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* WarriorPrincess: Princess Rinku's training is to be a warrior, instead of something more purely courtly (in fact, [[TomboyPrincess she can't stand the courtly stuff]]. While still young and in training, she shows an immense amount of courage, even willing to fight and kill Ganondorf when she thinks he's a threat to her mother. [[spoiler: Her status as Link's reincarnation is likely the reason for it.]]
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* WarriorPrincess: Princess Rinku's training is to be a warrior, instead of something more purely courtly (in fact, [[TomboyPrincess she can't stand the courtly stuff]].stuff]]). While still young and in training, she shows an immense amount of courage, even willing to fight and kill Ganondorf when she thinks he's a threat to her mother. [[spoiler: Her status as Link's reincarnation is likely the reason for it.]]
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* BullyingADragon: Ralph gets the ''[[SarcasmMode brilliant]]'' idea to go against Zelda's wishes and attack Ganondorf. Without the [[LegendaryWeapon Master Sword.]] Or the [[SacredBowAndArrows Light/Silver Arrows.]] His [[DecapitationPresentation head is presented to Zelda moments later.]]
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* BullyingADragon: Hylian General Ralph gets the ''[[SarcasmMode brilliant]]'' idea to go against Zelda's wishes and attack Ganondorf. Without the [[LegendaryWeapon Master Sword.]] Or the [[SacredBowAndArrows Light/Silver Arrows.]] His [[DecapitationPresentation head is presented to Zelda moments later.]]
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* BadassPrincess:
** While still young and in training, Rinku shows an immense amount of courage, even willing to fight and kill Ganondorf when she thinks he's a threat to her mother. [[spoiler:And if her status as Link's reincarnation is any indication, this is only a hint of what she's capable of.]]
** Zelda also qualifies up until her coronation as queen, both for her political daring that sets up the plot and continues throughout the comic, and for what's been seen so far of her combat skills.
** While still young and in training, Rinku shows an immense amount of courage, even willing to fight and kill Ganondorf when she thinks he's a threat to her mother. [[spoiler:And if her status as Link's reincarnation is any indication, this is only a hint of what she's capable of.]]
** Zelda also qualifies up until her coronation as queen, both for her political daring that sets up the plot and continues throughout the comic, and for what's been seen so far of her combat skills.
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* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: Zelda accepts that in offering marriage, she's also offering herself as the mother to Ganondorf's future children, and everything that comes before children. She later suggests that old Hylian traditions enforce this for both partners by having them wear ''blindfolds, earplugs, and mittens'' during sex. Deconstructed and averted: Ganondorf refuses to do anything she clearly doesn't want to happen, while [[spoiler:Zelda's primary apprehension about sex stems from her past abuse. It's only after they're both comfortable being intimate with each other that they consummate the marriage.]]
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* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: Zelda accepts that in offering marriage, she's also offering herself as the mother to Ganondorf's future children, and everything that comes before children. She later suggests that old Hylian traditions enforce this for both partners by having them wear ''blindfolds, earplugs, and mittens'' during sex. Deconstructed It is then deconstructed and averted: Ganondorf refuses to do anything she clearly doesn't want to happen, while [[spoiler:Zelda's primary apprehension about sex stems from her past abuse. It's only after they're both comfortable being intimate with each other that they consummate the marriage.]]
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* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler: Zelda's reluctant to consummate her marriage with Ganondorf out of trauma from being raped by a lecherous tutor when she was a child. Since RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil, Ganondorf is more than understanding, and [[AwesomeMoments flies into a rage as he swears to feed the bastard his own entrails, and rip his balls off]]]].
** Earlier in the comic, [[spoiler:Ganondorf mentions being forced into sex work as a child, after his mother's death in a brothel. This is why he empathizes so much with Zelda when she tells him about her past.]]
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The baby boar Ganondorf gives Rinku as a present.
** Earlier in the comic, [[spoiler:Ganondorf mentions being forced into sex work as a child, after his mother's death in a brothel. This is why he empathizes so much with Zelda when she tells him about her past.]]
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The baby boar Ganondorf gives Rinku as a present.
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*PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: Zelda also qualifies up until her coronation as queen, both for her political daring that sets up the plot and continues throughout the comic, and for what's been seen so far of her combat skills.
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** [[spoiler: Zelda's reluctant to consummate her marriage with Ganondorf out of trauma from being raped by a lecherous tutor when she was a child. Since RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil, Ganondorf is more than understanding, and [[AwesomeMoments flies into a rage as he swears to feed the bastard his own entrails, and rip his balls off]]]].
**Earlier in the comic, [[spoiler:Ganondorf mentions being forced into sex work as a child, after his mother's death in a brothel. This is why he empathizes so much with Zelda when she tells him about her past.]]
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The baby boar Ganondorf gives Rinku as apresent.present is quite huggable.
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** [[spoiler: Zelda's reluctant to consummate her marriage with Ganondorf out of trauma from being raped by a lecherous tutor when she was a child. Since RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil, Ganondorf is more than understanding, and [[AwesomeMoments flies into a rage as he swears to feed the bastard his own entrails, and rip his balls off]]]].
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* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The baby boar Ganondorf gives Rinku as a
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* WarriorPrincess: Princess Rinku's training is to be a warrior, instead of something more purely courtly (in fact, [[TomboyPrincess she can't stand the courtly stuff]]. While still young and in training, she shows an immense amount of courage, even willing to fight and kill Ganondorf when she thinks he's a threat to her mother. [[spoiler: Her status as Link's reincarnation is likely the reason for it.]]
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* AdultFear:
** When Ganondorf talks about how the Gerudo have suffered, he mentions having to watch so many of his lovers, sisters, and children die that he can't even remember all their faces. The accompanying art even shows him cradling a dying child.
** Zelda's internal monologue when Ganondorf presents her with a bloody bag is brimming with horror that he may have murdered her child.
** [[spoiler:Zelda knows her own child is the hero's incarnation. Part of the reason she proposed is to try and and break the cycle before Rinku is put in danger. When Zelda believes Ganondorf has poisoned her, her first action is to send Rinku far away, both to protect her and to train her for a future battle.]]
** When Ganondorf talks about how the Gerudo have suffered, he mentions having to watch so many of his lovers, sisters, and children die that he can't even remember all their faces. The accompanying art even shows him cradling a dying child.
** Zelda's internal monologue when Ganondorf presents her with a bloody bag is brimming with horror that he may have murdered her child.
** [[spoiler:Zelda knows her own child is the hero's incarnation. Part of the reason she proposed is to try and and break the cycle before Rinku is put in danger. When Zelda believes Ganondorf has poisoned her, her first action is to send Rinku far away, both to protect her and to train her for a future battle.]]
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* ArrowCatch: Zelda's training with Impa includes grabbing arrows out of the air.
* BadassPrincess:
** While still young and in training, Rinku shows an immense amount of courage, even willing to fight and kill Ganondorf when she thinks he's a threat to her mother. [[spoiler:And if her status as Link's reincarnation is any indication, this is only a hint of what she's capable of.]]
** Zelda also qualifies up until her coronation as queen, both for her political daring that sets up the plot and continues throughout the comic, and for what's been seen so far of her combat skills.
* BitterWeddingSpeech: Ganondorf gives one of these in place of his ''wedding vows'', instead calling out the nobility for their insults about him and Zelda, before finishing with the threat to cut out the tongue of anyone else who continues to disrespect them.
--> '''Ganondorf''': I may not be the king you wanted... you pretentious, inbred Hylian ''dogs''... but I vow to be the king you ''deserve''.
* BullyingADragon:One of the generals Ralph gets the ''[[SarcasmMode brilliant]]'' idea to go against Zelda's wishes and attack Ganondorf. Without the [[LegendaryWeapon Master Sword.]] Or the [[SacredBowAndArrows Light/Silver Arrows.]] His [[DecapitationPresentation head is presented to Zelda moments later.]]
* BadassPrincess:
** While still young and in training, Rinku shows an immense amount of courage, even willing to fight and kill Ganondorf when she thinks he's a threat to her mother. [[spoiler:And if her status as Link's reincarnation is any indication, this is only a hint of what she's capable of.]]
** Zelda also qualifies up until her coronation as queen, both for her political daring that sets up the plot and continues throughout the comic, and for what's been seen so far of her combat skills.
* BitterWeddingSpeech: Ganondorf gives one of these in place of his ''wedding vows'', instead calling out the nobility for their insults about him and Zelda, before finishing with the threat to cut out the tongue of anyone else who continues to disrespect them.
--> '''Ganondorf''': I may not be the king you wanted... you pretentious, inbred Hylian ''dogs''... but I vow to be the king you ''deserve''.
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* DragonWithAnAgenda: Ghirahim is intensely loyal to Ganondorf and usually willing to listen to his orders, but he believes the ultimate goal of this marriage should be to kill Zelda and take Hyrule before she gets a chance to kill him first. [[spoiler:He tries to manipulate Ganondorf into poisoning Zelda, then goes ahead anyway and poisons her himself. To say Ganondorf is furious about this is a ''vast understatement''.]]
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: The star spark diamond ring Ganondorf prepares for Zelda is never directly seen, but the dazzling light it gives off says it all. As the Bulblin that presented the ring says, it's a perfect fit because "Hyrule is all about tasteless extravagance".
* FieryRedhead: Though the comic is in black and white, due to characters resembling their canon selves it can be assumed this applies to Ganondorf and Ralph.
* FoodSlap: Vaati gets a faceful of Zelda's alcohol after he gets in close to flirt with her. At her own wedding.
--> '''Vaati''': (in pain) WAS SHE DRINKING ''GIN'' OR '''''TURPENTINE'''''?!?!
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: The star spark diamond ring Ganondorf prepares for Zelda is never directly seen, but the dazzling light it gives off says it all. As the Bulblin that presented the ring says, it's a perfect fit because "Hyrule is all about tasteless extravagance".
* FieryRedhead: Though the comic is in black and white, due to characters resembling their canon selves it can be assumed this applies to Ganondorf and Ralph.
* FoodSlap: Vaati gets a faceful of Zelda's alcohol after he gets in close to flirt with her. At her own wedding.
--> '''Vaati''': (in pain) WAS SHE DRINKING ''GIN'' OR '''''TURPENTINE'''''?!?!
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* GenerationXerox: Several mortal characters share names and appearances with their blood ancestors from the official games, and also have similar roles or personalities. The reincarnations of the three Triforce bearers also tend to follow this, with the marriage being an attempt to finally end the cycle. [[spoiler:Link being born as Zelda's child is another, unplanned deviation from the normal pattern.]]
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Zelda ends up drinking quite a bit of gin when Ganondorf first settles into the castle. WordOfGod takes a less comedic interpretation, stating that it's part of her self-destructive coping.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Zelda ends up drinking quite a bit of gin when Ganondorf first settles into the castle. WordOfGod takes a less comedic interpretation, stating that it's part of her self-destructive coping.
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* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: Zelda accepts that in offering marriage, she's also offering herself as the mother to Ganondorf's future children, and everything that comes before children. She later suggests that old Hylian traditions enforce this for both partners by having them wear ''blindfolds, earplugs, and mittens'' during sex. Deconstructed and averted: Ganondorf refuses to do anything she clearly doesn't want to happen, while [[spoiler:Zelda's primary apprehension about sex stems from her past abuse. It's only after they're both comfortable being intimate with each other that they consummate the marriage.]]
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* OneManArmy: Ganondorf is able to kill over two thousand fully armed prisoners without taking a scratch.
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** Earlier in the comic, [[spoiler:Ganondorf mentions being forced into sex work as a child, after his mother's death in a brothel. This is why he empathizes so much with Zelda when she tells him about her past.]]
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* VisualPun: The Zora doctor who attends to Zelda? [[spoiler:She's a nurse shark!]]
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* BullyingADragon: One of the generals gets the ''[[SarcasmMode brilliant]]'' idea to go against Zelda's wishes and attack Ganondorf. Without the [[LegendarySword [[LegendaryWeapon Master Sword.]] Or the [[SacredBowAndArrows Light/Silver Arrows.]] His [[DecapitationPresentation is presented to Zelda moments later.]]
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* DecapitationPresentation: Ganondorf proudly shows Zelda the head of her general who just attempted to assassinate him the night before her wedding.
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* BullyingADragon: One of the generals gets the ''[[SarcasmMode brilliant]]'' idea to go against Zelda's wishes and attack Ganondorf. Without the [[LegendarySword Master Sword.]] Or the [[SacredBowAndArrows Light/Silver Arrows.]] His [[DecapitationPresentation is presented to Zelda moments later.]]
* DecapitationPresentation: Ganondorfproudly angrily shows Zelda the head of her general who just attempted to assassinate him the night before her wedding.
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* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler: Zelda's reluctant to consummate her marriage with Ganondorf out of trauma from being raped by a lecherous tutor when she was a child. Since RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil, Ganondorf is more than understanding, and [[AwesomeMoments flies into a rage as he swears to feed the bastard his own entrails, and rip his balls off]]]].
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* NeverGrewUp: The Skull Kid. [[spoiler: This actually makes him sad because Link has been his friend in other lifetimes, but always forgets this when reincarnated.]]
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* Glamour: Like in the game he originates from, Vaati is really just a small Minish who in this instance uses magic to appear like a normal Hylian.
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* WinYourFreedom: To win the favor of the Hylian citizens after the marriage, Ganondorf holds a massive fight in the kingdom's arena where all the murderers, rapists and child molesters are given top quality weapons and armor to do just one thing for their freedom: Kill him. It goes about as well for them as you can imagine.
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* WinYourFreedom: To win the favor of the Hylian citizens after the marriage, Ganondorf holds a massive fight in the kingdom's arena where all the convicted murderers, rapists and child molesters are given top quality weapons and armor to do just one thing for their freedom: Kill him. It goes about as well for them as you can imagine.
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* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The baby boar Ganondorf gives Rinku as a present.
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* DecapitationPresentation: Ganondorf proudly shows Zelda the head of her general who just attempted to assassinate him the night before her wedding.
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* LastOfHisKind: As far as Ganondorf knows, he's the last remaining Gerudo in all of Hyrule due to prejudice from his previous attempts to conquer Hyrule.
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* AltarDiplomacy: The premise of the entire story. Instead of repeating the cycle, Zelda proposes to simply marry Ganondorf and prevent all upcoming suffering that would come of it.
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* RunningGag: Ganondorf breaking furniture because he's too big for most of them.
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* SurroundedByIdiots: Save for Ghirahim and Vaati, Ganondorf's minions seem to be made up of these that more then once quite visibly annoy him.
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* ArcWords: ''"Are You A Man Or A Pig?"''
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* ArcWords: ''"Are ''Are You A Man Or A Pig?"''Pig?''
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[[http://figmentforms.tumblr.com/post/158680143687/a-tale-of-two-rulers A good chunk of the comic has also been dubbed]] and uploaded onto youtube with Fig's blessing and personal appreciation.
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* ArcWords: ''"Are You A Man Or A Pig?"''
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* GenderFlip: While it appears at first that Link is nowhere to be seen, [[spoiler ''she'' has been around the whole time, this time reincarnated as Princess Rinku.]]
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* GenderFlip: While it appears at first that Link is nowhere to be seen, [[spoiler [[spoiler: ''she'' has been around the whole time, this time reincarnated as Princess Rinku.]]
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* UnwillinglyGirlyTomboy: Princess Rinku hates having to wear dresses and acting like a stereotypical princess when she's rather spend her time playing games and pranks with the Skull Kid. She even latches onto the idea of Ganondorf teaching her to fight. [[spoiler: Her true identity of being Link would give a good reason as to why.]]
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* UnwillinglyGirlyTomboy: Princess Rinku hates having to wear dresses and acting like a stereotypical princess when she's rather spend her time playing games and pranks with the Skull Kid. She even latches onto the idea of Ganondorf teaching her to fight. [[spoiler: Her true identity of being Link would give a good reason as to why.]]]]
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* Tomboy: Princess Rinku hates having to wear dresses and acting like a stereotypical princess when she's rather spend her time playing games and pranks with the Skull Kid. She even latches onto the idea of Ganondorf teaching her to fight. [[spoiler: Her true identity of being Link would give a good reason as to why.]]
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* Tomboy: UnwillinglyGirlyTomboy: Princess Rinku hates having to wear dresses and acting like a stereotypical princess when she's rather spend her time playing games and pranks with the Skull Kid. She even latches onto the idea of Ganondorf teaching her to fight. [[spoiler: Her true identity of being Link would give a good reason as to why.]]
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* PastLifeMemories: Zelda and Ganondorf often received flashes of their past experiences that has caused them to remember their other incarnations. Rinku hasn't had any yet, but Zelda believes this is only due to her age and is expected to happen in a few years for her too.
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* GenderFlip: While it appears at first that Link is nowhere to be seen, [[spoiler ''she'' has been around the whole time, this time reincarnated as Princess Rinku.]]
* PastLifeMemories: Zelda and Ganondorf often received flashes of their past experiences that has caused them to remember their other incarnations. [[spoiler: Rinku hasn't had any yet, but Zelda believes this is only due to her age and is expected to happen in a few years for her too.]]
* Tomboy: Princess Rinku hates having to wear dresses and acting like a stereotypical princess when she's rather spend her time playing games and pranks with the Skull Kid. She even latches onto the idea of Ganondorf teaching her to fight. [[spoiler: Her true identity of being Link would give a good reason as to why.]]
* PastLifeMemories: Zelda and Ganondorf often received flashes of their past experiences that has caused them to remember their other incarnations. [[spoiler: Rinku hasn't had any yet, but Zelda believes this is only due to her age and is expected to happen in a few years for her too.]]
* Tomboy: Princess Rinku hates having to wear dresses and acting like a stereotypical princess when she's rather spend her time playing games and pranks with the Skull Kid. She even latches onto the idea of Ganondorf teaching her to fight. [[spoiler: Her true identity of being Link would give a good reason as to why.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Last Thing He Expected Her To Ever Say]]
[[http://figmentforms.tumblr.com/ A Tale Of Two Rulers]] is a fanfiction webcomic created by Fig set in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' universe with a CrackPairing set up as the premise. Once more, Ganondorf has raised his army to conquer the land of Hyrule. Zelda arranges a private meeting with him shortly before this great war would start at her request with a proposal.
''Marriage.''
Zelda has come to realize that the constant reincarnations and the cycles of battle have devastated Hyrule needlessly and Ganondorf has always failed to succeed in his goals due to the eventual rise of the Hero of Legend. So instead, to avoid all the needless bloodshed and suffering, she's willing to share Hyrule with Ganondorf equally via a royal marriage.
Needless to say, this proposal stuns even the great king of evil. But is he really the same Ganondorf fans of the series know him for? And just where is Link in all this?
What follows is a comic involving the intricacies of palace life, various plots from both sides for advantages that even involve assassination attempts, dark pasts revealed and much broken furniture.
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!!A Tale Of Two Rulers provides examples of:
* PastLifeMemories: Zelda and Ganondorf often received flashes of their past experiences that has caused them to remember their other incarnations. Rinku hasn't had any yet, but Zelda believes this is only due to her age and is expected to happen in a few years for her too.
[[caption-width-right:350:The Last Thing He Expected Her To Ever Say]]
[[http://figmentforms.tumblr.com/ A Tale Of Two Rulers]] is a fanfiction webcomic created by Fig set in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' universe with a CrackPairing set up as the premise. Once more, Ganondorf has raised his army to conquer the land of Hyrule. Zelda arranges a private meeting with him shortly before this great war would start at her request with a proposal.
''Marriage.''
Zelda has come to realize that the constant reincarnations and the cycles of battle have devastated Hyrule needlessly and Ganondorf has always failed to succeed in his goals due to the eventual rise of the Hero of Legend. So instead, to avoid all the needless bloodshed and suffering, she's willing to share Hyrule with Ganondorf equally via a royal marriage.
Needless to say, this proposal stuns even the great king of evil. But is he really the same Ganondorf fans of the series know him for? And just where is Link in all this?
What follows is a comic involving the intricacies of palace life, various plots from both sides for advantages that even involve assassination attempts, dark pasts revealed and much broken furniture.
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!!A Tale Of Two Rulers provides examples of:
* PastLifeMemories: Zelda and Ganondorf often received flashes of their past experiences that has caused them to remember their other incarnations. Rinku hasn't had any yet, but Zelda believes this is only due to her age and is expected to happen in a few years for her too.
