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100wordsTitle: 'Memorial'
Fandom: The Legend of Zelda
Rating: G
Notes: Utilizing Prompt #52: Lost. Takes place between 'Breath of the Wild' and 'Tears of the Kingdom'. Crossposted toficlet_zone.
It's good to see the way that Hyrule has managed to rebuild after the Calamity. The century that Zelda spent holding back the Calamity Ganon's wrath saw the land heal, and the people pick up the pieces and find a way to get on with their disrupted lives. New generations have been born and grown, so sturdy and strong that Zelda feels proud to be associated with such determined souls.
Hyrule is not a wasteland. It thrives, in spite of everything. It is still a beautiful realm.
She's grateful to see that the land was not utterly destroyed. But many lives were still lost on that horrible, dark day, a tragedy that no one can be allowed to forget. Her father, her friends, even many of the people who should have been her subjects, passed away in the chaos. In some cases, there weren't even bodies left to bury, so total was their destruction.
There will be time to rebuild the villages that fell. And, eventually, Hyrule Castle itself will regain its former splendor. But that, as yet, is not a priority. Zelda can't imagine going back to the finery she knew before, while her people need to be taken care of.
First, properly honoring the spirits of the dead must be seen to. Thus, one of Zelda's first commands is the construction of a memorial to those lost one hundred years ago. No matter what might come to pass in Hyrule's future, its tragic recent past must not fall into obscurity.
Zelda prays, as she dedicates the memorial, that such horrors will not be repeated. And, now and then, she visits it privately, asking for the guidance of her father, and of the deceased Champions who once stood by her side.
She hopes she will not fail them again.
Fandom: The Legend of Zelda
Rating: G
Notes: Utilizing Prompt #52: Lost. Takes place between 'Breath of the Wild' and 'Tears of the Kingdom'. Crossposted to
ficlet_zone.It's good to see the way that Hyrule has managed to rebuild after the Calamity. The century that Zelda spent holding back the Calamity Ganon's wrath saw the land heal, and the people pick up the pieces and find a way to get on with their disrupted lives. New generations have been born and grown, so sturdy and strong that Zelda feels proud to be associated with such determined souls.
Hyrule is not a wasteland. It thrives, in spite of everything. It is still a beautiful realm.
She's grateful to see that the land was not utterly destroyed. But many lives were still lost on that horrible, dark day, a tragedy that no one can be allowed to forget. Her father, her friends, even many of the people who should have been her subjects, passed away in the chaos. In some cases, there weren't even bodies left to bury, so total was their destruction.
There will be time to rebuild the villages that fell. And, eventually, Hyrule Castle itself will regain its former splendor. But that, as yet, is not a priority. Zelda can't imagine going back to the finery she knew before, while her people need to be taken care of.
First, properly honoring the spirits of the dead must be seen to. Thus, one of Zelda's first commands is the construction of a memorial to those lost one hundred years ago. No matter what might come to pass in Hyrule's future, its tragic recent past must not fall into obscurity.
Zelda prays, as she dedicates the memorial, that such horrors will not be repeated. And, now and then, she visits it privately, asking for the guidance of her father, and of the deceased Champions who once stood by her side.
She hopes she will not fail them again.
