Ancient Hero's Aspect: Explained
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- Wanted to share some observations I made about this piece of armor. This is my first Zelda theory video, please enjoy :)
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About the thumbnail: There are comments about the old thumbnail, which may cause confusion. It used to show some of the aspect when worn by Link, but I changed it to just the armor piece in the menu. I made and pinned a comment addressing the original one, but have since deleted it and will replace it with this. (changed 6/26/23)
@@PlanetAstronoxjeez dude I get spoilers are incredibly annoying but I don’t think they deserve that 💀💀
@@PlanetAstronox this is a very intense reaction. i made a mistake and then corrected it, which is the best that i can do. this is a youtube thumbnail (of a zelda outfit) my guy, not something genuinely morally wrong. maybe reach out for social support/connection and/or take a step back? /gen
@@PlanetAstronoxalso, you never know what someone goes through. "imagine the most vile insults imaginable and then direct them at yourself." some people might struggle daily with self hatred, lack of self worth, and more. please seek help instead of dumping your frustrations out on someone's video. really not ok thing to say, man.
What if the Ancient Hero is Mineru and GANONDORF'S child!?
@@huntresswizard1092 at the very least, def possible he's descended from mineru, and some point down the line a gerudo too (whether male or female hm)
I think an important thing to note about the appearance of the Zonai is that we literally only have a sample size of *two individuals* aside from the aspect of the hero, and those two individuals are siblings, so they’re bound to look similar to each other.
The appearance of the elemental dragons/servants of the springs can be taken into consideration. Dragon forms of Zelda and Ganondorf have clear physical features from their human forms. The elemental servants of the springs have goat like faces, white manes and long floppy ears, all just like rauru does
@TheCreator1875 they probably were once revered Zonai, and then ate the secret stones
I was gonna say this, the white hair is irrelevant until we see a zonai that’s not related to them
Zonai could be like the Mink tribe in One Piece, all different species of animal-like beings but still considered one culture.
@@TheCreator1875 Still, that only leaves a sample size of 5. That's not enough to go off of for an entire race of ppl, it's just what we have for now. Zoras have sharks, dolphins and stingrays, and the Rito have owls, parrots, seagulls, and eagles. It's defo possible that they had variation in their species.
The hero doesn't have to be "the" Link though. Windwaker Link, of course, was just named Link, he was really just some random, albeit very brave, kid.
True, but that's because that link came from a timeline where the Hero's spirit was removed
He also was chosen by the gods to wield the triforce of courage. It was mostly because there was no one else. I believe that because Zelda sent the Hero of Time back to being a child the timeline kept going which is why the Spirit of the Hero was gone forever.
That kinda goes for most link none were in the start directly chosen they were all progressively becoming their warrior.
@@DecodedDodohe wasn’t chosen if I remember correctly, he forces the gods to choose him
@@BodenBuilds those links are born with the spirit of the hero though, they aren’t born ready to beat the evil yet though, that’s why they go on their adventure, to regain their courage aka to awaken the spirit of the hero that is in them
You know, I don't think the ancient hero is Zonai in origin. Down in the depths, there are these chains of statues that if you follow them, guide you to the major mines and Zonaite foundries found below each major settlement. Each statue chain accurately depicts each race found in the region above. However, the guiding chain in central Hyrule do not at all look like Hylians, or Zonai. What they do look like however, is the ancient hero
At first i thought those statues represented ancient Mogma people. Theh kinda look alike and are underground but i may be wrong.
@@honezone2266Who's Mogma
@@honezone2266I was really hoping for a surprise return of the subterrosians, it's been so long idk if I even spelled that right
I thought they were moblins until I realised, much later, that that made no sense whatsoever 😅. Now, I’m not sure what they look like, but they certainly didn’t scream ‘zonai’ to me.
I feel like people don't really realize that he's probably half Zonai half Hylian. We know that Zelda is actually a descendant of Rauru and Sonia... Meaning the races can interbreed. So rather than saying there is no zonai or hylian statue in the depths... Consider the statue of the hero to be Both zonai and hylian.
Also no one said the royal guard can't be related to the royal family. I mean, Link in OoT has compelling evidence that he's literally Zelda's twin, and in SS it's heavily implied that Zelda and Link's descendants are the same people the way that you are a descendant of your parents. Meaning all blood related Links are technically of royal blood, distantly.
My favourite theory I've heard is that there were two types of zonai people, those who went to the sky, and those who lived within the faron region. In the game the ruins around thyphlo and the faron rainforest are referred to as older than the sky ruins. I think that the ancient hero may be a part of the zonai that stayed on the surface or from before they left the surface when they still had more animalistic features.
Actually there are places (such as around the Tobio's Hollow Chasm) where you can see sky Zonai ruins with more botw/rainforest Zonai ruins built on top of it. Also the quest for Typhlo Ruins reveals that it was built as a monument to the Imprisoning War, meaning it had to have been built by ancient Hylians as all Zonai had died at this point. Also I think the part you're referring to where Calip states that the ruins at Dracozu lake predate the sky islands, I'm certain what he means is not that they were constructed first, but that they were around since before the Upheaval when the sky islands appeared and ruins fell all across Hyrule.
@@zachhiggins3321 This does make sense for the Barbarian armor, too. The description of it is referring to some war-like tribe in the Faron region, which must be the Zonai but then there's the issue of the Zonai being.. not very war-like. Perhaps the peaceful ones lived in the sky and the more violent ones lived in Faron. It could explain why, despite being peaceful, Zonai weapons exist. The Faron People made the Zonai flame emitters, spark emitters, frost emitters, lasers, cannons, etc while the Sky people used the hover stones, carts, wheels, stabilisers,
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The only contradiction would be the Thunderhead Isles, which implied tha Sky and Faron Zonai were one of the same as they are connected and the fact that those tools (if made by the Faron people) were used in sky islands. If they were connected, how? Why? Specifically for Thunderhead Isles
I think a lot of people are missing a much less complicated explanation here: Nintendo made this mural for BOTW depicting characters in an "ancient" art style for contextual reasons, all the fans said in one voice "That's not a traditional Link, it looks more like a Gerudo male" and so Nintendo said "Oh crap, better squash that theory for good by creating this species no one's ever heard of"
I am dying of laughter. Absolutely willing to bet money that you're right, even if no one will ever admit it.
With Nintendo, and Zelda specifically, it’s one of two things. Either they’ve fucked something up and completely forgotten about huge details in their own games. Or they’ve done these things on purpose and everything means something and it was absolutely genius from them. There’s absolutely no in between lol
@@TheCreator1875 Either that or they are just like.
Hm we fucked up yall....
TIME FOR A NEW GAME!!!
Also they probably wanted to make sure that these d*ckless nerds stop coming up with some timeline BS, trying to display a connection between TotK/BotW and any other Zelda games while it is clear that these two games take place in a totally different universe.
@@ineedzemedic5810 lol I hope that happens 😂
I find it interesting that even though he is clearly Zonai in ancestry on some level, he lacks the dragon-like scales that Rauru has. Granted, Mineru seems to have no visible scales either.. but I think it does show that there can/will be a lot of variation within the species as a whole?
I do question now if Rauru and Mineru's hair color hasn't changed due to age, whether or not any specific hair color is actually associated with Zonai.
But this Ancient Hero definitely has to have some sort of Hylian blood in him. Definitely has skin, not signs of fur like Rauru and Mineru's ears (perhaps the only fur they have, I think they have skin otherwise). Also missing the burdened third eye.
His headpiece could be covering one up. I think that this is a regular Zonai that only looks like a Hylian because Link is wearing it.
@@coryfreake9070 I don't think the third eye is a requirement. also I think it is a half Zonai due to the fact that on the lower arms and legs it seemed to tamper off into a more skin color.
@@wyatt_thewarcarter9554 I'm pretty sure those are adornments and cloth.
And the tail. Rauru and Mineru don't have it. Also, not sure why, but the fact that the ancient hero wears heels catches my attention, but may be to have a better support on the legs while battling, as he is clearly in a "battle armor" of sorts.
True. Not to forget, the ancient Hero's ears are significantly smaller than Rauru and Mineru's ears. Maybe he was a hybrid!
It would've been amazing if the ancient hero's aspect allowed for all the sages to use their respective helmets. Personally would've really loved that since only having one at a time is honestly quite a bummer and not so significant
A new helmet in the DLC for that would be great.
THEORY: The Zonai King Rauru had a third eye. The sheikah later took this idea of a third eye and incorporated it as a symbol in all their designs including the tears drop.
In BOTW the tear drops of the of the sheikah devices transferred data / information into the sheikah slate. In TOTK the tears drops (of the dragon) transferred memories.
that's cool, ill believe that lol. to add on, i think the Sheikah used Zonaite for their technology. the blue glow is similar to Zonaite, albeit not perfect, but we don't know what it was but it'd make sense if they used the same material as the technology before them.
There's pinecone design motif everywhere in TOTK. The lights. Pinecone is.symbol of third eye. And are those pine scales on the decayed wallpaper in the new shrines or are they dragon scales? And are the masks that cover the groin area of the ancient aspect a boar on the bottom, an owl on the top, and a at the middle?
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The thing that baffles me most is how he was alive 10,000 years ago, far after Rauru and Mineru's time, and they were seemingly the last two Zonai to exist. His skin and hair color almost remind me of Ganondorf, so maybe he is a male gerudo? But then why the zonai shaped face? I really hope we get some dlc that explains it
... psychotic shiekah has gone mad scientist and used dna of Gerudo and Zonai to create their own hero...
@@kirisuma2186lol and yet you may be right
10,000 years ago WAS around rauru and mineru’s time. He is a descendant of them. A zonai and hylian hybrid.
@@gektoast496810.000 years was the age of sheika technology, not seen in the first age of Hyrule
@@franciscoguinledebarros4429yeah because the calamity is the pent up malice from ganon leaking so it has to be way after Rauru and mineru’s time
One idea I have is that they might be related to whatever those unknown figures seen in the depths are. They seem to vaguely resemble them, and the statues probably aren’t completely accurate since the Zora, Rito and Goron statues found in the depths look bizarre and almost unnerving, almost reminiscent of something out of Majora’s Mask or Twilight Princess
I hope they answer all these burning questions in the DLC, I’m worried they’ll be vague or still leave loose ends if we even get one, but it’s at least helped knowing that BOTW did have a scrapped DLC that became TOTK so it’s likely that whatever DLC we get will be more thorough considering many of the loose ends in BOTW probably would’ve been tied off.
do you mean those poe freaks, some directional statues or smthng else entirely?
@@cloudy7263the directional statues that point u to the different mines in Josha’s side quest line
@@cloudy7263 nah, the bargainer is also very strange and mysterious, but I mean the directional statues, the ones which are required for the “camera work in the depths” sidequest
I think the statues are accurate, but they predate the arrival of the Zonai, which is why they resemble species even more ancient than the sages from the era of the Imprisoning War.
@@jordanbtucker I guess that would explain the one theory that they’re Mogmas from Skyward Sword, my first thoughts
Then again, the timeline placement of the past is confusing, there are some theories that it’s at the very beginning of the timeline (it also brings the question of if there’s a connection with the Rauru from OOT, since they’re stated to have been from around the time of Hyrule’s founding), but others think that the past segments might also be long after the games before BOTW timeline-wise, with Hyrule having been remade. It’s also possible that it’s an entirely new timeline or a hard reboot or something I guess.
I wondered if it was a child of Sonia and Rauru . Was just thinking about the Calamity Tapestry and if it was something we’d actually seen in BotW or TotK
they almost definitely had a child who would continue on the royal lineage, although the ancient calamity happened long after their time so it can't have been their kid.
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Okay i'm an idiot. I just realised that the calamity wouldn't have appeared right away in the generation of the possible child of Sonia and Rauru. It could have taken hundreds of years (which could explain why he hero looks a bit weird and not full Zonai)
But regardless, they would be distant relatives at the least.
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But the thing is, there won't be a 'Zelda' in their time if he was the child of Rauru and Sonia.
Unless the hero and the 'Zelda' of that generation are siblings.
@@tako_roexactly
Usually in a royal family the royalty goes to the first born and continues along the first borns line so the ancient hero may have been the decendent of the second born.
Wait thats what i said
I feel like not a lot of theorists have been seeing connections to Twilight Princess in TOTK, so I loved this video! I thought it was a great connection to make and it really makes sense. Keep it up! I'd love to see more videos like this!
When the game was first revealed, I SWORE it was gonna have direct ties to Twilight Princess. The wound on Ganondorf's chest mirroring the one inflicted by the Sages, the green magic and reversed audio, Link losing his arm (which happens in the manga, and while it's not canon, I thought couldn't possibly have been a coincidence), and the fact that Ganondorf was still standing when he died in TP. All those things made me think we were gonna be seeing an incredibly pissed, resurrected OG Dragmire, but alas, I was wrong.
My theory is he is the secret child of Rauru and Sonia, or that child's descendant, and also an unconnected hero who stumbled into his role much like Wind Waker Link did. A regular Hylian with Zonai blood who comes out of hiding to take up arms against a calamity in the absence of a "true" Link. I would LOVE to play a game that explores his story, and just the First Calamity and the ancient Sheikah in general.
I have a bunch of theories. One thing I noticed just today comes from two odd details that could connect to something greater. So firstly, the only “emitter” Zonai device that isn’t based on one of the dragons is the beam emitter, which is a unicorn. Similarly, in BOTW, the 5th divine beast, the Master Cycle Zero, is a unicorn, and doesn’t have a sage representing them, nor a helm. These seemed like weird little pieces on their own, but then I realized, there’s a somewhat horse-like creature that’s said to be related to an ancient sage and has vaguely Zonai-like patterns covering its body, and that is one of the few things depicted by the ancient Sheikah in the ancient observatory, of course being the Satori. So, maybe there’ll be some backstory on the Satori in the future. Like, maybe, similarly to how the divine beasts seemingly came from the sages’ masks, the master cycle was based on the mask of the original form of the Satori.
You may have something here. We see in TotK that a particular character wants to become a Satori, thinks he can by swallowing 'bubble gems', and in doing so seems to feel power welling up, but not enough. You get the 'bubble gems' from pale glowing feathered/furry 'bubble frogs', which when shot, drop the gem and transform into a Blupie, the glowing pale blue bunnies that drop Rupies when shot.
The Satori is even larger and has the same coloration and styling, but more deer/horse like. I've assumed already that there's some progression from Blupie to Bubble Frog to Satori, but swallowing the gems to make a PERSON transform into one... That resembles another plot point in TotK. Rather closely. Perhaps the bubble gems are fragments of something similar to, but different and distinct from, a Secret Stone?
connecting the mc0 and satori... galaxy brain right there
The beam emitter matching the master cycle and seemingly being the beast of the hero is interesting as the Master Sword (the main weapon of the hero) is known for shooting beams as well.
So it seems then that as well as the unicorn being the heroes iconic creature, the powers among them are consistent as well.
@@colinsmith1495 Right. There’s also the Satori summoning ritual you need to perform, which I can’t remember if this was the case but I thought I heard someone say it also involves the horse god somehow implying they’re connected. There’s also the Blupee den area in the depths, of course being the Satori Mountain’s counterpart
By the way, something I randomly found after several attempts, apparently the Blupee that spawns from a Bubbulfrog doesn’t act like a normal one as it doesn’t drop any Rupees
But satori isn’t a unicorn so why the unicorn
Where do the get the unicorn imagery from
And I mean a literal unicorn with a singular horn
Not really really sure what you wanna call the things that the satori etc creatures have but it’s not even just one of them on a satori so why the unicorn 🦄
Also the waistguard is a representation of the 3 animals tied to the different aspects of the triforce that the Zonai seem to use. Owl, Dragon and Boar
i was there the day the artbook was leaked and was reading everyone's analyses on that totk discord server. someone pointed out that they were the 3 representations of the triforce and i was like :000
There is also the labyrinths, that were guarded by those same spirits. Owl is hebra labyrinth, dragon is gerudo labyrinth and boar is on the island akkala labyrinth. And there is also a giant dragon skeletons in depths that are present in those regions and are beneath the leviathan skeletons, they all have gloom hands spawn and one piece of hero of wilds set that you get from completing all shrines in BotW.
I think that's a very important detail because even as a species, he seems to represent the triforce as a whole. Clearly Zonai in shape, with pointed ears of the Hylians, and red hair of the Gerudo.
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I'm EXTREMELY cautious to say he's the decendent of any sort of Zonai. I recognize he's wearing Zonai armor, but so do Hylians of that time. The biggest denouncers of him being a Zonai are the digitigrade legs, the lion-like big cat eyes and tail, the pointed ears instead of rabbit-like ears, and the lack of a third eye or eardrop marking over his nose. I'll admit Rauru and Mineru could be hinding a tail under their long gowns, but their legs are plantigrade as hell. The red hair is also quite odd but I'm not going to rule out other Zonai having it, but even then I noticed neither Mineru or Rauru have eyebrows.
My best guess is that this is a hybrid of multiple races or more likely a brand new race we've never seen before. I'd expect like how BotW had a few clues to the existence of Zonai, this is our clue towards something coming next game (if there is a next game). I really do like the idea that this is related to the Barbarian tribe from Faron though!
This is the universe where the Zora evolved into the Rito. He could easily be a Zonai descendant.
What about the depths, there are statues that also resemble them, maybe the ancient hero was from the depths
He has to be at least a hybrid of zonai and hylian, and the features thing is not a stretch considering zelda’s history of race evolution
Maybe it's just a zonai armor for a hylian hero. The red hair could just symbolize power, which they then have on all their armor.
it supposed to be Rauru and Mineru to be the last kind of the Zonnai, but, the farone region Zonai are depicted as older than the king Rauru... so peobably, the Ancient hero is from that tribe of zonai and went kinda "forgotten" qhen Rauru and Sonnia created hyrule... the ancient hero is also mentioned as the 8th heroine in gerudo, since they couldnt accept a man to be the hero
I can’t wait for the DLC to come out and explain all of this.
I feel like the tail may just be a result of the dragon-like genes of the Zonai causing a mutation when mixed with hyrulian. Maybe that answer is too convenient, but it makes sense to me at least.... The Zonai were "Descended from the gods" and with the three elemental dragons being named after gods as well, there may be a generation of Zonai who were somehow created BY the dragons.
Another RANDOM curiosity of mine, is if the miner set has ANY significance... since it has Zonai green stones and a long mask.
Speaking of the depths, there’s those statues that seem to depict a race that seem to have never been seen before, and that resemble the hero, although it’s likely the statues weren’t completely accurate as the ones depicting Goron, Zora and Rito look strange and unnerving, almost like something from Twilight Princess or Majora’s Mask
@@solgaleo3533 someone ik said that they resembled the mogma from skyward sword which i thought was interesting
@@the-collector- yeah, that was definitely my first thought as well
Really hoping DLC will elaborate on the ancient hero.
So about that…
He might be the son of rauru and soina
He looks nothing like either of them
@@Feesh6ganondorf and rauru
But it might be true
@@U.S.Postal Rahrus dark blue not puke green also rahrus a goat not a lizard
How? That would mean he’s over 10,000 years old.
Oml i didnt even notice how little attention this video has. Keep this up! I never caught on that the Zonaite armor was worn by the Ancient Hero, and that's certainly one hell of a hidden detail! Hehehe
Honestly the idea of the spirit of the hero passing on into different species is a really cool idea to explore, while Zelda does effectively always need to link to the royal blood line (goddesses blood), link can be a different species… now I want a game where link is a goron from the beginning or a zora, rito, even a korok
lol, i think in ocarina of time there's a goron child named link, after the namesake of the legendary hero! and ig the masks in oot and mm let link cosplay as other races. yeah, it's def a cool idea, i agree!
I like to think Fi was confused as hell to see one and seemingly only one person look so drastically from all her other wielders
This is your first Zelda theory video?! What a great start! You've earned a sub!
I think the Hero was Zonai and Gerudo. The Red hair, of such intensity is only seen in that shade (in all works relating to totk) to The Gerudo. He also has a high hairline, and an ornament which we also only see in that style with the Gerudo, it looks very similar to Urbosa's and particularly Ganondorf's in placement and style. And we do know Zonai can have children with Hylians as Zelda has a blood connection to both Rauru and Sonia, however we don't see their child directly. Did they look more Hylian or Zonai or did that diminish over time.
The Hero has many zonai-like traits, but he also doesn't look Fully like Rauru or Mineru. His ears are smaller, more pointed, his mouth is small, but he has a snout. and he lacks a third eye. His hoop earrings are also reminiscient of other Gerudo in style.
Which has interesting implications for how the Gerudo used to relate to the Zonai people and to ancient Hyrule. Maybe this was another technically Gerudo male after Ganondorf. Who knows, but I definitely think that's what they were going for
I think from the fact that the Zonai went extinct that it could have been a their descendent maybe child,
and because of there not being any zonai anymore over time the Zonai genes just became less and less prominent and more Hylian
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I wonder if he's the voe spoken of as leading the heroines in the ancient record. It would be an interesting connection with the other gerudo connections
This is my theory
So I realised the hair and markings of the ancient hero is very similar to the barbarian armour which we know is armor worn by Zonai in the Faron region, but we never see it as a part of zonai clothing, maybe there was a split between the Zonai species and one tribe lived in the sky, the other tribe lived in the Faron region where they would qorship Farosh, the lighting dragon, and made dragon sculptures around the region, and maybe the different enviroment from the sky islands evolved the zonai to get red hair and have body changes, it is probably where the hero was born into. it is similar to the shiekah split, the Yiga clan was originally normal sheikah, then they split making the yiga clan, a clan that worshipped an entity (Calamity Ganon, soon the Demon King) like how the Faron Zonai worshipped Farosh, also I would like to add the reason the ancient hero was chosen to wield the master sword is probably because the Faron Zonai was a barbaric tribe and was very good in their skill in fighting, which is probably why the barbarian armor gives attack up, so the ancient hero would be the only skilled enough person to wield the sword
I really like the idea of the Zonai gear being that time's Champion garb. I didn't even notice the sages of the past each wore a champion cloth, nice catch! Love this armor set. It's fun to think about!
6:44 I just noticed another difference between Zelda's and Sonia's dresses: while both have the own/dragon/boar motif that seems to be so common in Zonai clothing, Zelda's is dragon-owl-boar while Sonia's is boar-owl-dragon. I can't help wondering if this has some kind of meaning.
It's reflexive
I wonder if it could be representative of the triforce, or at least what the triforce represents, i dont know much about how boars are generally depicted but I know owls tend to depict wisdom and dragons are probably power, it it could show that zelda and sonia are the same wisdom wise, with sonia being more courageous and zelda more powerful? Honestly though this is just me coming up with something in the span of about a minute or two
Triforce related maybe?
Owl for wisdom
Boar for power, like Ganon
And dragon for courage maybe?
Probably Is that, Zelda character development in BOTW and power awakening come from She not showing her knowledge and wisdome but from getting the courage to stand by herself and confront the calamity despite of her lack of power. Sonia has blue robes and the owl as symbol of her status as Queen and Hylia decendant and Zelda even if She Is also the same, her character develope around her afinity to the courage.
I just wanted to say that this is by FAR the most detail-oriented, evidence-based, extensive, in-depth video essay on the Ancient Hero, and I super duper appreciate you for taking the time to put all this together. Truly, you have more receipts than all the other Ancient Hero videos combined (I know, I've checked). It feels greedy to hope for future information on this character, but also, like, there is SO much, and why do all that if not to use them? Much love, hope you get proven right someday
Great video!
At first guess, I think that the Hero's Aspect is basically a warrior born of Gerudo and Zonai parents. There have been theories that the Gerudo are essentially a form of Hylian, but the hair is really the only reason they'd come up.
Ever since people saw the BotW tapestry and saw the red hair, it's been a question. The Zonai part seems to be the only twist. Twili certainly don't have those facial features.
my best guess was that the interlopers were different before they settled into the twili evolution, and maybe they had the red hair; the interlopers were almost definitely related to the gerudo somehow too. yeah fr the gerudo aspect is intriguing
Really cool vid
It brings me peace to see such solid timeline theories discussed
I’ve been scratching my head since the ending trying to figure all of this out
same lol, thank you!
Given that the armor is referred to as an "aspect", and looks animalistic in nature, my theory is that the ancient hero was the ruler of some type of animal; likely wolves given that Link has a history of having a connection with wolves, which like dogs, are notable for loyalty and courage which are two of Links defining traits.
When you do the labyrinth prophecies, they are given to you by the "ruler of boars", "ruler of owls", and the "ruler of dragons", which likely are ancestors of Ganon, Rauru/Mineru, and Sonia/Zelda respectively. So it's possible that ancient tribes, clans, families etc, had strong connections with animals and their symbolism much like history in real life.
Why the red hair, though? Maybe the red in his hair and the blue in his eyes represents his connection with the royal family, or perhaps its a reference to the goddesses and the Triforce; red hair, blue eyes, green skin. There is no Triforce in BoTW/ToTK so maybe the power of the goddesses manifests itself through these aspects and grants a person power and an appearance dependent on their inner nature, much like Secret Stones. Link, and his ancient hero ancestor, would take on a canine like appearance due to their loyalty and courage. This is not new information, due to the power of the Triforce and Goddesses repeatedly transforming Ganondorf into a boar-like beast. And the Rauru from OoT takes on an owl form, Mineru wears a mask with an owls face, and Raurus zonaite chest armor looks like an owl.
The reason I think the ruler of dragons is an ancestor of Sonia/Zelda is due to the fact that they have relation or equal status to Rauru/Ganon and the fact that dragons (not corrupted by Ganon) are always protectors of the realm and servants of the goddesses which the royal family are literally both. There's also the fact that when King Rhoam transforms into the King of Red Lions in Wind Waker, his appearance is actually dragon like, so the royal family lineage definitely has some connection to dragons. Zelda would inherit the nature of owls and dragons from Rauru and Sonia, represented by her wisdom and her desire to defend the land of Hyrule no matter the cost. This may also be why Rauru has slight characteristics (small horns, the mane, and the ears) of Dragons while Mineru does not; his secret stone likely recognized his nature to serve the land and being a ruler of the Hyrule kingdom. Naydra, Farosh, and Dinraal are female, were likely Zonai given their armor sets, yet share no physical similarities to Mineru and in fact share many with Rauru - likely telling us that his physical traits are not of the Zonai and are probably the effects of his secret stone much like how Ganondorfs makes him demonic.
duuude ganondorf's demon king form literally made him look more like rauru, more like a zonai, and even like the ancient hero's aspect!! I haven't been able to piece together why but it's definitely a thing
They are not Female. The Japanese version never uses gendered pronouns when referring to any of the dragons. They are only ever called, "Golden Spirit" "Red Spirit" and "Blue Spirit". Other times, they are called, "A [Insert Color Here] Spirit in the form of a long Dragon." The English localization of Tears of the Kingdom has taken creative liberties.
@@stefanfranssen7045 interesting, i didn't know the japanese version differed, ty! i'd only ever heard gendered versions in english when the mother goddess statue told me to seek out the golden spirit farosh, who looses lightning as "she" dances across the heavens.
@@the-collector- in the German version i play they all are referred with He, him and his
@stefanfranssen7045 considering the way their attack boost sets look, it's safe to say at the very least that Naydra is a female. and also, while I'm not sure about the Japanese version, the English version of Breath of the Wild refers to Naydra as "her" during the side quest where you have to cleanse her of Malice.
Excellent video. Good attention to detail pointing out all the differences in the adronements... Inlove how much attention to detail the developers put in games like this. Its teuly special!
Very well done!
thanks so much!
I would never have even considered the way the outfit and markings denoted status, fantastic video and glad I watched it :D
thank you so much, lol yeah I overanalyze *hard* when it comes to zelda especially
You know, they did get rid of the Wolf you could get with twilight princess amiibos, perhaps that's because the twilight realm will have a place in the DLC, and it wouldn't make sense to find wolf link before then.
Bro, you have great editing and story telling, you just earned a new subscriber, and supporter. Great job!
the child of Rauru and Sonia would have to be the royal lineage so they’re bloodline only reaches as far as a zelda. The ancient hero is depicted in a tapestry depicting calamity ganon, meaning it would have to have been far after the imprisoning war. The ancient hero also seems to not have any real zonai traits out of zonai markings and zonai gear. having red hair, a tail and paw-like feet, it’s possible that zonai armor and zonai technology simply stayed around after the deaths of the last two zonai. eventually assimilating into shiekah technology and culture, which is why the masks correlate with the ancient zonai masks. Meaning by all accounts this link lived within a culture of zonai technology and tradition but wasn’t zonai themselves.
We really have no idea what range of visual traits the Zonai had though. We only see Rauru and Mineru, who were siblings. So, it's hard to claim to what extent the ancient hero did or did not have Zonai traits.
@@jordanbtucker my counterpoint to that is that by ganondorf's statement in the throne room. Mineru and rauru are the only zonai left, and he also states that it seems it is beneath rauru to marry a hylian woman. If ganondorf is adamant that rauru and mineru are the only zonai to be left, then neither of them could possibly be able to have children that could have the traits that the link in the painting could have. It is also a question if this link is even a descendant of either mineru or rauru because then he would have to be also related to the Zelda in the painting. And do not seem to share many traits.
Really fun and well explained theory!! Keep it up! It's nice to have new voices to the Zelda theory UA-cam landscape
thank you!!
my mind wants this to be the hylias first chosen hero so bad because of how unique he is. the only way I can make sense of it is if he was sent forward in time during the battle between demise and hylia.
I love the lengthy spoiler warning when you literally put the armor set in the thumbnail
She changed the thumbnail, thank you
Good job! Unique from other theories on this topic.
thank you so much, I had hoped that these details provided some new perspectives!
God fucking dammit man im 20 shrines away and haven't gotten spoiled on what the last armor looks like yet until this thumbnail
my headcanon is that he's the child of ganondorf and a zonai, and for some reason or another the heros aspect was born and orphaned, taken into the care of the ancient hylians, thus becoming like them with the shared markings, over time proving his loyalty and ascending to the ranks of knight and then the hero of that era
That's the most stupid thing I have ever heard. How the fuck Ganondorf is going to have a child with a zonai?
Ganondorf was sealed away by Rauru before the time of this ancient hero, hence he could never be Ganondorf’s child.
Mineru was the only female zonai alive during ganondorf’s time, he could not have had a hybrid child with a zonai
Very good video! Nice to see someone actually tackle this question, also just stumbled upon this account and I really appreciate you putting the music in the corner of the video, well done!
ty so much!
These are the possibilities of who the ancient hero is related to and the races it could be:
- Rauru and Sonia
- Mineru and somebody else? (You mentioned how wearing that battery outfit affected mineru and that it has the same defense as the ancient hero aspect)
- Ganondorf’s son or a new Gerudo male
- a mix of races including a new one (hence the tail. We don’t see Rauru or Mineru have one)
I just pray that DLC can answer these questions and the name of the hero and if not dlc, then maybe a sequel to tears of the kingdom
What about whatever was in the depths, there are statues of a race we haven’t seen before
Or, maybe it’s like the masks in Majora’s Mask? That the Aspect is specialized Zonai armor that alters the wearer’s appearance. That’s one plausible explanation.
@@solgaleo3533what do the statues look like
@@acgearsandarms1343so you’re saying it has an affect of someone’s actions like Majora’s mask on skull kid
@@jockson7574 they’re muscular, with pointed faces and an outstretched arm
I loved this video so much!!!! This channel deserves to be way bigger than it is!!!! Please make more Zelda content, this theory was really well put together :D
thank you so much :')) i absolutely will make more zelda content!
Rauru was married to a Hylian… who’s to say they didn’t have children and Link is descended from the Zonai by blood. Since they were god-like (according to Ganondorf) maybe that is how a regular, non royal family Hylian is able to wield the triforce with such regularity. It would make since. Ganondorf is Gerudo king, Zelda is royalty, and Link has some Zonai blood.
OMG I was waiting for a comment like this!!
I mean we KNOW that they had to have at least ONE child (Zelda is a direct decendant. Sonia clearly says that she can feal BOTH of their powers inside of her) but we do NOT see any child. What if there was one more child that birthed the bloodline of Link's ancestors?? I mean he is clearly able to control time to a certain extent and Recall is the ONLY ability he doesn't need an avatar in order to use it. Maybe because he (like Zelda) is a decendant of those to...
@@ginnywibbelc8647 Link's recall ability is gained from an "echo" of a secret stone, that turns into one of the pieces of his gauntlet. It's a bit easy to miss because it's early in the game and you don't know about the rings you get from each champion, but link gets a similar "ring" piece when he gets recall, except it goes around his palm.
This video is great NGL. I’ve been wondering about this since I saw the armor
If the Ancient Hero was a descendant of Rauru and Sonia, then it would make sense that the Ancient Hero would look like a mix of both Zonai and Hylian. It would also make sense if the Ancient Hero's Zonai traits were to become a bit "diluted" over however many generations it took for Calamity Ganon to finally emerge from Ganondorf's slowly oozing gloom (that eventually cooled and coagulated into malice). There's no indication that the Ancient Hero's name would also be Link, but it does stand to reason that the Ancient Hero would posses the Spirit of the Hero (with respect to Demise's curse). It's possible that the Ancient Hero's Aspect may also hint to some future DLC for TotK, but only time will tell...
probelm: we see the zelda from the tapestry too and she looks very hylian
@@hokton8555 Your problem: I never mentioned Zelda.
@@L337M4573RK why so agressive? its just meant with it that the zelda from the tapestry would be from the same line as Ancient Hero but she looks hylian while the hero is green
That's a really interesting theory. Considering the icon of the Ancient Hero's Aspect in the menu is a depiction of an owl, dragon, and boar, which also are what is draped in front of the waist guard, that makes me wonder if he is supposed to be some kind of amalgam. Zelda lore has taught us that those animals are aligned with the virtues of the Triforce, so for them to be combined into one is probably a clue that this ancient hero was either a combination of the different races of Hyrule or something similar.
The reason why the Ancient hero is a Zonai-Hylian mix, is because of the royal family being of Zonai origin, as we can see with Rauru and Sonia being King and Queen, meaning they had children to carry on the bloodline.
SIDON: “They're Hylian!”
“Yeah? You sure?”
SIDON: “Two arms, one head, two legs, long ears.”
Sonja's coloring of her clothes are identical to the deep royal blue and rich reds and browns of the royal guards uniform. Just wanted to point that out.
yeah it's so cool that these colors were maintained throughout the hyrulean royal history!
@@the-collector- it makes me think that Raurou(spell check) isnt the one of royal decent. Just a thought
First time seeing one of your videos, amazing editing, narration, and narrative! loved the ending with a happy tone haha
thank you!! & glad the ending was enjoyable ^-^
Could it be Hylia's Chosen Hero who fought Demise before the events of Skyward Sword?
Maybe but he must’ve lived a long life and went under the radar to reach up to the great calamity
There was no hero that fought demise before skyward sword, totk kinda messes up the timeline but the creator already said that it takes very VERY far from the Zelda timeline we know and love
@@e-1235I don’t think Aonuma said anything about the past segments of TOTK
I think the Aspect could be hinting towards either ideas the team has for future dlc, or maybe even a future game.
I really like the connection to the Faroni Zonai! You could even spin it to be that the Zonai like Rauru interacted primarily with Hylians, but these Zonai spent more time with the Gerudo. That makes the placement of them in Faron a bit weird since that's a good deal away from Gerudo Desert, but I'm sure that could be explained.
And I always appreciate a theory that incorporates the Twili. I want more of them in the main series so bad
I had a very similar theory, I’m glad someone else had it too! I think the ancient hero is a hybrid of Hylian and Zonai with the spirit of the hero.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this. I am really surprised that the Ancient Hero's Aspect isn't being talked about all that much. I like that you focused more on the aspect itself than the possible lineage. Great video! Thanks and blessings!
In universe logic: the hero's illustration is just artisitc liberty fused from all the prominent races of Hyrule to symbolize that anyone can became a hero. Pointy ears of the Hylians, Red hair of the Gerudo, Tail of the Zora, Leg shape similar to the Rito, Facial qualities from the Zonai.
i like this perspective; it reminds me of wind waker link who legit just wanted to save his sister.
@@the-collector- Or it could be just a time traveling Link. Or however hes counter part is called in Lowrule where we hopefuly go in the 3rd game.
this is absolutely fascinating!!!! i've been desperately looking for tears of the kingdom theory videos that didn't state the obvious, and this video blew my mind literally every minute! your eye for detail is so impressive, thank u for making this video!
omg thank you 😭 that's such a big compliment for me
My biggest question is why they decided the reward for completing all "Zonai" Shrines would be the outfit of the ancient Hero from the CALAMITY from the previous game. They must have planned a lot of stuff since BotW, else why they would have given that Link red hair. There are many more misteries to uncover in this 'timelime'
Rauru: “it’s the ancient hero’s aspect Link, you deserve it.”
Link: “…I-I don’t really want this…”
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I love everything you said in this video and am excited to see more. Keep up the great work!
My take on this is a bit...out there? But I did find some very strange similarities.
1) The actual aspect's armor he wears on the belt is owl (wisdom/zelda), wolf (courage/link) and power (boar/ganon).
2) He has has the same tail that beast ganon has in hyrule heroes.
3) His forehead piece is quite similar (though different) to the one ganon wears.
4) Some of his markings bear a slighty similarity to ones seen on some forms of beast ganon.
5) Some details of his outfit bear gerudo patterns that ganon is also seen wearing.
6) Same bright red hair of ganon/twili.
Some aspects of the design almost feel like a fusion of Link, Zelda, and Ganon. Definitely is interesting to dig around in with that as a concept or even that he might be directly related to ganon somehow.
My assumption about the ancient hero’s aspect is that he’s a Hylian-Zonai hybrid. After all, if Sonia and Raru wed and had children (which they must have had since it’s heavily implied that they are Zelda’s ancestors), then probably there were other Zonai-Hylian couples. Perhaps that’s the blood origin of the Hylian knights to begin with, only by the time we meet Link and Zelda, the Zonai qualities are no longer outwardly apparent.
First off, brilliant choice for music, for all the stages of your narration.
Very very well written discussion. Do keep it up and do more of these! Very nice. 🤗
thank you so much!!
Very well put together video! Not sure I agree with all your conclusions, but you definitely pointed out things I hadn't known before!
Real nice video man, was pretty concise and flowed real good
thank you sm!
I find it interesting that the ancient hero seems to be a fusion between Ganondorf / beast Ganon and an ancient Hylian era hero. It could be an allusion to the merging of the timelines? Regardless, I have a feeling there will be future DLC exploring the 3 dragons, and hopefully they’ll explore this ancient hero a bit more too.
Congrats on your first Zelda theory video! It was great!
Glad more people are giving attention to the hero aspect
I thought you did a great job, nice voice for the commentary. Keep up the good work.
The Hero's Aspect, while also a look into the past, is likely a tease into the future as well about what Nintendo might be planning with the series.
Fantastic analytical video! And the memes were highlights as well! Would love to see more!
It's sad to know that there's all this lore potential that Nintendo will ultimately never act on of or flesh out in any meaningful way.
it really is, i agree.
i like that you pointed out that the ancient hero set depicts a creature that is not zonai nor hylian but a mixture of the two. Sonia states that there is a blood connection between herself and Rauru with Zelda, but we never see an off spring of them, and since they both die, for Zelda to exist there’s must have been one. I believe the ancient hero is could be one of their descendants as well
great ideas! i actually hadnt noticed some of the cool details you pointed out. thanks for the video!
thank You, i'm glad this brought some new stuff to you!
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😂 thank you!
Quick theory of my own; nothing groundbreaking; The pattern of the light on the master sword might be link's sage symbol. So akin to the sage markings on the secret stones
This was an incredible theory which should have way more attention. Instant sub
For a royal bloodline to exist after Rauru and Sonia both died, they must have had offsprings. Given the huge anatomical difference between zonais and hylians, their offspring must have looked pretty odd, similar to what this armor set looks like, with shorter snouts and more hylian-like ears, jaws, body shape and eyes than zonais. Plus, we also know that there used to be more zonais at a time hylians already existed, so it is likely that crossing between the two species have happened in the past with the zonai traits being more and more diluted with the generations of these individuals reproducing only with hylians since the zonais are gone (it's a thing we see in human history as well).
Given all that, it's likely that the hero this outfit is based on was one of these "hybrids" and the fact that zonais were condidered gods by hylians for a while and that the last ones were royalty, it's logical to think those descendants of the zonais had a high status, some of them even being royalties.
I see a ton of comments saying that this "ancient hero" was either before, during, or immediatley after the time of Rauru, Sonia, and Mineru. That makes no sense because Rauru was alive in primordial Hyrule. The calamity happens far, far after his death.
Could the Ancient Hero possibly be a time traveler from Raurus time? Sent to the future to stop the calamity? We know that they had a tear that contains the power of time...
The way TOTK seems to reinterpret a lot of passed Zelda lore, I think this is something akin to link becoming a Wolf in Twilight Princess.
This is easily one of the best theory videos that I have seen keep up the work
wow thank you!!
It's a very mind boggling reveal.
A Hero unlike any other, we've seen before. It really makes me think, how many different heroes are there?
In between the stories we know so far? There's one interesting case, in the Minish Cap, The Hero of Man, a predecessor to the Hero of the Minish.
This video is beautiful and brilliant. Thank you.
One thing to note is that the inventory icon and the weird front piece on the two sets seems to depict a dragon, owl, and boar, which are the three animals that the labyrinth spirits are the rulers of.
What's even more strange is that during the events of the Imprisoning era, both Rauru and Mineru were the last of their kin. If we are to assume that's the case, then we can reasonably infer that the ancient hero would be a direct descendant of Rauru and Sonia but if we're to consider the established lore of the soul of the hero, that shouldn't be the case. So it puts into perspective just who the ancient hero really was and if the zonai were really gone
I think what’s interesting is that the Ancient Hero appears after Ganondorf rises during Rauru’s time, in which no hero rose to destroy him, forcing Rauru to seal him to wait for Link.
No hero appearing is odd, and i believe only happened once before in the backstory of WW, but that’s only really bc OoT Link was sent back in time, leaving Hyrule unguarded. Nothing like that happened in the far past of TotK.
Something's been bugging me since I first saw it. Now bare in mind, this was in the German translation, no idea if it's in the Japanese version, but the English one doesn't have it.
When being sealed by Rauru in that cutscene, Ganondorf says something about "10.000 years being just the blink of an eye". In the English version he says "thousands of years". But 10.000 years is a weird number, considering that's when the great calamity was supposed to have happened, not the sealing war. If you're a theorist, have fun researching this.
that's a pretty cool find, thank you for sharing!
Nice to see someone finally theorizing about the ancient armour. Great video earned yourself a subscribe keep it up!
thank you!!
The next Zelda game will be about the First Great Calamity, all I want is a mission about how the Ancient Hero helped the Seven Heroines before facing Calamity Ganon
Good job blowing up with this video!
Amazing editing and nice video
Never realized that it would give different dialogue, I'll have to check it out. The developers seem to want to make a soft reboot of the franchise, so they can kind of ignore the rest of the timelines, and the only way for that to make sense is that Rauru and Sonia and new Ganondorf appear after all the other games, but over 10 years before BotW
You’re underrated, and this is a great and entertaining video. Also very interesting.