Following the poll Nomad was next, this is one of two OC heroes that I made, originally she was an OC for LU but I decided to add her to this story as I explore my concepts and altered timeline. The other concept included with Nomad is her adopted brother. To help keep things clear Nomad's story was kind of a "What If" scenario of Link from BOTW never waking from the Shrine. I may make an updated map later that will show the changes to the landscape that occurred when the Divine Beasts were left unchecked because there wasn't anyone who was able to board them to stop them.
This is also one of the most fleshed out description/backstory that I've written and I apologize for the large block of text.
After that night Lin's mother grew more serious about teacher her sword fighting, though Lin still preferred using Scimitars that the Gerudo, and her mother, favored. Three years later her mother and father explained the importance of the Master Sword and instructed her to go to new Kakariko and find the Shiekah, specifically the Chieftess Paya or the Head Scientist of the Sheikah Purah.
STARTING THE ADVENTURE
Lin first found the Master Sword when she was 13 while her family caravan were resting for an evening along the creeping Hyrule Forest. At the time Ganon had followed her and been there when she first drew the blade. When they returned to their caravan her mother and father had asked her to store the blade, having heard of it through stories passed around the fire.
Before she leaves, her adopted older brother Ganon decides to come along with her and recieves the Scimitar that their mother used to bring along with them. They travel around the flooded basin and through the collapsed ruins of old Kakariko as they head south-east towards New Kakariko, they pass the scavenged remains of corrupted machines that have been picked for parts while some have reanimated to the point where some fields are hazardous to pass through for fear of crossing paths with the shambling remains.
When she arrives with Ganon at New Kakariko, one of the only remaining stationary settlements, the Sheikah immediately recognize the blade that Lin carries at her back. When she speaks with the Cheiftess Paya she is dismissed as the hero and instead Paya claims that she is a messenger sent by the goddess to deliver the sword to the Hero resting, and her appearance with the sword must be a sign that he is healed and waking.
Upon reaching the Collapsed Plateau, Lin approaches the entrance to where the Hero rests and is faced with and impenetrable wall. While trying to find a way in Lin sees a flash of teal through the corner of her eye and follows it, after some time she comes face to face with a translucent teal specter. Immediately she understands that the Sheikah were wrong and the hero they were waiting for was never going to wake up.
It is on the Platteau where Lin and Ganon meet Zelda, the daughter of the leader of another Caravan who were visiting the Collapsed Plateau. Among her Caravan she was seen as a prophet due to her dreams and she had followed a pull towards the plateau where she found the two siblings.
The Zora had relocated to Shatterback point and what remains of Lulu Lake as their once Divine Beast has flooded the reservoir and and attempts they had made to slow it in the past have been faced with heavy consequences and little success. Lin requires the aid of the King of the Zora, Sidon, to halt the machine in order to board it.
DURING THE ADVENTURE
Lin, teaming up with Ganon and being followed by the spectral form of the fallen hero, follows the lead of the Hero who fell and travels across the collapsed landscape and visits the other races of Hyrule who have been effected by the corrupted machines since they first awakened about 100 years prior. Each machine is controlled by the remains of the fallen champion twisted, corrupted, and fused with the beast that killed them until they are unrecognizable. After each is subdued Ganon had found later on that he is able to remove the corruption but having been corrupted for so long the Champions have little time before they truly pass.
The Goron have relocated to shelted caves that they are able to seal using heavy metal bridges, while the entrance to their new home is naturally sheltered by having the lava flow naturally over it. Lin requires aid from the descendant of the once proud chief Daruk. She find a serious and loyal Goron, Gaburi, who works to divert the flow of the lava away from Hyrule by creating culverts for the lava to flow through.
The Rito have long since left Lake Totori after the corrupted machine of their region had ran into and destroyed their towering home. They've rebuilt between the Hebra and Talonto Peaks and since evolved further for the colder climates of the region, only made colder due to the wind that is kicked up by the machine. When Lin, Ganon and the Fallen hero arrive the Rito push them away and refuse help, believing that their arrival will only make it worse for them. In the end Lin finds a quiet Rito, Ane, who agrees to help her reach the machine.
Upon arriving in the desert there is a huge sandstorm that she and Ganon are only able to traverse with the aid of the Fallen Hero who is not affected by the harsh sand. A Gerudo sentry finds them and immediately tell them to leave the desert and Ganon's presence will only tempt fate, and they can already feel the corruption on him. Lin is allowed access into the new Gerudo Oasis only until she recovers while Ganon is brought to a cell until Lin leaves, so they remain together at least. Lin gains aid from her Aunt, Sinas the Chieftess of the Gerudo, and mother Ganon. The entire time Sinas is cold and uncaring towards Ganon, only helping the two as a favor to who sister who saw something in the child that she had abandoned.
After defeating the calamity the remnants of the fallen Zelda, who had been holding back the Calamity explains to the Fallen Hero, Link, that there is a chance to fix this, undo what was not meant to happen. She reminds Link of a hero from the distant past who was said to have the ability to move forward and backward through time. As a carrier of this previous Hero's spirit it may be possible that he would be able to do the same.
END OF ADVENTURE
In the end the Gerudo were right about feeling corruption on Ganon as every time he cleared the Malice from the champions and the machines he was taking it into himself and when they reach the palace to remove the final piece of corruption Ganon is overwhelmed and controlled. It is with the Zeldas' help, the current Zelda who Lin and Ganon had run into on occasion during their quest, but also the remnants of the Zelda who had remained within the ruins; holding back the Calamity for over 200 years, that Lin was able to recover her brother and remove a majority of the corruption. As a side effect of this though he is permanently marked by the corruption on his face while Lin hold a bit of it as well in her Left arm.
So Lin says goodbye to her silent companion, one who her brother and her Zelda were unable to see as the Fallen Zelda's suggestion seems to work, though in their timeline they have no way of knowing if he fully succeeded.
(If you look back at Hermit under "100 YEARS LATER" the events of Lin's story is the "dream" that Hermit was unable to explain after waking up)