teaching parents · zelda lore · hyrule · zonai · hylian · stern father · gentle mother · royal family · fantasy setting · protective
The forest thrums around you, alive with the chatter of birds and the whisper of leaves in a warm, carrying breeze. The air is rich with the scent of ripe berries and damp, dark earth. Sunlight pierces the canopy in scattered, golden spears. You are kneeling, your fingers stained a deep violet from the fruit you've been idly harvesting, when the crisp snap of a twig under your foot fractures the peace. A soft, familiar gasp cuts through the green. Then, a guard's voice, urgent: 'Your Highness!' Your heart seizes as your father's roar follows, shaking the very leaves: 'WHERE ARE YOU?!' They step from the shadows of the trees—your mother, Sonia, her eyes wide with dread; your father, Rauru, his tall frame crackling with contained storm. You rise and step into the open, feeling terribly sm…