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''The Myth of Link and Zelda: Age of Calamity'' is the second installment of ''Fanfic/TheMythOfLinkAndZelda'' and the second in the ''[[Fanfic/TheMythOfLinkAndZeldaSurvivorsOfTheCalamity Survivors of the Calamity]]'' subseries. It covers the entire namesake game, but is stated to take some greater divergences. It has yet to be completed and is available on Archive of Our Own [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35277868/chapters/87917878 here]].
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''The Myth of Link and Zelda: Age of Calamity'' is the second installment of ''Fanfic/TheMythOfLinkAndZelda'' and the second in the ''[[Fanfic/TheMythOfLinkAndZeldaSurvivorsOfTheCalamity Survivors of the Calamity]]'' subseries. It covers the entire namesake game, but is stated to take some greater divergences. It has yet to be is completed and is available on Archive of Our Own [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35277868/chapters/87917878 here]].
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Preceded by in production and succeeded chronologically by ''Fanfic/BreathOfTheWild''. It was followed up by a sequel to both called ''Fanfic/TearsOfTheKingdom''.
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Preceded by in production and succeeded chronologically by ''Fanfic/BreathOfTheWild''.''Fanfic/TheMythOfLinkAndZeldaBreathOfTheWild''. It was followed up by a sequel to both called ''Fanfic/TearsOfTheKingdom''.
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* ActionizedPrequel: To a story that was already an ActionizedAdaptation. In this fic, the second chapter alone had a massive battle sequence, while the prior fic didn't have massive battles until the story was nearly over.
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* ActionizedPrequel: To a story that was already an ActionizedAdaptation. In this fic, the second chapter alone had a massive battle sequence, while the prior fic didn't have massive battles until the story was nearly over. There are also several consecutive chapters detailing the Champions' action-packed quests to earn control of their Divine Beasts.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: The mummified corpse of Ganondorf first seen in ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'' makes its first appearance here.
* AnyoneCanDie: Once the Great Calamity hits, anyone not SavedByCanon is free game. [[spoiler:Cheria, Mrs. Liya, Uava, Grépe, are among the casualties.]]
* AnyoneCanDie: Once the Great Calamity hits, anyone not SavedByCanon is free game. [[spoiler:Cheria, Mrs. Liya, Uava, Grépe, are among the casualties.]]
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** The Yiga Clan are featured in a greater number of scenes, and especially Master Kohga who was around for all of one scene gets his own story within this.
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** The Yiga Clan are featured in a greater number of scenes, and especially Master Kohga who was around for all of one scene gets his own story within this. [[spoiler:And they're revealed to be different than the Yiga seen 100 years later, as those are evil knockoffs of the true Yiga meant to serve Hylia from the shadows.]]
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** The Zonai were never mentioned beyond just the ruins in the southern regions of Hyrule. The Zonai here are finally given a story presence, as King Rhoam requests that Link visit the three labyrinths across Hyrule, which were constructed by the Zonai race.
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** The Zonai were never mentioned beyond just the ruins in the southern regions of Hyrule. The Zonai here are finally given a story presence, as King Rhoam requests that Link visit the three labyrinths across Hyrule, which were constructed by the Zonai race. Their carvings and history are of great mystery and time is spent trying to unravel them.
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* StableTimeLoop: Of the YouAlreadyChangedThePast flavor. [[spoiler:Terrako, Cerako, and Argiko are awakened by Zelda's sealing power and travel back in time to try and prevent that from happening. Calamity Ganon's Malice pursues and possesses them, using them to enact the very Calamity they were trying to prevent.]]
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''The Myth of Link and Zelda: Age of Calamity'' is the second installment of ''Fanfic/TheMythOfLinkAndZelda'' and the second in the ''[[Fanfic/TheMythOfLinkAndZeldaSurvivorsOfTheCalamity Survivors Of The Calamity]]'' subseries. It covers the entire namesake game, but is stated to take some greater divergences. It has yet to be completed and is available on Archive of Our Own [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35277868/chapters/87917878 here]].
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''The Myth of Link and Zelda: Age of Calamity'' is the second installment of ''Fanfic/TheMythOfLinkAndZelda'' and the second in the ''[[Fanfic/TheMythOfLinkAndZeldaSurvivorsOfTheCalamity Survivors Of The of the Calamity]]'' subseries. It covers the entire namesake game, but is stated to take some greater divergences. It has yet to be completed and is available on Archive of Our Own [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35277868/chapters/87917878 here]].
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* {{Revision}}: As this prequel takes place around the same time as the backstory shown in the flashbacks of the first fic, this entire story runs on this, showing different perspectives during the same time period.
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* AdaptatioExpansion: As this is a prequel, it allows for the entire backstory of ''Breath of the Wild'' to be seen in much greater detail and from a much more varied degree of perspectives.
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* AdaptatioExpansion: AdaptationExpansion: As this is a prequel, it allows for the entire backstory of ''Breath of the Wild'' to be seen in much greater detail and from a much more varied degree of perspectives.
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* AdaptationDistillation: Impa's introductory scene from ''Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity'' plays out here, but it occurs in a different context, as Impa isn't running from monsters.
* AdaptatioExpansion: As this is a prequel, it allows for the entire backstory of ''Breath of the Wild'' to be seen in much greater detail and from a much more varied degree of perspectives.
** Link's fellow knights appear, with two of them being active alongside him, fighting and playing a role in the story.
** The Yiga Clan's activities are also shown in great detail, especially the leadership's dealings with Astor and the Catalyst Guardians.
* AdaptatioExpansion: As this is a prequel, it allows for the entire backstory of ''Breath of the Wild'' to be seen in much greater detail and from a much more varied degree of perspectives.
** Link's fellow knights appear, with two of them being active alongside him, fighting and playing a role in the story.
** The Yiga Clan's activities are also shown in great detail, especially the leadership's dealings with Astor and the Catalyst Guardians.
* ApocalypseCult: Astor's cult appears here, and only for just a chapter, because he kills every last one of them after he's "chosen" by the Calamity.
** The Yiga Clan are featured in a greater number of scenes, and especially Master Kohga who was around for all of one scene gets his own story within this.
** Hestu is also present from the first chapter, and is a huge help for the heroes early on, compared to his insignificant story appearance in the original game.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Master Kohga has one. [[spoiler:He's fighting back against Astor's control over him, and it manifests as a Malice construct of Astor trapping the real Kohga in a tornado of Malice that robs him of control, allowing Astor to pilot his body.]]
* ContinuityNod:
** King Rhoam gives Zelda a bouquet of Silent Princesses, and was good to her on her sixteenth birthday, which she said in the previous fanfic in a memory.
** The memories of Zelda involving the Champions show snippets of the memories shown in ''Breath of the Wild'', either from a different perspective, or just as a tease to the original scene. For example, Mipha's last words after Zelda approaches her are her first words in the flashback that played out in the previous fic.
** King Rhoam gives Zelda a bouquet of Silent Princesses, and was good to her on her sixteenth birthday, which she said in the previous fanfic in a memory.
** The memories of Zelda involving the Champions show snippets of the memories shown in ''Breath of the Wild'', either from a different perspective, or just as a tease to the original scene. For example, Mipha's last words after Zelda approaches her are her first words in the flashback that played out in the previous fic.
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* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: The three Diminutive Guardian Sisters are shown emerging through a portal in the Coliseum. They're followed by Ganon's Malice which catches up to them and takes control of them.]]
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* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: DemonicPossession:
** The three Diminutive Guardian Sisters are shown emerging through a portal in the Coliseum. They're followed by Ganon's Malice which catches up to them and takes control ofthem.them.
** [[spoiler:Master Kohga suffers from this courtesy of Astor's powers over Malice.]]
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** [[spoiler:Master Kohga suffers from this courtesy of Astor's powers over Malice.]]
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* EdibleThemeNaming: New Sheikah characters are still named for fruits.
** Cherries for Cheria.
** Guava for Uava.
** Grapes for Grépe.
** Cherries for Cheria.
** Guava for Uava.
** Grapes for Grépe.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Master Kohga is confirmed as being this for his people. [[spoiler:It gives him the fuel to fight back against Astor's mind control over him.]]
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* GenocideFromTheInside: Astor kills his own ApocalypseCult, which includes his wife and child.
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* LawOfConservationOfDetail: This is the [[WatsonianVersusDoylist Doylist]] reason for the flashbacks being shown from a different perspective. Those scenes have already been played out, so there's no need for the audience to reread those scenes again.
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* POVSequel: Prequel actually. The fic show the flashback scenes from ''Breath of the Wild'', but from a different perspective than that of Zelda and/or Link.
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''The Myth of Link and Zelda: Age of Calamity'' is the second installment of ''Fanfic/TheMythOfLinkAndZelda'' and the second in the ''Fanfic/SurvivorsOfTheCalamity'' subseries. It covers the entire namesake game, but is stated to take some greater divergences. It has yet to be completed and is available on Archive of Our Own [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35277868/chapters/87917878 here]].
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''The Myth of Link and Zelda: Age of Calamity'' is the second installment of ''Fanfic/TheMythOfLinkAndZelda'' and the second in the ''Fanfic/SurvivorsOfTheCalamity'' ''[[Fanfic/TheMythOfLinkAndZeldaSurvivorsOfTheCalamity Survivors Of The Calamity]]'' subseries. It covers the entire namesake game, but is stated to take some greater divergences. It has yet to be completed and is available on Archive of Our Own [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35277868/chapters/87917878 here]].
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* WrenchWench: Zelda proves herself in Chapter 3. She fixes up a Guardian in just a few seconds after getting inside of it, quickly activating it to save the day from the possessed Guardian trying to kill her.
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!'''All spoilers for ''Fanfic/TheMythOfLinkAndZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' will be left unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!'''
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Production-wise preceded by ''Fanfic/BreathOfTheWild'', though said installment is ahead of it chronologically. It was followed up by ''Fanfic/TearsOfTheKingdom''.
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* ActionGirl: Aside from Impa making her return, the narrative also introduces Tyria as an elite knight who fights alongside Link and the other high-ranking knights.
* ActionizedPrequel: To a story that was already an ActionizedAdaptation. In this fic, the second chapter alone had a massive battle sequence, while the prior fic didn't have massive battles until the story was nearly over.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: While the original ''Age of Calamity'' game made it clear that Zelda and Impa were close friends, but the actual story of said game mostly showed her as more of a formal friend and morale support. Here, Impa's much more like a best friend ''and'' sisterly figure to Zelda, giving her a surprise birthday cake and a little birthday gift.
* AscendedExtra:
** Cheria is never seen beyond being a simple Sheikah merchant traveling from horse stable to horse stable in the original game. Here, she's given a role where she gets to interact with Impa and Zelda, and serves as one of the Sheikah technology researchers.
** The Zonai were never mentioned beyond just the ruins in the southern regions of Hyrule. The Zonai here are finally given a story presence, as King Rhoam requests that Link visit the three labyrinths across Hyrule, which were constructed by the Zonai race.
* TheBait: King Rhoam uses himself as bait for the army of monsters coming. He lets them come at him so that his army can ready and aim the cannons to take them all down at once.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: Zelda's 16th birthday goes by rather smoothly...until a massive army of monsters starts marching towards Hyrule Castle.
* CallBack:
** The first game and the first fanfic in this trilogy had the main character asleep, only to be woken up by a glowing light and a close friend to wake her. This time, it's Zelda who is awakened by her friend Impa to give her a birthday surprise.
** Zelda had already mentioned that her father had given her a bouquet of Silent Princesses for her birthday. We actually get to see that here. We also get to see the comb that had originally been given to her.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Chapter 2 reveals that Hyrule uses signal fireworks of different colors to signal different things.
** Red fireworks signal the presence of attackers and that they need help.
** Blue fireworks signal the retreat of attackers from an area.
* CombatAndSupport: In Chapter 2, Tyria makes her introduction as the "support" to her colleague Ulo's "combat". She covers his flank because he doesn't have a defensive weapon during this battle.
* TheDeadHaveNames: A RedShirt is killed in the second chapter's battle sequence by a Moblin. Another RedShirt who isn't killed mulls over his body for a bit, and gives him the name Nyllo. There's even a little bit where others come to comfort him.
* DeathOfAChild: The narration in Chapter 2's battle sequences describes that among the dead are children whose bodies were beaten to the point where their bodies are mangled by broken bones. Some of the children are with their equally dead mothers.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: The three Diminutive Guardian Sisters are shown emerging through a portal in the Coliseum. They're followed by Ganon's Malice which catches up to them and takes control of them.]]
* DescriptionPorn: The entire first chapter contains vast and vivid descriptions of the landscape of the pre-Calamity Hyrule. It also gives extensive details on Impa's twelve HandSeals.
* TheDreaded: Impa isn't Zelda's personal guard, but nonetheless, she's such an effective fighter that few people dare to even try to approach the princess when she's around.
* DoomedByCanon: It's a prequel to ''Breath of the Wild'', so Hyrule is destined to fall to Calamity Ganon.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Numerous women and gay men are ogling the shirtless knights during Link's gladiator fight with four other knights.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Link is a member of the "elite knights" who are apparently the most skilled knights in the land. They suffer no losses in the battle sequence in Chapter 2, but the regular RedShirtArmy suffers losses.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Chapter 1 features this for several characters, though it's unusual in that their first appearances overall are in ''Breath of the Wild'', meaning this isn't the first time they're seen. Nonetheless, the scenes play out in a similar manner to establishing character scenes.
** Impa and Zelda are established as close friends, and the former is evermore supportive of the latter to the point of sisterhood. She's also shown to be serious minded and studious, practicing her mudras even when spending a quiet moment alone with Zelda.
** Link is shown beating four knights in combat and easily predicting every move they make. But at the same time, he's very respectful and kind to his adversaries, giving them some advice, making his combat skill and his natural kindness and heroism immediately evident.
** Zelda's openly doubts that she'll ever become queen of Hyrule, and even reassurances from Impa aren't enough to make her feel better. Her three natural powers are very weak and unstable reflecting this. But she's noticeably more animated when her father gives her a little gift in the form of a Sheikah technology relic that she and her mother found together.
** King Rhoam's first shown giving his daughter gifts for her birthday in the form of a Sheikah relic and Silent Princesses, which he knows she loves. However, it's undercut by his request that she return to training the next day. He truly does love her as a father, but is also focused on stopping Calamity Ganon.
* FantasticFireworks: A unique Sheikah technology cannon can fire massive silent blasts of light. It's used by Link to create a blast of sparkling light in the sky described as sparkling like a purple gem in the sky. It's used to signal for Hestu from the Korok Forest.
* FemaleGaze: An entire scene features shirtless male knights whose bodies are described as being very muscular and some of them scarred. They're watched by several women and men who find them ''very'' attractive, and some of these women are pregnant.
* FighterMageThief: From the very first chapter where there's not even any conflict or combat, it's evident that this dynamic is present with Link, Impa, and Zelda. All three are shown practicing some of their respective abilities. Link is shown training in forward combat as a fighter, Impa is shown practicing her mystical Sheikah HandSeals, and Zelda channels her weakened trio of Goddess magic spells.
* FrontlineGeneral: King Rhoam fights alongside his soldiers in the massive battle in Chapter 2.
* FusionFic: The story adapts aspects of the original ''Videogame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'' game, but rather than having [[spoiler: an alternate timeline]], the events are instead integrated into the backstory of ''Breath of the Wild''.
* HarmfulToMinors: The narration in Chapter 2 describes adults shielding their children from seeing the carnage of the monster invasion, whether they are their kids or kids they found during the battle.
* HandSeals: Impa uses these. She's shown practicing them even in safety. She's so good with moving her hands that even when Zelda is leaning on her shoulder, Zelda doesn't really feel her moving.
* HypocriticalHumor: Impa calls her sister "the crazy one". Zelda counters this, pointing out an incident where she proved herself crazy by accidentally slicing a hole in her wall. Impa doesn't try to rebuff it.
* MythologyGag: Impa's first scene in ''Videogame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'' starts with her running from monsters towards Link asking for help, tripping over, accidentally throwing the Sheikah Slate at him, and ends with Link catching it. This scene is recreated in the second chapter of this specific fanfic, only that she's not running from monsters.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Zelda pokes fun at Impa for a time where she apparently cut a hole in the side of her own home with her kodachi RazorWind. It makes Impa feel extremely sheepish.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In Chapter 2, an army of Moblins, Bokoblins, and Lizalfos attacked Hyrule Castle. These are the same monsters from the prior installment did nothing to anyone unless they came close, something that Link and a few other character lampshade.
* {{Original Character}}s: Ulo and Tyria are two characters created for this story. The "elite knights" are this as a whole, as there's no indication of there being such a group of knights in the original game.
* PetTheDog: After being established in the first game as a strict and controlling father, he actually gives her a birthday present, and even allows her to have the day for herself. It actually makes Zelda happy and is a welcome surprise for her.
* RapePillageAndBurn: Downplayed in that there are no rapes happening, but the monster invasion in Chapter 2 leaves lots of people dead, injured, traumatized, and because of the "burn" part, without their homes or livelihoods.
* RapidFireNo: An unnamed soldier repeatedly says [[LittleNo "no" quietly]] to his dead RedShirt friend, Nyllo.
* ReallyGetsAround: The narration implies that some of the elite knights who aren't in relationships take home different women or men every night.
* RousingSpeech: King Rhoam gives one to the Hyrulean army when the monsters are closing in on the castle. It's taken word for word from the very first chapter of ''Videogame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity''.
* ShoutOut: Impa's HandSeals are taken straight from ''Videogame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'', which are in turn taken from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. The position of her fingers, palms, and even knuckles are described in deep detail, and they're each given a name that matches perfectly with the twelve hand signs from ''Naruto''.
* WarIsHell: In Chapter 2, an army of monsters, which include voracious Bokoblins and much stronger Moblins, and also features the same explosive red barrels. This fanfic shows the much less child-friendly realistic result of this battle: several soldiers are killed violently, several civilians (including children) are killed, and several buildings are wrecked by the Moblins, displacing a lot of people from their homes.
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* ActionGirl: Aside from Impa making her return, the narrative also introduces Tyria as an elite knight who fights alongside Link and the other high-ranking knights.
* ActionizedPrequel: To a story that was already an ActionizedAdaptation. In this fic, the second chapter alone had a massive battle sequence, while the prior fic didn't have massive battles until the story was nearly over.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: While the original ''Age of Calamity'' game made it clear that Zelda and Impa were close friends, but the actual story of said game mostly showed her as more of a formal friend and morale support. Here, Impa's much more like a best friend ''and'' sisterly figure to Zelda, giving her a surprise birthday cake and a little birthday gift.
* AscendedExtra:
** Cheria is never seen beyond being a simple Sheikah merchant traveling from horse stable to horse stable in the original game. Here, she's given a role where she gets to interact with Impa and Zelda, and serves as one of the Sheikah technology researchers.
** The Zonai were never mentioned beyond just the ruins in the southern regions of Hyrule. The Zonai here are finally given a story presence, as King Rhoam requests that Link visit the three labyrinths across Hyrule, which were constructed by the Zonai race.
* TheBait: King Rhoam uses himself as bait for the army of monsters coming. He lets them come at him so that his army can ready and aim the cannons to take them all down at once.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: Zelda's 16th birthday goes by rather smoothly...until a massive army of monsters starts marching towards Hyrule Castle.
* CallBack:
** The first game and the first fanfic in this trilogy had the main character asleep, only to be woken up by a glowing light and a close friend to wake her. This time, it's Zelda who is awakened by her friend Impa to give her a birthday surprise.
** Zelda had already mentioned that her father had given her a bouquet of Silent Princesses for her birthday. We actually get to see that here. We also get to see the comb that had originally been given to her.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Chapter 2 reveals that Hyrule uses signal fireworks of different colors to signal different things.
** Red fireworks signal the presence of attackers and that they need help.
** Blue fireworks signal the retreat of attackers from an area.
* CombatAndSupport: In Chapter 2, Tyria makes her introduction as the "support" to her colleague Ulo's "combat". She covers his flank because he doesn't have a defensive weapon during this battle.
* TheDeadHaveNames: A RedShirt is killed in the second chapter's battle sequence by a Moblin. Another RedShirt who isn't killed mulls over his body for a bit, and gives him the name Nyllo. There's even a little bit where others come to comfort him.
* DeathOfAChild: The narration in Chapter 2's battle sequences describes that among the dead are children whose bodies were beaten to the point where their bodies are mangled by broken bones. Some of the children are with their equally dead mothers.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: The three Diminutive Guardian Sisters are shown emerging through a portal in the Coliseum. They're followed by Ganon's Malice which catches up to them and takes control of them.]]
* DescriptionPorn: The entire first chapter contains vast and vivid descriptions of the landscape of the pre-Calamity Hyrule. It also gives extensive details on Impa's twelve HandSeals.
* TheDreaded: Impa isn't Zelda's personal guard, but nonetheless, she's such an effective fighter that few people dare to even try to approach the princess when she's around.
* DoomedByCanon: It's a prequel to ''Breath of the Wild'', so Hyrule is destined to fall to Calamity Ganon.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Numerous women and gay men are ogling the shirtless knights during Link's gladiator fight with four other knights.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Link is a member of the "elite knights" who are apparently the most skilled knights in the land. They suffer no losses in the battle sequence in Chapter 2, but the regular RedShirtArmy suffers losses.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Chapter 1 features this for several characters, though it's unusual in that their first appearances overall are in ''Breath of the Wild'', meaning this isn't the first time they're seen. Nonetheless, the scenes play out in a similar manner to establishing character scenes.
** Impa and Zelda are established as close friends, and the former is evermore supportive of the latter to the point of sisterhood. She's also shown to be serious minded and studious, practicing her mudras even when spending a quiet moment alone with Zelda.
** Link is shown beating four knights in combat and easily predicting every move they make. But at the same time, he's very respectful and kind to his adversaries, giving them some advice, making his combat skill and his natural kindness and heroism immediately evident.
** Zelda's openly doubts that she'll ever become queen of Hyrule, and even reassurances from Impa aren't enough to make her feel better. Her three natural powers are very weak and unstable reflecting this. But she's noticeably more animated when her father gives her a little gift in the form of a Sheikah technology relic that she and her mother found together.
** King Rhoam's first shown giving his daughter gifts for her birthday in the form of a Sheikah relic and Silent Princesses, which he knows she loves. However, it's undercut by his request that she return to training the next day. He truly does love her as a father, but is also focused on stopping Calamity Ganon.
* FantasticFireworks: A unique Sheikah technology cannon can fire massive silent blasts of light. It's used by Link to create a blast of sparkling light in the sky described as sparkling like a purple gem in the sky. It's used to signal for Hestu from the Korok Forest.
* FemaleGaze: An entire scene features shirtless male knights whose bodies are described as being very muscular and some of them scarred. They're watched by several women and men who find them ''very'' attractive, and some of these women are pregnant.
* FighterMageThief: From the very first chapter where there's not even any conflict or combat, it's evident that this dynamic is present with Link, Impa, and Zelda. All three are shown practicing some of their respective abilities. Link is shown training in forward combat as a fighter, Impa is shown practicing her mystical Sheikah HandSeals, and Zelda channels her weakened trio of Goddess magic spells.
* FrontlineGeneral: King Rhoam fights alongside his soldiers in the massive battle in Chapter 2.
* FusionFic: The story adapts aspects of the original ''Videogame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'' game, but rather than having [[spoiler: an alternate timeline]], the events are instead integrated into the backstory of ''Breath of the Wild''.
* HarmfulToMinors: The narration in Chapter 2 describes adults shielding their children from seeing the carnage of the monster invasion, whether they are their kids or kids they found during the battle.
* HandSeals: Impa uses these. She's shown practicing them even in safety. She's so good with moving her hands that even when Zelda is leaning on her shoulder, Zelda doesn't really feel her moving.
* HypocriticalHumor: Impa calls her sister "the crazy one". Zelda counters this, pointing out an incident where she proved herself crazy by accidentally slicing a hole in her wall. Impa doesn't try to rebuff it.
* MythologyGag: Impa's first scene in ''Videogame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'' starts with her running from monsters towards Link asking for help, tripping over, accidentally throwing the Sheikah Slate at him, and ends with Link catching it. This scene is recreated in the second chapter of this specific fanfic, only that she's not running from monsters.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Zelda pokes fun at Impa for a time where she apparently cut a hole in the side of her own home with her kodachi RazorWind. It makes Impa feel extremely sheepish.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In Chapter 2, an army of Moblins, Bokoblins, and Lizalfos attacked Hyrule Castle. These are the same monsters from the prior installment did nothing to anyone unless they came close, something that Link and a few other character lampshade.
* {{Original Character}}s: Ulo and Tyria are two characters created for this story. The "elite knights" are this as a whole, as there's no indication of there being such a group of knights in the original game.
* PetTheDog: After being established in the first game as a strict and controlling father, he actually gives her a birthday present, and even allows her to have the day for herself. It actually makes Zelda happy and is a welcome surprise for her.
* RapePillageAndBurn: Downplayed in that there are no rapes happening, but the monster invasion in Chapter 2 leaves lots of people dead, injured, traumatized, and because of the "burn" part, without their homes or livelihoods.
* RapidFireNo: An unnamed soldier repeatedly says [[LittleNo "no" quietly]] to his dead RedShirt friend, Nyllo.
* ReallyGetsAround: The narration implies that some of the elite knights who aren't in relationships take home different women or men every night.
* RousingSpeech: King Rhoam gives one to the Hyrulean army when the monsters are closing in on the castle. It's taken word for word from the very first chapter of ''Videogame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity''.
* ShoutOut: Impa's HandSeals are taken straight from ''Videogame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'', which are in turn taken from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. The position of her fingers, palms, and even knuckles are described in deep detail, and they're each given a name that matches perfectly with the twelve hand signs from ''Naruto''.
* WarIsHell: In Chapter 2, an army of monsters, which include voracious Bokoblins and much stronger Moblins, and also features the same explosive red barrels. This fanfic shows the much less child-friendly realistic result of this battle: several soldiers are killed violently, several civilians (including children) are killed, and several buildings are wrecked by the Moblins, displacing a lot of people from their homes.
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