earthnashes:

Thank you! As for the tests I didn’t really think of each of Link’s past lives teaching him anything specific but it does make sense that they would. o3o

Hmmm… Actually I’m not entirely sure what each of Link’s lifetimes could teach him specifically but before I figure that out, lemme hash out all the lifetimes he’ll actually encounter in the trials:

-Goddess’ Champion (SS): The first lifetime Link ever had; a difficult fight but not the most difficult opponent in the Trials, the second to last “boss fight”. Probably the most straight-forward fight in the Trials.

-Hero of Time (OoT and MM): Probably the most difficult opponent in the Trials due to his use of the Masks and the Ocarina. Switches often between the body of a child and an adult but would probably stop in the teens at the end of the battle

-Hero of the Twilight (TP): Would fully utilize his wolf and human forms and will encourage Link to do the same. Wears Midna’s helmet as his own and is the only incarnation who seems to have a deeper grasp on magic aside from the Hero of Time.

-Champion of Wind and Sea (WW, PO): One of the few of the Trials to be shown as a child, I’d imagine his fight to be centered around ship warfare and the ability to stop time for brief periods

-Hero of the Sword (MC, FS,): Second incarnation to be depicted as a child, has the ability to make upwards to 4 clones of himself and animating his bird-like hat to be a weapon in its own unique way.

-Captain of Hyrule (HW): Not too sure if I’m gonna add this one, but I’m thinking about it. Of all the incarnations he’s the only one to lead an army into battle and utilizes that in his battle.

-Champion on Hyrule (BotW): The final incarnation of the Trial and the last lifetime Link had before he was born again in the current timeline. I’d imagine his fight is unique in that it doesn’t actually start with one: he has a long chat with his future self about the fear of failing… and actually having that fear being realized. If there is a fight to be had, it’ll be one that’s impossible to beat at first: Link would be beaten and defeated a few times, only to have to start all over again. But eventually the hopelessness gives way to a reminder that he isn’t as alone as he thinks and that it isn’t just him who’s fighting for the world: he has his friends and allies to back him every step of the way.

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A work in progress but yhuh, there ya have it! Now that I’ve gotten some idea of who the incarnations will be I think I have a few ideas of what the main Trial they represent would be. O: