@@katie-kb6qd I knew there were roads, but I told myself “why follow the roads when I can go anywhere!” I followed the roads after that interaction lmao
Worst case scenario, the Guardians didn't particularly do anything...instead, it was the flying Divine Beast that did it. Makes sense considering that the attack came from above. Any regular Guardians could've been at the base of the hills waiting for any possible fleeing villagers to pick off like leftovers in the ensuing chaos.
Happy thought: the residents of the village might have thought that the guardians were there to protect them at first making it even worse when they started to attack them
Halfway through your explanation, when you said that the Deya village inhabitants couldn't defend themselves, my first thought was: "Oh god, the Guardians attacked at night...!" Which wasn't absolutely possible, since that piano riff coming from all directions would've woken everyone up
Whenever I play a game set in post-apocalyptia, I always enjoy traveling to long abandoned areas and discovering the story of what happened there It makes you realize that there were actual (well, digital, but still) people who lived there; people who had lives of their own and went about their day until The Big Thing happened The past lives on in you, and it leaves a heavy mark that doesn't go away when you move on to the next location. Their story gets told, and I always hope that it helps them be at peace, even if they're just pixels on a screen
This is how i feel in video games, whenever someone dies i always think, "I wonder what they were like before all this?" great example being the champions
Deya was my first “find” in BOTW when I left the Plateau. The tree sucked me in, and I had to follow it. Cresting that hill in the middle of the night and seeing the charred ruins of that town spread out at the bottom in the moonlight literally knocked the breath out of me. For some reason, it drove home the Calamity concept in a way nothing else had. The little houses reminded me so much of Kakariko in OoT that it was EXACTLY like the feeling I got coming out of the Temple of Time in that game as an adult for the first time. It was like a punch to the gut. Your story only makes it sadder. Brilliant work, guys!
Still a trauma to me. One of those monster in the Square attacked me cause I was thinking they were people. . still. That zoom-in. . .we all now know they where all but people!
I understand the calamity pretty much immediately, but I had a similar experience upon finding Fort Hateno. It's a sad enough experience, exploring a military fort. Even if they won the war it's sad, because people still died. But the abject horror of their charred wooden barricades, guardians, guardians I already knew were powerful and sick weapons of carnage, just ten feet below. And then talking to a traveller nearby, and he says "this is where Hyrule's last champion fell." how my heart dropped when I realized, that was me. I died here.
The most tragic part of botw to me will always be the village ruins. There are such a sheer number of them, in nearly every area. It’s so painful to think about how people once lived there until they were wiped out.
tabantha village ruins always makes me sad :( it would be such a pretty place, and it reminds me of some of the littlel villages you find in england so i always imagine what it would look like and the people youd find there. i really wish there was a dlc or something where you rebuild areas of hyrule
Over by Lake Illumeni, there's a small farmstead that was wiped out. In BOTW, that area always felt so forlorn. I didn't like going over there because of how lonely the area felt.
The Creating a Champion Book explains what happened here. This village and the lake were separate during the time of the Calamity. The villagers couldn’t see what was going on in Central Hyrule, and didn’t know there was any danger to run from until the Guardians crested the Hills of Baumer. The destruction caused the remains of the village to eventually be swallowed up by Deya Lake and become the marshland we see now. The map for AoC just wasn’t updated except for the village names.
It's obvious why Deya Village was a famous fishing town. Look where it is in relation to Lake Hylia, remember what was there in OoT, a fishing pond. I think this is a reference to that pond.
Another thing I think may have really screwed deya is that because of all the hills, Hyrule castle is out of sight, therefore the residence would not be able to know that the calamity had reappeared and once the guardians got there it was too late to run. and they were all killed
The water level might be explained by water drainage. The Dutch used windmills and other contraptions to drain swamp lands for farming. It might be that the villagers of Deya drained the water to make clear land for buildings, while depositing the water in the lake to keep it deep enough for fish. With the villagers gone and the tree blasted down, there would be nothing keeping the water from reclaiming the land
There’s literally so many story telling videos that can be made based on a game that came out years ago because of the massive lore put into the game. I’m glad you guys continue making these!
I actually think we are looking into two different problems that this village went through. I believe the village got destroyed initially by guardians, yes, but I don't think the guardians caused the flood or tree to fall. There are key details on the tree that hint away at how it fell. We already theorized that the stone talus came as meteors as we can guess due to the Gisa crater. So, if you go up to the tree, you will find that it has 2 holes on its base. One big one on the opposite side of where it fell and a small one facing the village. Maybe a stone talus just impacted the tree like a meteor, knocked it over, this tree actually broke some sort of small dam, flooded the town that was already probably destroyed. The stone talus could have maybe landed years after the guardians passed. If you check the other smaller hole on the base of the tree, it actually has a perfect trajectory leading to the stone talus. Maybe after landing the stone talus, broke out of the tree that way, rolled down the hill, and took his rest at the center of the town. There is even a second smaller tree (where the korok is found) that is destroyed along the way, showing that something else came tumbling down this way strong enough to break a relatively above average-sized tree.
Imagine if a divine beast maybe fired a laser or attacked a city full of people... either under Ganons control or maybe even on accident. One laser could wipe out an entire village’s inhabitants and their homes. That’s pretty terrifying, getting decimated by an insanely large machine like a divine beast. There was probably a lot of collateral damage done by the divine beasts too
@@HyruleGamer if you follow their Insta or Twitter then you'll know that they didn't even post a pic saying happy anniversary while they posted a pic for Paper Mario a few weeks ago saying happy anniversary
Something I've always kinda wondered about was what kind of damage PEOPLE themselves might have caused. History supports the fact that when everything hits the fan some people see it as a opportunity to get by with horrible acts because of the lack of law enforcement available. One example is the yiga clan. But, what about 100 years ago before the population was thinned. That small window of time probably had prisoners escaping and people that was always internally bad taking that opportunity.
"Going completely Anakin Skywalker. Killing not just the men but the women and the children too." Might have not found a Star Wars reference for the first 7 mins of the video but I knew there was gonna be at least one. Loved it.
And again thank you for the captions from the bottom of my heart. Your deaf audience appreciates it. It means the world to us. Keep up the good work my friend! :)
Yeah their bowl shaped village layout made them easy pickings for Guardians, they didn't even have to enter the village proper, just fire from the hilltops. No escape if totally surrounded and even if there were a hills free the villagers would still have to climb upwards to get there while exposed to fire.
It's truly a crime that Nintendo does not pick up all you Zelda theorists. The both of you with zeltic, would be enough for a masterful Zelda dialogue and narration of an incredible new game.
Gee. Now I'm sad just thinking how the people were just trapped there. Deya Village is probably one of my favorite things I stumbled upon while playing the game. I was definitely one of those people who missed it first time around.
Did any of y'all think that it might've been Astor to destroy Deya? His description does say that he grew up in a small village. The chances are high of that "small village" being Deya village. I could be totally wrong but I am so sold on the thought that he destroyed the village.
High ground advantage, long range artillery, and Terminator-like efficiency. . Like shooting fish in a barrel. 😢😢😢😢😢 (No malice intended by my statement.)
There are so many places in BOTW that I would love to see in their prime. AoC gave us a little taste of that, but there are still more areas that I dream of seeing restored. I hope BOTW2 shows us a Hyrule in the process of healing and being restored. I also wouldn't mind if BOTW2 made Zelda a little more RPG-like, while still having that open-world freedom and fantastical Zelda feeling.
Hmm. The attack from above had me thinking it might have been flying guardians destroying the village. Why should they do this? Well in the video they explained why guardians might have come from this village to fort hateno. But i think guardians might take the easiest way to thier target, in this case fort hateno, and that would probably be through dual peaks mountain. Yes a few might have done some damage to deya village, but the most damage would have been done by flying guardians. They are more mobile than stalkers, they can fly and find thier tagets that way and take them out. But why would they go there? Well maybe ganon wanted everything near the castle destroyed, and deya was just too close. He sent flying guardians to obliterate that village and all his inhabitants.
My thoughts exactly. In the game they described how Dueling Peaks was a bit of a bottleneck for the flow of Guardians, but Skywatchers can just fly around them, and it would make sense for them to spread out through the lower ground to the sides of the DPs than venture through the canyon and risking damage to their propellers because we know how windy it gets in there. It would be easy for them to spot Deya Village on their way to Fort Hateno and drop an aerial attack on the way, which would also explain how the villagers didn't even damage a single one.
Remember. This game alone includes at least 10000 years worth of history...and people still lived in villages like these. This is the only gripe I have with this game. It's like the people in Hyrule are stupid, they have all this Sheikah technology and they can't seem to find a way to improve anything but their defense systems. Shit, Link did more with Tarrey Town in a matter of weeks/months than the Kingdom did in 10 thousand fucking years.
idk, i kinda get it? most technological advances were made after the sheikah unified with the royal family again after being forced away. most tech and shrines were being excavated just like the divine beasts and everything else. the way i see it, the 10,000 years past war was a veritable burning of the library of alexandria for hyrulians and with the other inferred wars with monsters and possibly other kingdoms after all that time it would delay technological progress. idk though, just a theory and how i prefer to think of it.
It would depend on how many times Gannon destroyed Hyrule. Im wondering why there wasn’t a town on the plateau fully developed after 100 years. Is the plateau the island for Skyward Sword?
7:52 Hyrule Gamer: Well I am glad you asked.. MaskedNintendoBandit: You already said that previously in the video! Hyrule Gamer: Well about I say it *anyway* .
Me: *looks at the words at the top of **4:04* "Stardew Valley?! Zelda and Stardew Valley...two perfect games mentioned (well, VIDEO about Zelda) in one video...we are blessed!" I loved the video by the way! And to the person who drew that map: OUTSTANDING job! Very good with detail and coloring! It looks really good!
King Rhoam set up ecsacpe routes to akkala citadel and hateno village, so the villagers of Deya village might have already escaped, thus explainig the non-existent guardian remains. The village is also very close to fort hateno so the villagers had a good chance to escape. Just a theory
@@JuwanBuchanan They could have evacuated the village as soon as the king set up the escape routes and at that point the guardians were still in castle town.
Or it could've been those flying asshole guardians that you have to hide from when you go up death mountain with yunobo/found the spring of power the hard way/flying around akkala citadel, they can already fly so the hills would not be a problem, and can launch an assault without leaving a trace
@@ForeverDegenerate I dunno, I mean there's two of 'em patrolling around those stone pillars just west of the Tabantha Great Bridge - and that area's not exactly fortified or even all that significant.
@@christinaatola3089 Fair. It's been a while since I've played BoTW. I just remember them at fortifications. Maybe it's more fair to say that they are more prevalent in and around fortifications?
I've left too many comments but you guys are totally spot on with this. Awesome and logically iron clad theory! Tragic for those inhabitants.... And them being obliterated by a guardian force headed to Hateno... makes so much sense. Just brutally and thoughtlessly wiped out by these 'malicious machines' during their errand....
Ok, this has nothing to do with this but, while watching the video I was playing hyrule warriors, so I went to the map and see the adensa village, and in there it’s a recipe and also an upgrade for terrako, and (at least in Spanish) the upgrade (when finished) says “atrás ir al lugar que te indico el anciano de la aldea adenya, encontraste unas piezas muy prometedoras. ¿Como lo supo? Quizá sea realmente un vidente...” which in English say “after going to the place the old man of adenya village told you, you found some good pieces. How did he knew it ? Maybe he truly is a fortune teller...” maybe that can relate with the fortune teller that said Everything of Ganon’s return. (If it’s not Astor) It may be a coincidence, but the three dots at the end are kinda sus...
One of my theories is that Deya Village is the hometown of Astor (what with it being a village that’s home to a Seer in Age of Calamity), so the idea that it was just laid to waste by Guardians on the hilltop makes it just that much more chilling.
Only the best music choice, I love it! The repeated TP reference was definitely not unintended. And yes, I'm inspired for a new fan-fiction story. So thank you. This'll be a dark one, though.
There is something about this village that I love. I don't know why. Thanks for making a video about it. I couldn't find much as far theory videos on it.
Fucking LOVE THIS INTRO!!!! This is such a good theory, really love it!!! Also, yes, let's play Stardew all day :) the Anakin reference had me wheezing (as you could hear, haha) 💜
@@lexisking152 Haven't you heard of Mother Hyrule? She is a witch who possess powers greater than we've ever seen before. I tried contacting TH-cam about this and they said she cannot be stopped 😮
Something that occurred to me last time I was in Deya Village was that maybe the Talus was always there? Maybe it had been buried in its descent to Hyrule (it *is* in a hollow which could hide an ancient impact crater, I suppose...) but the Guardian assault woke it up violently (which might explain the boulders in that one house). My best guess about the big log, though, is that the giant tree was felled long before the Calamity. It just doesn't seem likely that a tree that massive would rot out that much in only a century. Then again, I'm not a scientist who's studied the rate of decay in megaflora in a moist, temperate area, so I don't actually know. I just know that there are submerged houses that are about a century old in my state, and they're in way better shape than that tree.
Since the talus are from space, maybe it crashed landed into the village sometime between modern game and post calamity, then the flooding covered the crater with help of debris
I remembered seeing in Age of Calamity that it was very marshy before the Calamity happened as you said. Loved this video! Two favourite "ZeldaTubers" :D
"Some of you may not even know about this village existing" jokes on you this is where I went to farm for wood (cuz I feel too bad knocking down healthy trees, I only go for dead trees to get wood from). Amazing video! I love the theories you two come up with!
Perhaps this is mentioned somewhere else, I have no clue, but I always thought that "Deya" came from the Greek word "Deyanira", which roughly translates into "capable of great destruction" (also, it's another spelling for Deianira, who was one of Heracles' wives, and her name is noted for meaning "man-destroyer"...) In any case, fitting name for a little town that was annihilated without a chance of fighting back!
It’s always shocking when you remember hundreds of people most likely died from the height of the calamity. Not only that but before link woke up the yiga clan was probably a terrifying entity to most people. There’s so much tragedy that’s overshadowed by a goofy small man flying on a log over hills
With totk I’m actually shocked by how much of a threat the yiga clan has become. It makes me terrified that they are learning and becoming stronger. I had to start taking these guys seriously
The impression I always got, based on the force it would’ve taken to knock down that tree, was that a dam broke (perhaps caused by guardians). It looks exactly how you’d expect a settlement protected by a dam to look a century after the dam failed.
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Happy 35th anniversary guys!!!
Hey you! Yeah, both of you! You’re both amazing and deserve great things!!!
@@Cliffordlonghead Hello there
@@Cliffordlonghead Oh hi
“Most players just walk right by it.” Jokes on you I ran right through and panicked because I didn’t know about the Stone Talus that was there
Oh damn haha
I thought I was the only one. Lol
same but i had no idea there were even roads when i first left the plateau, the stone talus was not fun
i ran into so many taluses early game. it was not fun.
coming back and bashing their heads in with bomb arrows was, though.
@@katie-kb6qd I knew there were roads, but I told myself “why follow the roads when I can go anywhere!”
I followed the roads after that interaction lmao
"It's over Deya Village, we have the high ground!"
-some Guardian, probably
Hahahaha
@@HyruleGamer I personally think its also possible that skywatcher guardians could have bombarded deya village from the sky as well.
HIGH GROUND!!
Worst case scenario, the Guardians didn't particularly do anything...instead, it was the flying Divine Beast that did it. Makes sense considering that the attack came from above. Any regular Guardians could've been at the base of the hills waiting for any possible fleeing villagers to pick off like leftovers in the ensuing chaos.
@Matthew Wong Don’t try it, villager
Happy thought: the residents of the village might have thought that the guardians were there to protect them at first making it even worse when they started to attack them
OH MAYBE
Damn
That woulb be even more cruel!!
That makes me wanna cry.
makes sense since they were originally good. I hope that this is the what is true if Nintendo ever reveals, that would be a good shot at emotion
You know, I kind of like being an inner voice in your head. Brilliant video sir, thanks for having me!
Your voice is so relaxing you could make someone rob a bank
@@perry9872 yea- wait what
@@gooberempire 🤣 (cause he’s an inner voice so he can use that to be... a bandit)
@@perry9872 🤔 lol
Bandit living in my head rent free 😍
Thank you good sir, a pleasure as always man!
Halfway through your explanation, when you said that the Deya village inhabitants couldn't defend themselves, my first thought was: "Oh god, the Guardians attacked at night...!"
Which wasn't absolutely possible, since that piano riff coming from all directions would've woken everyone up
Imagine the gaurdians being like: "we attack at dawn!"
also a cat would climb their leg with speeeeeed
🤣
@@TheMemeLord700Ahahaha 😂😂😂
I now have the head cannon that guardians have a built-in piano
Whenever I play a game set in post-apocalyptia, I always enjoy traveling to long abandoned areas and discovering the story of what happened there
It makes you realize that there were actual (well, digital, but still) people who lived there; people who had lives of their own and went about their day until The Big Thing happened
The past lives on in you, and it leaves a heavy mark that doesn't go away when you move on to the next location. Their story gets told, and I always hope that it helps them be at peace, even if they're just pixels on a screen
Your profile picture is really pretty!
@@TheActualMrLink thank you! I made it in college
This is how i feel in video games, whenever someone dies i always think, "I wonder what they were like before all this?" great example being the champions
Who lives? Who dies? Who tells your story?
Deya was my first “find” in BOTW when I left the Plateau. The tree sucked me in, and I had to follow it. Cresting that hill in the middle of the night and seeing the charred ruins of that town spread out at the bottom in the moonlight literally knocked the breath out of me. For some reason, it drove home the Calamity concept in a way nothing else had. The little houses reminded me so much of Kakariko in OoT that it was EXACTLY like the feeling I got coming out of the Temple of Time in that game as an adult for the first time. It was like a punch to the gut. Your story only makes it sadder. Brilliant work, guys!
Oh nice!
Still a trauma to me. One of those monster in the Square attacked me cause I was thinking they were people. . still. That zoom-in. . .we all now know they where all but people!
I understand the calamity pretty much immediately, but I had a similar experience upon finding Fort Hateno. It's a sad enough experience, exploring a military fort. Even if they won the war it's sad, because people still died. But the abject horror of their charred wooden barricades, guardians, guardians I already knew were powerful and sick weapons of carnage, just ten feet below. And then talking to a traveller nearby, and he says "this is where Hyrule's last champion fell." how my heart dropped when I realized, that was me. I died here.
Ditto
The most tragic part of botw to me will always be the village ruins. There are such a sheer number of them, in nearly every area. It’s so painful to think about how people once lived there until they were wiped out.
Same
tabantha village ruins always makes me sad :( it would be such a pretty place, and it reminds me of some of the littlel villages you find in england so i always imagine what it would look like and the people youd find there. i really wish there was a dlc or something where you rebuild areas of hyrule
Over by Lake Illumeni, there's a small farmstead that was wiped out. In BOTW, that area always felt so forlorn. I didn't like going over there because of how lonely the area felt.
“Going full Anakin Skywalker on them, killing not just the men, but the women and children too.”
I love this
Yes
Younglings
"Even da younglings??"
Master Skywalker what are we going to do
@@Oneromas9 learn to parry ma lazer!
Plot twist: Bandit has been controlling HG all this time from inside his head.
Oh...
Idk how I would feel about that 😂😂
Ah, the ol' Ratatouille Gambit.
@@mxhyrule Don't worry if anyone is gonna control me from the inside its you haha
@@HyruleGamer LOL ZONAI MAGIC INNIT?!
“Well, I’m glad you asked.”
“Hey, you already used that line.”
“. . . Well, I’m glad you asked.”
Oh, this made me laugh quite a bit.
Haha
Me too
The Creating a Champion Book explains what happened here. This village and the lake were separate during the time of the Calamity. The villagers couldn’t see what was going on in Central Hyrule, and didn’t know there was any danger to run from until the Guardians crested the Hills of Baumer. The destruction caused the remains of the village to eventually be swallowed up by Deya Lake and become the marshland we see now. The map for AoC just wasn’t updated except for the village names.
In Astor's bio from AoC it is stated he was from this village
@@tylerv.g.6268 oh no
@@tylerv.g.6268 It did say Astor was from a small village in Hyrule, but I don't recall it specifically stating he was from Deya Village.
It's obvious why Deya Village was a famous fishing town. Look where it is in relation to Lake Hylia, remember what was there in OoT, a fishing pond. I think this is a reference to that pond.
I think you might be right, actually. Sure makes sense to me.
And faron woods/zonai ruins are where the old kokiri forest from used to be
You're absolutely right! 👍
I used to fish on a tree trunk in the middle of that fishing pond, Ocarina. Best spot
The legendary Town of the pond, where an ancient hero of hyrule fished while Gannon was rampant.
The Forest Temple theme needs to be in another Zelda game, it’s so mysterious and would be great for a new dungeon
It'd be cool to see it return!
@@HyruleGamer it would
Agreed...or Forest Temple re done or a part two with exact same art style.
Lost woods?
Another thing I think may have really screwed deya is that because of all the hills, Hyrule castle is out of sight, therefore the residence would not be able to know that the calamity had reappeared and once the guardians got there it was too late to run. and they were all killed
The water level might be explained by water drainage. The Dutch used windmills and other contraptions to drain swamp lands for farming. It might be that the villagers of Deya drained the water to make clear land for buildings, while depositing the water in the lake to keep it deep enough for fish. With the villagers gone and the tree blasted down, there would be nothing keeping the water from reclaiming the land
"They are literally malicious". NBC speaking about the guardians. that sentence was.... clever. Took me about 4 seconds to fully process that :p .
Took me a hot minute to process this was a play on words. Er- you know what I mean-
You mean MNB
Is it about them being taken over by malice or am I dumb?
@@snow0w120 yep
Where was the nbc speaking part
There’s literally so many story telling videos that can be made based on a game that came out years ago because of the massive lore put into the game. I’m glad you guys continue making these!
Exactly!
I actually think we are looking into two different problems that this village went through. I believe the village got destroyed initially by guardians, yes, but I don't think the guardians caused the flood or tree to fall. There are key details on the tree that hint away at how it fell. We already theorized that the stone talus came as meteors as we can guess due to the Gisa crater. So, if you go up to the tree, you will find that it has 2 holes on its base. One big one on the opposite side of where it fell and a small one facing the village. Maybe a stone talus just impacted the tree like a meteor, knocked it over, this tree actually broke some sort of small dam, flooded the town that was already probably destroyed. The stone talus could have maybe landed years after the guardians passed. If you check the other smaller hole on the base of the tree, it actually has a perfect trajectory leading to the stone talus. Maybe after landing the stone talus, broke out of the tree that way, rolled down the hill, and took his rest at the center of the town. There is even a second smaller tree (where the korok is found) that is destroyed along the way, showing that something else came tumbling down this way strong enough to break a relatively above average-sized tree.
Attack on Guardian
That day the hylian race remembered : "Deflect or die"
LOL
Imagine if a divine beast maybe fired a laser or attacked a city full of people... either under Ganons control or maybe even on accident. One laser could wipe out an entire village’s inhabitants and their homes. That’s pretty terrifying, getting decimated by an insanely large machine like a divine beast. There was probably a lot of collateral damage done by the divine beasts too
Oh damn
Holy shit your right
that’s what i always thought but the divine beast could have decimated the 4 main settlements but hey survived.
Nintendo didn't even acknowledge Zelda's 35th anniversary in any way
Aw?
@@HyruleGamer if you follow their Insta or Twitter then you'll know that they didn't even post a pic saying happy anniversary while they posted a pic for Paper Mario a few weeks ago saying happy anniversary
@@thepenguinboi8679 I mean a few days ago they literally announced Skyward Sword HD lol
@@HyruleGamer true, but they never mentioned the anniversary
Mario's always been the favorite child in the Nintendo family. Their favoritism is so painfully obvious Dx
Something I've always kinda wondered about was what kind of damage PEOPLE themselves might have caused. History supports the fact that when everything hits the fan some people see it as a opportunity to get by with horrible acts because of the lack of law enforcement available. One example is the yiga clan. But, what about 100 years ago before the population was thinned. That small window of time probably had prisoners escaping and people that was always internally bad taking that opportunity.
"Going completely Anakin Skywalker. Killing not just the men but the women and the children too." Might have not found a Star Wars reference for the first 7 mins of the video but I knew there was gonna be at least one. Loved it.
Haha
Oh look, it is Bandit, I would have never guessed, lol
Fortune teller over here 👀
@@HyruleGamer Did someone say ASTOR??? (summoning Twinky with this comment)
@@mxhyrule No lol, tbh my mind went to the OG from Twilight Princess haha
@@HyruleGamer WELL I HAVEN'T PLAYED THAT YET :3 you need to change that, haha
@@mxhyrule WE WILL CHANGE THAT WHEN YOU'RE HERE AHAHAHA
It’s over, Deya, We have the high ground!
Haha
Some guardian probably
You underestimate our power.
Don't try it.
(Proceeds to Lazer the village)
Not just the men, but the women and children too!
Stone Talus be like: Achievement: How did we get here?
Lol
And again thank you for the captions from the bottom of my heart. Your deaf audience appreciates it. It means the world to us. Keep up the good work my friend! :)
All good, thanks!
Im not a deaf audience but the cap is important to me because i cant hear english as good as i hear my first languange lol
:)
"... Killing not just the men, but the women and the children too."
I get that reference
Obi Wan would have approuved the Guardians though. Because they had the high ground !
Star wars references for the win
Wow... its sooo hard to kill women and children, that's impressive. I'm amazed lol
@@slaterfamilyfarms211 it's a reference to a movie, lol
Yeah their bowl shaped village layout made them easy pickings for Guardians, they didn't even have to enter the village proper, just fire from the hilltops. No escape if totally surrounded and even if there were a hills free the villagers would still have to climb upwards to get there while exposed to fire.
I remember randomly discovering this place recently. After 300 hours of playing I'm still coming across locations I never knew existed.
It's truly a crime that Nintendo does not pick up all you Zelda theorists. The both of you with zeltic, would be enough for a masterful Zelda dialogue and narration of an incredible new game.
Nah let them make the games, we'll talk about that haha
And nbc lol
Then they’d have to pay.
Gee. Now I'm sad just thinking how the people were just trapped there.
Deya Village is probably one of my favorite things I stumbled upon while playing the game. I was definitely one of those people who missed it first time around.
I got 75 notifications for new videos from different youtubers but I decided to watch this one first lmao
Legend
All along bandit has always just been a voice in hyrule gamers head nice to know
Lol
Did any of y'all think that it might've been Astor to destroy Deya? His description does say that he grew up in a small village. The chances are high of that "small village" being Deya village. I could be totally wrong but I am so sold on the thought that he destroyed the village.
High ground advantage, long range artillery, and Terminator-like efficiency. . Like shooting fish in a barrel. 😢😢😢😢😢 (No malice intended by my statement.)
"Most players walk right past"
Nah, I go there for the Misko book.
Then I walk past
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There are so many places in BOTW that I would love to see in their prime. AoC gave us a little taste of that, but there are still more areas that I dream of seeing restored. I hope BOTW2 shows us a Hyrule in the process of healing and being restored. I also wouldn't mind if BOTW2 made Zelda a little more RPG-like, while still having that open-world freedom and fantastical Zelda feeling.
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"No guardians made it down to deya village to stomp over the settlement"
I don't know why but that line always makes me laugh every time
Save you 13min. Guardians had the high ground, village got 0 kills and 40 deaths.
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I was expecting the chopper guardians tbh
Hmm. The attack from above had me thinking it might have been flying guardians destroying the village. Why should they do this? Well in the video they explained why guardians might have come from this village to fort hateno. But i think guardians might take the easiest way to thier target, in this case fort hateno, and that would probably be through dual peaks mountain. Yes a few might have done some damage to deya village, but the most damage would have been done by flying guardians. They are more mobile than stalkers, they can fly and find thier tagets that way and take them out. But why would they go there? Well maybe ganon wanted everything near the castle destroyed, and deya was just too close. He sent flying guardians to obliterate that village and all his inhabitants.
My thoughts exactly. In the game they described how Dueling Peaks was a bit of a bottleneck for the flow of Guardians, but Skywatchers can just fly around them, and it would make sense for them to spread out through the lower ground to the sides of the DPs than venture through the canyon and risking damage to their propellers because we know how windy it gets in there. It would be easy for them to spot Deya Village on their way to Fort Hateno and drop an aerial attack on the way, which would also explain how the villagers didn't even damage a single one.
When I realized where y’all were going with this, let me tell you it broke my heart. What a horrifying thing to imagine.
Remember. This game alone includes at least 10000 years worth of history...and people still lived in villages like these.
This is the only gripe I have with this game. It's like the people in Hyrule are stupid, they have all this Sheikah technology and they can't seem to find a way to improve anything but their defense systems.
Shit, Link did more with Tarrey Town in a matter of weeks/months than the Kingdom did in 10 thousand fucking years.
idk, i kinda get it? most technological advances were made after the sheikah unified with the royal family again after being forced away. most tech and shrines were being excavated just like the divine beasts and everything else. the way i see it, the 10,000 years past war was a veritable burning of the library of alexandria for hyrulians and with the other inferred wars with monsters and possibly other kingdoms after all that time it would delay technological progress. idk though, just a theory and how i prefer to think of it.
It would depend on how many times Gannon destroyed Hyrule. Im wondering why there wasn’t a town on the plateau fully developed after 100 years. Is the plateau the island for Skyward Sword?
THIS WAS SO INTERESTING I LOVE IT !
Thank you!
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Hyrule Gamer: Well I am glad you asked..
MaskedNintendoBandit: You already said that previously in the video!
Hyrule Gamer: Well about I say it *anyway* .
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Congrats to MaskedNintendoBandit for being featured on so many channels
I really like the aesthetic of this place: flooded ruins really appeal to me.
ayye!! thank you for uploading :D its always nice when zelda youtubers upload haha
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I have been waiting for almost four years for someone to post a satisfying video on Deya Village. Thank you!
Hope you enjoyed!
This gave me chills 😳 I feel like if anyone else told the story of Deya Village it wouldn’t, but the way you guys explained it was very creepy
Deya Village always intrigued me so I’m glad you finally covered it. I didn’t expect their outcome to be so sad though 😭
Me: *looks at the words at the top of **4:04* "Stardew Valley?! Zelda and Stardew Valley...two perfect games mentioned (well, VIDEO about Zelda) in one video...we are blessed!"
I loved the video by the way! And to the person who drew that map: OUTSTANDING job! Very good with detail and coloring! It looks really good!
Thanks :)
King Rhoam set up ecsacpe routes to akkala citadel and hateno village, so the villagers of Deya village might have already escaped, thus explainig the non-existent guardian remains. The village is also very close to fort hateno so the villagers had a good chance to escape. Just a theory
That's if they even made it. They still would have had to deal with a crap ton of monsters and Guardians along the way that were in full-on kill mode.
@@JuwanBuchanan They could have evacuated the village as soon as the king set up the escape routes and at that point the guardians were still in castle town.
Finally, a video about this place! When I first found these ruins, I was really curious but I couldn’t find any videos about it. Thank you
Aww yay!!! Some of my two favorite LoZ theorists collaborating again!! I’m so happy ;w;
Nice!
Nabey the guardians is escaped before the Calamity destroyed everything. Oh and thanks for sharing your video!
Sleep can wait...
My thoughts exactly
Sleep is for chumps.
Wow.
I got always sad whenever I encountered destroyed and abandoned villages and thought about how the calamity ended them but this a whole new level
Yay! I'm so excited about this video. Deya Village ruins has always been a fascinating place to me
Hope you enjoy :)
Or it could've been those flying asshole guardians that you have to hide from when you go up death mountain with yunobo/found the spring of power the hard way/flying around akkala citadel, they can already fly so the hills would not be a problem, and can launch an assault without leaving a trace
But the Flying Guardians weren't out in the wild. They were only seen at established fortifications.
@@ForeverDegenerate I dunno, I mean there's two of 'em patrolling around those stone pillars just west of the Tabantha Great Bridge - and that area's not exactly fortified or even all that significant.
@@christinaatola3089 Fair. It's been a while since I've played BoTW. I just remember them at fortifications. Maybe it's more fair to say that they are more prevalent in and around fortifications?
Oh dear 😥 Deya Village was destroyed by guardians that went straight up Anakin Skywalker....
The Zelda theory collabs keep getting better and better.
Thank you!
I want to play Stardew Valley all day :D
I've left too many comments but you guys are totally spot on with this. Awesome and logically iron clad theory! Tragic for those inhabitants.... And them being obliterated by a guardian force headed to Hateno... makes so much sense. Just brutally and thoughtlessly wiped out by these 'malicious machines' during their errand....
I love how Zelda theorists break the fourth walls into each others videos
I was actually just there and was thinking about what it's backstory was. Glad two of my favorite zelda youtubers have it covered!
Oh nice haha
Ok, this has nothing to do with this but, while watching the video I was playing hyrule warriors, so I went to the map and see the adensa village, and in there it’s a recipe and also an upgrade for terrako, and (at least in Spanish) the upgrade (when finished) says “atrás ir al lugar que te indico el anciano de la aldea adenya, encontraste unas piezas muy prometedoras. ¿Como lo supo? Quizá sea realmente un vidente...” which in English say “after going to the place the old man of adenya village told you, you found some good pieces. How did he knew it ? Maybe he truly is a fortune teller...” maybe that can relate with the fortune teller that said Everything of Ganon’s return. (If it’s not Astor) It may be a coincidence, but the three dots at the end are kinda sus...
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One of my theories is that Deya Village is the hometown of Astor (what with it being a village that’s home to a Seer in Age of Calamity), so the idea that it was just laid to waste by Guardians on the hilltop makes it just that much more chilling.
Okay, 5:15 in and I think I gotta stop you a sec. Aren't Porgies saltwater fish?
Oh god that IS horrifying! I can only imagine the fear those poor fisherfolk would've felt...
Ikr...
OH MY GOSH ITS MY SNACK AND DRINK MY FOOD IS FAMOUS IMMA CRY
Haha love it
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I want to say I saw you before on Monstermaze's stream, but you know that-- Everyone knows that.
So, nice! lol
@@juicecarton7845 Oh my ! Hello 🤣 I’m everywhere...
Only the best music choice, I love it! The repeated TP reference was definitely not unintended.
And yes, I'm inspired for a new fan-fiction story. So thank you. This'll be a dark one, though.
Oh interesting
how is mother hyrule commenting before the video was uploaded
Zonai Magic init
I am a witch.
BRO HAVENT SEEN YOU IN A MIN BUT YOUR CHANNEL LOOKING MIGHTY HEALTHY PROUD OF YOU
Why thank you :)
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There is something about this village that I love. I don't know why. Thanks for making a video about it. I couldn't find much as far theory videos on it.
Thanks for watching!
Fucking LOVE THIS INTRO!!!!
This is such a good theory, really love it!!! Also, yes, let's play Stardew all day :) the Anakin reference had me wheezing (as you could hear, haha) 💜
Glad you love the video! 💜
Hold the phone what the chronological crap is this "34 minutes ago" when the video was 17 minutes ago? WHAT!
@@lexisking152 zonai witchcraft ;)
@@lexisking152 Haven't you heard of Mother Hyrule? She is a witch who possess powers greater than we've ever seen before. I tried contacting TH-cam about this and they said she cannot be stopped 😮
@@HyruleGamer psht, don't expose me !
Something that occurred to me last time I was in Deya Village was that maybe the Talus was always there? Maybe it had been buried in its descent to Hyrule (it *is* in a hollow which could hide an ancient impact crater, I suppose...) but the Guardian assault woke it up violently (which might explain the boulders in that one house).
My best guess about the big log, though, is that the giant tree was felled long before the Calamity. It just doesn't seem likely that a tree that massive would rot out that much in only a century. Then again, I'm not a scientist who's studied the rate of decay in megaflora in a moist, temperate area, so I don't actually know. I just know that there are submerged houses that are about a century old in my state, and they're in way better shape than that tree.
Nice theory
i saw my comment when he was scrolling through the comments!
Nice!
i just cant have enough of those zelda theories i love watching them great vid btw
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i dont understand either
Since the talus are from space, maybe it crashed landed into the village sometime between modern game and post calamity, then the flooding covered the crater with help of debris
I always pronounced it “die-ah”. Is it supposed to be “dae-ah”?
Who knows lol
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My two favorite theorists in one video! Can’t get much better than that!
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Yes you are!
I honestly don’t like it when people say that.
@@Wise-lobster DO NOT DISRESPECT MOTHER HYRULE... The well literal mother hyrule the queen
@@Wise-lobster it's a joke between me and the Boyfriend, you know, HG, lol
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Oh, it's me! Also, this viddy was great! Never even noticed Deya village so super interesting :)
Thanks!
A theory of mine is that an earthquake happened, knocking over the tree and flooding the village, possibly caused by ganon awakening.
Interesting
I remembered seeing in Age of Calamity that it was very marshy before the Calamity happened as you said. Loved this video! Two favourite "ZeldaTubers" :D
Thank you!
"Some of you may not even know about this village existing" jokes on you this is where I went to farm for wood (cuz I feel too bad knocking down healthy trees, I only go for dead trees to get wood from).
Amazing video! I love the theories you two come up with!
That was one of the moments of the game, I realized how cruel the story was without saying too much words.
Had this on for study background, ended up wheeze-laughing at the commentary. You two have such great chemistry this was a joy to watch! x
This is very interesting and very sad, but it makes sense to me due to the layout of the land. Awesome collaboration! Love both of your channels!
Thank you!
Darn you for thwarting my searchbar shenanigans
Perhaps this is mentioned somewhere else, I have no clue, but I always thought that "Deya" came from the Greek word "Deyanira", which roughly translates into "capable of great destruction" (also, it's another spelling for Deianira, who was one of Heracles' wives, and her name is noted for meaning "man-destroyer"...)
In any case, fitting name for a little town that was annihilated without a chance of fighting back!
It’s always shocking when you remember hundreds of people most likely died from the height of the calamity. Not only that but before link woke up the yiga clan was probably a terrifying entity to most people. There’s so much tragedy that’s overshadowed by a goofy small man flying on a log over hills
With totk I’m actually shocked by how much of a threat the yiga clan has become. It makes me terrified that they are learning and becoming stronger. I had to start taking these guys seriously
The impression I always got, based on the force it would’ve taken to knock down that tree, was that a dam broke (perhaps caused by guardians). It looks exactly how you’d expect a settlement protected by a dam to look a century after the dam failed.
Lol I love that you used a lot of the twilight princess soundtrack in the video. It creates a sad, somber tone💙
I love how this game still has a massive, active fanbase.
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