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*＊✿❀ A Legacy Not Forgotten ❀✿＊* ❀ Episode 3, Season 1 ❀ Phoenix's Zelda Theories ❀ Original Theory: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/861458463/ *＊✿❀❀✿＊* *＊✿❀❀✿＊* *＊✿❀❀✿＊* Way back in Breath of the Wild, we learned about the Champions, warriors chosen to pilot specific Divine Beasts. However, they were tragically killed by Ganon’s Blights, and their spirits left to wait for help. When Link enters the Beasts 100 years later and slays the monsters, he is gifted with a unique power from each Champion: a special ability that only they can pull off. These abilities are named after each of their respective “creators” - but their history is actually much more complex than it appears at first glance. It’s obvious that Nintendo intended the powers to be a cool bonus for beating each dungeon - kill the boss, meet the Champion, and get the ability. And for a while, that was all we really knew of them. We accepted them as what they were called in the game - “techniques” that the Champions came up with. But, as always, Tears of the Kingdom chucked that all out the window. In the newest Zelda game, the story follows a similar formula: beat the monster, and get another power. We’re pretty used to this by now. However, if you really think about WHO has each power, you’ll realize that these are not what they seem. All of the current Sages are descendants of the Champions - and all have similar powers. For example, Tulin now also has the power to create gusts of wind, just like Revali once did. Riju can summon lightning, just like Urbosa. What do all of the Sages have in common? They’re descendants of the Champions. If you really think about it, what BOTW told us isn’t logical. Normal people can’t just develop these powers. Whether or not you have them has already been predetermined. Since all of the Sages are related to Champions, and share their abilities, these powers are obviously hereditary, and have been passed down to their descendants. For example, if one person trains really hard and becomes, say, an Olympic swimmer, their kid won’t inherit this skill - it’s an acquired trait. However, if a person has very long legs, it’s likely that their kid will have this trait as well. This applies to the Champions and Sages, just with magical powers instead of swimming skills. It’s also pretty unrealistic that these characters would suddenly just “develop” the ability to summon wind. One day, you aren’t going to be flying around and go, “hey, if I angle my wings this way, I can create a gust! Wow, I just learned a new trick!” If nobody else can do it, it’s pretty likely it isn’t just “a trick” you learned - it’s a power you were born with. So, why do these individuals have these gifts? Before TOTK came out, I saw a theory on YouTube that presumed the Champions’ abilities came from their Divine Beasts and marked them as their chosen pilots. However, the Divine Beasts are long gone, and these traits are still present in all four bloodlines. These powers were obviously intended for something much more than just that small war with Ganon. Divine Beasts are pretty powerful, but they can’t just give you powers. Power like that has to come from something greater - and that something would be the Goddess Hylia. These powerful bloodlines stretch back ages, and are much older than Revali or Urbosa. The very first Sages that served Rauru had abilities like this, too. After all, secret stones are meant to amplify the powers of an individual - therefore, the Sages all had powers. Each Sage is named after the element that they control - for example, Water and Fire. The Rito Sage also indirectly states that Tulin’s power is because of his ancestry in this quote: “Where you fight, the winds follow…I would expect nothing less from my descendant. You make me proud.” Today’s Sages all possess their ancestors’ gifts, and so did the Champions. I’ve noticed that those within this Sage bloodline also tend to be in leadership positions, and directly in the heart of fights and wars. Just a small thing I noticed. So what I like to label Revali, Mipha, Urbosa and Daruk as is: “dormant sages”. They had the abilities, but they lacked secret stones. When Ganondorf reawoke in TOTK, he caused the sky islands to lower, the temples to reappear, and a bunch of crazy stuff to start happening.