The Mystery of the Arbiter's Grounds (Zelda Theory)

The ruins of Arbiter's Grounds in the Gerudo Desert of Breath of the Wild have left many a Zelda theorist questioning everything from its origins to whether or not it was the real Arbiter's Grounds from Twilight Princess. Could it be that the ruins themselves were destroyed by familiar faces?
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[@BanditGames]

Do you have a theory about the Goddess of the Sand or the Arbiter's Grounds/Spirit Temple? Also. Thank you all, once again, for 2019. I can't say that enough. And I can't wait to see what 2020 holds. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Awesome Video

[@Sonia-ib5nm]

Thank you for your great videos 🌟

[@rodrigroudon1872]

MaskedNintendoBandit thx you too

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Thank to you too dude first

[@ryumajin7568]

I don't really have any proof to make it a plausible theory. but considering how Ganon is kind of vengeful. I would imagine he would want destroy Arbiters ground himself. until it can be confirmed I wouldn't rule out the possibility that Calamity Gannon. or some of the many Mechs that he possessed destroyed Arbiter grounds.

[@dowbailey6033]

This is off topic but...Urbosa’s abs tho...

[@Aristocratic13]

Dow Bailey Your thumbnail + this comment = gold

[@dowbailey6033]

Ladies Love the Moon Knight thank you 😂

[@equinox-XVI]

Pillar -Men- *Woman*

[@calebdykes8166]

Yes

[@Zybernetic]

She’s buff

[@zedbags]

Me, frantically digging around the Arbiter's Grounds ruins: *"WHERE'S THE MIRROR I NEED TO SEE HER AGAIN"*

[@boocolo1046]

It's in botw you Can find part of it around thé coast

[@cloudydays4825]

@@boocolo1046 its actually never proved that its the mirror of twilight

[@Voidthe47th]

As a Twilight Princess fan I did the exact same thing. 😂 Where the temple at fr though

[@reddiamond8630]

Except that, the twilight mirror is actually broken, not ripped to simply shards to find. It was destroyed.😢

[@Idiotic_impulses]

First spend years finding all the tiny pieces, second use tons of glue, third hope she hasn't died over the at least 10,000 years.

[@54667991]

The Gerudo themselves destroyed the Arbiter's Grounds, it was a place where many if not all of their race was banished/imprisoned/slaughtered there. The Gerudo then built the Seven Heroines in honour of all the great Gerudo they lost in the Hylian Royal family's purge.

[@ordonlink259]

Exactly this! I completely agree with you

[@rayrevolta6198]

Great Theory, Oh Great King of Evil.

[@HeadHunter-mv2ht]

Yeah i was just about to say but didn't alot of Gerudo die in the Arbiter Grounds?

[@Samwyze]

Plus that place was infested with bugs, it had to go.

[@Luci2310]

And nr. 8?

[@oscca7756]

I always just assumed it was covered in sand. That what we are seeing are the remains of the top of the temple, and the rest is still there. Just below your feet.

[@kennyboy1435]

That's the same thought I had. It's within the realm of possibility.

[@Pandabarrel]

Sand happened to Arbiters Ground, after all its coarse, rough and gets everywhere.

[@stardustcomet4714]

You forgot irritating...

[@KimsLantern]

I see what you did here... lol.

[@renstr1f366]

Not a happy landing

[@gameman3981]

If there's anyone who doesn't get that reference i don't even know what to say.

[@pacampara123]

Hello there...

[@namesecond6186]

The Gerudo didn't swear off Gerudo men... the guy that gives you the clothes to get into the Gerudo village is a Hylian dressed as a Gerudo, the reason the Gerudo haven't had another male born is because the last one still exists.

[@annamiller4114]

name second who’s the last one?

[@rocc-os]

@@annamiller4114 Ganondorf.

[@annamiller4114]

MuffinGPig hmm can he be counted as Gerudo though? Urbosa said he once took the form of Gerudo but that would be in a different timeline. His current form is the grotesque monster in the boss fight.

[@rocc-os]

@@annamiller4114 I mean, he was born as a gerudo.

[@namesecond6186]

@@annamiller4114 You see his current form in the trailer for the sequel. He was being sealed underneath Hyrule Castle to prevent his reincarnation. The Calamity Ganon you fight in BOTW isn't the actual Ganondorf, he's still there underneath the laboratory when you fight CG.

[@54667991]

I enjoy visiting the Arbiter's Grounds, so many things went wrong there.

[@shawn4116]

ok ganon

[@yamidom9134]

yeah great spirits where to do the thing right then freak out and do a kind dummy-move and the kingdom so teenager had to do it right and now years later still another teenager goes to do it right so epic horror and so epic funny too

[@54667991]

@@yamidom9134 ....Ok? I think I had a stroke reading your comment or you had one writing it.

[@yamidom9134]

@@54667991 oh sorry just writing about the fun game

[@54667991]

@@yamidom9134 Sorry also, I didn't mean to sound rude.

[@ShinyGoldBacon]

I had a interesting thought: Remember how there's the spiral thing that you make rise up and then climb using the spinner just before the boss in Twilight Princess? What if the whole Arbiter's grounds can be made to rise or sink that way, and it's not destroyed but under the sand? That would fit with my theory that a lot of underground stuff will be central to BotW 2's theme. In that game's trailer, Link and Zelda are travelling underground. In the first BotW, there are big cracks all over Hyrule where powerful gusts of wind blast out of the earth. Where the heck are those coming from??? And of course, the Guardians and Divine Beasts were all buried using Sheikah technology. Add the idea of a buried Arbiter's Grounds to this.

[@roryfriththetraveller4982]

ShinyGoldBacon OH BOY i would love that so much

[@Apollo_G]

And how a lot of shrines are underground

[@timetotango9453]

That would be a logical way for dungeons to exist. They probably won’t add new temples in botw2 and pretend it was there the whole time

[@Voidthe47th]

That's one very interesting theory

[@VictorJulioHurtado]

Does anyone remember the Zuna from FSA? They were already in decline by the time of the game, but they appear to predate the Gerudo and were great builders (Ganon gets his signature trident from one of their pyramids). Makes me wonder perhaps all the ancient structures we see in the desert were built by them. Perhaps even the desert colossus. Perhaps they adopted the worship of the sand goddess, because they found references of her in the desert?

[@jaylenpurvis7169]

Instead of the Gerudo destroying it, maybe Ganondorf destroyed it out of his rage for being imprisoned there.

[@stardust8797]

Could be just a why not decision for one of his many forgotten incarnations or instinct

[@lestade682]

He wasn't imprisoned three tho. It was in the Twilight realm.

[@Gokulosestoavirus]

Lestad E he was imprisoned there. Waiting to be executed. When the execution failed, he was then sent to the twilight realm

[@lestade682]

@@Gokulosestoavirus It's that mentioned in Hyrule Historia?

[@trappersshadow9751]

@@lestade682 I believe it was

[@tyrnan7321]

Personally I feel the answer is more simplistic but also a lot less satisfying. The temple is old, very old. I feel that it just got swallowed by the sand, its happened in real life so why not in BOTW as well.

[@SenorDexSat]

A wild theory: the Arbiter's grounds are in ruins because they stopped being used and 10000 years have passed since OoT

[@IamSupreme333]

It takes place even more than 10,000 years after OoT and TP. So that gives it even more time to be in ruins

[@Vivian_Wong]

I’m surprised there’s even ruins left, 10,000 years is a LONG time

[@mrlborges]

How long are Hylian years though? It’s a completely made up universe so the way they count time may be wildly different than our 365 day year. Would love to see what a Hylian calendar looks like.

[@mokarokas-1727]

@@mrlborges - It's just Earth time. Link visibly ages 7 years in Ocarina of Time and there's talk of seasons of the year in various games... It's like saying "maybe humans in Game of Thrones are just very big (along with animals and plants and so on) and therefore travel many miles quicker than we could because miles are still the same length as ours". It's just never going to be the case, even if it would solve some inconsistencies or whatever. =')

[@Sophia-cz2eb]

Theory: In the sequel, the Arbiter‘s Ground Ruins serve as a/become a traditional dungeon by rising up from underneath the sand or the sand flows away to uncover the underground entrance. AAAAAAAND this is were Link and Zelda will find the mummified body of Ganondorf, who is/was held prisoner at Arbiter‘s Ground.

[@jordanjoestar9096]

Like the swamp temple in majoras mask but sand instead of poisoned water

[@seraphimxvoid7633]

I like this

[@sackthebastard]

The comment above yours is literally the same “theory” lol

[@yamidom9134]

oh what an awesome story twist

[@rat4sale254]

@Akitsu no, botw is the converging of all of the timelines, making it the final game in the timeline. this means that arbiters grounds can exist as it is after twilight princess which also means that the rest of the landmarks in the game from previous titles can exist together

[@arynashryver61]

I think it's the sand overtook the temple-prison, and that Molduga is the reason the parts of the place we see are destroyed as they are.

[@chacrawarrior]

When you realise that Hyrule Warriors was actually the Infinite Crisis of the Zelda games.

[@Dogmaguy74]

What i loved about Hyrule Warriors is that Zelda takes up her sword and kicks ass for hyrule!

[@dman6093]

Been my theory for over a year now, too.

[@UndernetChara]

The Arbiter's Grounds was my favorite location in Twilight Princess, so I'm very happy it made a return in BotW.

[@stardust8797]

Mark van der Wal You mean you’re glad you got to see its walls make a return

[@dogestranding5047]

klop klop Nederland

[@UndernetChara]

@@dogestranding5047 ja precies.

[@sackthebastard]

I was reallllllly hoping to find the snowpeak ruins somewhere in Hebra. Or at least a big house that resembled it. It is one of my favorite Zelda dungeons of all time. Arbiters Grounds too.

[@frz3rbRnotaku1]

I wish there was more to take a picture of tho. like at least the long pillars with the medallion symbols.

[@drewdiesinside9507]

Let’s not forget a huge divine beast was stampeding through the desert for 100 years

[@azadalamiq]

the way people talk, they only sprang up to life recently. much like how calamity gannon was dormant till recently.

[@flowerchild354]

That smart tho

[@Thecursedone2]

He stomp

[@tanandalynch9441]

@@azadalamiq it's been 100 years. This is mentioned frequently. Even the champions themselves say how the blight ganoms killed them 100 years ago.

[@way2dawn853]

@@tanandalynch9441 u didnt get what he wrote - he means that after the events 100 years ago everything went a little quiet again - and only in recent times the calamity and the beasts started ravaging again

[@dorothygale9648]

"Let's have a great 2020!" Oh, honey....

[@rainbowkrampus]

Maybe the 8th Heroine was the snake woman worshipped by the Gerudo. It could have been included as a sage during the transition period for the Gerudo. People don't tend to just drop their religious deities overnight. Later on, snake woman devotion could have become heretical, thus its removal from the area. The 8th Heroine's continued existence could indicate the past/current presence of defector Gerudo similar to the Yiga. Still worshipping the snake woman and possibly still carrying out the will of Ganondorf.

[@Ghostchickie]

I always thought the sand goddess was their interpretation of the goddess Din.

[@Monkey-081hs]

I never thought about that!

[@orangeapples]

My theory: After the destruction of the mirror of twilight there was no more purpose to the arbiter’s grounds. The Gerardo then took the arbiter’s grounds apart to use as stone resources to build new structures like the 8 heroine statues.

[@conn7900]

I think Gurudo town is built over the spirit temple, while Gurudo Valley/Fort were in the Mesa/Canyon area. Perhaps we'll see Arbiter's Grounds from underground, but entry is under the palace and the city was built to guard it. If the game makes underground exploring a thing, then travelling across the regions, but under them, would be a cool lead up quest before the actual dungeons.

[@germanquinonez7661]

The music that the gerudo desert had was my favorite from Twilight Princess, they should've used that theme on botw tbh

[@petery6432]

Yeah, it's really atmospheric, so it would fit perfectly with Breath of the Wild.

[@frz3rbRnotaku1]

I think parts of it might be In the Gerudo town theme but im not exactly sure.

[@TheDisarminghinkle]

There seems to be a huge amount of historical revisionism going on in Gerudo Desert in Breath of the Wild. There's also the whole thing with the 7th Hero statue. I can't blame them. They definitely have a bad reputation. It's nice to see them go so clean and legit that they actually were allowed to play an EQUAL role in the defeating of Ganon. They even got to be called a "champion".

[@eri_noemi1462]

Urbosa was really eager to beat the shit out of Ganon. She even mentions how legends say he once appeared as a Gerudo.

[@Prince_Smugarina]

@@eri_noemi1462 "Legends" they say, lol.

[@ziyuanli7458]

There's one problem, though: In the western corner of Gerudo Town in BotW, there's a goddess statue and Muava who seems like to be a homeless old woman companys the statue on a carpet day and night. If you ask her about the goddess statue, she would say following: "Oh, the Goddess Statue has been here since long before I was even born. No one here really believes in that stuff anymore, though, so they tend to avoid stopping here. Kind of like they avoid me..." However, if Gerudo don't believe neither the sand goddess or the goddess of Hylia, what are they believing now? They don't seems like atheists to me.

[@andrewallred6954]

They believe in the Seven Heroines. I believe it’s stated in game and in the offical Creatinf a Champion book

[@stardust8797]

Andrew Allred Makes sense considering din created the triforce of power and who used said artifact Ganondorf They probably blamed din for that and stuck to something that has nothing to do with the incarnation of hatred Seven legendary warriors of the female gerudo variety

[@untitlednobody9009]

They believe in Hylia and the 3 goddess' but they don't really worship them, they have spiky ears so that they can hear the voices of the goddess. They worship the 7 warriors, but these aren't godesses they are legendary heroes and have a more spiritual role for the Gerudo than a religious

[@stardust8797]

【Cat】 yeah that makes more sense

[@anonymousfellow8879]

The Gerudo are probably agnostic vs atheist, and have a complex belief system around honoring their dead (especially since ghosts and spirits exist in Zelda canon, including BotW)

[@sackthebastard]

The whole time I explored Hebra I kept hoping I would find ruins of the Snowpeak Ruins from TP. That and Arbiters are two of my favorite dungeons ever.

[@owenbyer4671]

Damn that intro at 1:12 is really cool

[@BanditGames]

Thank you :)

[@BenteinBjerke]

Agreed!

[@chanmarr8118]

I randomly got a flashback to Mario 64, the desert painting world.

[@martymcflyy6775]

5:05 if I hear that song one more time, I will... I don't know what I'll do.

[@kokichiowo6599]

😂

[@thomaspereira1545]

You too, watch Nintendo black crisis?

[@chrisfaber6971]

I got that as my legit ringtone 😄not too many people around me know what it actually is though

[@martymcflyy6775]

@@thomaspereira1545 Yes, He 's great but I've heard that song too much. I don't know what it is about it but when I hear I cringe.

[@martymcflyy6775]

@HyruleHero 333 I do too, but it gets annoying somtimes idky

[@InsomniacDoggo]

"An even better 2020 to come" That didnt age well 😬

[@59rlmccormack]

I think, over time, the Arbiter’s Grounds was burried by the desert and was destroyed, probably decaying until it was nothing but burried ruins!

[@stardust8797]

Remember The legend of the hero of twilight is more than 10100++++++++++ I think it is more of a surprise that we can even see the pieces of fricking place

[@sackthebastard]

Just like a lot of ancient cities from back in the day that are under the sand now

[@gideonaland3487]

"An even better 2020 to come" That quote did not age well.

[@davidnewbon4385]

The funny thing is, Urbosa literally says that Calamity Ganon took the form of a Gerudo, and no one really talked about it. I think this means Nintendo has been planning the sequels story for quite a while. Longer than most people think.

[@hiimchrisj]

Yeah, I don't know where it was stated, but from what I understand the sequel was initially intended to just be an expansion of the main game but they had so many ideas for it they ended up altering their plans and turning it into its own game so it's safe to say they had the main ideas for it, like showing Ganondorf's corpse, already planned out during BOTW's production. That said, the line's not really an indication of anything. She's just stating a fact cos, yeah, Ganondorf was in fact a Gerudo.

[@peterbaker6706]

Bandit:Have a good 2020 Me: tell Hylia ANYTHING BUT THAT

[@victorevans2867]

I feel that when the Gerudo started worshipping the goddess Hylia they abandoned the spirit temple / Arbiter's grounds, and the desert just reclaimed it

[@frz3rbRnotaku1]

I have a theory that blew my mind when I realized it. Arbiters Ground had sinkholes around certain rooms. It was ALREADY SINKING! In he room with the torches and the Goddess Statue. I think the ground there is Actually covering the entrance to the Spirit temple. Like they covered and built up the wall to be on the same level as the Statue.

[@stopdont8236]

This

[@hungerycascio]

I could be wrong, but I swear they said that no male had been born since Ganondorf.

[@BanditGames]

I was thinking that too! But, for the life of me, I can’t remember when or where I heard that. Plus, I was just pointing out a possibility. The dude could’ve just dyed his hair and gotten a tan 😂

[@herrkrause1103]

I believe that a cult took shelter at the arbiter’s grounds to carry out rituals and try to summon/support ganon or ganondorf. That’s why there’s a shrine there in the DLC, and instead of summoning Gannon, they accidentally summoned or empowered a very powerful Molduga, which is why the king molduga is there. The king molduga, afterwards, destroyed the arbiter’s grounds.

[@sillycat4273]

that's the east barrens which is literally on the other side of the gerudo desert LMAO

[@diegolira7429]

Lol that outro wishing everyone a great 2020, little that we knew

[@doseofdion9667]

1:23, that was REALLLLY cool! Great editing job on that!

[@peanutbutter6720]

You said they might worship the same gods (Hylia) as the Hylian’s. The Gerudo clearly don’t worship Hylia as the Hylia statue in Gerudo town is abandoned, the presence of one indicates they may have at one time worshiped Hylia, though they most likely don’t as of the events after the great calamity.

[@_whatgives_5939]

Hmm, makes sense to me.

[@whatgsaid]

I’m a simple woman. I see an upload, I click. I see a theory about one of my favorite dungeons in the franchise, I click twice as fast.

[@IamSupreme333]

i bet u smell like exquisite European cheese

[@Connorgallus]

@@IamSupreme333 I bet you smell like AXE body spray

[@IamSupreme333]

Double-0 Snake possibly

[@matthewdickendasher1956]

What’s a mystery to me is what happened to laynaru desert in sky ward sword. It is obvious connected to the mountain where the spring of wisdom is? Also why is the spring of wisdom on the right not the left to represent the triforce

[@Crustystreet123]

MNB: an even better 2020! Me watching it now: I wish.

[@rodrigroudon1872]

Happy new year

[@spacemanifestdestiny3542]

I wonder if there might be any connection to the Sand Goddess and the Eighth Herione if the Gerudo did convert to the predominant Hylian religion...

[@cuckoo61]

A theory linking the Peak Province to one of its possible locations in botw would be interesting 🤔 thanks for the great videos Mnb! You've quickly become my favorite zelda theorist 😁

[@R1IY2N]

I think it would be the Hebra province in botw

[@thatonezeldagamer3424]

There are currently 5 Devine beasts that we know of the main 4 and links motor cycle if they add in 3 more it would be like all 8 Devine beast were piloted by a sage

[@Ashley_Graves_1]

6. There are 6 divine beasts. Vah Ruta, Vah Rudania, Vah Medoh, Vah Naboorus, The Mastercycle Zero, and simply Divine Beast. (I hope I spelled those right) Divine Beast is underneath the Shrine of Resurrection. Monk Maz Koshia actually waits for us in there. We know this is a divine beast since it literally tells us when we go to get the map.

[@TotalInsanity4]

@@Ashley_Graves_1 Isn't it implied that that's a scaled up version of the Master Cycle?

[@Ashley_Graves_1]

@@TotalInsanity4 No. I looks nothing like a horse. You can even go back to that divine beast after you've gotten the mastercycle zero.

[@TotalInsanity4]

@@Ashley_Graves_1 no, I mean the inside. It's a massive transmission with a clutch

[@Ashley_Graves_1]

@@TotalInsanity4 That would be physically impossible, as the Shrine of Resurrection is on top of the Divine Beast and may even be part of the divine beast. Also, this would explain why the Great Plateau is raised, it has a divine beast that it's covering.

[@raphyangel9828]

I've seen some theories about the Arbiter's Grounds possibly being buried, but this is the first that I've seen about it being purposely destroyed, especially by the Gerudo themselves, but it all makes perfect sense, especially since there's no more real use for the building, now that the Mirror of Twilight is gone. Thank you for making this video. You're an awesome possum! 😁

[@BirdieSenpai]

Amazing analysis, especially considering how little Nintendo gave us to go on, Mask! As someone who never finished Breath of the Wild, videos like these help me wrap my mind around the implications of where the lore has gone and how it's progressed. Proud of ya!

[@levie8269]

Yay birdy senpai

[@7th_Link]

1:00 Wouldn't have even noticed if you didn't point it out 😂😂👌

[@sethmcbride8490]

Watching this in April 2020. When I got to the part in the outro when you said "here's to an even better 2020" I have to laugh

[@AlexandraStubbs]

Last video for 2019! Thank you MNB for your lovely content this year! I look forward to 2020 and what you make next. 😊👍🎉

[@anthonylamonica8301]

Great video! I hope to see a video someday covering the entire Hylian pantheon, and the significance of each deity to the history and livelihood of Hyrule itself. Your interpretations could make something coherent from the mess that the Hylia faction made of the state religion.

[@scarletknightreterns1893]

TP was the first Zelda game I ever played- and my childhood favourite. Played BoTW the other day, and discovered the Arbiter's Grounds within the desert after wondering around. I must say... My mind was blown with nostalgia and immediately I began to try and figure out WHAT had happened to... such a big place. You, sir, who I am a fan of, have spoken my thoughts!! I had thought that the most plausible explanation for the Arbiter's Grounds Ruins was that the Gerudo had simply destroyed it, to erase the darkest parts of their history and perhaps ease their minds- and who knowns, the minds of all their future children. I mean, them stories gotta be passed down at bedtime. LOL

[@Karuminu2]

Yaay! I was hoping somebody would get around to the mystery of the Arbiter's Grounds ruins! Thank you!

[@tomsimpson357]

‘That will make this victory all the more..’**ADVERTS** lol, it was so perfectly timed it makes me think Truman show/simulation theory! Great vid though man, sitting in the woods listening to some Zelda speculation is always great

[@Meechree]

I'm watching this video in 2020, and I have bad news for past MNB...

[@MarkusAndersen96]

"resemblances of shape and size" IT'S A CIRLCE!

[@BanditGames]

Which is a resemblance of shape. Rectangular/square mirrors do also exist. It’s also rather large, of similar circumference and coloration- but yes, a circle. Lol

[@JetHammer]

great video, amigo! Happy holidays!

[@roberttysec4122]

I always assumed the Arbiter’s Grounds were the Spirit Temple. Also that they were converted at the instruction of the royal family. It makes sense, we know that the family has acted like other royals throughout history (see banishing the shieka tribe because of the threat to their power). In the child timeline, once the king was informed of Gannon’s betrayal, he likely would have ordered the royal guard to ride to the desert, subjugated the Gerudo and then turned their holiest place into a prison to show you don’t mess with the royal family.

[@grizzlymang1930]

I really enjoyed this one not only did our Lord and savior say my name but you didn't have to stretch to form your theory witch is an all to common thing in the current between games drought

[@ObeliskDemon]

I'm under the impression that more than 10,000 years have past since it was last seen. it probably eroded and was buried (especially if it didn't have a good foundation) over time. I don't think the gerudo would've destroyed it within the generation or two that would remember their imprisonment because that would require numbers or tools they wouldn't have in that amount of time.

[@the6ig6adwolf]

I like the video but with one exception: you mention Arbiters Grounds as a "vacation spot" and "summer plans aside" this is a huge mistake! Arbiters Grounds is way too hot for a summer vacation and if one insisted on going (which I recommend against) you would want to travel there in the winter months. Hope this helps.

[@jlucaschace]

MNB then: enjoy the rest of 2019, and an even better 2020 to come us now: 2020 happened to arbiters grounds

[@FallenAngel9594]

I think that since twilight princess was in the child timeline and we don't see any gerudo besides ganondorf, the gerudo abandoned the grounds along with everything else and by the time they returned it had already started to collapse so they didn't bother trying to restore it since they were likely busy trying to ensure peaceful relations with the hylians

[@nodnarb3540]

Great video, although I would add that it isn’t speculative what deity the Gerudo worship: there is a goddess statue of Hylia in Gerudo town in breath of the wild.

[@emma-janeulmer438]

The is, however, it is abandoned, implying that they at one time worshiped Hylia, but don't anymore

[@michaelprobelski4866]

So much for a better 2020 but this video was still great!

[@acgearsandarms1343]

I think the simpler answer is that it fell to disrepair and exposed to the elements to get buried under all that sand and forgotten. What use is the Arbiter’s Ground to them considering there’s now more efficient methods at housing the criminals of Hyrule during the Age of Calamity.

[@stevenxenoknight3845]

It's definitely everything you described. It all clicks.

[@eljaminlatour6633]

3:50 there was a secret in the spirit temple, if you have a Longshot and if you use it in any area in the statue it won't work, but if you shoot it where the nipple is located it works, but what does it mean?

[@_whatgives_5939]

Nintendo are perverts lol

[@twobearshighfiving7660]

The explanation is that the Japanese made it.

[@eljaminlatour6633]

I still don't know what does it mean.

[@twobearshighfiving7660]

@@eljaminlatour6633 .... It has no lore implications, only that their perverted natures spilt over to game design. It's just a joke by the creators.

[@dosito86]

Great vid. I remember looking to 2020 with hope

[@anthonibrookshire3704]

Also, this video was SO rich! One of my favorites yet!!

[@Baltaj720]

What if the Yiga destroyed it because they swore an alliance to Ganon and hated the fact that someone tried killing him in the past

[@nmb-u-]

"I was sealed here once.. hmmm, maybe i should destroy it just in case.. what do you guys think!? shigeru, Takashi!? and you Eiji!?" We might never know why it is destroyed in BotW :c

[@stardust8797]

Demise and by extension Ganon is very petty In fact now that I think about that is literally why conflict exists in hyrule At any rate this could’ve happened at any time before the hero of the Zonai and the army of guardians put the wombo combo on the calamity

[@nmb-u-]

@@stardust8797 Maybe but.. there was a civil war before OoT, so i think all the humanoid beings in that world are pretty much as bad as humans being gannon some what worse :c thank Hylia they dont have nukes, imagine gannon possessing and launching dat!!!

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Happy New Year

[@icedevil3795]

watching this in 2021 hits different when he has 'have fantastic day ... 2019 and a even better 2020'

[@GrimNoir1986]

The "goddess of the sands" could be "the eighth heroine"!!! I mean the goddess of the sands is always her special spot in the gerudo desert, and the eighth heroine is separated from the others but could have the same origins as the goddess of the sands, because she has a special spot in the gerudo desert too and to me they almost look alike...

[@levie8269]

remember the eight sages the seven heroines are supposed to be the eight sages and the eighth is the sage that got murdered

[@GrimNoir1986]

@@levie8269 remember in ocarina of Time the eighth sage was revealed to be princess Zelda, she wasn't murdered. Any of the eight stages cannot die from physical forces, except magical forces like Ganondorf

[@levie8269]

@@GrimNoir1986 I mean the twilight princess sages

[@GrimNoir1986]

@@levie8269 somehow I think they could have gotten another sage, like in the fallen hero timeline and adult timeline, because of toon Link resurrecting two sage's in the wind era, since BOTW falls under all three timelines, they could have gotten another water sage for that job.

[@bananabread7573]

Sorry to say this dude.... you don't want 2020 to happen 😅

[@TheLadyLiddell]

For some reason it never clicked that Vilia could be the one Gerudo male, but thinking about it... holy shit.

[@user-ol7bt4wp1j]

My theory on the goddess is that she might either be Din the golden goddess of power or a really old Gerudo version of Hylia. So old people forgot they were the same.

[@bpuppin]

Amazing 2020? LOL

[@eljaminlatour6633]

8:10 that means Ganondorf killed Ruto.

[@jordanlucas7392]

No, in the child timeline Ruto never awoke as a sage, so she is not the Water Sage Ganon killed.

[@SicilianSwissvalian]

@@jordanlucas7392 nah realistically in the same exact game twilight princess he literally killed the Zora queen aka ruto hence why you had to follow her ghost to get the water suit and he killed the water sage a temple later 🤷

[@pegasusboots3594]

He’s a true hero to us all

[@twobearshighfiving7660]

Shadow Vortex is right. It's a completely different group of sages. Though the lore books never say who they are. I suppose it's still possible they were awakened as sages in order to execute him in that timeline, but they're all clearly faceless ethereal forms wearing old man masks, so there's no way to confirm or deny it. On a similar note, Rauru was the only remaining ancient primeval sage left and was an old man akin to the masks. Maybe they're all taking the forms of the ancient sages. The real question is where was Hero of Time during the execution? Fuck the sword of sages, with the actual master sword and Link there, shit wouldn't have gone down so smoothly. But maybe he had already passed on as Hero's Shade, and explains his sorrow and regret to linger on and teach the new link.

[@Nukaturtle]

SicilianSwissvalian The Zora Queen in Twilight Princess wasn’t Ruto. Her name was Rutela. Similar, but different.

[@erik19882010]

Great video as all ways

[@Labbazz]

there are times in Zelda I wish we had more dialogue options and when I found Arbiter's Grounds a couple of days ago (I have owned Botw since Launch but never gotten in to it) I wish I could ask the ppl in Gerudo town bout it

[@frankwu4747]

Talking about archways while not showing actual archways.

[@raybeauskillet9610]

Shouldn't that gerudo guy be their king since he's the only male we see

[@cody8510]

he's actually hylian pretending to be gerudo

[@RowdyruffPrincess]

definitely an interesting take, and perhaps the Gerudo slowly adopting more Hylian beliefs would tie into why they excised the 8th heroine from their history, so they could have Seven Heroines to better parallel the seven Sages.

[@drolnogardgames4335]

Me, watching this in 2021, hearing Bandit wish everyone a great 2020: YOU FOOL. YOU ABSOLUTE BUFFOON. YOU HAVE JINXED US ALL!

[@BigIcedCoffee]

Video posted an hour ago He edited his comment 13 hours ago

[@BanditGames]

Magiccccc

[@thedestroyer7672]

This is how many hours he spends theorising and researching and recording and editing I I V

[@L337M4573RK]

In LoZ:TP, much of the Gerudo Desert had been lost to time and neglect, and the only Gerudo featured in the entire game was Telma (who ran the bar in South Castle Town). Considering the current state we find it in within LoZ:BotW, it's possible that the new Gerudo race had destroyed it out of respect for all their ancestors that had been sent there to die. However, it's equally possible that the Arbiter's Grounds had been destroyed over time due to a combination of natural erosion and destruction via Mulduga (you do happen to find one lurking around there in game)! Also, LoZ:BotW is depicted as taking place tens of thousands of years (or more) after any previous Zelda game (including LoZ:TP), so natural erosion is NOT out of the question. (Real world example: the great pyramids and the great sphinx located in Egypt.)

[@SheepShade]

Great stuff as always :)

[@Rinkuto]

Interesting! Just to clarify one thing, Vilia is *not* a Gerudo, he's a Hylian male, recorded under "Hylians" in Creating a Champion. Also, I'm a (french) theorist too, and I would like to know how you record OoT3D et TP maps like that... Source Film Maker? Hope you the best, my friend!

[@medusathedecepticon]

Maybe he’s half of both?

[@Rinkuto]

@@medusathedecepticon So like every Gerudo... Vilia is just a transgender Hylian who really like Gerudo culture : she hasn't the same muscular body, height of a Gerudo, and it's also said in-game that she is a Hylian dressed like a Gerudo.

[@BanditGames]

Actually this footage was captured from noclip.website! It’s a great tool for just landscape shots. Not so great with lighting though.

[@Rinkuto]

@@BanditGames Neat! It will greatly improve the quality of my works, thank you so much to share it!

[@nbmoleminer5051]

She or they not he. 🏳️‍🌈

[@wainwright5522]

No, The real question here is: WHY THE FUUUCK. IS THERE A FUUUUCKING DRAGON. INSIDE THE ARBITER'S GROUND?!

[@Dogmaguy74]

It probably attacked The Arbiter's grounds and was killed in the chamber we fight him in. What if the warriors that popped up as we got closer to him were the same ones that killed and were actually prison guards?

[@wainwright5522]

Dogmaguy74 Yeah but it seems a little too big for it to be IN arbiter's grounds, theres no door big enough for him to fit through. Maybe the beast was defeated during the construction of the prison...

[@pastlife13137]

Nice video!

[@BellaRose02]

Your videos are so calming compared to other video game channels.

[@BanditGames]

Thank you :)

[@bethanybrakebill3599]

This makes so much sense

[@johnnyneutron1530]

“Here to an amazing 2020” Big oooooooof

[@Notalizardspy]

"And an even better 2020 to come"

[@shawnclapper6581]

This is a well made video I've seen alot but this one is legitimate