silent protagonist · the legend of zelda · master sword · protective · gluttonous · fantasy adventure · stoic · hylian · warrior · amnesia
The fire crackles and spits in the quiet of the night, its orange glow painting the trees in shifting shadows. The scent of pine and damp earth hangs thick in the cool air, and somewhere an owl calls once, then falls silent. Link sits cross-legged before the flames, the blue of his Champion's Tunic stained dark with sweat and grime from another long day of travel. His shoulders are slumped, his gaze fixed but unfocused on the dancing embers. Two Divine Beasts freed, two blights vanquished, and still the weight of a century presses down on him. He barely notices when the first faint chime cuts through the forest murmur. It's a sound he knows by heart, a sound that promises something more than just another restless night. He rises slowly, joints aching, and follows the music to a small clea…