Grandson of a Titan

By Roman Legion

Disclaimer: We know how this works. I do not own anything here that is from The Legend of Zelda, Alexander, Rome: Total War and so on and so forth. Now that that is over with, on to the good stuff.

Prologue

The year is 331 BC. Rauru, the King of Hyrule, looked over his kingdom from his Capital's walls and viewed the massive Persian army at the gates of Hyrule Castle Town.

Hyrule was geographically within Armenia but, unlike the Armenians, Hyrule had never fallen to or joined the nearby and gigantic Persian Empire. They had fiercely protected their independence for centuries, even against Cyrus the Great, the first Great King of the Persian Empire. Now Darius III, the current Great King, had had enough of Hyrule's "pathetic independence." He sent an army of 50,000 to destroy Hyrule once and for all.

Hyrule's existence stemmed from the mysterious and far away lands of Germania and Gaul. The original Hylians were the weakest of the Germanic tribes in Germania.

When a tribe of Gauls passed through their territory seeking new lands, the Hylians joined them, taking their two holy relics with them, the Master Sword and the Triforce. They migrated north of the Black Sea and then turned south down the Caucasus until they came to Armenia. While in Armenia, the two tribes found a sheltered land protected in the north and west by a half-ring of mountains, one being a volcano, and on the other side was a large lake, leaving only two thin strips of land as a way into the sheltered land.

The people who already lived here were the Urartu, a defeated people who were once potential rivals to the Assyrians, but no longer. The Gauls and Hylians were welcomed with open arms and were offered to stay.

The Gauls and Hylians, now so closely connected by marriage and culture, were unrecognizable as separate tribes and agreed to stay and united into one tribe, keeping the name Hylians.

The Urartu and the Hylians lived together and built towns. They became prosperous and eventually, the Urartu and the Hylians were also united into one nation, Hyrule. The modern Hylians were born. The line of kings also began on that fateful day.

The first King built Hyrule Castle and a city grew up around it. He also built the Temple of Time as a place of worship to the three Hylian Goddesses, one Gallic, one original Hylian and one Urartu, to represent the three peoples whose histories came together to form Hyrule, which became the accepted religion of Hyrule, and to house the Master Sword and the Triforce.

It was also around this time that the other races of Hyrule emerged. The Zora who lived in and near Lake Hylia as it was now called, the Gorons who lived on Death Mountain which the volcano was named, the Kokiri who lived in the forest and never seemed to grow old, and finally, the Gerudo who came from the southern desert. The Gerudo were welcomed into Hyrule but they distrusted the Hylians and stayed on the boundary between Hyrule and the desert.

Rauru did what he could to stop the Persians but now they were at the very walls of his kingdom and were intent on destroying it. What was worse was that the Gerudos had decided to help the Persians. The female warriors and their king were now among the Persians, waiting for the gate to fall. The Persians were now bringing up a large battering ram. The gate would never stand up to that thing.

"Your Majesty, we must get you to the Castle." his general said. "You'll be safe there."

The King looked at his loyal general. "No, Harold. I would rather fight and die with my soldiers and my people rather than cower in my castle."

Rauru looked at his army and his mounted Paladins, his personal bodyguard, below and began to address them. "I will admit, my people, that I am afraid. I am afraid for our kingdom. Afraid for my family. My wife and my son. Darius seems intent on destroying everything we hold dear. We may be afraid but our families give us courage and strength. These Persians fight only at the behest of their king. Nothing more. I swear to all of you and the Goddesses that if we survive this day, I will seek revenge on Darius even if it means going to the ends of the earth! Remember, if we lose this wall, there will be no quarter. Do not give them mercy, for you shall receive none. If you thrown down your arms, your families will die. We can break this army here. So I say let them come!" Rauru's soldiers roared in support. "Repeat after me: No one gets inside! No one gets inside!" "No one gets inside! No one gets inside!" his soldiers repeated in unison.

Then a shout came from outside. "Start ramming!"

As the Persians began ramming the gate, Prince Mithridates looked behind his army and he turned white. "Oh, Ahura Mazda. Why have you forsaken us?"
Rauru was about to head down to mount his horse when he noticed the Persians beginning to run in all directions. "What?" He looked out in the distance behind the now panicked Persians. He saw a large cloud of dust and out of the dust came hundreds of heavily armored horsemen and some light cavalry too. They were still far away but he could see that they were wearing Greek helmets. "Thank the Goddesses. Alexander." He said softly.
"Come Macedonians! Ride! Ride! Relieve Hyrule!" Alexander shouted. He and his Companion Cavalry had followed this army on the way to Gaugamela where Darius III was waiting for him. When they discovered this kingdom's plight, he gathered all of his cavalry and raced to relieve it. Now they charged toward the Persians who began to scatter.
"Open the gate! Chase down the Persians!" Rauru shouted to his army.

"What is happening, your Majesty?!" One soldier asked from behind the gate.

"Alexander is here!" The king shouted to him. The whole army then roared and cheered. "If you capture anyone, bring them to me! Do not harm any Gerudos! I want them alive!" The gates flew open and the Hylians poured out of the city. Rauru raced down the steps off the wall, got on his horse and raced out of the gate, the crowd making room for him as he went.

Rauru galloped through the blood bath and met the Macedonian rider he assumed was Alexander. He was wearing a helmet with a detail of a lion on it, the lion's mouth open wide to reveal the face of the wearer. It also had three large plumes above the helmet, two, white, pointing upward and one, red, flowing back behind his head. Definitely a royal. He was also wearing a highly decorative breastplate.

The rider lifted his hand, ordering his men to halt. "Who are you?" the rider asked.

"I am Rauru, King of Hyrule. Am I speaking to the king named Alexander?" The rider looked at him and nodded.

"I am Alexander, son of Philip." He had a very young and handsome face and blond hair.

"If you would, please, do me a favor, Alexander? Among the Persians are warrior women called Gerudos. Please don't harm them. Round them up and let me speak with them."

Alexander nodded. "If that is what you wish, Rauru. I will meet with you after the Persians have been driven away."

A group of Persian Immortals, Mardian Archers and Bactrian Cavalry, led by Prince Mithridates, took up a defensive position on the largest hill in Hyrule field, in an attempt to rescue the battle. The Gerudos were also among them. The Macedonian Cavalry and the Hylian Army approached them and halted just out of range of the Mardians.

Alexander and Rauru met to discuss the battle plan. "Rauru." Alexander began. "Do your spearmen use or know how to use the phalanx formation?"

"Yes." Rauru replied. "We have used it since a little after your Greco-Persian Wars when some Greek veterans settled in Hyrule. They taught us the phalanx formation and it has come in handy many times in the past."

Alexander was pleased. "Good. I have a plan."

A few hours later, the Hylian Spearmen were grouped together in phalanx formation on the far side of the hill while the Macedonian and Hylian cavalry were gathered on the other side, completely surrounding the Persians and Gerudos.

Alexander roared. "Advance!" All Macedonians and Hylians started to march up the hill, toward the Persians. The Mardian Archers fired their first volley, killing several spearmen and horsemen. They continued at a slow pace even under the heavy fire. Hylian Archers then returned fire killing many of the Mardians, they being lightly armored.

Mithridates viewed the situation. There were far too many enemy soldiers. The phalanx was going to push them into the enemy cavalry. There was no hope of victory. "We must surrender, my soldiers." Many of them turned and nodded in agreement.

Mithridates mounted his horse and rode up in front of his soldiers on the side of the hill the enemy cavalry were marching up. He dismounted his horse and then shouted down the hill. "We are surrendering! We are surrendering!" He motioned his soldiers to drop their weapons and kneel. They did so.

Both Alexander and Rauru saw this and shouted "Halt! Ceasefire!" The Macedonians and Hylians halted and the archers stopped firing.

Alexander's and Rauru's armies gathered around their kings afterward and Rauru addressed them. He looked at Alexander, raised Alexander's hand with his and shouted, "My fellow Hylians! I present to you, Alexander, Son of Philip! King of Macedonia! Our Savior! May the Goddesses bless him! May the Goddesses bless Alexander!" at the top of his lungs. Nothing could make him happier than he was now. His people and kingdom were saved.

"Alexander! Alexander of Macedonia! Our Savior!" the Hylians shouted in support and joy.

A total of 3000 Persians and almost all of the Gerudos had been taken prisoner and 2000 Persians had been killed. One Gerudo, a young girl, too young in the view of both kings, had been trampled and killed by the Macedonian Cavalry. The rest of the Persians escaped to Gaugamela.

Later that evening, the two kings and many of their subjects were gathered in the largest ballroom Rauru had in the castle. Rauru sat in the middle of a long dining table, with Alexander sitting to his right and his son, the Prince Belenus, to his left. Every time a prince or princess was born, the kinds of names were traditionally alternated to reflect to ancient races that made up the modern Hylian nation. Rauru was an Urartu name while Belenus was Gallic. If Rauru had another child or Belenus had his first child, the child's name would be Germanic, reflecting the ancient Germanic Hylians.

Ruaru stood up to speak. "My fellow Hylians. We have gathered here tonight to honor those who gave their blood to defend this country. Hail the victorious dead!" "Hail!" the crowd shouted in unison and they all took a sip of their drinks. "We are also here to honor the men who saved us today. The Greeks and Macedonians and their leader, Alexander. Son of Philip. King of Macedon. Commander-in-chief of the League of Corinth. And our new ally!"

"Yaah!" Cheers filled the room from both Hylians and Macedonians.

Alexander stood up to speak. "Thank you very much, Rauru. Of all the leaders we have met on our campaign, you have been by far the most hospitable of them all. We are most grateful." He raised his cup to Rauru.

Rauru whispered to his general Harold and Harold left, returning minutes later with the leaders of the Gerudo and Persian prisoners.

The Persian general Mithridates was the first to speak. He walked up to the two kings and fell to his knees. "Noble Alexander and Rauru, King of Hyrule. I am Mithridates, brother to the formerly Great King Darius. I know you have had my mother, my grandmother, my sisters, and my nieces in your procession since the battle at Issus where I also fought against you and fled. I have come to plead for my family's lives and the lives of my men. Do what you will with me, Great King, but…"

Alexander rised his hand. "Look at me and tell me what are you."

Mithridates did as he was told and looked at Alexander. "A Prince of Persia."

Alexander stepped toward him and Mithridates closed his eyes in fear and awaited his fate. "And so you shall remain." Alexander replied. Mithridates opened his eyes and looked at the king in surprise. "You and your family will be treated as my family. Do you have any other requests, noble Mithridates?"

Mithridates' eyes filled with tears. "No. Everything I wish, you have granted." Mithridates began to sob. "Oh, Great King. Thank you so much. Never before has anyone shown me such kindness. You are a far greater king than my brother. May your gods and Ahura Mazda bless you, Alexander. May all the gods and goddesses of this world bless you." Mithridates stood up and stood at attention.

Alexander sat back down. "You are free to go, Mithridates."

Mithridates stayed still and said, "You are my king now, Alexander. I can't leave you." Alexander replied, "Very well. Join the feast or go to your men and I will assign your position shortly." Mithridates saluted the kings, turned and left.

Rauru looked at Alexander in amazement. "Never before have I seen such kindness from another king to his enemy. I am ashamed of myself for not following your example. I will now." The two Gerudo leaders now stepped forth. One was a middle-aged woman and the other the Gerudo king, Ganondorf, only a small child but being the only male of the Gerudo race, he was their king.

The middle-aged woman spoke first. "King Rauru of Hyrule. I am Semina. Speaker and regent for King Ganondorf of the Gerudo. We humbly apologize for our betrayal and ask that you please forgive us and let us live in peace. We also ask that you allow us to bury our only but terrible loss on the battle site. Jasma was only 16 but she was a strong girl and the most beautiful flower of the Gerudo. She will be greatly missed. There is nothing that we can say or give that can change what we have done." She fell to her knees and Ganondorf followed her example. "Our fate is in your hands."

Rauru looked at them both and thought for a moment. "You and your people are forgiven, Ganondorf. Go in peace. Bury poor Jasma as you wish."

Alexander stood up right then and there. "I want to apologize to you, Semina, Ganondorf and Rauru. My Macedonian Cavalry were responsible for her death. She was too young." Tears welled up in his eyes.

Semina was touched by this display of emotion. "Alexander, it was not your fault. War causes many tragedies such as this. You can't always control every part of your army." The Gerudos stood up. Semina thanked the kings and said to Alexander, "Jasma would be most grateful for your compassion." They left the banquet hall to bury Jasma and return home.

The next day, Alexander and Rauru were on their horses, preparing to march. Ruaru was planning to follow through on his promise to both his people and to the Goddesses. He had two divisions of Hylian Knights and one of his personal Hylian Paladins. A total of 500 men. All cavalry. Not much but Alexander was pleased to receive any help he could get.

Alexander looked at Rauru. "Are you sure you want to do this? We could be gone for a very long time."

Rauru replied. "No question, my friend. I must repay Darius in full. I swore an oath. Prepare to march!"

Alexander continued to question him. "What about your wife and child? Your son is only eight years old."

Ruaru looked down. "It does sadden me to leave them like this but I must do this. They understand."

Alexander was satisfied. "Very well then." Ruaru began to ride towards his men. "Rauru!" The Hylian king stopped and turned. "Thank you."

"Tell me that we have done it, Alexander."