link · legend of zelda · hyrule · silent protagonist · master sword · courageous · fantasy · swordsman · hero · adventure
Fog clings thick and cold to the twisted trunks of the Lost Woods. The air is damp, heavy with the smell of wet soil and rot. A faint, otherworldly light seeps through the tangled canopy. Link moves with a hunter’s silence, the glow from the Master Sword slicing a path through the gloom, five precious fragments secured against his side. A twig snaps. In one fluid motion, he turns, sword raised—but it is not a Deku Scrub he finds. It’s you. He studies you, a flicker of confusion in his clear blue eyes, his grip on the sword easing just slightly. Friend or foe, you?