The Symbols' Secret (Zelda Theory) ft. Commonwealth Realm

[@BanditGames]

Which of the races of Breath of the Wild's Hyrule is your favorite? Personally I vibe with the Gerudo. Those abs!!

[@markeswildin]

The Gorons are so chill and I love their laidback personality!

[@Fizzicaltherapy.]

Lol yeah I really like the gorons they're super nice

[@thetexantyrant8244]

The Zonai r the most interesting

[@IreneTheBat]

The ones from t'he twilight ( I know they are not from breth of the wild, but com on, Minda

[@barthvader4316]

How you get that Sidon pic?

[@myprofilepicturesaysitall2821]

"We were WRONG about the Heroine statues" What did we even get right about them other than there are 8 of them?

[@BanditGames]

... you have a point

[@myprofilepicturesaysitall2821]

@MaskedNintendoBandit Thanks bro!

[@amycole1415]

Yeah you do

[@stijndenbandt5988]

@@BanditGames i found a secret way from hateno to lurelin can you check out my comment? If you did You are the best and if not you are still the best

[@blacklegbeastro5295]

@@stijndenbandt5988 where?

[@5h0ckblock]

Wait a second... "the eight statue was removed" "8 races of Hyrule" "REMOVED" Wasn't the Minish literally REMOVED from this game!??!! It was the Minish all along!!

[@runnersshade6612]

Minish=zonai confirmed

[@izzy_pappas750]

:o)

[@NewBakultimate]

"The only time where the number seven appeared in the franchise" The Seven Sages in A Link to the Past : "Are we a joke to you ?"

[@michaelklaus]

And their descendants the seven maidens. These two act as if there was no Zelda before OoT again.

[@josephalbertson8834]

Well this doesnt really matter cuz Zelda is one of them still. Thats like saying “its a group of 6 with a leader as well”... thats 7, but there are 8 heroines

[@AlvinaYunoa]

@@irritatedfroot way to get r/whoooooosh ed

[@0rderSol]

Or Four Swords Adventure, Or A Link Between Worlds....

[@edwinortiz9741]

Continues to make sense as Zelda being the eighth maiden uniting them, and with her being imprisoned holding back Malice, the broken sword mirrors this near-defeat or temporary detente.

[@zelatoth]

I like idea that someone at nintendo is watching and is like "we just rolled a d20 to decide what symbol goes where".

[@kurosawa9857]

Tbh that’s probably how it went 😂

[@liveroni_and_cheese]

Me literally just waiting for him to say zonai Oh there it is!

[@blacklegbeastro5295]

🔵-Hay link

[@juicecarton7845]

ikr

[@Cure-Skywalker]

Breath of the Wild theories is just a drinking game. Take shot evertime they say Zonai.

[@ThePeptoBismol]

Me: *Demonic Screams* NO MORE ZONAI. J.K. Keep up the good, er halfway decent work

[@auru1325]

Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey you know what you've done

[@commonwealthrealm]

Hello there!

[@syou4276]

General Kenobi

[@myprofilepicturesaysitall2821]

General kenobi (remember everyone- mandatory star wars reference)

[@jebsheep6445]

Nice

[@sees72]

Hi

[@sees72]

I love both of your videos

[@BRUIN1821]

Every time you said “symbology” all I could picture was Willem Dafoe saying, “Symbolism, the word you’re looking for is symmmmbolism”

[@javier8965]

I knew this comment would be here.👏

[@Lina_1223]

Aaahhh i just said this! I’m so happy someone else noticed it and thought the same exact thing LOL classic movie

[@blackattack1840]

I kept hearing "The study of WOMBO."

[@smeg0911]

Boondock Saint represent!

[@flixiander8779]

link decides his priority is looking at old symbols and... figuring out theory's that will change the fate of hyrule...

[@juicecarton7845]

Yes, why wouldn't it? Also, hello person who clicked on: View 1 reply! Hi, are you still scrolling? Are you tired of those *Read More* jokes? Well order a *Read More* blocker at 1111 1111 1111 Authenticating... Still here? Bye? Stop! There's something you don't want to see! uwu

[@bowenorcutt78]

You joke, but it actually is kind of fun running around playing archaeologist when you run out of other things to do.

[@flixiander8779]

@@juicecarton7845 LOL dit the comment, it says view 2 replies now LOL

[@michaelklaus]

The sad thing is: That is exactly what Zelda wanted to do.

[@danieldutoit2187]

Are we certain the "arrow" isn't a flame (Goron) and the "mountain" an arrow pointing up (Rito)?

[@8nationalparkers442]

My thoughts too

[@felixevers478]

Well, the colours also slightly point to them. Blue, the colour of the sky (also that specific shade of blue was Revali's skin colour I'm pretty sure), and orange, the colour of Death Mountain's lava and the Gorons' skin colour (even though the shades are both a bit off). To me, the air is also a more "flexible" element somehow, so the sleeker arrow makes more sense. Also, the shapes of the arrows are totally different. The Goron symbol is definitely a mountain, while the Rito symbol could be an arrow point! As the Rito are archers by nature, the symbol makes even more sense.

[@DarthSanguine]

@@felixevers478 "Ravali's skin colour" He's a bird - those are feathers.

[@peanutbutter6720]

@@DarthSanguine I now have an image of fleshy Revali in my head, I hate life.

[@lilaclover1018]

Same with Spirit because when he showed the clip from OoT it looked like the same spirit symbol from the temple

[@MossMothMyBeloved]

Doesn't ancient gerudo text spell out "the seven sages" on the statues though?

[@TitoBunkN]

@@jorgeoquendo7514 I thought the 8th was zelda technically

[@blacklegbeastro5295]

@@TitoBunkN but why would Zelda be built miles away,what if the 8th is he who spoke the ancient curse.

[@angelhernandezvega6064]

@@TitoBunkN Zelda is the seventh

[@alexandrac6177]

The eighth being most likely Link, who by all accounts disappears/is lost to time in every timeline. Alternatively, this doesn’t defunct the idea that it could be races, too-just that for BOTW, the lore is or was confused about the role of the hero and originally thought him a sage. If they ever were corrected (say, by uncovering the tapestry and tech of the ancient Hylians), they may have removed the statue, or planned a separate one for elsewhere.

[@Ash-bl7vm]

@@alexandrac6177 exactly, also supports the fact that each heroine represents each race because the tapestry from 10,000 years ago shows link with a golden hand and redhaired skin, which could indicate that he was a zonai in the past

[@joemaison1993]

The minish: "Am I a joke to you?" Ooccoo: "No one cares about us."

[@dabmonstr7403]

Twili

[@fernandofffff]

6:15 "I'm gonna skip explaining that for the sake of time." Zeltik: So you have chosen death.

[@bigtimes1]

What video does he explain it in?

[@Xaero13]

Funny you mention Zeltik and time, as if you speed up his videos to 1.25 speed it sounds like he's speaking normally.

[@TheBlackSquirrel]

First of all: I absolutely loved this theory, and Bandit is definitely one of my favorite Zelda theorists out there. Excellent job, my dude! Secondly: a possible alternate explanation that I can think of would be that the heroines represent great Gerudo leaders from the past. ...where the 8 represents Ganondorf. Forcibly removed from the other leaders. Hidden away. Its symbols and insignia eliminated to cover up their shameful history... Similar to how the Ancient Egyptians tried to erase the pharao Akhenaten from records, because he was so hated by his people. These statues are called the 7 Heroines, so finding an 8th one that looks almost exactly like them... Everyone would assume it was another heroine, no? Not a certain "King"... Probably a stretch, I'm aware, but that's what makes theorizing fun! ❤

[@TheDarkSan666]

Exactly my thoughts. Only obvious problem is that we don't really have any record of former Gerudo Leaders so we can't really tell, right? Maybe we'll never know

[@aterriblefate930]

Yes I rlly like bandits theory but this one u have may make more sense

[@NikkiTheViolist]

8 races me: "Wait, some of the games have humans in addition to Hylians who are obviously not Hylians and you can tell because they don't have the pointy ears that defines the Hylian race. Y'know, the Ordonians in Twilight Princess, as well as in some of the other games." me, twenty seconds later: "Wait, does this mean that the "Zonai" are actually just humans and Zonai is just the name of an ancient kingdom that was run by humans

[@matthewdoherty803]

I kinda didn't know what u were saying but I get it now

[@nworder4life]

Hylians are humans though, they are just humans blessed by Hylia.

[@blacklegbeastro5295]

@@nworder4life so Hylians are new Zoni like gurudo are new ancient gurudo

[@blacklegbeastro5295]

@@Alaois but what happened to the ancient Gurudo.

[@nworder4life]

@@Alaois Well there are both in TP but I'm pretty sure it's because people are losing their faith in the Gods.

[@rosaliamoon4525]

I was curious. It looks like the 7 statues were cut from rock and moved to the circle. So is it possible that the 8th statue isn’t yet finished? And the ancient gorudo were stopped before they could finish the location? That would mean that the shrine was added afterwards

[@sirsudo0614]

I like your theory but what if the blank statue represents the hero in ocarina which left their world which is why it’s blank and the others represent the sages

[@RenegadeCow]

Not a heroine though, Link has always been a male.

[@sirsudo0614]

@@RenegadeCow still some of the sages were male to

[@RenegadeCow]

@@sirsudo0614 possibly, I assumed this could be from the 7 maidens, ancestors of the 7 sages.

[@sirsudo0614]

@@RenegadeCow this is also a nice theory but what would the bleach eighth one represent

[@Lyoko012345]

I would actually use the blue “arrow” for the Gorons because to me it looks like a flame. And the mountain symbol for the Rito to represent the sky.

[@jamesgeeks8569]

Weren't there heroines in the third legend of Zelda game who were decendents of the sages, that lines up a little better

[@VocaloidRoxs09]

Do you mean Link to the Past, where you start the story protecting the last sage descendant from being sacrificed?

[@anonymousfellow8879]

Yes. In Link to the Past there are Seven Maidens (including Zelda) who were sacrificed to revive Beast Ganon (who Link later rescued in the Dark World to gain the power to confront Ganon.) These women are also descended from the Seven Sages (in the English Localizations-seven wisemen is used instead) There are also Seven Sages in A Link Between Worlds-Zelda is not included, not even symbolically. And I don’t recall the number of Sages in Twilight Princess? But there are at least 6 or 7 (including the slain Sage identified as the Sage of Water.) In Windwaker, two more sages are added to the six-no-seven, bringing it to *NINE* In either FourSwords or FourSwordsAdventure (forgive me, I didn’t own a GBA. It might even be both), the Maidens vs Sages return. And I believe it is again Seven. *ANYWAY* Usually the number is Seven, the precedent is NOT Ocarina of Time, *actually* , and the Number Itself isn’t even a strict rule. (not only that? but these sages are different than the ones from ocarina of time. These are from actual bloodlines vs reincarnated souls. Sooo...Y E A H. the Eight Heroines literally do not have to be OoT (+ WW) Sages even IF the numbers lined up.

[@joblessmf420]

@@anonymousfellow8879 The sages from the Wind Waker are decenants from the Kokiri and Zora sages in Ocarina of Time. There were never nine at the same time.

[@anonymousfellow8879]

@nobody The Kokiri only exist in that form in OoT. The implication has always been that the Sword Sages allegedly were “Off Map” doing their own thing until Ganondorf later found them and killed them. Also, again, the sages succession is fuzzy. Descendent implies bloodlines. And last I checked the Kokiri take prepubescent forms so.

[@jamesgeeks8569]

@@VocaloidRoxs09 I believe it is, regrettably Im not too familiar with the older games

[@silentspirit8923]

Never thought about connecting the Heroine statues to the 8 races in Hyrule. You guys might be onto something.

[@karolfortuna8522]

Then I guess that having 9 sentient and civilized "good" races in Hyrule might be a lil' bit problematic ;p

[@RenegadeCow]

What about the oocoo, the minish and the twili? Granted they may have lived outside the kingdom of hyrule, but doesn't explain the zonai at all.

[@Stonerolog1st]

Neither of them were people of Hyrule Oocoo were people of the sky, Twili are from the Twilight zone. The Zonai however are still a mystery we'll find out more in BOTW2

[@karolfortuna8522]

@@Stonerolog1st Yeah, still, I meant Minish folk. Also, we have river zoras, that sometimes are bad, and sometimes not. If we count rito and zora as two seperate races, i guess it's an acceptable stretch to count river zora as seperate race? Oh! Imagine that! River Zhorai! We can't also say for sure, that subrosians aren't around, deku are a race i think, and where are my crocodile, flying bear and kangaroo companions ;p But I guess if you want to take account of races mentioned only in botw, that would make it 8... Altough koroks can't be seen by most, so why nobody thought they got extinct aswell?

[@RenegadeCow]

@@Stonerolog1st that's true, I've seen a few theories that they originally preceded hyrule, but would be interesting to find out - also, the OP makes a point of 6 elements, but he forgot earth and wind, which does make 8 albeit a separate generation.

[@Zutanni]

@5:00 ... Are we just going to forget about the Minish like that?

[@juicecarton7845]

ikr I love the Minish, but I think it only applies to BOTW races.

[@alexandrac6177]

Yes!! Was looking for this. The Zonai were a tribe. Do we have any reason to believe they are not racially the same as Hylians? The Minish, however, much like the eight statue seems to represent... were REMOVED from the game.

[@Zutanni]

@@alexandrac6177 yeah, but as far as the reasoning behind the eight statues goes, the Minish were meant to be in the game until very late in production iirc, which would mean that the statues were made even later in the game development or retroactively brought down from nine to eight... eight to seven?... both of which would be sizable alterations for late development.

[@alexandrac6177]

@@Zutanni no more sizable than removing the minish themselves, I would think

[@mustacheman529]

...and the mogmas, and the fairies. The mogmas were probably long gone before they made that statue, and they probably couldn't see or know about the Minish, the there is no excuse for the fairies.

[@LozPlaya]

everyone always forgets that there were actually 8 sages in one game, A link between worlds. in that game there are 7 sages, which do not include zelda, and 8 paintings are needed to summon ganon.

[@shelliblossom8953]

And zelda was even In a painting too

[@DigitalDeath88]

Just another Heroine statue video, huh? WRONG! Boom, a zonai video. "I pulled a sneaky on ya"~MNB

[@SamuelTheAdept]

I don’t want to be rude but I laugh every time he calls the heroins large ladies

[@TheScholarOfLemons]

i would prefer if he called them a giant woman

[@TheLEGOZora]

9:13 wow, 4 years old is considered "age old" now. That really makes me feel old.

[@nworder4life]

Sometimes if it looks like a duck, it's a duck. The seven sages as depicted in a past to BOTW that we never got to see.

[@mxgrant25]

One of the most satisfying voices on KZbin.

[@Mr_Coolcreeper]

Bro check out kleric’s channel

[@mxgrant25]

@@Mr_Coolcreeper i agree

[@joseluisalonzo6146]

You forgot about the 7 maidens from link to the past. This is a pretty big point that was missed. 7 maidens, seven big statues could be connected.

[@alcides2494]

Something else I like to think is that they are meant to represent the sages but the 8th is meant to represent the hero who works separately from the sages and is usually unknown and forgotten, just like the 8th statue and like the Seven Sages are widely known as people even believe they created the master sword as the statues are known to the town

[@elitegamer9310]

My theory on the 7 Heroines is that they weren't actually a unified group like the Sages, but rather were legendary Gerudo warriors from across their history. One of the Heroines is said to represent Spirit, and as we know from OoT, the Gerudo Nabooro was the Sage of Spirit. Given her role as a Sage and being a well respected leader amongst the Gerudo, it makes sense that her people created a statue in her honor. Another piece of evidence is that the Heroines don't represent elements, but rather different aspects, or feats. These traits were likely the feats the Gerudo Heroines were best known for, Nabooru being our only example. It wouldn't make much sense for the Heroines to represent the 7, or 8, races of Hyrule when they are all made to look like Gerudo women. The Gorons don't even have any females. As for the 8th statue, my guess is that it's supposed to be Ganondorf or Twinrova.

[@shelliblossom8953]

That makes more sense except flight which would be a stretch unless one build like a flying machine... I guess it could mean speed... what if the one not done was for urbossa? Skill for her ability to control lightning she wasnt added to the group because the sudden destruction of hyrule made everyone hide and the statue lost in time?

[@elitegamer9310]

@@shelliblossom8953 The Flight one probably isn't literal, yes. However, I think it might be possible the Heroine of Flight used a Glider of some kind. The Rito aren't far from the Gerudo Desert, and depending on the era of the Heroine of Flight, I think it's fair to say the Heroine of Flight received a Paraglider from the Rito.

[@blizzliftie]

Sounds like this could be a new Zelda game involving the use of 8 joy cons 😁👍

[@Lina_1223]

Bandit: “...Symbology” Me, a Boondocks Saints professional: “Sssssssymbolism. I believe the term you are looking for is ssssssssssymbolism” 😉 LOVED this video!! Amazing as usual!

[@MrAlasador]

I've got to make the boondock saints reference. "It's symbolism."

[@josephinetyler4356]

Here’s a question: what top 10 foods would you love to each from the Zelda games?

[@aaahhitsgabe]

The 8 statues represent the sages and link

[@fairieemy]

Maybe the 8th one is Link since it holds the sword with its left hand like some Links in the past

[@pumpkinman2955]

That’s interesting to think about

[@karma-4730]

Sages represent there races and powers and link embodies all of that and is there hero

[@sirsudo0614]

To go even further the eighth is blank because link left the adult world

[@lukeheffernan2022]

My theory is that the heroines are simply a group of legendary gerudo, which is why they are all women and it is in the gerudo desert. The eighth heroine is Ganondorf, but because stories change through time, and male gerudos are rare, he was thought to also be a gerudo woman. This is why the statue is banished to the gerudo highlands, which is the home of GANON'S worshipers, the yiga. Also, the highlands are in the shape of a heroine statue, which I think the ancient yiga were carving in honor of their ruler, ganon.

[@goonerOZZ]

My theory is similar, but for me the 8th is Midna My conclusion is because how the 8th carved as to look like the mirror image of the other 7. And also to connect this to the theory that the Twilians are banished Gerudo.

[@lukeheffernan2022]

@@goonerOZZ ah good theory.

[@jellocat9244]

The blue one is clearly a water drop so it should be for zora

[@Almandeen]

Yeah agree it looks like a water drop

[@juicecarton7845]

lol

[@bimbodoki]

YES. And the one they said should be Zora looks like a scroll rolled out to me which makes more sense for Hylians imo

[@TornaitSuperBird]

Looks like a flame to me.

[@bimbodoki]

@@TornaitSuperBird I can see both by shape, it’s the color that makes it seem like water.

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

They look like the arbiter’s grounds sages

[@RiseeRee]

I mean, are you REALLY a LoZ theorist if you never mention the “tetraforce” in a video? 🤷🏻‍♀️😂

[@kazboy6899]

you have forgotten the fact that there are also the fairies like navi and the great fairies who are also in a certain way peoples of Hyrule

[@HyruleGamer]

Girlfriend approved, great video to watch on Valentines Day haha

[@lofimonki]

The sages are also 1 of each race, so it could still be both.

[@tacocats2244]

Wait, in front of the 8th heroine statue is a gust of wind coming up from the ground right? Well, in movies and games, wind is most of the time represented with a swirl or multiple swirls

[@hylianchampion8867]

"OH MY GOSH IS THAT A ZONAI SWIRL?" -Nintendo Black Crisis-

[@dudeguy8686]

Excellent choice on spirit: it's the space between rhe two lines that's important, something that exists, yet is invisible. Also awesome vid, the sages never felt right specifically because of 8 statues, and this makes so much more sense

[@Shotnthdark]

What about 'Seven Sages' literally being written on the statues though?

[@Happydaim]

And the seven sages can be of different races. The 8th could have been one of the 7th, was removed cause we don't know, and replaced with another 7th. I also like the mother or protector of ganon theory, like she went dark so was removed

[@kristinemacdonald7818]

The “hylian symbol” makes me think of the Temple of Time from OoT

[@player3617]

But the twili were also removed from hyrule so thats 9 that theory doesn't add up

[@EmbassyNerdcore]

A lot of the symbols represent a Landmark location where the people live. The Gerudo use Spectacle Rock, hence the two circles. Gorons with Death Mountain Kokiri with the Deku Tree (deku shield symbol/Faron light spirit from TP) Zora's got a Waterfall (motion, also Lanayru the TP light spirit from Lake Hylia/Zora dungeon is a Serpent which could also be a squiggly line) Rito what looks like an 'arrowhead' could actually be an Owl with wings pointed down mid-flight (like the Eldin light spirit - the Rito in WW were on Death Mountain instead of Gorons) That just leaves the Circle and the Two Lines. One has to be Hylians and one for Sheikah. I would argue against the video and say that the Circle is for the Hylians, as the Center of Hyrule, at Hyrule Castle. The Sheikah would be the two lines, representing the Sheikah and the Yiga Clans, both part of one original people.

[@Rothen0303]

Couldn't the eight one represent the hero of time?

[@blacklegbeastro5295]

No-It Is He Who Uttered The Ancient Curse!

[@ardd.c.8113]

@@jorgeoquendo7514 so what is the symbolism of the missing sword? fallen timeline? by the way, when you first go up to the sword on the mountain there's a gerudo sword planted next to it, implying... I have no idea but still worthy of mentioning.

[@blacklegbeastro5295]

@@scouragesij7916 It's Demise

[@Gamebreakers15]

My theory is, it's a representation of the trials the hero of time went through. Because in ocarina of time there are eight dungeons apart from Ganon's castle. I think one is removed because of the shadow temple in ocarina of time. If it was a torture chamber that the royal family used in the Hyrule civil war, then maybe it's a dark history that's better left forgotten.

[@juicecarton7845]

Noice

[@jacksoncouts8598]

bru the clip of the SPIRIT temple from Ocarina of time you used has one of the symbols. here's the clip btw 5:59

[@monicacrisanoli]

That is the Gerudo symbol lol it is the same in every game that’s why he used it. It is well known.

[@ckinggaming5bucketmadness766]

Think I either found these,or some other ruins,because I remember coming across some sorta area that looked like that one game from Harry Potter,whatever it was called,it looked like that game’s arena.

[@kyurem224]

It could also represent a sage from each race. The eighth race is the Zonai which abused their power which resulted in banishment to the twilight realm.

[@Ryan707_-_]

the dark interlopers aren't the zonai, tp happened way before botw so I feel like they would be lost to time if that were the case also the twili were already a thing for quite some time before tp even starts and i just doubt the zonai are that old yet still remembered

[@WildflowersCreations]

This is so well done and amazing. Really well thought out and thought provoking. It also really explains why the 8th isn't with the rest, in a way that non of the other theories really do. Most of the other theories focus on the 8th being Ganon, but he would never be forgot especially by the Gerudo in my opinion just a huge focus of shame. The 8 races and a forgotten race makes a lot more since. If you're ever able to do a video on the mean of the symbols of the Toh Yahsa Shrine (Thunder Shrine) I would love to watch that. Looking forward to all your future content.

[@GoldenSomeThing1]

I was doing another playthrough and I literally just did this shrine quest

[@juicecarton7845]

Master Mode be hard. I farm weapons tho

[@GoldenSomeThing1]

@@juicecarton7845 same lol

[@GoldenSomeThing1]

@theogames1205 theosmithyboi yup

[@SuperSenshi]

(1:57) Commonwealth Realm: "There's the three pieces of the triforce, the four giants of Termina, five adult dungeons in Ocarina of Time, six elements of the universe, and seven Sages including Zelda herself." Me: "...And a partridge in a pear tree!" XD

[@lemondando6444]

When you want to comment but have nothing to say

[@matthewdoherty803]

That's something

[@Bea-ic8jo]

GANON HOW DID YOU ESCAPE AGAIN. THE GODDESSES AND GREEK GODS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY TO BRING HALF-BLOODS TO TAKE YOU DOWN. I JUST WANT A NORMAL LIFE. PLEASE JUST WAIT LIKE FIFTY YEARS SO I CAN RETIRE PLEASE.

[@lorelikesthings]

@@Bea-ic8jo da oof how's Percy by the way? How's camp??

[@Bea-ic8jo]

@@lorelikesthings Percy’s great and so is camp. We’re working on building better relationships with the Romans and I’m really excited to go back to college in New Rome for my masters degree. And plus the Apollo kids are working on developing the Covid Vaccine for Half-Bloods so things will probably start looking up soon. I’ll tell Percy you said hi by the way!

[@lorelikesthings]

@@Bea-ic8jo that's good, that's really good

[@poodrofartman2802]

5:27 O MA GAWD ON THE PANTS ARE THOSE ZONAI SWIRLS!?!?! DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE GERUDO ARE ACTUALLY ZONAI!?!?!

[@blacklegbeastro5295]

Ancient Gurudo=Zonai?

[@barthvader4316]

There are four powers of triforce! In the middle. It means Beetle

[@barthvader4316]

Omg thanks for the like!

[@Kylesico912x]

Ah yes. The four parts of the triforce. Power, courage, wisdom and entomological capitalism.

[@evalynbaun6672]

Another thing to point out is that the one you chose for the Rito is virtually the same shape as the kite shield, which is the Rito shield. It is also very similar to the Rito crest. So it basically further connects the two symbols.

[@triforcecarrier]

never clicked so fast in a video in my life

[@poke_detta]

that transition in the beginning was so seamless i thought bandit did an accent for a second lol

[@bebolito1798]

sooo... what is the last statues symbol and what is its (power) like endurance or motion? Could it be destruktion???

[@mitch3775]

I really think you are on to something, and I think Gentleness and Endurance were spot on, but a couple of symbols don't align well. Taking your theory and expanding: -Sheikah, knowledge, a scroll 📜 -Zora, motion, a water drop. -Gerudo, skill, gold like ring📀. You see this a lot in the games, from Naboorh's forehead gem to the Gerudo Shield. -Hylian, Spirit, the 2 dots. Could represent body & spirit, which would be like the 2 dots inside a ying/yang, a throwback to the medallion of spirit. -Rito, flight, sideways equal sign. It resembles the towers of stone reaching upwards that their city is built on. Also if you want to take it a shady direction: they are not equal to the other races, for they were not given a element or have a sage represent them like the other 6 living races.

[@Nintendosaiyan3]

"Giant ladies", "large ladies"... I see you're trying to take advantage of current affairs in gaming to influence the algorithm ;)

[@jorgevalencia8850]

Hello, I have a good theory for the eight statues. When Calamity first appeared 10,000 years ago there were eight heroes, one for every race. I believe Ganondorf was one of the eight heroes and he represented the Zonai Tribe. This is pure speculation but I believe Ganondorf's birth parents were the Gerrudo Queen and Zonai King of that time. When the Calamity showed up all the races and tribes gathered together to defeat it. Yet, Ganondorf was injured and corrupted by malice after they defeated the Calamity. The king of Hyrule than saw it as an opportunity to rid himself of Ganondorf and the threath and power the Zonai possesed. The King had Princess Zelda betray the injured Ganondorf by stabbing him in the chest and sealing away his body under Hyrule castle. Than the King had the Sheika use the malice to turn the Zonai into the monsters we all know very well, Bokoblins. . .

[@luckymark571]

The truth about the seven heroines o eight is that there just a dollar store version of the seven sages 😂😂😂

[@manonvh6580]

At first I thought the sign that was associated with the Zoras was not a wave but a sort of scroll, which I associated with "knowledge" but it does make sense to see it as something flowing! That theory was really cool, great job as always!

[@darkblade722]

1 minute ago: Video posts Me: * Z o o m s 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️💨 *

[@Vixin24]

OK I've watched a lot of heroine theory videos and this is the only one that I feel actually makes sense, especially with the eight simply being the Zonai who are presumably extinct and therefore removed from the others. Cool theory, I'm totally going to go with this idea unless botw 2 proves it wrong!

[@CloaxHere]

Day 12 of commenting Zelda memes until NMB laughs and I get a shout-out: Astor when talking to Ganon: Hey demons, it's ya boy.

[@1800mexicano]

Your symbol deciphering is out there imo You support a point you're making about the symbol on the shield looking like the courage vessel or whatever is strong. But to find correlation between it and the red symbol from the heroines and then to base the rest of your theory on that is stretching it Love the theories Looking forward to the next Bout to hit up cwr actually

[@notryan7220]

Here's a fun fact, you're not first

[@cruz8852]

Ryan I’m firstn’t

[@juicecarton7845]

But I am, Ryan... But I am.

[@notryan7220]

@@juicecarton7845 sure keep telling yourself that

[@yum2735]

I have a crazy theory of my own: What if it's just eight statues of Gerudo heroines?

[@ardd.c.8113]

because the letters on the statues translate to "the seven sages".

[@yum2735]

@@ardd.c.8113 That might as well be an easter egg considering there are eight.

[@echostwitt9648]

There are lots of comments saying that there are more than eight races, and you're absolutely right. However, the seven most common races, seen in the vast majority of games are the seven mentioned in the video. I bet the reason Zonal were decided as the eighth major race is because of the many mysteries surrounding them in Breath of the Wild, whilst there's no mention of the lesser-seen races. Personally, I believe that the Zonai were the banished race that became the Twili. That would be a good twist

[@SuperBlooperBrothers]

"The seven sages are the only time we see the number 7 in the series" *Cries in the seven maidens*

[@simonbustamante821]

Going back to the Seven Sages idea the eight statue may represent link being unrecognized as a hero.

[@crashez35]

Just watch, the big reveal will be that the 8th statue was actually just part of a routine statue replacement that was never finished.

[@Lyoko012345]

Then why are there 8 statues in the Yiga Clan hideout?

[@crashez35]

@@Lyoko012345 storage for all other replacements lol

[@channelknightfadran7901]

How many heroes were there... - Hero of the Sky - Hero of the Minish - The Four Sword Hero Guy - Hero of Time - New Hero of Hyrule - Hero of Hyrule - Hero of Twilight - The Four Sword Hero Guy part 2 - Hero of Winds - Hero of Spirit (Trains) That's ten. Scud. It was worth a shot!

[@trevornewell6844]

I love this theory and I think it fits almost perfectly. In my opinion, I think the Gerudo would be better represented by “spirit” (Nabooru, or however you spell it, being the spirit sage in Oot) and I feel that the Hylians would be represented by “Skill.” Maybe because link is skillful or something idk. But that’s just my look on it

[@Gzilla313]

I just assumed it was the 7 sages + Midna as the ruler of the Twilight Realm as the 8th heroine.

[@sorry_badmic1152]

I started translating gerudo text for fun one day and I when I translated the text on the robe of one of the seven heroines it translate to “the Seven Sages” I can’t be the first to find this out.

[@ThePeptoBismol]

Imagine, the eighth heroine was made by the gods and dropped from the sky to make link's life difficult, and chucked the sword on the other side of the gerudo area, to make the sand boots quest more difficult than it really had to be

[@striggen594]

What if there used to be a "knights of the round table" where the original Ganon was supposed to be the "King Arthur" but he turned his back on the world in his lust for power, and he was removed from that story, but still included overall. Same as the Zonai removing the Boar statues from all of their ruins, however, remnants still remain in each civilization as a warning carved in stone to future generations?

[@Bman32x]

I think this version of Ganon is Zonai. To be forgotten, there has to be a further reason they’re basically banished, and the Zonai armor does look slightly reminiscent of the BOTW2 Ganon reveal who seems to be the battery for Hyrule’s energy.

[@papayapeaks1693]

Thank you for making my meals 10x enjoyable

[@BanditGames]

That’s actually a huge compliment 😂

[@jonhook9265]

The "7 sages" is not the only time the theme of 7 appears in the franchise, There are 7 wise men in a link to the past.

[@discerningpotato4050]

Actually, being that Ganon in OoT fought link, who was raised as a kokiri, might be why they got the symbol so spot on.. the symbol of their king : and the symbol of their king's most prominent enemy. Makes sense to me anyways..

[@luciekato6383]

Hi MaskedNintendoBandit, I have to say your theory was quite interesting even if it's not my favorite (my favorite being the one about Midna). I don't really agree with your theory but it mostly because another theorist convinced me before you to be honest. If you're curious, I'm talking about Rinkuto. One his last theories was about those statues and I think it's good (Rinkuto is a french youtuber but his videos have english subtitles). I apologize for not really talking about your video, but know that I think your take on the Heroines Statues is very unique and even if I don't agree it still makes sense. So I guess you just gained another suscriber. Your videos are very good and I hope to see more unique takes like this one on the future ! (I apologize if I made some mistakes, my english isn't as good as my french)

[@mattrare4459]

I always thought it was the 7 sages, and the 8th was just the banished Ganondorf. The gerudo being particularly against him would explain why they went out of their way to get rid of it as symbolism

[@thedorklord1029]

I personally think that these are representations of not the races of Hyrule, but more specific sages that we don't know the identity of that are embodiments *of* the Hyrulean races.

[@Singeferno]

I always figured that the eighth was the mother of the current Ganondorf. She decided to keep him as he was her child, but the other Gerudo wanted to get rid of him.

[@DarkAngelBluejay]

-Uh... 8 races?.... What about the Piccori? -Only 7 is the sages? Are we forgetting the 7 Maidens from LttP. And as Blind hides himself as a maiden, there is the chance the histories were unclear on if there was an 8th lost maiden. -They are each holding a sword, so perhaps they represent warriors of the past? And if the Gerudo carved them, they would likely carve them as females. -Perhaps they represent great spirits or beings? The dragons, leviathans, the wind and thunder spirits from Wind Waker?

[@christokohn615]

I just came up with a theory! The master sword contains the 4th triforce!

[@keyblademaster1534]

Fun lore talk, the eighth statue doesnt have a emblem, cuz they dont exist anymore & with the Gerudo being so close to them, knew what happened. So symbolically, they aim the eighth statue toward hyrule castle to show that they're always taking care of the sealed ganon, but with ages gone, so did the story of how ganon was sealed

[@plasmarob741]

skill=hylian, spirit=gerudo, endurance=goron, knowledge=sheikah, flight=rito, motion=zora, gentleness=korok finally someone solved the statue mystery. also the two bars may be swords oversimplified, like the circle is the eye of truth

[@kcfriday5801]

The blue fire looking symbol might be a reference to the blue flame that you have to get in OOT to " thaw out" the fish king. Just a thought.

[@ScarletThot]

Nabooru, Koume, Kotake, Aveil, Urbosa, Riju, Ganondorf, and the outcast Astor. (I say Astor because he’s adorned with the same Gerudo jewelry and collar as Urbosa and Riju)

[@AdmiralAwsm]

There are also seven maidens to rescue in A Link to the Past, but that might count as linked to the seven sages.

[@heathercharles6612]

I say it is the 7 sages but the 8th is ganon because of there place in gerudo dessert and the 8th is right next to the yiga hideout