Who KILLED the Hero of Time? (Zelda Theory)
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- Who or what killed the Hero of Time, creating the Hero's Shade we see in the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess? This has been a subject I've wanted to talk about for a long time, and the video is finally here! Join me as we discuss what could have made our beloved Link meet such a fate!
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What happened to our boy the Hero of Time?
MaskedNintendoBandit he dies
It would be interesting that he did fights Dark Link and losses
Whatever killed him had to be pretty interesting. This Link defeated Ganondorf like was said in the video and also killed Majora as a child shortly afterwards. There is no way I believe a Stalfos or any normal man or monster killed this man.
I think he died
He had to have died. I also took the Wind Waker Opening story into account, saying the Hero Of Time just... "Vanished"? which makes me think something killed him at some point and his corpse has been yet to be found. There is no way a Hero of legend was never honored in a tomb, yet forgotten.
Probably died of a broken back, from carrying hyrule all these years
lmao
XD
That or its that damned hammer... Those 30 bombs? ... We never did figure out where he hides those iron boots either...
Xd
did you just try to roast a kingdom?
It's hard to teach your kids when all you can say "Huh!", "Hah!" and "Hyah!"
And of course another Link would be able to understand him perfectly. Theory checks out. Thank you 14 years deceased funk/soul performer Rick James
Haha funny link cant talk joke even though he clearly has dialogue options in game and only refrains from speaking in cutscenes so that the player can input their own thoughts. Seriously can this joke just die already?
@@TazmilyGum No
Rick James fuck
GIVE US MOTHER 3 Man, you sound like a fun person.
In the Castle Graveyard there is a notable tombstone stating that a "cursed swordsman" rests beneath a "sacred tree." This could actually be referring to the Hero of Time himself, which may mean he could have been buried in the Castle Graveyard.
Though that epatath could be a symbolic memorial. And his body was laid to rest beneath under the forest temple( which may also be the dead trunk of the OOT deku tree)
@@ryanhernandez5632There's actually nothing stating where he was buried. Personally, I think he would've been buried in Kakariko Graveyard, or somewhere in Ordon Village.
The cursed tree bit could also be ether the deku tree that died because of Gannon curse or the cursed tree in kakoriko grave yard
Which castle in which game?
@@haisex3 Twilight princess.
Honestly, even without the master sword, it's hard to imagine *anything* dropping the Hero of Time. After Majora's Mask, the Hero of Time wields a magical arsenal so immense he's basically a walking army. The only Link whose collective magical weaponry is comparable to the Hero of Time's is the Hero of Legend (the Link from Link to the Past, Link's Awakening, Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons).
I think the armor shows us that the Hero of Time was much older upon his death. The reason being that heavy plate is very different from the type of garb that Links typically run around in. Usually, Links fight in a simple tunic, occasionally mixing in some magical mail. But other than the Hero of the Wild, we really don't see Links going about in plate. The only time I can think of the Hero of Time wearing anything like that is when he's transformed into the Fierce Deity.
So, why would the Hero of Time, who is used to fighting hulking monsters and demigods while wearing only a tunic, suddenly decide to plate up? Age.
While younger, this link could count on his agility to block or dodge anything thrown his way before retaliating with some nightmarish magical weapon. But even the Hero of Time would age. And with age, reflexes slow. It's much harder to backflip out of the ax swing of an Iron Knuckle at 50 than it is at 17. At a certain point, you can no longer count on your ability to get out of the way of attacks, and instead need to focus on your capacity to tank them.
Now, since the Hero of Time has descendants, he obviously had a family of some kind. However, that doesn't mean he had someone to pass his techniques on to. Most Hylians are pretty fragile and hardly warlike, (hence the fact that they need a green-clad kid to save their country every game).
Perhaps the hero's children and grandchildren were just peaceful Hylians who had little to no ability/interest in learning combat. Consider where the Hero of Twilight starts: a peaceful herding village with only *ONE* person who even knows what a sword is!
In the child timeline, the Hero of Time's warning basically allowed Hyrule to stop Ganondorf before he could do any real damage. So, the time the Hero lived in would've been somewhat peaceful. There wouldn't have been a real need to learn combat techniques. And with the Sheikah Tribe basically being down to one member, he wouldn't really have anyone else to entrust all this martial knowledge to.
Additionally, while everyone in the Hyrule of the *adult* timeline knows what an absolute beast the Hero of Time is (we know they do from the legend at the start of Wind Waker), his accomplishments were much less well known in the child timeline which his natural life took place in.
Sadly, the Hero of Time doesn't really live in a world where his heroics are well known. We're not sure exactly *how* far back in time he was sent by adult timeline Zelda. Obviously, he was *at least* returned to a point before arriving with the third spiritual stone, since Link finds Zelda in her courtyard at the end of the game meaning it was before she fled the castle. But how close was it? Did adult timeline Zelda send you back to JUST before she had to flee, meaning your warning arrives barely in time to stop Ganondorf? Or did she send you back to before ANY of the troubles Ganondorf caused? (Cursing the Great Deku Tree, Sealing Dodongo's Cavern, and...whatever he did to Jabu-jabu)
This means that, at most, the Hero of Time would've been thought of well by Darunia and Princess Ruto, (and that's only if he was returned to a time after he had resolved their issues). Other than that, his accomplishments would basically be 'that kid who warned us that Ganondorf was up to some shady shit'. A service to the crown, no doubt. But even such a valuable tip-off is a FAR cry from the savior of Hyrule that the Hero of Time is. Now, while the Child Timeline Hero of Time DID save Termina in Majora's Mask, that is a completely different world from Hyrule, not to mention that thanks to the closed time loop, public knowledge of his involvement in THAT may have been spotty at best.
So, the only ones in the child timeline who would've known how much of a hero Link really was would have to be: individuals with supernatural insight, OR people who would believe Link if he told them this fantastic tale. You could argue who fits this criteria, but I think it would include: Zelda, Impa, Saria, Darunia (IF Link was sent back to a point in time after he had cleared Dodongo's Cavern), Ruto (IF Link was sent back to a point after he had cleared Jabu-Jabu), Skull Kid, Tatl, and the Happy Mask Salesman.
So, to get back to the point, let's review a bit.
The Hero of Time lives in a Hyrule where the majority of his accomplishments are not widely known, he's not held in particularly high regard or seen as a valuable source of advice by a majority of the population.
The Hyrule he lives in is a relatively peaceful one with a low pool of potential individuals to pass combat techniques on to.
The Sheikah, the tribe he'd be most likely to entrust any such techniques to, are all but extinct at this point in time.
So, it may not have been that he died unexpectedly, but that he just didn't have someone to pass his knowledge on to.
That being said, please enjoy this minor bit of speculation via storytelling.
A Hero of Time in his late 80s saddles up his horse as he prepares for his yearly pilgrimage. He bids a fond farewell to his family, promising that he'll be back in a few days' time, and sets off for the forest. The plate armor he's clad in weighs heavy upon his shoulders, but his missing eye is a testament to the fact that he's not as fast as he once was. He pats his satchel, filled with a slew of magical items and green potions that would allow him to lay waste to anything that dares cross his path. He briefly wonders if he should stop by a fairy fountain to nab a few, just in case.
Shaking his head, he disregards the thought. For all these years, there's only ever been one fairy he's wished to see on these trips and he knows he won't find her at any fountain. Upon entering the forest, an old sense of familiarity washes over him. The smell of the trees, the light of the fireflies, and the ever-present music of his friend's song fills the air. A laugh escapes him as the memory of his sworn brother suddenly bursting into a mad dance comes to mind.
Still chuckling, he rides into a clearing with two stumps and brings his mount to a stop. He reaches into his pack and pulls out a mask he purchased in castle town the other day. With a slight grin, he trots up to the tall stump and places the new mask upon it, knowing it will be found once he leaves.
As he heads deeper into the woods the fog begins to thicken. He's long since learned the patterns to avoid being tricked out of the woods by the magic of the forest. Despite that, the woods still seem almost impossibly huge. She's here somewhere...she has to be. As the hours drag on he begins to tire. After shaking himself awake for the 4th time, he decides it would be best to make camp for the night.
Too tired to even bother removing his armor, he lies down within the cradle of the roots of a large tree. He keeps his satchel nearby and he starts to drift off listening to the comforting sounds of the forest.
Just before his consciousness fades for the last time, he thought he heard a familiar voice call him a 'lazy boy',
...but perhaps it was only a dream.
Bro... I did read all of that and its amazing as a theory and story
Damn, that’s good.
Thus concluding your essay.
Dude that was awesome
It's a shame that this a comment and not a fully produced video. Great stuff, dude.
If he died of old age, then its super ironic that the Hero of Time is killed by... time.
His time had come
I actually snorted at this comment
But his eye is pierced
The time has come and so have I.
If only I had more... time
At some point after Majora's Mask, Link finally learned to speak...and now he won't shut up...even after death.
Reminds me of navi
Either he doesn't talk or he talks to much.
Give him a break, son. He's dead.
@Hero of time Link you have a stroke or?
@@archivist_13 Nintendo has mentions 1 to have us feel like we are link and 2 it was too hard to make the voice for him at the time so they kept him quiet for the more recent games it's a vow of silence to protect and make sure hes 100% to his duty
That we're still talking about this game over 20 years later tells you how timeless Ocarina of Time is.
Calling it timeless is a huge stretch considering how bad it's aged imo
@@CantRead1 lmao no
@@CantRead1 if OOT didn't age well, what game from that time did?
My father recently found his n64 with ocarina of time played it for the first time yesterday
Ocarina of Time 2 will tell you...
It's very unlikely to be right, but because of the leaves I love the idea that, while he was mortally wounded in battle, he mustered up the strength to drag himself all the way back to the Kokiri Forest or the Lost Woods to die, and the leaves and plants grew around him, consuming him as the Lost Woods often do to lost souls, making him a part of the it all. And then, with the passing of knowledge from one hero to the next, he was finally able to be at peace, resting in the place where he first began his quest hundreds of years ago
In Ocarina of Time the Greak Deku Tree tells link that his wounded mother dragged herself to the Kokiri forest to save her child's life. Your theory about Link dragging himself to the Kokiri forest to die would be tragically poetic.
The saddest part is that he was never able to find Navi :(
I mean Navi was sorta a dick tbh
Fairies in LoZ disappear after they fulfilled their purpose, like the ones who heal us in the fountains.
Link's journey was over, so Navi's purpose is complete. She flew out of the temple when they returned so Link didn't have to see her die.
@@mostlyimpulsive3462 , That is interesting to me. I never fully understood why Navi would stay at the sword that would supposedly be sealed for many many years until it is needed again. I would understand that she would stay there to guard it as long as she could, but even then, even if the sword was disturbed, what would she be able to do?
Now with your theory, she disappeared soon after, but i never noticed the line in where it states that fairies disappear after their purpose has been completed. All the Kokiri kids still have their fairies, but we never get to know their exact purpose. We never see a kokiri without a fairy and the start of the game, dialogue with other Kokiri kids seems to suggest that it was strange Link did not have a fairy of his own. If fairies would really disappear after their purpose, we would at least have seen a Kokiri without one right?
So none of the links are the same for each Zelda game?
@@DDSnickle You raised a good point! In my theory, every kokiri is assigned a fairy whose purpose is to be their guardian. They didn't have a specific purpose other than "companion", and since kokiri are something like immortal children, they're around for a while, and the fairies won't disappear unless their kokiri does. Because without a kokiri to protect, their job is done. Case in point, we never saw Saria's fairy again after she ascended as the forest sage. Saris fulfilled her destiny as a sage, living on another plane entirely, thus her fairy disappeared.
Link's case was special in particular in that he was never assigned a guardian fairy like the other kokiri, because he wasn't one. Navi was sent to him at the start of his quest to be his guide in this journey, and this journey specifically. Unlike the kokiri's fairies, Navi was sent on a clear, scenario-sensitive purpose, hence her work is considered over when the world was saved. So she disappeared.
The Hero of Time is easily the most tragic of the Links. When you truly think about his life and everything he went through, it’s really screwed up
Agreed, though after playing BotW earlier this year finally and replaying Ocarina/Twilight, I think while Hero of Time is very existentially depressing, the Hero of the Wild is tragic in some related ways. Both of their stories involve a trip through time, but in Wild's case it was one way and it was because he basically died. Time having to deal with war and a lost future is rough, especially as a kid; the reason I tend to see Wild as a more tragic figure is he doesn't have that ability to go back in time
In that attack and 100 year jump, he died, his friends died, family died, and Mipha his implied girlfriend dies as well. He wakes up with a shattered memory, in a world broken by Ganon that he has no choice but to keep living in. Ontop of that, he is alongside Zelda in this - they both failed to seal Calamity Ganon, since he didnt awaken the Master Sword fully nor did she awaken her Triforce in time.
Its also implied a lot that he took his vow of silence, or at least quiet to best focus on his duty and training, a quiet struggle mirroring Zeldas more obvious struggle with the same idea. What he trained his life for, he failed the first time - his comrades all fell before he did and before he finally collapsed he was ready to take an eyebeam to keep the last one alive. Its mentioned offhandedly that he often smiles, but is more often quiet and even a bit sad looking as the burden and stress was weighing down on him.
This is just my personal outlook, but there is something so tragically relatable to Wild Link and Zelda. They didnt win and walk away knowing nobody would know what they did - they failed and the world remembered. They are recalled as Heroes, despite link and the audience knowing thats not the entire story, especially not how Zelda saw it.
I think this can be best summarized with music - when I think of Time Link, the music that comes to my head is the Great Fairy fountain theme. Somber, nostolgic, quiet and a tune that fades off.
The song in my head for Wild Link is that crazy Hyrule Castle outdoor theme - its a theme that the second you hear it framed around the front silhouette of the castle you can practically feel the expression on his face. He cant fix the world, he has nothing to go back to, he failed completely the first time but those marching thumps like heartbeats in the music says "I have nothing else to live for but to do this again"
I feel its very telling in just their expressions - Time Link has a time when we see him shocked, smiling, laughing as a kid. He is serious as an adult because he has to be... but Wild Link is a lot less cheerful.
They are both tragic figures, but Wild gets to me more. He died and Zelda got sealed and 100 years later he comes back to beat Ganon finally... only to learn in the sequel that it looks like Calamity was just a puppet. Hero of Time is a soft spoken man reminiscing of a past and future gone - the Hero of the Wild is the throbbing tinnitus of single minded marching looking out at a smashed red sky, as trapped in your own purpose and body as the other Champions were in their machines.
Ive recently felt that none of the Champions made it out untrapped: the 4 had their souls trapped in their machines, Zelda trapped herself in a spiritual form with Ganon, and Link is ultimately sealed in his own body, just as quiet.
With a worn out Master Sword that was quiet to him and lacking that Green Hero attire, Wild is definitely the Champion of the Wild, but I feel that his tragedy and the tragedy of their group was that they couldn't live upto the title of Hero, and walking through the ruins of the world is an every day reminder for Zelda and Link.
Ocarina is that smiling reunion at the end. For me, BotW is is the tear laden breakdown in the woods when Zelda realizes all the insecurity they both had about themselves manifested in a living nightmare slaughter. Theres is something so human and so tragic about their fears of inadequacy turning out so painfully true
The Hero of Time died a legendary hero who saved 2 worlds and failed in a third - the Hero of the Wild is remembered as a champion that tried to save the world, but tragically could not
I think the hero of times own personal story is as dark as they come
The hero of time is probably the only link that has been traumatized
@@alexandrews7068 "Maybe we can't save the world, but we'll certainly avenge it." I believe Tony Stark said this or something along these lines in Age of Ultron. This basically the whole idea of Breath of the Wild. The heroes lost, only to come back 100 years later to avenge their kingdom and finish what they started.
@0ddMonk3y Have you not played Majora's Mask?
The fact that the Hero of Twilight is a descendent of the Hero of Time leads me to believe Termina is just a separate country from Hyrule, not an alternate dimension. It's totally possible since we don't know how far he had traveled looking for Navi.
the MOON came crashing at termina, lol
@@gerardonavarro3400 A moon. also what if links Termina adventure created the backstory for Blood moons
Termina is probably Lorule, there's a pretty compelling theory on this.
Hero of Twilight being the descendant of Hero of time is a very good argument for him to have escaped, however, it's the only non-debunked/explainable argument.
Which also could be explained by; they're in a feudal time in oot hyrule, dude's been an adult and probably had some thoughts that was unusual to him. When he came back to being a child, maybe he played around with that girl al Lon Lon's... I mean.. it's unfortunately possible. The youngest mother irl was like an indian girl aged 5 or something crazy low... so... lets not go further into that.
That's the only explaination for it I could come up with, and It's not completely out of the question for Nintendo to hint at some disturbing themes, especially in that timeline for some reason.. even the downfall timelines haven't been as edgy/contriversial as the child timeline.. Given that MM game story symbolises the 5 stages of grief might just indicate that it's the last game we'll see legend of time, or it might indicate that he died, or grew up in the lost woods traveling between worlds and died.. the chance of him escaping the lost woods though? unfathomably slim, as the lost woods is basically the entryway to all worlds and pararel universes, which might be an unlimited amount. He's more than capable of surviving in there for a long time though, enough to grow up and being defeated in combat.
I wished that was the case but another country with inhabitants that all look a like your home countries inhabitants with its own moon, lore and with an entrance under a cliff? Make that believable.
@@TardMania i'm sorry but you are very sick in the head if you think nintendo or the lore of link in any way implies link would be a predatory pedophile. please get help asap.
Fun fact, if you look at the heros shades sheath, it’s actually the sheath of the master sword from ocarina of time.
I've looked at multiple pics, this video and played the game a few times but can't see any sign of a sheath. Maybe I'm just totally blind 😂
@@hairlineparadox704 yeah I saw it in a video somewhere, but now that it’s been so long, I can’t find it either. I swear i saw it somewhere though. Maybe in a games file, or unused concept art. I thought it was in the game but no matter how hard I look I can’t find it.
The fact that the Hero's Shade exists at all is why I consider the Hero of Time to be one of the most tragic of all the Links we've played as over the years.
The Hero of Time sacrificed a great and I mean a GREAT deal to save Hyrule and even that it putting it mildly. Despite ending up being a literal shade, he pretty much set the standard for heroes to come. He is the definition of a selfless hero who prioritizes others needs and desires before his own, almost where he doesn’t even acknowledge it.
He gets no happy ending.
@@IGSA101 I mean he had children so it’s not all bad
@@azurecreed9119 and he got to hit Maron.
Yeah compared to the other links he as regrets and thats probably one of the worst feeling
The hero accidentally walked into an unrendered part of the map and fell into the void.
My theory is that he lost his master sword so tried to use armor to compensate and paid the price.
The fact the old man in wind water is still alive and not wearing armor is pretty much proof and point to the fact that he is also the hero of time. But from a different time line where old age killed him instead.
And seeing that he isn't wearing hyrulian armor and crest id guess that the king wanted to kill him for his triforce think about why dose he have all of them in the first place?
I mean the dude dealt with Gannon like a friend the king obviously isn't the most chill of dudes.
And the master sword probably didn't get lost rather it went back to the place easiest to find for the next hero.
I always assumed he had died after getting miserably lost in the Lost Woods looking for Navi. After Zelda sends him back in time Navi would be the only other being who remembers anything he did in the other timeline cus she was present for it all. I'm under the impression Navi flew away because after fairies fulfill their purpose they die and she didn't want to die in front of Link.
He died as an adult with kids , so Im not quite sure about that one. The events of Majora's mask happened when he went looking for Navi and he made it out okay
@@RealityRogueprobably at lo lo ranch
“A sword wields no strength unless the (left) hand that holds it has courage” -Hero’s Shade stating the main theme of the entire franchise. Legend
I still can't believe that in some games, Link is right handed. It completely contradicts this very line. We know they never have the triforce of courage appear on their hands though.
@@hardyjoe4278 I mean it's only 2 different links that are right handed and both of them are for easier controls I think (no I am not counting the wii version of tp it's just a mirrored gc version where he is left handed)
@@hardyjoe4278 The hero of the wilds sword breaks cuz the sword "Wields no strenght"
“Every hero’s story ends in tragedy. Follow the hero long enough and you will eventually trip over his corpse.”
-E.E. Knight’s The Age of Fire
Oof
I tried googling this and came up with nothing. Where can i find this?
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Oh my Christ
Kaitlin Allred damn
He died from a Goron hug.
Not the worst way to go
Or goron back slap
@@jhenwiener9725 bones being crushed a good way to go?
@@basedaudio1 I'm not saying it's the best way to go. I'm saying it's not the worst way to go. its still terrifying to get killed big clump of kind and loving boulder people hugging you hard enough that your bones start cracking on your fleshy ape body while your suffocate in their large rocky chests
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I always imagined he died pushing himself to defeat stronger and stronger foes so he could finally get the recognition as the hero that he lost when he was sent back to his time. I mean, he had all these memories and trauma from both Hyrule and Termina but to everyone else all those events literally never happened. I can imagine him growing pretty bitter about it and eventually taking on a challenge that was too much for him.
I mean, I'd be pretty resentful if I saved 2 whole a$$ worlds and NOBODY knew of it
precisely, which is why i have another sisnister theory
because of no recognition whatsoever, a depression, isolation, Hero of time... killed himself
Personally I think the Great Deku Tree managed to locate Link's dead body and probably make a casket with roots/leaves and just kept him near him since he was always like Link's pseudo father type.
The OLD Deku Tree that died at the start of OoT was like a surrogate father. Remember, a Deku Sapling took his place later in the game that would go on to be the Deku Tree in Wind Waker
@Glenn_Coco the deku sprout had all of the deku tree's memories. That's how Link found out he was a Hylian and not a Kokiri.
the leaves could be a kokiri burial as they are basically the hero of times family.
Given the kokiri insignia and the likely burial rituals for kokiri (deku tree just dies and stays there, not moved at all) seems to make sense. The dampness may also cause some rotting on the weaker joints in the armor.
That makes a lot of sense ya know...
He also could have been buried in or around the temple of time. Zelda, the princess/future queen of Hyrule knows who he truly is. Considering the temple of time is now covered around by a great forest in TP. it does make sense how he got leaves on his armor.
The Kokiri… don't bury their dead… as Kokiri don't leave behind corpses. Kokiri could be playing in the forest as they do and one dies of old age. They faded away while still laughing, running, and or playing, never to be seen again. This is according to Eji Aonuma.
Yes but it was put into the lore of ocarina of time that everyone forgot out him for the sanctity of the realm and so the people didn't have any worries about what had transpired and what link had to fix.
So in short, no one would have even known he lived in the first place, other than the people who he grew close to AFTER the events of both games.
"Did he die unexpectedly?"
*Hero of Time is literally clad in battle worn armor, suggesting he died in combat*
"I dont know. Maybe?"
He could of been buried with it and covered with leaves to represent his home town.
Or he just wears it all the time and then died? You know, like people do with armor???
He could've been poisoned.
Like no that suggests that he has been in combat since getting his armor, nothing else
Like no that suggests that he has been in combat since getting his armor, nothing else
5:00 - his regret is already explained in the Hyrule Historia: “he lamented the fact that he was not remembered as a hero”
When he went back to being Child Link, in his proper timeline, no one knows that he is the one who stopped Ganon and potentially saved the world (or at least the world that they know)
Wait that doesn't make sense. Wouldn't Zelda know have a massive clue about what happened?
@@dave_the_slick8584 How? the Zelda that knew was the one from 7 years in the future.
@@real_unknown6798 Zelda is the only one that knows of the true threat of Ganondorf. She's the one who tossed the ocarina to Link. She embodies the triforce of wisdom. How does she not piece something together? If he was not remembered as a hero are we supposed to think she never once questioned him about what happened? That last shot highly implies she knows something.
@CrownedElm 2247 Her subjects. Zelda basically states that he's a hero in the flashback of Majora's Mask. Link himself already was gaining renown. It's not a stretch to assume that he is recognized as a hero, especially since it comes from the embodiment of wisdom.
@@real_unknown6798 but the one in Majora's Mask calls him a hero. She clearly knows he did something worthy of being a hero.
The Hero of Time is extremely tragic in all 3 timelines. In the child timeline he got sent back in time to warn the king about Ganondorf, which instigated a civil war that ended in the slaughter of most Gerudo, not to mention the fact Link got his childhood stripped away from him and he ended up becoming a lingering spirit. In the adult timeline he had to reform a war torn Hyrule, never getting to experience his childhood. In the downfall timeline he literally just dies at the hands of Ganondorf leading to the complete and utter destruction of Hyrule via a flood of biblical proportions.
This is incorrect. The flood, if Wind Waker is what you’re referring to, happens if he survives events OOT as an adult. The reasons why the events in Wind Waker happens is since Zelda sends him back to original timeline after defeating Ganon, there was no more hero.
The Game Over timeline you’re thinking of actually leads to the events of the first Zelda games.
I don't understand what the adult timeline is supposed to be exactly. If Link gets send back in time, there IS no adult line because there's no adult left. Link gets send back and destroyed Ganondorf's plan to rule over the world. What else is there to happen?
@@user-bf6gz8ej4o Time travel shenanigans. Child timeline follows Link after being sent back, adult timeline follows Zelda after she sends Link back
a little incorrect. you say " In the adult timeline he had to reform a war torn Hyrule, never getting to experience his childhood" but there is NO link in the adult timeline after the ending of OOT until 100 years later when the hero of winds comes in. after the ending of OOT, the hero of time gets sent back to the child timeline to relive his childhood which is separate from the adult timeline which is the timeline where there is no current hero for another 100 years.
@@user-bf6gz8ej4o You're right. There's only one Hero of Time in two timelines, and while he's in the adult timeline, he's missing from the child timeline, and vice versa. So the adult timeline continues without Link.
This is also why the downfall timeline makes no sense and is just there because they needed to fit A Link to the Past somewhere. If there's no time travel, there are no more timelines created
I've always said we need a third, and final game to finish his story. He's the most important and iconic Link in the bloodline. He deserves a proper conclusion.
he has three OOT MM and TP (I think HW aswell, not sure how well thats fits with the timeline)
Garroth assassingames in TP, he’s only a side character, not the main this time and it doesn’t give much of a conclusion to his story.
(Also, the Link in HW is another Link, though you can wear the Hero of Time’s garments I believe)
@@evelync5993 its not canon
Hello Satan you can play as young Link he has the Ocarina of time and the fierce deity mask.
@Eily Stetler He's referring to The Hero of Time (MM version) who is a Dlc character.
It's both ironic and poetic that, in Majora's Mask, the Hero of Time healed the souls of warriors who died with unfinished business, only to eventually become a restless Hero's Shade himself. Of course the only one who could heal him would not just be his own descendant, but another Link. Time is indeed cyclical in the Zelda series.
Syd C ironic. He could save others, but not himself.
@@donovanplumlee7071 it's not a story the jedi would tell you.
Dam bet me to it so I have to say is Noooooooo! He was alive I felt it
No it wasn't. It was a travesty how they ended Link's story. Everything from Wind Waker onward was a travesty.
Each hero is not actually related by blood, just by the soul, even when the hero fails, ie definitely doesn't have children, they are reincarnated, meaning, it's nothing to do with blood relation
The Hero of Time was raised as a Kokiri, who live in the forest. It's entirely possible that his funeral involved being covered in branches and leaves and left at the foot of a tree or something. Several real-world cultures do something like that.
I know they caught Ganondorf in the child timeline, but based on what we see in Twilight Princess, it's likely that Ganondorf was on the lam for a certain period of time, perhaps for years. It's possible that, without Evil's Bane, Link died capturing Ganondorf or perhaps defending the young Deku Tree.
Also, it took me a while to notice, but helmet design reminds me of the hyrule knights in ALttP.
I can see that happening. It would also explain why he was being sentenced to execution in the first place. He likely killed Link in battle, and Zelda maybe ordered his imprisonment and death in her anger. I mean, who else but Zelda to avenge him?
It’s kinda sad that every time we get a new Zelda game with a new link I immediately know that the previous one had died
That's kinda funny when you consider the Link is Dead theory from Majora's Mask
I have finished WindWaker but idk about Phantom Hourglass but at the end I think they restarted the world of WindWaker to make it i to Spirit Tracks or something like that
It’s possible that that isn’t actually the case, Zeltik made a pretty good theory on how the Link from ALttP is still alive in ALBW
@@Edgeperor isn't AlttP the same Link in ALBW? Also isn't ALBW Link the same one in Triforce heroes but he changed his appearance?
ALBW Link is a new Link, different from ALttP Link. But it is speculated that Gramps from ALBE is old man ALttP Link.
(An idea that I’m actually on board with.)
I don't think he lost his eye to a foe, I think that the eye turning red is a side effect of overuse of the Lens of Truth. Like many Shiekah artifacts, using it comes at a cost. It's implied that Bongo Bongo was once a villager who was turned into a monster because of his obsession with the Lens of Truth.
"A long time ago... There was a man in this very village who had an eye they said could see the truth! Now usually, you have to train your mind's eye most strenuously to actually see the truth... But this fella, no, they say he had a different way of doing things... His house stood where the well is now..."
Notice Bongo Bongo's defining feature is one glowing red eye. I believe that The Hero of Time eventually overused his Lens of Truth and it started to affect him, so he had to stop before it destroyed him entirely.
Great theory. Love this. Thanks.
Woah deep thoughts much! but ya you got a point.
Fellow Bleach fan.
What if he was battling a really strong monster, but without the Master Sword, he eventually lost.
The shadow temple was always my favorite just because of the lore and you just blew my mind apart.
This would be a good theory if wolf link didn’t have a scar across the missing wye
I wanna talk about a mural in the Arbiters Grounds if that's okay.
If you look closely, there are three murals.
Two seem to be destroyed cities, and some kind of monster in front of each one.
But there is one in the middle.
There are no burning buildings.
And instead of a monster in front of them, there's interestingly enough a knight in armor.
Where
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In an attempt to bring Ganondorf back through a ritual in the Forest Temple, where the last essence of the Great King of Evil resides sealed (Phamton Ganon), Link, now an elder and veteran of the Royal Guard, confronts the enemies of the light for the last time and although he is victorious, he is seriously wounded. As he loses his consciousness trying to leave the lost woods, his body is turned into a Stalfos, but his iron will and his great courage prevent him from being absorbed by the darkness and like the former King of Ikana, he cannot rest in peace for not fulfill his last mission, he eternally regrets not being able to return to the farm with his wife and children or having finished teaching them the way of the sword that would make them complete warriors. The Legend of Zelda: Lost Chapter, Ends.
It's kinda adorable that Link settled down with someone.
Considering the fact that Twilight Princess Link doesn't have scales, it's probably Malon.
The King in Yellow heh
YEESSSSSSSSSSS best girl is cannon
The fact that twilight Link has Epona supports that, whether it's the same horse, or a namesake. Also he knows Epona's song
the hero of the wilds child wont have scales either
The King in Yellow lmao
Imagine if Spirit Tracks pulled something like that. "Yeah, remember that adorable kid you played as in the last game? Here's his ghost."
WW/PH Link got recognition. All soldiers in New Hyrule wear green clothes.
@@burger_kinghorn He doesn't show up as a ghost.
@@Bobb11881 what do you call a glowing, golden wolf who pounces on you then teleports you to another dimension?
@@burger_kinghorn he is talking about Ww/Ph Link in Spirit Tracks
LMFAO
The story of OOT is my favorite for sure. Such a classic and amazing game. Always draws me in to play it through atleast once a year
Given the damage point on the shield and the damage to the armour on both arms i can see a single horizontal slice causing all the main damage you described and definitely killing link in one blow. If done from behind stealthily its alot more believable that the hero of time could be defeated in a single slice
I think he died as an older man, and that his appearance is more symbolic than literal. At most, the broken armor represents the decay of his actual ceremonial attire (because decomposition will take down nearly anything) but could possibly also be a reflection of his state of mind in death. He feels rotted and destitute and forgotten, overtaken by the elements, which comes off in his appearance.
A final boss battle with Dark Link would be pretty dope, though.
I like this a lot. I think this will be my head canon!
that’swhat_gsaid, here’s my take on TP’s Link and OoT’s Link. I’ll Linksplain. That was because after ocarina of time child Link goes back to lon lon ranch and settles down there, becoming a ranch-hand. he later grows up and marries Malon. when he’s an adult he goes to hyrule castle town and becomes a knight. but some time passes and Ganondorf breaks the seal starting the second gerudo hylian war (the first was at the beginning of ocarina and it set the stage for Link to end up at Kokiri, as his father: a Hylian knight before him: died in that war.. and his mother fatally wounded flees with survivors from castle town to the Forest and later dies.) so therefore, both Link and his dad were hyrulian knights and both died in the gerudo hylian wars, where the king fought to unite the kingdom, banishing the gerudo. the scene in which Zelda and Link meet showed Ganondorf coming before the king as a (false) peace treaty and allegiance. after this is where we see Ganondorf tried and later executed, though it was botched up and he was again sealed away. after Link’s death, survivors again flee castle town to lon lon ranch, because of its closest proximity to the town and fortified walls and live stock. however, Ganondorf’s troops soon take the ranch over using it as a stronghold for a while before it was totally destroyed in the war being used for its strategic location. Those who fled turned again south west and some came to the Forest later rebuilding their lives, establishing Ordon and renaming Kokiri Forest Faron Woods. Malon and her children must have fled with them and made it, because we see later a direct descendant of Link- His great grandson.. and he meets up with him mentoring him about strength and courage, teaching him sword technique.. afterwards calling him his child. It all fits! There, a little Linkucation!
Imo in bote calamity ganon is too weak to kill everything there i mean a 3 hearh link can kill im easily. I thought it would be cool if the Dark Link from oot comes to botw world and is the motherfk there
Yeah I read a theory similar to this awhile back. The kids he had (with Malon prove me wrong) weren't warriors or fighters, probably farmers, so they didn't have a need to learn the skills. So he simply waited as a spirit for the next Hero to appear.
He probably knew Ganondorf would come back or something
@@Lotusrocks we have that already kindaish. When we take what we know here Link died in the lost Woods. Majoras Mask can be seen as an dying process or is not so long before his death here.
I think Ruto killed him after he settled down with Malon
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Lmao Considering she is a Princess she probably got the entire zora army to attack him
In Ocarina of time in the Ice Cavern, the mini boss before you get the iron boots is a giant white wolfos. The wolfos attacks that vulnerable area where there is no armor. The white wolfos has solid red eyes and is very similar to Shade's wolf form. Most of the skills he teaches you will work well for this creature and its defense. Also, they make another appearance in Twilight Princess in Snowpeak Ruins and the path there. The back slice lets you get behind the wolf and defeat it. The great spin attack is ACTUALLY USED on the white wolfos in Twilight Princess and is one of the best ways to defeat them. After that, the helm splitter is incredibly effective at removing the wolfos defense. I think they attack in packs and link got outnumbered.
So that's why he's a wolfy in Twilight Princess? 😊
A thing I'd like to point out, the only symbol on him that I can find in any other game in the series, is the insignia emblazoned on the center of his shield. A shape similar to that of the goddess harp with a solid circle in the center, which is found in the wind waker as the texture atop floor switches.
I always felt like his armor in twilight princess, what with the helmet, gave off the vibe of the ikana kingdom.
yes!! was about to say that
Its a good point, and with the fact he most likely stayed in Termina based on the ending, he may have found somethig there after Majoras Mask and returned to Hyrule as something new. Because that also would fall under the same timeline.
@@NeoID_ that's possible. People often assume he was shipped with someone like Malon from Ocarina of Time, but it's just as possible that he ended up with someone from Majora's mask or even someone from neither
@@NeoID_ as much as I like that theory, it's implied that link left Termina because at the end of Majora's Mask, we see him leave through a forest, the same way he got to Termina
Let's not forget that he most likely married malon with due to the fact that TP link being a farmer and goat herder and having a horse named epona which is most likely descended from OOT Epona.
Nintendo could make a Zelda game that follows the Hero of Time after Majora's Mask that leads up to his death. I have been waiting on that game for hellas.... Come on Nintendo
And has a halo:infinite style final boss where no matter what you just cannot win, perhaps against dark link.
@@Attaxalotl Actually After The Hero of Time ventured back to Hyrule After MM he's still a child so it would be a "watch Link grow" game you would do heroic deeds in Hyrule as a child into Adulthood then you fight a very difficult boss which you do win but at the sametime Link is damaged pretty bad and eventually dies later
As much as I would enjoy this game, I don't think it would work well due to the tragic ending. A manga or a novel would be more appropriate.
@@phelpsnodt5856 Have you seen Nintendo games as of late? They won't shy away from it.
@@phelpsnodt5856 id rather it be a game
I'd like to think he got a wound. Realized it was lethal and went to return the master sword in order for it to await the next hero (Hero of Twilight) and with his final moments, he gave skullkid the task to guide and test the skills of the next hero (Hero of Twilight) soon after, he died in the sacred grove and his soul was kept while his body withered and got covered in moss.
I always like the idea that he never got out of the forest while searching for Navi and became a stalfos. His regret of never training those after him wasnt because he had family but instead his inability to pass on the Hero lineage (more refering to training/culture similar to what we see in windwaker's intro)
The idea of the Hero of Time dying to an overwhelming amount of stalfos in the lost woods is just depressing.
Totally agree... the number of times he was able to defeat them before
Stop
The story says he had children, maybe he was too old to handle some stalfos
If you ask me I personally like to think that his regrets are what got him killed, and what better way to die than to yourself? (Dark Link)
@@aaxavier328 Why would he purposefully go to the Lost Woods though. Even as a kid he knew his way around it well enough, and he only ever goes there by choice to gain strength, knowledge, or a faster way to make it places. It wouldn't make sense that a man with a family would go into the same woods he went into when he was younger just to get lost in there and overwhelmed when he would have no reason to.
I actually got really emotional when you pointed out the leaves- I mean, he's of the forest so I hope that was a source of some peace
But the idea of him being slain and *nobody finding his body* just really got to me
Felix C dude, I’ve been thinking about this (this is coming from someone who hasn’t played OoT yet) but since we see dark link in times of struggle (when the hero of time is coming to terms with his adulthood or as a warning for the hero of twilight not to be consumed by darkness) it might be that dark link is a manifestation of the hero’s struggle, and therefore, since the hero of time held great regret since his childhood for no longer being known as the hero of time, I think his depression caught up with him and he decided to go to a place of peace where he could end his life, away from his new family. However, since his life was ended abruptly, he was cursed to live as a ghost until the next great hero arose so he could pass on his skills and finally be at peace
@@evanbookout a solid theory- not one I personally would go for because I have mental health issues and Link is a fighter inside and out- him defeating dark link is a symbol of him overcoming the darker parts within him- and obvs it isn't a one time thing, he has shown himself capable and willing to fight through anything he comes across, to hang on through the most unlikely odds
I don't personally think he had a need to always be the hero, I think he stepped up because a hero was needed
That's just my not-so-eloquent take on it though
Me too. The Hero of Time and I have been through many years of quality time. Enough that I eventually got a OOT tattoo on me. Saved my life..makes me sad no one was there to save his..
Same. No Link deserves to be slain and forgotten. Though it’s hard to believe (based on the fact that when you’re playing OOT and you talk to the Kokiri children in adult form they all say that they wonder if Link will come back) it is still possible
Evan Bookout great theory man
really seems to me that he met his end in the lost woods; while maybe pursuing something wicked, he simply got lost, and his soul was trapped but instead of turning into a stalfos, he becomes something totally different.
Mybe the trifirce of courage kept him from becoming a stalfos instead turning him into the shade instead once he died.
The same way it turned link into the wolf instead of a spirit ball
Now an older man frail and much weaker, he travels back to the place where his journey all began, a place of joy and freedom. Friendship and Love. He goes back to reflect on his life, his lost childhood, his regrets of not being remembered as the Hero that saved Hyrule from a Terrible Future. To remember his good friend Saria who inspired him to press forward into certain danger with courage. The Hero of Time makes one last stop, The Great deku tree. The one who told Link of the legend he would one day become. Old link leans over and places his withered hand on the old tree’s decaying trunk and weeps. Suddenly and without warning something horrible, something evil appears behind him, without a shadow of a doubt link knows that the interloper behind him is Dark Link, his old foe. He turns to face his darker reflection and draws his sword without hesitation. Dark link does the same. Their two blades clash together with a clang of steel. Dark link sneers, he still wields the darker half of the master sword, older link does not... still with courage and every ounce of strength he possesses in his frail body, he fights his darkest enemy one last time without his sacred blade.. He fights Valiantly and with every breath he has left but alas... With one final blow to Links Torso, Dark link finishes him in the most brutal fashion; eviscerating his body in half... His body lies in the Lost woods. Lost and Forgotten.
Doesn’t that imply that he doesn’t know his way around the Lost Woods? In OoT, he’s able to get around the Lost Woods to get to the temple by listening for the music. It doesn’t make sense that he’d get lost when he knows what to listen for. Unless he forgot his way around, which I guess could be the case because he was 17 the last time he was even in the woods and then got sent back to being 10, but then why wouldn’t he just use his ocarina(the one of time OR the one Saria gave him)to appear at the Forest Temple even if he got lost
@@TheLadyGrey you could make a stretch and say that navi is what helped link get through the lost woods, but then you still make a solid point in regards of just using the Ocarina to get there.
One note from my thoughts back when I very first played this game as a kid, I assumed the missing eye meant an arrow or spear had went through his eye and into his brain during some battle.
"Here where it get's interesting"
Me - Link learned to talk.
You're so cute omfg
@@CounterCurseMantra Hehe thank you very much. I try my best~
@@CounterCurseMantra oh holy shit she is wow 😯
He always knew how to talk. Skyward sword is an example
@@zakkarystory2352 sounds like simp to me
I would love to see a zelda game with the hero of time, way after the events of majoras mask. Just to know how his story came to an end
Elias Kühnert I have been thinking the exact same thing, that would be such a dope game!
I really would like to see the hero of time too
Cough* cough* breath of the wild 2??
true, they should just stop their experiments and start the zelda main line with the most loved link of all and his story, instead of rebooting it every year or whatever
Sanse Azo nothing is a reboot, they are other reincarnations of the hero later in time
Wait I just realized how tall the hero of time is after he died, does this mean he kept growing after 17? He’s taller than Twilight princess link.
I love how you set up the beginning of the this one
He died of a broken heart because he couldn’t find Navi, his long lost friend. Now he takes over her job in nagging the next link
Well if you go to the Lost woods without a fairy you get lost and become a Stalfos. Always thought this theory came from that, like, Oot link went to the forest to find Navi and end up turning into a Stalfos.
Julen Urrutia Perez Makes sense, only thing though is we don’t really know if he went to the lost woods. He did go to the woods but they looked different than the lost woods :/ So your theory makes sense!
But here's the thing. He had to look for Navi because she was the only one who shared memories of their adventures together with him.
When he went back in time, he undid his whole adventure by warning Zelda and preventing Ganondorf from taking over.
He now had memories of a journey he'd once completed yet would never get to go on, and great battles he'd once fought yet would never get to fight. His life was now full of regret.
At least in the adult timeline, the hero had done all of those great deeds. But in the child timeline, they were all undone.
So he looked for Navi since she went back in time with him, ended up getting lost in the woods at some point, -- perhaps Termina was all a dream world he made up to try and ease his regrets -- and eventually he became a Stalfos.
PorcelainRequiem I’ve never thought of that before! That’s actually pretty cool, but I avoid the whole dream theory because Links Adventure kinda pissed me off that none of it happened.
@@tohileka I'm definitely not saying it was 100% a dream world. But even if it wasn't, nobody in Hyrule knows where Termina is. So he'd still have nobody to really share his adventure stories with.
could you imagine the comment section if the Hero's one red eye was actually blue instead?
xD
you are going to have a bad time
Gon have a bed Time
I missed the reference
Truly chaotic
*megalovania x song of the storms incoming*
@@xDesigner100 chaos, chaos...
I also find it interesting that both Hidden Skill Training theme and oot’s middle boss theme have a very similar startup.
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I guess you could say the Hero of Time had an...
untimely death.
More of this, pls!😂
They say he's been buried in the forest for a... Minute
Draco Errarus Comedy. Gold.
Why why are there so cheesy jokes in the world
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Also take a look at where the lessons occur; a place between and somewhere else. Is he stuck there until he can move on? Note Hyrule Castle is visible protruding through the clouds and there's no barrier which is present throughout the whole game to be seen. Great video
I love the idea of the Hero of Time as Dark Link. That opens up even more doors, maybe back to Midna and the Twilight Realm. I always want there to be more story to tell
There is one thing from Ocarina of Time that resembles the design on the armor. The wolves guarding the forest temple. They had attacks that would also target the weak spot in the armor that you mentioned. And it might explain why he appears as a wolf.
ogm that would make so muck sence!!!!!
Mind blowing
Ooh, and maybe why his breastplate looks like the face of a beast!
We have to remember that, in the child timeline, when Adult Link returns, Ganondorf is not only still alive, but he is fighting a war against Hyrule (same war for which he will be “executed” and then sealed in the twilight realm). Maybe the Hero of Time died fighting in this war?
It must have lasted a long time since he was a child (in body if not mind). He would have to have met and warned Zelda, left, wind up in Termina, and return 3 days later, all still before the day Ganondorf attacked (but this time they were ready).
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It is possible that he didn’t get back till after the war.
@@liamscott1905 possible. I sometimes wonder if time flows differently for Hyrule and Termina. Like relativistic time dilation. In MM beginning we see Link fall through the pit in the big tree but we don't really know how long he was falling or the mechanics of the portal. If it was almost real-time from player's perspective why didn't he go splat? If he was in hot pursuit how did Skull Kid have time to get rid of Epona and she finds her way to Romani Ranch which is blocked by a boulder on day 1?
@@burger_kinghorn
So you think Link was falling a short distance for a long time due to time distortion? Giving the skull kid time to set everything up, including putting epona in their ranch and killing deku butlers son.
That’s interesting, I always theorised termina was 7 years ahead personally.
There is a video explaining that link might have missed the war and spent the rest of his life preparing the next hero.
I think Ganondorf was arrested under suspicions
the armor on the hero of time looks similar to the darknut armor in twilight princess, especially the shield and the crescent on top of the helmet and the pocket sword on the hip.
I like these older videos on your channel. The narration is more calm, temperate and pleasant to listen to.
The most iconic Link in the history of Hyrule.
Just Pie123 nah it’s between botw and oct
All You mean the Hero of Legend
The same name says all, the hero that saved 3 realms, defeated not only the Ganon that defeated the hero of time, It was a Ganon that had the full triforce
1234567890 Qwertyuiop 3 and 1/2 realms
1234567890 Qwertyuiop and what about the dark world, or subrosia?
@@Qwertyuiop-lg7ko theres a theory that link didnt die but left that timeline Instead abandoned it like the adult timeline leaving the Triforce of Courage For Free for ganon and easy steal from zelda
honestly really dope idea! I have a new headcanon now.
I think the armor was customized as an offshoot for him specifically in old hyrule due to becoming king of hyrule, and more than likely the general at some point. That would explain why theres unidentified markings, being of old hyrule post-majoras mask/OOT, and pre-twilight princess, it has changed over the years and theres still similarities between his armor and the hylian knights.
He once again freed Dodongo's Cavern of any threats and Lord Jabu Jabu of his parasites, and he killed all 100 Gold Skulltula's too. Later in life, he became an explorer, discovering what would be known as Snowpeak and setting up a fortress there for his legion of soldiers, but later the fortress was bought by wealthy family with close ties to the Royal Family. He eventually a royal knight before settling down in Lon Lon Ranch. In one battle he lost his eye. The Gerudo Hylian war destroyed much of Hyrule's original castle town location. As Hyrule expanded and the Deku Tree remained deceased, the forest lost the enchantment it once held, and the Kokiri were driven from their homes as the Hylians began to settle. The hero sought to protect the place of his childhood, but the country he saved had betrayed him.
His children held no interest in combat. They preferred the simple life. In old age, he planted the howling stones around Hyrule. He destroyed the Ocarina of Time to prevent Ganondorf or another vile person from potentially taking it. He gave his Hero's Bow to the Gorons. The Lost Woods eventually grew over Lon Lon Ranch, the original castle town, and the Temple of Time, and it was renamed Faron Woods and Ordona.
He died in the forest in the exact location the Golden Wolf first appears in front of the remains of the Great Deku Tree, now called Faron Temple, reminiscing of the life that was taken from him, at peace with the fact that he could now live out his life without the burden placed upon him of being a hero, but regretful that he was forgotten and even betrayed by the world he saved, and in a way, doomed as well. He tasked his old friend Skull Kid with guarding the Master Sword.
Finally, he rested in front of his father, the Deku Tree, in the same location he once sat in when his adventure first began. He thought of Navi and Tatl, two of his fairy friends who helped him so much, of Zelda, of his friend Saria, his sworn brother Darunia, his wife in another time Ruto, the brave old attendant Impa, and the brash and beautiful Nabooru. He thought of his beloved horse Epona from his early life. He thought of Malon, his beloved wife. He thought of the time period and parallel world he left behind and if they would ever need him. But that wasn't his worry anymore. This new timeline would need him, and he would be prepared this time. If Ganondorf, the man who took his childhood and everything away from him were to ever return like he expected, he would find a way to kill him, and properly this time. He did find a way, through the last descendant of his bloodline.
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@@bakaron7842 Well it is a relatively new comment. Thanks!
the only problem is that in botw the original castle town is in great plateau,very far from the kokiri/korok forest,which is smaller than the forest of ocarina of time and twilight princess,but this is the best theory I've ever heard .
Not to mention forgotten temple,which was the "first temple of time".Do you have any idea ?
Wow. Great story
I've got a different theory: it was a Darknut (perhaps several).
First of all, we can agree that the Hero of Time was pretty formidable, and probably stayed that way as he got older, even if he did lose a step or two.
Second of all, we can agree that not many enemies would really have fazed him, outside of bosses.
Except for one: the Darknuts.
There've been a few theories about the Darknuts in Twilight Princess, and one of them is that they were essentially created as superpowered bodyguards for the Royal Family - explaining what they're doing guarding the Dominion Rod (a very important royal artefact) and in Hyrule Castle. The later appearances of the Darknuts in the game, in Hyrule Castle, also have some resemblance to the armour of the Hero's Shade, particularly the helmet and the shield. Perhaps they were modelled on a fully grown Hero of Time; Zelda would probably see him as her go-to hero. Either something went wrong, and they went rogue, or they were always evil to begin with. Either way, one (or several) of them may have killed the Hero of Time when he was a relatively old man. Considering how formidable they are, and the fact that the Hero's Shade is notably missing an eye (suggesting a lack of depth perception), it's certainly plausible, and probably more so than any other recurring enemy doing so other than by an insanely lucky shot through the eyeball (again, the Hero's Shade is missing an eye). Another villain could have popped up, but for the sake of simplicity, let's ignore that.
Supporting this, several of the Hidden Skills that the Hero's Shade teaches Link are directly relevant to fighting the Darknuts: as early as the third one, he makes a very specific point about fighting fully armoured enemies, and teaches Link the Back-Slice. This is despite the fact that the lesson comes after the Goron Mines, and before the Lakebed Temple - the second and third dungeons, respectively. While a fairly useful move in general, especially against King Bulbin in the Gerudo Desert and later on, it doesn't really come into its own until you're faced with an armoured, sword-wielding enemy - a Darknut. That doesn't happen until the Temple of Time, which isn't the first, second, or even third dungeon after the Goron Mines, but the FOURTH.
And that's not the end of it. Immediately after the Back-Slice, the next move he teaches you is the Helm-Splitter, a move also most relevant against armoured swordsmen, like, again, Darknuts. This one is just before the Arbiter's Grounds, the fourth Dungeon, as is the next one, the Mortal Draw - also, to a lesser extent, mainly relevant against powerful enemies like the Darknuts, and perfect for dealing with their unarmoured forms. Again, these apply well to the likes of King Bulbin, and to some other more powerful mook level opponents, but they're practically designed for the one enemy of that type to really return from Ocarina of Time: Darknuts.
The Hero's Shade makes sure to hammer all three of those techniques in, before moving back onto more general and frankly, less complex, techniques (the first two were the Ending Blow and the Shield Bash) and the last two are the Jump Strike and the Great Spin - ideal for dealing with large numbers of lesser enemies. It's almost as if he has a very particular set of priorities, and he's dead-set on not just training his descendant in his skills and making sure masters them, but on a very particular set of those skills as quickly as possible, because he's acutely aware that while other enemies can be beaten with basic swordsmanship and clever use of items, you really need to know your stuff with a sword when fighting a Darknut (or indeed Ganondorf). He really, REALLY seems to have a thing about heavily armoured, sword-wielding enemies and teaching his descendant how best to protect himself from them, so he'll have maximum practice before finally facing them. Like, say, Darknuts. All of which can be explained by the fact that one - or several, working together - killed him. By the way, this would also explain the very large gap in his armour - a Darknut is certainly large enough and strong enough to take out the significant gap in his armour.
You just fucking blew my mind, I genuinely can't see anything else as canon besides this now
Wow!! This is a great theory!!!
Darknuts have 2 attacks. A fierce downwards axe smash and a double horizontal slice. The first one could have cut the left (horn?) side of the hero's shade helmet and the second attack could have sadly cut him in half. Maybe also the vertical attack also got his eye, making him blind to the horizontal slice coming from the right and unable to avoid it leading to his demise.
Also and I just saw this after I posted this comment, look at his shield and where it's cracked. If he would hold it upright it was blocking a strong attack coming from above. The fierce downwards axe smash! He couldn't completely defend himself from it and possibly how he lost his eye.
OMG.... :(
This is an awesome theory. Thank you for sharing!!!
So I recently had a thought. After Ganondorf was defeated and imprisoned by the sages to be sent to the twilight realm, the kingdom of Hyrule essentially enslaved the Gerudo. My thought was, Link and Zelda may not have agreed with this and may even have fought against such actions. What if Link died freeing the Gerudo and helping Zelda take the throne so she could stop the would be genocide.
How amazing it would be to finish his story see what happened after majoras mask
I’ve always imagined the hero died of natural causes. In a time of piece his children cared less about battle and more about the farm. Eventually the decorated warrior was too old n felt his days leaving him. He puts on his beaten armor one last time n ventures into his old home the lost woods. Leans against his parishes father figure the great deku tree. Slowly closes his eyes as the spirits around him comfort him. Body left in his old home resting unburied and unmarked
that ... i just love that
That gave me god damn chills
Wow.. that... that was so deep!
The great deku tree was a sapling at the time of majora's mask... Maybe the angsty teenage deku tree by the time link was old (i know i know, I'm fun at parties)
@@victorbatista609 the carcass of the original would still be there, if not at least tbd base of the trunk
He got straight up cleaved in the tragic events of Super Smash Brothers: Melee
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Nah, Im pretty sure this happened when he went to visit the Soulcalibur realm for a match up in Soulcalibur 2
Bayonetta killed link to steal his clothing.
moment of silence please
If you look at how the shade holds his shield up in combat the crack that’s on it lines up with the missing piece of his helm. The pauldren on his left as well as his whole body when he stands at rest looks to have crumpled in on that side possibly hinting at a huge slash that hit him from helm through the pauldren gap into shield. Maybe a jumping slash from the shade or something with a similar north to south motion?
It's also entirely possible that OoT Link never found peace after returning to his child form (as explored in Majora's Mask) and lost himself in battle, eventually dying a great hero. His only regret being he couldn't pass on his lifetime of sword mastery. This can be shown in two points in two timelines, with the hero's return in TP, there was no sword master (orca) to teach the techniques. However in the timeline where the hero did not return, Orca teaches very similar if not identical techniques to the Hero's Shade, however there is no shade in this timeline, implying that he was able to pass down the techniques to vanquish evil eventually reaching the old swordmaster. (That is the killing strike to Ganon in WW after all)
Song of healing is, oddly, one of the songs you do learn from the shade, however it does not heal him as he knows Ganon will forever return, even further reinforcing his unwillingness to pass on.
And on a final note, "You have at last mastered all of the hidden skills. Although I accepted life as the hero, I could not convey the lessons of that life to those who came after. At last, I have eased those regrets." This does not imply an early death, just the unwillingness to learn or to teach from either link or his children.
But the real truth is nostalgic game design to ramp up sales.
The fashion police killed him when he decided to start wearing that ridiculous helmet.
Nice
Hey I like his helmet
Wait that horn is part of his helmet? I thought something pierce through his helmet
I always thought of the helmet and armor set in general as his burial garb.
Hytopia?
Good observations. To further go about this theory you can see his chainmail on his leg is tattered. Normal chainmail is linked and it has many many links, a sword cannot puncture through chainmail easily and even then it would not cause a huge chunk of chain to fall apart like that. Even if the chainmail rusted and got brittle on it’s own, there would be much much more chainmail like it torn in multiple segments throughout his body, not to mention it would have a brownish texture. But not that chainmail, it’s still has its grayish color. Judging from the looks it appears to be sliced in a V shape of sorts. A normal sword would not be able to get such a clean cut like that to chainmail. In facts the sword itself would be damaged far more than the chainmail from the blow, so if he did have to fight someone or something it would have to be with either an extremely sharp blade/claw, or a magic infused weapon. This goes further into the theory of dark link if dark link posses the sword of time that might be the magical kick the weapon needed to slice through chainmail easily, even then a blow like that would probably demolish links leg. So that could also have lead to his demise as you see his shield has a crack at the bottom with a piece missing. This is an interesting indication that he actually did indeed fight somebody, and judging from the angle of the crack it’s safe to assume that’s the starting point of impact. To create a crack like that in that specific direction means whomever he was fighting had to also be extremely powerful to force any weapon down onto his shield to make said crack. This ties into the “killing blow to the abdomen” and how the scenario might've taken place. Our hero of time went to a heavily wooded area to confront his darkness, one last time. The darkness was overpowering, causing our hero to be backed against a thick tree. Out of options our hero prepares for the darkness to strike and he hits a low blow gashing out our heroes leg. Weakened our hero falls on one good knee as the darkness jumps slicing downwards towards our hero, he raises his shield one last time and the blade swoops down through the bottom of the shield causing the crack in the shield, our hero goes for a jab with his sword but as he misses and the darkness lunges back this time hitting his dead in his eye. Blinded and weakened our hero frantically tries swinging in random directions, that’s when the darkness comes in for one last thrust, straight through his abdomen. Our hero falls against the tree, looking up at the leafs falling from the tree due to the impact of his body hitting it, small shimmers of light shine through the leafs as they fall onto our hero, he draws his final breaths as he closes his one good eye shut, leafs continue falling onto him until he’s buried in them. No body was ever found. The impact from his body hitting the tree also caused his helmet to rattle and crack his spike.
And that’s the gist of it.
Wow, you really went all in. You explained every tiny detail. Awesome work!
found the writer. and a damn good one at that.
oh I'm cRYING OH NO
this is really good oh my gosh~!!! ✨💖💖💖✨ ;∆;
I kinda wanna make a comic about this, tho lol I'm not good at making them, if I do I will give you credit~!!
My favorite explanation of why the hero of time had fallen is actually one still in the making, called a hero's purpose. And I know I'm a few years to late for this to be seen by many, it's still worth putting this project out there for those who may find this and not know about it.
I have this image in my head of the Hero's remains are hidden somewhere in the Lost Woods, just out if sight enough for Twi Link to barely miss them.
Omg, thinking that the Hero of Time’s body isn’t even buried is depressing! I swear he had the most depressing/tragic story (and the most interesting).
hmm hmm i think the wild is worse cuz 1 he wakes up knwoign nothing about the world and there is no one to help him 2 once he regains memory he realizes his friends r dead and plus he never wanted to be the hero and so he ended up being basically mute
@@Murolas Hero of the Wild's story is a tragedy, but I don't think it's as sad as the Hero of Time's. Think about this; the hero of time was a hero of Hyrule and Termina, and no one from either will ever recognize that. In Hyrule he battled through time and in the end was sent back in time before all of it happened with himself being the only one who knows. As for Termina, the regular townsfolk would just assume it was all the Giant's doings for saving them. In fact the Gorons and Zora didn't even know Link because he was wearing the mask spirits posing as people they knew that they'd probably assume did all the work. The hero of time lived a thankless life for being the chosen one. Everyone around him doesn't remember or know him.
@@GLARebel well depending on how u look at it the fact that no one knows it was him can be a good thing where he isnt gonna be relied on too much so its kinda a blessing sure i havent played oot but i mean from what i see he has a good guide like the fairy while for the hero of the wild he does get minor guidance by the old man and a random voice in his head ye its mostly the perspective
@@GLARebel I mean, in order to convince the king himself that ganondorf was evil, he must have had some definitive evidence
Because of this, I imagine that when he explained his story and how he got said proof, he was likely treated with high respect by the royal family
But apart from that, yeah, he's suffered quite a bit for no reward
Imagine the reason hero of time link is not buried is because indeed he did die in some form of battle and they did find him and they laid him to rest where the master sword was kept in the temple of time and nature just took it's course as it did with the temple of time itself (in twilight princess master sword was in sacred Grove in the woods which was originally the temple of time) that's why by the time of twilight princess there's nothing left of him because the body withered away and the hero of time is not seen in the Grove because nature overgrew him
“Does this mean that something killed him?”
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Just a few thoughts
Firstly, I believe the Red eye is simply more artistic freedom to imply that Link is left handed, tbh.
The leaves/moss on his armor is either simply allusion to the fact that this is OOT Link because he was closely related to the forest as a form of symbolism that we so often see in the Zelda Series, or more that when OOT Link passed away, he would >want< to spend his final moments in the place most dear to his heart. The place that felt most like home. I fully believe that if he knew it was his time, he would have brought himself to the front steps of the Forest Temple, sat exactly where he had learned Sarias' Song from his first closest friend, and passed away there either to feel the comfort of being in a familiar place or maybe even seeking a final moment of council and comfort from an old friend in one of those "If you can hear me old friend, I have some things I need to say" type moments.
Remember what Saria told him in front of the Forest Temple : "This place will be very important for the both of us someday. That's what I feel. "
She goes on to say : "If you play the Ocarina here, you can talk with the spirits of the forest."
To me, it feels like a circle for that moment - The place he learned something very important in regards to his upcoming trials from one of his dearest friends ends up being where he goes in his final moments for comfort, for peace, for reassurance, and to perhaps take a moment to speak to the spirits of the forest that he grew up in as a child. Maybe he went there in his old age to pass in peace. Maybe he was wounded, bleeding out, fatally injured, but dug down and found the strength to venture there to spend his final moments. We may not know what condition he was in when he got there, but I fully believe that's where he passed away.
And remember - If you become Lost in the Lost Woods, you are destined to become a Stalfos.
Well done! Ive been watching quite a few vid's on twilight princess & i was watching another video just the other day about how in majora's mask. Skull kid after playing all the pranks on the people, like U hear throughout the story. They also connected how the history of skull kid being subjugated to seclusion & over all truly feeling alone/betrayed by the ones closest to em. Link was also put through similar exp/emotions by not having a fairy in the beginning living amongst the ones he grew up with, they choose to discriminate him while making him feel completely alone while living their except for the great deku who was always like a wise being to him wich helped Link never lose his way but in the end helped Link relate his similar emotions with Skull kid. Personally i aslo think 2 of em grew a trusting friendship ship that seems to live truly throughout time. After all the games Skull kid plays with link in the end he was either messing around/playing with Link or helping. In twilight princess skull kid seems to just want quality time with that old buddy that showed em that someone was hear the whole time that understood the feelings so like a true friend skull kid's there to help u in a difficult time/ in twilight princess. P.s do we know if the mask has side effects/ the game did say that majora's mask was used for ceremonial rituals so that means no 1 wore it for to long? Except when skull kid did, plus if that is still the same skull kid and the mask changed skull kids soul, or being or whatever it is, then that would explain why skull kid is still alive today maybe and, this is a BIG AND. Just how much knowledge does skull kid actually know. After centuries of living and having majora's mask on for 3 whole day's
“Who KILLED the Hero of Time?”
Well, according to one timeline... _Ganon_
Very true, but TP is not part of that timeline. TP is part of the timeline where Link stayed an adult.
Well that timeline doesn't exist because everytime I beat a Zelda game Link lives at the end.
@@trashaimgamer7822 Honestly, the best answer. It is outlandish that they cooked up that timeline like 15 years after release.
@@Selcryn that's incorrect. Tp He stayed a child in that timeline.
@@trashaimgamer7822 I scrambled my brain to see how that timeline can even exist and no matter what I come up with, I can't find a plausible idea on how it came to be. Honestly that timeline shouldn't even exist. It's a paradox. In order for it to exsist something had to have happened in the childhood timeline, BUT NOTHING HAPPENS IN THAT TIMELINE. The only explanation my brain can come up with that's even remotely sane, is that in the adult timeline, someone somewhere somehow altered reality and created another timeline. Maybe when link woke up in the sage realm in the church something happened, or ganondorf used some dark magic somewhere in the realm that splitted realities. IDK
My theory is that he returned to Hyrule after the events of Majora's Mask and became a knight in the Hyrulean army and that he eventually died during a war.
I mean, that would instantly explain the armor he wears in Twilight Princess.
I agree. Getting overwhelmed in a war is just a very plausible thing.
it isnt a hyrulean armor. and why the leafs?
@@simongarrels8991 Agreed. We've seen what Hylian armour looks like. This ain't it.
That said, it's too... 'clumsy' to be adventuring armour, so I'm thinkin' he must've joined up with some kinda army by the time he met his demise.
In that case, it can be assumed that he simply took part in a losing battle one day; he was a great fighter and all, but if his army broke, he'd be alone against hundreds if not thousands, and even the Hero of Time couldn't have handled that.
The opposing army also wouldn't have had a reason to bury him; Just loot him and leave the body for the crows.
I'm sure link is married to Malon
@@JRedNose that's the thing if they looted him why didn't they take the sword shield and helmet. I mean sword and the shield is still usable after so many years. so obviously it's great sword and shield. plus the helmet would be a good trophy. I mean who wouldn't want to take a trophy from the guy who saved the world I mean that's a big accomplishment killing the guy who saved two different worlds.
The orange on the helmet looks similar to the skyward sword banners in castle town
I’ve always wanted a game where Link was much older. A grizzled old man that has to get back into hero shape to save hyrule one last time. Ultimately he sacrifices himself to save Hyrule.
I like this theory. It's interesting and takes a spin on who the Hero's Shade is. My thoughts:
It was to my understanding that the reason the Hero's Shade had regrets was because he never got to live a normal life. In the adult timeline he saved the world from Ganon's reign and in the child timeline he ran off never to return in search of Navi after causing a war to breakout. In the final credits scene in Ocarina of Time, according to Hyrule Historia when Link re-visits Zelda with his newfound knowledge he warns Zelda and the King of Hyrule about Ganondorf's plan to take over Hyrule. He shows them the Triforce of Courage that traveled back in time with him as proof he was to be taken seriously. This is what led to Ganondorf's execution in Twilight Princess. By extension, the Hero of Time feels he'll never be recognized as a hero because again, he saved the world in the adult timeline only for that timeline to be forgotten and in his present time had caused a war. By teaching Link in Twilight Princess the new sword techniques he founded, he is by extension saving Hyrule through his decedent.
When you brought up that Link in Twilight Princess is Ocarina of Time Link's decadent because he "carries the blood of the hero" I do not think he meant a literal biological connection between the Hero of Time and the Hero of Twilight. Remember, not all Link's are connected through direct bloodline but all reincarnations of Link carry the blood of the goddess and the spirit of the hero. However, you still have your proof that Link in Twilight Princess is the decadent of Ocarina of Time Link because after learning all the sword techniques, the Hero's Shade says "Do not falter, my child!" before leaving you for the last time.
Lastly, I liked your thoughts about where the Hero of Time may possibly lie after passing away. Here are mine: In the Hyrule Castle graveyard there is a stone that says "The cursed swordsman... sleeps before... the sacred tree". Dissecting this, I believe that the "cursed swordsman" mentioned on the stone is the Hero of Time, the "sleeps before" relates to the swordsman being buried, and the "sacred tree" can mean either the tree that is in the Castle graveyard or it relates to the Great Deku Tree. Either way, this makes perfect sense. The leaves you mentioned on the Hero's Shade's armor could be representation of how he was buried beneath a tree. Location wise these both make sense. If the Hero of Time was buried under the tree in the Castle graveyard, then it would explain why Wolf Link can 'sense' other fallen soldier's souls circling a part of the ground beneath the tree. Despite the soldiers being visual queues to the player to help solve the puzzle here, it is almost as if these soldiers are paying eternal respect to another who committed an incredible task. It'd be one thing if it was a typical soldier captain or whatever- but the soldiers in Twilight Princess are armed with spears and can be seen in several in game cutscenes as well as during gameplay. However, the stone said "swordsman" meaning it was a person who wielded a sword. Being the Hero of Time it would also make sense for the Kingdom of Hyrule to bury their hero in their Castle graveyard as a sign of rank and respect as well.
The other idea I had about it was that the "sacred tree" would have been the Great Deku Tree. Much more simplistic but makes a lot of sense when you think about Ocarina of Time Link. He grew up with the Great Deku Tree as a guardian for him. Being buried under the Great Deku Tree would make sense because it is where Link used to live. Kokiri Forest is his home.
If you took the time to read this I applaud you. Lemme know what you think of my thoughts and whatnot. Again, great theory! I enjoyed the whole thing. :)
HylianLuke I love your take on this! After the leaves were pointed out, I wondered if an injured Link made it back to the Great Deku Tree for his final breath. It would be very sweet, with the connection they had. The Castle graveyard would make sense though if they were honoring him. I personally think “Do not falter, my child!” does not confirm that they are directly related, because oftentimes teachers/mentors would refer to students as “my child,” however, it is confirmed that TP Link is the son of a farmer and it is commonly believed that OoT Link and Malon ended up together, so that connection would make sense. As far as the “my child,” thing goes, that’s just my personal opinion - for all we know the Hero’s Shade could have literally meant that this Link is his child. Overall, love your ideas and the time you took to explain them. Also, well done MaskedNintendoBandit, another wonderful theory. Twilight Princess has a lot of nostalgia for me so I felt like a little kid again watching this excellent theory :)
I loved this theory my dood. 😌👌
HylianLuke i like your theory and I’m happy you went through a creative orgasm to get this out. Unfortunately there’s too many clues to hint that that the HoT isn’t related by blood to the HoT... lol hero of time and hero of twilight. I’m so slow didn’t notice they both are technically HoT
Wow! Thanks for all that. The video had some nice prospects. I think I got caught up in my own thoughts and theories and it made me forget all these actual in game details. And now..... I wouldn't straight up and say this is how he died but the fact that he doesn't have a scar on his eye indicates that his eye was stabbed in someway. So maybe he was killed with that initial stab to his head? Also just the fact that he was wearing armor tells us he was on duty. Not to mention, if he died in armor then it wouldn't be from old age unless he decided to put his armor on before he died. I think it's safe to say he was either fighting for or defending hyrule at the time of his death.
Welp this is long
Head cannon: he died naturally. After events of MM he just lead the knights of hyrule to protect the kingdom, but his soul could never pass on to the afterlife because that incarnation of ganondorf never died, just got sealed away.
As a result, oot links soul stayed in limbo until next incarnation of link came along to finish what he started
I like to imagine that each incarnation of link is bound to a purpose (which is kind of implied in some games) and so oot link never killing ganondorf is kind of unfinished business for him
Thank you, I hate the thought of him losing a fight tbh. And to disprove his points, the leaves represent that he grew up in Kokiri forest and perhaps his kids were kidnapped and he couldn't find them
This sounds more canon than anything I've heard before
I love this
@@micahschumacher7278 technicly, him dying in the fight is not the same as him losing a fight. if he died from an injury hengot in a fight he won, then that does not really make it a draw since he still was the one to walk away while his opponent died right away
I like this idea, I'm going with that
For some reason I feel like the tapestries appeared somewhere in the gurudo desert but I can't quite remember where exactly I have seen them.
Considering there is proof of war breaking out prior to OoT in the shadow temple, perhaps prior to TP there was another war over territory with the mysterious tribe mentioned in TP. Link would of likely been killed by the fused shadow and perhaps even cursed to wander as a spirit.
Look how they massacred my boy.
Too bad no undertaker :(
I fucking love this
Indeed
The Hero of Time is to the Legend of Zelda, what Ezio was to the Assassin's Creed series, ergo, he needs another game.
Connor The RK-800 that’s a perfect metaphor
Revelations wrapped up Ezio's story nicely. We need one last game for the hero of time to wrap up his story.
@@RossLemon I'd love to see him as a full adult and explain how he returned to Hyrule and finished off his final days.
#BringBackTheHeroOfTime
personally, i think we should have seen what happened to Edward Kenway more. because i feel that his ending wasnt very good.
Since he is in battle armor, he maybe joined the hylian army when he got to like 40, and met his demise out on the fields where his body was never found
He was mortally wounded at some time after OOT and before he died he went to the lost woods to hide the master sword to let it not fall into enemy hands. Where after his death the Kokiri or Sheikah built a new pedestal for it. That is why the master sword is in the lost woods in some games and no longer able to time travel.
After he died nobody buried him and his armor was overgrown with mosses and other plants.
I man if he died in the woods he would have been mostly likely buried by the kokiri, he was basically one of their people despite being a Hylian genetically, he was raised under kokiri culture.
Something Ive yet to see mentioned: The Hero of Time is a revenant.
Thensingular glowing eye is symbolic of a revenant, a 'vengeful spirit' unable to rest due to being murdured or killed, leaving them longing to finish what they couldnt.
I 100% agree, the Hero of Time died unexpectedly or in battle where he could not be found.
But he doesn't have any shoulder mounted twin rocket launchers
/j
@@mr.mothly lol
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His eye got cancer from using X-ray (the eye of truth)
Hero of Time was killed by the DOOM Slayer
I mean, obviously he annoyed a cucco one too many times!
i feel like an interesting detail is how the heros spirit looks like a stalfos from oot. red eye, circular shield, exposed arms and legs. it might not mean anything, but i feel like its a detail that could lead to something
in the manga when Link visited the desert temple he was shown a glimpse of the future where he was the one eyed skeleton then in the shadow temple he had his eye cut out by the possessed mask salesman
Which one? The Akira Himekawa one? Been a while since I've read those...
Spirit temple?
Which book
that doesn't happen in the Manga for OoT, he's not shown glimpses of the future but pains in his heart, and he never visits the shadow temple at all in the manga.
manga isnt canon, but its an interesting thought