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This is just a little background information on the Au, it is possible to read the story without reading this but it’s highly advised to skim through understand the majority of things mentioned.
Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoy
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Centaurs (also known as SecondHalfers or Hybrids) are the names given to those who were born with their lower half that of a different species. This split is usually at the waist line but has been documented as high as the collarbone and as low as the middle shin though this usually causes complications and quite often the (nicknamed; QuarterLegs) die by the age of eight.
Not everyone is born a Centaur but Hylians and Gerudo are quite often more likely to be born Centaur then not, the two races holding the highest population of SecondHalfers. Other races such as Zora, Rito or Minish are less likely to be born as Centaurs but it’s not impossible.
Monsters such as Moblins or Lynels are however never able to be SecondHalfers (this matter is still being researched)
The legs one is born with are often attributed to the environment they were born into, in example; Gerudo are most likely to be born with Camel or Sandseal halfs, while Hylians typically take on more horse like traits.
While rare it has also been documented to be possible to be born with the legs of other races or even monsters, a notable example is of a Gerudo Chief born with the second half of a Molduga.
So far, every triforce holder has been born a Centaur, the only Deviation to this being the Zelda (AKA: Flora) that lived during the Calamity era, it is believed her birth as a full Hylian may be linked to a late development with the triforce’s abilities.
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Information on the Chain;
Time: Cervitaur| Stag
Twilight: Lupacentaur| Wolf
Sky: Avescentaur| Loftwing
Legend: Pterocentaur| Pegasus
Warriors: Dracocentaur| Dragon
Wind: Crocodylinaecentaur| Saltwater Crocodile
Four: Musculuscentaur| Minish
Hyrule: Macropodidaecentaur| Kangaroo [is a QuaterLeg]
Wild: Rainerucentaur| Lynel
A few members of the chain also have secondary decor,
Such as Time and Wild both having horns on their head,
Warriors having Scales dotted under his eyes
And Sky having a few feathers amongs his hair.
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Prologue:
It’s been four weeks since The Chain got their latest member, surely Hylia, Despite her recent track record, wouldn’t just give them another hero, a ninth Link, after a month of silence. Right?
At least, the Godess wouldn’t dump them in the middle of a storm, rain cold and lightning fizzling through the air, in an unknown Hyrule, that seems to stretch forever with no civilianisation in sight, the land bare, sans the scattered ruins littering the overgrowth. Right?
Legends general dislike of Hylia grows as his hair gets drenched. Ice water dripping from his scowling face as Time, his metal armour stored away for the duration of the lightning storm, led them through the dark night, their hours of wandering to a small light through the tree lines, and Dear Nayru was that a horse head?
Whoever this new hero was, Legend hated them and their Hyrule already.