngest hero could feel a seal being broken.
In the dark coldness of the ruins where moblins slept, the ground started to shift, and crack. With a burst of toxic light erupting forth, and what was once a hand pulling its body out....
Guess who commissioned their bestest best Bestie for a comic cover of there long, on going fic....THIS GIRL! Hehehe
Anyways the the art is done by the wonderful @socksandbuttons
Please if you like this art consider commissioning her!
Link to her commission page Here!
Trust me when I tell you, you will not be disappointed! She's just that good!
If you are interested in the fic! Here is the Link (haha) to it.
Title: Song of
Author: Me!
Chapters: 9 (and on going)
i think it would be really funny if time was a lot younger then they think, like instead of 50s/60s (like joked) he was closer to.. 20s..? i remember seeing a headcannon that both him and Malon tried to count his age and stopped because their heads hurt, so there’s a good possibility no one knows how old Time is.. hm.
Time: Hey, what do you call it when you run into issues while trying to carve a tiny piece of wood?
Sky: ?? I don't call it anything?? I've only ever carved bigg—
Time: A whittle problem
