5 Secrets You MIGHT Have Missed in Tears of The Kingdom!

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Intro - 00:00
Guardian Tech - 01:15
Dragon Origins - 02:44
"Zonai" Ruins - 04:58
Lightroot Connections - 06:56
ZeLink Hints - 08:13
Conclusion & Outro - 09:24
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[@Linkzelda99]

Very cool, I couldn’t wait for your next video and it was not disappointing

[@vincenthartzell5391]

The lore about dragons explains why the number of sages vary throughout the series windwaker might be the exception... do you think Zelda started off as a skyward sword dragon able to talk and stuff... no the Geoglyph... maybe? I'm confused lol.

[@NopeGangster69420]

Is it just me or do the bargainer statues resemble the 4 giants from majoras mask? If you look at the bargainer statues from the back. They’re also 4

[@AkivaElbereth]

Regarding the Light Roots: It's established by the game that the Zonai had mines for Zonite down there. It's better to be able to see what you're mining, so according to Occam's razor, that would be the best explanation for why the Light Roots are there.

[@nickcurrant2254]

Regarding Zelda and Link possibly being together, Nintendo unfortunately left it a little more vague than you might expect. Zelda has a private study to get away from the kids who constantly bother her for attention, not to get away from Link. Additionally, Link makes a house in Tarrey Town, which would make no sense if he already lived in Hetano, where none of the kids seem to recognize him, if you understand. Truthfully, Link probably just gave the princess his house out of a sense of duty, given that Hyrule Castle wasn't exactly finished, but there's always the chance of some kind of relationship developing in the background. Just pointing out that people tend to see more in the inkblot test than what is actually there. ;)

[@heatherkramer3139]

Gloom hands mainly spawn near ruins, and most often nearly military ruins. The reason why they spawn near these ruins is because they were military bases in Ganondorfs time, and he is still mindlessly focused on taking those bases down despite the fact they were long abandoned. The hands are like his subconscious lashing out at the old Hylean military.

[@dominicmoisant8393]

The one on Mekar island is probably the strangest place

[@sh4rkss]

@@dominicmoisant8393 i think the one on mekar island is probably just meant to be a trap for the player to walk into, just like how a bunch of stal enemies would spawn on mekar in botw once you reached the middle of the island

[@alexandertkachenko1432]

@@dominicmoisant8393the one in mekar island is likely just a reference to the stal enemies in botw

[@pancakes8670]

Idk, some just appear randomly like in Caves or the middle of the Savanna (next to Gerudo canyon). I always interpreted them as Ganondorf sending a direct assassin after Link.

[@Bardock10235]

I love how they continue the stories of many NPC you helped back in BOTW. For example the Voe captured in jail in the Gerudo shelter. He is the one Link helps on the heart shapped pond.

[@TheMentorOfMomos]

Omg I didn't notice

[@kinesslop651]

Ong

[@jamesbruno5338]

Small but distinct correction: the Typhlo ruin tablets are Hyrulean, not Hylian. That is, the four sages were of the kingdom of Hyrule. Hyrule is the untied kingdom that includes Gorons, Rito, Zora, Gerudo, and Hylians. So the overall message here is that the tablets honoring Rauru’s sacrifice were done with the combined efforts of all races in Hyrule, showing that the sealing of ganondorf is what truly united the kingdom.

[@Skyfire-x]

We know from in game texts that Sonia and Rauru created the shrines to banish monsters in an area. The Zonai civilization in the Depths would have been ancient even to them. I imagine they created the shrines over the existing light roots to tap their energy. Or, perhaps the light roots grew downward from the shrines instead and was not something created by ancient Zonai.

[@BFDreaming]

That was my thought as well. The lightroots themselves don't look even remotely artificial or Zonai.

[@mmyr8ado.360]

​@@BFDreamingAt first glance, it seems so, but if you look closely the roots themselves have a scale pattern on them, kinda like walls inside the shrines have, and they also are activated by Rauru's arm and utilize travel gates as well as the shrines, the latter may have come from Mineru's study of the Purah Pad. Also note that some Lightroots may have been placed earlier in comparison to other roots as shown with the Labyrinth Depth Ruins being under ther respective Lightroots.

[@kit4616]

My understanding is that they mined for Zonaite down in the Depths, and as such, needed to be able to see. With so much of the Depths being interconnected, it makes sense for them to have established a massive lighting system.

[@spacejay2677]

i think these root things were normal ones that just got contaminated with gloom. as if ganondorf, once again, made the entire land an extension of his body- roots underground are now his "veins", directing gloom to his "heart" in the imprisoning chamber or wte. similar to how calamity ganon in botw used malice to make the castle an extension of himself, with his heart (cocoon) right in the throne room.

[@greenhat8978]

I would like you to discuss the "Gloom roots." I have noticed that within the depths there are root legs structures made out of gloom and if you touch them the same effect occurs. however, I've also noticed that there is a pulsing going through them and that it all heads directly towards Gannondorf. I believe he is using these to absorb power throughout the depths and the surface and that all health taken via the gloom is actually siphoned to him directly. This is obviously just a theory of course.

[@HyruleGamer]

Very interesting topic, maybe at some point!

[@tryorse8340]

It could be true. The zonaite the monsters take could be for him too. The roots do lead to ganon in the final boss room and gloom enemies drop zonaite when killed

[@RestlessWandererOriginal]

This makes sense: he is a dried up corpse so he needs life energy to restore his body

[@LovingWolf]

To add to this, the roots going up from the lightroot shares a somewhat similar textures imo

[@wplays4271]

Maybe I remember this wrong. But I remember them being called “gloom veins” in the Dutch dub instead of “Gloom roots”. So your theory might actually be true. Since veins pump blood to keep it’s body alive. And the roots are seemingly doing the same

[@StormsparkPegasus]

Interesting fact: Every chasm is at the location of a BOTW shrine. Not every shrine became a chasm though.

[@HyruleGamer]

That is interesting!

[@malthenoob111]

So did the shrines get swallowed by the gloom?

[@jockson7574]

@@malthenoob111I doubt it cause I’m sure we would’ve seen some remains of the shrines. Maybe the shrines were built on the chasms or near them to make sure nobody goes in there

[@PinkSneaselGirl]

@@jockson7574 I think it's quite the opposite in fact. The shrines in lore led to chambers underground, with the entrance esentially being an elevator. With the shrines decommissioned and torn apart, the remaining gaps were either filled in or collapsed. This leaves a weak point on the surface, and when the Upheaval happened some of these weak points were destroyed by Gloom and collapsed fully, creating a straight tunnel into the underground. A similar thing probably happened to that one well chasm, if there wasn't a shrine there originally.

[@Kahadi]

Not quite all lead are in the place of Shrines. The Yiga hideout's chasm is the large put that Kohga falls down when we beat him in BotW. There was no shrine there. Nearby, yes, but not over the chasm. Judging by the Shrine Quest that had you drop an orb down that pit, it would suggest there was one of the orb pedestals down there... Which complicates the whole point of "Kohga fell down there and that led to him finding the Depths before anyone else" point that his storyline states. What happened to that pedestal?

[@johnwright2217]

Something I find odd is the fact that the Barbarian set still has a description that implies that the tribe it mentions is still unknown, especially since the Zonai doesn't exactly match a "warlike" description.

[@pine8839]

Maybe it was from a specific culture of hylians that we don’t know of? Neat!

[@thakydd3]

I was hoping the Barbarian war like tribe were the Zonai, but the Zonai seem way more advanced. Wonder if it's another ancient race?

[@jadendrysdale8864]

I caught that too! I assume it’s an entire different tribe!

[@LLL-xf6ev]

Considering the Sky diving rituals and the Lomei ruins challenges, perhaps the Zonai were actually warlike when they were still living on the surface. Perhaps Rauru and Mineru being last of their kind are the special cases. In fact, the Zonai's advanced technology may be the exact evidence of they were 'warlike'. Also bear in mind that the Barbarian set is related to the tribe dwelled at the Faron area, and was found in Lomei Ruins in BoTW, where both of these ruins are actually Zonai origin.

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

I expect it's from the first Zonai settlers, or at least the Hylians that followed them.

[@bendonatier]

A few notes about the house, it is one of the few beds link can sleep in without paying, and the only one that specifically resides in another npc's house and there are two sets of dishware.

[@ZeranZeran]

awww!

[@JarodHaws]

In the Japanese version it's stated as "our" house by zelda

[@verdantmistral442]

There is one odd thing. Zelda apparently wasn't always accompanied by Link. A lot of the Stable side quests (that truly involve Zelda) imply Link wasn't around during. Not sure if the implication is that Zelda was wandering around on her own or if Link was just busying himself with nearby stuff and letting Zelda bask in the relative safety of the areas surrounding the Stables. Either way, it appears Link didn't really know everything Zelda was up to. But it also appears that Zelda did occasionally want her space, since Zelda's She-cave wouldn't exist otherwise.

[@Perry_Neum]

Link may have just hid out in the well when Zelda had visitors to keep their personal lives private which is why no one recognizes him.

[@ZeranZeran]

@@JarodHaws AWW! Why do the English translators at Nintendo make everything just.. worse

[@alecblackman14]

One thing of interest regarding the Typhlo Ruins is that the reward for doing those sage quests: the Dusk Claymore, was originally kept in the Sage Temple near Satori Mountain. If you go to the cave underneath the temple, you will find a stone plaque similar to the one in Typhlo saying as much. It's an interesting lore point because it suggests that Satori once wielded this weapon before he turned into the Lord of the Mountain, then was interred in his temple before being moved to Typhlo.

[@edsonflores6199]

The Sage temple is not near Satori Mountain .-. Is located in hyrule field

[@T1tan466]

2:44 did you know that in the "Tears of the Kingdom official trailer number 2" at the end where Zelda's lullaby is played an instrument is used called a kokyū which is the exact same instrument which plays the dragon's theme in both TotK and BotW foreshadowing Zelda's fate.

[@dusty_1624]

I'll always love the musical storytelling and secrets this game series (especially the more recent installments) has to offer

[@killaknight12]

Yeah I noticed that too. In some memories the music also hinted at it.

[@homerman76]

The weird thing about "Zelda's House" is that quite a few characters in Hateno talk about Zelda and Her House, but nobody really seems to recognize Link aside from the Shiekah guy, meaning that Link wasn't around Hateno village very often.

[@verdantmistral442]

Or Link just wasn't very noticeable next to Zelda. He probably just quietly stood there acting the part of silent bodyguard and next to the radiance of Zelda just faded into the background.

[@michaelklaus]

Then there is the bit about the well. The note definitely says that Zelda has the well installed/dug and AFAIR it implies that Link does not know about her secret hideout down there. Which seems odd if Link was living at the house at the time the well was installed.

[@Perry_Neum]

The well was built because the children would come over after school, methinks.

[@jordanertz3034]

​@michaelklaus On the other hand, we can find Link's hair tie in that well. We also know from Zelda's diary that she had to hide Link's new champion's leathers in Hyrule Castle. The most logical conclusion for why she does this would be that Link was staying at her house and might have found it if she hid it there. Also, I don't recall the journals saying or implying Link didn't know about the well. I'm guessing she had it made so she could get away from the school kids, as it is stated that they visited her all the time.

[@verdantmistral442]

@@jordanertz3034 Her entry seems to imply Link constantly spends time figuring out puzzles and stuff. "He'll never think of the torches." As if the simple act of hiding it in the Throne Room isn't enough to stop Link from accidentally finding it, it has to be behind a puzzle that he won't notice.

[@OctoClink]

SPOILER ALERT A cool thing abt the dragons is that if you look at the light dragon, she has Zelda's hair as her mane. If you look at the other dragons, they have zonai like hair (the same kind of hair that rauru has) as well as having big long ears (bigger than hylians, which the Zonai also seem to have)

[@HyruleGamer]

Cool detail!

[@CoreyPig]

Also their facial structure too. Like the way the eyes are shaped

[@zeldafreak1975]

The other dragons are definitely past zonai kings/queens.

[@IllegallyAcquiredKIA]

Bruh most people already beat the game multiple times you don't need to say spoiler anymore

[@Mikhaii_64]

It's so crazy to me that we had 3 Zonai going around the map in BoTW the whole time

[@AnnicaSeal]

Maybe not a ‘secret’ per se but something I missed until recently - all of the stone monuments around Zora’s Domain have been updated with Sidon’s personal accounts of the Calamity and events of BOTW. It’s basically Sidon’s diary but carved into massive rocks in the landscape for anyone to read 😂

[@sh4rkss]

lol i'm gonna have to check them out! i didn't even bother reading them because i thought they'd be the same lol

[@noblesseoblige319]

It's so sad. Erasing a fairly important historical account that lasted for over 100 years just to gush about his boyfriend. Wait, did I say sad? I meant adorable.

[@elvishcyborg4275]

Something I found out yesterday; after you finish the Lucky Clover Gazette side quest line, if you talk to Traysi she tells you where Penn has gone. If you go there you can find Penn hanging around a spot Kass used to, and he even talks about “a legendary bard”. (There’s also an Ancient Blade in a chest under where the Sheikah platform used to be)

[@vincenthartzell5391]

It's interesting to find out the rito can talk to birds thanks to Penn

[@mysryuza]

@@vincenthartzell5391I legit thought he was being metaphorical at first.

[@kingsway731]

I miss kass

[@verdantmistral442]

@@vincenthartzell5391 I'm not sure if Rito can talk to birds or just Penn himself. It could go either way, cause Penn does seem like a Krunk-like character who just randomly knows how to talk to squirrels.

[@TheWrathsblade]

At 325hrs in, still finding new things and secrets, references.....loving every bit. The gloom spawn hands remind me way too much of the Dead Hand

[@verdantmistral442]

They are also a lot like the Wind Waker's version of Floormasters.

[@Axoleah]

Another very interesting one I can see people missing is the truth of the Gerudo heroines. (since its a VERY long and tedious questline), but one of the coolest to do imo

[@HyruleGamer]

I'll definitely discuss it at some point!

[@BFDreaming]

I found it pretty disappointing tbh. Spoiler, sort of Oh boy, an outsider savior story. :/

[@bluesfier7758]

My question is the 8th a Gerudo,

[@sh4rkss]

@@BFDreaming i thought it was super cool! my personal theory was that the mysterious outsider was an incarnation of link :-)

[@sh4rkss]

@@bluesfier7758 no (Spoilers for the quest) it's revealed that the 8th heroine was actually a hylian voe who saved gerudo town from an outside threat

[@422katieleigh]

There’s two place settings at the table in Zelda’s house. Plus why would she need to add a room on the back of the house, PLUS a work area down the well if she had the whole house to herself? When I first saw this I absolutely believed they were together. I think you really have to do some mental gymnastics to believe otherwise.

[@kretisme]

Tbh I also agree they where probably a couple but you don't need much mental gymnastics to argue against it two place settings link is almost always with her so they defo had at least some meals together the secret well study could be wanting some peace and quiet being the only living ruler in a time of rebuilding the kingdom she probably had every body chaping her door for permissions advice ect the house also lacks any link touches although he is a blank slate character but if he was the bf there would probably be a picture of them or just him and the biggest one of all what kind of monster would live with someone and sher a bed and only have one pillow lol

[@LLL-xf6ev]

Many Hateno villagers know "Miss Zelda", but almost none of them recognizes Link. Also, there is a kid waiting for Zelda beyond the bridge everyday, based on this kid, I don't think Link was living there with Zelda.

[@sovereign41]

Some thing I noticed. If you look at the map when trying to work out Korok Rock puzzles, the map will show you the answer to the pattern. Probably well known fact, but I was pretty pleased with my self when I found it haha.

[@pointystories582]

Correct! That is the case in both TotK and BotW.

[@sovereign41]

@@pointystories582 can confirm, played all of botw having no idea! Lol

[@vwood2]

Oh neat - I never noticed that. Thanks for the handy tip.

[@gaosaman]

Link surely has some form of PTSD when getting "booted up" by the Guardian legs when activating tower for the first time in Lookout Landing 😂But not gonna lie, the game surely can be fantastic when it comes for small things. spoiler:: One of my new obsessions in the game has been the Blupee Burrow. It resides in the depths, just underneath Satori Mountain. A small little haven for these little creatures who probably come and go to above ground showing cave entrances for Link to find. Also in the burrow, there's only one lonely, full-bloom cherry tree. I'm pretty sure that cherry tree is the only full bloom tree like that in the Depths, which just intrigues me..

[@elsiebartlett6808]

Now *that* is a good secret! I loved finding that place too. Only blupees in the depths too as well as the cherry blossom tree.

[@Skew0443]

I love how when I first started this game, my first thought was along the lines of "OH MY GOD IS THAT A ZONAI SWIRL!?!?!?"

[@raveenaj7440]

One small detail I noticed: When you go to the Construct Factory in the Depths (doing the Fifth Sage quest, or independently), you'll encounter the "Caretaker Construct" who welcomes Link. It tells link that construct parts are delivered from the depots and assembled into constructs, but that the finished products are shipped to Dragonhead Island. And of course Dragonhead Island is in the sky, where Mineru's quest begins. I kept thinking: since the Zonai would've built the factory (and presumably zonaite mines), 20,000 years ago in ancient Hyrule, did the Zonai rule the depths and the sky at the same time? They would've had to otherwise constructs couldn't be shipped from the factory to the island. I first thought maybe the current Depths was the surface in ancient times, and just buried over many millenia. But the Depths are a mirrored-Hyrule, and Zelda's tear memories of ancient hyrule don't reflect that. Even the plants look different in the Depths.

[@pancakes8670]

The Depths do seem to have a weird Supernatural quality to them. For example, there's a Bargainer Statue directly underneath the Hylia Statue on the Great Sky Island. However, this doesn't make sense because the Zonai Temple of Time wasn't always up there, it used to be on the Great Plateau. This means that the Bargainer Statue must have moved when the Hylia Statue moved as well. I like the idea that the Depths have some Supernatural quality to its landscape.

[@raveenaj7440]

@@pancakes8670 yeah so I wonder if the temple of time floating up in the sky now, was the "first" temple of time (and the Depths even older, so bargainer statue built on the surface above the one below), and then the temple of time from BOTW built much later after the ground was raised up. But then I wonder.....how do the goddess statues and bargainer ones have a connection?

[@anAngeal]

The sky labyrinth theme is so similar to the opening notes of the Guardian’s theme that I was incredibly tense and ready for a fight all through them.

[@xXsonicXx]

For as far as i know, yes Zelda and Link do live together and people are saying that the bed got larger and Link can only sleep on beds that he owns (besides the one in deku tree but he can sleep there for free) and in Zeldas diary she says that she needs free space sometimes in her Well so she can study peacefully 😊

[@verdantmistral442]

Imagining Zelda trying to study while Link is cooking.

[@OpposingPony]

There's also a free bed at East Reservoir Lake

[@-inFinity05-]

I doubt it was intentional, because not a single person in the entire game hints that Link lives there. It’s is solely referred to as “Zelda’s”. You’d think if Zelda moved into Link’s house it would still be Link’s, or he would at least be named. It’s more likely he gave her the house.

[@verdantmistral442]

@@-inFinity05- Or people just associate it with Zelda since she's the most important person that lives there. If Morgan Freeman lived in my house, nobody would call it my house.

[@-inFinity05-]

@@verdantmistral442 Both Link & Zelda would be equally as important. Link is a one hundred year old hero that just finished saving the world a few years back. But the point isn’t the sociology of the village residents, the point is that it was clearly not intentional by the developers. If it was also Link’s house, why would he bother buying a new one?

[@sh4rkss]

my theory about the lightroots is that they are perhaps physical manifestations of rauru's light powers & sonia's healing powers? i've always viewed the green-blue zonai magic spirals as rauru's magic, based on how the same magic swirls emanate from both shrines and rauru when he was sealing the demon king. one can presume that the disembodied 'voice' inside the shrines guiding you is rauru, based on how the statues talk to you after you complete the shrine. maybe he blessed each shrine with his own magic? i think somewhere it's mentioned that he filled each shrine with magic that draws out & purifies evil. my thought is that the shrines are like seeds, and they were planted within the ground and rose up during the upheaval. the seeds would have been 'growing' for tens of thousands of years by that point, and their roots would eventually grow their way down to the depths. they have the power to dispel gloom, so not only do they have light powers, they can heal gloom affliction, so basically they have sonia & rauru's powers combined.

[@_TheDoctor]

There is evidence to this. In the scene where Rauru seals away Ganondorf, you can see his arm aborbing Ganon's magic while a blue/green Zonai spiral shoots out from behind him, almost like hes acting as a "filter" of sorts, taking in the evil power and leaving good power behind. This might be exactly what the shrines are doing since they share the same blue/green spiral, and perhaps the roots underneath them are absorbing any darkness/evil present in the depths.

[@verdantmistral442]

@@_TheDoctor I agree. I think the green/blue energy is evil that has been purified as the statues and the entrance voice imply.

[@Apo458]

The Guardian at Hateno lab was already there in BoTW. It also has a korok seed in both games

[@HyruleGamer]

True!

[@Pyronic_]

Bc it’s basically confirmed that the dragons are Zonai that swallowed secret stones and that the Zonai are gods that came down from the heavens, that could mean that Farosh, Naydra, and Dinraal, are Farore, Nayru, and Din respectively.

[@zemocon2868]

Hmm... interesting theory! Then again, it is stated in OOT that the 3 golden goddesses created the entire world. So Din, Farore and Nayru should definitely be real gods. Unless it was just a legend and those three were actually zonai queens who used magic to cultivate the land.

[@quinnrobbins7126]

If you go to the Sturnida hot springs cave northwest of Rito village you’ll find by going through a little tunnel,a room full of large glowing white crystals with mushrooms all over too.

[@mshoneyy]

This is also connected to a side quest you can pickup from 2 women you find outside of caves in Hebra

[@LLL-xf6ev]

and those two women were also finding mushrooms in BoTW 😂

[@GreakyGeek]

is this a reference to another game?

[@quinnrobbins7126]

I didn’t know that 😄

[@MiraBoo]

The two woman are also sisters. The dark haired woman notices that her sister might have a thing for Link and tries to “get that ball rolling” (so to speak) which is pretty cute and funny.

[@d_houde]

Not really a mystery or big secret, but in the sturnida spring cave, there’s a small secret room with big glowing ice crystals. It just has a bunch of mushrooms inside, but it’s pretty cool nonetheless.

[@Kahadi]

I believe the cave you're talking about is actually part of a side quest (or side adventure). You meet a couple of Hylians in the Tabantha Region on a search for some legendary mushroom cave and they tell you that it's supposed to be somewhere near the Sturnida Hot Springs. I haven't finished that quest myself, been too busy with other stuff, but what you described fits what they're looking for.

[@michaelklaus]

@@Kahadi It is none other than the stupid truffle girls. They were so annoying in BOTW because they just kept resetting and being under attack by Bokoblins. I am kinda glad that they got a proper questline this time around instead of that nonesense.

[@d_houde]

@@Kahadi I had no idea there was a quest, I found those two hylians near rito village but never saw them again.

[@KagomeYasha023]

@@d_houdethey have to be found a few times

[@Mr._Leaf]

Guardians were probably just put back into the five guardian storage containers that appeared around Hyrule castle in TotK

[@verdantmistral442]

My theory is that the Shiekah tech is built with Ancient Energy which is a form of the Zonia energy. We see Zonia constructions will eventually breakdown. I assume that the Shiekah Monks were technically using their will to keep the Shiekah Tech from breaking down. With the Monks all passed on, there was nothing to hold the Shiekah Tech together anymore and it all just started to break down and fade into blue particles much like the monks themselves do. I assume this is probably what happened to Vah Ruta in the ending of BotW. It probably stopped moving and then slowly decomposed into the blue energy where only some components were left behind similar to how Guardians would drop parts when they explode. This is the reason for the Skyview towers and the loss of the original Shiekah slate (luckily Purah had already made the Purah Pad as it is referenced in BotW even though never shown that she had made a Shiekah Slate of her own). The towers probably just disappeared and they probably were working for years designing new replacement towers that wouldn't fade using the scrap parts.

[@NerdySalemSays]

My favourite thing I noticed (which a lot of other people will have noticed because you get armour from the heads) but the skeletons under the Leviathans (the depths leviathans?) they had my theorist brain going haywire. I'm pretty sure there's a skeleton that extends the entirety of the depths too, but it's easy to miss cause you can't see anything so you just assume its a root or something... I'm super facinated by the depths

[@pettyblood_]

i have a whole theory about exactly who the dragons were in ancient times. side quest spoilers. basically in both botw and totk, each dragon flies in parts of the map opposite to one of the lomei labyrinths. these three labyrinths are governed by spirits of zonai called the ruler of boars, the ruler of owls, and the ruler of dragons. these are the same beasts that correspond to the virtues of the triforce, as established in the theory about the faron ruins statues. farosh flies in faron, which is far to the south, and the dragon's labyrinth (for courage, farore) is in the northeast. dinraal flies in the north above eldin, and the boar's labyrinth (power, din) is in the south. naydra flies in the east, around mount lanayru, and the owl's labyrinth (wisdom, nayru) is in the northwest. i think that the disembodied voice of each ruler heard in each labyrinth is similar to the image of herself that zelda left behind in the temple of time at the beginning of the game, and that the rulers of boars, owls, and dragons became dinraal, naydra, and farosh. i also think that the ember, frostbite, and charged sets might have been the robes associated with their sagehood, since they have the same triangle pattern we see on mineru and rauru, who are also sages of the zonai.

[@jonathansnow6005]

So according to lore books hylians were the zonai royal guards and the zonai armor is a replica to that Also after completing all shrines you get ancient zonai headgear (spoiler alert) (Which turns link into a zonai version the original sword sage links past form) fun little tip

[@technician0096]

maybe those light roots have ALWAYS been there, and it’s those light roots that power the shrines above. Maybe those light roots were originally lit up, providing light to the entire area, but upon Ganondorf reemergence, the gloom seeps in and damages the light roots, essentially causing Link to have to “Kick start” their recovery again.

[@VlekjeX2T]

Rather a hand-start 😂😂 Jokes aside, I find it an inteeestibg theory!

[@VlekjeX2T]

Interesting*

[@moka4086]

There's a side adventure that reveals that Rauru and Sonia built the shrines and lightroots to dispel evil! You can unlock it at Lookout tower :)

[@HyruleGamer]

Interesting, what's the name of that quest?

[@moka4086]

@@HyruleGamer messages from an ancient era, it has to do with the flower shaped islands in the sky :)

[@HyruleGamer]

@@moka4086 Oh that one! I didn't know it told you that :D

[@moka4086]

@@HyruleGamer well now I feel pround to have taught something to THE zelda expert and also one of my favorite youtubers 😂❤️

[@kingsway731]

I can't wait to get your take on "the guiding light of the gerudo" and the ancient hero's aspect

[@jadenstone1124]

quick theory: the shrines are called "shrine of light" Maybe the lightroots connect to the shrines and get the light from the shrines, they do go directly up.

[@DyrianLightbringer]

Here's a mystery I really want solved: The Zonai constructs are just following their programming, and see Link as an intruder. They aren't being controlled by Ganon, like the guardians used to be. The blood moon amplifies Ganon's power to allow him to resurrect his minions that have been killed. Why does the blood moon revive constructs?

[@Technomancy-23]

That's because they don't respawn during a blood moon

[@birbthebird]

Gameplay reasons. It has nothing to do with the lore, just a convenient thing for people who want to farm them.

[@BFDreaming]

I was wondering the same thing! Obviously it's because of gameplay reasons but if it's in the game it's canon. So what's the in universe reason?

[@Technomancy-23]

To elaborate they work on their own separate timer rather than relying on the blood moon

[@pinkyboi]

Its just a gameplay thing just like the blood moon respawning all weapons

[@gemmaharmonia6609]

There’s a cute little hint at Yambi Lake, next to lover’s pond where Blue Nightshade’s grow which is a cute callback to the sidequest in botw with the Gerudo and Hylian with anxiety

[@HyruleGamer]

That's lovely, I'll have to check that out!

[@jakurizaweit5448]

If you go to that same spot in the Depths, you'll find two Poe souls on the heart-shaped island.

[@jamessimsakatherealjimjam3840]

I’m pretty sure the 3 Dragons are based on Nayru, Din and Farore, the 3 Gods or deities from Ocarina of Time

[@HyruleGamer]

Definitely yes. But this new lore could add to it massively!

[@jamessimsakatherealjimjam3840]

@@HyruleGamer possibly, they could’ve swallowed tears of some kinda for some reason and could’ve turned into the dragons as a result

[@_TheDoctor]

@@jamessimsakatherealjimjam3840 not entirely sure that checks out, we know they left the world immediately after creating the world + the triforce, as seen in OoT's flashback to the event. The zonai/secret stones didnt even exist yet.

[@yotetoob]

No shit

[@zemocon2868]

@@_TheDoctor It's said the goddesses "returned to heaven". And where did the zonai came from? From the heavens.

[@CouldBeCatFood]

Theory for the light roots: In the tutorial area, rauru said that he filled these shrines with holy light. I think that the lightroots were grown to absorb this light and keep away monsters. (This is proven by the fact that no monsters spawn on the sky islands but everywhere else since these shrines don’t have a lightroot underneath them) Also both the light in the shrines and the depths seem to have a healing effect so it must be the same light. This also explains why the sky islands have golden grass and plants that heal you from gloom just like the holy light in the shrines.

[@jane.or.something]

some have pointed out that depths architecture doesn’t match “zonai” architecture such as typhlo ruins, but if they aren’t zonai at all that makes sense

[@LLynell]

adding on to the lightroots and shrines. the names are reverses of each other. the one showed in the video is Jiosin / Nisoij, but you'll see the same thing for every connected shrine root location.

[@jasonaguilar15]

Something I noticed with the Lightroots, I’d assume they were used when the Zonai had their Great Mines as well as the construct factory down there. Every mine and the factory has a light root near it that allows you to see what’s going on down there and the forge construct on the Great Sky Island points out the fact that they used to nine it, but are no longer able to. Just a thought!

[@Rcd5000]

A while ago, I went back to my botw save file and thought over how I wanted Guardians back. After totk, I’m not scared of the Guardian piano music, I’m scared of a red sky (no not the blood moon) where the Gloom hands spawn. Maybe Guardians can come back in dlc. While the gloom hands are nowhere as abundant as Guardians, they are much scarier even if I know I can take them down. Phantom Ganon is just a mosquito, annoying but very manageable. Plz Guardians, come back. I speculated before that maybe Guardians could be in the depths, with their being 1 where each light root is. Once u defeat them, the depths will glow much brighter and u are sent to each Main Abandoned Mine, The Construct Factory, and Beneath Hyrule Castle. U receive reports of a wind guardian, fire guardian, lightning guardian, water guardian, spirit guardian, and gloom guardian and they’re pretty much super hard versions of the dungeon bosses in totk, with each being unique in some way. Once done, go to the Great Abandoned Central Mine and talk to a Steward Construct, who will use microchips from those guardians (like wind microchip for the wind guardian) and repurpose them into the Master Sword, giving it 70 power and 350 durability while also lett u send those elements for a duration. Like u can have a lightning sword, etc. I would love that as a dlc.

[@Perry_Neum]

I think malice kept the guardians going in BotW…And the divine beasts expended the last of their energy taking Malice Ganondorf’s lifebar halfway down. Or the warranty expired after 100 years😂

[@zemocon2868]

I think it's good BotW still has original content such as Guardians, Sheikah tech, Link's old abilities and normal weapons. It wouldn't be good if TotK reused everything from BotW, because then there would be no reason to play BotW ever again outside the story.

[@starforcenetwork]

I don't think Link necessarily lives with Zelda. If he did, everyone in Hateno should have known him as well. I'm guessing he only comes to visit her when he's needed. He probably sleeps outdoors most of the time, while also going around Hyrule on his own if Zelda's doing her own thing.

[@krishnamckay3247]

I kept thinking that the lightroots were actually connected to the shrines. But now I'm not so sure bcuz of 2 pairs: morok/korom & serutabomac/camobatures In both cases the shrines are above ground & so would not be connected to the lightroots underground

[@zebragoboom]

All of the sky islands used to be attached to the ground surface anyways, so they could have been before

[@_TheDoctor]

@@zebragoboom I struggle to believe this point because theres no craters in the ground where the islands would have been, and the geology/biology of the islands are completely different. Plus in the memory where Zelda looks over past Hyrule (which lacks a castle in the background) we dont see any new pieces of landmass on the surface nor anything new on the plateau exclusively except for the Temple of Time and Rauru/Sonia's Castle.

[@zebragoboom]

@@_TheDoctor I took the memory where the temple of time is on the surface as proof of all the sky islands being once on the surface.

[@_TheDoctor]

@@zebragoboom The temple of time was for sure, but we can see it was just sitting on the great plateau, and we know for a fact the great plateau didnt rise into the sky. The plateau remained unchanged except for the structures.

[@zemocon2868]

@@zebragoboom The Zonai originally came from the sky before establishing Hyrule. If the sky islands were on the surface, it must have been a long time even before that. In TotK, Ganon's magic causes the chasms and Rauru's magic makes the sky islands rain down from the sky.

[@rollingcoasters1581]

Cool fact: The Igashuk shrine on Lomei Labyrinth Island in Akkala actually doesn't match up exactly with it's lightroot. I'm pretty sure it's the only one with this error. Now you'll never unsee it :)

[@drygnfyre]

It's not the only one. I think all three mazes do that. There is also one random shrine in the southwest area that isn't perfectly aligned, but this is due to the surface shrine being on the edge of a lake. So it's actually justified. I assume the mazes have some kind of similar logic.

[@dez-m]

Another detail about the 3 dragons is like the Zonai, they have large, defined ears

[@ariwoodward]

I want to know what people think about the 3 dark skeletons in the Depths they're not leviathans like the great skeletons up top, they look to me like 3 dragons So how do we get immortal dragons and dragon skeletons? Theories please!

[@dragonkfg]

Where are these skeletons?

[@jannikschroder1847]

@@dragonkfg In the underground exactly beneath thr 3 leviathan skeletons

[@der23]

My biggest guess as to why the shrines also make the light roots is that they just needed the light lol they used to mine zonite underground since you can find it more easily. It was probably just a convenience thing.

[@HyruleGamer]

Perhaps yeah!

[@rooksnemesis]

I've Always looked at it from the moment I learned of it as, the shrines are the flower above ground, and below the roots are exactly that.. the shrines have what inside? Light orbs.. aka the seeds..

[@verdantmistral442]

I'm leaning more towards the roots and the shrines being part of the Sage of Light's power. In order to reduce the monster population it seems the Light Roots were acting like Rauru's hand and purifying darkness from the depths and it gets released on the surface as the purified energy which we see spiraling out of the shrine. Which seems to imply monsters come from the depths and that in ancient Hyrule there were chasms that were eventually closed. Also on that note... I was surprised that the Breach of Demise wasn't a chasm.

[@It_is_Just_Will]

About the "Light Roots", they should have been build in conjuction with the shrines which keep the evil at bay via sealing it, maybe the depths became dark and gloomy after ganondorf started too spread his evil and they simply needed some light. Or they started too grow as a reaction too Ganondorfs "Gloom Roots" slowly spreading and as a result they shine with light because that is what keeps darkness at bay. Just too share some thoughts on this

[@rubixcube9132]

A reminder that the dragons were probably large religious figures, as they serve the sacred springs. This probably means that it was very much a secret ritual made for those willing to give up their all to serve the goddess, meaning that it was also probably partly forbidden because of how religious it was.

[@HoldenDude123]

So excited for the Tears of the Kingdom theories to drop! Stuff like the Shadow Temple from oot. I wonder what this games Zonai will be

[@hoffmankspengineering2034]

Worth noting that the faces and manes of the dragons resemble the zonai.

[@mrmax5855]

actually since the giant stones around hyrule castle are gone, and since they were guardian containers we can assume that the guardians went back into the rocks and are now burried under the ground

[@TheCreator1875]

The shrines have statues of rauru and Sonia in them, they give link blessings of light to purge the darkness that sapped links strength from him. I thought it was pretty obvious that Rauru made the shrines? Lol

[@HyruleGamer]

Or it was made in his honour

[@stolenmonkey7477]

​​@@HyruleGamer 2 of the zonai shrines are visible in the "The Gerudo Assult" memory (number 6), which shows that at least some of them were built during rauru's lifetime. Though perhaps the shrines of light were altered in some way, it doesn't seem likely as you have to have a zonai arm to enter them

[@HyruleGamer]

@@stolenmonkey7477 I meant during his lifetime yes. As in, because he was King. I misworded 😅

[@stolenmonkey7477]

@@HyruleGamer oh, well fair enough. I still don't know how they would have locked it behind the requirement of having a zonai hand though

[@majesticespeon3126]

I’m glad you finally went over the secret stones in the three elemental dragons thing that I talked about earlier

[@nzpowa._.6662]

One thing i realized is the hero aspect armor, that guy couldve potentially fought with the dlc guardian of aoc. But. Theres a high likely chance we will be getting another warrior game set between botw events and totk memories. Might even show us where the sheikah got lost in trnaslation about ganon. Or why they were so well prepared for him.

[@brendenseitz3347]

Interesting fact: you can sleep in Zelda’s bed. You cannot sleep in any other NPC’s bed except for hers.

[@TayRich93]

The cinematic exploration feel to this game is top notch 🔥 it gives me nostalgia too

[@SnackPackGames]

Interesting that the three dragons are connected to the armor sets. So then there’s a theory that since the Zonai came down from the heavens and were worshipped as gods. If this is true, then it’s possible that the dragons and the three goddesses are one in the same!😮

[@jordanertz3034]

My personal theory is that when Rauru created the shrines they sprouted lightroots in the dpeths. One could think that the lightroots were there previously and the shrines would tap into them, but that doesn't explain how the lightroots appeared on top of the depths labrynths. As for why they need to be activated, it could simply be that the lightroots simply lost power over the several dozen millennia since the imprisoning war.

[@user-ji1wb3ij9b]

There is a statue in the central mine that talks about a war from a long time ago, that war imprisonned him, so I tought became gannondorf partially a demon statue.

[@supersecret5928]

i dont think that the lightroots specifically were made because they were 'going to be needed'.... they were made to light up the depths to mine zonaite in the ancient past, and they just so happen to be useful to link now in the present

[@fabiononis4066]

I always thought that the barbarian outfit and the famous war tribe of faron region were another tribe of hylians different from the one we see in totk alongside rauru on the great plateu... we know now that zonai are almost extinted since totk story so everything that were build is surely hylian made probably, and i start thinking that the darkness on thyphlo ruins was part of sheikah tech linked to the shrine, he disappeard after the sheikah shrine was dismantled

[@LooeyGooeytheArtist]

I watched this one video where they say the light roots might have been made by the zonai for mining purposes so they’re workers could see in the dark. Love this video and your channel!

[@HyruleGamer]

Thanks!

[@tobyseth]

Something I recently found on my own was while in the underground, at nearly every forge that's activated (where the smoke stack is active) you'll find a few pieces of crystallized charges at the top of the chimney. Nothing substantial but I thought it was cool

[@revilno]

7:59 an interesting thing I noticed is that wherever the ancient sages talk to the current sages, the ground looks like the ground under light roots after you activate them

[@winterrain1947]

2:34 I remember finding that and climbing on it. Then later on, I was thinking about history lessons about people who might have tried to bring down a kingdom, or did something to anger the leaders. Only those people would end up with their dismembered bodies tied up and hung off castle walls. They were put on display to show other potential enemies what will happen to them.

[@balladofthegoddess]

Another fun fact: the star shaped islands in the sky are shaped like silent princesses, down to the yellow tendrils. They also detail zeldas time there if you do the quest that ties into them

[@Gweniepoo776]

I've watched a lot of videos and have never seen this mentioned, but when you return to the point at the start of the game to fight Ganondorf, you can actually find Zelda's torch that she dropped before she time travelled back to Rauru's era.

[@zeldaben1051]

Link can only sleep in beds he owns soooooo

[@HyruleGamer]

He doesn't "own" the bed in Lookout Landing iirc

[@rumor3553]

@HyruleGamer True, but he is also specifically invited to use whatever he wants there and its shown as a community space. He cant sleep in any of the beds in personal homes other than his own and 'Zeldas'

[@g_u_m_m_y_s_h_a_r_k]

its more like, beds that they own AND communal beds. or beds that characters say that he can sleep in[selmie and koroks]

[@RealSkello]

Yeah “Zelda’s” (also in Japanese it translates to our house soooooooo…)

[@dodgeremerson]

Okay, so here's the big issue I have with TotK: 1. When Zelda arrives in ancient Hyrule, Sonia mentions that Zelda has both the Time power from Sonia and the Light power from Rauru. 2. We learn that Rauru and Sonia are the founding monarchs of Hyrule, and the founders of the royal family. So, where's their kid? It's logical to assume Zelda is their direct descendent, given she has both their abilities. But we never see or hear of an heir from Rauru and Sonia.

[@MuljoStpho]

Yeah, story presented a big glaring hole with that point. We could guess that a kid already existed and was just offscreen / unmentioned through all the memories we saw, or... we could speculate that perhaps Sonia was taken to some sort of resurrection chamber (like the one Link was revived in (perhaps even the same one? how old is that place?)) and she was pregnant (and quite early in pregnancy) before she needed to be sent there, which would have her waking up 100 years after Rauru's sacrifice. She picks up where her and Rauru left off with ruling over the kingdom and gives birth to their child. Somehow I feel like the resurrection scenario is more likely here. (Although it'd be quite amazing that an embryo or fetus could survive the trauma that her body went through.) But who knows?

[@balladofthegoddess]

Another thing! when you forst meet king rhoam, he is surronded by poes at some tomes, like theother ghosts. But he also looks extremeley similair to the bargainer statues

[@silverthehero1295]

I found a pretty well hidden area, but it doesn’t have any lore implications. At the Sturnida hot spring in the Hebra region, follow the current, or a Blupee, upstream to find a cave. At the cave’s end, opposite the Bubbulfrog’s hiding spot is a boulder blocked tunnel you have to crawl through. At the end of that is a chamber lined with white crystals and a variety of fungi, including three hearty truffles.

[@tommykammers1847]

The guardian theme does bring tension But still a good song to listen to if you somehow surevive their attacks in the game

[@misreckon4382]

idk if it's been mentioned, but I have a strong feeling that the cave in the Ancient Zora Waterworks where you find the Zora Greaves in is the original OoT Zora's Domain. It has the central waterfall, the layout, and the raised platform on one side that you would have come in from had you gone through the waterfall on the river's side - collapsed now, of course. The completed quest also mentions that they were left there as "an offering" in the distant past. To what, I wonder?

[@Mamma1999]

The gloom spawn does not make up for the guardians in botw being weaker and slower than the ones seen in memories.

[@AnchorJG]

Guardians were literal pushovers once you had a little bravery and a lot of horse. It's the same thing, they start out scary but with courage and progression, eventually you start chasing them around.

[@Mamma1999]

@@AnchorJGYeah and gloom hands can be cheesed pretty easily

[@sh4rkss]

you WANT to fight the cutscene guardians?? 😭😭

[@zemocon2868]

@@Mamma1999 One way to cheese the gloom hands is just to climb on a higher elevation where they can't get you. In that way they just disappear leaving some dark clumps, but this is not really defeating them. The real way is to defeat them all first and then phantom Ganon. This gives better loot too since you get demon king weapons.

[@melvindekkers6105]

Something interresting also is that every light root and the shrine on top share a name, the letters are just spelled backwards from eachother.

[@TehCheapOne]

About the Zonai ruins built by the Hyrulians. If you go to the Sage Temple ruins. It is that flooded temple from BOTW in Hyrule Field and you go down the well there. It says that the sword you find in the Zonai ruins was originally there but they moved it. That is how I first found out about that area having something now. I first found it before I did any temples so I couldn't do anything yet but I did find that very interesting.

[@Draconic404]

The use of light roots to the zonai is pretty clear, they had zoniye mining facilities underground that would greatly benefit from clear visibility

[@cecileomnes586]

about the roots, we know the zonai used to have active mines in the underground, and we also know the roots are literally giant lightbulbs. They may just built them (or used plants already there) in order to bring light to their work environment, and the surface shrine could be more or less to remember where the roots are underground or they maybe were old elevators that were modified at one point. after all zonai were able to go up (and maybe down, we know only the powers Link was gifted , but they had more as we see Rauru use some of them) into the ground, and the shrines teleport Link into another area, when the underground was abandonned, they may decided to close the "doors" so nothing could go up to the surface?

[@Boomblox5896]

I think that the lightroots were discovered in nature, and then the Zonai had used them to create the shrines so that they could house the Lights of Blessing. This is somewhat supported by how there's a Spring of Revitalization directly under the Shrine of Resurrection where Link had been recovering before the events of Breath of the Wild. I can see this as the Sheikah using a natural landmark with resources to create technology that facilitates some kind of purpose related to the natural landmark.

[@mysryuza]

I always wanted to see Typhlo Ruins without the darkness, and it makes me so happy to see it now. Since they’re made by Hylians in honor of the Zonai or the King, it could also mean the Zonai ruins would also be made by Hylians too. There’s also that sword that was initially used to execute Ganondorf from TP and iirc, that sword was moved to the Typhlo Ruins and was initially under a well in Kakariko Village. I love that some Lightroots/Shrines have the word “Sus” in their names. I made sure to screenshot as many as I can find lmao. I love that Tulin can shoot his bow with his talons and when I saw it displayed in this game and Age of Calamity through Teba, I got so hyped because it was featured as concept art, but wasn’t utilized much if at all in BotW.

[@hyliadreamer]

Regarding the Lightroots: Remember that there are abandoned mines and other ruins in the Depths. Since they're too far for natural sunlight to filter in, the roots were necessary.

[@dbweinhaus]

There are "hand-drawn" pictures of the different guardian types in Robbie's room/office above the tech lab

[@toonman5099]

I'm slightly assuming the 3rd secret might tie into the Barbarian set in some way along with the Boar, Owl, & Dragon imagery we've seen in some other "Zonai" areas, the ones that come to mind are the three mazes in BotW where we originally got the Barbarian set pieces.

[@juicyshroom]

The charge set I’m pretty sure, also match’s with Rauru’s outfit (the shirt and pants do at least)

[@barankartal2679]

In terms of the Dragon you could easily see the other 3 to once be zonai is the whole style of them, especially if you compare their hair with the zelda dragon and Raurus and Minerus hair.

[@IanHsieh]

When I learned that Zelda transformed into the Light Dragon, I immediately wonder if the three elemental dragons are Din, Nayru and Farore (oracles) that went through the similar transformation. Also, the light roots in the Depth have their names exactly as the corresponding shrines, but reversed. This is also true in Japanese and Chinese, so I believe they made it so in all languages.

[@GeminiRandom56]

Ok- video idea- hear me out. In the depths, below each leviathan skeleton, there’s an even bigger skeleton called the “dark skeleton”. Maybe a theory on those three monstrosities?

[@eatass7582]

has anyone talked about the architectural/style difference between the zonai structures that we see in totk vs the typhlo and faron ruins? theyre actually significantly different, with the only similarity being the use of stone to build structures. the typhlo memorial states that the typhlo ruins were built after the zonais prime, so i wonder if the same applies to the faron ruins

[@pointystories582]

I have been trying to find out who the Statue voices are... In BotW I thought the Hylia statues were indeed the Goddess Hylia...although she is dead. Her unique ability to be outside of time might explain that but then she only helps BotW Link and no other Link? That would be strange too. In TotK the 4-eyed depth statues appear to be a hivemind, and are also connected to the Hylia statues giving Link Hearts and Stamina and trade Poe Souls for various equipment. Is it a God? Somewhat similar to the horned Statue... Also, Goddess Hylia appears to have received an equal and opposite God in the 'Horned God' (apparently not Demise?), whom she defeated and sealed into the 'Horned Statue'. I'm waiting for Japanese translations for those passages to come out. I hope this isn't just going to be thrown away and never mentioned again in future Zelda games.

[@kretisme]

I think it that the goddess statues are kind of a divine radio in a way that's why we can hear both the goddess and the poe statue through them and it's only one we hear thru one statue so there signal seems to be weaker it could also be the others have had no need to interestingly only link can hear them unlike the dragons and koroks there isn't any talk of kids hearing them unlike the other two I also wander if they are actually connected to the gossip stones from Oot because of some of the info they have they should not have being stuck in one place so maby the goddess was communicating but it was limited because of how they where made more forwarding a message apposed to being spoken through adding on capability side in ww terra has the stone to talk to link potentially made of gossip stone it would make sense for her to be able to talk through it

[@briarbeauty8178]

surprised i haven’t seen anyone mention this yet, but the name of the lightroot beneath a shrine is the shrine’s name backwards. just a fun little detail surrounding that lol

[@NotThatAxl]

Story spoilers: For the dragon theory I’ve been interested in who they are, but their names dinraal, naydra, and farosh which obviously are named after the goddesses being din ,nayru, and farore but could it be that they were the ones who swallowed the stones? I feel this could be very obvious and as well I’m very oblivious to zelda lore. Sorry if I made you read this and I’m very wrong❤

[@neox4735]

One secret is that there is in fact, no CONCEPT GUARDIANS in the game/hj Perhaps I’ll stop with this thing someday. But not today! Also shoutout to the discord server!

[@HyruleGamer]

It is a tragedy that they are missing 😭

[@SorceressRose]

It does make sense for most of the ruins that were suppose to be of Zonai origin being Hylian origin. Rauru and Mineru had plenty of people under them that were Hylian, many devoted followers that spread their influence into parts of Hyrule, but it was mostly to keep the history of the Zonai alive and to keep Rauru, the first king of Hyrule's story alive. If anything, their devotion to them was very fruitful studies for later generations, that's for sure!

[@ethanm3335]

something interesting i found is dracozu altar under dracozu lake in the depths, doesnt have much purpose but i stumbled upon it at the wellspring and found it cool

[@SuspiciousTemmie]

2:12 Wow, this is some of the most expressive Link gets in this game And I can't blame him lol