Ganondorf’s Seal Explained - Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Lore
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- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom begins with the discovery of Ganondorf: the remains of the Demon King of earliest legend, sealed deep below Hyrule Castle. Let's look at the lore of this seal - how it happened, and how Ganondorf's evil powers were restrained.
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Zelda: How do you know our names?
Ganon: Well, let me bench press this castle first
Yeah one sec I need to get my daily workout routine back it's been a million years in out of practice lol
You stole this joke
I didn't I replied to it if I had stolen it I would have put it as a proper comment whereas this one is a reply
@@TCfaloK Not you, op did
Oh ok
It's unlikely that Ganondorf was aware of Calamity Ganon, or at least that he wasn't seeing Hyrule through Calamity Ganon's eyes. My evidence? At the very beginning, he seemingly recognizes Zelda by her face (only logical since he knew Zelda in the ancient past and may have even conversed with her while he was still feigning allegiance to King Rauru), but he only seems to recognize Link by the fact that he carries the Master Sword. He knows that the name of the one who wields the Master Sword is named Link, but doesn't seem to know what he looks like until that moment.
Surely, if Calamity Ganon was acting as Ganondorf's eyes and ears, he would've been able to recognize Link by his face, rather than just the fact that he carries the Master Sword.
@@lukas2390yeah that’s his point
@@lukas2390 that what he just said
Look up parallel alternate reality timeline theory, this fits that PERFECTLY lmao
"Calamity Ganon was acting as Ganondorf's eyes and ears," maybe it was an insticntual think like Zelda explains during the Phantom Ganon fight.
@@lukas2390that's what he said
@@GaryJuucehuh
This was a great summary of Ganondorf’s seal. I find it really fascinating Ganondorf’s reaction to being defeated has him devolved to going to the pose he was sealed in. I wonder if Rauru’s seal was more than magic, but also psychological.
I mean 1 moment can traumatize someone for a lifetime causes mental scars so that checks out in my book
10000 years will give you such a crick in the neck.
There is one addendum I'd like to make to this: even after Ganondorf breaks the seal, he never really seems to recover from it. Obviously for the majority of time he spends in Link's time, he looks really decayed and withered, but even during the final boss fight, where he rehydrates and turns hot again, there are hints (just one, really) that the seal may have some subtle, lingering effect on him yet. After you defeat his demon king form, he wails in agony and, seemingly inadvertently, returns to the pose Zelda and Link found him in beneath Hyrule castle, arched back and all. It only lasts for a moment before he snaps himself out of it and eats his secret stone, but he has to actively and arduously struggle against it, almost like it's some kind of reflex or muscle memory he's fighting. I doubt it's terribly meaningful in terms of lore, but it is an interesting observation and a fun tidbit.
Of cool I didn’t notice, it’s like he lost so much power that he can’t get it all back and even his body is used to being in that position after so long
We can NEVER have too much Zelda lore- if you feel the need to make another long form video about totk lore we'll happily listen!
The sad part is that we can assume from the verbiage of Demise's curse that if his reincarnation is defeated by the ones bearing the blood of the goddess and the soul of the hero, that he will return again, making the cycle begin anew. This means that if Rauru succeeded in draining and purifying all of Ganondorf's magic he might have broken Demise's curse of hatred.
The problem with that is Ganondorf is the whole source of Demise's curse of hatred but one of many.
@@enforcerridley158 Ganondorf may not have been the only incarnation of Demise's curse, but he was the main one, so if the curse was broken through Ganondorf, theoretically, all of Demise's other incarnations would've lost their power as an incarnation of Demise's curse.
@@braydenbanks4228 This may be what ended up happening in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity's timeline. In that split timeline, thanks to the butterfly effect created both by a tiny egg-shaped robot, and a shard of BOTW's Calamity Gannon, even though Age of Calamity's Calamity grew far stronger than the one in the original timeline, Hyrule was not defeated this time, but destroyed the monster 100 years ahead of time!
This means that although the surface-level structures of the castle were damaged in the war, the deeper layers were not destroyed because the Calamity of that world did not have enough time to do so. Thus, Raru's seal was likely unaffected by the war, therefore allowing him to continue slowly draining away Ganondorf's strength and power, until the king of darkness gradually turns to dust and dies at the hands of the king of light.
As such, no future games are likely to be set in the Age of Calamity timeline, because Demise's curse ends up broken save for a few tremendously weaker incarnations that will likely be easily defeated by a stronger Hyrule alone.
I love how the totk backstory is an exercise in determinism. Zelda told rauru about the future, and what happens exactly, absolutely guaranteeing the beginning of the cycle. Which in turn is why Rauru sealed him away like that. At the same time, Link in botw is completely unaware of the light dragon, and what waits below the castle. Things play out exactly as they are supposed to (as opposed to how ocarina of time for example changes things between multiple timelines)
And some of this happens because they think they can change or avoid it... Raru knew Ganondorf fakes his aliance, but thought he could defeat him, only to do what Zelda said to him did happen in her timeline.
Or to quote a wise turtle from a great movie: "One often meets his destiny on the path they take to avoid it."
Do you think it creates an endless loop?
A hint of Ganondorf's Conciousness actually being transfered into Calamity Ganon is one Dialogue we get when confronting the Fake-Zelda in Hyrule Castle's Throne Room...
She completely restored that place with every single detail, even the Floor with the Triforce-Mark on it which became fragile after Laser came out of the Cocoon and collapsed when the Manifested Body of the Calamity crashed right onto it.
This Fake Zelda is a Puppet of Ganondorf, there is no possible way that Ganondorf somehow could extract her Memories of everything she saw.
And the Scentence she said afterwards is also very interesting:
"Does it awaken memories? Memories of our Time here?"
It could technically be that Ganondorf is Assuming Link and Zelda spent some time in the Throne Room, but... what if he is actually referring to the Time when he actually was somehow inside of the Calamity?
Even if this Line isnt Solid proof enough, the Illusion he created has to proof that he remembers the exact look.
Nah bro this theory is spot on. Never thought of that but how did he know what the Castle looked like before?
Another way to look at it is that Gannondorf was just drawing from Link's memories to create the reconstruction. The only flaw in this idea, however, is that he makes the puppet look like past Zelda. He wouldn't do this if he was able to draw memories from other people.
I'm of the opinion that Gannondorf had no idea that the calamities were occurring, but the fact he perfectly recreated that room does pose some interesting questions.
It could also be the way Ganondorfs illusion magic works could be that it taps into the observers memories to create a convincing illusion. The line about their time could also be a guess like you said, or could be an extension of that memory tapping idea.
@@divisionagentbailey6727but he recognized Link by his sword not by his face unlike Zelda.
The thing is that, although Ganondorf refers to Phantom Ganon as his "puppet", there is evidence to suggest that it does have a mind of its own: it talks to characters, it acknowledges Link as a potential threat even though Ganondorf is dismissive of him, it sabotaging the various regions goes against Ganondorf's desire to win through overwhelming force, and Ganondorf didn't know until the throne room fight that Link was the one interfering with what Phantom Ganon was doing.
I think the more likely answer is that Fake Zelda did its research while Ganondorf stayed underground.
Rauru: This seal is composed of an ancient magic forgotten to man, known as Sugondesse.
Ganondorf: What is Sugondesse?
Rauru: Heh...
"Imprisoning war? Demon king?"
That’s interesting that logically Rauru is still alive and whole in the Age of Calamity timeline. Also, the ‘purification unit’ all the way up to the castle and Sheika pillars were probably each installed after cycles of Calamities as well, each one trying to prevent future calamities.
Hyrule Castle itself being part of the seal and having the source of the Calamity at it's very bottom is such a cool concept, but it's explained super weirdly in the game. The castle's role in the seal is touched upon twice, one being in Ganondorf's character profile where it says the magic binding him weakened when the castle was damaged during the Calamity, and the other being on the tablet shown in this video where it says the castle was built to prevent the site from being disturbed. I took this to mean its purpose was blocking the entrance to the Imprisoning Chamber so no person or animal can walk in and accidentally screw up the seal, but that doesn't really make it sound like the castle itself being damaged would weaken it. I then went to read the tablet in French to see if that would clarify things, and it basically said that the castle was built as a way to sustain the seal rather than block the entrance. That makes much more sense and falls much more in line with what was said in the interview, and it's the kind of thing I would've read on my first playthrough and immediately had an epiphany on why the seal fell apart: because it lost its foundation. I really wanna do a full playthrough in French when I get the chance, cause the more I look into stuff like this, the more I realize the English translation really didn't do this game justice.
I think in the German Version it was a bit more clear, it's said basically something like:
If the Castle is no more, so will the seal vanish... Or something like that.
Maybe Nintendo of America is just very fucked up like always or most of the time at least, because most of Lore that you can "only" find in Japanese is actually visible in many other languages - but strangely not the English one
@@Chris-gx1ei Yeah that wouldn't surprise me, especially since many people have mentioned that Ganondorf had a trait of resenting Hyrule's peace as he felt it caused the people to lose their fighting spirit, and the English version almost entirely removed it.
It is kind of ironic that king Rauru may have been on the verge of finally defeating the demon king thru his seal and time, but that due to the calamity seizing control of the shiekah tech and hyrule castle falling to ruin caused Rauru to finally succumb to decay and eventually losing to the demon king in the end. And Ganondorf seemingly had no control or awareness of the calamity that his gloom/malice had released at all. If this all eventually gets tied back to Demise's hatred/curse somehow, maybe it turns out that demise was incontrol of the calamity thru Ganondorf's sealed power causing the eventually release of Ganondorf, and therefore the incarnation of his hatred to be revived once more. Maybe Demise sensed that Rauru was winning and that could have broken Demise's curse, which was what prompted demise to act thru the calamity in the first place. Gives you alot to think about.
Here's my convoluted theory; Calamity Ganon is the original Ganondorf (Ganondorf Dragmire) finally gone mad.
I don't think there was ever any chance of Rauru's seal killing Ganondorf. Rauru makes it clear he's doing this to stop Ganondorf's rampage until Link arrives to take him down for good.
@@speedude0164 well I only said that because Zeltik suggested in the video that when Rauru first sealed Ganondorf he was below him, and that over time Ganondorf had been bent backwards and Rauru's hand was above him like he was pushing him back. Zeltik suggested that this could have been because Rauru was potentially winning the struggle between them and purifying the demon kings magic.
@@pyriel6870 I figured this was only due to their bodies' decay, which would make sense since Rauru's being is reduced to just a floating hand. It could also be that Rauru was winning this struggle, but it only meant Ganondorf had no chance of escape until circomstances caused the seal to weaken.
Personally I like the longer formats more, like 20-30 minutes or even around 1 hour. Your videos are always entertaining so time flies by anyway!
When you think about it; the Age Of Calamity split of the story may have proven your point about Rauru being able to purify Ganondorf's darkness, if not win given that the Castle was still mostly intact unlike in Breath of the Wild where it was greatly damaged and decayed. Since in AOC the Calamity was defeated and Hyrule still stood united, preserved Rauru's hold on Ganondorf in where eventually he and his darkness would eventually be purified, ending the cycle.
EDIT: Yes, I know AoC is non-canon, no need to be so rude about it. I just wanted to put this out there as a way to add to the conversation of the topic at hand.
Non canon as confirmed in the official japanese page of the Zelda timeline.
I guess that means that AoC is a non-canon finale to the entire series!
@@sethlovegrove6310 Yes and no as the Demon Tribe's curse would ensure one way or the other that a new Demon King would be born to endlessly antagonize the Hero and Princess for eternity. If it won't be Ganondorf anymore it would be a reincarnation of Malladus or Vaati or Bellum or Onox or Veran etc.
@@javiervasquez625 Yeah I was thinking that after I said it, but I guess it would be the end of Ganondorf's reincarnation.
@@javiervasquez625 I know that, I just wanted to throw this out here.
Poor Rauru... He was so close to fully purifying Ganondorf's darkness on his own... 😢
If only King Rhoam had listened to his daughter and had more safeguards in case the Ancient Sheikah tech turned on them, Rauru would have won by the time the next Calamity was due to form.
I think Ganondorf may have subconsciously knew what was going on outside the seal. He just was in so much pain that the shadow if his thought was acting purely on his animal instincts, thus creating Calamity Ganon's monstrous form.
I’ve analysied this so many times. It’s really fascinating the little details.
How ganon is pushed back like rauro as he started losing power had to force more energy into keeping ganon imprisoned. How as his power ran out even rauro own body disintegrated. How you see ganon energy seeping out slowly but surly.
Right until the end where rauro felt Zelda and Link presence…..and just let go. His arm flops down as if “finally. We are caught up. It’s all up to you now”.
I think rauru let go because in the spirit temple cutscenes rauru says, "someone will appear with the sword that seals the darkness, a swordsman with the power to oppose you, Link" but because rauru is just a hand at this point, he didn't realise that Link wasn't capable of defeating Ganondorf at this point in time
@@TCfaloKit didn’t matter. Given the condition rauro was in, literally just an arm, his power was fading. He knew once they returned the time loop could be completed.
So he let go and thus Zelda for his secret stone, completing the loop
@jessedellross3245 but also starting the loop
@@tumultuousv the loop had already started. Zelda was in two places at once. Present day Zelda needed the stone at the right moment to complete the loop and return to the past
Finally, I’ve been waiting for a Zeltik video diving into the lore of TotK!
I loved the inclusion of Fujibayashi’s interview for more context!
Sucks we need interviews to give us more information.
@@Themacattack1209 yeah I'd rather be spoonfed every little detail as soon as I play the game so there's nothing new to learn
@@The-Ostrich There are far better ways to give info post-release than interviews. Including information in a game also doesn't mean its "spoonfed" to you
You could say that Age of Calamity was the good timeline where the events played out like they were meant to.
This is a video game? I enjoy it so much but this information on the lore of Hyrule is fascinating. I'm still postponing conquering all the different parts so as to explore everything first. I have ignited all the lightroots. Got that emblem. It's too joyful to describe from this old man's perspective.
The ending is great
@@tumultuousv I'm not even going to sneak a peek. BOTW was the first Zelda I played since the first one back in the 80's. I am overwhelmed. This video game is all-encompassing, amazing, exciting. Those Gleeoks! The third day i played I paraglided towards a dragon to shoot off a piece. I got closer and closer and then wham! I was riding it!!! Freaked me out. Then the depths of which i knew nothing appeared. Yikes! It was so exhilarating! I'm 73 but in my heart I'm a bit younger than that.
Love this format! A look into several strange occurrences throughout Zelda games would be awesome!! Stuff like the yeti in TP or the statue deku in MM… or the seven sisters in BotW or totk :)
I'd like to see some loose ends of Tears of The Kingdom covered, like the journalist bird guy disappearing. Small details like that.
I'm LOVING the short videos! They're a perfect appetizer to the big projects like your TotK Story explanations and I really like the topics. Ty Zeltik!!
Finally, the age of TOTK lore videos is rising. YESSIRR
Totk lore goes hard
I read "Ganondorf's seal" and first thing that came to my mind was Patricia.......
Rauru said “seal you later, ganondorf”
Loving these more rapid, shorter videos lately! Always delightful to see more videos by you.
Always happy to see a video from you, short or long! Always insightful and pleasant to watch. The shorter ones are probably quicker to complete, but whatever format you feel is best for the topic!
Great video. I knew all this information before but I loved seeing it all contextualized together.
Love the short video, but also love the long deep dives! Both make me learn so much more and love the series even more! ❤️
Happy Christmas!
this is an amazing video, I love your theories dude, oh yeah and one more thing I'd like add, upon sealing Ganondorf in the memories Rauru mentions Link who Zelda had told him about, and in the beginning of totk here he senses the presence of Zelda and Link (more likely the Master Sword bc he didn't necessarily meet link) and thats when he knew it would be ok to release the seal
Please continue making longer videos. I truly enjoy the lore and in depth details in your videos.
I like the shorter, more focused videos. I'd love to see more of these!
Ow wow, you did great. Thanks for the great content, listening to ya tell us this makes me apprecate you & the channel and love this great game even more. The details/ lore u pointed out, i gotta say you did spot on in making this vid!
The short videos are cool, but I love your longer format content personally. Short or long though it’s always a good day when I get a notification that Zeltik uploaded!
This video was short but incredibly well done. Keep up the good work
Would love to hear more about TotK’s lore! Loved the game so these insights are absolutely great.
That was really good and well edited, thank you!
I love your longer videos and your shorter ones. I am grateful for both!
I also believe that Evil Tree has a massive thing to do with Ganondorf as well. Its like a Yokai or something. And its all chi. while the Sheikah tech is like a form of Alchemy. And i even was making a video about Ganondorf, Kami and Shintoism and what that Tree is and how all of that life energy is also from the spirits of the dead which in a way is kinda dark. Along with Zelda and Mineru being the Fortune Teller and how the Anicent Hero is tied to it all. Even made a Gif of how the Castle was placed down on my twitter while workin on the script using a floating block, a zoani spike and ultrahand lmao
Great Video! ngl im a bit demotivated to continue working on my Ganondorf video after seeing the thumbnail for this video lmao but like always you continue to make amazing stuff! Love your stuff man keep up the great work!
The layout of Gloom's Lair when viewed from above is analogous to an open human chest cavity.
- The main arena where you land is shaped like a human heart, and the threads are blood vessels
- The deep voids around the main arena are shaped like lungs
- The gloom roots that branch out above the arena are shaped like bronchii, which deliver oxygen (or in this case gloom) to the "lungs"
- The gloom tree also looks like a diaphragm
Damn thanks that makes a ton of sense! but it also looks like an evil face with Eyes and a mouth as well with branchs at the top without leaves. But the Heart idea? Makes PERFECT SENSE AT THE SAME TIME!!!
If Zonai Light (Green Glow Energy) is a form of life energy, like with Shiekah tech as well, then wouldnt be Ganondorfs Gloom? Life Energy is in EVERYTHING, from the trees, plants animals to even the people. The Tree is like a heart for his gloom sucking it out of every living thing and pumping into him like one giant iv bag or heart transplant thing. Thats even creepier given what he converts that life energy into. Thanks for letting me know bout that!
@@Nyxael5845
Thought that thing looked like a tree, but also the platform does look like a heart. pretty messed up ganondorf is turning people into demons and as Link you cut them down like you say (at least thats what it looks like what your implying given he creates gloom and monsters)
Maybe Aonuma was right when he said itd be the "Darkest Zelda yet" and you figured it out in a Zeltik comment section. lmao better get that video done then asap @BioAlpha5
@@Nyxael5845 It does look like a mix of both honestly. Never noticed the tree tho ill have to go check. wasnt looking do to FALLING and dying to the horde army lmao.
another thing i notice with some of these comments like OP and Zeltik in his video, they are DIGGING as if its a Souls game lmao and you and them are actually finding stuff!
"Aonuma doesnt care bout the story" yeah right thats why its got how many refrecnes, these interviews explaining plot details that are already in the game but people missed for some unknown reason expecting everything to be explained, when we ALREADY DID THIS IN BOTW. I feel a big boom of videos coming soon if this is the case.
Not to mention the other stuff like Aonuma and fujiboyoshi being vague with timeline placement saying its "after ocarina" and "many different possibilities" for said timeline.
Theres an underground what
and hear i am complainn people werent payin attention to the story and im lookin out for that enviromentol story telling lore and i missed an underground tree? where???????the final area? cuz i didnt notice it at ALL
Great video! Short format is nice.
Love the short video format!
oh wow very nice video didnt expect there to be so much lore to be found around this moment
well or i didnt think that much into it x3
Brilliant work on this one man
Ah man I like both formats. Can't tell you how much I enjoy the hour long videos as I do work and it's so well put!
This video was fantastic. There were tiny pieces of lore I didn't know about here. And having the whole laid out was really cool :-)
I always wondered if the hand dropped at the end because it was finally depleted of energy, or if somehow Rauru knew to let go to release the secret stone so Zelda could pick it up ... since that time travel cycle would have always been.
From that first teaser I knew this game was going to be great
Edit: I think I caused a argument💀
No
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Game is ok.
@@drewlane7678 how many hours have you played it
Now I finally understand why only his arm was left. Thank you!
Wait theres 152 monsters that needed a shrine? What if theres 152 bosses in all the pre-BOTW games put together 🤔 ... just a thought!
Hm.
Yeah this was great! I love little bits like this! No one is making interesting lore videos and I had no idea that was the history of shrines of what the magic was doing. Thanks!
This was an excellent production!
I'm happy to see you focusing on this game still!
Yuhhhh love a Zeltik post
I enjoyed this tidbit dive into one of the many detailed lore you can pluck out of this game. Sure does make me want to play it all over again.👍
I'm a fan of this format, and I like the idea of you doing more!
Love the short content as much as the long content. I prefer the longer content though honestly, like the dungeon analysis videos for example.
Both short vids and longer deep dives are great
I'd say i like the short format videos aswell. to quickly jump into a topic. Keep it up!
yes! finally a video on ganondorf!
Glad to be back watching Zeltik videos. After seven months of trying to avoid spoilers, I finally beat the main story this morning! I have a lot of catching up to do on these videos. 😊
In my opinion I think they could make a sequel to age of calamity considering ganondorf is “still alive” in that timeline. I’m curious as to how differently the events will play out like introducing new characters & potentially new villains like koume and kotake the mothers of ganondorf. If a sequel ever gets made
I remember hearing a theory a while ago involving the seal. (I forget which youtuber mentioned it) That being that the reason why we only see Rauru's hand at the start of the game compared to the full body, is that the Shiekah took the rest of the body and put it in the shrine of resurrection to create the Ancient Hero.
This explains why we see that the ancient hero has both Zonai and Ganon-like elements like the red hair. It's because it's a Zonai body resurrected with a small amount of gloom.
This also makes sense with why the king of Hyrule after the 1st great calamity would banish the Sheikah tech. It wasn't because of the Divine Beasts, but that the Shiekah resurrected and "defiled" the god-like Rauru.
Great video! I’d love to see something on the Typhlo ruins and the statues in the depths 🥰
Finally! A TOTK video that isn't someone saying how "disappointing" the game was. Thank you
This is great! I wonder how the Lightroots fit into the shrine lore of being built where monsters were killed by Rauru and Sonia
man you never fil to impress me with t he script you have for these vids, thx for t the great content, beautiful as always.
Honestly i know its stuff we more or less already know but the way you tell everything makes it so much cooler, it makes me appreciate what totk offers even more. And rauru is such a badass fr
Honestly, I'll happily take whatever lore vids you want too make, short and sweet or long and grand. This one's an unexpected treat so soon after your last video.
Whoa another bite size video! Can’t complain about that! 😄
Great job!
Nice and fast video to watch while eating thank you zeltik ❤
As soon as I saw this title I knew it was going to be good video.
I really loved this theory and the way you explained it 🫶🏻♥️
Amazing commentary!
Wow great video Zeltik! I have played TOTK for about 700 hours and I had no idea that’s how Raru imprisoned Gannondorf or what the true purpose of the shrines were for in this game in regards to the lore. GG thanks!
You played 700 hours and you haven’t seen the cutscene we’re raru imprisoned ganondorf ? Weird
Fujibayashi really did explain well on how the Calamity weakens Rauru’s seal. But what I have been wondering for awhile is how did Ganondorf mastered his magic (The Gloom) before acquiring the Sacred Stone.
Did he learned that from the two masked Gerudo figures- Kotake and Koume? If so then it would make sense since they are his Surrogate mothers.
And for those who remember playing The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, these two Gerudo fused into Twinrova. It would of been nice to have her in the game for a boss battle.
I really want a game that takes place in the era of Hyrule's founding, whether that be a warriors game or a Tears of the Kingdom DLC (unlikely). The Twinrova sisters getting their time in the spotlight again would be so cool.
I sincerely hope we get another Warriors game based around that era both so we can see nore of it, and because it being non-canon gives us an excuse to have wackier time-travel shenanigans. Imagine Link and the Sages getting sent back in time as well, or even present Ganondorf.
@@Hairo-rv9kl Imagine an Age of Calamity sequel where the Champions and new Sages go to the era of Hyrule's founding and fight in the Imprisoning War. I just want Urbosa and Ganondorf to meet dammit.
I dont think he was able to youse Gloom prior to getting the stone.
@@neptuneplaneptune3367 I think he could fire dark projectiles and summon monsters to a limited degree, but the ability to reduce max hearts and summon the Blood Moon came from the stone. You could be right though since the stone could've just materialized Demise's hatred into Gloom.
Definitely like short videos explaining smaller aspects of the games like this!
Illuminating! Very very interesting take, thank you
Thank you Zeltik, I thought you were done talking about this game
Not even close.
Rauru's decay over the last 100 years is a really interesting prospect. It means that in the AoC timeline, Ganondorf would never re-awaken.
I assumed tremors from the Great Calamity reached the Imprisoning Chamber and loosened Rauru's grip, causing the leaking Gloom to decay his body. If that's the case, I figure he'd still awaken eventually given the massive battle that took place at Hyrule Castle. Thing is, not only would this happen after Link and Zelda's lifetimes or in their very old age, it calls into question if the Light Dragon still exists in that world since Zelda most likely never goes to the past.
Rauru's decay has been going on for a LOT longer than a hundred years. Zeltik is mistaken in their assumption that the great Calamity and the damage to the castle is what caused the seal to start to weaken. In reality, the seal simply wasn't going to last forever; it was going to fail when it failed with or without the damage the castle received.
There's nothing that actually *suggests* that the calamity is the only thing that caused the seal to weaken, so there's no reason to assume that. Not to mention that Ganondorf is pretty confident that the seal will fail one day no matter what, so we can infer that the seal was never gonna last forever. He says so right before Rauru seals him.
@@OmegaGamer1989 Ganondorf's character profile states that the seal weakened when the castle was damaged during the Calamity. I do agree though that the seal never had a chance of killing Ganondorf since Rauru makes it clear he's only holding him off long enough for Link to arrive.
@@speedude0164 the calamity did weaken the seal *further* but its not like it has never been weakening prior to that. The seal was gonna wear out eventually no matter what, the calamity just accelerated things a bit.
Amazing video, you need to make more.
YEEEEESSS!!! I really want to see these Zeltik Classic videos covering TOTK :D BOTW videos is what made me fall in love with your channel man
I know that the lore and mysteries of TotK are less plentiful than BotW, but I still love these videos. Again, I know that you and the other Zelda lore videos might not be able to produce as much as you all did in previous years, but it's still amazing to watch these videos and piece together stuff that most of us missed during our playthroughs. Like MonsterMaze's video on the purification unit was so incredibly cool, and seeing this connection with it was awesome.
Thank god, zeltik is the only zelda youtuber who havent resorted to making rant videos instead of researching to make lore videos
Awesome as always zeltik! I wish we could explore the underground of the castle
Nicely done
I'd like to see a video of comparing monsters that were added from previous games and the differences between past and present.
I'm glad you made this video, I saw so many people on twitter go mad with this new interview "why didn't they mention this lore of the shrines in the game??", "Why didn't they mention the seal on Ganondorf was like a Shrine??". But the answer WAS in the game, and the similarities between the seal and the Shrines are apparent visually. I swear people want anything to be mad at this game because it didn't fulfill their crazy unfounded expectations
yup, zelda fans are impossible to please.
It's pretty clear Rauru's seal is acting as an infinite Light of Blessing, constantly draining Gloom from Ganondorf, but the castle's role in the seal is pretty unclear. I think this is due to a bit of a translation error on the tablet in the Royal Hidden Passage. The English version makes it seem like the castle was built to block the entrance to the seal and prevent someone from going in and screwing with it, but I then went to read the French version and that basically says the castle was built to sustain the seal and give it a foundation, and that makes way more sense based on the lore stated in this video. That's the kind of thing I would've read and immediately had an epiphany on why the seal fell apart.
this was an amazing video cant wait to see more like
This was actually brilliant! Short- or long-form doesn’t matter when the theories hold this quality :D.
love the little lore lessons!
I really don't like how this game flat out refused to tell us anything about the sheikah tech. We still don't know what happened to the guardians, the divine beasts, the old shrines, and the MASSIVE sheikah pillars that surrounded the castle in the last game
I guess it would be presumptuous to include that Sheikah tech would be powered like with nuclear energy, out of refined Ganondorf's magic. But that kind of thinking was part of the reason my reaction to the Nintendo Everything interviews was more, "yeah... and?" than the befuddlment that GameXplain had.
Also, apparently the sealed body of Ganondorf was MOVED, actually, if I read the interview correctly. Or the fight against Ganondorf already took place in the PERFECT location where the leyline was located? It was certainly greatly altered with the Purification Unit. That's different than saying that was the location they just HAD to work with.
Also, Rauru's hand is a reference to he toilet hands hat want paper. The joke is that using toilet paper, is sort of like using Buddhist Ofuda or Shide to guard against the "unclean" elements... so the best use case of sacred charms is, the practical way...
This was a great analysis
Good summary of what we know about the seal, I noticed some (clickbait-y) websites treating Fujibayashi's interviews like they revealed something completely new, but the game actually did mention many of these things.
Great video!
I’m about to beat the game and I was wondering what exactly the swirling lights were. Thanks for this. They should stick this video directly into the game!
I do very much like this kind of content. Would love to see more in the future. 😊
Short content inspires/energizes me and increases the chances for more frequent posts. Hopefully it inspires and energized you too, Zeltik! Whichever length you find works for you I enjoy it either way.
The seal gives me strong Naruto vibes… then again Naruto takes a lot from Japanese Legends. So maybe the Sacrifice to seal a great evil formula is more than a troupe.
So, since the shrines were seals made by Rauru and Sonya, how do the light roots factor in? We’re the shrines specifically chosen due to their proximity to the light root, or did the light root grow downward from the shrine? I’d assume the shrines came first, and the roots grew down after (since the sky island shrines don’t have a corresponding light root).
Separately, what about the shrines that are just crystals disconnected from their supposed location? I wonder what happened there.
my theory is that the light roots were an unintentional product from the zonai shrines; resulting from their light energy channeling to the underground and forming these plant-like structures. People eventually discovered them while exploring the depths and used what's left of the zonai magic to activate them and provide luminescence to the underground, explaining why a lot of the mines were built near them. The mines on the sky islands (or wherever they're located before they rose into the sky) probably didn't have the same kind of connection, thus there are no light roots underneath. The best I could say for the crystal shrines is that the green shrine crystals were probably some sort of dormant mode for the shrines, this is either used for transportation or some other means.
@@ggholdengo Rght, so if the light root came after the shrines, which I think is feasible, it means they also came well after the Zonai would have established all of the underground mines and structures though. Because by the time Rauru and Sonia would have clearing out Hyrule, he and his sister would have been either the last, or one of the very few Zonai left, so well after the Zonai flourished. If I am remembering what the game said correctly, the sky islands weren’t even created until after Rauru’s death, because it was something that Zelda suggested Mineru and the sages do. So those sky island shrines would have been ground level when they were created, so it would probably reinforce the idea that the light roots grew down form the shrines.
I think there is a lot more going on with the Zonai history than what has been letting on. Because for all the talk of them coming from the sky, it sure seems they actually came from underneath Hyrule. Because all of their ancient history is from below, and the sky islands didn’t seem to exist until after their demise. There wasn’t even a way to easily access the underworld until Ganondorf blew holes in the ground during his return. The only Zonai connected means of travel were those underground Zonai towers, but those only take you up, not down.