🔴 Wee Information Correction 🔴 I made a mistake saying we don't know why Northern Lights/Aurora's occurr irl. The Mystery should more be why do they only occur in Hebra! 🥶
This is a very interesting question. This would qualify as a "Discrete Aurora." This is not something we find on Earth, but they have been seen on Mars. Discrete Auroras are seen in areas of localized crustal magnetic fields. Something within Hebra is generating a magnetic field. It could be natural or artificial. The divine beasts could be used to do this. You would need to super heat a ferromagnetic material (the rock of the mountain) while applying a direct electric current, followed by rapid cooling. This would be possible if Vah Naboris fired lightening at Hebra at the same time Vah Medoh fired its laser. The molten rock at the peak would align with the direct current from the lightening. It would need to be rapidly cooled for the magnetism to be made permanent. Cryonis attacks from Vah Ruta would do exactly that. This suggests that the scar on Hebra was no accident. Perhaps they transformed Hebra peak into a magnet 10,000 years ago in the heat of battle. It is conceivable that such an event was a climax of that battle, and perhaps that is what really freaked the royal family out when it came to the power of the Ancient Sheikah tech. Very interesting indeed. Thank you for making this video!
@HyruleGamer I want thank you for all your videos. Zelda has been my all time favorite game series since it first came out back in the 80's. Merry Christmas my friend.
My favourite place in Hebra is the secret mushroom cave full of crystals! It's just insanely different to any other location and the quest sufficiently tricky that it's breathtaking once you finally discover it.
I’ve always felt like Hebra’s desolation and solitude makes it seem like it has a long history that it is hiding from us under the snow. Love that you covered the region!
The Stormwind Ark has a story! It's in a book i think in the cabin across the gap of the lake around rito village. its north of the stable/lucky clover newspaper hq. The "upheaval" the rito tale talks about is when the winds stopped, making the air thin and dangerous to fly in. a zonai fell from the sky, and the rito called them a god for their powers. they tried to take them back, but no rito could fly high enough. thats when they built the smaller boats at increasing altitudes, and the zonai used their ascend ability to climb up home. as a gift for helping build the ships for them, the zonai gifted the stormwind ark to the rito to make the winds come back! idk if there are similar stories for the other dungeons, though.
Really appreciate you still making videos! Hebra was so much fun to explore in BotW because of how hostile it was. It felt like I had to earn every inch, and they didn't forget to put little things around the place for me to find.
Little Footnote for the Leviathan bones segment, The Eldin Skeleton is Levias. It bears the closest resemblance to our old friend from the Era of the Skies, and even has his big flat head (And the Concept art looks even MORE like how Levias did in Skyward Sword). "Leviathan" seems to just be the in-universe name for the giant whales seen throughout the series; Levias, Jabu Jabu and Jabun, the Wind Fish, and Oshus. The Hebra Skeleton doesn't share any features with any of the giant whales we've met in the series. The Gerudo Skeleton has what seems to be wing-bones on top, implying that it's the Wind Fish, and Eldin is all but officially confirmed to be Levias's remains, but the Hebra fossil doesn't look like any of the franchise's great whales. It's way too big to be Jabu Jabu, lacks Jabun's Angler Lure, and while once could make the argument for it being Oshus, I don't think it fits. Oshus (AKA the Ocean King) exists in another world, and is a completely different species of whale from the others. Oshus is a Sperm Whale, fitting for his nemesis being an evil Squid, and Sperm Whale Skulls look completely different from the Hebra Skeleton. The Hebra Skeleton has what seems to be a horn on its head, meanwhile Sperm Whale skulls look concave (look up an image, it's wild to look at), and Oshus himself lacks horns of any kind.
I think another thing that people miss about the Hebra skeleton is that, like the Wind Fish (and its unfortunate baby) the Hebra skeleton is that of a baleen whale! It has no teeth! (Granted the Wind Fish skeleton does have a few teeth at the front of the mouth, but the ancestors of real baleen whales had teeth (some of which may have had both teeth and baleen) and the Wind Fish is a tiny winged, flying magic whale so I give it a pass.)
I think it's very likely the lake was intended as a dig site, because while the main writing of the wild games didn't have a ton of thought put into it the map designers were a separate team known for their environmental storytelling, even if the story team didn't intend for it the map designers almost surely did
I have to wonder if for TotK they had a different team alter the map because I was really disappointed to see a distinct lack of environmental storytelling literally anywhere that tells us what each of the Zonai ruins are, who may have lived there, what purpose did it serve etc. We basically get next to no lore about the Zonai and it’s such a shame because I really love them but I just know Nintendo will likely discard them and never bring them up again in any future title and that sucks there’s still so much of their story that’s yet to be told and we don’t even get a hint as to what happened to all of them? 😞
@BriarBeeBenson monolith was still behind designing the new map area atleast but it's likely they didn't put in as much environmental storytelling with new areas and changes because they didn't have any lore premise to come up with ideas for in the way they did for BotW ("ruins of medieval civilization" vs "race with this specific aesthetic") and were told more what to do to keep to the zonai aesthetic
As for my theory on the docks, as someone who use to keep finding odd docks located on out of the way waterways while exploring the woods and forest near where I grew up, I just thought these are fishing docks. There are even, as you yourself pointed out, a race of folks not too far off who wouldn't have much problems getting to and from these, explaining the lack of pathways to them. Just fly on over, fish up some food, amd fly back home for dinner. fishing tends to be better in deeper water, but unless you have an insane rod, top casting techique, and the strength/endurance to real a big fish all the way to shore, you probably want to be closer to the deeper waters without having to swim/boat out each time you want to fish.
Well, ain't THAT a Christmas present! I love Zelda theories, especially because there always seems to be more of them to discover, and they're always (at least somewhat) interesting, like that "Lake Kilsie is an excavation site" one!
We actually do know a bit of when the temples were created since we have the sage awakening cutscenes where they show Zelda visiting each sage in there respective temple. Knowing that there’s no way the stormwind arc or any of the other temples were created during the ancient Sheikah age nor during the rise of the calamity from 10,000 years ago and instead took place sometime during the age of the Zonai. Capburgeon makes a point during his dungeon analysis that the temples seem to have each races ancient architecture mixed with Zonai tech. And are also guarded by Zonai constructs. Which makes me believe these were made in collaboration with the ancient Zonai civilization.
@@snowmanO07 tbh i think there so much lore and environmental story telling in these games that it’s hard for people to keep track of all of it even the more obvious lore implications.
I like to think that the hole made in the mountain side is what made the king of Hyrule at the time fear the Sheika technology and commanded it to be buried. If one blast from one of those divine beasts was enough to carve through a mountain, just imagine how devastating it would be if it struck a place like castle town.
I just love how alive BOTW Hyrule is, it feels so real. I hope you do Satori Mountain next, it's one of my favourite locations in BOTW/TOTK and Merry Christmas!
In case you haven’t already, there’s a book in the wood cabin at the beginning of the Hebra Mountain trail. It has a copy of the song the Rito children sing, and it gives a bit more information on the legend of where the Stormwind Ark came from. Hopefully this is helpful! Sorry if you already knew this 😅
another theory i've heard for the secluded lake (although I dont think it's too likely considering general location etc, though given map wierdness in Zelda you never know) is that it is possibly meant to represent the lake atop OoT's Zora's Domain, where you find Jabu Jabu as child Link and the Ice Cavern as adult.
Actually the cause of auroras is very well known. It's caused by charged particles from the solar wind getting caught in Earth's magnetic field. Because of how magnetic fields work, the particles get drawn to the poles, where they collide with oxygen and nitrogen in the upper atmosphere, which causes the electrons in those atoms to jump to a higher energy state. When they return to the ground state, they release the light that we see. Electric charge, magnetism, and light are all the same thing, just seen from different perspectives. That's why it's called electromagnetism. Since Hyrule has a sun, and compasses work, that implies it also has a magentic field, so it's probably the same process.
There's a book in the Hebra Trailhead Lodge in TotK that details the full Stormwind Ark legend. It actually seems to originate from when the Zonai still lived in the sky.
What are the implications that the a Zonai construct was able to provide Link with Ancient Blades in the Depths in Tears of the Kingdom? I'm waiting to watch your take on that!
The Rito Records in the Hebra Trailhead Lodge, tell a legend about, when the winds in Hebra stopped, a stranger fell through the clouds from the sky. The Rito had never saw the likes of him before, but when he recovered quickly, they referred to him as a god. The villager’s tried to bring the god back to his people, but no matter how hard they tried, it was still too high up to reach. Seeing the motivation and determination, the god expressed his gratitude and asked if the villagers were to gather materials. The Rito took up the offer and gathered as many supplies as they could. The god nodded in appreciation and used his mysterious powers and created small boats, whence the villagers boarded, they began ascending into the air. With the god guiding them, they began ascending higher and higher, until they passed through the thick clouds. What took the villagers breath away, when they saw the vastness of the heavens and islands that float in the sky. With their saviour returned to his people, they began descending back to earth. Suddenly the winds of Hebra had returned, the villagers looked up and saw a magnificent vessel high above. It seemed the god gave them a gift from his own gratitude for helping him to return home. With the winds back, Hebra recovered, the sky’s cleared and the flowers blossomed. The ark that saved the village from catastrophe came to be known as the Stormwind Ark.
Thanks for the videos as always Hyrule! I really like the mystery of the Leviathans, they look soo cool in wilds games and really add a touch to the atmosphere. It really makes you wonder what they looked like when they were around
What a great video this was Hyrule Gamer. I surely enjoyed it as every video that I watch about Zelda just brings Nostalgia bk for me. It just reminds me of how great life was bk then with not a care in the world while growing up playing Zelda in the 80's. Y'all have no clue how lucky you are coming to TH-cam to find something out. Bk then, we had to use our brains and wits with our friends to beat the game. MY MY how time has flied for me. In my 40's and still enjoy watching, playing and even listening to Zelda Theories that make you think even more about a place that you visit while playing. Today, I've got 2 munchkins that are realizing how special Zelda was to Daddy when I was there age! +2 Hyrule Gamer
no, i distinctly remember a story in-game about how in the ancient past, a “god” (zonai) fell from the sky into tabantha, so the rito who lived there sought to help him by building a tower of airships he could use to climb back up. as thanks, the zonai built the rito the stormwind ark as a gift
@@pettyblood_That may be why the ark doesn't have much environmental story to tell. It was Zonai-made in Rito-inspired style. The environmental story is pretty much told to us and the ship confirms that. There's also a bit he missed. The ark has to predate the Calamities since it was where the Wind Sage left the Zonai secret stone. Meaning it has been around since the Imprisoning War.
for the wind temple I believe that it was built during Rararu and Sonja's day during the fight with Gannon Colgera may have been around then too and causing the same glaciation that was occuring in modern hyrule
When I first saw the wind temple it reminded me a lot of Skyloft or even just the skyward sword era of architecture. Mostly the bird figures they remind me so much of the loftwing. In my own little narritive i imagine it was built by the sky hylians maybe when they wanted to venture past the cloud cover or possibly just to move to other islands!
7:16 kinda random part of video, but i think this was for trading now caved in, I think vah meadow was dug behind rito village as in totk you can find the beast's mask in a mountain behind rito village, not only is it big enough, but the area has man-made holes
Considering the Stormwind Ark/Wind Temple houses the secret stone, it had to have existed before the events of the Imprisoning War just as the other temples. Therefore, it could not have been built to deal with the Calamity of 10,000 years ago
I understand going crazy over small details. My current obsession is a single wall in Elden Ring. Just a wall outside a castle. It has driven me a little crazy.
Maybe the storm wind ark was made by the ancient rito before a previous upheaval, and the sheikah took inspiration from it for Vah Medoh, another giant flying ship. Another possibility is they could be referring to the flood in windwaker as the previous upheaval. It would explain why it’s a flying ship, seeing as the rito evolved from the Zora
Released 4 hours ago and already nearly 5k views. Nice to see these games getting attention, glad I'm not the only one still playing. Gonna start another 100% BotW after I finish ToTK.
It’s fascinating on the ship theory. The only 2 times we see the Rito as we know them are wind waker and BOTW/TOTK. Since we don’t know exactly how far into the future TOTK/BOTW take place compared to wind waker, twilight princess and ocarina of time. So my first thought is maybe WWs rito built it for whatever reason but was lost to time. The only other thought is that it was a tribe of Rito we never get to see.
Fun fact the great horned rhinoceros was removed in TOTK and is exclusive to BOTW I’m not really sure why but it’d be cool if u made a mini theory about it👍
There's a roughly 8 year gap between the events of BotW and TotK, they may have gone extinct in that time for some reason (upheaval damage causing changes to or loss of their habitat, excessive hunting, epidemic etc.).
I don’t know if someone already pointed this out, but I happen to know for sure that you’re wrong about the hearty salmon only appearing near Rito Village. They’re also near the docks in Hyrule Castle. At least they are in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I’m not sure, but I would imagine that they’re there in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom too.
in real life we know exactly what causes auroras… …and in the game is doesn’t really make sense that they’d appear only in Hebra, and not the other northern regions 🤷🏻♂️
@ - ions from solar winds (electrons, mainly, I think? 🤔) are captured by the Earth’s magnetosphere and are funneled by it to the poles, and when they impact the atmosphere, the intense energy transfer causes the atmospheric elements to fluoresce… or something like that 🤷🏻♂️ I think the different colors depends on the sort of atmospheric element being impacted. it’s neat stuff 👍 the Earth’s magnetosphere emanates from the poles, so that’s why we only see auroras in the far north and south, so technically if there’s auroras in Hebra, then they should be visible all around the north of Hyrule… or maybe that implies that the planet that Hyrule exists on has an extremely tilted axis? or maybe that the maps are just tilted for some reason? seems like there’s some crazy _Zelda_ theory fodder in there somewhere 😂
I think that lake kilsie could be like a food connection for those who live/d in the mountains. Either now or long ago. Some people could use it like selmie or the bowling pin guy from botw. Js food for thought
Another information correction to add is that the Calamity of 10,000 years ago is not "the first" like you said in the video at 10:35. That's just one of them. The Divine Beasts are even said to have been made to battle the calamity, should it ever return. Here's the dialogue for proof: "The history of the royal family of Hyrule is also the history of Calamity Ganon, a primal evil that has endured over the ages. This evil has been turned back time and time again by a warrior wielding the soul of a hero, and a princess who carries the blood of the Goddess. With the passage of time, each conflict with Ganon faded into legend. So listen closely as I tell you of this "legend" that occurred 10,000 years ago. Hyrule was then blossoming as a highly advanced civilization. Even the most powerful monsters posed little threat to the denizens of the realm. The people thought it wise to utilize their technological prowess to ensure the safety of the land, should Calamity Ganon ever return. They constructed four mechanical wonders that came to be known as the Divine Beasts. They also built a legion of autonomous weapons called Guardians." As you can see, the calamity of 10,000 years ago is just the last one to occur before the Great Calamity of 100 years ago and it's just one of the "legends" that have faded into legend with the passage of time. The Divine Beasts and guardians were created to ensure the safety of the land should Calamity Ganon ever return.
The winds of the Hebra regions stopped blowing and an entity, like a prince, fell from the sky, the Rito built the ark to help him reach the skies again and supposedly him made the winds blow again after that The game tells you The Fire Temple was, supposedly, the home of the Gorons so, yeah, rock people used to live underground The Lightning Temple beats me, it's just standing there... Menacingly!
I have an actual answer to one of the mysteries. the hot springs, Idk which one it was, but one of them was discovered 100 years ago and was named after the traveler who found it. This is the in one of the prompts for the item upgrade quests in Age of Calamity.
I fivured that va medoe was found in well a meadow, it has an interesting detail on its back that being the grass/moss and the stone pillars, it looks similar to the area south east of rito village now that lake could have been a dig site but i dont think it was where they found it.
Three leviathans for each region associated with each of the thee goddesses and currently overseen by three guardian spirits. While these spirits are immortal, they are not invulnerable, and we have seen that they are not always dragons. This is why one is found behind ornate doors as this would have been a place to meet with a representative of a goddesses.
What if the devs sort of perverted the Wind Waker's story for the Wind Temple in TOTK? Maybe the "different kind of upheaval" Teba mentions is the flooding (kind of a stretch, but I can see the word upheaval being used for an event like that). The village WAS technically saved by another ship... Link arriving on his ship. And The King of Red Lions does bear at least a tiny bit of resemblance to the Wind Temple, mostly with the decorative head on the front of the ship (although the Wind Temple has two that look more like Vah Medoh). Honestly, I think they just wanted a call back to the Wind Waker by including a ship as the main dungeon for the Rito, but with a twist of course.
Appereantly my comment got deleted. Anyways. The wind temple was built by the zonai after the rito helped one of them to go back to the sky. Their wings were to weak to carry it so they built the floating ship, the trampoline ones to help the rito ascend back to the heavens. As a thanks the Zonai built the Rito the Wind Temple.
14 minutes: Did he really just say that the reason for the real world auroras (northern & southern lights) isn’t known? They’re caused by the particles emitted by the sun interacting with the Earths magnetic field. Even if you didn’t know that a 2 second google search will tell you.
HG has been on a decent number of collaboration videos and streams for several years using a webcam. He just doesn't usually put himself in his produced, scripted videos. The collabs are pretty fun to watch. Hope you have a Happy Hyrule New Year.
There is more to the southern hemisphere than just Australia and New Zealand. idk why one would start a video by making sure south america and half of africa feel invisible and irrelevant....
This is not a knock at you at all but just the worst thing about TH-cam videos is hearing people pronounce things differently to how I do. I’m not saying I am correct even but it’s so hard to listen to when it doesn’t sound right to me
Ugh and for me I freaking love his accent! The pronunciation is very pleasing to me. But I totally understand where you’re coming from. Certain people’s voices set me off as well and I cannot listen or interact with them. 😅
There is that one mystery ruined settlement on the far east of Eldin Volcano, and is a location that you visit as part of the side-quest of finding all the Wells in Hyrule, except inside that Well is a lava pit cave. I can't seem to imagine why someone would build a settlement there so dangerous, and have a well that drops you into a lava pit cave.
🔴 Wee Information Correction 🔴
I made a mistake saying we don't know why Northern Lights/Aurora's occurr irl. The Mystery should more be why do they only occur in Hebra! 🥶
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This is a very interesting question. This would qualify as a "Discrete Aurora." This is not something we find on Earth, but they have been seen on Mars. Discrete Auroras are seen in areas of localized crustal magnetic fields. Something within Hebra is generating a magnetic field. It could be natural or artificial. The divine beasts could be used to do this. You would need to super heat a ferromagnetic material (the rock of the mountain) while applying a direct electric current, followed by rapid cooling. This would be possible if Vah Naboris fired lightening at Hebra at the same time Vah Medoh fired its laser. The molten rock at the peak would align with the direct current from the lightening. It would need to be rapidly cooled for the magnetism to be made permanent. Cryonis attacks from Vah Ruta would do exactly that. This suggests that the scar on Hebra was no accident. Perhaps they transformed Hebra peak into a magnet 10,000 years ago in the heat of battle. It is conceivable that such an event was a climax of that battle, and perhaps that is what really freaked the royal family out when it came to the power of the Ancient Sheikah tech. Very interesting indeed. Thank you for making this video!
@HyruleGamer I want thank you for all your videos. Zelda has been my all time favorite game series since it first came out back in the 80's. Merry Christmas my friend.
we also know that the rito once helped a zonai to return to the sky and the zonai thanked the rito by building the ark. it's literally in the game
@@FieryRed_BE Yeah, but not all the rito know that! They must not find this comment if they're not Tulin, Teba, or Saki.
My favourite place in Hebra is the secret mushroom cave full of crystals! It's just insanely different to any other location and the quest sufficiently tricky that it's breathtaking once you finally discover it.
I remember that Cave! It's right beside one of the locations in the video 👀
It was a really cool discovery!
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I’ve always felt like Hebra’s desolation and solitude makes it seem like it has a long history that it is hiding from us under the snow. Love that you covered the region!
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The Stormwind Ark has a story! It's in a book i think in the cabin across the gap of the lake around rito village. its north of the stable/lucky clover newspaper hq. The "upheaval" the rito tale talks about is when the winds stopped, making the air thin and dangerous to fly in. a zonai fell from the sky, and the rito called them a god for their powers. they tried to take them back, but no rito could fly high enough. thats when they built the smaller boats at increasing altitudes, and the zonai used their ascend ability to climb up home. as a gift for helping build the ships for them, the zonai gifted the stormwind ark to the rito to make the winds come back! idk if there are similar stories for the other dungeons, though.
As an Aussie, I appreciate the callout for our summer Christmas! ☀️🎄
Really appreciate you still making videos! Hebra was so much fun to explore in BotW because of how hostile it was. It felt like I had to earn every inch, and they didn't forget to put little things around the place for me to find.
Little Footnote for the Leviathan bones segment, The Eldin Skeleton is Levias. It bears the closest resemblance to our old friend from the Era of the Skies, and even has his big flat head (And the Concept art looks even MORE like how Levias did in Skyward Sword). "Leviathan" seems to just be the in-universe name for the giant whales seen throughout the series; Levias, Jabu Jabu and Jabun, the Wind Fish, and Oshus.
The Hebra Skeleton doesn't share any features with any of the giant whales we've met in the series. The Gerudo Skeleton has what seems to be wing-bones on top, implying that it's the Wind Fish, and Eldin is all but officially confirmed to be Levias's remains, but the Hebra fossil doesn't look like any of the franchise's great whales. It's way too big to be Jabu Jabu, lacks Jabun's Angler Lure, and while once could make the argument for it being Oshus, I don't think it fits.
Oshus (AKA the Ocean King) exists in another world, and is a completely different species of whale from the others. Oshus is a Sperm Whale, fitting for his nemesis being an evil Squid, and Sperm Whale Skulls look completely different from the Hebra Skeleton. The Hebra Skeleton has what seems to be a horn on its head, meanwhile Sperm Whale skulls look concave (look up an image, it's wild to look at), and Oshus himself lacks horns of any kind.
I think another thing that people miss about the Hebra skeleton is that, like the Wind Fish (and its unfortunate baby) the Hebra skeleton is that of a baleen whale! It has no teeth! (Granted the Wind Fish skeleton does have a few teeth at the front of the mouth, but the ancestors of real baleen whales had teeth (some of which may have had both teeth and baleen) and the Wind Fish is a tiny winged, flying magic whale so I give it a pass.)
I think it's very likely the lake was intended as a dig site, because while the main writing of the wild games didn't have a ton of thought put into it the map designers were a separate team known for their environmental storytelling, even if the story team didn't intend for it the map designers almost surely did
I have to wonder if for TotK they had a different team alter the map because I was really disappointed to see a distinct lack of environmental storytelling literally anywhere that tells us what each of the Zonai ruins are, who may have lived there, what purpose did it serve etc. We basically get next to no lore about the Zonai and it’s such a shame because I really love them but I just know Nintendo will likely discard them and never bring them up again in any future title and that sucks there’s still so much of their story that’s yet to be told and we don’t even get a hint as to what happened to all of them? 😞
@BriarBeeBenson monolith was still behind designing the new map area atleast but it's likely they didn't put in as much environmental storytelling with new areas and changes because they didn't have any lore premise to come up with ideas for in the way they did for BotW ("ruins of medieval civilization" vs "race with this specific aesthetic") and were told more what to do to keep to the zonai aesthetic
As for my theory on the docks, as someone who use to keep finding odd docks located on out of the way waterways while exploring the woods and forest near where I grew up, I just thought these are fishing docks. There are even, as you yourself pointed out, a race of folks not too far off who wouldn't have much problems getting to and from these, explaining the lack of pathways to them. Just fly on over, fish up some food, amd fly back home for dinner. fishing tends to be better in deeper water, but unless you have an insane rod, top casting techique, and the strength/endurance to real a big fish all the way to shore, you probably want to be closer to the deeper waters without having to swim/boat out each time you want to fish.
Was my thinking as well, they can't fish and fly at the same time so they would need boats and as such a place to keep them.
Well, ain't THAT a Christmas present!
I love Zelda theories, especially because there always seems to be more of them to discover, and they're always (at least somewhat) interesting, like that "Lake Kilsie is an excavation site" one!
We actually do know a bit of when the temples were created since we have the sage awakening cutscenes where they show Zelda visiting each sage in there respective temple.
Knowing that there’s no way the stormwind arc or any of the other temples were created during the ancient Sheikah age nor during the rise of the calamity from 10,000 years ago and instead took place sometime during the age of the Zonai.
Capburgeon makes a point during his dungeon analysis that the temples seem to have each races ancient architecture mixed with Zonai tech. And are also guarded by Zonai constructs. Which makes me believe these were made in collaboration with the ancient Zonai civilization.
I thought this was common knowledge honestly. The association with the ancient sages plus the zonai constructs defending make it a no brained imo
@@snowmanO07 tbh i think there so much lore and environmental story telling in these games that it’s hard for people to keep track of all of it even the more obvious lore implications.
I like to think that the hole made in the mountain side is what made the king of Hyrule at the time fear the Sheika technology and commanded it to be buried. If one blast from one of those divine beasts was enough to carve through a mountain, just imagine how devastating it would be if it struck a place like castle town.
13:54 "isn't really known"?? We know what causes Aurora 😂
I thought that was weird too XD
The Aurora is caused by Solar Wind interacting with the Earth's Magnetic Field HG :P
Favourite festive tradition? 🎄
(or other December tradition if you don't celebrate Xmas!)
The warm and delicious homecooked meals, of course!
Restarting Majora’s Mask cause I got it for Christmas when I was a wee lad.
Presets and jesus
Tamales! What's yours?
Watching die hard
I just love how alive BOTW Hyrule is, it feels so real.
I hope you do Satori Mountain next, it's one of my favourite locations in BOTW/TOTK and Merry Christmas!
In case you haven’t already, there’s a book in the wood cabin at the beginning of the Hebra Mountain trail. It has a copy of the song the Rito children sing, and it gives a bit more information on the legend of where the Stormwind Ark came from.
Hopefully this is helpful! Sorry if you already knew this 😅
Hebra was always a place I loved to know more about! It's just this mysterious thing around it and how empty it is...
another theory i've heard for the secluded lake (although I dont think it's too likely considering general location etc, though given map wierdness in Zelda you never know) is that it is possibly meant to represent the lake atop OoT's Zora's Domain, where you find Jabu Jabu as child Link and the Ice Cavern as adult.
Actually the cause of auroras is very well known. It's caused by charged particles from the solar wind getting caught in Earth's magnetic field. Because of how magnetic fields work, the particles get drawn to the poles, where they collide with oxygen and nitrogen in the upper atmosphere, which causes the electrons in those atoms to jump to a higher energy state. When they return to the ground state, they release the light that we see. Electric charge, magnetism, and light are all the same thing, just seen from different perspectives. That's why it's called electromagnetism.
Since Hyrule has a sun, and compasses work, that implies it also has a magentic field, so it's probably the same process.
Thanks for the info! I've corrected this mistake in my pinned comment, my bad on that!
There's a book in the Hebra Trailhead Lodge in TotK that details the full Stormwind Ark legend. It actually seems to originate from when the Zonai still lived in the sky.
I loved this video. I enjoyed how you found details such as the dock in a seemingly useless place and craft a theory.
Thanks a ton!
The Eldin volcano erupted, causing a nuclear winter and an extended drought.
Selmie doesn't live alone in that cabin. Everytime I visit her, Russ and Fin are there also and it gets awkward.
Your videos are always worth the wait 👊 a great region to cover at an appropriate time of year
I think there’s a journal in that cabin that has the stormwind arc origin story. The cabin that is at the start of the hebra trail.
What are the implications that the a Zonai construct was able to provide Link with Ancient Blades in the Depths in Tears of the Kingdom? I'm waiting to watch your take on that!
I guess some ancient blades fell down a hole
The Rito Records in the Hebra Trailhead Lodge, tell a legend about, when the winds in Hebra stopped, a stranger fell through the clouds from the sky. The Rito had never saw the likes of him before, but when he recovered quickly, they referred to him as a god. The villager’s tried to bring the god back to his people, but no matter how hard they tried, it was still too high up to reach. Seeing the motivation and determination, the god expressed his gratitude and asked if the villagers were to gather materials. The Rito took up the offer and gathered as many supplies as they could. The god nodded in appreciation and used his mysterious powers and created small boats, whence the villagers boarded, they began ascending into the air. With the god guiding them, they began ascending higher and higher, until they passed through the thick clouds. What took the villagers breath away, when they saw the vastness of the heavens and islands that float in the sky. With their saviour returned to his people, they began descending back to earth. Suddenly the winds of Hebra had returned, the villagers looked up and saw a magnificent vessel high above. It seemed the god gave them a gift from his own gratitude for helping him to return home. With the winds back, Hebra recovered, the sky’s cleared and the flowers blossomed. The ark that saved the village from catastrophe came to be known as the Stormwind Ark.
Thanks for the videos as always Hyrule! I really like the mystery of the Leviathans, they look soo cool in wilds games and really add a touch to the atmosphere. It really makes you wonder what they looked like when they were around
What a great video this was Hyrule Gamer. I surely enjoyed it as every video that I watch about Zelda just brings Nostalgia bk for me. It just reminds me of how great life was bk then with not a care in the world while growing up playing Zelda in the 80's. Y'all have no clue how lucky you are coming to TH-cam to find something out. Bk then, we had to use our brains and wits with our friends to beat the game. MY MY how time has flied for me. In my 40's and still enjoy watching, playing and even listening to Zelda Theories that make you think even more about a place that you visit while playing. Today, I've got 2 munchkins that are realizing how special Zelda was to Daddy when I was there age!
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That's awesome! Thanks for watching!
12:31 I'm also sure that the hot springs are moblin names. I cannot remember why I have this in my head.
11:36 doesn't the game tell us that the Zonai made the Stormwind Ark? I feel like I remember that clearly, but now I'm questioning my memory
no, i distinctly remember a story in-game about how in the ancient past, a “god” (zonai) fell from the sky into tabantha, so the rito who lived there sought to help him by building a tower of airships he could use to climb back up. as thanks, the zonai built the rito the stormwind ark as a gift
@@pettyblood_That may be why the ark doesn't have much environmental story to tell. It was Zonai-made in Rito-inspired style. The environmental story is pretty much told to us and the ship confirms that.
There's also a bit he missed. The ark has to predate the Calamities since it was where the Wind Sage left the Zonai secret stone. Meaning it has been around since the Imprisoning War.
Best gift this season is a new Hyrule Gamer video🥳
I love mystery videos. And BotW and TotK will never run out of content for those videos❤
for the wind temple I believe that it was built during Rararu and Sonja's day during the fight with Gannon Colgera may have been around then too and causing the same glaciation that was occuring in modern hyrule
Have a happy new year Hyrule Gamer
I just want to say that I love and appreciate how much work you put into your lore videos, they are my favourite! 💕💕
@@zainabs00 Thank you! I really appreciate that 💫
The Hebra region has always been so creepy to me, but i still love it, it’s so interesting and mysterious
When I first saw the wind temple it reminded me a lot of Skyloft or even just the skyward sword era of architecture. Mostly the bird figures they remind me so much of the loftwing. In my own little narritive i imagine it was built by the sky hylians maybe when they wanted to venture past the cloud cover or possibly just to move to other islands!
I immediately picked up my switch to go get that hearty salmon lol
I went and got that Korok
7:16 kinda random part of video, but i think this was for trading now caved in, I think vah meadow was dug behind rito village as in totk you can find the beast's mask in a mountain behind rito village, not only is it big enough, but the area has man-made holes
Considering the Stormwind Ark/Wind Temple houses the secret stone, it had to have existed before the events of the Imprisoning War just as the other temples. Therefore, it could not have been built to deal with the Calamity of 10,000 years ago
Hebra is just a lovely, cozy place. If you're dressed appropriately, or your snack includes those tasty - spicy! - peppers.
I understand going crazy over small details.
My current obsession is a single wall in Elden Ring. Just a wall outside a castle.
It has driven me a little crazy.
Love that you still do videos to Breath of the wild
It never occurred to me before that the Great Skeleton quest implies that Levias and the Windfish are the same species
Merry Christmas Hyrule Gamer 🎄😃👍
Maybe the storm wind ark was made by the ancient rito before a previous upheaval, and the sheikah took inspiration from it for Vah Medoh, another giant flying ship. Another possibility is they could be referring to the flood in windwaker as the previous upheaval. It would explain why it’s a flying ship, seeing as the rito evolved from the Zora
The ship looks like it's made by the ancient robots from skyward they have the same color scheme
There’s a rito that will actually tell you a legend about the stormwind ark’s creation.
What if the Stormwind ark was the original prototype of a rito divine beast?
This video's so *cool* 🥶🥶
Released 4 hours ago and already nearly 5k views. Nice to see these games getting attention, glad I'm not the only one still playing. Gonna start another 100% BotW after I finish ToTK.
It’s fascinating on the ship theory. The only 2 times we see the Rito as we know them are wind waker and BOTW/TOTK. Since we don’t know exactly how far into the future TOTK/BOTW take place compared to wind waker, twilight princess and ocarina of time. So my first thought is maybe WWs rito built it for whatever reason but was lost to time. The only other thought is that it was a tribe of Rito we never get to see.
Fun fact the great horned rhinoceros was removed in TOTK and is exclusive to BOTW I’m not really sure why but it’d be cool if u made a mini theory about it👍
There's a roughly 8 year gap between the events of BotW and TotK, they may have gone extinct in that time for some reason (upheaval damage causing changes to or loss of their habitat, excessive hunting, epidemic etc.).
@@joannamysluk8623 That would make sense since I did hunt these frequently in BOTW lol
I don’t know if someone already pointed this out, but I happen to know for sure that you’re wrong about the hearty salmon only appearing near Rito Village.
They’re also near the docks in Hyrule Castle.
At least they are in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
I’m not sure, but I would imagine that they’re there in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom too.
in real life we know exactly what causes auroras…
…and in the game is doesn’t really make sense that they’d appear only in Hebra, and not the other northern regions 🤷🏻♂️
That's my bad if so, what's the exact reason they occur irl?
That in itself is a mystery, why only in Hebra??
@ - ions from solar winds (electrons, mainly, I think? 🤔) are captured by the Earth’s magnetosphere and are funneled by it to the poles, and when they impact the atmosphere, the intense energy transfer causes the atmospheric elements to fluoresce… or something like that 🤷🏻♂️ I think the different colors depends on the sort of atmospheric element being impacted. it’s neat stuff 👍
the Earth’s magnetosphere emanates from the poles, so that’s why we only see auroras in the far north and south, so technically if there’s auroras in Hebra, then they should be visible all around the north of Hyrule… or maybe that implies that the planet that Hyrule exists on has an extremely tilted axis? or maybe that the maps are just tilted for some reason? seems like there’s some crazy _Zelda_ theory fodder in there somewhere 😂
@Sam_T2000 Gotchuuu, I feel like I probably knew that but the creator in me wanted it to sound more mysterious 😂
A silly but honest mistake 🙏
@@HyruleGamer - sorry, didn’t mean to be a know-it-all. Merry Christmas 🎄
I think that lake kilsie could be like a food connection for those who live/d in the mountains. Either now or long ago. Some people could use it like selmie or the bowling pin guy from botw. Js food for thought
Happy summer holidays from me ✨
Again. The first calamity WAS NOT 10,000 years ago. That was only the latest in a history of them. Botw states as so
i love the way you talk, it’s so cute :3
Another information correction to add is that the Calamity of 10,000 years ago is not "the first" like you said in the video at 10:35. That's just one of them. The Divine Beasts are even said to have been made to battle the calamity, should it ever return. Here's the dialogue for proof:
"The history of the royal family of Hyrule
is also the history of Calamity Ganon, a primal evil that has endured over the ages.
This evil has been turned back time and time again by a warrior wielding the soul of a hero, and a
princess who carries the blood of the Goddess.
With the passage of time, each conflict
with Ganon faded into legend. So listen closely as I tell you of this
"legend" that occurred 10,000 years ago.
Hyrule was then blossoming as
a highly advanced civilization. Even the most powerful monsters posed
little threat to the denizens of the realm.
The people thought it wise to utilize
their technological prowess to ensure the safety of the land,
should Calamity Ganon ever return.
They constructed four mechanical wonders
that came to be known as the Divine Beasts. They also built a legion of autonomous
weapons called Guardians."
As you can see, the calamity of 10,000 years ago is just the last one to occur before the Great Calamity of 100 years ago and it's just one of the "legends" that have faded into legend with the passage of time. The Divine Beasts and guardians were created to ensure the safety of the land should Calamity Ganon ever return.
Another banger to work out to.
Are Hebras black with white stripes or white with black stripes?
The winds of the Hebra regions stopped blowing and an entity, like a prince, fell from the sky, the Rito built the ark to help him reach the skies again and supposedly him made the winds blow again after that
The game tells you
The Fire Temple was, supposedly, the home of the Gorons so, yeah, rock people used to live underground
The Lightning Temple beats me, it's just standing there... Menacingly!
I have an actual answer to one of the mysteries. the hot springs, Idk which one it was, but one of them was discovered 100 years ago and was named after the traveler who found it. This is the in one of the prompts for the item upgrade quests in Age of Calamity.
I fivured that va medoe was found in well a meadow, it has an interesting detail on its back that being the grass/moss and the stone pillars, it looks similar to the area south east of rito village now that lake could have been a dig site but i dont think it was where they found it.
Well, we know why the auroras happen, but otherwise it was a great video, thanks for posting!
Three leviathans for each region associated with each of the thee goddesses and currently overseen by three guardian spirits. While these spirits are immortal, they are not invulnerable, and we have seen that they are not always dragons. This is why one is found behind ornate doors as this would have been a place to meet with a representative of a goddesses.
What if the devs sort of perverted the Wind Waker's story for the Wind Temple in TOTK? Maybe the "different kind of upheaval" Teba mentions is the flooding (kind of a stretch, but I can see the word upheaval being used for an event like that). The village WAS technically saved by another ship... Link arriving on his ship. And The King of Red Lions does bear at least a tiny bit of resemblance to the Wind Temple, mostly with the decorative head on the front of the ship (although the Wind Temple has two that look more like Vah Medoh). Honestly, I think they just wanted a call back to the Wind Waker by including a ship as the main dungeon for the Rito, but with a twist of course.
They explained it as the winds dying so they couldn't fly.
The Eldin skeleton is Levias and the Gerudo skeleton is The Wind Fish. The Hebra skeleton is the only one no one knows what it is…
Salmon can also be found at the Hyrule Castle docks :)
Hearty Salmon?
@@HyruleGamer yep!
Usually 2-3 there. At least in BOTW. I never verified in TOTK
You are a class content creator, I'm subbed and all
@@GAA4Life Appreciate that, thank you!
I am kind of stuck in the queen gibdo fight in totk, do you have any tips?
Could the storm wind ark be the ritos version of the red lion boat from wind waker
i heard a theory once the hebra mountain in breath of the wild was once death mountain
Appereantly my comment got deleted. Anyways. The wind temple was built by the zonai after the rito helped one of them to go back to the sky. Their wings were to weak to carry it so they built the floating ship, the trampoline ones to help the rito ascend back to the heavens. As a thanks the Zonai built the Rito the Wind Temple.
I THOUGHT IT SAID THAT IS VIDIO SAID THAT THIS WAS 13 YEARS AGO!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would say the skeletons are just the fossils of whales from when Hyrule was under an ocean (some time after Wind Waker maybe).
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And merry christmas
hebra peak explanation THAT IS TRUE: divine beast misfired ;laser
0:04 as an Australian, no. No I will not enjoy the infernal heat that is an Aussie summer
I didnt know he had a face and a body
14 minutes: Did he really just say that the reason for the real world auroras (northern & southern lights) isn’t known?
They’re caused by the particles emitted by the sun interacting with the Earths magnetic field. Even if you didn’t know that a 2 second google search will tell you.
You do realize there's a lot more than Australia in the southern hemisphere, right?
wait.. was that a nonchalant face review or did I just miss it
HG has been on a decent number of collaboration videos and streams for several years using a webcam. He just doesn't usually put himself in his produced, scripted videos. The collabs are pretty fun to watch. Hope you have a Happy Hyrule New Year.
2 MINS and 18 views hi and im gonna enjoy this video
The 15 minute video was released 6 minutes ago and already has 4 comments and 30 views!
Got some takis to munch on 🤤😋
Enjoy!
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Only eldin leviathan matches levias
Gruedo next for the areas 'down here'
There is more to the southern hemisphere than just Australia and New Zealand. idk why one would start a video by making sure south america and half of africa feel invisible and irrelevant....
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I always go for the hearty salmon because I use it and cheese to make Link’s meals
Also love how you say mountains 🏔️
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This is not a knock at you at all but just the worst thing about TH-cam videos is hearing people pronounce things differently to how I do. I’m not saying I am correct even but it’s so hard to listen to when it doesn’t sound right to me
I can sorta understand that. What words gave you this feeling from my video?
Ugh and for me I freaking love his accent! The pronunciation is very pleasing to me.
But I totally understand where you’re coming from. Certain people’s voices set me off as well and I cannot listen or interact with them. 😅
There is that one mystery ruined settlement on the far east of Eldin Volcano, and is a location that you visit as part of the side-quest of finding all the Wells in Hyrule, except inside that Well is a lava pit cave. I can't seem to imagine why someone would build a settlement there so dangerous, and have a well that drops you into a lava pit cave.