All Kings EXPLAINED in The Legend of Zelda
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05:10 - Unnamed King (OoT)
08:17 - King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule
12:44 - Unnamed King (ALTTP)
14:35 - Wise King and Prince King
17:18 - King Rhoam Bosphoramus Hyrule
24:00 - King Rauru, First King of Hyrule 
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Though I haven’t played much of the other Zelda games… I say it would be a tie between Rhoam and Rauru. For Rhoam he added so much to Zelda’s story giving us that broken yet percerverent Zelda most Zelda players now enjoy. For Rauru he kind of add to what Rhoam established: being a father to Zelda. I liked the relationship between Sonia, Rauru, and Zelda since both Rauru and Sonia Gave what most fans, including my, wanted for Zelda, parental figures that support and guide her as well as help her figure out what her perpose is for wielding the sacred power.
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@@bananacat0770me too!
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Everyone is hard on Rhoam, but being a ruler and father is more difficult than we can comprehend. He's stressed and has no idea what to do, just that his daughter is the savior to the kingdom. Anyone pushed to those lengths would snap. Everyone just judges him based on a single moment in time, not who he was at heart.
Exactly plus his diary in Hyrule Castle has him confess he genuinely loves his daughter yet feels his duty as king forces him to push her for the betterment of the entire kingdom. It's less that he's been a bad father to Zelda but more so a leader faced with the risk of a cataclysmic event which would kill every single soul within his kingdom (his daughter included). Very dissapointed Nintendo didn't allow his spirit to appear before Zelda to ask her for an apology for all the pressure he placed upon her shoulders.
Correct.
@@javiervasquez625At least there's Age of Calamity where, regardless of its canonicity, he's able to make amends.
@@Chaos89P Even if AOC is not cannon. We can still use his character there as a reference for what he should be like in BOTW, since they are the exact same character at the end of the day.
It IS Canon. It is an Alternate Timeline@@raelanimates8829. Rhoam's Problem was he kept harping on Zelda to Improve without telling her HOW.
Rauru actually did not believe Ganondorf's oath of fealty. He even tells Zelda after Ganondorf leaves but still in that same memory that he was aware of Ganondorf's evil nature, and that his intent in accepting the oath was to keep him close. Rauru's only mistake was underestimating Ganondorf's cunning. Both he and Sonia were aware that Ganondorf had created a doppelganger in the image of Zelda. What they failed to realize was that Ganondorf's intent in getting Sonia alone with the copy was not to have the copy kill Sonia, but to allow everyone to think they had thwarted such an assassination, and then strike himself when they let their guard down afterward.
Funnily enough i don't see why Rauru couldn't have figured that by himself as well considering his wisdom to rule a kingdom despite the lack of foresight to prevent a power-hungry megalomaniac from walking around his own castle and murder his wife. ¿Couldn't he have posted guards watching every corner and area at all times just in case something like that happened?
@@javiervasquez625 Ganondorf basically calls this out as Rauru's own hubris which seems to be the case.
Rauru thought he could control Ganondorf, but I think he underestimated Ganondorf as simply power hungry whereas Ganondorf has a god complex. Rauru thought he was feeding a hungry dog, but Ganondorf was always a wolf trying to eat the sun.
@@verdantmistral442Not to mention the audacity of Ganondorf's plan. It's one thing to send an assassin or even a magical doppelganger to commit the deed, but for that to smokescreen Ganon *himself* popping up on castle grounds to kill the queen with a Warlock Punch to the spine?It's wild and unfathomable, but it's totally Ganon - he would be the type to take pleasure in carrying out the act with his own hands.
And really, that's the only way the plan succeeds, only if Ganon did it himself. His direct power would have been the only way to guarantee success, both in the killing and taking Sonia's tear. But it would also put him at such absurd risk that he risks literally everything if any part fails and that's why it's discounted...unless you know Ganon and therefore know that, in his mind, if he's involved directly? There is no failure possible, he is Him. What is logically high risk, high reward is instead seen as no risk, all reward.
@@Mrryn Rauru likely figured he'd be fine to keep Ganondorf around since he should know that if he got caught trying anything, he'd have the whole kingdom after him and almost certainly be captured. What he didn't expect was for Ganondorf to go for the secret stone, which is implied when Ganondorf tells him he took his godlike power for granted. Ganondorf is shown throughout the game to be very knowledgeable on the Zonai, as he knew of their history since arriving on the surface, he immediately recognized the secret stone and he knew of draconification, and this is likely what Rauru failed to realize about him.
Since we don't know if BOTW and TOTK are part of the normal Zelda timeline, it's not sure if Ganondorf is another reincarnation of Demise. But if were not the case, how does a mortal like Ganondorf have enough magic power to be amplified by the sacred stone many times over that of the 6 sages and King Rauru? But if he is another reincarnation, that would explain a lot.
wheres king harkinian, he was a great father figure to link and gave great advice like peace being what all true warriors strive for
He also thought fondly of the royal chef for cooking the best dinners in all of Hyrule.
He also went off to the neighboring lands when he hears of evil rising, and says only to send reinforcements after one month has passed without his return. He was cool.
Also that old Ganon was apparently no match for him.
He’s also in the thumbnail, even though he needs rest before his ship sails in the morning
And then wondering what was for dinner.
It still breaks my heart that the last time Rhoam and Zelda talked was a fight and he was going to apologize when she returned but the Ganon broke free.
My dude Little Mac acknowledging that Ganondorf has also been a king of Hyrule made my day after an already good shift at work.
Man, BotW's story is actually pretty strong once you piece it all together.
Same with TotK despite coming off as barebones in regards to the Lore surrounding Ganondorf and the Zonai.
ya, it would been nice if totk continued the story instead of just carrying over characters
Same with Age of calamity. But it's a side- project so I understand
@@moosiemoose1337 That while also having a happily ever after ending which becomes meaningless with a sequel where Ganondorf gets his revenge.
ill forever stand that Botw actually does have one of the best Zelda stories when you piece in all the information from around the world
Not a king, but let’s hear it for Headmaster Gaepora. A gentle, kind, frequently bathing legend who is also (I like to think) Link’s father in law, if you know what I’m saying.
Honestly, I can't understand hating Rhoam. Like it doesn't take much to understand the position he was in, not just as a king or father, but as one of the people responsible for saving the world. His efforts were ultimately fruitless and the solution was always out of his grasp, but he needed to make sure that Zelda unlocked her powers or else the whole kingdom and potentially the world would be doomed. So he pushed her and made sure that there were no distractions so that she could be ready, and he regretted it and ultimately died on bad terms with his daughter, something no father could want. I feel like people who hate him have this idea that if he was lighter on her and let her do what she wanted that she would unlock her powers and everyone would live happily, but from what we see, she was only ever going to unlock her powers after it was already too late. I can't hate Rhoam and think that in spite of it all, he was a good person stuck in a terrible situation, doing what he thought was right not only for his people but also his daughter, because if she did not unlock her powers, she would be dead too.
Honestly he didn't have a chance to be a good father. He had the weight of both his kingdom and the grief of losing his wife happen simultaneously. Even without the prophesy saying that his daughter would be needed to save Hyrule just those issues likely would have been enough to have him fail to connect to his daughter and her growing up with him as a stranger to her. Then she had to be a critical point of attention for his duties and all bets were off.
Zelda needed her love for Link or the courage to risk her life to unlock her power. Neither could happen before Ganon attacked... specifically because Ganon seems to have actively been looking for threats to it's attack and trying to strike at the best time.
I think it doesn't help that knowing how previous Zelda's powers and stories worked it's clear Rhoam doomed Hyrule by pushing Zelda too hard.
Wind Waker's Tetra proved the power is natural and the princess don't need to train it and we were told in Skyward Sword that only the first Zelda needed to pray at fountains to do that and that was to unlock her memory of being a goddess.
Had Rhoam not pushed Zelda to go to the fountain of Wisdom the moment she turned 17 she would have been in the castle when Calamity Gannon arose right were she needed to be to hold him at bay long enough for the Hero to do what he need to to defeat Gannon.
Rhoam was cruel because he thought he was being a good King by putting his kingdom above his daughters but the reality was he doomed both to suffer for a hundred years as a consequence of his suborn instance that he was right (not unlike the king from OOT) despite the clear evidence that what he was doing was not working.
And then (the admittedly non canon) Age of Calamity added him taking all Zelda's toys which denied her a powerful weapon, ally and information source. Which reenforced the theme that whenever Rhoam hurt Zelda to save Hyrule all he did was further doom them both.
@@sfsin3380 You're making the assumption that she would unlock her powers at the castle but it was clear that as shown in both BotW and AoC that what was needed was for someone who she cared for to be in danger to awaken her powers. It could maybe be argued that seeing her father in danger would unlock her powers, but Rhoam would have sent her away from the castle and defended it himself for her protection anyway. BotW Zelda is not previous Zeldas if unlocking her power came that naturally to her, then she wouldn't have struggled to do so for years nor would she only have unlocked it literally as Link was about to be killed.
Rhoam didn't doom Hyrule, Hyrule was doomed from the start because Zelda was only ever going to unlock her powers too late.
@@CometX-ing it was her seventeenth Birthday and she's the princess everyone she cared about would have been gathered together to celebrate and all of them would have been in danger, The odds that she wouldn't have seen someone she cared for harmed/fall would be incredibly low. The power comes when it's need and then the princess naturally knows how to use it.
@@sfsin3380 She was in love with Link, so it would need to be someone comparatively close to her. We don't know anyone else close enough to Zelda to potentially activate her powers other than Rhoam, Link and Urbosa. There's also the fact that even if Zelda wasn't training, that the whole of Hyrule was making preparations for the Calamity. Rhoam shouldn't be putting all that on hold for his daughters birthday. Are you expecting he completely shirk his duties a king for her sake?
King Daphnes is DEFINITELY the OoT king of hyrule.
Makes too much sense he’s burying his land w the same man who wants to bring it back
If he is indeed the same king who meets Ganondorf face to face in Ocarina of Time then there's no explanation as to how he came back to life after been seemingly murdered following the destruction of Hyrule Castle. Add to that the fact the castle in The Wind Waker looks _nothing_ like the one from Ocarina of Time and your conclusion becomes implausible.
@@javiervasquez625Unless that was the spirit of the king from Oot that Ganondorf killed
@@TwilightLink77 What? I'm not following.
@@javiervasquez625 King Daphnes could possibly be the spirit of the king from Oot
@@TwilightLink77 That cannot be as the Lore states "only a _living_ mortal may ask a wish to the Triforce". Since Daphnes was able to ask a wish at the end of the game that means he was most certainly alive.
Most of my horses in Tears of the Kingdom are named after past kings of Hyrule! I first started the king naming system when I decided to call Link’s default/trailer horse from BotW Daltus
Please tell me you also named one "Harkinian" in reference to one of the best memes in the Zelda franchise.
@@javiervasquez625 Of course I did MY BOY!
No honorable mention for the legendary king Harkinian
Which King of Hyrule is your favorite? Mine is Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule. Also because of the possibility that he's... you know...
Rauru i guess
King roahm
Gatta be Roahm, so much fun in Age of Calamity.
Gannon is my favorite king. Without him, there would be no legend of zelda.
Yeah I have to agree with the theory on Wind Walkers king, I LOVE the theory that he is OOT king, makes his wish way more badass than it already was tbh.
We all know the real king of hyrule is beedle
If Beedle is the king, Tingle is the queen.
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@@goob161 still debating if their ship name is Teedle or Bingle. Either way: Yes.
The triforce be like
Link) courage
Zelda) wisdom
Ganon/dorf) power
The middle?
Beedle) immortal
@@Kirbyfan7209 Beedle is the fourth missing Triforce piece in the middle (Tetraforce confirmed).
Can we all agreed that Queen Sonia and King Rauru deserved more screentime?
Zelda and Ganondorf needed the screen time as well. The past sections honestly needed more time.
@@RFDN0 Link x Zelda’s time together? An absolute yea on that! For Ganondorf, it would be nice to explore in depth into his character since he grows to despise Rauru’s way of peace and the Zonai race. And it would’ve been nice to have Twinrova back as well.
I think they should've focused more on showing Rauru and Sonia's efforts to create a safe, peaceful kingdom so Zelda has an example to strive towards with her kingdom. That's clearly what they were going for with them, but it takes a bit of digging to see that.
Mineru getting screentime that wasn't exposition dumps would be cool too XD
@@edwheezer6231 Oh I totally agree
I would like the lore of kokiri to kakiroki to Korok
Little boy with ocarina in Link to the past turns into a tree
There is un explored lore there.
King Rhoam was apparently also a great warrior, assuming that aspect of Age of Calamity is canon. Regardless, it is implied that he enjoyed going to his cabin in the great plateau where he would rough it for a while, although I can’t find where I specifically read that. It might have been in Creating A Champion.
Either way, he was considered a very strong and powerful warrior even in his advanced age, with Impa noting that there were very few in even Hyrule with that level of skill, and was shown to be capable of stunning a Guardian with a single hit. Of course, this is all from counting at least part of Age of Calamity as canon, which I know a lot of people don’t
If the Light Dragon and Ganondorf exist in that alternate timeline, how will Rhoam react to Zelda’s fate?
@@a.jthomas6132 *Non canon* (proven by the japanese timeline page).
Also Rauru won't "react" to anything as Terrako/Walking Plotdevice has ensured Zelda won't ever travel to the past courtesy of the Calamity been averted thus _preventing_ the time loop which triggers the events of both Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.
Actually considering that there were TWO Calamity Ganon in Hyrule Castle in AOC then the Seal on Ganondorf was likely just as damaged as it was after BOTW.@@javiervasquez625
I would consider it a split in the timeline, so there isn't technically a need to consider it canon, but I also wouldn't deny it. But I do think it gives important insights on the characters.
@@luwicki97 "Insights" like what...? Revali's rivalry with Link, Mipha's developing feelings for Link and Zelda's growing frustration and lack of confidence are non existent as Terrako/Walking Plotdevice and Harbinger Ganon's trip to the past seemingly changed the events of this new timeline practically _erasing_ the character development which defined the Champions in Breath of the Wild in favor of giving them cliche Dynasty Warriors personalities which don't go anywhere as they proceed to fight ASStor and save the world through cliche, completley non sensical Deus Ex Machina which ruins any tension or depth their conflict with the Calamity might have had back in Breath of the Wild.
To me Age of Calamity does not deliver any insight whatsoever regarding the Champions as it totally butchers their established narrative arcs in Breath of the Wild courtesy of it's fanfiction approach to storytelling which was Nintendo's intent from the very beginning (despite the deceitful marketing suggesting this game was going to be a canonical prequel).
Great video and very nice catch at 11:37 I never noticed the attire being identical between the two. I wish I caught that little detail when I made my video about the King, lol.
I mean they’re not perfectly identical. It looks more like a bridge between OOT Zelda and WW Zelda’s designs, which makes sense. I like the theory regardless though
9:20 Which is also why I am pro-WW Ganondorf. Yes, he would’ve unflooded Hyrule for his own people, but at the same time, forget the higher powers for their slaughter of so many innocent people.
While I like WW Ganondorf more than the others he was still a genocidal fuck in the end. He destroyed an entire island after dungeon #2 and he killed the two master sword sages just for doing their jobs.
@@dreamz1417 Versus the hundreds of thousands if not more killed by the great flood and not just Hyrule, but all other regions across the planet that were also around the same sea level as Hyrule.
Plus the fact that Ganondorf's wish was for Hyrule to rise back up to the Surface which would have benefited everyone by giving them more land to live on.@@hiddendesire3076
@@hiddendesire3076 I didn't say he was particularly worse than the Gods. But generally I don't like comparing atrocities. The "who's the least bad genocidal maniac out of these genocidal maniacs"-game has no winners, dunno what you're trying to do here.
@@dreamz1417 Just pointing out that Ganondorf’s wish would’ve benefited the survivors more than the King of Hyrule’s. I mean, he’d be severed from the cycle of Rebirth as the avatar of Malice and without it’s influence, whose to say how’d he act as a ruler. Sure, Bellum would still be around, albeit his ghost ship would likely have been beached somewhere or stuck in a lake. Ganondorf would have a field day with that one. Malladus likely wouldn’t be unsealed for even longer as well. The region that became New Hyrule is on the top of a plateau-esq mountain range, so the Spirit Tower which is presently there wouldn’t likely have been disturbed by usurpers who came in with the refugees of the Great Sea.
Considering how remarkable similar some of kings are I wonder if at least some of them are the same person reincarnated like Link, Zelda, Tingle, Malon, Beedle etc. While they do have different names unlike the other reincarnated characters, so can Link possibly.
What I'm doing in my comic to explain Raru is that the Zonai were native to another kingdom across the planet. Then the WW floods happened and the Zonai took to the seas. Waters slowly went away and the Zonai landed in old Hyrule and just decided to take up the legendary name making him the first King of Hyrule that there were recordings of
I've put forth the theory that BOTW and TOTK existing in New Hyrule, glad someone else has the idea as well.
I love the change in narrative when going from Breath to Tears. Everything sounded great, and your can hear it in his choice of words when discussing Tears of the kingdom.
I was honestly expecting King Harkinian from the CDI games as a joke.
Happy new years Bandit.
You forgot that there are tablet further elaborating on Raurus story mainly telling some stories of His and Sonia’s Relationship. For example, on one of the tablets: it talks about Rauru going one hunts and other “mini-vacations” and Sonia literally tracking him down supposedly to give him an earfull about attending his duties. Just point that out there just big case You’ve DIDN’T DO THE QUEST THAT ADDS LORE SND INFORMATION ABOUT THESE KING.
we have an other banger video about legacy zelda content , seriously man , i can't get enough of your video analysis, they are this good , how ever , have you ever heard about a theory that truly explain ocarina of time's king of hyrule's actions , i certainly found two of them , and i will not spoil them to you aside from telling you that this king could be none other than the person in disguise taking the form of Kaepora Gaepora him self , i know it sounds crazy , but here is the titles of those videos
Ocarina of Time's Most Powerful Secret
The DESTINY of Ocarina of Time's Kingdom - A Tale Untold
also those video also help explain why Kaepora Gaepora is not sage of light rauru
Hmm...those video titles sound very familiar!
So does that mean he is one of the 7 Sages? The Gossip Stone in the Sacred Forest Meadow makes it very clear that Kaepora Gaebora is one of the Sages plus since we already have all 6 remaining Sages _alive_ by the time Link begins his quest it wouldn't make sense for the king to be a Sage without dismissing their existence.
My favourite king is hyrule warriors
My personal theory is that BotW/AoC and TotK are part of an entirely separate timeline, a literal series reboot so to speak. Though perhaps Skyward Sword might have still occurred at some point in that time line, because you know, the Master Sword being there and all that.
Either way, happy new year Bandit! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with next! 🎉
If I may ask though, could you maybe do a boss lore for Metroid Dread? I'm finally able to play the game and I've been loving it, I think it'd be neat to see some more with that seeing as it has been a bit since your playthrough and last video on it.
Man you got it, look up the Parallel Reality timeline theory, cuz that is literally what you explained. AoC tho isnt canon. Its fan fiction. its not even "Psudo Canon" cuz events and people before the games plot starts literally dont exist in both Botw and Totk like Astor among many other things. AoC is Fan Fiction at its finest. theres a reason its not on the English or japanese website for the timelines.
@@GaryJuuce ah, cool. So I'm actually somewhat right about this? Also, the stuff for AoC is good to know, I figured I'd bring it up since I saw it as plausible in terms of it happening. But hey, I'm just glad the rest of it makes sense. Definitely fun to think about how these two exist. Makes me wonder if we'll see any of the stuff that happens in that gap seeing as we know it's there...
Either way, thanks for the confirm dude!
1/10 video
You didnt include one of the best knings in Legend of Zelda franchise, the King Harkinian from Zelda CD, the king of memes and YTP icon
MY BOY!! THE PIECE IS WHAT ALL TRUE WARRIORS STRIVE FOR
I WONDER WHATS FOR DINNER
0.02 out of 10 for excluding Harkinian.
Happy New Year Bandit Games!
God I adore the seething anger toward TOTK's story in the back of your voice 😂
You're awesome. I love watching your stuff.
Where was the Zelda CDI king he's the most important king in the zelda timeline and you left him out.
This is truly a failure on my part.
@@BanditGames Just make a part 2 and will call it even
King Harkinian deserves his recognition.
@@razorburn7745 Amen brother!
The pre-TOTK and TOTK release era on Zelda RUclips were a blast, but I’ve been greatly looking forward to a return to overarching lore content like this. Fantastic video!!
8:00 I think that it was only successful due to Link possessing the Triforce of Courage which was marked on his hand.
I personally like to believe that the king in Oracina of Time’s head is Barney’s head
The implication of Rauru being the first king of the re-founding of Hyrule is as clear as a gangster telling a local business that they should pay them protection money in case something unfortunate were to maybe happen.
'Bones on the Throne' would be a great band name...
A toast to Bandit! For finding a way to use the tragically seldom used word "draconification"! May your future videos be filled with more obscure words!
Bandit, could you do a Q and A soon? We haven’t had a video just to catch up in a couple years! I would love to know what kind of theatre work you do, what games you plan to cover in the future, and if you will continue your playthrough of all the Zelda games in chronological order on Bandit Jo!
I feel like age of calamity gave the king a personality. Even making him a strong king mentally and physically
In all fairness to Rauru, Zelda didn’t give him any advice to listen to until much later on. When Ganondorf was at their thrones, all Zelda said was “bad intentions Ganondorf” and Rauru was like “I know, but it’s all good lol”. What Zelda should have told him immediately after Ganondorf was dismissed was about calamity ganon and finding his corpse in her time. But we all know the lore in TOTK was shoddy lol.
To be fair she says later on that she only realized for sure who Ganondorf was when he transformed into the Demon King. Before that it was just an unsettling coincidence, and I doubt that would've caused Rauru to change his plan.
The Curse of Demise is that the kings don’t listen to the Zelda’s.
Why wasn't King Harkinian mentioned?
- He is a wise king, relating the proverb that the true purpose of a warrior is to create eras of peace
- He is a man of humble delights, wondering about what he shall have for dinner
- acts to protect his neighbors: when his court wizard warns him that the neighboring kingdom of Koridai is attacked by Ganon, his immediate response is to offer aid despite the fact it isn't his war
- Is forward-thinking and willing to throw himself into action: when one of Hyrule's vassal states is under attack, Harkinian does not hesitate to travel there himself to assess the problem
- Is worthy of the Triforce of Courage ("I'll take the Triforce of Courage to protect me!")
- Shows mercy even to his greatest enemies, but is still firm: when Duke Onkled's betrayal is unmasked, Harkinian punishes him to public servitude instead of the death sentence for his defection to Ganon.
He may be a great ruler and he did get his redemption in the Age of Calamity alternate timeline, but King Rhoam is a worst parental figure to his own daughter after his queen’s passing.
The way he treated her disgusted me cuz he wasn’t supportive of Princess Zelda’s passion for Shiekah Tech and being so cold to her as she is nothing but a failure due to the lack of unlocking her sealing power. Being a maiden is not Zelda’s thing. She’s more into being a scholar.
If he ever finds out that the Light Dragon is indeed his daughter being Draconified, he would be more guilty about pushing her way too far than ever before…
I related to BOTW/TOTK’s Zelda since I too have a dysfunctional relationship with my old man. He often yells at me for no damn reasons. And he often thinks I’m still a little boy when clearly I am not the same as before. I have been a different person for a long time, and tried my best to be a better man than him.
Age of Calamity is *non canon* to the Zelda timeline and YOU KNOW IT. Stop it already.
That aside i wholeheartedly agree with the rest of your comment.
Hey @@javiervasquez625 they said "ALTERNATE TIMELINE" in their text, and this is the series with a 3 way timeline split in ocarina of time, why so rude? It's very rude.
@@jacksonhendricks3063 "Alternate" implies it's no different than the many previously established timelines which _are canon_ according to Nintendo. Whereas the Adult, Child and Downfall timelines are very much canon to the Era of the Wild Age of Calamity's is NOT as it was not included into the official japanese Zelda timeline like the aforementioned 3 timelines.
@@javiervasquez625 so which pokemon game is canon when two or more are released as once?
@@jacksonhendricks3063 What? Sorry question does not compute when comparing Pokemon to Zelda.
Excuse me, but where's King Harkinian? Hyrule thrives under him, and Ganon is so scared of him, that he has to settle for Koridai and Gamelon instead.
Well, that was satisfying. Thanks, Bandit! 💜
Link’s thoughts as he fell through the air in TOTK were probably something like: “Raaru you son of a bitch you could’ve at least let me keep the paraglider!”
I was playing Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the Necrodancer recently and I remembered that there is a king in that version, though unnamed. He briefly speaks with Zelda letting her know how he came under Octavo's curse. And then he opens up a passageway to a secret room to obtain a legendary sword for Zelda.
I still dont think Totk takes place in the 3 way split. It is its own reboot timeline split of from skyward sword.
19:47 wait in the journal its says that the queen died when zelda was six, but then 3 pages later it says (there's no cut in the video either so its all in order) "It has been a year and three months wince her mother passed." sooo zelda stared going to the fountains at age 7?
I have been under the impression she's been going through a bunch of "training" since she was 7 as well.
Nice video!
Rauru for the win. Even though like the other kings, didnt heed Zelda. Why do they have this damn pattern 😆
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LOVE YOU TOO!! 💜💜
“Every King of Hyrule explained”
Ehmmm… we’re missing one. Where’s King Harkinian?
King of Hyrule: Drown the kingdom
Me, an intellectual: Erase Ganondorf from reality.
Since Zelda's mother possessed the sacred power of the royal bloodline, wouldn't that mean that Rhoam isn't related to the royal family at all, and instead married into it?
That’s likely the case, since the power is implied to only be tied to the women within the direct bloodline of Hylia, who as we should already know by now is the first Zelda in the timeline, which includes all of the other reincarnations of Zelda. Rauru (specifically TotK Rauru) is a weird case though but he’s also a sage so that might explain it, since he’s the only king of Hyrule to be a sage at all thus having access to powers outside of the blood of Hylia.
@@calebgoodman3028 Incarnations not "reincarnations" as Hylia regained her divinity following her death in Skyward Sword leaving her descendants to continue protecting the world in her name.
@@javiervasquez625 Good point. In that case Zelda is more like an avatar of Hylia since they can exist simultaneously. Like how Parasurama and Krishna existed simultaneously despite both being Vishnu. I apologize in advance if that was confusing. I like Hindu mythology and it happens a lot.
@@calebgoodman3028exactly. She's definitely an avatar imo.
Bandit, you're the true king here.
I love in the not even first two minutes of the video there’s a burning weapon in the video lol😂
You did my boy Harkinian dirty
I was hoping for a while that you would make this one. It didn't occur to me that there were this many kings with canonical appearances. The only ones I'd been aware of where Daphnes and Rhoam(oh, and Rauru now)
12:24 sure, I’ll incorporate that into my belief system
What about my man, king from cadence of hyrule? :P
I know coh is only dubiously canon but the lore implications of it are pretty significant once you think about them a bit. We have a villain who somehow knows about the reincarnation cycle and who actually manages to steal the triforce. We have a timeloop. We have playable Zelda. We have kid Ganondorf before he turns evil. It's a really interesting game!
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Cool vid man. This is cool to know about the Kings of Hyrule. Cuz let me tell you while your playing your not thinking about them at all. 😂
"King Daftness was knowledgeable"; way for him to prove his parents wrong, they should have named him King Velmas.
The breath at 25:34 made me literally laugh out loud. Well done, sir.
He missed the kings from the CD-i Zelda games.
Think you missed the mention that it was a King that ordered the Divine Beasts to be buried. May not know anything about him, but even King Paranoid would have been a mention. Lol
25:01 the reason for Rauru and Sonia creating the Shrines is actually included in the game! It’s talked about in the stone tablets
It's blowing my mind how no one ever talks about the tablets. Yeah it was a really weird decision to have them be translated poorly only to have Wortsworth give you his interpretation that seems to just be the same thing, but a lot of the information given goes a long way in telling us how the people lived back then. I've seen so many people say that the purpose of the Shrines of Light was never stated in the game when that just isn't true.
“Bad intentions Ganondorf” in contrast with other ganons, who have very good intentions
Is it weird that for the longest time I thought Agahnim's green hood was hair that covered his eyes, his circlet was the lower part of his face with the gem being a constant 'o' face, and his actual face was some kind of amulet?
Not at all since i myself thought Link's pink hair in A Link to the Past was actually a piece of _fabric_ attached to his green cap which hid his real hair from view. Man how fun it was to be a kid in those days.
I thought I was the only one! 😮
King Rhoam reminds me of my own dad. He’s also uncommunicative and tries to convince himself that what he does to hurt me is for my best interests.
Hey great video
My favourite king gotta be King Rauru even tho he is a Zonai but he still founded Hyrule so
YESSSSSS FR
He founded _New_ Hyrule mind you not the original from before The Minish Cap.
Everyone states there is no official placement of BOTW n TOTK, but Nintendo has said many times that it's the rejoining of all 3, anything else before is the period of legend. I really think people can't accept the fact that Nintendo just doesn't care about the timeline so they essentially reset it all
No, Nintendo does care
Holy shit, I grew up playing LtTP and never realized that was the King, dead on his throne. I always thought it was Aganhim just chilling in the throne room since he's "won" but now that you say it I can't unsee the skeletal King 😅😂
10:39 A generation, or rather following generation, who had to deal with another demon king who rose to power since Ganondorf was sealed in stone. Yes, Bellum caused trouble for the Hero of Winds, but between those points, it seems things were relatively peaceful. New Hyrule was established. Link had a kid and grandkid. There was good relations with the Lokomo, a tribe of pigmy sages whose people made the railways. Etc.
Mind you we don't _know_ with certainty if the Hero of Spirit Tracks is the grandson of the Hero of Winds as there's no evidence in the game which even suggests as much. The 100 years old Niko points out the current Link looks "similar to someone he knew" but other than that there's nothing which confirms the Hero of Spirit Tracks to be blood related to his predecessor from The Wind Waker.
@@javiervasquez625Then the question remains what happened to the Hero of Winds. I mean, we see the outfit/uniform incorporated in the new kingdom, but asides from that, not much is really known. With Twilight Princess we at least see the Hero of Time’s spirit as the Hero’s Shade to train us. As for BotW/TotK, we were originally see glimpses of his father, the former Captain of the Guard, and his sister in the flashbacks. Bit of poor taste, but you even end up buying your old home as well.
@@hiddendesire3076 The Hero of Winds probably lived happily ever after protecting Tetra and the kingdom during it's earlier days so there's not much worth talking about him following the events of Phantom Hourglass.
As to the _sister_ of the Hero of the Wild i'm pretty sure she's *non canon* as there's no evidence prooving her existence within the actual games aside from a piece of concept art which cannot be considered evidence for obvious reasons.
Slight correction. The King of Hyrule commanding the seven sages didn't happen right after he defeated but during the Imprisoning War which was after OoT's bad ending.
Granted we don't know how long after OoT the Imprisoning War is but assuming it's long after OoT, it was most definitely a new king.
The portrait of Zelda seen in Wind Waker's castle is of a different Princess though, most likely also named Zelda. Enough time passed for the story of the HoT which was told for several generations to become a legend prior to the flood. In normal cases that takes about a century or two to happen.
Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link is the only time it is ever once mentioned of Princess Zelda having a sibling in any of the games.
Daphnes was the greatest king. And him being the king from OOT? Yes 🤌
Gotta mention King Duchebag from 10000 years before BotW, dude did the Shiekah DIRTY for no reason!
I totally understand the Yiga defecting, disapprove of the whole Ganon-worship, though.
You know... if you prescribe to the idea that TotK flashbacks with Zelda happen at the very beginning; and if you accept the theory that King Daphnes from WW is the unnamed king in OOT and LTTP... everything kinda slots together except Four Sword Adventures because that game's placement really doesn't fit...
Creation myth of the world and Triforce - as told in OOT and other games.
The (First) Imprisoning War - demons vs Hylia and the gods.
Skyward Sword - game ends with the founding of Hyrule.
TotK Flashbacks - Rauru marries Sonia (who would be the daughter of SS Link and Zelda), goes on to official found the Kingdom of Hyrule.
War of the Bound Chest - as told by Minish Cap. Would be a good macguffin to save Hyrule after Rauru imprisons Ganondorf in the flashbacks and Ganondorf's horde of monsters is left to run amok. Would be a good place for King Gustaf to do his thing, heck Gustaf could even be the hero that sealed the Bound Chest.
Minish Cap / Four Swords - King Daltus rules here.
Fierce War (OOT) / Civil War (LTTP) - The Fierce War is fought over the Triforce which is found in the Sacred Realm by knights sent out when Vaati masqueraded as the king in Minish Cap. This war fractures Hyrule and allows Ganondorf Dragmire to become the Bandit King of the desert. Kinda feel bad for all the hardship King Daphnes deals with...
Downfall Timeline
LTTP - Ganondorf gets his hands on the Triforce during the civil war and becomes Ganon. Ganon gets sealed in the Sacred Realm to protect Hyrule. Daphnes brings on Agahnim as his advisor and is killed by the wizard after Ganon possesses Agahnim. Link eventually defeats Ganon and wishes Daphnes back.
Oracle games, Link's Awakening - LTTP Link leaves Hyrule to have various adventures.
Ancient Stone Tablets - LTTP Link is still off adventuring. Daphnes, Zelda, and the sages summon a new hero to save Hyrule while Link is gone.
Link Between Worlds / Triforce Heroes - These games happen a few generations after LTTP.
Zelda 1 and Zelda 2 - This is interesting, because if you read the lore of these games there are two different Zeldas in these games but the same Link. This means after Link saves Zelda in Zelda 1, he journeys north to save another Zelda in Zelda 2. After Zelda 2, Hyrule prospers.
CDi games - While non-canon, the adventures in these games would easily fit somewhere after Zelda 2.. and if we stick em in the timeline we get all the memetic lines from King Harkinian to be canon. So, that's a fair trade if you ask me.
Adult Timeline
The Great Flood - OOT Link defeats Ganon, Zelda sends Link back in time, removing Link from the timeline and breaking the Hero's Line set up way back in Skyward Sword. 100 years later Ganon's seal is broken and Ganondorf returns. Unable to stop him, Daphnes eventually has to resort to flooding Hyrule.
Wind Waker - Daphnes helps a random child nut up and save the islands of the Great Sea with Tetra.
Phantom Hourglass - direct sequel to WW.
Spirit Tracks - 100ish years after Phantom Hourglass, a New Hyrule was founded by Tetra and WW hero.
Tingle Spinoff games - These take place after Spirit Tracks due to the reoccurring characters, but are technically non-canon.
Child Timeline
Majora's Mask - OOT Link warns Zelda, both children warn Daphnes. Ganondorf is imprisoned and Hyrule makes peace with the Gerudo. Link, Zelda, and Malon become childhood friends. Link eventually leaves to find Navi, ends up lost in some woods, and finds his way to Termina where he does the hero thing. After MM, Link returns to Hyrule and serves as a royal knight and settles down in this timeline. Since Link is a knight because of the Hero's Shade in TP, chances are he never marries OOT Zelda.
Twilight Princess - Because of Ganondorf's execution in this game's backstory, it is highly likely that Ganondorf Dragmire kills Sage Rauru and Princess Ruto in this timeline since he killed the sage of light and sage of water before he was thrown into the Twilight Realm. OOT Link also dies somewhere between OOT and TP since about 100 years have passed because OOT Link becomes the Hero's Shade.
Hyrule Warriors - While non-canon, the time portals bringing everyone together and opening portals to various timelines would be a good explanation for why BotW Hyrule has all sorts of landmarks named after the three separate timelines. Since Hyrule Warriors is highly implied to take place in the Child Timeline a good time after Twilight Princess, that would mean all timelines merge here.
Unified Timeline
BotW - After Hyrule Warriors there's a gap in time, a golden age, a decline as Sheikah tech is forgotten, then the Calamity's return, Link's defeat and resurrection, and finally the fall of Calamity Ganon. While Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is considered non-canon, I still like to think of it as part of the timeline as a spin-off because it is so much fun to see the Champions get to interact with each other and flesh out some characters more.
TotK - Because Maddison is about 6 to 8 years old, that means the time gap between BotW and TotK is pretty minimal. Not even a decade.
But what about the Rito? They existed in the TotK flashbacks, but not in the games before WW, and later, BotW. How are you going to explain that?
@@JaredtheRabbit It's not a perfect fit, but Twilight Princess gives us the oocca. A bird-like race that helped the gods build their civilization in the sky.
If the zonai were the lesser "gods" all the legends in the various games refer to when not talking about Din, Nayru, and Farore; that means we can make Hylia "just" a zonai leader, which then ties into the sacred stone of light Zelda uses in TotK and the sacred light that is passed through Hylia's bloodline to the princesses of Hyrule.
If we use all these assumptions, that means the zonai built their civilization before the demon war using zonaite mined from the depths, with the labor of the tribal races of human, gerudo, zora, and goron. Meanwhile the picori and the oocca help the zonai build their floating sky islands up in the heavens.
Then we get the Demon War where the monsters rise from the Depths after demon king Demise was woken by the zonai mining efforts. The zonai, led by Hylia and her red-haired champion, militarize the surface tribes and fight to the last against the demons. The majority of humans are uplifted to the sky islands by Hylia where they become hylians. The surviving oocca abandon the sky islands to the humans, using the Stormwind Ark to leave the warfare and only a couple oocca are left behind for Link to encounter in TP. The oocca on the Stormwind Ark change over time into the modern rito. If the goddess magic can turn some zora into humans with bird traits in 300 years, what would wind magic and zonai magitech do to bird people over 10,000 years?
This allows the events of Skyward Sword to play out. Then after Skyward Sword when the humans return to the surface as hylians, we get Rauru and Mineru as the last two zonai on the surface. Rauru ends up with Sonia, the daughter of SS Link and Zelda, and Rauru and Sonia go on to found Hyrule.
This does add the caveat that Sonia would have to had children before the flashbacks in TotK, because the royal lineage leads to all the Zeldas that come after to have access to light magic... just means the royal child(ren) weren't important to the story of TotK and weren't mentioned.
This then allows the survivors after Ganondorf's imprisonment by Rauru to battle the remnants of the monster horde in what would become the War of the Bound Chest that is referenced in Minish Cap, thus setting up the entire timeline.
One thing that you have to keep in mind with Zelda lore when you looking at the franchise as a whole is you have two dozen different jigsaw puzzles that all vaguely resemble one another enough that with enough jamming pieces together and squinting where things don't quite line up or scribbling over the gaps you can get one massive puzzle out of the mess.
Just turns out there's dozens of ways of sticking everything together.
One king that got missed was the OG Rauru. Would have been cool to go into any potential timeline/lore as he was introduced as the first king of hyrule in OOT and the first of the sages Link meets during his timeskip through the sacred realm.
Does it make an sense to place the time where sonia and rauru lived in the adult timeline between phantom hourglass and spirit tracks? Like sonias appearance as an ancient of zelda the darker toned skin with the lighter haircolor and advanced Technologie in spirit Tricks with the whole train thing?
Don't know about the location tho..
Just a few thoughts i had while watching this Video, that as usual turnen out pretty good and your voice is nice, too! Thanks for your effort ❤
Something cool I noticed about Sonia is that the color of her skin and hair are the same as Impa from Skyward Sword. Impa even has that white tear mark on one of her eyes the ancient Hylians all have. Impa states at the end of Skyward Sword that she's part of the Sheikah tribe, and we know the Sheikah are Hylians, so Sonia's design seems to fall in line with the ancient Hylians from Skyward Sword's world too.
Link: AAAAAH I'M FALLING TO MY DEATH WTF!!!
Rauru: Chill bro it's cool there's a lake down there!
Link: FALLING INTO A BODY OF WATER FROM A GREAT HEIGHT WILL NOT SAVE YOU, YOU WILL LITERALLY HIT THE WATER WITH AS MUCH FORCE AS IF IT WERE CONCRETE, WASN'T YOUR SISTER A FKIN SCIENTIST, HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THIS?!?!
27:24 Something I am Curious about is why didn't Sonia's Ghost show herself to Link? Hell, She could have used Recall on Link at the Very Start of the Game when Rauru took him to the Room of awakening to undo the Damage that Ganondorf's Gloom did to him.
This is very random and unrelated entirely to this video (which is great and very well done btw) but I would love to see a ‘Lore of the Kokiri’ video. Also a return of them and their fairies in a newer installment of LOZ. Or even have the new version of them, the Koroks, act as fairies of some sort for the Kokiri so they both can coexist! I know the Koroks are them in their “evolved form” like Pokémon but Idk.. I’m currently replaying OoT for the millionth time lol and it’s kinda sad that we never really see them again. The Dekus as well and even the skull kids. They all played huge parts in the hero of time’s life in OoT and MM so to now see them all just gone in future installments has me missing their presence.
Like in MM the Dekus even had their own established colony with a royal family and all. Their own prominent race coexisting along side the Gorons and the Zoras! If the Rito race can exist still along side the Zora, then the Deku should make a comeback as well. They can even have a slightly evolved form where they can also have a designated warrior and sage for their race like everyone else including the Gerudo.
My last point, I feel the 7 sages and races of Hyrule in future installments should/could be:
Deku, Kokiri, Goron, Zora, Rito, Gerudo, and a Hylian. Or can even make it 8 if they wanna somehow bring back the Zonai.
i still believe that the sage of light rauru from OOT was the king in that game. there’s too many parallels to ignore imo
correction about the wish, in a link between the world, both Link and Zelda make a wish for Lorule salvation, so its not the only one to had make a wish in the franchise
Man Zelda lore is amazing
The best King is none other than King Rhoam Bosphoramus Hyrule, father to Princess Zelda Hyrule II.
Weilding a mighty Royal Claymoren above his head, he fell, saving the last remaining citizens from the gaurdian horde at the Siege Of The Akkala Citidel.
All hail King Rhoam and the Knight and Princess who will succeed him.
That Knight will only succeed him if he pledges to marry the Princess who (as far as we know) doesn't seem fond of marrying anyone in the time being with so much rebuilding that needs to be done.
Considered Link and Zelda are now living together In Hateno Village, I can see this happening.
I'm not sure what your source is for the gods resurrecting king daphnes before wind waker. I thought it was implied in the game that he was sealed in the castle when time stopped.
Daphnes being a boat is not metal.... it's wood! 😅
@bandit
My Theory is that Rauru did indeed founded Hyrule prior Minish Cap. Evidence:
1) Concept Art of the OG "The Legend of Zelda" shows Links looking at the "Dueling Peaks".
2) When Zelda goes back in time to the old old old Hyrule the "Dueling Peaks" are just a "Mountain".
I dont know what they can pull, but I do think they did designed this game without thinking into a timeline but at the end added small easter eggs that tell us which timeline it is.
The shifting geography of the many Hyrules seen across the timeline makes it utterly _impossible_ for Rauru's Hyrule to predate every single Hyrule that we've seen across all the 3 timelines. Take into account the many locations and landmarks across the series which do not *exist* in the Era of the Wild's Hyrule such as Mount Crenel, the Desert of Doubt, Snowpeak Mountain and Sacred Grove and it becomes explicitly clear that the Hyrule we see in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are totally seperate from previous iterations of the kingdom.
You forgot about the king mentioned In impas tapistry in BOTW
King Daphnes is absolutely *not* the king in OoT. He was king during the events that led to Hyrule being flooded and the intro makes it clear that this happened so long after OoT that the events of OoT had become legend.
Topic idea: Zelda didn't just send Link back in time at the end of OoT; she also sent Navi. So, it wasn't just LINK's existence that was erased, but also Navi's. Nobody else has gone through time other than gods/goddesses and the chosen hero. So, I wonder what kind of mess THAT caused to the fairy kingdom (or the Zelda universe as a whole). Fairies live long, but they don't typically violate the flow of time. Is that why Navi disappears in the child timeline...to receive her punishment? And in the adult timeline, there's no mention of her. And in the fallen timeline, we can assume she was killed along with Link. So, was she supposed to die in all three timelines? And if so, was that because she broke some fairy taboo by traveling through time as well?
Lol for an "atheist queen" you are very good at writing fanfiction. You need to remember that fairies are purely _magical_ beings who's existence in the Zelda universe fulfills a divine purpose connected to the many gods which rule and maintain the balance of the universe. Taking into account the messianic-Jesus nature behind the Hero of Time's existence it is very much a fact that Navi's very relationship with Link was part of a _preordained_ purpose set up by the Golden Goddesses who always intended for her to travel across Past and Future to save the timelines from Ganondorf's meddling. The reason why Navi left Link at the end was simply a reaction to their quest been over giving her no more reason to be with him anymore.
boat king boat king!!
Bandit, it’s my general belief that Rauru is the king of a Hyrule that existed BEFORE Skyward Sword. I mean, there was obviously some kind of civilization on the surface before those people were taken to the sky. That would’ve been the first Hyrule. As for how long before BOTW that would’ve been, here’s what I think. The Great Calamity happened 10,000 to 10,100 years before BOTW, right? Let’s say the first Hyrule could’ve been founded about 5,000 years before that, to give a good chunk of time between the founding + all the other games and BOTW