7 Secrets & Lore Details in Tears of the Kingdom

[@jaxpool155]

it's incredibly jarring to me that kass isn't in totk. especially since his wife and daughters are. even after finishing the rito phenomenon, his wife remains alone at the house where you meet her and hearth on the way to the wind temple. but she doesn't mention him. nor do his daughters, at least not by name. it's... unsettling that the only rito who makes any mention of kass is one who wasn't in botw.

[@QuikVidGuy]

He seems pretty deep into his travels, it's possible he just hasn't been part of their lives for the last 6 years and their lives didn't really change with his disappearance. Kind of like an inverse to Dorian, where his wife was killed because he settled down and now he ensures she'll always be remembered by frequently praying at her grave with his kids

[@THEFINALHAZARD]

Yeah, it's why he's my least favorite character of the Rito. Like "Oh hey let's start a BIG family... cool. Now let me just f*ck off for years, first to finish my old teachers song, now to do whatever. Travel the world and 'find myself' or something " Course no one mentions him. He's the dad who went out fur milk and cigarettes

[@browngamer4]

I would totally care more if TOTKs story wasn't vastly superior to BOTW

[@QuikVidGuy]

@@THEFINALHAZARD he's the "I just need some space to find myself"

[@shonkyhonker9347]

Fr. Like why did they replace him with penn? Especially when he could’ve easily done penns job. Just have him say “well since I fulfilled my quest as a bard I decided I wanted to keep traveling around so I’m taking up journalism!”. I think the weirdest part is that he was so heavily featured in botw, having one of the switch pfps being him, and now he’s just gone

[@dionanthor]

A thing no one seemed to have noticed (or at least I never saw it being mentioned elsewhere) is, that when Link receives the Purah-Pad right at the start of the game from that construct, the pad is in a little box draped with a piece of cloth. And that piece of cloth is exactly the same as Mineru's floating scraf thing! Nice foreshadowing I suppose. Also, the Watertemple is upside-down. You can see those Zonai shrine structure at the bottom and also the elephant heads left and right to the entrance are reversed as well...

[@spamtong.spamton8416]

I never noticed Mineru's scarf being draped over the box holding the Purah Pad. That's such a good detail.

[@ZeranZeran]

How did they keep that scarf safe!? Also, good eye!

[@AmitafAmitaf-lz2is]

Damn that's awesome, would've never caught that!

[@Sin-Nombre04]

The water temple is upside down? I never notices it, now it could make sense why is it called the great fountain

[@shark_girl]

Ooh! Cool! Good eye! That's a nice little detail!

[@EileenC1601]

The last one blew my mind. To think that the composers took the time to include this while knowing that probably only a very small amount of players will notice ! This level of detail is what makes this game a masterpiece.

[@IOwnKazakhstan]

ikr I would love to hear a fully edited together version without the gaps between

[@crunchysalmons]

musical easter eggs have been hidden in zelda games for so long that it’s actually trained and raised me to be more perceptive towards leitmotif’s and such.

[@JamesDavy2009]

Wouldn't be the only time pieces of a tune are given as a reward for discovery. The _Mother/Earthbound_ trilogy has been doing it since _Beginnings._

[@QuikVidGuy]

Only takes 1 player to notice "hey, those are different" and another to piece together the order, and eventually we'll all know

[@sweetjulieapples]

It's these kind of details that made me fall in love with the Zelda games.

[@fishnewt1331]

In the Sage temple ruins cave, you can fins a plaque confirming the Dusk Claymore used to be in that location, but was moved to the Typhlo Ruins.

[@kikosawa]

yes

[@ZeranZeran]

why was it moved?

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

​@@ZeranZeran I guess they needed something to honour their own Sages, so they took the artifact to honour previous Sages and put it in their own location.

[@ZeranZeran]

@@xinpingdonohoe3978 Oh, I feel silly now. That's pretty cool, thank you.

[@7Comic7mischief7]

That's actually how I found the Dusk Claymore originally. I had no idea there was a questline there, I got the tower and had never gone back, so I found that random plaque and got so excited.

[@MrBigShot264]

If we’re talking about lore details, I think I’ve noticed one too. When the temple bosses die, you see them spew out a bunch of malice. Not gloom, malice. It’s especially noticeable with Seized Construct. The stuff coming out of it is clearly purple and not red. I think this is pretty strong evidence for the idea that malice is a weakened form of gloom and not a unique substance.

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

Didn't CaC say that water was infected and became Malice pools? If so, Malice would literally be watered-down Gloom. And from there, watering it down even further makes Sludge, that's only really harmful to those with bad sensitivity.

[@MrBigShot264]

That’s a really interesting idea, considering it also has a purple glow. However, if sludge really is watered down malice, it doesn’t make sense how you can wash it away with even more water. Also, there is a chance the “malice is water” line is mistranslated. Plus, it doesn’t make sense how Calamity Ganon could be made out of water when it flies and acts like a gas in its boar form and acts like a solid when you fight the blight Ganons and Calamity Ganon in Hyrule Castle

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

@@MrBigShot264 it does make sense. It's already watered-down to the point where it only harms Zora. Force a lot of water into it very quickly and the Gloom-water ratio will suddenly drop. Not enough Gloom to hold together all the water means it just collapses; the water wins. The chance of mistranslation is low. The Japanese also use 水 to mean water, and nothing else. I'll try and find the Japanese book online to test a translation, but the specific topic makes me think it's a solid conversion. Malice is a very viscous liquid. Staying in shape wouldn't be too difficult for it. If you aren't convinced though, then here's another explanation. Sheikah tech is created to mirror Sheikah magic. The Malice on the various Ganons looks like it's acting as an adhesive, forced in place. might require some level of psychic power to hold it together, so to see whether tech could theoretically do that we see if Sheikah can do that. We can look to Master Kohga, or we can look to various Sheikah Monks: Maz Koshia, Mo'a Keet, Hila Rao, Rota Ooh, Ze Kasho etc. all demonstrate the necessary ability. As for his ghastly form, he has great energy. Great energy can be proportional to great heat. His magical strength would let him evaporate the water in any form he takes and transcend to a cloud-like form.

[@Chubby_Bub]

@@xinpingdonohoe3978 Malice isn't just the tainted water pools. The pools are water that came into contact with Malice, but Malice itself is some sort of pure essence that's Calamity Ganon's grudge and hatred; it's literally what he's made of. And AoC shows he can carry fragments of himself in it, in a way. It is worth noting that in TotK when Impa says "The Calamity was the Demon King of ancient times, brought back to existence in the form of hatred manifest." where English uses "hatred", Japanese uses 怨念 which is the actual word for Malice in BotW.

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

@@Chubby_Bub it's his essence, but the source (Ganondorf) is still being sealed underground. It looks to be that he can use two different plays: full scale Malice invasion (which corrupts technology, pools and spirits) or a trickle of Gloom (which lures his enemies). That ethereal floating stuff is still Malice, as are the vortexes and the other things useable by Calamity Ganon in the alternate timeline, but I was mainly referencing the Malice that behaves like TotK's Gloom on the floor (and Sludge). It's the most prominent, harmful and directly noticeable.

[@stephenaulin8298]

The kass one is so sad I wish there was more to it

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

But what about Vilia?

[@a.jthomas6132]

You and me both. Kass is one of my NPC in BOTW. This musician confirmed Zelda’s love for Link.

[@invisible9445]

Honestly to me it feels more like a story hook :D

[@AmitafAmitaf-lz2is]

They did our boy so dirty 😭

[@catalyst539]

@@xinpingdonohoe3978 Barely anyone cared about them iirc

[@raffaelm6558]

I had no idea about the fairies at Lovers Lake. That finally explains this painting. Seeing your summary of Penn's quest with Link just made me more disappointed about the announcement that there won't be any DLC. This entire quest and the disappearance of Kass literally SCREAMS that this is setting up something. As it is, it's really a somber unfinished ending for a character that I love and another that is thoroughly missed.

[@Chubby_Bub]

Kass's daughter also says he taught her of the Song of the Stormwind Ark, and Tauro knows his song about the Dracozu River being a dragon's mouth... it's very bizarre that he's referenced, but just gone with no explanation.

[@Reimu_Kirisame]

The Silent Princess has already been confirmed to be from Zelda's tears from her dragon form, you see this from her final tear. I also like to think that the name was passed on generation after generation since the sacrifice was made by those who saw it. Eventually it's meaning being forgotten but not the name. Since she can't talk hence the name ''silent princess''. Zelda seems to have made it her favorite flower before TOTK, ignorant of what it meant which is a interesting destiny thing if you think about it. I guess she was just drawn to it because it came from her which all fits.

[@Erikuzuma]

Did she create Silent Princess flowers in the flashback? The way I remember it she shed her tears in dragon form which became the Dragon's Tears, and then when Link came to in present day he was surrounded by Silent Princesses. I don't think Silent Princesses were shown in any scene that took place in the past.

[@Reimu_Kirisame]

@@Erikuzuma The final tear was made in present time, when Link was alive. When he got all of the memories. Then afterwards a cutscene is shown where Zelda flies above Link, and sheds the final tear on the spiral circle island. In the scene in the past where Zelda transformed and shed the tears that spread around the country, it was never actually shown if they produced silent princess or not. I believe they did, but those tears were made in the past and the flowers might have died out or were moved (by bees or fairies who knows). I also think they're not present in the future because the creators probably thought it would be too obvious otherwise the tears came from Zelda. I think the final tear is key to seeing where the flower originated from. They appeared when Link saw the final memory. Just that says enough in my opinion. It's just my idea of how the flower came to be based on what was shown, I could be wrong of course but it's more likely this way than what Zeltik proposed I believe.

[@andrewg.3281]

​@Reimu_Kirisame I think the light dragon has the power to create silent princesses, but silent princesses already existed beforehand since they were present in BotW while the light dragon was not. For example, the floating islands and the glyphs were because of Zelda since they only showed up after she went into the past. Her going into the past changed the present instead of the time travel having always happened. There are some inconsistencies with it like the light dragon flying around before Link sends the master sword back and Ganondorf knowing Link when he wakes up before Zelda goes back in time, but those might be answered by Zelda becoming a dragon without the master sword and maybe Sonia sees the future with her secret stone and tells Rauru or something. They aren't amazing explanation, but I think they still work and I think that's how the timeline works in this game

[@Reimu_Kirisame]

@@andrewg.3281 You got the time travel concept wrong here. You're thinking back to the future which isn't how it works. Not gonna get too much into time travel but it's like a loop, Zelda has always been a dragon and was in BOTW. Only she was hidden by the cloud barrier.

[@andrewg.3281]

@@Reimu_Kirisame yeah but the thing that made me think it was back to the future was the glyphs. Impa says they were made by ancient hylians after they got the visions from the tears. So they didn't just appear from the upheaval, they were made there and have been there ever since

[@Proto-Blues]

The comparison between the sundelions and silent princess made me think about how Sonia and Zelda are so different. For example, while Zelda takes time to warm up to before she's friendly, Sonia seems very upfront and inviting immediately.

[@bks_cord3736]

One of my favorite channels. The quality of your videos is amazing. Well narrated, well illustrated, informative and entertaining. Good stuff!

[@duke0salt717]

I agree Zeltik is a top tier Zelda Tuber. For me, Him and Monster Maze are the best. NBC is a close second to those two

[@kaboomer]

🐢

[@MathieuLJohnson]

Agreed. Has been my #1 Zelda KZbinr for a couple years now. It’s clear he understands the lore exceptionally well, and always pulls the perfect Zelda tune from the large discography, that fits what he’s talking about brilliantly.

[@ArtemisWasHere]

This whole video ends on such a depressing note, which I guess is fitting for how the fandom is feeling right now

[@MarioMastar]

Yeah, Penn's depressing conclusion and then that somber rendition of the title theme... I swear I feel like someone just passed away and I'm just now realizing I'll never see them again.

[@garretttalley4177]

Absolutely stunned with the different dragon’s tears motifs coming together to form a version of the main theme… it’s breathtakingly beautiful.

[@Moon-Vixen]

I see your sundelion evolves into silent princess, and raise you silent princess was born from Zelda's tears. she made her own favorite flower, from her very body. they appear all around her last tear, have the strange property of only thriving in the wild, tend to be found in places that are pure, are not seen in the memories of the past, and match Zelda's dragon colors (blue and white, but also share the same shade of green as her zonai dress). I'd always found the name "silent princess" to be an odd name for a flower, but now it makes sense. they were birthed from the tears of a silenced princess who loved her kingdom so much she shed her mortality to protect it.

[@user8785]

I love that theory

[@Reimu_Kirisame]

Yeah it's already been confirmed the flower is from her tears. I'm not sure why the Zeltik mentions this theory when the answers are already pretty obviously shown? The name is interesting too since as a dragon she can't talk, so hence ''silent princess''. That or the name came from sneaking capabilities the flower offers but I like to think the name comes from the sacrifice she made, where the name of the flower was passed on generation after generation.

[@crunchysalmons]

it’s “i see your (blank) and raise you (blank)” if you misunderstand phrases just use literal language instead

[@Moon-Vixen]

@@crunchysalmons I know the phrase, I was going on 19 hours awake and I'm dyslexic. you don't have to be an asshole about it.

[@tanandalynch9441]

​@@Reimu_KirisameThe only year that spawns them is the one shed during links time. No other tears have the flowers near them.

[@Flaris]

It is a bit too bad that Penn's story was left there. Though I suppose not every question will ever be answered in game. What happened to Kass? Was Penn's next story going to be about finding him? Who knows. Some interesting questions to chew on anyways.

[@juanpaz5124]

For my taste TOTK left way too many questions unanswered. There's potential for DLC half the size of the game.

[@lilkorok]

when zeltik uploads u know it's gonna be a good day

[@kudushaftai5245]

fax

[@bluebeebean]

I thought I had gotten over Kass being gone, but now I’m crying again about a fictional bird and his accordion 😭 I keep replaying that section just so I can hear his music again.

[@TheBreadPirate]

I had no idea that Penn was talking to the birds! That makes so much sense.

[@catalyst539]

Hello Bread.

[@ZeranZeran]

Wow, that song at the end is gorgeous. I kinda wish they had made that a track on it's own and left it in the game. Great video Zeltik. Love these

[@Nebulazy-909]

penn's story was really disappointing for me, but something tells me that he's not done yet

[@wolfiemuse]

Well sadly it appears as though we are not getting DLC according to Zelda team

[@chrisbj5251]

Oh no, he is done. No DLCs for Totk

[@Him_15]

@@chrisbj5251lol. Your right though sadly

[@WackoWambo]

@@wolfiemuse Nintendo usually never tells us the truth with these things. I am not expecting DLC, but I won't be surprised.

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

@@wolfiemuse The game is extremely well set up for a direct sequel though.

[@HeisenbergFam]

Zeltik + Zelda content = cozy time

[@CarVids01]

Zeltik and botw was how I got through lockdown 😂

[@Row_dog]

@@CarVids01 same

[@AmitafAmitaf-lz2is]

Heisenberg likes Zelda??? Awesome lol

[@thebatmary5954]

Non- serious head cannon: Penn kidnapped Kass so he could write stories about it and be the star of the DLC, but now that there is no DLC, Kass is doomed. Poor Kass. Edit: Ok, now that there MIGHT not be a DLC, Nintendo holds Kass’s fate in the balance. Poor Kass.

[@kafiaahmed469]

I mean there still is a chance, it makes sense Nintendo is going to say no. Why would they reveal there making new content for the game in some random intervew

[@IceYetiWins]

​@@kafiaahmed469I really hope that's the case. I don't really get Aonuma's reasoning of there being nothing else to do with the game.

[@AidanRatnage]

It wasn't a definitive no though@@kafiaahmed469

[@StopLegoLord]

​​​​@@kafiaahmed469 Not only that, but it's VERY possible Aonuma was saying there won't be a BotW 3, and he wasn't talking about DLC. Aonuma: There are no plans to release additional content this time, _but that's because I feel like I've done everything I can to create GAMES in that world_ He's saying there isn't enough room for a 3rd game in this version Hyrule. But DLC? Who knows... Don't forget this interview was translated. "No additional content" could mean there won't be another sequel, similar to how TotK was additional content to BotW's Hyrule. It helps that he was answering a question about the next game too. DLC was never part of the discussion beforehand.

[@StopLegoLord]

​​​​@@IceYetiWins Agreed, him "feeling like he's done everything" doesn't add up... unless he's talking about a whole new game. He feels there's not enough ideas or room for a third game in BotW's Hyrule. But DLC is much smaller, and he knows TotK is missing iconic, Zelda-staple-stuff like Master Mode and a Sword Trial-equivalent.

[@inrevenant]

The last one was legitimately obscure enough to not only classify as a secret, but even as a riddle!

[@austinjones9707]

You have such a great way of storytelling

[@wace9174]

6:36 This makes me wonder if zelda and link both traveled there. Link is stated to always be by her side in Zelda's diary and i doubt he would let her travel someplace so far away by herself. If link did go with her I wonder why the devs would pick such a romantic place other than a more fascinating area surrounded with nature like Satori Mountain.

[@no1guy825]

she was in disguise. it would be pointless to go in disguise with Link always around. Link obsessed over being with her despite her objections before because he was ordered to, and he may have taken them to great heart, especially if he felt for her. But in the time between, her dad finally passed on and the mission seemingly ended. Even allowing their domestic or romantic partnership, I believe if she wanted to go alone, depending on what it was...he'd let her. After all, we get a lot of Zelda project reports that seemed exclusively her own adventures.

[@wace9174]

@@no1guy825 that may be the case but another possible reason she was in disguise is because she didn't want all the attention, she is a princess after all. If I was famous I would definitely try to make myself look unnoticeable with clothing so I wouldn't have to deal with people bombarding me 24/7. Also keep in mind the yiga are still active as we can see by their hideout in Geruedo canyon and master kogha still being alive so that could leave her to be vulnerable to their attacks and Zelda's disguise was not that great seeing how people saw through it. Zelda even says in her diary "he is always by my side" so I can see Link going with her for protection.

[@a.jthomas6132]

Didn’t Link watch over Zelda from the distant? Because I am sure he did accompany her in that pond. And I believe it is more like sharing their romantic moment over their professional relationship.

[@wace9174]

@@a.jthomas6132 I know I believe that too I was basically just trying to hint that in the comment I made.

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

@@wace9174 if Zelda can disguise then so can Link. That much is true. All I'll say is they didn't know Kohga was alive. That doesn't change much - the Yiga got more aggressive after his defeat, but he himself is not a factor in the equation.

[@FrenchiJ]

The ending notes of all the memory locations being the games theme music is so dope! Something I'd have never noticed. Thank u 4 ur immaculate story telling capabilities! Even telling 7 secrets felt like I was watching a movie. I was so invested!

[@asolitaryreign]

Those larger cairns in the depths are a symbol of the triforce. Consider the weapons presented : a long-range weapon in the form of a spear, a shortsword and a claymore. These represent the wisdom of combat from a distance you can control and take advantage of, the courage of close combat with the shortsword, and the power of brute force with the two-handed sword.

[@BHRaccoon]

That was some really cool stuff to consider! The musical bit at the end was especially haunting, but cool. I do have a different take on the masks worn by the sages, though. I personally don't think that we're meant to take the presence of the masks literally. In some cultures, people (especially sacred or important people) in the distant past are depicted as wearing masks or otherwise having their faces obscured. This is for various reasons. Sometimes it's meant as a sign of reverence and respect, other times it's meant to put the focus on their deeds rather than their appearance, and other times it's because the people in the present simply don't know what the person in the past really looked like, so their face is obscured or depicted with something that the artist believes symbolically best represents them. I think the sages being depicted with masks is supposed to a sign to the audience of just how long ago this is and how these beings are held in reverence in modern Hyrule. It's a storytelling device, not a literal depiction. At least, that's my theory about it.

[@forodinssake9570]

It might be controversial but i kinda like Penn's story, its a bit grim but also shows that this world is still going, it has its own stories that not always end well

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

All the Yiga tactics and attempts were nice.

[@dirtywhitellama]

I wondered about the sundelion and the silent princess too, but if they are supposed to be the same, they got kind of divergent. The stamen and pistils in the center of the flowers are distinctly different and that's something used to differentiate species. They also have very different leaves, which is even harder to explain.

[@siophecles]

They have had several tens of thousands of years to evolve, I think any divergent traits can have occurred in that time frame.

[@balladofthegoddess]

The stamens the exact same sort of shape and color of the light dragons eyelashes, and the two greens are the color of zelda's eyes. I think the theory that silent princesses are from her tears/grow only from the water of her tears is most likely

[@tanandalynch9441]

Evolution does that

[@zitrodivad]

nintendo always says they won't do something but then end up doing it anyway, so i still have hope of dlc coming at some point

[@mabogibo525]

Speaking of souls of the warrior in the depth, much like everything in the depth, the weapons they carry is a reflection of the region above them. Zora weapons under Zora territory, Korok weapons under the Great Hyrule Forest, etc. But what is fascinating to me is that Royal Guard Weapons, said to be developed by ancient Sheikah, are mainly found under Gerudo Highlands, the main territory of Yiga clan. Not to mention, we have Akkala Ancient Tech Lab on northeast, Hateno Ancient Tech Lab on southeast, and the ruins of Royal Ancient Tech Lab on northwest, so I think it is safe to assume that the Yiga clan hide out, located on the southwest, used to be a Sheikah Ancient Lab that mainly researched weapons. Another thing of note, is that you often find these warrior souls near a lightroot, and considering that lightroots are directly below shrines, I think it's safe to assume that the shrines were being protected by warriors who unfortunately lost their lives some times ago in the past.

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

No, the Yiga Clan Hideout used to be a Gerudo archeological site. The Yiga are simply Sheikah. Some of their ancestors may have helped develop the Royal Guard line, and the soldier ghosts are acknowledging that. The Yiga Clan are a bigger concentration of Sheikah than the Sheikah Tribe after all.

[@TMatti]

THANKS for the heart attack at 0:13!

[@rotogamer2040]

That was cruel

[@zat-1-fury]

All I want to know lore wise is where did the divine beasts go ??? I can kinda speculate where the other stuff went but something that massive doesn’t just disappear

[@sophitiaofhyrule]

TotK wants to pretend BotW never existed despite it being a direct sequel. The worldbuilding and story is downright laughable a lot of times, which is why despite it's fun gameplay and banger art direction, TotK feels lazy, at least from a writing standpoint. It's like the devs had a lot of ideas for gameplay but couldn't be assed to create a world and story that made sense. And unlike what many idiots think, story does matter. Gameplay is important but it's not the only important thing. It baffles me that your average fanfic writer puts way more effort into their stuff than Nintendo did when writing TotK.

[@spicytaker]

@@sophitiaofhyrulei literally couldn’t agree more lol. i was so disappointed with how they went about this. even the shrine of resurrection, one of the most iconic openings of any zelda game, got absolutely gutted and became a random cave for no reason at all

[@sipsfactsandtea5535]

One of the developers came forward and said that since they serve to fight Calamity, they have hidden themselves beneath the earth once again

[@Theonly_z_Official]

Yeah well, their heads got headset replicas giving connections between hylians and the other races, as well they do let the sages wear the zonai versions of the helmets when link wears any of the helms But yeah I agree.. like 4 giant robots can't just vanish the next 7-10 years, I just don't think that makes any logical sense to remove 4 giant mechanisms that look so heavy enough to squeeze anything apart with its' weight, like I don't think even a tractor 🚜 could bare holding one piece of a divine beast..

[@TheCayDawg]

It's also very likely that the Sages are meant to have the same names as the Divine Beasts (Medoh, Rudania, Naboris and Ruta). In BotW I believe they are stated to be named after ancient sages. We assumed they were referring to the OoT sages + Medli but with the context of TotK, it's very likely that the beasts were named after the sages from that version of Hyrule's past. They just happened to be similar to Darunia, Nabooru, Ruto and Medli.

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

The Divine Beasts *are* named after the OoT/WW Sages, but that doesn't take away from the Zonai era Sages. They could have taken on Sage names that honour their long passed predecessors, e.g. the Sage of Fire takes on the name Rudania to honour Darunia. The Sheikah then build Vah Rudania. Even if it's named after Rauru's Sage of Fire, that means that in the beginning it's named after the OoT Sage too (and the Sheikah of all people would know that).

[@TheCayDawg]

@@xinpingdonohoe3978 Right. I'm just saying they aren't pulling directly from the OoT/WW sages for the names for the Divine Beasts. The TotK sages could definitely have names that are meant to be call backs, but I believe the in-world intention would've been to name the beasts after the TotK one which were the most recent.

[@crunchysalmons]

@@TheCayDawgi almost think you’re right so it’s kinda down to what you prefer, and since the past totk sages don’t have much personality i’ll just imagine that they’re named after the OOT sages

[@TheCayDawg]

@@crunchysalmons Yeah I like the idea that their names are meant to be relative to the original OoT sages + Medli as a form of rememberence without straight up copying the names.

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

@@TheCayDawg Creating a Champion and Urbosa both make it clear that they are referencing the Sages from the OoT/WW timescale. There can be no doubt about that. My explanation simply tries to mesh yours in as well, which would make sense given their Zonaite helmets. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the ancient Sages were also the ancient Champions. Sheikah tech was clearly appearing during Mineru's time, despite her lack of knowledge around it. She has an isolated Construct that only follows her directives, and yet has access to Ancient Blades, meaning it either got an Ancient Blade or blueprints not long before Mineru's disappearance. Mineru's Construct, when it appears and disappears, does so with blue Sheikah energy. We know it's not Zonai because the Shrine Crystals appear and disappear with green Zonai energy.

[@gggem]

The discovery of geoglyphs' ending music phrase is so cool! How long did you spend listening to these details?? I'm so impressed.

[@miriquidiart]

I like how the Sage's masks not only inspired the Devine Beasts, they also contain aspects of the hero (boar-like tusks, dragon teeth/scales, owlish eyes) - and therefore the triforce. Are you considering a video about that "costume"?

[@r_dave]

Great video! I really enjoyed the music at the end. Wanted to note that the Chapter titles don't seem to be quite right though.

[@CaptainChysa]

Man… Searching for Kass with Penn sounds amazing. I’m so disappointed that there will no DLC.. There are so many unanswered questions.

[@merci3ells]

We need a game that focuses on the spirit of the hero. Hylia's chosen warrior and Hylia herself. Which most likely will look like Link and Zelda but it won't be them.

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

We've only got a possibly canon comic on them, so it could be fun. How far back would it go though? That time in the comic had Humans galore, but if you go years back you would have just Oocca instead of Humans. That's probably too far back.

[@jordanruiz626]

Skyward sword???

[@merci3ells]

@jordanruiz626 Skyward Sword doesn't focus on Hylia and her chosen hero. It's about The 1st Link and Zelda.

[@donovanfaust3227]

​@@merci3ellswell there is the theory that SS Link is the chosen hero mentioned since he defeats Demise in the past.

[@merci3ells]

@@donovanfaust3227 yeah but Zelda existed and his name was link as well. Im talking about a time where it was just those to before being reincarnated into link and Zelda. Demise was released from his seal which means there was a hero that came before Link

[@williamwalkup988]

Great video. Loved your take here. Hopefully Penns' story gets the ending it deserves. The Bard and the Newsmen team sounds intriguing.

[@MaxItOut]

Zeltik man, I don't know how you manage to create such incredible content for us all. Love your work!

[@jordanthomas7090]

Your videos are so well put together it's like watching a documentary.😊

[@Skoopa92]

I love getting lost in Zelda lore being guided by a fantastic narrator

[@isaiahaydenfischer2965]

I was looking for a video like this last night. Glad you took time to make it

[@pipedream2556]

I really hope we get an official, connected version of that cut together soundtrack from the end, that sounds like it woukd be such a fantastically atmospheric version of the theme if we could hear it without the gaps

[@sleeping_boy.]

11:27 actually this feeling I have with a lot of the NPCs. I also thought that I could bring the Familie in Geroudo town back together, but it doesn’t seem to work

[@Hopey_happy_homo]

10:33 theory what if kass went to the other zoras domain that we hear about from yona since that’s only place on the map that we know exists but cannot visit or see in game maybe it will be revealed in a dlc (hopefully) who knows

[@Theonly_z_Official]

Yeah sadly totk won't receive a DLC.. But that Other Zora's domain that Yona is from seems to be a different type of domain, it doesn't look the same as the one in Totk nor botw

[@darthsanz3701]

At the end we didn't get to know the Zonai :'(

[@matthewmuir8884]

Yeah; I really thought the sky islands would shed a lot of light on the Zonai. From those islands, we learn that the diving trial islands were a coming of age ceremony, and that's about it. I was really hoping that the sky islands would have more context and history than that.

[@wace9174]

​@@matthewmuir8884I feel the same way

[@javiervasquez625]

I'm sure we'll learn more about them eventually as there are still too many unknowns for Nintendo to totally shove aside as they work on the next big game. Expect either a DLC or a direct sequel as Nintendo addresses all of the lingering plotpoints left at the end of Tears of the Kingdom.

[@wace9174]

@@javiervasquez625 hopefully another direct sequel

[@shark_girl]

Honestly I am convinced that *is* going to be a DLC. To me, them "confirming" that there won't be has no relevance. Why? Because Nintendo can't really disclose that kind of information in these interviews. So they say they can't. Plus, Penn's ending feels unfinished, and something is telling me he's not quite done yet. Maybe there will be a DLC involving him and Kass?

[@mkjjoe]

The timestamps are from he wrong video I assume I loved the theme at geoglyphs but had no idea about these fragments, really nice touch

[@gabriellockwood2780]

Everybody is misunderstanding what the Devs said. They said their weren't Plans "Currently". Nintendo most likely has the Team working on a Launch Title for Switch 2. They could always come back and add more later. There's not concrete evidence to say this, but there's always a sliver of hope.

[@jade_Blight]

Feel like I’m one of the few people that loved Penn and his story

[@kNOwYouAndMe]

For some reason I feel like this story lacked a bit of seriousness. Im guessing its because everyone seems to have forgotten the Calamity and even Ganondorf doesnt mention it. I expected it to feel more connected. Like Ganondorf terrorizing Hyrule and everyone knowing it was him. He just kinda hid from you the whole time under the castle while everyone was like "Lol theres sky islands everywhere cool huh?"

[@wace9174]

And the fact part of the main characters are pretty childish Tulin, Riju, yunobo so that also took away the seriousness too. I wish it was a lot more mature like twilight princess sure we had some snarky characters like midna but her dialogue wasn't as corny as the characters in totk.

[@nathan3827]

just realised the ancient Rito sage wears a mask representing a bird which is just basically a Rito. Imagine if the Gerudo mask was just a human face XD

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

Koume and Kotake of these games seem to do that.

[@courtney3728]

You know it's a great day when Zeltik uploads.

[@samuelt1647]

As disappointing as it may seem, it is character development for Penn. He's not asking Link for help, but figuring out what to do next on his own. Perhaps in his restlessness, he will go elsewhere, or maybe even do what it took Kass a long time to do and settle down. It's clearly important to him to do this on his own, and on some level he must know that if he tells you, you'll try to help. That's not what he wants or needs, and that's okay.

[@GameGingo]

Wow, the musical secret with the geoglyphs blew my mind! They totally didn't have to do it, but they did anyway and it shows they really cared.

[@gabrielluis3344]

These timestamps don't look too right. Love the content, cheers, Zeltik!

[@pikmin4743]

Kass's accordion always gives me chills and makes me smile :))

[@davidchen2324]

Kass's song brings back so much nostalgia.

[@Jeskor_]

For the sundelion one well, it’s true when we find all the geoglpyh memories Zelda takes us to the Rist peninsula where we discover she’s the light dragon, after that memory silent princesses can be found all around for link to take, symbolizing that Zelda is with him even when not in human form

[@Mauricio0973]

4:53 it is implied these mask are actually the same masks the original sages wore during the imprisoning war, only covered up and upgraded with Sheikah technology, just like much of the zonai ruins in Faron are actually the original smooth white colored ruins built by the zonai, covered in gray stonework by ancient hylians

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

Which doesn't make sense when the Zonaite masks exist alongside the Divine Helms; Link equips one, the corresponding Sage ghost equips the other.

[@no1guy825]

have you seen the masks....they cling to Link's head like glue. (Some helms wrap around Link's head way too close imo, some cutting out the presence of hair entirely, or needlessly tying it back). But, if they wanted to subtly show the Zonai foundation of the Sheikah helms they would. Ruins are one thing, but these helms are another

[@Mauricio0973]

@@xinpingdonohoe3978 they really could be just an energy projection/hologram to show the connection/bond between Link and the sages, it doesn't have to be a real, physical helm worn by the avatars

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

@@Mauricio0973 even if that's the case, that wouldn't make the Sheikah ones the same. The Sheikah ones are made of that Sheikah material, and the Sage ones of Zonaite. There's no overlap of either. They couldn't exist as the same masks. Let's take the Rudania one. The Sage of Fire's mask is much bigger than the Vah Rudania Divine Helm since it's made for an adult Goron not a Hylian-sized individual. This means the Sheikah didn't build over the top since that'd make it bigger not smaller. That also means the Sheikah one wasn't contained inside as it wouldn't fit on the Goron's head.

[@Wynnie.]

WOW! the geoglyphs music!!! It's so beautiful, I wonder if there's a full version of it somewhere. Thank you for sharing all these wonderful details of TOTK. This is very cool to see!

[@starralina0224]

We love you Zeltik! Keep up the AMAZING WORK!❤😍💖😊

[@Bonk_boy_tf2]

ZELTIK YOU ARE MY FAVORITE ZELDA KZbinR!

[@Jlarry-lq7tc]

Same!

[@kreigyboi]

Fax

[@a.jthomas6132]

There are other questions like ‘What is the Gerudo’s way of life is like in the distant past’, ‘Who this version of Ganondorf is before he becomes the Gerudo King’, ‘Why isn’t Twinrova in the game if Kotake and Koume is briefly shown/their names written in the gloom weapons’, ‘Was the Sheikah have been established after the Imprisoning War, then use the eye tear drop as their symbol in honoring King Rauru’, ‘were there other regions outside of Hyrule’, and ‘are there other zonai race besides Rauru and Mineru’ that could of been added to this video.

[@HHGamingOfficial]

Imma be honest, The Zelda soundtracks from previous games have so many classic bangers that I wish were just directly imported into TotK. Don't get me wrong, the new soundtrack music is wonderful. As a Zelda fan I would personally just love to hear any song directly from the OST of a prior game.

[@PunsandPixels]

Wow that music thing at the end was amazing! I never would have picked that up. Super cool 👏🏻

[@nicholasfriedman4640]

I have a theory that Mineru is an incarnation of Kaepora Gaebora. Three main reasons I think this: 1. the owl motif throughout the spirit temple and the mission leading up to it. 2. in oot there is a time stone that states that Gaebora has the spirit of an old sage. 3. Their roles in the games are quite similar as they serve to guide the hero throughout his journey like Mineru does for Rauru and Link

[@DT10]

amazing video as always zeltik! just thought I'd let you know, the chapters/timestamps seem to be from a previous video :)

[@TOGade-dj6jh]

11:18 Penn is a loose end and I’ve often wondered if Link will meet him during his next adventure. I hope so…

[@quintonconoly]

That music detail is awesome

[@a.jthomas6132]

What strikes me the most is each mask the Ancient Sages wears resembles the 4 Divine Beasts Vah Ruta, Vah Medoh, Vah Rudania and Vah Naboris. It makes me wonder if the Ancient Sheikah has been established in honoring the first king of Hyrule Rauru, and build their own technology as a successor of the Zonai Tech.

[@UltimateTobi]

That's literally what's been said in the video. Minus your speculation whether or not the Ancient Sheikah have been established in honor of Rauru.

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

That doesn't add up. Sheikah existed long before the Zonai. The past Gerudo's green eyes and pointed ears places the Zonai era after OoT; the Sheikah existed *long* before OoT (and they actually aren't Hylian. They're non-human, as they lived on the surface when *all* humans were sent to Skyloft. HH pages 20 and 40 back up SS if you want a reference. They're known to hide away and blend in throughout most eras, so this simply seems to be another attempt at that).

[@HairDeLaCreme]

Zelda creators design these games just for Zeltik. You can’t tell me anything different. They’re like let’s see if he catches this Easter egg when designing 😂. That dragon tear song Easter egg is wild. Like how did you discover that?!

[@Jociaoftrades]

This is the type of lore video I’ve been waiting for for this game.

[@TheAaronRodgersTao]

You have THE BEST, BY FAR, Zelda channel in the world.

[@asdfasdfq6005]

5:13 wait I never knew that next to a cosmetic thing the sage's also got more powerful wearing the mask

[@brandonlesly5051]

Here’s a little extra for ya. You see the two spirits at the heart shaped island (a large poe and a grand poe). Climb to the top of the tower. You’ll find another grand poe, all alone, as if a rival lover who lost in the end.

[@TheGangsterFrog]

Babe wake up ‼️ New Zeltik masterpiece just dropped

[@a.jthomas6132]

What about Ganondorf’s surrogate mothers Kotake and Koume? I had that suspicions of their whereabouts since I first the two Golden Masked Gerudos in the brief moments in the memories and the names are written in every Gloom Weapons. It’s a shame that we will never get to have this version of Twinrova for DLC due to the cancellation. Thus, explore more of Ganondorf’s origin of how he rose to become the Gerudo King, his aunts taught him the arts of dark magic and military strategies, what drove him to conquering Hyrule, and Naboris defects her power-hungry tyrant in becoming the Ancient Sage of Lightning. So many wasted opportunities Nintendo could’ve considered doing in the Zelda franchise.

[@templarw20]

Those two… I wonder if they’re going to be in a hypothetical third game. They were in the Zonai era, then there was Ocarina of Time, and then….? We also never got a humanoid boar monster Ganon…

[@hyper_lynx]

I mean it's not really a "cancellation", they never stated they were making DLC to being with. We all just made that up

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

Why do you call them aunts? The only title the other ones were given is surrogate mothers: some random vai birthed the king, and the venerable witches raised him properly. Whatever they are in this, such as personal guards or whatnot, I don't see why aunts is the way to go.

[@WindMageMaster]

They were the surrogate mothers to OoT Ganondorf. Most likely only servants to TotK Ganondorf, as they appear much younger and not old enough to be surrogates to him.

[@Ozzie2191]

Penn (a pen name is something an anonymous writer had) being confused by what the birds said was, i felt, the devs making a nod to Twitter. Tweets, little birds, with some information that was often different when you investigate it.

[@JPBrooksLive]

The instrument Kass plays is actually a bandneon, from the accordion family as

[@justinrodriguez5957]

Oh! I didn't know about that detail with the helms. Also, that ending bit with geoglyphs is nuts.

[@jadedisaster]

this version of the game's theme gives me chills! when it started at 12:20 I just had a chiver run up my spine, it's so haunting I really hope there's someone out there that's put it's together to listen to!

[@jadedisaster]

@@zms330 ahh bummer, would've been cool if t were true, in any case, I still do hope someone out there will knit it all together haha

[@ODoyleRulz]

I’ve played to much “Tears of the Kingdom” because the Gaurdian theme IMMEDIATELY sent chills down my spine!

[@IOwnKazakhstan]

That theme at the end was so sick I also love how the time stamps have absolutely nothing to do with the video

[@urbosasimp7971]

Your content is actually brilliant man

[@thetophatguyandroid5959]

Great video zeltik the last one caught me off guard the music behind Zelda is always so interesting Just change or delete the timestamps in the description they are copied and pasted by a different video and KZbin really likes to turn description timestamps into actual segments of the video and stuff

[@ZachHi-rs3lt]

His voice is just perfect for these kind of videos. So dramatic.

[@reidotte5564]

I loooove you videos Zeltik. Please please please do some more. They’re my favorite videos on KZbin and would love to see more :))

[@kit2635]

Does anyone else have issues with the timestamps for some reason? Idk if it just appears mislabeled on my end

[@wace9174]

No u aren't the only one

[@meredithcox_]

Penn is the definition of “a little birdie told me.”

[@gmcm2165]

What a cryptic ending...I love it.

[@dijoi2176]

It's always a good day when Zeltik uploads!

[@Ramboldt]

Great video, thanks for putting all of this together!

[@officialmaxswolf3219]

I actually haven’t noticed that last lord bit that actually very neat

[@Toothless21link]

That last one hit me and gave chills

[@TadhgOsaurus-ti5ff]

brain:forgot anything? me:😑 brain: zeltik released a new lore video me:😐

[@lnsflare1]

I don't know if someone else mentioned it yet, but it occurs to me that is the disguised Princess kept going to the Lovers' Pond at night, then her presumably also disguised bodyguard would probably have been with her each time.