i’ve been daydreaming about link redesigns for years but always figured it was too big a project or nobody would want Yet Another Link Redesign but i actually love every link redesign i’ve seen and there have been more and more lately (props you guys they’re all awesome) so here are mine! i have no intentions to turn this into a full AU even if i do have the plot for it kicking around my brain, i just wanted to share my fun character ideas :3
obligatory disclaimer that this is not LinkedUniverse (or linkedmaze, or linkverse, or bonus links, or—) so don’t tag it as such!
it’s called “Linking Adventure” because *cough* maybe it was an adventure but also because the Point of the adventure is to link the three timelines together before the universe disintegrates. fun! this selection of links, then, is all the ones who get recruited for the quest.
here’s how that went down btw:
Hylia/Zelda (“Vega” in this AU): UGGGGH
SkSw Link (“Altair” in this AU): what’s wrong?
Vega: I JUST COMMUNED WITH THE GOLDEN GODDESSES
Altair: oh no
Vega: THEY LET THIS NINE YEAR OLD BREAK THE FABRIC OF REALITY. TWICE
Altair: oh no
Vega: AND NOW THEY’RE TRYING TO FIX IT
Altair: yay?
Vega: BY SMASHING ALL THE REALITIES TOGETHER
Altair: oh dear. where is this?
Vega: in like a buncha millennia
Altair: oH. so wait where will you be you at the time?
Vega: I doN’t KnOW!
Altair: can i help?
Vega: yes please
Altair: cool. how do i do that.
Vega: I’m gonna yell at Nayru and get her to yeet you into the future. there’s three heroes, one in each timeline, whose help you’re gonna need
Altair: nice
Vega: Oh also go grab the Hero of Legend, too. He’s pals with her oracle and will definitely come in handy
Altair: sick
Vega: cool okay so to stabilize the Convergence you’re going to need to find the full Triforce in each era and merge them together—that should hold most of reality together pretty solidly. you’ll need each timeline’s master sword to do that, though, since it’s the only artifact strong enough to withstand that kind of power. Also you can’t bring your own Master Sword because that might break reality. i’m sorry. is that too much? you’ve done so much already, you don’t have to—
Altair: this isn’t like last time, though. i’ve got more experience, there’s no demon king to fight, and you’ll be safe. that’s all that matters.
Vega: thank you. so much.
Altair: just don’t erect any statues in my honor while i’m gone
Vega: no promises!
and then he went and found everyone and they had a little adventure. here’s the gang! (transcriptions and clarifications of the handwritten text under the cut)
And here’s just some concept sketches about how they’d all fit together as a team
transcription:
Favored battle positions (this is really loose)
Wind— ranged support
Altair— taking out main enemy’s weak point
Fire— high damage output
Traveler— distract enemy
Night— misc.
Anyway! don’t expect more content of this! i just don’t have the patience for comics and i wouldn’t want to tell the story any other way.
cool! transcriptions below the cut:
FIRE: “The Big Guns” [LoZ 1 & 2] 19 yo (she/her)
Nicknamed herself for her favorite spell
- uses she/her, don’t question it
- has Down Syndrome & ASD
- is mostly nonverbal - can speak with a stutter but prefers to sign
- if she gets emotional while signing, her hands Will catch fire
- abandoned as a baby and raised by fairies
- insane magical potential
- near-constantly casting life to counteract various health complications
- her favorite spell is fire.
- she did not hide from Ganon’s cult
- fiercely protective & loyal
- is very no-nonsense; to the point
- when she casts fire, the ends of her scarf flare out like fairy wings
- her hands always glow faintly so she can be “heard” in the dark
- solves problems with fire
- prefers to speak with actions over voice or sign
TRAVELER: [aLttP, OoA, OoS, LA, ALBW] 17 yo (he/him)
Nicknamed himself for his passion in life
- LOVES adventuring & traveling
- hates fighting—prefers to avoid/distract enemies
- incredibly fast & agile—attacks by surprise
- the lightning strike just before Koholint made him almost completely deaf
- and gave him arrhythmia (tachycardia)
- gets chest pains/short of breath sometimes
- when he’s backed into a corner, he’ll go feral with his magic rods
- kid’s a walking encyclopedia
- super kindhearted—cannot refuse someone who needs help
- incredibly curious & nosy (if someone needs help, he will find out about it)
- prefers to sign, but can still talk, since he could hear for most his life, but sometimes he’s hard to understand b/c he’s been deaf for a year.
- his eyes are really, REALLY vibrant blue ever since he used the Triforce the second time—they glow faintly in the dark
- somehow more level-headed when in danger than when he’s safe
- he’s like a freaking cockroach he WILL NOT die
- damage reduction items have no effect on pain <3
- pretends Koholint never happened (claims to have only been on 4 adventures)
- ✨avoidance coping✨
(Dialogue Sample): “hey, is this place upsetting you? If it helps, I’ve catalogued 4 separate exit routes and have strategies set up for handling all the monsters we’re likely to encounter here!”
(Outfit Description): he has pegasus boots, the magic cape from aLttP (which turns him invisible and invincible), the Protection Ring from OoA/OoS (which makes him take 1 heart of damage from every attack), the red tunic from ALBW (which reduces damage taken by 75%), and the Heart Ring L-2 from OoA/OoS (which heals him over time)
WIND [WW+PH] 14 yo (he/him)
Nicknamed himself for his position as Wind Waker and his love for the ocean’s breezes
- ADHD (hyperactive) and misophonia
- he will flip out if a noise bothers him too much
- somehow, he always seems upbeat—master of mind over matter
- never loses sight of the big picture
- can be curled up in a ball, crying, hands over his ears, and still say with full certainty that he loves life
- “I’m not okay, but I will be, and that’s enough for me.”
- If he loses hope, the world is literally ending
- Really Freaking Good with a bow and arrow
- his ice, fire, and light arrows are so OP
- uses one of Tetra’s cutlasses ever since he jammed the Master Sword into Ganondorf’s skull
- he’s had a no-killing-humanoids policy since then, too (clarification: he’ll only kill things that burst into purple smoke upon death)
- even though Phantom Hourglass took 10 irl minutes, he counts those months towards his age
- has no items from PH except for the empty hourglass
- the Pirate’s Charm around his neck glows faintly in the dark. members of the Royal Family can speak through it—everyone else can only play the messages he’s recorded on it
- oh yeah, he can record and play audio messages on it
(Dialogue Sample): “how dare you! that’s the same as just giving up!“
(Outfit Description): friendship bracelet Aryll made (a set of 4 for her, Tetra, Wind, and Grandma); bracelet of grass he learned how to weave in the Ocean King’s world; custom made coat a 13th b-day present from Tetra (he’ll grow into it); socks were a gift from Aryll
ALTAIR [SkSw] 22 yo (he/him)
Nicknamed himself for his Loftwing, who he named after the brightest start in Aquila, the eagle constellation
- ADHD (inattentive)
- has prophetic dreams
- Team mom energy
- usually tries to avoid combat—focus on support/defense (clarification: unless he deems it appropriate to draw his sword, in which case, Oh No)
- may or may not be the King of Hyrule
- he is trying to be very diplomatic—likes to talk things out
- loves talking about everyone’s feelings but his own
- he’s the kind of person you grow really close to really fast and tell everything to and then realize several months in that you know NOTHING about him
- kind of under a lot of pressure—acts like it doesn’t affect him so people still feel comfortable coming to him for help
- he’s nominally in charge cuz Hylia sent him to grab the others but he honestly doesn’t care—it’s all Laissez-faire
- unless you make him angry
- it’s very hard to make him angry
- but when he is, he’s like a completely different person—grows completely silent and becomes brutally efficient
- his left eye’s been purple ever since Demise—don’t worry, it’s totally fine and normal for it to be doing that.
NIGHT [TP] 23 yo (she/her)
Nicknamed herself night because night is what comes after the twilight and she felt really lost after the events of TP
- just kind of a girl dw about it
- what happened to her leg? well she HAD it when she fought Ganondorf... idk where it went~ she’s got her knee but nothing below that
- she got that canon repair guy to make her a new leg
- it has a gun in it. it shoots explosive rounds & has 10 shots
- she’s ambidextrous and decided to take full advantage of that by dual wielding blades
- ever since she lost her leg, she had this awesome fighting style where she switches frequently between hylian and wolf, darting around the battlefield on 3 legs before shifting into a hylian in midair, lashing out with both blades, and landing as a wolf. she’s very good at it but after a long battle she’ll be sick for a little while from the magic.
- takes on the leader role determinedly. fiercely protective
- she cares so, so deeply and honestly all the time. it hurts so much but she can’t help it and doesn’t want to. she’ll keep caring even if it kills her.
- has, on some level, lost hope that she’ll ever be happy. Ordon feels intensely wrong, somehow, and she doesn’t know where else to go. everywhere she goes, she feels trapped.
- Midna said “see you later” and then destroyed the portal. Night doesn’t take people at their word. She won’t be vocal about it, but she won’t believe them, either.
- harbors distrust towards Altair but still cares so deeply for him. fully expecting to get backstabbed and that the pain of it will kill her (clarification: this killing is metaphorical)
