#osfala

[shadow-cat-gremlin]

Everytime. Every god damned time I look at this guy my mind just keeps yelling: "God he's such a twink!!!!"

And I showed a friend of mine this image and they immediately went: 'Oh he's ✨gay✨!"

LIKE YES

NINTENDO WHAT WERE YOU THINKING WHEN MAKING HIM

[sisters-sideblog]

Some concept sketches for a few of the other Mer in Link's new pod!

Gully = Kelp Greenling Osfala = Opah or Moonfish the Witch = Anglerfish Zelda = Eel/dragon Irene = Pinnate batfish (juvenile form) Seres = Blue Whale Rosso = Copper Rockfish

I tried to stick to mostly cold water fish. Link and Irene are roughly the same size, for scale. (Though Zelda should really be even bigger.)

[hoodie-prince-kid-archived]

Osfala board (with implied hcs) because uhhhh yea :) click for quality, simpler versions under cut!

[hoodie-prince-kid-archived]

Ok uhhh its been hours i think i need to ask chat for help with this one

Can anyone help me find a specific fanart of Osfala? It's a semi-realism kind of anime pretty boy style, if I remember correctly his nose is drawn differently. It's a bust either profile or three-quarter facing the left, his hair is very well-detailed and tied in a larger bun than the base design. The outfit he's wearing is different, it's still blue and green but it shows his shoulders and includes gold jewelery, I don't remember how high the collar was. Last i checked the image source was a roleplay book on wattpad, but that was a good while ago, and now i cant find the image anywhere when i search. Can anybody help a guy out? /nf

[call-me-noa]

Until and unless Age of Calamity proves me wrong, I like to imagine Kass’s teacher was a reincarnation of Osfala from A Link Between Worlds. They both:

Were Sheikah (Osfala isn’t explicitly called one but he has white hair and is from Kakariko)

Had a crush on Zelda

Saw Link as a rival

[theforgxttenshade]

“Check out this neat sandrod I got! Don’t know what I’m going to do with it considering there’s no sand in the eastern temple, but it’ll make me invincible. I’m sure of it!”

I’m disappointed that there’s barely any appreciation for this dumbass sage man. He’s great.

[pocketseizure]

Sand Rod

What does it take to become a hero worthy of wielding the Master Sword? Osfala knew all the legends by heart, and he was more than ready to embark on a proper quest when the moment finally came for him to meet his destiny. (Also on AO3.)

…………

Osfala was born to be a hero. When he was a child, his mother told him tales of the noble deeds of the Seven Sages, and she made no secret of the fact that he was a direct descendant of a sage himself. As she shared the storied history of their family, she assured him that there was no reason he wouldn’t enjoy a peaceful life, but Osfala knew he was destined for greater things.

Osfala’s first test of courage was to descend into the darkness of the dried-up well by the woods. He crawled through the secret tunnel at the bottom of the stone-lined shaft on his hands and knees before emerging into the small cave that served as a communal storage space for the village. When he bragged about this to the other children, however, he learned that this tunnel wasn’t “secret” at all and had been abandoned by them a few months prior in favor of a less worm-infested hideout.

Osfala therefore decided to challenge himself by exploring the forest. He remembered having once heard a story about a magical sword that lay sleeping in a hidden clearing, and he resolved to find it for himself. He had the blood of a legendary sage in his veins, and the sword was obviously meant to be drawn by his hands; he knew his heart would surely open a path to the sacred grove where it waited for him.

The old woman who managed the potion shop at the mouth of the river returned Osfala to the village the next day. She’d been gathering mushrooms in the woods when she heard him crying inside the hollow trunk of a fallen tree, hungry and frightened.

Perhaps he wasn’t meant to be a hero just yet, Osfala reasoned. Nevertheless, once his parents were willing to let him out on his own again, he approached the village elder Sahasrahla and begged the old man to take him on as an apprentice. Sahasrahla more than likely agreed as a favor to Osfala’s parents, but the boy was serious about his studies and soon came to know more about the ancient Sealing War than anyone save the elder himself.

Osfala waited for a dark interloper to appear at the castle, a mysterious stranger who would bend the royal family to his sinister will. The young princess was untroubled by ill omens, however, and her advisors helped her manage the kingdom with as much grace and wisdom as a child of her age could possibly possess. Osfala had once been impatient for evil to rear its snarling head, but he found that peace troubled him less as he grew older. Nevertheless, he remained vigilant.

When the castle was suddenly enveloped in a malevolent aura and the priest’s daughter disappeared into thin air, no one responded with more celerity than Osfala. He knew that three tokens of bravery were necessary to wake the Master Sword, and he knew exactly where to find them.

On his way to the old Eastern Palace, he happened to take shelter from a passing storm at the residence of a merchant who had set up shop on the outskirts of the castle. The man hid his face under a thick hood, but he was more than willing to show Osfala a magical artifact he had acquired on his travels. The wand, which the cloaked merchant told him could manipulate sand, would most certainly come in handy in the desert ruins. Osfala knew the hero’s legend better than anyone, however, and he knew that everything had its proper order.

Osfala was more than happy to take the wand from the merchant, of course. Such a powerful object was worthless in the hands of someone who couldn’t make use of it, and Osfala had never met anyone less like a hero than the shady merchant. People want to believe that the underdog will always win, but Osfala didn’t think that was fair. Why should some nameless nobody aspire to glory because of nothing more than a random twist of fate? Osfala had been preparing to embark this quest his entire life, after all, and hard work and perseverance meant more than destiny when it came to being a hero.

[salad-mceyebrows]

Osfala (fully shaded version) for @tempestuous-duke

If you liked this and would like a picture of your own, I am open to commissions right now!