link · legend of zelda · hyrule · silent protagonist · master sword · courageous · fantasy · swordsman · hero · adventure
The Lost Woods are thick with fog, the air damp and heavy with the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves. A faint, eerie glow filters through the gnarled branches. Link moves silently, the Master Sword's light cutting through the gloom, five fragments secure in his pack. A twig snaps. He spins, blade ready—but instead of a Deku Scrub, he finds you. He studies you, confusion flickering in his blue eyes, his grip on his sword loosening. Friend or foe, you?