Breath of the Wild: Naydra’s BIZARRE Corruption Explained

[@WeyounSix]

One thing about Japanese culture and history, is nearly every single castle and temple has been rebuilt. In Japanese culture they see renewing the authenticity of what it originally looked liked gives you a more accurate idea of the true history. With this idea, the whole idea of an “original structure” is nearly irrelevant to the Japanese. Because of this, it could be very possible the temple of time ruins we see in BOTW are not the original bricks, and explains why the temple could move and change yet retain its identity as the temple of time. Japanese gods reside in the ideas of things, so if a temple is moved or reconstructed, it’s identity and holiness moves along with it. So in reality every temple of time we see is spiritually the same temple, even if it isn’t the same literal building. Same with hyrule castle etc.

[@kokijjijktfgdhjw3576]

that makes sense

[@KingDodango]

That does explain the remnants of OoT Castle Town near the Temple of Time but the entire town and castle both being “moved” to the center of the kingdom. Nice detail!

[@WeyounSix]

@@KingDodango I think that the sorta geography is kinda irrelevant since it changes so much, and that areas being relatively in relation to each other is more important overall. If you turn the BOTW map clockwise a little bit, aside from the north area, the areas are still in a similar orientation to each other. But I just think this applies mostly for structures in this instance rather than geographical locations imo

[@UltimateTobi]

Thank you. This makes sense in the context of The Legend Of Zelda and changing locations. Keeping this in mind helps explain stuff in the background! :) However in BOTW's case, I believe Korok Forest and Great Plateau switched places (by a similar mechanism as Hyrule Castle rose at the end of BOTW 2's teaser. (Which would put the temple back at its original place and the Korok Forest back to the south. I believe there was a reason to switch entire chunks of land (the Guardian Deku Tree and the Master Sword being closer to the castle is safer and more convenient; maybe a part of the Sheikah's plan to seal and/or defeat Ganon.

[@WeyounSix]

@@UltimateTobi I too think those regions switched places, I just think this more explains the temple moving and changing over the course of different games

[@dayalasingh5853]

Just like many other people I did the spring of wisdom first and was very disappointed when the other springs didn't have as fun of a quest.

[@8yane]

Agreed

[@tamioconnor3765]

I did it ferst

[@Drewsefer89]

Yup! Felt like Nintendo just ran out of time & scraped the other ideas or the other 2 dragons. Shame too cause They could've been really interesting.

[@jordanspitzer4053]

I did it last and was quite bewildered by the malice dragon lmao

[@mikeguo608]

I did it last. Taking about running out of time, I do think Nintendo could flesh out towns other than Zora domain more, making them more gorgeous, cause if you visit the Zoras first, the other towns seem rushed later.

[@SoulsOfWisdom]

The dragons may feel like missed potential, but I'll never forget that feeling of discovering one, and now today realizing that Nintendo never had a reason to add them in the game, but added them anyways is kinda just awesome, it's one of those things you'd want to be in the part of the discovery process of your open world game.

[@Saphira1001fanfic]

Oh yes, I remember running from skeletons across Hyrule Bridge when the wind started blowing, I opened my paraglider, not really paying attention just trying to get out of there when I look for the source of the wind only to see the dragon, drop my jaw, then drop my controller after the electricity gave the game over I was trying to avoid with the skeletons.

[@SoulsOfWisdom]

@@Saphira1001fanfic I remember I saw my first at Lake Hylia. It was night time, and I was standing on the bridge, and the dragon floating around in the background was just like a spectacle of wonder.

[@hannyboop]

@@SoulsOfWisdom For me it was being right in Faron and seeing it come out of the water, I freaked out

[@PandaXclone2]

My first encounter with the dragons was after beating the Lynel atop Gerudo Highlands. I was struck with an urge to fly towards Farosh and tried several times to do so by reloading the save, only to get flung along its back. Quite the experience.

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

I wasn’t surprised. The moment I saw one of the dragons I knew they were the representative of the goddesses for this game. I also shot an arrow at it since it would be weird if it was just there to look cool.

[@ael6360]

In Urbosa's diary she said something along the lines of " Calamity ganon's resurrection could not only be a threat to hyrule but the whole world." Confirming that hyrule isn't the only life.

[@camix3229]

Wasn’t that already proved? Not trying to hate just curious

[@kretisme]

@@camix3229 yes it has been earlier games mentioned wars with other kingdoms and it the oracle of ages/seasons you are in two other lands

[@kacperwoch4368]

She could mean Gerudo Desert as it's not always a part of the Kingdom and only central part of the map is considered Hyrule proper. But other than that I also like the idea land beyond Hyrule.

[@ael6360]

This was my first zelda game thanks for the insight.

[@camix3229]

@@kacperwoch4368 I think there is a bigger world it’s just not as big as ours

[@L337M4573RK]

Naydra's corruption is odd, however its connection to the Spring of Wisdom may be a bit more important than once thought. In most Zelda games, Zelda herself usually had a direct connection to the Triforce of Wisdom. Ganondorf, being over 10,100 years old at this point, would likely have remembered this little tidbit of information, and thus would have engineered Calamity Ganon to attack the Spring of Wisdom with malice in hopes of weakening Zelda's power. Naydra, the protector/guardian of the Spring of Wisdom, could have been infected by the malice during its attempt to protect the Spring, and remained infected with malice ever since due to the fact that very few travelers are ever allotted the ability to see any of the Dragons throughout BotW.

[@unnaturaldisaster9450]

@NintendoBlackCrisis pin the comment above

[@spicy1856]

This is what I’ve been thinking. Makes more sense to me ^^^

[@jameschindavanh4281]

I feel like when naydra found out malice was infecting the environment around it it willingly absorbed all the malice since it knew the hero would come and save it from the malice so it stayed there like a statue for a 100 years while dinraal and farah I’m not sure how they dealt with the malice

[@NintendoBlackCrisis]

Agreed! I didn't bother going into too much detail in regards to the connection of Zelda/Naydra and the Triforce/Spring (aside from the symbolism bit) but the idea of Naydra protecting the spring was something I remember briefly thinking about while researching for the video, though I never added it to the final version.

[@Purexfallenxangel90]

@@NintendoBlackCrisis it could also be a throwback to the time Zelda had become a puppet of ganon's in twilight princess.

[@EmeraldEyes1776]

One thing that has always nagged at me is why is there so much malice around Tabantha tower. All the other places we see large pools of it, Akkala Citadel, Hyrule Castle, the Colosseum, almost all of them are places where it can be assumed a lot of death happened. Think of how many soldiers died defending the Citadel and the civilians that likely fled to it who also perished in it; most of the people in castle town and those within the castle proper didn't make it out alive. It all begs the question...what happened around that tower to cause malice to form in such large quantities around it? I mean, the closest settlement to it is the Rito Village. Yes there are ruins around it but those ruins were in that state even before the Calamity as we can see from the memory at the nearby shrine. It's something that has always puzzled me about that tower.

[@totakikay]

I heard a theory from a BOTW game theorist (on youtube) that the ancient Clock Town (from Majora’s Mask era) was located where the current large crater near Tabantha Tower is. The theory was that the crater was formed when the moon destroyed Clock Town in the ancient past. I believe the reason so much pool of Malice surrounds Tabantha Tower was Ganon’s way of preventing the “soul” of the Hero, who is Link, from waking from his slumber in BOTW. It’s Ganon’s symbolic way of hating Link from always returning “time and time again.” It’s also the theory for Zelda - Zelda historically symbolizes the Triforce of Wisdom and Ganon infected the dragon spirit Naydra from the Spring of Wisdom in an attempt to destroy Zelda’s hold.

[@grayson8059]

@@totakikay also Termina is a parallel universe; nothing can cross between the worlds, so this theory can't (as I see it, anyway) work in any way, as it is based on questionable evidence

[@totakikay]

@@grayson8059 Many fans and game theorists have speculated that BOTW’s timeline placement could be a convergence of the Legend of Zelda chronology. Zelda said it herself- there could be different lands out there beyond Hyrule Kingdom. I wouldn’t be surprised if those lands she speaks of could’ve manifested into parts of Hyrule Kingdom (like the crater theory) and arounds its borders in BOTW’s era based on the theory of timeline convergence.

[@ouroboros5793]

@@totakikay Termina only exists in a parallel state; Link and the Skull kid are the only beings in that world that aren't from it, and they entered it presumably through a different dimension. The canonical reason why all the citizens of Termina are counterparts to those from OoT is because they were created from Link's and Skull Kid's memories and are magical manifestations, along with the land of Termina itself. Nothing about Termina is authentic or physically part of the world Hyrule resides in, unlike Holodrum and other kingdoms/settlements. The same goes for Windfish Island as it wasn't real either. Though, yeah there are nods to those places in BoTW (At least for Windfish Isle) sure. But they're not, nor could they actually be a part of TLoZ's physical world. They also ceased to exist after their respective games ended. Time convergence doesn't and shouldn't bring back magically manifested locations that canonically, expired.

[@penguin_reader_yt9510]

Ok but now i need a reply to this theory involving Age of Calamity!

[@Kronse2601]

Dude that transition into the sponsorship was fricking hilarious. :'D I was like super tense and was thinking:" oh where is he going with this" and then I was:" Oh lol" XD

[@ardianhesa4340]

Imagine an alternative reality where Ganon miserably fail to corrupt the guardians because of nord vpn

[@MidoriOfTheShuinsen]

The Legend of Zelda: That Time Ganon got Cockblocked by Good Firewalls.

[@pandoeMaxx]

bruh that would be funny

[@axolotlgab]

Also, depending on when Naydra was infected, the plan could've been to control her/him/it to attempt to kill all the champions and zelda in one swoop. A pretty smart plan if you think about it. The one thing that ganon didn't account for, is Naydra trying to fight back. It could've taken a while for the malice to reach Naydra and take control, or the malice could've taken control by then, but Naydra would refuse to harm them. A reason why we see Naydra tangled around the ice in botw, could be that it was the only way to keep herself/himself/itself from hurting anyone. Just a cool random thought.

[@NintendoBlackCrisis]

^ One of the things I forgot to add to the video. Very true though!

[@michalaswindail783]

The idea of Naydra tangling herself around and grasping on to the ice to prevent themselves attacking anyone is quite haunting

[@yukinothegamingweeb5956]

The dragons are mostly likely females because of their ties to the deities of the game.

[@ElysetheEevee]

​@@yukinothegamingweeb5956 Weirdly, and as someone who isn't super versed in lore from the Zelda universe, I always got the feeling that Naydra was a female, Farosh was male, and Dinraal was either or neither. Just a thought that has no basis whatsoever haha.

[@cathackzz]

​@@ElysetheEeveein totk, all of the dragons are referred to as she ^^

[@zugiii1086]

This was the best NordVPN product placement of all time.

[@ProjectEchoshadow]

Second best

[@AlphaWolf096]

Oversimplified does product placement better, but this is definitely top 3

[@lilicrozma]

Yeah but you could see it the second he mentioned a virus

[@goldstar6114]

I liked the video just because of it

[@Marriwil]

So much well placed

[@grateoraclelewot6326]

Here's another thought: since Zelda was heading to the Spring of Wisdom when the Calamity began, maybe Ganon saw this when he awoke and targeted the spring, and Naydra either happened to be there or came by to defend it. Naydra got infected, but Zelda unlocked her powers and halted Ganon, and so the other two springs/dragons were never directly targeted.

[@autumin6843]

I think the guardians were so easy to posses because they’re robots, whereas the spirits are living beings with a conscience.

[@skywing959]

"Malice is like a virus, if only the Sheikah had prepared" so essentially the Great Calamity is Hyrule's version of COVID-19

[@andpeggy6048]

Yes

[@mysryuza]

Apparently Nintendo tried to warn us for 2 years :p

[@MaddesG1]

worse

[@MaddesG1]

@@mysryuza Thats an amazing comment

[@Kairyuasahi]

Calamity - 19

[@Vixin24]

I don't see the dragons as missed potential at all. They give such a sense of wonder every time you see one that even after hundreds of hours spent playing the game, I still stop and stare at them with awe when one flies by. I still get excited when I hear their signature music swell. They don't need to serve a purpose. They are simply incredible additions to the game that make it feel more real and wonderful.

[@xyroxplayz8579]

I was so excited when I saw the fire dragon on my way to Snowfield stable I love dragons I had no idea there were dragons in the game Now I make sure to look for them Not for their scales or horns or fangs Just because they’re cool

[@ElysetheEevee]

I love dragons as well. They've been my favorite animal/creature since like 4th grade (so about 25 years now). Even in the "future", while playing TotK, I still watch for them, and even ride them, when I can. My 6-year-old boy loves trying to find the fourth dragon way high up (I won't say more, for spoilers' sake). :)

[@Vixin24]

@@ElysetheEevee Playing totk and finding out you could ride on them was such a magical experience! I always take the opportunity to now whenever I see one flying by, especially the light dragon, for specific spoilery reasons 😉

[@petery6432]

The moment you mentioned "Virus", I knew that you had a sponsorship segway planned.

[@regularhooman1568]

Or the icon on the corner that says includes paid promotion

[@meapsnbounds4]

Honestly that sponsor transition was really smooth

[@ghettokage6104]

frfrr

[@HolyCrusader5]

I’ve actually wanted to know how naydra got corrupted by malice and the other dragons didn’t. And this theory does make sense since ice and snow is basically frozen water

[@DoritoCrumbs]

Actually I can do you one better, what if Naydra was simply the only dragon that was specifically targeted due to its link to the spring of wisdom and by extension, Zelda.

[@Rammstein0963.]

My thoughts exactly.

[@AcidArrestB]

Either cause of wisdom or, this is a huge strech, and it doesn’t make much sense cause of WISDOM, it being the most naive, also another theory, it’s the weakest?

[@aubreyh1930]

Snow isn’t just basically frozen water. It IS frozen water. Just lots of tiny ice crystals that are stuck to each other

[@popthisway]

​@@AcidArrestB well, zelda was in possession of the triforce of wisdom when she sent link back in time (adult timeline) for a hyrule without a hero and consequently a hyrule flooded

[@bagelgod946]

I always wondered why Ganon went after the dragon... could it have been an attempt to weaken Zelda’s power?

[@XolarPoweredHistory21]

We saw Malice hinoxes, lynels, and guardians. I think we may even see malice corrupted people. Imagine the bodies of the champions were kept alive inside the divine beasts and used as batteries to keep the beasts active, while the Blights pulled the strings. It would be creepy to see malice-consumed champions fighting the hero of hyrule

[@19TheFallen]

Kind of like the Hollows, times ten!

[@XolarPoweredHistory21]

@@19TheFallen exactly!!

[@jirtini]

Naydra’s Bizarre Corruption: Weapons Aren’t Unbreakable

[@oniondude9889]

Is that a jojo reference?

[@jirtini]

possibly

[@bobtheross1267]

O MY GOOOD

[@diegoflores6735]

What a wonderful Duwang

[@thatlittleratinyourcloset7612]

IS THAT A MOTHERFUCKING JOJO REFERENCE????

[@avonthesageoc4980]

Gannon:why can't I corrupt these Guardians!? Sheikah:We have a 2 year plan on nord VPN Gannon 2 years later:*successfully corrupts all the guardians because the sheikah did not use nord VPN again*

[@GayBowser6969]

I feel another reason why this corruption got onto Naydra only is because of some story I made up or rumor which is: "When the Calamity attacked, all dragons went in their portals ASAP. But Naydra was a little too late and Ganon was able to catch her.

[@ricardodamacenafilho4049]

Naydra was just a test The rat is the main target of ganon

[@HenrikSherwood]

Lol

[@InsomniacDoggo]

The first time I saw Naydra I stopped dead and was just "Nope. Not today Satan." Cause I thought she was gunna be like a super hard actual boss fight.

[@ZeoViolet]

"This is a testament to how much of Hyrule's history is forgotten, or past down in Legends or Fairy Tales." Except _Age of Calamity_ makes it clear that the Temple of Time was kept in pristine condition and looked like a church. Zelda found her father, alive and intact, in the building, when she had thought him dead.

[@mysryuza]

I assume that the temple is an exception

[@psyffee3755]

Could have been rebuilt over the ages.

[@onebakedwalrus]

Except Age of Calamity is Not Canon. It was advertised as a prequel but its not a TRUE prequel as we know the champions DIE not LIVE.

[@ZeoViolet]

@@onebakedwalrus It is a CANON alternate timeline.

[@onebakedwalrus]

No it really isn't. It's an alternate timeline yes but that doesn't make it canon. Also it was stated in an interview that it is not Canon but was a POSSIBLE alternative and that it should NOT be considered Canon. Even if it were an "alternate timeline" Absolute non of it fits into LoZ Canon. Ive played every game from Original Zelda on NES to Today's BoTW. Age of Calamity does not fit with anything we know about Hyrule from any of the time lines. or BoTW. Alternate or not. ALSO. even in an alternate time LINK HAD THE MASTER SWORD IN HIS INDUCTION CEREMONY in Age of Calamity he does not. He's not even a knight in AoC for frig sake It was also stated by Koei Tecmo that it is a STANDALONE TITLE. The creators themselves Blatantly said its not Canon. Its a separate timeliness in a standalone game. Nothing more. Disappointing? Don't worry I was dissapointed too at first but I mean have you PLAYED age of Calamity? Its literally Just a Hyrule Warriors game using the pre Calamity as its game basis

[@peytonwm]

I actually stumbled upon the malice video just a while ago and I’m glad this just came out, following up on that

[@legendoflizzie4849]

Finding Naydra was for sure one of my favorite moments in the game. The corrupted music, the visuals... so eerie yet so magical at the same time.

[@WarmLillie]

A vessel is able to posses freely but a deity has a struggle.

[@mrgreatbigmoose]

One odd thing is that in Skyward Sword, Lanayru was Lightning in the desert, Faron was Water in the woods, and Eldin was Fire in the mountains. Now Naydra is Ice and wisdom, Farosh is Lightning courage, and Dinraal is Fire and power. An interesting shift.

[@kingz8632]

6:05 -NBC:"if only the sheikah know about nordvpn" Me : .........

[@MidoriOfTheShuinsen]

@zompige it's magical hate goop, who the fuck knows?

[@arowyn.m]

Something to mention when you were describing the different types of malice! I was looking at the different types of malice when I was in Hyrule Castle last time I played, and saw something interesting: The further you get outside of the castle, the more purple the malice pools are. It's almost as if they're diluted. The closer you get to the Sanctum, the more red the pools get. At first I thought it was just the lighting, but as I got closer to the center, it was clear that these bright red pools were design changes that we don't typically see around the rest of Hyrule.

[@redx5605]

I read the title and heard Gio’s theme blaring in the back of my head

[@Dan_Roland]

Something’s... bizarre

[@leggomyeggo5773]

Naydra's bizzare adventure: Phantom malice

[@SilicatYT]

Very bizarre

[@emperoreast2006]

jojo fans when they see bizarre

[@redx5605]

@@emperoreast2006 yep

[@tristanwilder2690]

I talked about the symbolic relationship between Zelda’s self-image and the corruption of Naydra on my last stream, but all the Skyward Sword connections are great. Keep it up, and awesome ad plug!

[@CCheukKa]

Nobody: Hylia to Zelda: Thou shalt use NordVPN to secure thy land's robot automatons.

[@nicocchi]

I know everyone should be talking about the theory itself but damn. You really nailed that transition into the sponsorship.

[@TheSpaceCat]

I have wanted to know this for a while now

[@yba_xoxo]

He touched on this already but I'm happy that he finally did a whole video on it.

[@greymon1665]

I agree

[@talkingtoaster3897]

Ok

[@SvanEsch123]

I remember the first time I encountered the dragons. I was walking across the bridge across Lake Hylia and suddenly Farosh was there. I was scared half to death, because I didn’t know they were friendly. I never noticed there was a dragon missing until I started exploring Mount Lanayru and happened to come across the Spring. I always figured it was a coincidence that this dragon got affected and not the others. Like it was just at the wrong place in the wrong time, but your theory actually makes a lot of sense!

[@carsonproctorofficial]

Seeing your recent theory about BOTW2 and this theory are slowly putting together all of the pieces. I think you’re onto something!

[@thecoldmage_]

That segue from malice infecting shiekah technology to nordVPN was legendary.

[@Blackholesaregreat]

This guy was so right, Like, The dragons went trough those portals or "Holes" that allowed them to get trough the cloud barrier, ,Wich is destroyed after the tutorial in tears of the kingdom. Also, the skyward sword reference is more of a hint to tears of the kingdom, As there is a floating island DIRECTLY above the stable that npc is. Truly fascinating how nintendo hid the tears of the kingdom plot in dialogue with seemingly no importance

[@captainkirk4637]

Thank you Nord VPN, you stopped Gannon from constantly taking over my IPad, I was getting really annoyed with him.

[@liquidsnake6879]

Now i understand why in the sequel you fly to islands floating in mid air, it's probably a more direct sequel to Skyward Sword were Link goes after Demise

[@thelegendofaidan2938]

"If only the sheikah had Nord VPN" Truer words have never been spoken

[@ghettokage6104]

fr.

[@nicholascamacho9903]

Man i wish the dragons were used in age of calamity. Imagine this, you are fighting on naydra trying to get rid of the malice, enemies spawning all over (for some reason, got to have enemies) and naydra is flying all around hyrule.

[@pineapplefrostyfruits9225]

Well, Zelda also only prayed at Naydra's spring once, and Djinn and Farosh's several times. Because she wasnt yet 17 So theres that too

[@alicepiper7455]

Gloom is corrupted water, ice is frozen water. Once I realized that, Naydra’s mess made sense.

[@PedroAlvaradoUo]

Knowing that malice is an extension of Ganondorf´s sealed body, and that it can act on their own (AoC Harbinger), is there TWO Calamity Ganon sealed within the Sacred Realm???? We are in danger..

[@TheSonicFairy]

I always thought of it being a reference to Ganon possesing Zelda, the weilder of the Triforce of WISDOM - the dragons representing the three goddesses - Dinraal is Power, Farosh is Courage, and Naydra is Wisdom

[@Ytty-bl9gt]

It could be that calamity ganon was trying to kill Zelda and corrupted naydra be cause at the time ganon came back the champions and Zelda where in lanayru road and it was close to mount lanayru

[@dilaisy_loone2846]

About the malice, I have 10 years I played it, but phantom hourglass, the boat, is also covered in malice in the form of eyes

[@PsychOsmosis]

Bilokyte?! Pretty sure that's Bilocyte, as in the -cyte suffix meaning cell. Bilocyte would mean "cell that produces bile".

[@trinity31409]

Saw the video and had the same scientific thought. Glad i scrolled through the comments first so i didnt repeat this needlessly. Good work.

[@ghettokage6104]

Ew

[@novastar3990]

It isn’t confirmed that that’s Levias’s skeleton in BOTW.

[@mysryuza]

That's why theories and headcanons exist

[@threemashup2662]

Half the things people believe to be true aren’t confirmed, the fact is it’s a Zelda game and the Skelton greatly resembles levias and that was a conscious decision. That’s all I need to know for me to say with 95% certainty that it’s levias

[@GemmaBee14]

There’s concept art for BOTW of an actual Levias skeleton that resembles it much closer and that isn’t in the game so it doesn’t make much sense to me to assume that skeleton is Levias when there are clear differences

[@UnsightlyMuse]

Finally someone talks about Levias! I always found his case quite odd...

[@matthewjones5951]

I just want to say how much I've enjoyed seeing your video quality improve over the years. I remember seeing your video on the great plateau and lost woods being swapped and since then you've kept getting better.

[@JenXBeauty]

Your videos, production, and creative thinking make my original Zelda player heart smile! As a 41 year old big kid BOTW has been a haven for me and i appreciate your continued due diligence in content for this wonderful world! Happy holidays! 🌲🎄🐉🐲

[@alexandrarene1364]

That transition from video to sponsorship was so smooth and seamless, I wonder how long it took him to think of that.

[@Nightlight_Latte]

I'll never get tired of hearing theories about malice

[@XEvilFoxX]

Welp, the dragons going to Skyloft is my new head canon. I can imagine the sky lofty instead survived up above the clouds witnessing and praying to the dragons that fly around. Naydra falling into myth when Calamity takes control and then suddenly a hundred years later there’s a blue dragon again!

[@THEDARKDEATH98]

I found an interesting location I’d like to hear your thoughts about: in between Nirvata Lake and Ovli Plain in the And lies region there’s a massive hole in the ground. There’s nothing there aside from some ore and stone pebblits. What’s even more odd is that although it seems important, this location/landmark is large but doesn’t even have a name like many unique places do. I’d love to see anybody on this sometime down the line...

[@vijeeguna4256]

probably a korok puzzle

[@kizoomtite4779]

Naydra might've been infected because when Ganon awoke Zelda was by the spring of wisdom, maybe he was trying to attack the princess

[@WarmLillie]

Corrupted Dragon of Wisdom... Possessed Twilight Princess...

[@zahnpasta7967]

You’re here?!?!?!

[@WarmLillie]

@@zahnpasta7967 Yes, let’s say I’m able to travel and dimension to be here.

[@theafternoonbreeze]

for anyone wondering why naydra was still corrupted despite all odds is because if you watch memory #15 “Return Of Calamity Ganon” it’s bc calamity ganon formed on top of Mount Lanayru, so all of that malice on ganon corrupted naydra

[@dirtywhitellama]

This is even more interesting to me given the strange behavior of the dragons in TOTK. 🤔

[@marissabulso6439]

It is also interesting to note that Zelda is sort of “consumed” by Calamity Ganon to hold him at bay. Perhaps that plays a part into why Naydra is infected with malice, while the other two dragons are not.

[@zther_5462]

well, totally nailed it 11:56

[@fuchigole]

I have always believe that Nausea was corrupted because the calamity arrived just after Zelda pray in its fountain, therefore the dragon was weak because from the meditation done with the princess.

[@larrryyyy4279]

yessss. I needed new zelda videos. Thanks NBC!

[@Iamthedr]

Perhaps the fact that ganon had so much time to to attack means he grew strong enough to corrupt a deity but since the dragons will was so strong it managed to control it self a bit

[@terryferguson3996]

I never thought of the fact the the dragon bones in botw are the dragon's from skyward sword

[@John_the_Paul]

What I find interesting is that it's always been the dragon from lanayru getting sick or infected

[@shirakotakamotogd]

10:55 this aged well

[@istillhavenoTails]

Naydra looks so majestic even if it is corrupted buy malice

[@eddie8151]

Not gonna lie that nord plug in was pretty smooth

[@miriamehlers6520]

I love watching theory videos because they make me feel so much more involved in the story of the game and give me a new perspective.

[@suhaibzahid1625]

Love your vids bro 🙌🏽

[@IpodLapras]

I’m thinking the reason why only Naydra was affected by the malice, was because they planned on haveing all the dragons like that but either ran out of time or money to program the other 2. So sadly only Naydra was added. I would’ve loved to have the other 2 dragons affected, it would’ve been a great way to introduce the dragons

[@Connor_McKinnon]

Okay, I've gotta admit, that was a great way to put in the sponsor. Very smooth, and funny.

[@moralesnery]

That ad was included perfectly inside the video content. Congratulations there, made me chuckle and considering getting NordVPN for real.

[@garretts6678]

I was playing Minish Cap before I came here!

[@tailoredvoices]

I'm new to the Zelda series but am such a sucker for things like this that were so obviously created with an insane level of care and attention to detail/story. BOTW was the first LOZ game I played all the way through and though I had friends who tried to get me into the series before, I never had a clue that the stories were so connected and had so much depth. Playing BOTW, there's an incredible feeling of hidden secrets and underlying stories, but since I never played the other games and otherwise only have wikis to rely on, I'd never know even half the extent to which those secrets delve without you and your fellow theorists! You do such a fantastic job of explaining the connections of all these fine details, and it makes it soooo much easier for someone like me to get really hooked on the lore(and everything that's yet to come). Thanks for doing what you do!

[@TheDinoWarrior]

I agree with your theory but maybe there is an easier solution. Consider this: the dragons are guardians of the fountains, so, since zelda and her gang were at the spring of wisdom the day the calamity appeared, Naydra would have been there, actively watching them. The malice possibly lashed out wildly in all directions (maybe even aiming for zelda) and it hit Naydra. The other dragons did not necessarily even have to be underneath the cloud barrier at the time, or they had more time to get away. Maybe Naydra even (invisibly) took a hit of malice for zelda, or link, now wouldn't that make the story even better? I'm happy to say this is now my headcanon.

[@DontThinkaton]

I have my own little theory on why only naydra was possesed: farosh and dinraal where able to fend the malice of due to the electricity/fire that engulfs them.naydra only makes the area around her cold,so the malice had no resistance to engulf her

[@riverwong7363]

Lol I "see" what u did there 4:25

[@hudsonberkan3232]

slick sponser segment I realy liked it to bad no other you tubers can do good ones like that

[@jub7246]

Finally an explanation

[@tyler-is5ru]

Heres something interesting I've noticed: The cloud of Malice that flaots behind Levias (in concept art) and Naydra is seen in one more place: Age of Calamity's divine beasts, when the champions are fighting inside of them. My theory is that the black cloud of Malice appears when a entity is fighting against corruption or Malice.

[@StarmenRock]

Age of calamity is an AU written by koei tecmo.

[@nworder4life]

@@StarmenRock Wrong. It's written by the Zelda team and it's a split timeline, not an alternate universe.

[@n.t.w8286]

@@nworder4life also wrong the only thing the zelda team help on was the models and characters interactions the story was completely made by the other company, and the zelda team gave them free range.

[@nworder4life]

@@n.t.w8286 Not true at all, that's not what Koei techmo said in their reveal video and it's not what Eiji Aounuma said in the interview. universozelda.com/2020/11/23/entrevista-famitsu-aonuma-habla-sobre-el-desarrollo-de-la-era-del-cataclismo/ "Aonuma: We were so committed to the project that the Zelda team ended up giving them a lot of details about the story and the images pertaining to it. I'm afraid we've only made things harder for Koei Tecmo, but they did their best in this collaboration and really captured the image that the “cataclysm” of Breath of the Wild represents"

[@n.t.w8286]

@@nworder4life So correct me if I'm wrong, but this still sounds like they weren't involved just that they gave them details and weren't to strict on what they had to follow.

[@ethan730]

Fun fact: nobody has finished this video *right now*

[@zahnpasta7967]

Fun Fact: The fact above this fact will be incorrect once the video has been up for at least 15 minutes and a few seconds

[@ethan730]

That’s why I added *right now*

[@zahnpasta7967]

@@ethan730 Oh ok

[@jadekaiser7840]

I think the "poisonous bogs" from that one loading screen tip are the actual poisonous bogs that you can find in various places, like the one near the first shrine at the start of the game that has a platform with two chests on it. The ones where you drown instantly if you fall in, instead of swimming.

[@trainerflowey2729]

If proper preparations were taken, a virus-esque threat could've been avoided. Now how does THAT sound familiar...

[@eri_noemi1462]

Or you could stop being afraid of the common cold. How about that.

[@trainerflowey2729]

@@eri_noemi1462. Who's afraid of that? Nobody!

[@evalynbaun6672]

You did such a good job with the add transition, I didn’t even skip over it.

[@heroiclightyinvillainousda6839]

1 view, 5 comments and 9 likes. HOW?!

[@thedeltasalamance1258]

Guess KZbin’s been drinkin agin. He’s really gotta get sober.

[@heroiclightyinvillainousda6839]

@@thedeltasalamance1258 He really should.

[@movespammerguyteam7colors]

Well I think that the dragon was attempting to appear before Zelda but it seems she left in a hurry because she gave up. Meanwhile the dragon was waiting at the mountain peak and was hit by Ganon’s pure malice during his raising from underneath Hyrule Castle and bombarding all the technology throughout the land.

[@leggomyeggo5773]

Naydra didn't wear a mask. Be like Farosh and Dinraal, Wear your mask

[@bagelgod946]

Naydra was a non believer of the virus and look what happend smh...

[@g3ar75]

I saw a theory that explained it like this: Basically saying that the sheikah technology was based on the blue flame, created by the spring of wisdom. When Calamity Ganon spread the Malice during his attack it overrode the malice, since Naydra was the guardian the the spring of wisdom she took the full brunt of the charge

[@ethan730]

Hmmm early

[@moskbarto9436]

I really do hate ads - as most of us presumably do - but the way you did it was hilarious (in your case I don't mind ads at all, you have all my support! 😊)

[@RyanHaney55]

At 6:04 Nice segway! 👏👏👏 The connection between Malace bogs and Naydra's ice makes sense.

[@itsashbabes8931]

I always thought Naydra was corrupted due to the connection to being blessed by the Wisdom aspect of the Triforce and the same for the “ancient energy” that Malice corrupted in the sheikah tech and due to the lack of connection Zelda had with that shrine

[@EvilJawa]

The parasitic spread of Malice is also possibly seen in Ocarina of Time. Gohma has a giant eye as a weak spot, and Great Deku Tree calls it a parasite. And Gohma spawns smaller versions, I had thought were meant to kill all the trees in the Kokiri Forest.

[@Ghostjackal482]

Also: Wisdom= Zelda with Power and Courage being Ganondorf and Link. So the dragon of the Spring of Wisdom was taking over by malice while Zelda was holding back Ganon, Naydra kind of showed that with the connection between them. Then Link came and saved Naydra then Zelda.

[@Ghostjackal482]

And Naydra might not have been killed like the Cursed Bokos Lizas, and Moblins. Because they are an immortal spirit and can’t be killed