Unsettling Ghost Towns Across Hyrule (Tears of The Kingdom Lore)

[@HyruleGamer]

What other Ghost Towns would you like to see covered? (P.S Happy Halloween!)

[@KAIDUDE64]

Shadow helm ruins in eldin

[@kristin122]

I can't think of any, but I'm fine with you covering all you find! I'm watching 👀😊

[@jaygames5145]

Sunken ruins in Akkala

[@WayWardWonderer]

Not so much a ghost town, but there is something in the "BoTW /ToTK" lore that's been intriguing me for a while. The Coliseum and the Ancient Pillars. The Coliseum could've arguably been used as a place for entertainment purposes, combat training or even punishment for criminals, but the Ancient Pillars seem to be a truly unique and forgotten area of lore. Who built the pillars? Why were they built? Are they the last remnants of a much larger structure? Was the original structure among the pillars raised into the Sky? Did the original structure fall into the depths? What is the purpose of those ancient pillars? They can't just be decorative or a landmark!

[@fishnewt1331]

The Akala Underground Fortress, basically everywhere that has Gibdo, Gordonia, and the Hyrulean Prison Ruins. That last one gives me intense curiosity and dread over just how devastatingly destroyed it is, with no sign of prior residents beyond a couple of Rusted weapons. What of the prisoners? Did they escape? Or……

[@Pomshka]

BOTW and TOTK always make me feel so sad 😞 I wish we could have seen it before all the destruction 😞

[@pinkcatminht]

Idk if you've played the Hyrule Warriors spinoff game, Age of Calamity, but even though it's not canon, it adds a lot of interesting lore, and you can go through these areas pre-Calamity!!!

[@Polska_Edits]

Missed opportunity in totk in not showing either a rebuilt Hyrule, or more of ancient Hyrule ngl

[@OctoClink]

Sameeeee. I would buy instantly

[@bowenorcutt78]

That's the nice thing about Age of Calamity, even if I found going through its story missions to be tedious. We get to see and interact with that world. For my money, though, my main disappointment was the Castle Town not having been restored. I miss it.

[@mischarowe]

@@pinkcatminht It's canon. Just in a different universe.

[@thomasgunn4146]

One detail not talked about enough imo, and that I find a little disturbing is the realization that every guardian you find out in the wild is responsible for whomever was “exterminated” in its vicinity. So if there’s one nearby a local village in the outskirts of Hyrule, you know everyone there died by It’s hand. Most of those Hylians among others in those villages have been long gone for 100 years now and all that’s left is the shell of those buildings. Meanwhile the sheikah terminator in question is just out there somewhere. wandering on autopilot, scanning for its next target. Destroying it, and the beast who reprogrammed it, is retribution.

[@422katieleigh]

What do you think of the developers’ suggestion that Raru/Sonia’s founding of Hyrule was actually a RE-founding of Hyrule? It fixes a lot of the plot holes I think.

[@HyruleGamer]

It's rather interesting

[@19TheFallen]

I honestly felt that way, myself. After all, they said that the other games are still considered part of this timeline, but that tens of thousands of years have passed between all the others and _Breath of the Wild._ A lot can happen in that amount of time.....Including the destruction and refounding of a kingdom under different rulers, who may not have known about the previous one. And even if they did, that previous kingdom may have been considered nothing more than myth or legend to them because of how much time had passed, or because some other disaster, courtesy of Demise's curse, fell upon the land, destroying it without leaving a trace.

[@iLLiCiT_XL]

I love Akkala because of the autumnal forest there. I’d actually be totally open to Nintendo making one more game in this particular version of Hyrule, if they made it so that there were more settlements and villages, added variety to the Depths (maybe massive, caved in openings and newly unearthed ruins), and new sky islands. Something that shows how Hyrule moves forward after Ganondorf’s defeat and becomes a true kingdom again.

[@yingyang8130]

I always love zelda vids with a more somber or horror theme, so I would absolutely adore more like this! Somehow, I find them incredibly calming to watch, while they also completely draw my attention in and I watch them in one sitting and often rewatcht hem while drawing.

[@HyruleGamer]

Glad to hear :D

[@swordguardia]

I very much agree! For me these sort of videos somehow feels the most real for some reason. I cannot pinpoint the sole reason but ruins probably triggers something in our minds, a curiosity and a space for theorising and imagination about who lived there and why it got was left in ruins.

[@yingyang8130]

@@swordguardia true, whenever you see ruins, in real life, in games, in movies, they have some sort of story to tell. And if that story isn't told in the medium, we end up looking for clues and therorizing. Maybe it's something human to look for the people of the past, how they lived and how they died. it's like it creates a conenction to the present. Whenever I passed ruins in botw I had this melancholic feeling, like there was peace in the world, because nature reclaimed them, even though they were created by tragedy.

[@franka76]

Another good Halloween Ghost / Zombie / Mummy story is the lore surrounding the Gibdo of the Gerudo Region and their connection to the Gerudo Ancient Prison Ruins...SPOOKKY!

[@matneptune]

Goponga and the other small villages in the Lanayru Wetlands, I feel, probably had lots of Zora living with the Hylians as a chain of fishing villages. With how much water there is, the Zora would be close to the domain and very comfortable. Also, I believe that the settlements on the Great Plateau perhaps belonged to monks or priestesses' of Hylia. I think that the plateau was like a park?) where they lived there and tended to the land and the temple. There would have to be some guards who tended the the heavy gate and patrol the parameter from time to time, but they probably lived in the Gatepost Ruins which is right across the road from the from the entryway.

[@fishnewt1331]

11:37 Oooooh, that is dirty, Hyrule Gamer. But I won’t be fooled. I know full well that down one of those wells holds a Stalnox! You won’t get me this time!!!

[@HyruleGamer]

Not that one xD

[@OfficialDreamCloud]

I’m simple, I see Hyrule gamer and look to see a red bar under it. If it isn’t there, I put a new crack in my screen from the sheer force and speed

[@HyruleGamer]

Dedication to a HG video unreal 🙏🔥

[@19TheFallen]

Considering its design in _Age of Calamity,_ I couldn't help but wonder if Goponga Village was possibly a Zora outpost or secondary village that was built to ease trade between the Hylians and the Zora.....Especially since the owner of the shop there is a Zora. But, that's if you even take the canonicity of that game at face value. Some say yes. Some say no. I know the game was developed by a third party company, but the creators and developers of _Breath of the Wild_ and _Tears of the Kingdom_ did put in their own input, ideas and so-on into the story and over-all design of the levels, including the villages as shown in the game, so there's some significance there....If it is, it's a case of yet another split in the timeline due to the time travel shenanigans. Either way, it's an interesting thing to think about!

[@QwertyWirt]

Nice to see that you covered Mabe Village, the most underrated ruin, and the one with the worst attack. I still wish that maybe with the recall tears or something we could see small areas of land from the “founding” of Hyrule. Then we could maybe have a better look at some ruins pre-calamity

[@michaelkaduck1915]

I love the ruins. There is something melancholic about walking through them. Like visiting your old school, or a grandparent's home. You remember things you cannot relive, due to the passage of time, or just other circumstances. I think this is the theme of both Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. They're about learning from the past. Link lost so much about his past, and Zelda is sent back into the past, and Ganon, a wound from ages past, seeks to have them suffer just like their ancestors did. But in a world of ruins, life still thrives, with communities being created, new life being made...a metaphor for new life, in spite of death. 🥺🩵

[@HyruleGamer]

It really is something unique in these games

[@michaelkaduck1915]

It reminds me of The Wind Waker, which also is set above the ruins of the past. And they all have a beautiful message, especially as I have lost people I love, and the world changes. "This is the only world we have left for you. Please...forgive us." King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule

[@ArcadeTheatre]

I'm surprised that you didn't show The Temple of Time pre-Calamity from Age of Calamity. It is pretty interesting. As for Mabe village having different architecture in BotW/TotK compared to Age of Calamity, it is possible that Mabe Village and a lot of other areas in Central Hyrule were re-fortified at some point.

[@robuxyyyyyyyyyy4708]

14:18 Well with the path opened back up and zelda's experience with the past that might change

[@joshuahughes8336]

She recognizes its importance and would want to rebuild it out of respect, right?

[@waldilks]

I love all the dark ominous vids like this and zeltik one about creepy characters. I have enjoyed these so much! Also, I can’t wait for vids for the next game, as we are probably go8ng to a new map. Also (again) I have binged watched both Halloween specials! They are amazing!❤❤

[@HyruleGamer]

Thanks a ton! :D

[@dominicspizzirri4399]

I love that you’re still doing these videos

[@HyruleGamer]

I appreciate ya!

[@madisonlange7039]

I always like talking and hearing about the history of past hyrule from the wild games, this was fantastic to watch from both videos! I wish we could have seen the ghost towns before the calamity/upheaval, but I'm always amazed by how much detail they put into exploring these towns. Appreciate the content as always

[@aliastheabnormal]

So there's something that the high ground can't beat.

[@ChaoticHoly]

If Nintendo revisits this version of Hyrule in a future title (which I expect), I hope that it's set a few hundred years in the future and that some of these places have been rebuilt, and new places built-up in other areas.

[@rexmondo8370]

It's likely that they won't revisit it, after tears of the kingdom they plan to move on to other things and didn't want to stretch out this version of hyrule too much, hence why we don't have a DLC for tears of the kingdom

[@Wolfepup05]

You should talk about random small villages, like the small buildings in north Hyrule field.

[@HyruleGamer]

I shall investigate!

[@aDjay111]

Congrats on 150k🎉 you deserve it for how much work you put into this videos❤

[@HyruleGamer]

Thank you so much!

[@zeldamasternick2224]

But there was a guardian in the Tabantha Village ruins in BotW. Granted, it was killed, but it was likely the cause of the village’s demise

[@laurelmae2327]

I absolutely LOVE these horror and spooky videos. Please please make more like this!

[@HyruleGamer]

Noted, thanks!

[@VanguardEndeavor]

Gotta say, getting to take parts in the battles of For Hateno and the Citadel in AOC was awesome. Tho I would still have liked to see the actual battle in Canon where the battles were lost instead of won. Imagine it would have been incredibly haunted being on the ramparts of both fortitudes seeing the wave of corrupted guardians and monsters swarming their way

[@AmyScott-v2f]

I miss pondos lodge

[@HyruleGamer]

Me too, really fun mini game!

[@aster4jaden]

BOTW&TOTK are such tempters, i'd love to play a Zelda Game in this Hyrule with all the Towns/Villages restored.

[@Zen2559]

They should have put remains of ancient village with easter eggs and mysteries in the depths (no zonnai related like mines)

[@jaygames5145]

This special is lit

[@HyruleGamer]

Thanks! :D

[@justinpatterson5291]

They should continue the time travel theme by having us visit certain parts of the past to affect the outcome of the end game. Like- defeating x dungeon boss means this tribe will be strong enough to assist in future. Rather than having been eradicated. Or helping the cucco lady get her chickens- means she gets a business up n going rather than busting her ankle trying to get them herself... Or, collecting spears and pointy things for this kid to study, means we het another Hoss like character on the field 12yrs later, fighting legions of monsters. Or giving hudson materials to make better tools, means he's got more than just Tarrey Town going.

[@gracefulannie-grcflannie-]

Unmarked locations? Yes, please!

[@Burrito25]

aaaaand that's another great halloween special concluded! also congrats on 150k subs! one place which i think has some cool lore is the lover's pond and its depths counterpart, the ancient observation deck. firstly there is what is the place and also what is the untold tale of the two lover's whose poes are together in the depths pond (also why is one bigger? was one a zonai and the other hylian?) anyway it could be worth a check out and speculation

[@randomguy-cy9mz]

Wow, feel bad for Pondo but happy my suggestion got put in a vid! Great video!

[@HyruleGamer]

Thanks!

[@itzriotplayz2377]

Happy Halloween Hyrule Gamer!

[@2shy2guy52]

I choose to see the mabe village ruins as a traveling rest stop, with an inn where after hard adventures, heroes could stop in to rest for the night and dream of another journey.

[@oldmetalhippyoldmetalhippy1971]

I miss snow bowling. cool video !

[@HyruleGamer]

Thanks!

[@sophie-ku7vk]

Amazing video, also Mabe Village was in Link's Awakening!

[@Cosmosis-86]

Happy Halloween 👻 🎃 💀

[@neogotham2k39]

Great Halloween special!

[@HyruleGamer]

Thanks! :D

[@stephanielynn6459]

Loving these!!!!!

[@HyruleGamer]

Thanks a lot!

[@franka76]

HaHA! You hit 150K!!! CONGRATS!! and CHEERS!!

[@annebartlett139]

That was very interesting. I'm going to recheck a couple of those locations

[@amirhosseinmaghsoodi388]

Snow bowling was a thing!? I should do that once I've finished totk.

[@HyruleGamer]

It's a thing in Breath of The Wild!

[@amirhosseinmaghsoodi388]

@@HyruleGamer That's wild!

[@Innerspacezombie]

day 4 of mentioning that on 6/6/2023 hyrule gamer made a video where, at 43.46, he spent 12 seconds simping about the ancient gerudo soldiers

[@Monaaa1031]

It’s Halloween everyday for me so give me more of this spooky content!

[@LinktheCommunistWaifu]

If you're running out of music, you should use the time song from dancing line. It's a good song the is mystical and provides good atmosphere

[@NarutoUzumaki71069]

I'm back to watch your videos now that I don't have to worry about spoilers anymore lol. Cheers

[@PhoenixDening-cz5wd]

Mabe village in age of calamity was part of the ranch and was a farming village probably the royal families food source

[@Innerspacezombie]

day 28 of mentioning that on 6/6/2023 hyrule gamer made a video where, at 43.46, he spent 12 seconds simping about the ancient gerudo soldiers

[@matthewvandyk7773]

Pondo's home was probably destroyed to prevent ruby farming. Haha

[@LinkAlmeida]

AoC didn't have the 100 yr time skip so that Mabe Village might be the original. In BotW 100yrs passed and in that time they might have tried to rebuild the village after it was attacked using stone instead of wood but as we saw it was not enough.

[@rewdonaghy1305]

Happy Halloween HG!

[@HyruleGamer]

Same to you!

[@Innerspacezombie]

day 36 of mentioning that on 6/6/2023 hyrule gamer made a video where, at 43.46, he spent 12 seconds simping about the ancient gerudo soldiers 1

[@ShepherdsCreek]

Happy Samhain!

[@HyruleGamer]

Same to you!

[@prettymucheverything1033]

“Monsters? Snow way.”

[@HyruleGamer]

Pondo is a funny guy 😅

[@fetteredfey]

Not a spooky one but lore surrounding hateno village,it's my favorite one that I want to vacation there with my bow and relax (botw Kickstart my desire to learn archery)

[@_Guardian]

The reason I’m deactivate in the Hebra region is because I wanted to go bowling and shield surfing but I lost my was and fell into a deep slumber, then I met my best friend Link who I play laser tag with when we see each other Ahh fun times

[@HyruleGamer]

Uhhh huh

[@briAgu55]

Not the laser tag 💀💀

[@erikabutler6893]

I’m curious about the ruined settlement between Fort Hateno and Hateno Village.

[@HyruleGamer]

I shall investigate!

[@weaselwolf]

Akala citadel was so disappointing. I was really hoping for a chance to explore inside it. They had the assets from AoC. Such a waste

[@paulmatulevich3623]

Does make you wonder about the lack of Zonai ruins on the plateau? Also just adjacent to Hyrule Castle and the Fairy Fountain is the Rauru Settlement Ruins, which I don't even remember being in BOTW?

[@matutegamer9255]

Great video bro

[@HyruleGamer]

Thanks!

[@alfredojimenez5247]

It would be safe to say that Goponga Village was destroyed by a Guardian Stalker, since one is found in BotW walking around the Wetlands very close to this village, am I right?

[@PhoenixDening-cz5wd]

What if the original residents of these places fled to other lands outside of hyrule and some may have attempted to return after botw but couldn't Cross the giant geographic features that seperate Hyrule from the bordering lands

[@ArianaSophia13]

perfect video for Halloween :)

[@HyruleGamer]

Thanks for watching!

[@Shasta31487]

Happy Halloween 🎃👻 🔼

[@jefe2112]

Fantastic video

[@HyruleGamer]

Thank you!

[@Botw_chann]

Perhaps in future games they will be rebuilt?

[@Tmb7evvvvv]

YAY

[@HyruleGamer]

Yay!

[@MrGoobermania]

Oohh spooky

[@silentpoem]

I love your account thank youuu🙇🏻‍♀️🩵

[@HyruleGamer]

Thanks for watching!

[@mrbruh-ll7ss]

Nice vid

[@BurNinGkOrOK]

Ah yes, 2 views and seven likes-IS KZbin DRUNK???

[@mythologigi]

My brain isn't working fully yet, so I initially thought you were complaining about the lack of views and likes 😂 I was like, my guy it's only been up for a few minutes.

[@HyruleGamer]

🔥

[@Haregue]

HG, has anyone ever mention you sound like @thoughty2???

[@HyruleGamer]

Not that I recall lol

[@Linky_Triforce]

Love this❤❤❤❤ 👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏

[@7th_hokage944]

👀

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[@xdmomentum8346]

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[@Innerspacezombie]

day 41 of mentioning that on 6/6/2023 hyrule gamer made a video where, at 43.46, he spent 12 seconds simping about the ancient gerudo soldiers

[@Innerspacezombie]

day 45 of mentioning that on 6/6/2023 hyrule gamer made a video where, at 43.46, he spent 12 seconds simping about the ancient gerudo soldiers