earthsong9405:

Based on a question I got from an anon, here’s a headcanon post dedicated to Riju! <:

Like Urbosa I’ve opted to tweak her design quite a bit to fit said headcanon, and give her no clothing as well. I wanted her to be lighter in skintone and have a more versatile palette than what she already did, and I’m pretty happy with the end result. uwu But enough about that, let’s just dive right into the headcanon, eh?

-I think I mentioned this somewhere in the past but Riju in this timeline is Urbosa’s daughter. Urbosa’s mate is either unknown, unspoken about, or simply dead, but I’ve no idea which I’m gonna go with. Not gonna lie, I did have a passing idea that Riju’s second parent is Zelda’s mother for the hell of it, but I think I’m gonna just opt out on that idea; it makes things a little too complicated for my tastes. x3 ANYWAY regardless of the identity of Riju’s second parent, she is half-hyrulian, hence the lighter skin and the starlight hair. <:

Urbosa love her little firefly and while she may be a bit of a strict parent, she dotes on the child every chance she gets. uwu

-As the daughter of the Gerudo Chief, Riju is often accompanied by a guard for her own safety. Her primary guardian and protector is Buliara, an old friend of Urbosa’s. I tweaked her design quite a bit to make her look more unique and gave her the traits of a Gerudo with Zora ancestry in her genes, hence the vitiligo and additional sharp teeth along with much longer tusks. Anyway, aside from protecting Urbosa and Riju, when the Chief is gone handling official business it’s often Buliara who cares for the girl. Riju ADORES Buliara almost as much as she does her own mother, in fact she sees the Captain of the royal guard as her second mom, and often boasts that she wants to be like her when she gets older. Riju admires a many number of people, but Urbosa, Buliara, and Zelda are her all-time heroes.

-This one isn’t so much a headcanon point for Riju as it is all Gerudo, but young Gerudo grow out their manes in their boartusk form after the toddler stage. The mane grows longer and bigger with age, partly because Gerudo culturally grows their hair long and very rarely cut it and their boartusk form will reflect that length. Riju gained her full mane early because she was born with a full head of hair, and it only continued to grow from there. uwu

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Since I mentioned it a few times here, if you wanna see the traits and general appearance of a Gerudo based on their parentage here’s the full headcanon for that.

And some additional Gerudo headcanon here if you’re curious about that:

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Aaaaaaaaaaand yeah! I kept it relatively short but if ya have any other questions regarding my headcanon please feel free to ask! Other than that I hope you enjoy the art and headcanon! <: