Shadows of History
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Two ageless souls are reborn into an era of exploration and innovation. As Zelda and Ganondorf gradually learn more about each other and uncover the secrets buried beneath their respective kingdoms, they struggle to free themselves from the bindings of an endless conflict.
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Disturbed by strange dreams during the weeks leading to her coronation, Zelda discovers the fabled Ocarina of Time. As the princess uses the magical instrument to glimpse into the past, she begins to learn about the sinister man who has been blown by the harsh winds of the desert into her castle. Zelda may be able to change both of their destinies if she is courageous enough to bring the mysteries of bygone ages to light.
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Zelda is a policy analyst with political connections in high places. Ganondorf is a museum curator who possesses evidence of a hidden history that Zelda only suspects. Together they will bring Hyrule's dark secrets to light.
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The Price of Wisdom by Rynling
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
03 Dec 2017
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The Champions and their Divine Beasts have fallen, and the hero chosen by the Master Sword hovers between life and death. Now that everything else has been taken from her, Zelda has no choice but to confront the Calamity that destroyed her kingdom. She walks through a palimpsest of memories as she searches for its source within Hyrule Castle, where she learns that Ganon is not what she thought.
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A Worthy Successor by Rynling
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
21 Nov 2021
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In an eerie castle submerged under cursed waters, Ganondorf tells Tetra about the world that once was. Ganondorf's story is at its end, but his words inspire Tetra to dream of the world to come.
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Their Sworn Duty by Rynling
Fandoms: Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Video Game), The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
18 Dec 2021
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While scouting in advance of one of Zelda’s visits to the desert, Impa is surprised by Sooga. He claims that no harm will befall the princess in Gerudo Canyon, which is sacred to the Yiga Clan. Intrigued, Impa asks Sooga to elaborate, and he explains that he and his comrades fight to protect Hyrule. Impa may disagree with the goals of the Yiga Clan, but she finds Sooga to be more sympathetic than she expected.
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A Record of the Calamity by Rynling
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
14 Mar 2024
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This collection of meta essays explores the worldbuilding and cultural background of Hyrule and its inhabitants during the timeline of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. The opening essays focus on Zelda and the Hyrulean monarchy, while the closing essays concentrate on Ganondorf and the shadows of Hyrule's history. The first chapter provides an annotated table of contents.
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A Wind-Grieved Ghost: Ganondorf’s Robes in The Wind Waker by Rynling
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
26 Oct 2024
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This meta essay discusses the influence of medieval Noh theater on the striking costume worn by Ganondorf in The Wind Waker. I explain the symbolism of Ganondorf’s gorgeously patterned robes and argue that the sartorial allusions to Noh theater serve to characterize Ganondorf as a frightening yet tragic ghost displaced from the beautiful vanished kingdom of Hyrule.
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The Sleeping Princess by Rynling
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda (Video Game 1986), Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
25 Jan 2025
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There is a legend in Hyrule that a sleeping princess lies behind the door of a locked room deep under the ruins of the North Castle. When the princess rises, so too will the ancient powers sealed within her dreams. Impa knows the legend is true, and she fears the fate that will befall the kingdom should the first Zelda wake. Yet when a shadow rises on the borders of Hyrule after the birth of a new princess, Impa must make a terrible choice.
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What Dreams May Come by Rynling
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
19 Jul 2025
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Legends tell of a lost kingdom that long ago fell to a terrible fate. Zelda, raised in a prosperous seaside city in Labrynna and given a modern education, knows that Hyrule is nothing more than a stretch of wilderness far to the east. After being spurned by her father’s colleagues, Zelda remembers her mother’s stories and offers a desperate wish to the darkness to become the hero of her own legend. A forgotten evil stirs awake in response to her prayer, and a plague begins to spread. Beset by visions of a beckoning monster, Zelda rides into the distant forest to confront the source of the blight sealed within the dream-shrouded ruins of Hyrule.