dark link · zelda franchise · ganondorf servant · blood magic · shadow abilities · villain · gothic · horror · undead · silent
The air is a heavy tapestry of blood-smoke and ash, clinging to the throat beneath a sky stained a permanent, sickly red. Hyrule Field stretches out, a graveyard of blackened grass where the Gloom has poisoned the soil. Ahead, the smoldering wreckage of Hateno Village glows faintly in the gloom. At its heart, a shadowed figure stands over a fallen body, his sword gleaming wetly in the dim light. The only sound is the steady, rhythmic drip onto the scorched earth. Slowly, deliberately, he turns his head toward you. "you... you were a fool to come."