Who Once Lived at Snowpeak Mansion in Twilight Princess? (Zelda Theory)

[@camjamthe2nd110]

I wish snow peak mansion was in BOTW but more abandoned

[@HyruleGamer]

Woah that'd be so cool to see!!!

[@seretith3513]

We have allready arbiters grounds, who were a bit less abandoned And they almost complete passed away, so the mansion may have complete vanished in this time But if it was in BotW, i'd expect it in Hebra

[@drewhaynes1874]

You can pretend it was one of the many repetitive littered ruins already in the game....

[@seretith3513]

@@drewhaynes1874 there is a ruin in Hebra, on the opposite side of the Mountain Selmie lives on if i remember right

[@Benjome]

@@seretith3513 Maybe it was in the giant hole in Hebra peak

[@timeslider-0135]

I think it could have been a hidden “hide away” for the royal family during the civil war in OOT. Basically it was well armed, well hidden behind Zora’s Domain that was also hidden fairly well and so remote in a place attack’s would not come from but a place that would be incredibly hard to attack. The remoteness, defense and all the very personal royal belongings make perfect sense. Who else could afford a luxury home/castle in one? The place is built to be both luxury and defense. Why give the knights who are warriors such finery? If the finery was designed for some more say royal groupings that would start to make sense. The size of the master bedroom is fit for a king and queen. Finally, it’s forgotten due to shame. How shameful would it be if say the king, not trusting his own defenses, ran off or planned to run off and hide during a war? The shame would drag the royal family reputation through the mud. Maybe it was swept under the rug to save face and because of this, only the say king and queen knew of the location or maybe the king of the time died with the shame to “protect the royal family honor”.. it makes sense to me.

[@HyruleGamer]

Very interesting thoughts

[@diamondpyro8687]

Makes plenty of sense. I was thinking it was some kind of hideaway for the Royal Family myself.

[@freggalddevito2055]

Ah yes, a hidden hide away

[@marizanogueiramachado1566]

I wouldn't say honor, maybe it was uneeded for so long that they forgot, and if you look at the giant armor and how nice the yettis are the knights or royal familly might have found and trained them to deffend the fort in exchange of a house and food and when abandoned only the yetti remained living there generation after generation till they forgot about what it was but their house and carrying a cannon ball to open doors doesnt look the kind of thing a hylian would normally do, but i like your theory and hyrule gamer's too :^D

[@marizanogueiramachado1566]

Maybe there were not even guards just royalty and yetties since the cannon ball could slow down the door opening for a normal hylian..

[@seliphra2437]

Well *obviously* the Yetis live there, get out of their house.

[@HyruleGamer]

:0000 I sowwy

[@yetotwilightprincess9743]

@@HyruleGamer Yeto don't mind,Want soup

[@GeneralGob]

@@yetotwilightprincess9743 Your perfect so you know

[@SurprisedFireflies-ik4kt]

Tell them to make me cause I'm not resting until I find out the truth

[@EyeofKoruption]

Yeti Love nest

[@rowanvandenheuvel7823]

TWILIGHT PRINCESS IS TWELVE YEARS OLD?? I FEEL OLD NOW

[@HyruleGamer]

Oh yeah IKR!!!

[@NativeWarrior081]

And I was actually 12 when I played it. I'm 24 now.

[@ACR_Legends]

I wasn't born with ocarina of time but damn, tp is just as great.

[@MulinaTheAngelWolf]

Rowan VandenHeuvel gosh same 🙈

[@jeffdavis6657]

YOU feel old? I remember When The Legend of Zelda was released for the NES. I no longer have that gold cartridge. sniff.

[@ZeldaLore]

I never noticed the painting of the City in the sky within Snowpeak ruins! Great video as always bro!

[@HyruleGamer]

Oh yeah i didn't notice first time round either, thank you!

[@lnsflare1]

Theory: Yetis don't actually exist and Yeto and Yeta are actually Ashei's parents after being mutated by the fragment of the Mirror of Twilight and getting fused with their Yeti-ish snow-gear (like Ashei's).

[@managainsthumanity1742]

lnsflare1 nah they would’ve been evil

[@lnsflare1]

@@managainsthumanity1742 I mean, how do we know they aren't, and are also just really friendly whenever the mirror isn't being threatened? Like, maybe they have problematic views about Gorons, or would cook a Zora if any Zora ever came by, but otherwise they just think of themselves as neighborly?

[@elliotljungdell8700]

Maybe ritos are yetis but that has changed during the long thousands of years

[@lukevaughn4450]

The mirror fragment makes things near it evil. Link is unaffected by its power probably because he bears a piece of the Triforce. That theory doesn’t make much sense.

[@lnsflare1]

@@lukevaughn4450 In retrospect, I'm not sure that any of the three bosses protecting the fragments of the Mirror of Twilight were "evil," so much as "reflexively protective of their shards." Like, neither Yeta nor Armaghoma attacked anyone that wasn't in the same room as it and Argorak (sp?) was in an open area and only attacked people as they got closer to where its fragment was so it may have been working on the same principle. And in the case of Yeto/Yeta, they are the only ones who are shown to actually be sentient rather than just big territorial animals, and have massive helpings of The Power of Love (TM) to help keep them sane and friendly when someone isn't about to take the fragment (and Yeta's apparent illness may have made her more susceptible, explaining why Yeto didn't join in on the boss fight).

[@Jus-X]

After all the evidence I've just seen I have come to the conclusion that the owner of the mansion is none other than our green cladded friend, Tingle.

[@HyruleGamer]

Haha yessss!!!

[@masterjelly317]

Now I picture a jojo-esque tingle, ready to tingle tingle kooloo limpah anybody who approaches his mansion

[@MissTHDo1]

I agree

[@bobbysexton8614]

Really that i wait what

[@thierry8978]

TP has *so* many gloriously puzzling and fascinating locations and details - Snowpeak being one of the most intriguing ones! Great video.

[@HyruleGamer]

Yasss indeed! Thank you!!!

[@BirdieSenpai]

Back before Twilight Princess HD was a thing, VortexxyGaming and I separately speculated that the mansion was a fortress or stronghold used by Hylian soldiers during the Hyrulean Civil War and that the crest was a symbol of a higher order of nights specifically trained above the rest for said war. (God rest her soul.)

[@HyruleGamer]

I was told and checked it out, really cool and interesting video! surprised I hadn't seen that video of hers as I've seen most, rest in piece Vortexxy

[@ZobmieRules]

When I saw the thumbnail for this, my first thought was immediately Vortexxy's video. Her theories were the best I've seen, and they made me love the Zelda series so much more. The fact that I'm still seeing her brought up so often brings me joy.

[@Sinklair8]

That’s right! I remember that video. I was wondering where I got the idea of it being connected to the knights Ah jeez I miss Vortexxy...

[@sophiebauman4701]

Birdie Senpai what happened to her?

[@Esprox]

@@sophiebauman4701 No one knows, apparently. She hasn't been online in three years,under her known usernames. Various theories and rumors have been circulating. People think she died, went missing, got busy with college/work, that she just didn't feel like doing KZbin anymore... nothing is confirmed.

[@nickmcguirk9495]

It is weird they had armor able to fit a lizalfos

[@HyruleGamer]

Indeed indeed

[@hyenacub]

Maybe lizalfos took over it after the hylians abandoned it or took over it by force and had control of it for a while nd that's where the armor came from.

[@hanburgundy4317]

Darkhammer could be a Lizalfos, or Dinolfos as we've seen them wearing armor and they DO seem to be guarding places like the Temple of Time in TP and the Fire and Earth temples in SS. Maybe the Lizalfos were always in the service of the Royal Family and just attacked Link because they were defending the temples.

[@nonoctoro4933]

6:03 Hold on that's false "I grew up in the mountains with my father, who was a knight in his own right. He taught me the arts of war as though I was his son." "Snowpeak, the mountain to the north of Hyrule... It's unlike any mountain I've ever known. I don't know much yet, but things happen there that happen on no other mountain I know of. ...Evil controls it..."- Ashei She grew up on different mountains. 7:37 The Mansion is rather defensive than offensive. Kinda like a stronghold. 8:15 But that's not the Royal Hyrulean Crest. So I would rather think of a family of nobles ... Knights. 8:25 In fact, only the Messenger of the Skies was allowed to enter the city in the so a previous messenger of the skies made and brought the paintings here. 10:40 I don't see the problem with the size of the armors, those at Hyrule castle are as thick. image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2019/35/1/1566795805-knight-twillight.png When you live in a freezed mountain, you are almost required to have the Big Belly, the protective fat against the cold. XD

[@HyruleGamer]

Some fair points there, thanks for pointing out. I wasn't saying the Crest was one of the Royal Family, hence why I put a caption on screen next to it saying "Knights of Hyrule Crest?" Thank you for the feedback, noted and much appreciated!

[@kingdaniel3519]

Am I the only one that noticed the armor and gauntlets in the ruins only have 4 fingers, but the picture of the armor in the castle has 5?

[@HyruleGamer]

@@kingdaniel3519 Interesting O_o

[@nonoctoro4933]

@@HyruleGamer Oh ! Never noticed that ! But it rather seems like an error from the designer team ... Those are the textures from Darkhammer's hands, he only has four fingers per hands. Even so, yetis and Gorons have five fingers ...

[@HyruleGamer]

@@nonoctoro4933 Ah I gotcha!

[@jonathanmorin9519]

When I first played this game I wad obsessed with catching those gold insects. I thought if you collected them all you unlocked a secret boss like a huge creepy insect that was actually hard to beat, but didnt happen. Still a great game.

[@HyruleGamer]

Oh yeah they are pretty cool!

[@workliferecognition7002]

Found all but 2 so far

[@simonr3568]

Honestly I wish they would redo every zelda game and make I open air that would be so cool imagine exploring the mountains beyond snowy mansion

[@Lanosrep]

To me, this just screams like something the OOT Link would've lived in. Even in Hyrule's peak, nobody would need to know about places like the City in the Sky. Moreso, I think that this is a product of a third adventure by the OOT Link, a conquest that took him to the new and reformed Zoras Domain, the city in the sky, and all the places pictured. A quest that finally gave him the the eye of the royal family. They then post him to this mansion as it's overseer with a batch of soldiers, to defend Hyrule from whatever lurks beyond the island of Hyrule. But with a patch to the place deteriorating, and no invasion coming, the royals pulled out of the mansion, leaving Link there to die in his old age, alone

[@lucia_kidtech]

That's sad but kind of makes sence

[@SchneeflockeMonsoon]

I want to see this make a return in Breath of the Wild 2. Maybe in an underground Hebra dungeon where halfway through the dungeon we suddenly find a way to melt the snow and ice on the floor only to find carpet and slowly reveal the hidden mansion.

[@HyruleGamer]

Cool!

[@majestichotwings6974]

I personally think that it’s a hidden base for the royal family in the event they get booted out of the interior. It’s isolated and very defensible and armed with some of the most advanced technology available to hyrule. It has many defensive points but also has luxury items that wouldn’t be found in just ANY other military instillation, It clearly can house both regular soldiers and high profile officials. It might function as a fallback base for the hyrule government in the event of invasion or some other catastrophe. Similar to how Cheyenne mountain functions for the US government in real life. The real mystery to me is why was this place abandoned? I doubt the yetis removed the guards (they appear to be quite friendly to hylians all things considered), and it’s clear by all the remaining equipment and artifacts that it was likely abandoned in a hurry it likely wasn’t something natural like an earthquake because the majority of the building remains in perfectly standing order, the only damage appears to be due to time and neglect. The problem is that I can’t think of any reason for such a strong defensive point to be so hurriedly abandoned, if they simply abandoned it due to an inability to maintain a permanent base of operations then why leave all that high tech (by Zelda standards) equipment and valuables there

[@HyruleGamer]

Mmmm that's interesting :D

[@mischarowe]

I've always assumed it was a noble family with a contingent that stayed there as in-house protection.

[@HyruleGamer]

Could of been!

[@obsidianblackwing5370]

But how would that explain them knowing about the City in the Sky?

[@mischarowe]

@@obsidianblackwing5370 Nobles, with royal family connections. Who knows? I should iterate that I have never noticed that painting until this video.

[@obsidianblackwing5370]

@@mischarowe I like your theory. It makes sense.

[@minight1711]

I know there is a stronghold in europe that has its defenses, canons and all, directed towards the inside of the walls instead of the outside and the reason is that according to a local superstition, its because there is a gate between earth and hell inside the castle and demons could crawl out any moment kupo And just like that castle, snowpeak ruins canons are directed towards the inside so maybe it is meant for the same purpose kupo

[@HyruleGamer]

There are many of those here in Europe lol, interesting points :D

[@felixh7652]

Which one is that?

[@leeofthe7seas]

Why are you saying kupo

[@PMMillard]

is it a Transylvanian Castle?

[@ShiruKitty]

@@leeofthe7seas shes a moogle, duh

[@goosse_]

I FIGURED IT OUT AND GOT FEATUUUUURED!!!! Sorry. Got excited. Never got it right before. I got the riddle right. Yaaaay. Thanks Hyrule Gamer. You make the best videos.

[@HyruleGamer]

No worries and congrats! Thank you!!!

[@zassshinra]

The thing is Ashley actually lived there. It’s confirmed in the TP Manga. Her father was really an Knight and she too is one. Sorry for my bad English ^^“

[@HyruleGamer]

The manga are not canon thought, I can't count that as fact because many of the manga twist the story and facts, it does give us a good idea though :D No worries at all :)

[@TeeStache]

Quite a lengthy comment ahead, take the sword of time in hand, and carry on. I have three theories of what this place might have been. 1. A winter get away, or a bunker of some sorts for the royal family Incase the castle was no longer an option to stay at. Having elite guards for the royals’ protection, some living accommodations, and weapons, it may have worked. 2. A training ground for recruits to get used to the brutal circumstances that a soldier may face. 3. The training grounds for Hyrule’s best of the best, the Dark Nuts. Having Dark Hammer as their captain and trainer, before he became a monster, would force them to be the best, even greater than elite guards. My idea of Dark Hammer being turned into a monster relates to the Dark Nuts being monsters/enemies. They were soldiers that may have chosen to serve Ganondorf in order for their lives to be spared, that is if they didn’t have a family to come home to. Elite of the elite soldiers willing to serve someone else in order to save themselves. Well, those are my thoughts.

[@HyruleGamer]

I see i see, interesting thoughts!

[@gourry47]

Actually I think vortexxy did a theory...... Rip girl

[@n1nj4l1nk]

I didn't know she'd died :( I used to watch her videos all the time. Rip xx

[@HyruleGamer]

Oh I see, I'll go find that video and give it a watch. I loved the videos of hers I've seen :D

[@IanHsieh]

@@HyruleGamer here it is kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGfGXmOtlNyng6M

[@paulnewhouse5126]

@@n1nj4l1nk really? i wondered what happened to her..

[@n1nj4l1nk]

@@paulnewhouse5126 from what I can see on her comment sections she was in a car accident.

[@williambays3534]

It's lower levels could be for Hyrule soldiers. But the upper levels look like a Villa or vacation home. Wide halls, pictures of important places, wide sweeping staircases, large suites. All say Winter wonderland. A Vacation spot for the royal family, and the royal guards to protect them.

[@HyruleGamer]

That could be very true!

[@silverwolf6964]

Well, my theory is that since the Hero of Time recreated the Knights of Hyrule after it's destruction in the Unification War. The Snowpeak Mansion was built to train the next generation of Knights since the heroes blood line is linked with the knights blood line, take the Hero of Minish or Sky as example. Now about the room, it was made incase if any member of the royal family came to visit.

[@Lark88]

After all these years, I just now realized that the Yeti man was wearing a saddle for a hat.

[@racheallange2056]

TP ...wow 12 years...Hell I remember seeing the trailer the first time .....I was in tears thinking ..OMG it looks amazing...and Epona is back!!! YES!!! I still would love to see a movie made with the same quality as Lord of the Rings...

[@Jaydd_MC]

"All time favourite videogame" Ah! I see you're a man of culture as well.

[@Axel181]

Considering the state and mansion's odd location, I imagine Snowpeak Mansion had far easier access way before TP, since OOT's geography and TP's are massively different. Maybe the Royal Family had a hidden path to transfer the supplies without the other clans noticing, but it withered or got destroyed/blocked over time as the land changed. Its possible it could have easily been built to safeguard outside threats. We know there's a vast world outside of Hyrule, we just never really explored it, but a few games definitely point to outside forces wanting to invade Hyrule in the past. Snowpeak Mansion could have been one of these outside defenses, much like the Akkada Citadel in Breath of the Wild looking over the eastern ocean. The mansion DOES have battle damage all over it, suggesting a skirmish happened at some point before TP, after OOT since there's a painting of Rutela, who died some time before TP (How long is unknown though, but her spirit lingered so her death must have not been too long prior to the game's starting point). For all we know, OOT/MM Link could have suggested building it after he grew up and became a Knight. Link's experience would have been a valuable asset to the royal family, and as someone who has explored the outsides of Hyrule, the Royal Family would be all ears for whatever Link has to say. Maybe OOT/MM Link was the one in charge of the Mansion and trained disciples. His ghost in TP does claim he has regrets for never passing his knowledge. Maybe the knights that the Royal Family sent were just not living up to his standards. He demonstrates one of his deadliest skills at Snowpeak, interestingly enough, the wolf is looking at the direction of the Mansion. I don't believe that to be a coincidence.

[@AgnusCavichioliPereira]

I was thinking something on those lines. What if the previous "owner" of the mansion was the Hero of Time? As in, it was a stronghold under his command, used to train the Royal Knights and act as a line of defense or even a hideout for the Royal Familly? It's not big stretch to think The Hero of Time would have acess to the places and people in those paintings, even the Sky Temple. But, are there more evidences on that hypotesis?

[@Axel181]

@@AgnusCavichioliPereira Not much. Some of the tools you get in TP tend to say that they belonged to 'The Hero', but its never explained as to why. What did the Hero of Time do between OOT's end and prior to TP that earned him the title of Hero? Only Zelda knew of his heroics as the Hero of Time, so my guess is that there was a war prior to TP, maybe even before Ganondorf was sealed in the Twilight Realm (For the record, his sealing happened around 60-70 years prior to TP's starting point), since several parts of Hyrule Field do have some battle damage, as does Snowpeak. OOT Link may have changed the tide of this unknown war, and Snowpeak could be where he trained his army. As to OOT Link visiting the temples of TP, its possible that he did, but how is a question we have no answers to, sadly.

[@AgnusCavichioliPereira]

@@Axel181 Considering he would have all his equips from Majora's Mask, it would be a piece of cake. I can totally see the Hero of Time putting the goron mask and rolling all over snowpeak lol

[@Axel181]

@@AgnusCavichioliPereira He would. The Zora Mask to reach Lakebed, and the Deku Mask to...be shot out of a canon and land safely on the temple in the sky, I guess?

[@AgnusCavichioliPereira]

@@Axel181 Creative use of the Deku Mask there lol. Also, it should be useful while traveling the Lost Woods. I don't think he could suffer the woods curse in Deku form.

[@sageofsquirrels111]

So clearly the mountains eventually become known as Hebra; home of the Rito tribe. Yet we see the yeti fur being used to deal with the harsh elements - not feathers. Could the Oocca (or some other sky beings) have settled around the area sometime after TP?

[@Sarriiaa]

This is honestly one of the more convincing theory’s on here. I’ve played through tp so many times and bought a GameCube just to play this game, the more I play the more I notice mysteries like this

[@lucia_kidtech]

How have I just found you? A Scottish zelda fan making zelda theories. You should have been all over my recommend feed for like the last year!

[@HyruleGamer]

Haha you found me finally! :D

[@ryanhernandez5632]

You know I think mybe that's where impa from ocarina of time took Zelda to train after gannondorph took over hyrule.... until the hyrule/gurudo war ended. The snow mansion not only provided comfort, but it was secluded enough that it couldn't be reached through normal means(atleast withought risking death from monsters/exposure). It was also well built in a well fortified position making siege or invasion impossible by armies large or small, making it easily defendable. Along with the way the mansion within was built, allowed a small force to reside within, aswell as providing enough space to build training areas, storage areas, even puzzle rooms and gotlets to train those who resided withen mentally/physically. And given impas sheka training the is place was perfect for her, giving her a advantage. So it would be a perfect place to train Zelda stealth techniques, close/mid combat, and give her the mental training to steel herself for the future.

[@qs-ii1872]

I figured it was a fortress set to protect the reining princess in the case of an attack. More so I’m the past, as heavy war was hinted at several times. It doesn’t look like a training ground, mainly due to the lack of practicing equipment. The large bedroom more or less feels too regal to just be for any sorta general of sorts.

[@HuhJuhWuh]

Youre not doin bad for less than 10k dude, your content is solid and it looks like the algorithm likes you, keep at it bud you might have somethin here.

[@HyruleGamer]

Thank you very much! :D

[@thelegendaryzonaiwarrior6400]

I really love how this dungeon really makes you pay more attention to the smaller details of what it probably used to be. It wasn't until nowadays that I actually started to actually look at the paintings throughout the Snowpeak Ruins. Like why are there paintings of stuff such as the Arbiters Grounds, Sacred Grove and even more confusing is why are there paintings of Queen Rutela. The passed Zora Queen?

[@Zukenna_]

I love you! We share the same favorite video game, your videos are interesting and entertaining to watch! I'm so happy I found your channel!

[@HyruleGamer]

Wow, thank you!

[@Zukenna_]

@@HyruleGamer No problem! You deserve it! ^^

[@owenbyer4671]

I've needed this video for so long!

[@HyruleGamer]

Ooooh cool!

[@ambermedina-montoya8875]

Whooo! I guessed it right again!! Thanks for the mention!!

[@HyruleGamer]

Nice one and no worries!

[@lyraphoenix6883]

TP GANG RISE UP

[@HyruleGamer]

Yassss haha

[@ZeranZeran]

Best Zelda game ever made.

[@saraha180]

Now we know who caused the great TP drama of 2020. Oh wait.

[@GeneralGob]

It was my adventure! It was not that easy it was like doing a 50 page esay while holding a pot above my head

[@annecantgame]

I've always loved the Snowpeak Ruins. its got that eerie beauty to it and i love it

[@fu5420]

The so called "Canon's" are mortars you can tell because of the higher angle and shorter barrel

[@HyruleGamer]

Mortors, Canons you get the idea lol Thanks for that though :D

[@MainGEntertainment]

Hello, new to channel cuz I been on a Zelda kick asf the past week. Keep up the awesome work bro and good luck on the 10k and your future endeavors.

[@ChickenPerm]

I loved this dungeon very memorable.

[@HyruleGamer]

Yassss! One of if not the BEST Zelda Dungeon imo!

[@pinklightninggacha]

This mansion looks like the same structure shown in the breath of the wild 2 trailer so did the royal family and sheika convert this into ganondorf's tomb could you cover this theory as you know more about theory making than me

[@hikaru9624]

I don't know if this would help your theory but I couldn't help but notice how you left out one room in particular, the small church inside the mansion. It's function would undoubtedly be to hold funeral services along with whatever religious services Hyrule would have and I personally don't think a Yeti owned the place or were being trained to fight given the suits of armours lack of something for the tail on male Yeti. Now it's not impossible that the suits were made for the smaller female Yeti but I doubt they would go to war. Also there is a possibility that other such buildings are in the snow head region as what's her face (I forgot her name) is familiar with the region like you said and is wearing a crest on her armour. I personally think the mansion was owned by a Lord of some sort who's family was loyal to the royal family but were besieged by Ganondorf's forces during the conflict that inevitable occurred when the Hero of Time warned Zelda about Ganondorf.

[@ADHD_and_Crayons]

Many others have said it....the mansion was prob owned by the royal family. The various sitting rooms have limited chairs (king & queen). The location makes sense as it's surroundings are defensive. Knights wouldn't have a convenient route for training purposes....since I didn't notice any inside training areas, it makes sense that this mansion would be for the royal family & trusted knights.

[@firestarter6488]

It reminds me of the same Temple the Blades live at the Elder Scrolls game Oblivion, where an order of elite soldiers for the Empire lived and trained in secrecy from the rest of the land... Same concept perhaps?

[@HyruleGamer]

Oh interesting, maybe?

[@HyruleGamer]

Thank you for the feedback showing my some other theories on this topic and correcting a few faults in mine. Here is another theory on the topic by VortexxyGaming which I found interesting! - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGfGXmOtlNyng6M

[@kingdaniel3519]

Ah, rest in peace Vortexxy...

[@cyriewilson3170]

The sword crest that you find in the mansion is also found in Zelda’s tower; so there’s that...

[@tdl487]

I wish the Zelda team would have included such a memorable landmark in BOTW! One thing though, the armor that decorates the mansion is fairly large for any human and the mini boss was a large lizardfo that was wearing such large armor.... maybe it was a distant enemy stronghold at the edge of hyrule that got abandoned? I noticed a lot of the local enemies you encounter in TP are more military style and don armor and weapons. Unlike the moblins that seem mindless and take orders blindly the lizardfo are more battle oriented and independent. Maybe after the fortress fell and their leader was defeated the lizardfo army dispersed around hyrule. As far as the City in the Sky references there is that airal lizardfo mini boss that you have to fight. It also wears armor and uses tactile warfare to confuse you. Just some food for thought.

[@tdl487]

*Lizarlfo

[@HyruleGamer]

Mmmm interesting thoughts :D

[@masterjelly317]

I mean, with how much hyrule changes, and the decrepicy of so many different ruins, as well as the vast references to other zelda games in botw? It definitely could've been like a, "oh, and these ruins were once a great mansion. But after years of decay and destruction, there isnt much left!"

[@cataramatreenage3980]

Wow 13 years old This is my favourite Zelda game and it came out when I was only 1 and I played it for the first time when I was 10 before the hd version

[@obsidianblackwing5370]

I think it could have been Link from OOT. He does appear before Wolf Link and is wearing a suit of armor similar to the armor in the mansion. That's just a thought tho.

[@HyruleGamer]

Mmmm interesting thought :D

[@obsidianblackwing5370]

@@HyruleGamer also, seeing as he was connected to the Royal Family, he would know of the existence of the Sky City. Just an after thought

[@somejellyartywitchyhuman485]

Just went home from school because of a cold, this is the first thing I’m watching

[@hamza-e9r]

The second I saw the thumbnail I knew that it was gonna be an insane video.

[@HyruleGamer]

Thanks

[@r3koFresh]

11:21 well, why was a part of the mirror in the mansion ?

[@lesbinyan]

I am always super down for TP theories! Snowpeak Ruins will always be a mystery and all anyone can do is speculate. I wonder if even the game designers know. Is there anything at all in the Hyrule Historia? ~nya

[@HyruleGamer]

Me too haha! It would definitely be interesting to know :D

[@cj_johnson9915]

I still have yet to play this game but I still enjoyed the video. Great Job

[@HyruleGamer]

Oh nice, you should if and when you can! Thanks!!! :D

[@cj_johnson9915]

@@HyruleGamer I need to buy it first and that isn't possible rn so when I can I will. Thanks

[@obsidianblackwing5370]

@@cj_johnson9915 It is definitely worth playing. Probably my favorite Zelda game thus far.

[@ethancomerford2679]

What if it is more like the forest temple from oot and was once a entrance to the sacred realm the the royal family found and to keep anyone from accessing it built the mansion to protect it?

[@sirhopsalot6577]

Ive always had a question about the lost woods in twilight princes. Why is sariah's song still playing even tho her time was decades ago?

[@TrueKoalaKnight]

I guess it could be useful to note that the suits of armor seem to only have gauntlets with 3 fingers and disproportionately long arms.

[@HyruleGamer]

Yup, good thing to note!

[@tyler_schmuck8263]

Wooo a theory about the best zelda game

[@HyruleGamer]

Indeed indeed

[@Blaziken36]

I assumed that this place was a strong hold for the Royal Family in case of an invasion and they would be safe far, far away from the castle in the middle of the mountains but my biggest theory is that this mansion was used as a sort of lookout tower for the Arbiters Grounds, in case a prisoner got lose and ran north into Snowpeak. These prisoners would think no one would find them in the snowy north but the mansion would be there, loaded with knights waiting for them. Just my 2 cents...

[@gabe_riel]

Based on the twilight princess manga, Ashei one of the hyrule knights that you meet at the tavern once live there in the mansion when she was a child. She was training with her father who was also a knight.

[@kabrozkabroz]

My thoughts toward the end - The "Master Bedroom" area doesn't have to actually be a master bedroom area, it could have just been where the Yeti's chose to make their room, and they grabbed furniture across the house. It could have been a meeting or planning, war room type area, or something else. Or it could have just been a bedroom. I feel like the lizard wearing the armor is definitely the intended wearer for the armor set. The question that leaves is why a Hyrule affiliated mansion would have equipment suitable for large lizard men. But Yeto is absolutely too big to wear that, while Yeta is too gentle; No certainty as to if they reflect on their entire species or not. Also, how Darkhammer managed to linger there for so long, without bothering the Yeti's or being noticed by them, even though he cornered us in a hallway leading to a room that the Yeti's use to store things. The paintings of significant figures in the land of Hyrule, well, the Zora's domain is directly adjacent to the mansion, so nothing odd there. But the Oocca being there in a painting, as well, adds some dating to this mansion, obviously it was erected long ago, also while Rutella was still alive, and it was erected in a time period where the Oocca were still in contact. It's possible that some form of infighting led to the fall of the mansion, as it could have very well been an attempt to overthrow the kingdom, for example. Okay, stupid speculation time - it would actually be a really cool origin story if it turns out all of the Darknuts are actually Hylian's that originated in this Mansion. giving them the back story of being renegades from a previous civil war or conspiracy, or something of the like.

[@randomviewer1012]

The gauntlet on the armor is made for someone with only three fingers on their hands, not four. Look for a three fingered race and you'll find your answer.

[@mikahlyynn]

you explained this perfectly

[@HyruleGamer]

Thank you!

[@AidanRatnage]

How do you explain Yeta having no arms and the Painting of BotW's Hyrule Field in the Snowpeak Ruins?

[@HyruleGamer]

Yeta does have arms, I'm pretty sure. Just tucked inside her coat I'd assume lol

[@obsidianblackwing5370]

She reminds me of a bowling pin lol 😂

[@lancewilliams6614]

Finally ! A twilight princess theory ! I’m so excited for this video

[@HyruleGamer]

Glad to hear!

[@jakebastian6726]

Hmm, I'm having a hard time catching a red fish from the watery domain so I can go to the snow world. I hit B on my Wii remote and tilt it down as the hook reaches the water. There aren't any pulls downwards from a fish so I can immediately raise my remote up. I'm using bait from the beehive the bird knocks down. Is that why no fish come to my hook?

[@tant60]

I liked to think as a kid, Link from OoT/Heros shade lived in the mansion for his remaining years, isolated enough for his protection, and close enough incase evil returned

[@HyruleGamer]

Interesting

[@doctorwyvern9992]

I’ve also heard a theory about the pond on the way to Snowpeak. If you look at its location next to Zora’s domain, it looks very similar to Zora’s fountain from OoT when it’s frozen over in the adult timeline.

[@HyruleGamer]

Oh yeah, there could be a connection in there :D

[@andrewcogdillcole3826]

Maybe snowpeak was originally owned by the usurpers, a secret place to do wierd magics. Then after they were banished, the royal family took it over as an emergency home away from home , then finally after that it was turned into a training ground for royal knights and the Sheikah. The usurpers did wierd magic stuff and the sheikah did dark experiments so the giant armour may be apart of either of those?

[@lando28116]

I subscribed immediately after I saw the intro😁

[@saraha180]

10:10 that we don't see a woman in her 20s hanging around with her father is not evidence that he's dead.

[@ArtblockInsomniac]

Links a descendant of the knights of hyrule yes? He was in a link to the past so its safe to assume that connection still exists in other timelines as they tend to have parallels. Along with portraits of very rare locations, there is also a large amount of portraits of Ordon plus the pumpkin and goat cheese. I've always thought links parents at one point lived there or were perhaps knights there before moving home to ordon to retire.

[@MrsDeadGirl7]

YOU ARE AMZING! KEEP GOING

[@HyruleGamer]

Thank you very much!

[@UltimateEnemyArmoredTemmie]

The suits of armor sorta match the general proportions of a Goron, and before the Zora region got frozen, that could have been another death-mountain like location. The Yeti-Tails (On the only male that we see) would make said suits of armor somewhat pointless, especially being that there is no additional armor for their tails.

[@General12th]

Yes, I agree it could be a base for some of the knights of the kingdom, and in fact it might be a border station between Hyrule and an adjacent territory. I also agree it could have been built there for the yetis to join the ranks of the knights. We don't see many goron or zora knights, but if they exist, yeti knights could exist too! I suspect some lord owned the mansion, not any one knight. But if that's not the case -- maybe it belongs to the knight-captain -- we could imagine Ashei's father was that knight-captain. Or maybe not. There's not enough evidence to go either way on any of this. It's just fun to speculate.

[@DanielvonHyrule]

I once watched a french theory about Zora's evolution where they said that the Snowpeak's mansion was indeed a stronghold where the Hyrule Royal Family knights used it as a base against the war with Ganondorf after Link alerted Zelda of his plans at the end of OoT due to it's geographical location near Gerudo Desert. The Zoras aided them in this war and also used the stronghold, and that's why there is a photo of Queen Rutela in the mansion. I think that's a cool way to think about this mystery.

[@HyruleGamer]

Ooooh interesting :D

[@mirrynmcwilliams937]

I always assumed it was a holiday home, or hideaway for the royal family. It would make sense to send the queen and princess away somewhere safe during the war (like the one before OOT). Maybe, that's where impa took young Zelda, while she trained to become sheik. Defended by guards, and possibly the Yeti, another of the royal family's secret connections. This would explain why it has a distinctly royal feel. I would have loved to see some reference to this place in BOTW, even just a few ruins buried in snow, or a one of the mountains in Hebra, or behind Zora's domain being called snowpeak. This dungeon is possibly one of my favourites in the series, as it was challenging, but had fun and unique mechanics behind it. There felt like there was so much more to discover, and I wish we had more background on it.

[@HyruleGamer]

It very well could be a holiday home, perhaps just an old one now :)

[@TheAttyjace]

I'm not saying its the same building, but as I watch this video, the botw Akalla Citadel came to my mind. A high fortified structure that might be a residence for soldiers which is also far away from the castle. Probably if the area is explorable the inside of the citadel will also have similar stuff.

[@cd31000]

Random thought here, in that they could be related, distant cousins or the like, and the house belongs to The Hero of Time who died defending his family during an attack on the mansion leaving his wife to flee, much like in the prologue to OoT. If her father was the Hero of Time's oldest ancestor he may be too old to wield the Triforce, falling to the next incarnation. It's already been shown in A Link to the Past that Link's uncle had darker hair so it wouldn't be impossible for at least one decent to carry that trait.

[@ryukiravenwing8530]

The shape looks like a goron to me. Perhaps the large armor was used by Goron soldiers working in tandem with Hylans up in the rocky, mountainous area. We know Gorons hate cold from Majoras Mask, so when staying at the fort/mansion, they may need the extra layering for warmth and protection. Armor, however is not flexible, so perhaps when they left the mansion to return to town/death mountain after whatever they were at the fort for they may prefer to go armor-less to allow them to curl and roll through the snow for more speed.

[@eljaminlatour6633]

Maybe it once belonged to the hero of time, who became the hero's shade.

[@faeriecrypt]

Great commentary! I have always wondered why their home is like a military stronghold.

[@AzureRoxe]

With all the weapons and mechanisms, i think it's clear it was a mansion fortress placed there, not to be defended BY Zora's Domain, but to defend IT from any attack from that side. Because of how screwed up the mansion is and how ridiculously perilous the path is, we can assume the path was NOT that extreme in the past. Perhaps, during the war, rebels [or even another kingdom since we know Hyrule is just one location] would attack from that direction and they built the place to defend the Zoras.

[@dkm05]

To be completely honest, when I saw this video I forgot what I guessed and though,” Oh, dang. I guessed wrong.” Awesome video, as always :) (I accidentally did the five second skip, and I thought you said,” Twilight Princess is a game filled with mangoes.”)

[@HyruleGamer]

Oh wow haha

[@ryanpalmberg3865]

I don't think the armor was intended to be out of place. Hyrule Castle has armor sets of very similar size and functionally work the same as in snowpeak (You can smash them with the ball and chain). I think Nintendo also wanted to follow up with any theories seeing as in the 2006 release the crest in Snowpeak is nowhere in Hyrule castle. The spot where it would eventually show in Hyrule Castle the HD version was originally just the classic Triforce and bird crest in the original. With this, it becomes clear that Nintendo obviously has some intention to connect the two. In my opinion, they haven't left enough clues to put it together if they ever intended for us to do so. But great video! Been waiting literal years for someone to cover the Snowpeak Ruins.

[@Khalith]

I’ve always abided by a theory that it belonged to a noble knightly family as a private residence. The cannons used by the house guards to ward off the various monsters.

[@IamayMizono]

Funny enough the 6th issue of the Twilight Princess manga, Ashei says her family owns it and grew up in the mansion. When she left to become a knight the mansion was abandoned and the Yeti's moved in. But the manga is considered non-canon, so it would make sense that the game probably goes for a different reason. My theory is that it is owned by a family sworn to protect the royal family (not sheikah tribe related) and this mansion serves as a hideout for them to evacuate to if Hyrule Castle were to ever fall into enemy hands.

[@batandcat0508]

Oddly enough, I have this idea that it could be a safe house of sorts for the royal family, considering the finery of the master bedroom and the way it's fortified.

[@Crits-Crafts]

My theory always has, and always will be that snow peak was an emergency retreat for the Royal family. So in war they could escape and be protected

[@HyruleGamer]

It's possible :D

[@Thor-Orion]

The single, choke point entrance is a dead giveaway that it was a highly militarized sanctuary designed to be easy to defend. And hard to get to.

[@Thor-Orion]

No way was it simply a training ground. Just not plausible.

[@Thor-Orion]

Fortress was owned by the Hylian royal family. Definitely had knights living there year round, but they definitely didn’t OWN the place.

[@milestinker2178]

In the game, it is said that Ganondorf launched an invasion of Hyrule at some point prior to both his arrest and failed execution. Since we know that his originally-planned coup in Ocarina of Time was prevented by Link's warning Zelda about the future, perhaps Ganondorf called off his coup when he discovered that his treasonous ambitions had been exposed, and instead fled Hyrule to lay low for a while before returning in full force to invade Hyrule some time later. This invasion probably led to a full-on war in which Castle Town fell to his forces, leaving Zelda and the Knights of Hyrule little recourse but to retreat to a remote location and establish a new base of operations from which they could both defend themselves and plot to take back the kingdom from Ganondorf's army. Said base could be the Snowpeak Mansion. The location would even serve to benefit the Hylians more than the Gerudo since the Hylians would be able to adapt to the cold better since the Gerudo are more used to hotter climates, what with their being people of the desert. After the war ends and Ganondorf is finally arrested for his war crimes, the mansion could have been continued to be used as a training ground for the Knights of Hyrule or, perhaps, used as a sort of museum, explaining all of the painting seen within it, which I doubt would have been much of a concern during the war. Or, maybe a little of both, with the knights continuing to use it as a facility of theirs but also simply livening up the place with some historical paintings in respect of the kingdom and its allies (like the Zoras and the Oocca, explaining the portraits of Queen Rutella and the City in the Sky). The master bedroom is also fit for royalty, making Zelda a good candidate for at least one of that room's known occupants (other important figures could have lived in it following the war since Zelda would have returned to living at Hyrule Castle by that point). So, yeah, I like to think that the mansion is the base at which Zelda and the Knights of Hyrule were stationed during the war against Ganondorf that took place after Ocarina of Time's ending and before Ganondorf's execution flashback seen in Twilight Princess.

[@MrNecromancerMan]

I know that when Link of Ocarina of Time was sent back to his childhood, he warned Zelda what Ganondorf was planning, then there was a great war, then Ganondorf was banished to the Twilight Realm. Everything you see, from Snow Peak Ruins to the decayed and abandoned Old Castle Town and Temple of Time are all remnants of the Hylian Gerudo War. I can imagine there was a lot of displacement which explains why there was Kokiri influence in Faron with the Forest Temple they built, then after the war, they returned to the Lost Woods. The Skull Kid perhaps was tasked to stay where the ruins of Ocarina of Time's Hyrule Castle Town and Temple of Time to guard the Master Sword, maybe by the Sheikh, who also put the Guardian Statues there. I digress. We know Link of Ocarina of Time returned from Termina, I'm wondering if Snow Peak Ruins is Links old Fortress, you see a boy in the pictures at Hyrule Castle, he came back and fought in the war, probably met many creatures from many races asking for assistance to defeat Ganondorf before dying at some point in the conflict. You see Hero's Shade wearing strange Armour that could fit with Snowpeak and Ashei's people, on that part its more of a hunch than anything, but I think Snow Peak Ruins was the Hero of Times Fortress before he died. Also of note, he reincarnated as the Link we see in Twilight Princess, and the Hero's Shade is a manifestation of the Hero of Times regret. In a sense when the Hero of Twilight comes to Snowpeak Mansion, it's almost like a home coming of sorts if you think about it. Lastly, I want to say that the location of Snowpeak Ruins is actually Mount Lanayru, but I'm pretty sure it's in Hebra. We know that Zora's Domain moved to another location sometime after Twilight Princess and the New Hyrule Castle was built upon the old Zora's Domain and became the new centre of Hyrule. So it all sort of fits I think.

[@HyruleGamer]

Mmmm that's really interesting!

[@MrNecromancerMan]

@@HyruleGamer I forgot to mention that all the Pictures in Snowpeak Ruins were perhaps memento's of the Hero of Times travels after he came back from Termina. I would have explained everything better, but all that was on my phone, and I get texting thumbs. 😂 But I love pouring over the lore and maps of previous games trying to piece everything together.

[@fortherepublic1263]

That makes a lot of sense....

[@ezkillionaire3276]

This is also my fav dungeon lol its soooo beautiful. And i love the climb to it. It makes it that much more exciting. And its such a cute love story too ❤️

[@HyruleGamer]

Nice!

[@SubduedRadical]

Here's a thought: What if it was a "bug out bunker"? Modern day governments have bunkers in remote locations that they could potentially move VIPs to in emergencies (e.g. if Washington D.C. was nuked during a State of the Union address, there's always a "Designated Survivor" hidden out somewhere) I'm not sure this was common to feudal/middle ages cultures, but what if this was some kind of emergency fortress where you would take the Royal Family to hide out in case Hyrule was ever attacked, or, at least, the women/children of the family? Basically, the Helm's Deep of Hyrule. The other likely thought to me is that it was a defense against the northern lands, but we don't really ever hear anything about any peoples to the north...

[@SaltyLemonss]

This is really interesting!

[@silverdust9176]

This kinda remind me of Cloud Ruler Temple from TESIV: Oblivion. It was having luxuries for higher ups and the prince Martin Septim while being a training ground and academy for the Blades faction.

[@Hexovian]

Yayyyyyy a not BOTW theory video thats what im talkin boot

[@HyruleGamer]

Woah people like non botw videos still? :00000