Legend of Zelda

A few years ago, a friend and I got really into the lore of the Legend of Zelda video game series. I subsequently have enough theories about the Legend of Zelda world that it deserves to be its own category.

  • Monstrous Hylians Treating Monsters in Monstrous Ways

    (A new, more coherent, version of this post is available here.) The Hylians/‘good guy’ factions in The Legend of Zelda are doing horrifying things to the monsters. When you kill a monster in a Zelda game, it explodes in a puff of evil smoke. Then, depending on the game, it drops an item. Sometimes it’s…

  • Zelda: In Defence of The Downfall Timeline

    Ahh the Zelda Timeline, some hate it, some loathe it! I joke. But then there was a fair amount of disagreement when Nintendo, during Zelda’s 25th anniversary, published the official timeline (in the pages of Hyrule Historia). Fans had been theorising about it for years and so when the official chronology was revealed, some people…

  • Secret Sheikah Ninjas in Tears of the Kingdom

    (A new, re-edited version of this article is available here.) An almost completely unsubstantiated Legend of Zelda theory. In Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, there are Secret Sheikah Ninjas everywhere. I have practically no evidence for this claim but I stand by my assertion. There are Ninjas everywhere! Though my reasons…