earthsong9405:

Koridai Island was once known as a tiny kingdom that stood in what seems like the middle of the ocean. They were pretty isolated even then but still managed to have good relation with the other kingdoms, Hytopia in specific, and made their livings via sea-faring and fishing. When they still had some form of government in place they were lead by King Harkinian. The kingdom’s capitol sits on the highest peak of Koridai’s rolling mountains and the inhabitants are what can be best described as “wacky” but nonetheless friendly and welcoming. And finally, their Sage (which is basically a god sworn to protect and guide their given kingdoms) is Gwonam.

Ganondorf (which will be the name I use for the “evil version” of him. Ganon will be used for his uncorrupted self) didn’t journey to the island himself, and instead sent a handful of trusted generals to lay siege upon Koridai and transform it into a stronghold. Those generals were of course Goronu, Harlequin, Militron, Glutko, and Lupay. Throughout the siege these generals would sweep through the tiny towns and have soldiers drag the inhabitants out of their homes, often to be brought to holding cells or to the capitol (which had been transformed as their main base of operation) to be forcibly transformed into demons to add ranks in Ganondorf’s army. Gwonan, despite eventually being overpowered, was strong enough to nullify most of the dark magic used in the procedure, which in turn allowed the Koridai inhabitants to keep hold of the majority of their minds, even if physically they’ve changed. So that prompted the generals into just enslaving the newly transformed inhabitants as an adaption to the complication.

I’m a little hesitant to say that Link is the one who saved Koridai in his past life in my headcanon, honestly? Instead I’m highly considering saying that while Gwonan was overpowered at first, he still managed to defeat the generals and the demon army by his lonesome, just maybe not fast enough to prevent the physical transformations of the inhabitants? It could’ve also left him in a bad state as well (perhaps he took on most of the corruption to free the inhabitants from it?) and that could result in why Koridai is so hard to reach now: because of him. Their protector has now become the incidental jailor, which means while no one can get in, no one can get out. To add on top of it, Gwonam’s magic now has the island set forcibly adrift, uprooted from its original place in the ocean, and now the island disappears and reappears at what seems like random intervals in various locations of their world. Think Oni Island from Okami in this regard! O: