Legend of Link: Hyrule Overlord
Disclaimer: I don't own Overlord or the Legend of Zelda
Chapter 4: Dark Tower Falls
Faron Wood
Link and Rusl are rushing through the darkened Faron woods because the sight of rising smoke is coming from where Ordon village is at. As they run back to their village, they notice a barricade guarded by Hylian knights wielding spears and long shields. Rusl is confused at this first but he doesn't have time so he unsheathes his sword while Link does the same.
The Hylian knights saw Rusl and Link approach the barricade and group up in a phalanx formation. Suddenly Link raises his gauntlet to summon the Brown minions and the Stalfos to attack the Knights and break their formation for him and Rusl to breach through.
The Browns and the Stalfo crashed into the Knights and broke the line, Rusl and Link took this opportunity and went through the barricade while the knight is preoccupied by Link's personal army. But the obstacle is not over for there are Hylian archers hidden in the trees of the forest, they saw Link and Rusl break through and started firing volleys of arrows at them. Rusl and Link hoist their shields above them to shelter from the raining arrow. Some brush through them and inflict cuts but the 2 warriors push on.
Link frowns from the darkness of his green hood as his eyes leer at the archers up at the trees, he is unfortunate to have the right equipment to kill them from up the tree but they must reach Ordon to ensure the safety of its people.
"Just keep going, Link!" said Rusl
"I wish we had Epona with us" said Link
"I know, but reaching to the tower is impossible by horse." Said Rusl "The path is too dangerous for her, and I know you love that horse."
"Epona's been with me ever since, even from past lives." Said Link "Her destiny is linked with mine as my steed. But I do miss my other pets, like Dimitri for once."
"You mean that Dodongo you have back during the Oracle Era?" said Rusl, he very knowledgeable about the historical events in Hyrule, especially when Link's past incarnations were involved.
"Yeah, Dimitri as docile at first, but I trained him well to be a deadly and powerful mount for me." Said Link "But it'd kill to ride a Loftwing again."
"Yeah, shame they went extinct" said Rusl, ever since the Hylians settled at land and formed the Kingdom of Hyrule, the symbiotic relationship with the Loftwings ends. Unfortunately, the Loftwings were adapted with that Symbiotic Relationship that the entire race was domesticated, over the years without a rider, the Loftwings died out. That includes Link's Crimson Loftwing, Link even remembered the time when he tried to find his Loftwing and take it with him in Hyrule, but the Loftwings can't thrive in environments in low altitudes, so it's a tragic day in Link's past.
Suddenly they had to stop because the bridge that leads to the village is swarmed with reptilian Dinolfos and Aerolfos. They patrol the bridge, hiss to each other in some reptilian dialect while flicking their forked tongue to taste the air.
The numbers of foes on the bridge is too much for Rusl and Link, especially when the Bridge is too narrow for a decent sword swing without cutting the rope, but fortunately the sound of neighing is heard, Epona is galloping away from a swarm of Bublins who are trying to wrangle her to submission. The Green Baron searches for Horse-grass to call his steed, and with luck some horse grass is nearby. Rusl found hawk grass, which is used to summon a hawk once played. The sound from both grass echoes down to the ravine which the bridge is over. Epona heard Link played the horse grass and charges through the reptilian beasts on the bridge and reach her master. A Hawk calls back to the melody played by the Hawk Grass and starts swoop down, distracting the Aerolfos.
With the Dinolfos down and the Aerolfos distracted by the Hawk, Link and Rusl mounts on Epona and gallops across the bridge. And they continue forth until they reach Ordon.
Ordon Village
The Village is under attack, the villagers are panicking as the Hylian Knights are teamed with the Dinolfos, the Areolfo and Bulblin Slavers. The men arm themselves to fight off the raiders but they are easily overdriven while the women children and elderly are being gathered together so that.
With the male villagers defeated, everyone is dragged out from their homes while they're set on fire. A large knight known as a Darknut sluggishly approaches, the metal armour clunks from every step and when he moves his arms to pull out a scroll and pull it out to read.
"Citizens of Ordon village of the Ordona Province. All of you are found guilty for the crimes against the Hyrulian Crown: Harbouring enemies of the Kingdom."
"that is ridiculous, we weren't doing such things" said Mayor Bo standing up and protesting to the Darknut, only to get the back of his head whacked by the butt of a Dinolfo's sword.
"Hold your lying tongue, we know that you're harbouring the traitor Rusl and the Green Baron." Said the Darknut commander, pacing around the terrified Ordonian villagers. "As punishment for your crimes, your new King Ganondorf Dragmire will decide on your fates. Take them away!"
The Darknut commands his soldiers to imprison them in caged wagons, which will take them to Hyrule Castle for them to be tried. Suddenly Link and Rusl arrives on Epona, both are swinging their swords at the enemies they pass by.
"ULI! Colin!" called out Rusl to his wife and son.
"Rusl!" said Uli
"Dad!" said Colin
Rusl jumps off and charges to save not just his family but the rest of the villagers in Ordon. Link assist while on horseback, he rides on and slashes at the invading enemies, even raising his gauntlet to summon his Brown minions and the Stalfos to assist him.
"Get them!" commands the Darknut commander to his soldiers
And that's what they did, they charge in to capture the proclaimed traitor Rusl and the returned Green Baron. Rusl puts up a good fight, and Link has a good advantage on horseback which in increased his speed and lethality.
But sadly, the Link is still outmatched, for his hoard capacity on his minions has reached its limit. The Darknut's soldiers are well trained and disciplined, they fought off the minion hoard with only a moderate number of casualties. And to make matters worse, Link was then knocked from his horse when the Darknut commander pulled out a ball and chain and tosses it at Link. This spooked Epona and she started to run away, Link slowly tries to stand up but he was pinned by a few Dinolfos who cross their swords around his neck to keep him still.
Rusl is surrounded with the soldiers form an invert box formation, Rusl snarls at this and tires to break through, but his attempt only causes one of the soldiers to mortally wound him. The fight is now over.
"Rusl!" said Link trying to get up, but the weight on the reptilian soldiers and the sharpness of their blades kept him at bay. Suddenly the skies started to darken and the area became hazy and sepia. A dark pixilated portal with a swirling wormhole appears up on the sky. Dark pixels rain down from the portal and it builds up to form a strange figure in dark robes with long sleeves and strange stone piscine helmet. As he is seen, you could hear a faint hollow howl but unsure if this anonymous person is doing it.
"Lord Zant"
The person known as Zant walks towards the even more terrified villages, even turns his concealed head at Link before setting his sight at the Darknut Commander.
"Well done, Commander. Your King will be please of this." Said Zant is mouth echoes from his own helmet.
"T-Thank you, sir." Said the Darknut commander saluting to this mysterious person.
Zant returns his gaze at Link and crouches so that they would meet face to face. The mouth piece of his helmet lifts to reveal his blue-grey jaw and his permanent dimpled mouth and his sharp pointed teeth as he speaks.
"We meet again, Link" said Zant as he saw Link's confused look. "Ah, so you've forgotten me. What a shame, oh well"
Zant then sent Link up the portal, his destination will be revealed soon enough. He then turns to the villagers of Ordon, his faint hollow howl echoes in the dark as he slowly approaches them.
"Citizens of the Ordona Provence, I am King Zant of the Twilight Realm and noble ally to your King Ganondorf Dragmire." Said Zant "I am here to deliver a message to you all, everyone here is guilty for harbouring the current incarnation of the Green Baron. And the punishment…is life in Twilight"
Suddenly everything is changing, dark spots are rising from the ground like pixilated bubbles, a sepia haze clouds the area. The villagers are beginning to fade and in their place, are floating balls of fainted light, everyone except the children and Ilia.
"However, the King believes that the Children should not share this fate. Commander, take them away." Said Zant
"Yes, Lord Zant" said the Darknut commander as he commanders the Hylian knights, who are still physical like the children, to put the children in the caged carriages. Rusl is also physical, but he is seriously wounded, he watched his wife fade in twilight and his son dragged into a caged carriage.
"Bastard, what have you with my wife!" said Rusl
"Your wife is fine, only she is in another plain of existence. She is within Twilight, in MY kingdom." Said Zant "She'll live normally in her new home, but you will never see her again. And as for the children, they will be relocated to Kakariko Village, where they will begin their new services to Hyrule at the Goron mines."
Hyrule Castle: Throne Room
Link has been teleported right within the walls of Hyrule Castle and right in front of the royal throne. Sitting on the throne is a tall dark-skinned man with short auburn hair and a thick jawline beard. His clothes he wears are a Gold Gerudo Circlet, black robe with the burnt umbra Gerudo markings on his sleeves, underneath is a maroon shirt with a chest plate of the Royal Hyrule crest on it. He is Ganondorf Dragmire, the King of his Gerudo kin and as well the King of Hyrule.
The moment Link appeared before him, Ganondorf encases Link in a golden pyramid-like barrier. Then suddenly, Zant appears with Rusl, chained up and growing wearer by the minute. Rusl turns to Link and smiles weakly at him.
"Link, it's been too long. And here you are back in your prime" said Ganondorf
Link turns to Ganondorf, suddenly flashing memories which involves a certain Gerudo Prince fighting with the King of Hyrule at a battle 20 years ago.
"Ganondorf…so you managed to double cross the king, huh?" said Link
"Actually, took the crown by legal terms." Said Ganondorf as he stands up from his throne. "The previous king became too incompetent in ruling this nation that the once peaceful plains are infested in dark creatures from Octoroks to thieving Bokoblins. Not even Gerudo valley is safe, I came to Hyrule to help and gain help in return, but that old fool denied any. Not even the Princess."
Ganondorf looked at the back of his hand as the Triforce mark glows in a golden hue, shows that he bears the Triforce of power.
"With this power, I have to use to help both my own and my new allies." Said Ganondorf, "Sometimes from themselves."
"Is that why you sent children to work in the hot dangerous Goron Mines?" said Link "Damn, and I thought I am evil"
"The children of Ordon will be disciplined, but the mines are no longer dangerous to them, only the Gorons will delve deep in their volcanic home. My rule is stern, but I am not a monster." Said Ganondorf
"Is that why you destroyed the source of the tower's power, of MY magic?" said Link, the memories are now getting clearer, especially about his previous death. "The Heart, the spell runes, my minion hives."
"The Heart is destroyed, the runes became powerless without it, but the Hives remain active but useful if used benevolently. I insist that they'd also be destroyed but that Daphnes gave them to the other allies as a sign of good will and everlasting peace between us." Said Ganondorf. Their whereabouts are on a need to know basis, same for the depowered runes should they ever be reactivated. Last thing I want is you going on another dark quest in reclaiming your power and restarting your dark campaign in conquering Hyrule and the neighbouring kingdoms."
Ganondorf then turns to Rusl, who only knelt with his head high, not regretting anything but in sorrow for his Wife's banishment to Twlight and his son's transfer to a work camp in the Eldin Provence.
"You're a hard man to find, Rusl" said Ganondorf "An infamous collaborator to the Green Baron, traitor to the people of Hyrule."
"Just get it over with, now that I lost my family I might as well drop dead" said Rusl
"Your fate will come, but you will face justice first" said Ganondorf as he looks up to Zant "Zant, you know what to do."
"Of course," said Zant bowing to Ganondorf, though he is also a King, Zant has great respect for the Male Gerudo for he helped liberate his kingdom from a wicked an arrogant ruler by…cutting her down to size.
"And Zant, give the Baron a little make-over, so that we can see that he really is…a beast." Said Ganondorf
"Of course," said Zant as he pulls out a strange black stone with glowing red veins. It overs out of his overly sleeved hand and it shoot through the golden barrier and lodged into Link's forehead, the stone then sinks in and Link can feel himself change. "That stone is a fragment of an ancient mask that my ancestors use for…dark and controversial rituals. Which forced the 3 Goddesses to banish them into the realm I now reign over. Consider it a parting gift, for we will never meet again"
Link screams from his transformation, he drops on all fours, his skin getting furry, his face elongates into a snout, teeth sharpen, his hands and feet shrinks into padded paws. And finally, a long furry tail bursts out from his coccyx. The Pain ends but Link suddenly howls in anger before collapsing on the ground.
Rusl saw his old master's transformation and glares at Zant and then at Ganondorf, the Gerudo sighed while sitting back on his throne.
"Guards, take them away" said Ganondorf as he dispels the barrier so that the Hylian Guards will take the transformed Link and Rusl to the dungeons.
Meanwhile
Somewhere in the dark tower, a pale purple skinned man in dark purple cowl and cap watches over the scene through a boiling cauldron.
"Incompetent wretch, I should've know she'd cower when the King of Shadows revealed himself" said Vaati "I shouldn't have sent her to aid him."
RUMBLE
"Damn it, they're here!" said Vaati as he waves his hand over the cauldron see an army of Gorons and Hylian Knights planting bombs and tossing curled up Gorons to demolish the tower. "DAMN IT, DAMN IT, DAMN IT!"
Vaati rushes by and starts gathering his tomes, his scrolls, every arcane item in his possession. He then notices a hilt and guard of the Picori Blade but the blade shattered, he remembered how we came to that broken blade.
(Flashback: Force Era)
Hyrule was having a festival called the Picori blade festival. Every year the kingdom of Hyrule celebrates the anniversary of the Picori Blade's creation by the fabled Picori which aided the Past Hylian King Gustaf in sealing a great evil that terrorized the Kingdom a century ago. And to celebrate this occasion, a swords tournament is made and the victor will be honoured to touch the legendary sword that sealed the great evil within.
The audience is currently watching the semi-finals, 4 competitors left in this tournament and only one will claim the victory. A messy brown-haired warrior in red diamond infused armour and a crystal around his neck duels with a navy blue haired Nobleman from a distinct kingdom, wearing a blue tunic and cape. The duel is intense as both are persistent but it ends when the red armoured warrior is finally defeated by the blue haired Lord.
"Lord Marth of Altea, takes the round!" said the referee.
The audience cheers as the nobleman named Marth waves to them while help his fallen opponent back on his feet.
"You fought well, good sir." Said Marth to the Warrior
"Same for you, I heard what happened in Altea. Shame that such a peaceful kingdom would wall to such evil." Said the Warrior
"And I heard of you and your 3 companion's deeds" said Marth as he notices the Warrior's friends who are at the spectator seats. One is wearing has long white hair and wearing all red, one is a woman in a white hooded cowl with red accents on the bottom, while the last one is wearing a blue cowl and a yellow hat but his face is concealed in shadows. "To think that you be linked in an ancient prophecy."
"The universe works in mysterious ways, I suppose" said the Warrior as he hands out his hand to the Altean Lord.
Marth smiled and shook the Warrior's hand.
Next match is between Vaati and a Knight in red and blue armour, to think that such a pathetic excuse of one would make it to the semi-finals is beyond anyone's guess. But fortunately, all that was just dumb luck from the knight when Vaati won the match instantly.
"Vaati, champion of Champions takes the round" said the referee
"Hm, what a waste of time" scoffed Vaati as he turns his back on that pathetic knight, who is named Jim, who hailed from the Kingdom of Hydlide.
"Now we have 2 competitors left, may one be victorious" said King Daltus as he and his daughter Princess Zelda stands on their booth. "Begin the match"
Marth and Vaati draw their swords and both begun their match, Marth swung first, but Vaati dodged and counters. Metal clangs echo when swords meet, both swordsman fight with everything they got, but Vaati has the upper hand and parried Marth enough to get an opening to exploit.
And he does, he strikes at where Marth is vulnerable and the Altean Lord falls, deeming Vaati victorious.
"And the winner of this year's Picori Blade tournament goes to…Vaati!" said the referee.
Vaati smirks at his victory while a small group of Hylian guards carry a huge casket with the fabled Picori Blade lodged on the top.
"Vaati, congratulations on winning the tournament" said King Daltus to the periwinkle skinned man. "Please, touch the Picori Blade."
"Thank so much" said Vaati as he approaches the ancient sword and place his hand on the hilt. "Magnificent, I heard so much about this blade. My master told me of the tales behind it, tell me that the tales are true. That this blade seals a great evil."
Daltus held back from that question, but brushes it as simple curiosity.
"Why yes, the Picori blade was used to vanquish a great evil that plagued Hyrule over a century ago, the same evil that robbed us of Hyrule's great hero that helped made this Kingdom possible." Said King Daltus "and we honour this Hero with this tournament, for he is also skilled with the sword."
"I see" said Vaati, he tightened his grip on the hilt and suddenly snapped the snapped the blade off. Everyone gasped in shock and horror at what Vaati, the King is furious that he bangs his fists on the ledge of his boost. "Ha, what flimsy craftmanship. But what do you expect from the Minish. Another reason to hate myself."
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!" exclaimed the King in fury.
"The meaning this is that the TRUE King of Hyrule is imprisoned by you, Hylian dog." Said Vaati "He whispered to me, begging me to free him. So, I came this sad excuse of a tournament, not to mention that I had to fight a pathetic Hydlidian Knight…"
"HEY!" exclaimed Jim the Knight from Vaati's insult.
"Oh, get stung by a bee!" retorted Vaati to the useless Hydlildian Knight, "As I was saying, I came here for one reason…to revive the True King of Hyrule."
The casket suddenly starts to shake and the lid cracks open. A dark malevolent haze seeps out from the cracks, the clear morning sky suddenly starts growing dark and stormy with a dark red hue. Raising from out the casket is a withered old body in tattered green hooded tunic and dark armour is seen, glowing eyes beam out from the shadows of the hood and leers at the masses.
Everyone panics and vacates the arena; the King and his daughter only watch in horror as the hooded figure leave the casket. Vaati chuckles at this and raise his hand in triumph and summons a Heart shaped crystal and offers it to the figure.
"My Lord, please take this Heart Container as a token of my services." Said Vaati
The figure slowly turns his old near skeletal face at Vaati and reaches for the Heart Container and grabs it with his bony hand. After obtaining the Heart container, the figure start rejuvenating, his bony appearance youthens until he appears as a teenage of 16. His tattered tunic and rusted armour mends up.
"Lord Link, how do you feel?" said Vaati
The figure appears to be Link, once a Hero of Legend who helped Hyrule grow as a Kingdom, rumoured to have fallen by a great evil is in fact the Great Evil that Hyrule sealed up for a century. Link opened his eyes, which flashed red for a second until they turn blue.
"It' been too long, but I'm back" said Link until he turns his attention to the King. "Daltus, you bastard. You will pay for this…no, you're not Daltus but the resemblance is uncanny."
But Link notices Princess Zelda, trying not to be scared at Link's presence and couldn't help but blush, flash back invade the evil Overlord's head.
"Zelda" said Link quietly until he and Vaati are surrounded by Hylian guards. "Time has passed yet nothing changes. Vaati, is it?"
"Yes, my lord" said Vaati bowing to Link
"Could you take be back home, I have some planning to do" said Link
"At once" said Vaati as he casts a spell which causes him and Link to suddenly vanish in a gust of wind. "Say your last prayers, Hyrule. Your Goddesses will not save you this time, heh, heh, heh, HEH, HEH, HEH!
(Flashback ends)
"I pledged my fealty to serve you, and I will get you out of there" said Vaati while the rumbling worsens. "But first I need to stop those fools from destroying the Tower. And then I'll find that damn imp."
Vaati channels his magic and casts an extremely powerful spell. The Tower rumbles, but not caused by the bombs and Gorons, the Tower is slowly sinking down to the ground. Slowly descending, Vaati keeps it up until the Tower is completely submerged in the earth and deep into subterranean lands.
The Hylian knights and the Gorons saw the Tower's decent and through that they were causing it. They cheer at the supposed destruction of the Green Baron's Dark Tower, Vaati feels his magic draining but he keeps it up until the Tower is completely underground.
The Tower now underneath, it also changes form that resembles a giant stalactite that hangs on the ceiling of the world's crust. Hanging over sea of molten magma, the Dark Tower now rests in the subterranean plain known as the Netherworld, rumoured that only demons would reside there, not even the Gorons would dare burrow down this deep and reach this place. The Dark Tower's new appearance fits in with the netherworld, thus the Nethertower is more of an appropriate name for it.
After Vaati finished his spell, he got so exhausted that he suddenly started to shrink to the size of an adult thumb. Vaati grumbled as he is reverted to his Minish form, he scurries around his study and check himself on the now broken mirror.
"Oh great! Back to this pathetic form!" said Vaati, his voice is high pitched and mousey. "This is so humiliating!"
"I'll say!"
After hearing a certain voice, Vaati snarls and quickly turns to Midna. Due to being in the netherworld, Midna can reveal herself safely without the dangers of light. She is a small and cute, her skin tone is a mixture of black and light grey, her face is partially covered by a strange stone helmet that covers her left eye. Vaati frowned deeply with a tick mark on his temple that he jumps high and punched her square between the eyes.
"Ow, what was that for?!" exclaimed Midna as she rubbed her forehead.
"Where were you?" exclaimed Vaati not ranting at the imp. "You should've been there to help the master!"
"What can I do? I can't expose myself while he's in the realm of light!" said Midna "Zant made sure of that"
"Inexcusable, you swore your fealty to serve him the moment he pays you a visit" said Vaati "Not to mention that one night you spent with him back then"
"Sh-Shut up!" said Midna averting her eyes and blushing when Vaati mentioned the night she was…personal with the Green Baron. "It was diplomatic negotiation"
"Sure, and I believe you and he went "diplomatic" in the quarters and a few times at the throne room" said Vaati rolling his mouse-like eyes at the imp. "Well if you want to get "diplomatic" with him again, then you better get your impish ass out there and SAVE HIM!"
"Alright, keep your whiskers on" said Midna before Vaati jumps up and lands on her head.
"The Minish don't have whiskers" said Vaati before he and Midna vanish into the shadows
"Whatever!" said Midna
(Hyrule Dungeons: Twilight Realm)
Link and Rusl are now down in the castle dungeon, however the dungeon is also within the Twilight Realm. Ganondorf asked Zant to shroud that part of the castle so that if the prisoners so manage to escape their cells, they would still be imprisoned within the realm. The hazy and sepia atmosphere is enough to make a normal person nauseous, especially for Rusl who lays dying from the wounds.
Link who is now his lupine form, tries to break the chain on his left forelimb, he growls at this and spat it out. He then leans over walls, hearing Rusl breath heavily. He whimpers with concern for his friend/mentor. Rusl heard Link's whimper and smiled.
"They could've least treated my wounds, but I doubt Ganondorf wanted us to live, even as prisoners." Said Rusl "If I'd survive the wounds, I would've starved to death. Damn, I wouldn't even see Colin grow up as a fine young man and never see my new-born daughter along with my wife again."
Rusl is feeling light headed, his vision is getting dark and hazy. He sighed in defeat as he knows that he is close to death.
"Link, I'm going to make it. But you will push on, you always do" said Rusl "And when you escape this place, please find my son. Tell him about me and his mother, but also tell about who I really am, he deserves to know the truth. It will be his choice to once he knows. If he accepts it and joins, please take care of him. But if he refuses to join, take him away from Hyrule so he can live a normal life."
Link growled softly in understanding, Rusl took it as a yes.
"Thank you, Link" said Rusl before he lowered his head and closes his eyes. "So tired, just going to rest and wait until my en...d"
With that, Rusl passed away, Link lowered his head and went silent for a minute before he gave out a mourning howl which echoed in the dungeon.
Throne Room
Ganondorf remains seated on the throne, lamenting the battle against the Green Baron 20 years ago. But his thought was interrupted when Zant arrives with a huge burly figure with rocky textured skin, a rough rocky back, beady blue eyes and a white spiky beard.
"Welcome, Darunia" said Ganondorf as he stands up from his throne and bows to Darunia, Patriarch of the Goron Tribe of Death Mountain. "Any news on the Tower?"
"The Tower is no more, it appears to have sunk down to the ground." Said Darunia
"Interesting, there were never any reported earthquakes from between the Ordonian and Faron Provinces before." Said Ganondorf stroking his crimson beard. "No matter, at least we got rid of that eyesore in Hyrule. And how are the new recruits in the mine?"
"Terrified at first, but we will sharpen them up once we train them with some Goron Sumo" said Darunia.
"Ah good, just don't go overboard" said Ganondorf. "We don't want them crippled or flattened into mushy human paste."
"Got it" said Darunia nodding to the Gerudo King of Hyrule
"Though it does concern me" said Zant as he rubs his pale chin in thought. "The Dark Tower is rumoured to be indestructible, even tolerable to great damage without its magical source. Perhaps I should shroud the area with Twilight so that no one would go there out of curiosity. Even investigate it in case we missed something?"
"Do it, best to be on the safe side." Said Ganondorf "Although destroyed, whatever's left of the tower would prove threatening to the masses. And we can't have the young Gorons eating up the debris."
"Oh, I wouldn't worry about that, the stones from that tower don't look appetizing" said Darunia
"That maybe, we must think about the safety of our people. I'll assure the Zoras later. First I need to inform the people of Hyrule" said Ganondorf as he walks out of the Throne Room.
Zant turns to the Goron Patriarch
"Would you like a lift home, Darunia?" asked Zant
"No, I'm fine. I could do with some fresh air and a roll around back to the mountain" said Darunia
"Please roll outside Hyrule," shouted Ganondorf. "I don't want you wrecking the roars again."
Hyrule Market
The villagers of Hyrule is busy and merry, the villagers are doing their casual things in the market. The Ranchers of Lon Lon Market are delivering their harvest of Lon Lon Milk to various shops and to the Castle…if only the one of them isn't sleeping on the job. A balding burly man with a bushy moustache in blue overalls is leaning on a large crate full containing bottles of milk. Snoring as he's fast asleep…again.
"Dad, wake up!" said a red haired teenage girl in a white blouse with purple dress and brown apron. She sighed when her father is sleeping on the job again, "Come on, we've got these milks to deliver."
Suddenly someone bumped into her, causing her to fall and accidently headbutt her father in the gut, grudgingly waking him.
"WHAT IN TARNATION! Malon, what was that for?" exclaimed when Malon accidently hit his gut.
"Ow," said Malon rubbing her heard, she turns to the person who knocked her. "Hey, watch it this time!"
The person, who is a petite teen in a blue and white puffy hat. In addition to her hat, she wears a matching blue and white dress with a big red ribbon on her collar. She wears brown leather guards. She also has a brown belt on her waist. She wears brown sandals and white knee socks that reach up to her thighs. Her hat and sandals are decorated with an 8-pronged wheel symbol on it.
"I'm sorry" said the girl calm and almost emotionlessly before she walked away.
"What a rude girl" said Malon frowning at the stranger in white until the sound of fanfare is hear and everyone gathers when the castle gate opens. "Oh great, our "benevolent" king has come"
The citizens of Hyrule gather round when Ganondorf with the Goron Patriarch Darunia made their appearance. They cheer to their king since he made the Kingdom more safe and prosperous to them, even to the neighbouring Gerudo Kingdom at Gerudo Valley when trade routes are open between them.
Ganondorf waves to the Hylian masses, his smile is genuine hold his hand high for silence as he speaks.
"Citizens of the Kingdom of Hyrule, I have come with great news for you all" said Ganondorf. "For 20 years after the war against the Green Baron as laid waste on both our lands of Hyrule and Gerudo Valley, but now that is no longer the case. We have found the Green Baron who revived and lay hidden in the Ordonian Provence and destroyed the Dark Tower that cast its evil shadow on kingdom."
The Hylians cheer loudly at the news, however, not all were excited about it. Malon rolled her eyes as she is not a supporter of Ganondorf but kept it to herself for the sake of the Ranch, and her father Talon is asleep…again.
"Whoop-dee doo, who cares about some old fairy tale" said Malon until she notices her father fallen asleep again. "*Sigh* I'm thinking that Ingo is getting somewhere, maybe I should let father retire."
Meanwhile
In an unusual shop, numerous masks of different styles are displayed around the shop, on the counter is a shady looking shopkeeper who is grinning happily in mid-air.
"Oh, looks like the "valiant" king is making a speech to the masses." Said the happy mask salesman raising his brow while smiling. Then he looks down and smiled even more, "Ah, a customer."
On the counter, Vaati in his Minish form looks up at the smiling man.
"Good afternoon, what can I do for you?" said the Happy Mask Salesman.
"I need to buy a mask" said Vaati.
End of Chapter
Overlord Log
Name: Link
Age: 17
Race: Hylian
Hair: Blonde
Spells: Evil Presence
Eyes: Blue
Minions: Browns: Overlord's infantry.
Stalfos: Undead soldiers created by foul magic.
Weapons: Ordon Sword and Shield: Forged in Ordon, Link's current weapon
Armour: Green Baron's Tunic: clothing worn by Hyrule's Overlords
Chainmail vest: Armour worn underneath the tunic.
Overlord Gauntlet: A magic gauntlet used to summon minions and cast magic.
Tower Circlet: A circlet that connects the Overlords to the Tower.
Inventory: Slingshot: A harmless toy used to fire projectiles
Lantern: With this, Link will see through the dark.
Minion Hives: Brown Hive: For Spawning Browns
Stalfo Skull Pauldron: A piece of armour used to summon and spawn Stalfo.
Allies:
Rusl: Link's mentor in Ordon Village, he was at the war between King Hyrule and the Green Baron.
Midna: a mysterious shadow that follows Link and guides him.
Vaati: A Minish sorcerer who is responsible for reviving the Green Baron during the Force Era
Enemies: King of Hyrule: Over the generations, Link and his incarnations are at war against the Kings of Hyrule who hold the name of Hyrule.
Ganondorf: Gerudo King and current King of Hyrule
Zant: King of the Twilight Realm and ally of Ganondorf.
Darunia: Goron Patriarch of Death Mountain
Darknut Commander: Commander of Ganondorf's army
Other:
Happy Mask Salesman: Seller of unique masks and always seen with a creepy smile
Malon: Rancher of Lon Lon Ranch