It's unlikely that Ganondorf was aware of Calamity Ganon, or at least that he wasn't seeing Hyrule through Calamity Ganon's eyes. My evidence? At the very beginning, he seemingly recognizes Zelda by her face (only logical since he knew Zelda in the ancient past and may have even conversed with her while he was still feigning allegiance to King Rauru), but he only seems to recognize Link by the fact that he carries the Master Sword. He knows that the name of the one who wields the Master Sword is named Link, but doesn't seem to know what he looks like until that moment. Surely, if Calamity Ganon was acting as Ganondorf's eyes and ears, he would've been able to recognize Link by his face, rather than just the fact that he carries the Master Sword.
Look up parallel alternate reality timeline theory, this fits that PERFECTLY lmao "Calamity Ganon was acting as Ganondorf's eyes and ears," maybe it was an insticntual think like Zelda explains during the Phantom Ganon fight.
There is one addendum I'd like to make to this: even after Ganondorf breaks the seal, he never really seems to recover from it. Obviously for the majority of time he spends in Link's time, he looks really decayed and withered, but even during the final boss fight, where he rehydrates and turns hot again, there are hints (just one, really) that the seal may have some subtle, lingering effect on him yet. After you defeat his demon king form, he wails in agony and, seemingly inadvertently, returns to the pose Zelda and Link found him in beneath Hyrule castle, arched back and all. It only lasts for a moment before he snaps himself out of it and eats his secret stone, but he has to actively and arduously struggle against it, almost like it's some kind of reflex or muscle memory he's fighting. I doubt it's terribly meaningful in terms of lore, but it is an interesting observation and a fun tidbit.
Of cool I didn’t notice, it’s like he lost so much power that he can’t get it all back and even his body is used to being in that position after so long
This was a great summary of Ganondorf’s seal. I find it really fascinating Ganondorf’s reaction to being defeated has him devolved to going to the pose he was sealed in. I wonder if Rauru’s seal was more than magic, but also psychological.
A hint of Ganondorf's Conciousness actually being transfered into Calamity Ganon is one Dialogue we get when confronting the Fake-Zelda in Hyrule Castle's Throne Room... She completely restored that place with every single detail, even the Floor with the Triforce-Mark on it which became fragile after Laser came out of the Cocoon and collapsed when the Manifested Body of the Calamity crashed right onto it. This Fake Zelda is a Puppet of Ganondorf, there is no possible way that Ganondorf somehow could extract her Memories of everything she saw. And the Scentence she said afterwards is also very interesting: "Does it awaken memories? Memories of our Time here?" It could technically be that Ganondorf is Assuming Link and Zelda spent some time in the Throne Room, but... what if he is actually referring to the Time when he actually was somehow inside of the Calamity? Even if this Line isnt Solid proof enough, the Illusion he created has to proof that he remembers the exact look.
Another way to look at it is that Gannondorf was just drawing from Link's memories to create the reconstruction. The only flaw in this idea, however, is that he makes the puppet look like past Zelda. He wouldn't do this if he was able to draw memories from other people. I'm of the opinion that Gannondorf had no idea that the calamities were occurring, but the fact he perfectly recreated that room does pose some interesting questions.
It could also be the way Ganondorfs illusion magic works could be that it taps into the observers memories to create a convincing illusion. The line about their time could also be a guess like you said, or could be an extension of that memory tapping idea.
The thing is that, although Ganondorf refers to Phantom Ganon as his "puppet", there is evidence to suggest that it does have a mind of its own: it talks to characters, it acknowledges Link as a potential threat even though Ganondorf is dismissive of him, it sabotaging the various regions goes against Ganondorf's desire to win through overwhelming force, and Ganondorf didn't know until the throne room fight that Link was the one interfering with what Phantom Ganon was doing. I think the more likely answer is that Fake Zelda did its research while Ganondorf stayed underground.
The sad part is that we can assume from the verbiage of Demise's curse that if his reincarnation is defeated by the ones bearing the blood of the goddess and the soul of the hero, that he will return again, making the cycle begin anew. This means that if Rauru succeeded in draining and purifying all of Ganondorf's magic he might have broken Demise's curse of hatred.
@@enforcerridley158 Ganondorf may not have been the only incarnation of Demise's curse, but he was the main one, so if the curse was broken through Ganondorf, theoretically, all of Demise's other incarnations would've lost their power as an incarnation of Demise's curse.
@@braydenbanks4228 This may be what ended up happening in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity's timeline. In that split timeline, thanks to the butterfly effect created both by a tiny egg-shaped robot, and a shard of BOTW's Calamity Gannon, even though Age of Calamity's Calamity grew far stronger than the one in the original timeline, Hyrule was not defeated this time, but destroyed the monster 100 years ahead of time! This means that although the surface-level structures of the castle were damaged in the war, the deeper layers were not destroyed because the Calamity of that world did not have enough time to do so. Thus, Raru's seal was likely unaffected by the war, therefore allowing him to continue slowly draining away Ganondorf's strength and power, until the king of darkness gradually turns to dust and dies at the hands of the king of light. As such, no future games are likely to be set in the Age of Calamity timeline, because Demise's curse ends up broken save for a few tremendously weaker incarnations that will likely be easily defeated by a stronger Hyrule alone.
Demise is Capital-D Dead after Skyward Sword, there is no "curse" and no reincarnation. He's sealed in the Master Sword and destroyed. The "verbiage of his curse" is that evil will always rise and fight against good. He says the conflict in general is eternal, not that he himself will return and that his personal beef with the spirits of Hylia and the Hero is eternal.
That’s interesting that logically Rauru is still alive and whole in the Age of Calamity timeline. Also, the ‘purification unit’ all the way up to the castle and Sheika pillars were probably each installed after cycles of Calamities as well, each one trying to prevent future calamities.
It is kind of ironic that king Rauru may have been on the verge of finally defeating the demon king thru his seal and time, but that due to the calamity seizing control of the shiekah tech and hyrule castle falling to ruin caused Rauru to finally succumb to decay and eventually losing to the demon king in the end. And Ganondorf seemingly had no control or awareness of the calamity that his gloom/malice had released at all. If this all eventually gets tied back to Demise's hatred/curse somehow, maybe it turns out that demise was incontrol of the calamity thru Ganondorf's sealed power causing the eventually release of Ganondorf, and therefore the incarnation of his hatred to be revived once more. Maybe Demise sensed that Rauru was winning and that could have broken Demise's curse, which was what prompted demise to act thru the calamity in the first place. Gives you alot to think about.
I don't think there was ever any chance of Rauru's seal killing Ganondorf. Rauru makes it clear he's doing this to stop Ganondorf's rampage until Link arrives to take him down for good.
@@speedude0164 well I only said that because Zeltik suggested in the video that when Rauru first sealed Ganondorf he was below him, and that over time Ganondorf had been bent backwards and Rauru's hand was above him like he was pushing him back. Zeltik suggested that this could have been because Rauru was potentially winning the struggle between them and purifying the demon kings magic.
@@pyriel6870 I figured this was only due to their bodies' decay, which would make sense since Rauru's being is reduced to just a floating hand. It could also be that Rauru was winning this struggle, but it only meant Ganondorf had no chance of escape until circomstances caused the seal to weaken.
When you think about it; the Age Of Calamity split of the story may have proven your point about Rauru being able to purify Ganondorf's darkness, if not win given that the Castle was still mostly intact unlike in Breath of the Wild where it was greatly damaged and decayed. Since in AOC the Calamity was defeated and Hyrule still stood united, preserved Rauru's hold on Ganondorf in where eventually he and his darkness would eventually be purified, ending the cycle. EDIT: Yes, I know AoC is non-canon, no need to be so rude about it. I just wanted to put this out there as a way to add to the conversation of the topic at hand.
@@Sethlovegrove Yes and no as the Demon Tribe's curse would ensure one way or the other that a new Demon King would be born to endlessly antagonize the Hero and Princess for eternity. If it won't be Ganondorf anymore it would be a reincarnation of Malladus or Vaati or Bellum or Onox or Veran etc.
Poor Rauru... He was so close to fully purifying Ganondorf's darkness on his own... 😢 If only King Rhoam had listened to his daughter and had more safeguards in case the Ancient Sheikah tech turned on them, Rauru would have won by the time the next Calamity was due to form.
I’ve analysied this so many times. It’s really fascinating the little details. How ganon is pushed back like rauro as he started losing power had to force more energy into keeping ganon imprisoned. How as his power ran out even rauro own body disintegrated. How you see ganon energy seeping out slowly but surly. Right until the end where rauro felt Zelda and Link presence…..and just let go. His arm flops down as if “finally. We are caught up. It’s all up to you now”.
I think rauru let go because in the spirit temple cutscenes rauru says, "someone will appear with the sword that seals the darkness, a swordsman with the power to oppose you, Link" but because rauru is just a hand at this point, he didn't realise that Link wasn't capable of defeating Ganondorf at this point in time
@@TCfaloKit didn’t matter. Given the condition rauro was in, literally just an arm, his power was fading. He knew once they returned the time loop could be completed. So he let go and thus Zelda for his secret stone, completing the loop
@@tumultuousv the loop had already started. Zelda was in two places at once. Present day Zelda needed the stone at the right moment to complete the loop and return to the past
@@UKmike6699 There are far better ways to give info post-release than interviews. Including information in a game also doesn't mean its "spoonfed" to you
This is a video game? I enjoy it so much but this information on the lore of Hyrule is fascinating. I'm still postponing conquering all the different parts so as to explore everything first. I have ignited all the lightroots. Got that emblem. It's too joyful to describe from this old man's perspective.
@@tumultuousv I'm not even going to sneak a peek. BOTW was the first Zelda I played since the first one back in the 80's. I am overwhelmed. This video game is all-encompassing, amazing, exciting. Those Gleeoks! The third day i played I paraglided towards a dragon to shoot off a piece. I got closer and closer and then wham! I was riding it!!! Freaked me out. Then the depths of which i knew nothing appeared. Yikes! It was so exhilarating! I'm 73 but in my heart I'm a bit younger than that.
Love this format! A look into several strange occurrences throughout Zelda games would be awesome!! Stuff like the yeti in TP or the statue deku in MM… or the seven sisters in BotW or totk :)
I love how the totk backstory is an exercise in determinism. Zelda told rauru about the future, and what happens exactly, absolutely guaranteeing the beginning of the cycle. Which in turn is why Rauru sealed him away like that. At the same time, Link in botw is completely unaware of the light dragon, and what waits below the castle. Things play out exactly as they are supposed to (as opposed to how ocarina of time for example changes things between multiple timelines)
And some of this happens because they think they can change or avoid it... Raru knew Ganondorf fakes his aliance, but thought he could defeat him, only to do what Zelda said to him did happen in her timeline. Or to quote a wise turtle from a great movie: "One often meets his destiny on the path they take to avoid it."
I'm LOVING the short videos! They're a perfect appetizer to the big projects like your TotK Story explanations and I really like the topics. Ty Zeltik!!
That means that if Mipha would have told Zelda how to use her power when Calamity Ganon awakened, nobody would have died, and the demon king would've been defeated x)
Fujibayashi really did explain well on how the Calamity weakens Rauru’s seal. But what I have been wondering for awhile is how did Ganondorf mastered his magic (The Gloom) before acquiring the Sacred Stone. Did he learned that from the two masked Gerudo figures- Kotake and Koume? If so then it would make sense since they are his Surrogate mothers. And for those who remember playing The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, these two Gerudo fused into Twinrova. It would of been nice to have her in the game for a boss battle.
I really want a game that takes place in the era of Hyrule's founding, whether that be a warriors game or a Tears of the Kingdom DLC (unlikely). The Twinrova sisters getting their time in the spotlight again would be so cool.
I sincerely hope we get another Warriors game based around that era both so we can see nore of it, and because it being non-canon gives us an excuse to have wackier time-travel shenanigans. Imagine Link and the Sages getting sent back in time as well, or even present Ganondorf.
@@Hairo-rv9kl Imagine an Age of Calamity sequel where the Champions and new Sages go to the era of Hyrule's founding and fight in the Imprisoning War. I just want Urbosa and Ganondorf to meet dammit.
@@neptuneplaneptune3367 I think he could fire dark projectiles and summon monsters to a limited degree, but the ability to reduce max hearts and summon the Blood Moon came from the stone. You could be right though since the stone could've just materialized Demise's hatred into Gloom.
this is an amazing video, I love your theories dude, oh yeah and one more thing I'd like add, upon sealing Ganondorf in the memories Rauru mentions Link who Zelda had told him about, and in the beginning of totk here he senses the presence of Zelda and Link (more likely the Master Sword bc he didn't necessarily meet link) and thats when he knew it would be ok to release the seal
In my opinion I think they could make a sequel to age of calamity considering ganondorf is “still alive” in that timeline. I’m curious as to how differently the events will play out like introducing new characters & potentially new villains like koume and kotake the mothers of ganondorf. If a sequel ever gets made
Honestly i know its stuff we more or less already know but the way you tell everything makes it so much cooler, it makes me appreciate what totk offers even more. And rauru is such a badass fr
6:38 Actually, I think its a pretty big coincidence that rauru would just give up the moment zelda and link arrived, so I believe he let go of ganon on purpose, because he knew that link and zelda had finally arrived with the sword that seals the darkness, so he let go knowing that it was up to link now
Honestly, I'll happily take whatever lore vids you want too make, short and sweet or long and grand. This one's an unexpected treat so soon after your last video.
This interview has really solidified for me that gloom and malice are not directly connected. We assumed gloom was a more concentrated form of malice, but seeing that the seal wasn’t disturbed until after the calamity I’ve come to believe that malice emerged, and calamity Ganon was “born” more so out of desperation. As you point out, Raru was starting to win. Ganondorf was decaying. Botw mentions the demon king attempting to reincarnate, and indeed it seems the calamity was trying in a very haphazard way to create a new vessel for ganondorfs soul to inhabit. Essentially create a loophole for him to escape the seal. Was he doing this consciously? Based on the boar imagery and bestial nature of the calamity, I see it more so as a manifestation of his subconscious or “dreaming mind” doing what it could in the state it was trapped in.
I'm glad you made this video, I saw so many people on twitter go mad with this new interview "why didn't they mention this lore of the shrines in the game??", "Why didn't they mention the seal on Ganondorf was like a Shrine??". But the answer WAS in the game, and the similarities between the seal and the Shrines are apparent visually. I swear people want anything to be mad at this game because it didn't fulfill their crazy unfounded expectations
It's pretty clear Rauru's seal is acting as an infinite Light of Blessing, constantly draining Gloom from Ganondorf, but the castle's role in the seal is pretty unclear. I think this is due to a bit of a translation error on the tablet in the Royal Hidden Passage. The English version makes it seem like the castle was built to block the entrance to the seal and prevent someone from going in and screwing with it, but I then went to read the French version and that basically says the castle was built to sustain the seal and give it a foundation, and that makes way more sense based on the lore stated in this video. That's the kind of thing I would've read and immediately had an epiphany on why the seal fell apart.
Makes me wonder about Age of Calamity. If the seal was disturbed by Calamity Ganon ravaging Hyrule Castle, and since Hyrule won in that timeline and rebuilt Hyrule Castle after the Calamity, does that mean either they stopped the seal on Ganondorf from breaking, or was it too late and the damage was done?
It feels weird to me that the castle being damaged would directly weaken Rauru's magic. My two theories are that tremors from the Great Calamity reached the Imprisoning Chamber and loosened his grip, or that Calamity Ganon's presence in the castle over 100 years decayed his body and weakened the seal. If the latter is true, then the seal definitely doesn't break. I however lean more towards the former, as there seemingly wasn't much Malice in the castle throughout most of the 100 years, and I'd imagine Rauru can survive that if he survived Ganon rushing out from Ganondorf's corpse all those times. If this theory is true, I'd wager the massive battle in the castle was enough to break the seal, but it wouldn't fail until Link and Zelda are the same age as Impa in the original timeline.
Always happy to see a video from you, short or long! Always insightful and pleasant to watch. The shorter ones are probably quicker to complete, but whatever format you feel is best for the topic!
So, since the shrines were seals made by Rauru and Sonya, how do the light roots factor in? We’re the shrines specifically chosen due to their proximity to the light root, or did the light root grow downward from the shrine? I’d assume the shrines came first, and the roots grew down after (since the sky island shrines don’t have a corresponding light root). Separately, what about the shrines that are just crystals disconnected from their supposed location? I wonder what happened there.
my theory is that the light roots were an unintentional product from the zonai shrines; resulting from their light energy channeling to the underground and forming these plant-like structures. People eventually discovered them while exploring the depths and used what's left of the zonai magic to activate them and provide luminescence to the underground, explaining why a lot of the mines were built near them. The mines on the sky islands (or wherever they're located before they rose into the sky) probably didn't have the same kind of connection, thus there are no light roots underneath. The best I could say for the crystal shrines is that the green shrine crystals were probably some sort of dormant mode for the shrines, this is either used for transportation or some other means.
@@ggholdengo Rght, so if the light root came after the shrines, which I think is feasible, it means they also came well after the Zonai would have established all of the underground mines and structures though. Because by the time Rauru and Sonia would have clearing out Hyrule, he and his sister would have been either the last, or one of the very few Zonai left, so well after the Zonai flourished. If I am remembering what the game said correctly, the sky islands weren’t even created until after Rauru’s death, because it was something that Zelda suggested Mineru and the sages do. So those sky island shrines would have been ground level when they were created, so it would probably reinforce the idea that the light roots grew down form the shrines. I think there is a lot more going on with the Zonai history than what has been letting on. Because for all the talk of them coming from the sky, it sure seems they actually came from underneath Hyrule. Because all of their ancient history is from below, and the sky islands didn’t seem to exist until after their demise. There wasn’t even a way to easily access the underworld until Ganondorf blew holes in the ground during his return. The only Zonai connected means of travel were those underground Zonai towers, but those only take you up, not down.
so in theory, in a timeline different to our own we could of had a game with classic dungeons where the reward at the end was Link purifying his body much like how in Skyward Sword we built up the Master Sword?
Arguably you could call other major conflicts in the timeline "Imprisoning Wars" due to the similar circumstances surrounding an evil being been sealed away for hundreds of years: The sealing of Demise in Skyward Sword, the sealing of the "great darkness" in The Minish Cap, the sealing of Ganondorf underneath the Great Sea in The Wind Waker, the sealing of the Interlopers in Twilight Princess and the sealing of Malladus in Spirit Tracks. They all deal with a powerful demonic being been trapped inside a prison following a conflict of some kind so technically the term Imprisioning War can be used as a common Zelda word to refer to any past event where a demonic being was sealed prior to the events of a current game.
We do know that this story happened in the ancient past. Then throught centuries enough Malices was escaping out of the body of Ganondorf to form the Calamity Ganon that forge the legend. Once it was sealed away, another one was emerging centuries after. I cannot avoid the fact that Ganondorf couln’t learn from his past tentative of malice’s incarnations, simply because when he was easy to defeat him with an army of gardians 10,000 years ago, when he came back, he used a new trick strategy to overcome them. Ganondorf dont know the identity of each heroes who were facing his calamity incarnation, because they were many and differents. But he know for sure that the one who will be standing with the legendary sword when he will awaken, will be Link. When we enter at the begenning of the game at the imprisonning chamber, we can notice that the ancients stairs were closed by a lot of doors. We can observe on the walls the prints and dammage caused by the malice coming out to form the new calamity for several ages. Its only during the last 100 years that we can assist about a great concentration of gloom coming out of the mummy because of the weakening seal. Before that, I am sure that there were not a lot coming out of him to be able to cumulate enough magic to create a new incarnation.
It's interesting to me that Ganondrof's first action upon being released (aside from trash-talking Link for losing instantly) is to completely ignore Zelda and Link and instead focus on removing the castle above him. Obviously, this is to spread his influence over Hyrule, as we can see the gloom rising from the hole he made and flying off in every direction, presumably to become monsters like in the cutscene where he first turns into the Demon King. But, I also think it may be because of the seal -- and the 'purification stone'. Think about it, he just woke up, and he's incredibly weak. After figuring out that Link is no threat to him, he'd move on to eliminating the next biggest threat: the stone that kept him bound for millenia and the castle it is attached to. This isn't really a 'theory' so much as an interpretation of Ganondorf's actions, though. Anyways, this video was very cool! I like all of your videos.
amazing video, Loving the shorter more to the point videos instead of the long extravagant ones. Work is as inspiring as always! Always assumed Ganondorf was always winning and Rauru knew hed be a hand
My headcanon is that the final nail to the coffin was link aproaching with the master sword, as Ganondorf probably reacted to it's pressence just like the imprisoned used to do, ultimately causing him to awaken at that instant.
I very like this video, the fact that the calamity would rise again and again makes much more sense since the source had never been destroyed. I like the idea that the calamity was only the reincarnation of Ganondorf's wrath and rage, letting nothing but a bodyless entity that feels and wants nothing
Glad to be back watching Zeltik videos. After seven months of trying to avoid spoilers, I finally beat the main story this morning! I have a lot of catching up to do on these videos. 😊
Good summary of what we know about the seal, I noticed some (clickbait-y) websites treating Fujibayashi's interviews like they revealed something completely new, but the game actually did mention many of these things.
We would’ve had additional cutscenes of Link x Zelda’s journeys in the underground caverns beneath Hyrule Castle while riding on the Dondons (as seen in the first teaser) as well as more of their interactions with one another (shown how strong/connected their relationship is after the end of Breath of the Wild) before discovering Ganondorf’s mummified corpse if Nintendo considered adding them in the final game.
Like BoTWs DLC that it goes a bit deeper into the champions story. A potencial DLC for ToTK could explain w 5 or 4 more cinematics about Link n Zelda expeditions, more about the distant past, more about sheikah tech whereabouts (most likely the devine beasts), more about the new/old sages. Sadly it was already said that there are no plans for a DLC... unless the devs Fujibayashi and Aonuma lied... wich i hope lol
For the record the Purification unit does not actually physically connect to the castle. If it did it would be cutting through hallways in the castle and/or the Astral Observatory built by the Ancient Sheikah. Ergo there's no contradictions placing the memories before OOT in regards to the castle. Also Calamity Ganon is deliberately described as being OOT Ganondorf in both BOTW and TotK. BOTW states that Calamity Ganon once assumed a form known as the "Great Demon King" a title only used in OOT and TP to refer to the same person, OOT Ganondorf, if we say Calamity Ganon is sourced from TotK Ganondorf and is thus the hatred of the original Demon King Ganondorf beneath the Castle, than the logical assumption would be that OOT Ganondorf is a manifestation of Calamity Ganon and was in some way born from TotK Ganondorfs hatred.
That is an incredibly amount of lore in that interview. And it is amazing how much of the lore has been predicted in theories. But how many years ago did Rauru live? It must have been more than 10000 years since 10000 years ago, the Sheikah fought Calamity Ganon and nothing was known about Ganondorf or Rauru. The battle 10000 years ago must have been a different one.
I know that the lore and mysteries of TotK are less plentiful than BotW, but I still love these videos. Again, I know that you and the other Zelda lore videos might not be able to produce as much as you all did in previous years, but it's still amazing to watch these videos and piece together stuff that most of us missed during our playthroughs. Like MonsterMaze's video on the purification unit was so incredibly cool, and seeing this connection with it was awesome.
The game Age of Calamity basically meant Ganondorf lost in that timeline, because they effectively prevented the Calamity outright. Rauru would not have faltered. It was apparently Ganondorf’s last gasp, at least if Zeltic’s theory is correct. Good to know at least one path exists where they actually won.
I think the calamity might have partially been Demises curse of hatred attempting to escape rarru’s purification as well as potentially weakening the seal enough to free its host. this theory makes the most sense with the evidence given in both BoTW and TotK
Yeah this was great! I love little bits like this! No one is making interesting lore videos and I had no idea that was the history of shrines of what the magic was doing. Thanks!
Intro hooked me, however the graphics of the night sky around the outside of the screen was a little distracting and Felt like the whole video was just a memory that need not to be remembered. Still tho I love your adventureous content into Zelda lore espically when it is all tied up very nicely with a clear resolving piece of evidence, such as the video on the forgotten Temple and the tree growing in the wall. Thanks for the effort you put into these videos, I enjoy them all profusely.
It's so sad, Rauru already went to the battlefield knowing he need to sacrifice himself for countless generations and he would still lose because Zelda gives this information that everything has already gone wrong in the future (the master sword only travels in time for Zelda later). Anyway, I loved the video, the ending gave me chills..
I would love to see a game where Ganondorf knows he's being possessed by Demise and tries to find a way to purge his mind, body and spirit to find his own path and live the life he believes will benefit him and his people beside trying to always take the triforce or fight Link and Zelda to break the cycle.
(I know its not canon) But in theory on the Age of calamity timeline thanks to Terrako Rauru won the battle against Ganondorf wich in turn changed history as we know it since this Zelda didnt traveled back in time since the castle survived the calamity but then it all creates a paradox wich destroyed all they time lines -The end Great topic for a theory
I think I prefer the longer videos - 20-30 mins is a good average run time. As far as content goes, SOMEONE has to tie together totk's story (Nintendo won't) and it seems like that person is you. Aside from that, I would actually prefer you to do more of the story explained videos - the skyward sword and link between worlds story explained videos are great and I would personally like to see one from you for every single game, starting with ocarina of time/majora's mask but that's just me
my guy did it. he finally found something in TotK to talk about lol. GGs dude. i know its not easy talking about this game Lore wise. i can always count on you to make original content on even the most lore unfriendly entry.
In a world where the Calamity didn't damage the seal, I imagine that the Master Sword would've been able to destroy Ganondorf then and there while Rauru had him sealed.
just out of curiosity, why did nobody go back to the chamber and just take ganon's secret stone and slit his throat while he was immobilised? Is there a better reason than something like they didn't want to disturb him? Also the incorporation of the music in this video is really effective. I like it.
I thought I had found everything I wanted to see in Tears of the Kingdom, but it was only after I completed the game that I learned about that tablet that revealed that the castle itself is part of the seal. Now I want to revisit the game just to explore the tunnel to the castle more thoroughly and find that tablet.
@Zeltik: The *Short Episodes* are good {they're sorta like a quick snack before dinner}, though I will be *HONEST* and say that I do prefer the much *LONGER* ones. A great video time is about *30-46 minutes* long. An example of your absolutely *PERFECT* video size was the 3-part *Tears Of The Kingdom* documentary. If you do more of that size, it would be *Absolutely Wonderful* in my opinion!!! ~ JonseyG 👲💖
Like always, a brilliant explanation, but I have some things to say. the fact that raurus body decayed recently is odd considering that the gloom had just started to reappear. If the gloom came around the times that Ganondorf was in full power then what is the malice? well considering that the malice is less deadly than the gloom only doing temporary damage the gloom might have been somewhat filtered/combined with raurus body creating a sort of weaker but more organic corruption, this could represent the death of rauru symbolizing his blood and flesh. But thats just a quick guess i made on the spot so there's probs some flaws
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Zelda: How do you know our names?
Ganon: Well, let me bench press this castle first
Yeah one sec I need to get my daily workout routine back it's been a million years in out of practice lol
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I didn't I replied to it if I had stolen it I would have put it as a proper comment whereas this one is a reply
@@TCfaloK Not you, op did
Oh ok
It's unlikely that Ganondorf was aware of Calamity Ganon, or at least that he wasn't seeing Hyrule through Calamity Ganon's eyes. My evidence? At the very beginning, he seemingly recognizes Zelda by her face (only logical since he knew Zelda in the ancient past and may have even conversed with her while he was still feigning allegiance to King Rauru), but he only seems to recognize Link by the fact that he carries the Master Sword. He knows that the name of the one who wields the Master Sword is named Link, but doesn't seem to know what he looks like until that moment.
Surely, if Calamity Ganon was acting as Ganondorf's eyes and ears, he would've been able to recognize Link by his face, rather than just the fact that he carries the Master Sword.
@@lukas2390yeah that’s his point
@@lukas2390 that what he just said
Look up parallel alternate reality timeline theory, this fits that PERFECTLY lmao
"Calamity Ganon was acting as Ganondorf's eyes and ears," maybe it was an insticntual think like Zelda explains during the Phantom Ganon fight.
@@lukas2390that's what he said
@@GaryJuucehuh
There is one addendum I'd like to make to this: even after Ganondorf breaks the seal, he never really seems to recover from it. Obviously for the majority of time he spends in Link's time, he looks really decayed and withered, but even during the final boss fight, where he rehydrates and turns hot again, there are hints (just one, really) that the seal may have some subtle, lingering effect on him yet. After you defeat his demon king form, he wails in agony and, seemingly inadvertently, returns to the pose Zelda and Link found him in beneath Hyrule castle, arched back and all. It only lasts for a moment before he snaps himself out of it and eats his secret stone, but he has to actively and arduously struggle against it, almost like it's some kind of reflex or muscle memory he's fighting. I doubt it's terribly meaningful in terms of lore, but it is an interesting observation and a fun tidbit.
Of cool I didn’t notice, it’s like he lost so much power that he can’t get it all back and even his body is used to being in that position after so long
@@matthewboire6843PTRD
Post Traumatic Rauru Disorder
@@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger that’s exactly what he has.
This was a great summary of Ganondorf’s seal. I find it really fascinating Ganondorf’s reaction to being defeated has him devolved to going to the pose he was sealed in. I wonder if Rauru’s seal was more than magic, but also psychological.
I mean 1 moment can traumatize someone for a lifetime causes mental scars so that checks out in my book
10000 years will give you such a crick in the neck.
We can NEVER have too much Zelda lore- if you feel the need to make another long form video about totk lore we'll happily listen!
A hint of Ganondorf's Conciousness actually being transfered into Calamity Ganon is one Dialogue we get when confronting the Fake-Zelda in Hyrule Castle's Throne Room...
She completely restored that place with every single detail, even the Floor with the Triforce-Mark on it which became fragile after Laser came out of the Cocoon and collapsed when the Manifested Body of the Calamity crashed right onto it.
This Fake Zelda is a Puppet of Ganondorf, there is no possible way that Ganondorf somehow could extract her Memories of everything she saw.
And the Scentence she said afterwards is also very interesting:
"Does it awaken memories? Memories of our Time here?"
It could technically be that Ganondorf is Assuming Link and Zelda spent some time in the Throne Room, but... what if he is actually referring to the Time when he actually was somehow inside of the Calamity?
Even if this Line isnt Solid proof enough, the Illusion he created has to proof that he remembers the exact look.
Nah bro this theory is spot on. Never thought of that but how did he know what the Castle looked like before?
Another way to look at it is that Gannondorf was just drawing from Link's memories to create the reconstruction. The only flaw in this idea, however, is that he makes the puppet look like past Zelda. He wouldn't do this if he was able to draw memories from other people.
I'm of the opinion that Gannondorf had no idea that the calamities were occurring, but the fact he perfectly recreated that room does pose some interesting questions.
It could also be the way Ganondorfs illusion magic works could be that it taps into the observers memories to create a convincing illusion. The line about their time could also be a guess like you said, or could be an extension of that memory tapping idea.
@@divisionagentbailey6727but he recognized Link by his sword not by his face unlike Zelda.
The thing is that, although Ganondorf refers to Phantom Ganon as his "puppet", there is evidence to suggest that it does have a mind of its own: it talks to characters, it acknowledges Link as a potential threat even though Ganondorf is dismissive of him, it sabotaging the various regions goes against Ganondorf's desire to win through overwhelming force, and Ganondorf didn't know until the throne room fight that Link was the one interfering with what Phantom Ganon was doing.
I think the more likely answer is that Fake Zelda did its research while Ganondorf stayed underground.
The sad part is that we can assume from the verbiage of Demise's curse that if his reincarnation is defeated by the ones bearing the blood of the goddess and the soul of the hero, that he will return again, making the cycle begin anew. This means that if Rauru succeeded in draining and purifying all of Ganondorf's magic he might have broken Demise's curse of hatred.
The problem with that is Ganondorf is the whole source of Demise's curse of hatred but one of many.
@@enforcerridley158 Ganondorf may not have been the only incarnation of Demise's curse, but he was the main one, so if the curse was broken through Ganondorf, theoretically, all of Demise's other incarnations would've lost their power as an incarnation of Demise's curse.
@@braydenbanks4228 This may be what ended up happening in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity's timeline. In that split timeline, thanks to the butterfly effect created both by a tiny egg-shaped robot, and a shard of BOTW's Calamity Gannon, even though Age of Calamity's Calamity grew far stronger than the one in the original timeline, Hyrule was not defeated this time, but destroyed the monster 100 years ahead of time!
This means that although the surface-level structures of the castle were damaged in the war, the deeper layers were not destroyed because the Calamity of that world did not have enough time to do so. Thus, Raru's seal was likely unaffected by the war, therefore allowing him to continue slowly draining away Ganondorf's strength and power, until the king of darkness gradually turns to dust and dies at the hands of the king of light.
As such, no future games are likely to be set in the Age of Calamity timeline, because Demise's curse ends up broken save for a few tremendously weaker incarnations that will likely be easily defeated by a stronger Hyrule alone.
Demise is Capital-D Dead after Skyward Sword, there is no "curse" and no reincarnation. He's sealed in the Master Sword and destroyed. The "verbiage of his curse" is that evil will always rise and fight against good. He says the conflict in general is eternal, not that he himself will return and that his personal beef with the spirits of Hylia and the Hero is eternal.
That’s interesting that logically Rauru is still alive and whole in the Age of Calamity timeline. Also, the ‘purification unit’ all the way up to the castle and Sheika pillars were probably each installed after cycles of Calamities as well, each one trying to prevent future calamities.
Rauru: This seal is composed of an ancient magic forgotten to man, known as Sugondesse.
Ganondorf: What is Sugondesse?
Rauru: Heh...
"Gricko, I swear to god"
It is kind of ironic that king Rauru may have been on the verge of finally defeating the demon king thru his seal and time, but that due to the calamity seizing control of the shiekah tech and hyrule castle falling to ruin caused Rauru to finally succumb to decay and eventually losing to the demon king in the end. And Ganondorf seemingly had no control or awareness of the calamity that his gloom/malice had released at all. If this all eventually gets tied back to Demise's hatred/curse somehow, maybe it turns out that demise was incontrol of the calamity thru Ganondorf's sealed power causing the eventually release of Ganondorf, and therefore the incarnation of his hatred to be revived once more. Maybe Demise sensed that Rauru was winning and that could have broken Demise's curse, which was what prompted demise to act thru the calamity in the first place. Gives you alot to think about.
Here's my convoluted theory; Calamity Ganon is the original Ganondorf (Ganondorf Dragmire) finally gone mad.
I don't think there was ever any chance of Rauru's seal killing Ganondorf. Rauru makes it clear he's doing this to stop Ganondorf's rampage until Link arrives to take him down for good.
@@speedude0164 well I only said that because Zeltik suggested in the video that when Rauru first sealed Ganondorf he was below him, and that over time Ganondorf had been bent backwards and Rauru's hand was above him like he was pushing him back. Zeltik suggested that this could have been because Rauru was potentially winning the struggle between them and purifying the demon kings magic.
@@pyriel6870 I figured this was only due to their bodies' decay, which would make sense since Rauru's being is reduced to just a floating hand. It could also be that Rauru was winning this struggle, but it only meant Ganondorf had no chance of escape until circomstances caused the seal to weaken.
Personally I like the longer formats more, like 20-30 minutes or even around 1 hour. Your videos are always entertaining so time flies by anyway!
When you think about it; the Age Of Calamity split of the story may have proven your point about Rauru being able to purify Ganondorf's darkness, if not win given that the Castle was still mostly intact unlike in Breath of the Wild where it was greatly damaged and decayed. Since in AOC the Calamity was defeated and Hyrule still stood united, preserved Rauru's hold on Ganondorf in where eventually he and his darkness would eventually be purified, ending the cycle.
EDIT: Yes, I know AoC is non-canon, no need to be so rude about it. I just wanted to put this out there as a way to add to the conversation of the topic at hand.
Non canon as confirmed in the official japanese page of the Zelda timeline.
I guess that means that AoC is a non-canon finale to the entire series!
@@Sethlovegrove Yes and no as the Demon Tribe's curse would ensure one way or the other that a new Demon King would be born to endlessly antagonize the Hero and Princess for eternity. If it won't be Ganondorf anymore it would be a reincarnation of Malladus or Vaati or Bellum or Onox or Veran etc.
@@javiervasquez625 Yeah I was thinking that after I said it, but I guess it would be the end of Ganondorf's reincarnation.
@@javiervasquez625 I know that, I just wanted to throw this out here.
Poor Rauru... He was so close to fully purifying Ganondorf's darkness on his own... 😢
If only King Rhoam had listened to his daughter and had more safeguards in case the Ancient Sheikah tech turned on them, Rauru would have won by the time the next Calamity was due to form.
I’ve analysied this so many times. It’s really fascinating the little details.
How ganon is pushed back like rauro as he started losing power had to force more energy into keeping ganon imprisoned. How as his power ran out even rauro own body disintegrated. How you see ganon energy seeping out slowly but surly.
Right until the end where rauro felt Zelda and Link presence…..and just let go. His arm flops down as if “finally. We are caught up. It’s all up to you now”.
I think rauru let go because in the spirit temple cutscenes rauru says, "someone will appear with the sword that seals the darkness, a swordsman with the power to oppose you, Link" but because rauru is just a hand at this point, he didn't realise that Link wasn't capable of defeating Ganondorf at this point in time
@@TCfaloKit didn’t matter. Given the condition rauro was in, literally just an arm, his power was fading. He knew once they returned the time loop could be completed.
So he let go and thus Zelda for his secret stone, completing the loop
@jessedellross3245 but also starting the loop
@@tumultuousv the loop had already started. Zelda was in two places at once. Present day Zelda needed the stone at the right moment to complete the loop and return to the past
Finally, I’ve been waiting for a Zeltik video diving into the lore of TotK!
I loved the inclusion of Fujibayashi’s interview for more context!
Sucks we need interviews to give us more information.
@@Themacattack1209 yeah I'd rather be spoonfed every little detail as soon as I play the game so there's nothing new to learn
@@UKmike6699 There are far better ways to give info post-release than interviews. Including information in a game also doesn't mean its "spoonfed" to you
This is a video game? I enjoy it so much but this information on the lore of Hyrule is fascinating. I'm still postponing conquering all the different parts so as to explore everything first. I have ignited all the lightroots. Got that emblem. It's too joyful to describe from this old man's perspective.
The ending is great
@@tumultuousv I'm not even going to sneak a peek. BOTW was the first Zelda I played since the first one back in the 80's. I am overwhelmed. This video game is all-encompassing, amazing, exciting. Those Gleeoks! The third day i played I paraglided towards a dragon to shoot off a piece. I got closer and closer and then wham! I was riding it!!! Freaked me out. Then the depths of which i knew nothing appeared. Yikes! It was so exhilarating! I'm 73 but in my heart I'm a bit younger than that.
Love this format! A look into several strange occurrences throughout Zelda games would be awesome!! Stuff like the yeti in TP or the statue deku in MM… or the seven sisters in BotW or totk :)
I'd like to see some loose ends of Tears of The Kingdom covered, like the journalist bird guy disappearing. Small details like that.
Finally, the age of TOTK lore videos is rising. YESSIRR
"Imprisoning war? Demon king?"
I read "Ganondorf's seal" and first thing that came to my mind was Patricia.......
Rauru said “seal you later, ganondorf”
I love how the totk backstory is an exercise in determinism. Zelda told rauru about the future, and what happens exactly, absolutely guaranteeing the beginning of the cycle. Which in turn is why Rauru sealed him away like that. At the same time, Link in botw is completely unaware of the light dragon, and what waits below the castle. Things play out exactly as they are supposed to (as opposed to how ocarina of time for example changes things between multiple timelines)
And some of this happens because they think they can change or avoid it... Raru knew Ganondorf fakes his aliance, but thought he could defeat him, only to do what Zelda said to him did happen in her timeline.
Or to quote a wise turtle from a great movie: "One often meets his destiny on the path they take to avoid it."
Do you think it creates an endless loop?
I'm LOVING the short videos! They're a perfect appetizer to the big projects like your TotK Story explanations and I really like the topics. Ty Zeltik!!
Thank god, zeltik is the only zelda youtuber who havent resorted to making rant videos instead of researching to make lore videos
That means that if Mipha would have told Zelda how to use her power when Calamity Ganon awakened, nobody would have died, and the demon king would've been defeated x)
Loving these more rapid, shorter videos lately! Always delightful to see more videos by you.
Ah man I like both formats. Can't tell you how much I enjoy the hour long videos as I do work and it's so well put!
Now I finally understand why only his arm was left. Thank you!
Fujibayashi really did explain well on how the Calamity weakens Rauru’s seal. But what I have been wondering for awhile is how did Ganondorf mastered his magic (The Gloom) before acquiring the Sacred Stone.
Did he learned that from the two masked Gerudo figures- Kotake and Koume? If so then it would make sense since they are his Surrogate mothers.
And for those who remember playing The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, these two Gerudo fused into Twinrova. It would of been nice to have her in the game for a boss battle.
I really want a game that takes place in the era of Hyrule's founding, whether that be a warriors game or a Tears of the Kingdom DLC (unlikely). The Twinrova sisters getting their time in the spotlight again would be so cool.
I sincerely hope we get another Warriors game based around that era both so we can see nore of it, and because it being non-canon gives us an excuse to have wackier time-travel shenanigans. Imagine Link and the Sages getting sent back in time as well, or even present Ganondorf.
@@Hairo-rv9kl Imagine an Age of Calamity sequel where the Champions and new Sages go to the era of Hyrule's founding and fight in the Imprisoning War. I just want Urbosa and Ganondorf to meet dammit.
I dont think he was able to youse Gloom prior to getting the stone.
@@neptuneplaneptune3367 I think he could fire dark projectiles and summon monsters to a limited degree, but the ability to reduce max hearts and summon the Blood Moon came from the stone. You could be right though since the stone could've just materialized Demise's hatred into Gloom.
Totk lore goes hard
this is an amazing video, I love your theories dude, oh yeah and one more thing I'd like add, upon sealing Ganondorf in the memories Rauru mentions Link who Zelda had told him about, and in the beginning of totk here he senses the presence of Zelda and Link (more likely the Master Sword bc he didn't necessarily meet link) and thats when he knew it would be ok to release the seal
In my opinion I think they could make a sequel to age of calamity considering ganondorf is “still alive” in that timeline. I’m curious as to how differently the events will play out like introducing new characters & potentially new villains like koume and kotake the mothers of ganondorf. If a sequel ever gets made
Honestly i know its stuff we more or less already know but the way you tell everything makes it so much cooler, it makes me appreciate what totk offers even more. And rauru is such a badass fr
Would love to hear more about TotK’s lore! Loved the game so these insights are absolutely great.
6:38 Actually, I think its a pretty big coincidence that rauru would just give up the moment zelda and link arrived, so I believe he let go of ganon on purpose, because he knew that link and zelda had finally arrived with the sword that seals the darkness, so he let go knowing that it was up to link now
Honestly, I'll happily take whatever lore vids you want too make, short and sweet or long and grand. This one's an unexpected treat so soon after your last video.
Wait theres 152 monsters that needed a shrine? What if theres 152 bosses in all the pre-BOTW games put together 🤔 ... just a thought!
Hm.
This interview has really solidified for me that gloom and malice are not directly connected. We assumed gloom was a more concentrated form of malice, but seeing that the seal wasn’t disturbed until after the calamity I’ve come to believe that malice emerged, and calamity Ganon was “born” more so out of desperation. As you point out, Raru was starting to win. Ganondorf was decaying. Botw mentions the demon king attempting to reincarnate, and indeed it seems the calamity was trying in a very haphazard way to create a new vessel for ganondorfs soul to inhabit. Essentially create a loophole for him to escape the seal. Was he doing this consciously? Based on the boar imagery and bestial nature of the calamity, I see it more so as a manifestation of his subconscious or “dreaming mind” doing what it could in the state it was trapped in.
Please continue making longer videos. I truly enjoy the lore and in depth details in your videos.
I'm glad you made this video, I saw so many people on twitter go mad with this new interview "why didn't they mention this lore of the shrines in the game??", "Why didn't they mention the seal on Ganondorf was like a Shrine??". But the answer WAS in the game, and the similarities between the seal and the Shrines are apparent visually. I swear people want anything to be mad at this game because it didn't fulfill their crazy unfounded expectations
It's pretty clear Rauru's seal is acting as an infinite Light of Blessing, constantly draining Gloom from Ganondorf, but the castle's role in the seal is pretty unclear. I think this is due to a bit of a translation error on the tablet in the Royal Hidden Passage. The English version makes it seem like the castle was built to block the entrance to the seal and prevent someone from going in and screwing with it, but I then went to read the French version and that basically says the castle was built to sustain the seal and give it a foundation, and that makes way more sense based on the lore stated in this video. That's the kind of thing I would've read and immediately had an epiphany on why the seal fell apart.
Makes me wonder about Age of Calamity. If the seal was disturbed by Calamity Ganon ravaging Hyrule Castle, and since Hyrule won in that timeline and rebuilt Hyrule Castle after the Calamity, does that mean either they stopped the seal on Ganondorf from breaking, or was it too late and the damage was done?
It feels weird to me that the castle being damaged would directly weaken Rauru's magic. My two theories are that tremors from the Great Calamity reached the Imprisoning Chamber and loosened his grip, or that Calamity Ganon's presence in the castle over 100 years decayed his body and weakened the seal. If the latter is true, then the seal definitely doesn't break. I however lean more towards the former, as there seemingly wasn't much Malice in the castle throughout most of the 100 years, and I'd imagine Rauru can survive that if he survived Ganon rushing out from Ganondorf's corpse all those times. If this theory is true, I'd wager the massive battle in the castle was enough to break the seal, but it wouldn't fail until Link and Zelda are the same age as Impa in the original timeline.
Always happy to see a video from you, short or long! Always insightful and pleasant to watch. The shorter ones are probably quicker to complete, but whatever format you feel is best for the topic!
So, since the shrines were seals made by Rauru and Sonya, how do the light roots factor in? We’re the shrines specifically chosen due to their proximity to the light root, or did the light root grow downward from the shrine? I’d assume the shrines came first, and the roots grew down after (since the sky island shrines don’t have a corresponding light root).
Separately, what about the shrines that are just crystals disconnected from their supposed location? I wonder what happened there.
my theory is that the light roots were an unintentional product from the zonai shrines; resulting from their light energy channeling to the underground and forming these plant-like structures. People eventually discovered them while exploring the depths and used what's left of the zonai magic to activate them and provide luminescence to the underground, explaining why a lot of the mines were built near them. The mines on the sky islands (or wherever they're located before they rose into the sky) probably didn't have the same kind of connection, thus there are no light roots underneath. The best I could say for the crystal shrines is that the green shrine crystals were probably some sort of dormant mode for the shrines, this is either used for transportation or some other means.
@@ggholdengo Rght, so if the light root came after the shrines, which I think is feasible, it means they also came well after the Zonai would have established all of the underground mines and structures though. Because by the time Rauru and Sonia would have clearing out Hyrule, he and his sister would have been either the last, or one of the very few Zonai left, so well after the Zonai flourished. If I am remembering what the game said correctly, the sky islands weren’t even created until after Rauru’s death, because it was something that Zelda suggested Mineru and the sages do. So those sky island shrines would have been ground level when they were created, so it would probably reinforce the idea that the light roots grew down form the shrines.
I think there is a lot more going on with the Zonai history than what has been letting on. Because for all the talk of them coming from the sky, it sure seems they actually came from underneath Hyrule. Because all of their ancient history is from below, and the sky islands didn’t seem to exist until after their demise. There wasn’t even a way to easily access the underworld until Ganondorf blew holes in the ground during his return. The only Zonai connected means of travel were those underground Zonai towers, but those only take you up, not down.
so in theory, in a timeline different to our own we could of had a game with classic dungeons where the reward at the end was Link purifying his body much like how in Skyward Sword we built up the Master Sword?
Why would we have "classic dungeons" in that one
The fact that there are now two Imprisoning Wars is astounding to me.
Arguably you could call other major conflicts in the timeline "Imprisoning Wars" due to the similar circumstances surrounding an evil being been sealed away for hundreds of years: The sealing of Demise in Skyward Sword, the sealing of the "great darkness" in The Minish Cap, the sealing of Ganondorf underneath the Great Sea in The Wind Waker, the sealing of the Interlopers in Twilight Princess and the sealing of Malladus in Spirit Tracks. They all deal with a powerful demonic being been trapped inside a prison following a conflict of some kind so technically the term Imprisioning War can be used as a common Zelda word to refer to any past event where a demonic being was sealed prior to the events of a current game.
In the japanese translation, it is called "the sealing war" which fits better in this case.
We do know that this story happened in the ancient past. Then throught centuries enough Malices was escaping out of the body of Ganondorf to form the Calamity Ganon that forge the legend. Once it was sealed away, another one was emerging centuries after. I cannot avoid the fact that Ganondorf couln’t learn from his past tentative of malice’s incarnations, simply because when he was easy to defeat him with an army of gardians 10,000 years ago, when he came back, he used a new trick strategy to overcome them.
Ganondorf dont know the identity of each heroes who were facing his calamity incarnation, because they were many and differents. But he know for sure that the one who will be standing with the legendary sword when he will awaken, will be Link.
When we enter at the begenning of the game at the imprisonning chamber, we can notice that the ancients stairs were closed by a lot of doors. We can observe on the walls the prints and dammage caused by the malice coming out to form the new calamity for several ages. Its only during the last 100 years that we can assist about a great concentration of gloom coming out of the mummy because of the weakening seal. Before that, I am sure that there were not a lot coming out of him to be able to cumulate enough magic to create a new incarnation.
The chanting is so haunting cannot get over it
It's interesting to me that Ganondrof's first action upon being released (aside from trash-talking Link for losing instantly) is to completely ignore Zelda and Link and instead focus on removing the castle above him.
Obviously, this is to spread his influence over Hyrule, as we can see the gloom rising from the hole he made and flying off in every direction, presumably to become monsters like in the cutscene where he first turns into the Demon King. But, I also think it may be because of the seal -- and the 'purification stone'. Think about it, he just woke up, and he's incredibly weak. After figuring out that Link is no threat to him, he'd move on to eliminating the next biggest threat: the stone that kept him bound for millenia and the castle it is attached to.
This isn't really a 'theory' so much as an interpretation of Ganondorf's actions, though. Anyways, this video was very cool! I like all of your videos.
amazing video, Loving the shorter more to the point videos instead of the long extravagant ones. Work is as inspiring as always! Always assumed Ganondorf was always winning and Rauru knew hed be a hand
My headcanon is that the final nail to the coffin was link aproaching with the master sword, as Ganondorf probably reacted to it's pressence just like the imprisoned used to do, ultimately causing him to awaken at that instant.
I love your longer videos and your shorter ones. I am grateful for both!
I very like this video, the fact that the calamity would rise again and again makes much more sense since the source had never been destroyed. I like the idea that the calamity was only the reincarnation of Ganondorf's wrath and rage, letting nothing but a bodyless entity that feels and wants nothing
Please add the channel intro to the beginning of the video! I'm fond of hearing that sound and knowing I'm in for a good Zelda vid
I used to not be interested in Zelda lore because of Nintendo's "gameplay first" attitude, but this guy helped change my mind.
Glad to be back watching Zeltik videos. After seven months of trying to avoid spoilers, I finally beat the main story this morning! I have a lot of catching up to do on these videos. 😊
As soon as I saw this title I knew it was going to be good video.
Thank you Zeltik, I thought you were done talking about this game
Not even close.
Good summary of what we know about the seal, I noticed some (clickbait-y) websites treating Fujibayashi's interviews like they revealed something completely new, but the game actually did mention many of these things.
To me this is prime Zeltik content.
The length only means more content at once, but is not top priority.
We would’ve had additional cutscenes of Link x Zelda’s journeys in the underground caverns beneath Hyrule Castle while riding on the Dondons (as seen in the first teaser) as well as more of their interactions with one another (shown how strong/connected their relationship is after the end of Breath of the Wild) before discovering Ganondorf’s mummified corpse if Nintendo considered adding them in the final game.
Like BoTWs DLC that it goes a bit deeper into the champions story. A potencial DLC for ToTK could explain w 5 or 4 more cinematics about Link n Zelda expeditions, more about the distant past, more about sheikah tech whereabouts (most likely the devine beasts), more about the new/old sages. Sadly it was already said that there are no plans for a DLC... unless the devs Fujibayashi and Aonuma lied... wich i hope lol
That very first trailer was quite obviously from a work in progress, so that's why things changed.
For the record the Purification unit does not actually physically connect to the castle. If it did it would be cutting through hallways in the castle and/or the Astral Observatory built by the Ancient Sheikah. Ergo there's no contradictions placing the memories before OOT in regards to the castle.
Also Calamity Ganon is deliberately described as being OOT Ganondorf in both BOTW and TotK. BOTW states that Calamity Ganon once assumed a form known as the "Great Demon King" a title only used in OOT and TP to refer to the same person, OOT Ganondorf, if we say Calamity Ganon is sourced from TotK Ganondorf and is thus the hatred of the original Demon King Ganondorf beneath the Castle, than the logical assumption would be that OOT Ganondorf is a manifestation of Calamity Ganon and was in some way born from TotK Ganondorfs hatred.
That is an incredibly amount of lore in that interview. And it is amazing how much of the lore has been predicted in theories.
But how many years ago did Rauru live? It must have been more than 10000 years since 10000 years ago, the Sheikah fought Calamity Ganon and nothing was known about Ganondorf or Rauru. The battle 10000 years ago must have been a different one.
I'm happy to see you focusing on this game still!
The purification unit made the energy for the sheikah tech, so when the seal started to break it stopped working. That’s my theory
Both short vids and longer deep dives are great
I know that the lore and mysteries of TotK are less plentiful than BotW, but I still love these videos. Again, I know that you and the other Zelda lore videos might not be able to produce as much as you all did in previous years, but it's still amazing to watch these videos and piece together stuff that most of us missed during our playthroughs. Like MonsterMaze's video on the purification unit was so incredibly cool, and seeing this connection with it was awesome.
I prefer deep dives but this new format is cool
I'd like to see a video of comparing monsters that were added from previous games and the differences between past and present.
I'd say i like the short format videos aswell. to quickly jump into a topic. Keep it up!
The game Age of Calamity basically meant Ganondorf lost in that timeline, because they effectively prevented the Calamity outright. Rauru would not have faltered. It was apparently Ganondorf’s last gasp, at least if Zeltic’s theory is correct.
Good to know at least one path exists where they actually won.
oh wow very nice video didnt expect there to be so much lore to be found around this moment
well or i didnt think that much into it x3
I think the calamity might have partially been Demises curse of hatred attempting to escape rarru’s purification as well as potentially weakening the seal enough to free its host. this theory makes the most sense with the evidence given in both BoTW and TotK
Love the short video, but also love the long deep dives! Both make me learn so much more and love the series even more! ❤️
Happy Christmas!
Yeah this was great! I love little bits like this! No one is making interesting lore videos and I had no idea that was the history of shrines of what the magic was doing. Thanks!
This was actually brilliant! Short- or long-form doesn’t matter when the theories hold this quality :D.
man you never fil to impress me with t he script you have for these vids, thx for t the great content, beautiful as always.
I'm a fan of this format, and I like the idea of you doing more!
Intro hooked me, however the graphics of the night sky around the outside of the screen was a little distracting and Felt like the whole video was just a memory that need not to be remembered. Still tho I love your adventureous content into Zelda lore espically when it is all tied up very nicely with a clear resolving piece of evidence, such as the video on the forgotten Temple and the tree growing in the wall. Thanks for the effort you put into these videos, I enjoy them all profusely.
Thanks for the constructive criticism, I really do appreciate it! Will reconsider the stars on these shorter videos.
It's so sad, Rauru already went to the battlefield knowing he need to sacrifice himself for countless generations and he would still lose because Zelda gives this information that everything has already gone wrong in the future (the master sword only travels in time for Zelda later). Anyway, I loved the video, the ending gave me chills..
I would love to see a game where Ganondorf knows he's being possessed by Demise and tries to find a way to purge his mind, body and spirit to find his own path and live the life he believes will benefit him and his people beside trying to always take the triforce or fight Link and Zelda to break the cycle.
basically we get Groose back.
(I know its not canon) But in theory on the Age of calamity timeline thanks to Terrako Rauru won the battle against Ganondorf wich in turn changed history as we know it since this Zelda didnt traveled back in time since the castle survived the calamity but then it all creates a paradox wich destroyed all they time lines
-The end
Great topic for a theory
I think I prefer the longer videos - 20-30 mins is a good average run time.
As far as content goes, SOMEONE has to tie together totk's story (Nintendo won't) and it seems like that person is you.
Aside from that, I would actually prefer you to do more of the story explained videos - the skyward sword and link between worlds story explained videos are great and I would personally like to see one from you for every single game, starting with ocarina of time/majora's mask but that's just me
This was an excellent production!
Anyone else notice how the purification unit looks and acts kinda like the sealing spike in ss?
When will part 3 of the classic enemies reimagined series release?
@zeltik the seal kinda reminds me of the seal used on "the imprisoned" in skyward sword.
Whoa another bite size video! Can’t complain about that! 😄
my guy did it. he finally found something in TotK to talk about lol. GGs dude. i know its not easy talking about this game Lore wise. i can always count on you to make original content on even the most lore unfriendly entry.
Great video! Short format is nice.
I'd love the small ones to give you time for the big ones
I like the deep dives but the shorter lore videos are great
In a world where the Calamity didn't damage the seal, I imagine that the Master Sword would've been able to destroy Ganondorf then and there while Rauru had him sealed.
Amazing video, you need to make more.
Awesome as always zeltik! I wish we could explore the underground of the castle
Love the short video format!
just out of curiosity, why did nobody go back to the chamber and just take ganon's secret stone and slit his throat while he was immobilised? Is there a better reason than something like they didn't want to disturb him? Also the incorporation of the music in this video is really effective. I like it.
I thought I had found everything I wanted to see in Tears of the Kingdom, but it was only after I completed the game that I learned about that tablet that revealed that the castle itself is part of the seal. Now I want to revisit the game just to explore the tunnel to the castle more thoroughly and find that tablet.
Great video! I’d love to see something on the Typhlo ruins and the statues in the depths 🥰
@Zeltik: The *Short Episodes* are good {they're sorta like a quick snack before dinner}, though I will be *HONEST* and say that I do prefer the much *LONGER* ones. A great video time is about *30-46 minutes* long. An example of your absolutely *PERFECT* video size was the 3-part *Tears Of The Kingdom* documentary. If you do more of that size, it would be *Absolutely Wonderful* in my opinion!!! ~ JonseyG 👲💖
Like always, a brilliant explanation, but I have some things to say. the fact that raurus body decayed recently is odd considering that the gloom had just started to reappear. If the gloom came around the times that Ganondorf was in full power then what is the malice? well considering that the malice is less deadly than the gloom only doing temporary damage the gloom might have been somewhat filtered/combined with raurus body creating a sort of weaker but more organic corruption, this could represent the death of rauru symbolizing his blood and flesh. But thats just a quick guess i made on the spot so there's probs some flaws
TOTK: most intense freeze tag