4 Small Breath of the Wild Theories #2 (Legend of Zelda) 

Seeing the notes "have the lines on her skirt express her womanly curvature" about a ghost, is surprisingly funny to me. "Make the ghost thicc."

To add onto why King Rhoam was buried in that specific place, from that spot you can have a clear view of Hyrule Castle. Maybe the reason why the Sheikah buried him there was so he could watch over Hyrule Castle even in death.

The place my friends and I called “Cock Rock” being a grave is the funniest and most depressing thing ever

Remember, the Rito have the shortest lifespans of all the major races of Hyrule. All of the Rito alive today were not around during the great calamity. Therefore, they probably don’t know anything about that sailcloth. It was probably gifted to the king 100 years ago as a peace offering. Judging by the events of age of calamity, it seems the Rito don’t have as much of a close relationship to the royal family as the other races and that they keep to themselves for the most part.

5:10 Kass actually does have familiarity with the Paraglider. He mentions the paraglider when Link talks to him after completing one of the Kass side quests.

theres something so heart warming about the sheikah designing insular clothing for the zora knowing that theyre vulnerable to electricity. i love speculating on how cultures in hyrule interact with each other

I was imagining that the paraglider was like the equivalent to a wheel chair, so rito who were injured could still fly. It makes sense with how few of them there are.

My favorite part of Breath of the Wild is bypassing two Lynels with the giant horse. If I unequip all my weapons and keep moving, they just watch me pass without attacking. Which is good, because I’m not very good at fighting them.))

The fact that the rock I called “penis rock” is a grave for hyrule’s king makes me uncomfortable.

I haven't tested it, but I've been told that Lynels are fooled more easily/for a longer time if you wear the mask and are mounted on a horse.

A small addition to the theory that the rubber armor is for the zora: in Twilight Princess they zora wear helmets with a similar design to the rubber helmet.

Could they have been bringing the king to the shrine of resurrection but realized Link needed to take it?

8:15 Wait. If they're made from "rare metals from Death Mountain," could it be the Eldin Ore from Skyward Sword? The color would be right.

The Lynel theory is an interesting one! I could definitely see the idea of them being unwilling prisoners being true, but also very tragic Imagine you are captured by Ganon’s forces and taken to a dark mage who intends to “enlist you” into Ganon’s army. Upon casting the dark spell, it is so incredibly painful that you black out… only to reawaken hours later in the form of a Lynel. The dark mage is thrilled at his success, and, gifting you some of the finest weapons they have, attempts to command you as he would a Bokoblin. But your intellect is unchanged, even if your form is. Instead of listening to his orders, you attack your captor and kill him, and then flee the scene, hoping that you’ll find a way to change back. Only to find yourself falling off a cliff due to not being used to your new body… Your body bruised and broken, you now instead resign yourself to your death, a fate that will at least free you from your monsterish new form. But instead, during that same night, the blood moon rises, and restores all your strength, almost against your will. Regardless of where you wander in the coming months, you cannot rejoin society, as people attack or flee from you on sight. A few brave souls manage to greviously wound you a few times. Your instinct to fight remains intact, despite sometimes wishing to die, and so none of those travelers actually survive your encounter, save one experienced Sheikah blade master, who actually does succeed in taking your life… Only for your coma-like sleep after death to be ended abruptly when the next Blood Moon revives you. …and so, impossible to permanently be killed, or to kill yourself, or to find someone who could help change you back… you instead resign yourself simply to find the most solitary place you can be. Where you can live in relative peace, even if alone. Your emotional pain cannot be healed. But at the very least, your physical pain can be reduced by hiding. As years pass, your mind settles in to a more territorial nature; because the more things that bother you, the more pain you receive. So you spend your time driving away anyone who approaches, and just hope you can simply rest and eat during most of your days… By the time a certain hero approaches you, it’s been too long. You lived perhaps a few decades as a human… but now, so many more decades or even centuries of life and death leads everything you can feel to tell you, “I am a Lynel.” The glint of light coming from his pristine blade is beautiful. You’re unsure why it makes you pause moreso than against any other opponent. It seems to be something you remember hearing about, a long, long time ago. But once he lifts the blade above his head and sends a beam forth, flying towards your face, your musings instantly vanish and your instinct kicks back in. Somehow, this traveler is more experienced (or at least, lucky) than anyone you’ve ever faced. He becomes the second person to ever take your life… Of course, you come back, as you always do. Yet, every so often, the lone traveler reappears, the shining blade in hand, and fights you in another round of combat. Rarely, he flees the scene, but almost always he kills you again and takes your weapons. He even uses your own old weapons against you from time to time. One day, you realize how long it’s been since you’ve seen your odd rival. And how long it’s been since the Blood Moon has risen. Has something changed? But only humans worry about such matters. You are a Lynel, as you’ve always been. And you will simply wait and prepare for your next fateful battle.

1:40 Assuming we take it literally, that someone actually dug into the stone, placed his lifeless body there, then covered it with rocks, and not just that being symbolic of his resting place, while say, his body got blown to pieces by a Guardian, I can’t imagine how that must feel. The thought that, as a spirit, below those rocks that you stand next to is… You… Or what remains of you…

Regarding the King's grave. I believe he was buried there not only to watch the Castle but to witness the Guardians and their Divine Beasts take the stand once again even in there death. You can see all Divine Beasts from that point after freeing The Champions

The Lynel theory also reminds me of when Twinrova brainwashed Naburou, dressed her in Iron Knuckle armor, and got her to fight Link. Wonderful video as always mate. Love your content.

All I know is Lynels are the coolest and most fun to fight. I'd love to see an exploration of maybe a particularly sentient Lynel as an antagonist in the future.

Correct me if I am wrong but Lynels seemingly only exist in the "Hero Lost" Timeline, except for BotW of course. This might prove that they are created because of Ganons influence.

I love how the Rubber suit's helmet looks like a catfish or maybe like Jabun, especially with the whiskers 😂

Love these videos, here we go! 🔥

Interesting thing about Lynels: The English instruction manual for the original Zelda says Lynels are just guardians of Death Mountain whereas the Japanese manual says they are actually deities.

I always thought the King was buried on the mountain so he could watch his kingdom in death. You can see a lot from that peak

I had a thought. Do you think lynels may in some way be related to the zonai? After all the bare similar tattoos and are very intelligent as well as barbaric, skilled fighters.

The WW reference and the Rito music makes me long so much for that game! The ever eluding state of TP + WW HD on Switch keeps me up at night.

Bringing up king roams lantern staff and its conection to poe's make me wonder if the orbs used to represent the champion abilities in the menu are actually poe souls. Don't realy have much else to add, just a idea.

i find the Zora weakness to electricity a little odd since in Majora's mask one of the magical powers granted to Link in Zora form is the ability to produce an electric field.

I would say the Rito reference to the paraglider as a "cloth" is most likely just cary over language from when the original BOTW design had it as just a cloth. Anyway, great video as always!

It's worth noting that the fish on the Rubber Helm has two references to Japanese folklore. The fish itself is identifiable as a catfish due to its whiskers, and the catfish is traditionally linked to earthquakes, with earthquakes believed to be caused by a giant catfish dwelling in the earth and regular catfish able to predict the coming of earthquakes. The pose of the fish with its tail in the air is the same as that of the pose used for shachihoko statues on the roofs of Japanese buildings. The shachihoko is a mythological fish that is said to bring rain, and the statues were used to protect the buildings, which were often made of wood, from fire (similar to how gargoyles were used in Europe to ward away evil spirits). It naturally follows that using a catfish instead of a shachihoko as a protective charm would replace the symbolism of rain protecting a building from fire with that of a ground protecting the wearer from electricity.

Are lionels the missing zonai tribe? Mutated by Ganon into their current form? Possibly why the savage amour is similar in appearance to lionels?

man I can’t wait for botw 2 to release😫

4:20 It also adds up with the fact the dead champions are only able to exist within the divine beast because they died there.

A thought about the Lynels that occurred to me: - They're immensely powerful, barbaric followers of Ganon, found across Hyrule, with horns, fangs and flowing manes. - The Barbarian set of armor, crafted by the Zonai, boosts physical might and includes horns, fangs and a flowing mane. - The Zonai left ruins all across Hyrule, seemingly served Ganondorf, and disappeared without a trace. - Ganondorf has a long history of turning his loyal followers into monsters via his power. ...Connection?

dorian (from kakariko village) says that the traditional outfit the modern kakariko sheikah wear is designed to fend off rain and thunder, or smth like that (but definitely thunder/electricity). i also saw somewhere else that says the ancient sheikah had mastery over electricity/lightning! i believe this was in a quest in age of calamity.

Age of Calamity also suggests that the King used to practice his skills in secret on the Plateau. Add in the idea that the Plateau is the birthplace of the kingdom, it may have been the only logical place to bury him if not at the castle.

Dang, the rubber suit one surprised me. How did I not see that before!

The dead king of Hyrule has been... Living on the Great plateau for 100 years, makes you wonder what it means to die in Zelda lol

Theory #5! Calamity Ganon is simply the most powerful Phantom Ganon we've ever seen!

So, couple things on this stuff that I thought of. The King's Grave looks uncanily like the Time Stones dotted around Skyward Sword's desert levels, and I always thought it was an incomplete monument- the sheika tribe in this age likely had access to some form of time stone, giving Age of Calamity's storyline, and might have been trying to process one in hopes of resurrecting the King at a different time. Something might have gone wrong in one way or another, and the stone's magic was drained- be it from not understanding the magic fully, or be it that the stone's power was given to the Shrine of Resurrection to rescue Link. Either way, the King's body being on the mountain isn't that difficult to believe- there's almost no guardians in any of the snowy areas, presuming that they don't make it to that type of area quickly or efficiently, and the last thing you want is the enemy to have your king, symbol of your entire kingdom and existence, and presumed connection to your deities, alive or dead. The Sheika probably brought the King either in his dying moments or afterward to the Temple of Time as a momentary holding place, tried to hold a proper, ceremonial funeral and burial, and were quickly set upon, fleeing into the mountains to finish the deed. As for the Lynels, we see in a couple spots in Zelda history mentions of the fine line between Monsters and humans. Maybe lynels are like our friend Batreaux, in reverse, where they did so much evil they were transformed by that malicious intent. Or maybe they're like the Horned Statue, cursed to live out their days for no other purpose than to be slain by the Hero. But I *don't* think they're *all* half-man. In fact I don't think any of the ones that are in BotW are. They're hollow reflections of a Lynel race, because the thing of it is- in the cutscene on Death Mountain, where Zelda is treating Link's wounds, there's a pile of monster *corpses*, and a lynel is among them. From a gameplay perspective it makes sense for the monsters to poof out of existence, but from a narrative standpoint, what could cause the difference in 100 years? Ganon is likely making clones of "true" monsters in time to try and hinder (or keep up with) Link, out of his own dwindling energy, and calling that Malice back to him when the form has been dispelled. *Ganon* has likely found and slain most of his own real monsters to recycle their parts and create fused and hollow clones of Demise's old army. Remembering the special case of Batreaux, and the fact that Ghirihim orders the Bokoblins around and instructs them not to fear Link's blade, it seems like most of our "standard" monsters have gotten dumber and dumber over the years as Ganon gets more and more desperate. Bokoblins? Useless cannon fodder, don't waste too much energy. Moblins? Brutes, clumsy, can hit hard but not much else. Lizalfos? Quick and fragile, need to be a little smarter and a little more cowardly. Lynels? Have power, and speed without sacrificing either, so more effort can be put into them. And then you have your minibosses like Hinox which are just there for intimidation. And then you have Blights which are actual literal pieces of the Calamity and cannot be ignored. Just like the Sheika using Spirit Energy, Ganon himself uses Malice as a fuel for his armies.

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What bugs me is that the kings ghost is freezing while standing beneath his tombstone. They should have made him immune since he is actually dead.

I’ve always enjoyed the catfish whiskers on the helm that look like ear tassels 6:50. A little nod to the species’s unique ability to produce/conduct high-voltages of electricity due to a special organ.

Man mutated by Malice, with remains of a monster part and Lyenl are soon created. Makes perfect sense to me because Ganon in the past also share his power and this just inversion of Ganon.

About the Lynels, I read somewhere that they wont attack unless you're too close or get out a weapon/shield (a threat)

I’ve started to imagine the deaths of the champions similar to GladOs from portal, that they have to relive their death over and over until Link wins for them.

I had no idea there was a graveyard near Kakariko, I never found it. Guess I'll have to go back and poke around! I like the theory that the Rubber set was crafted for the Zora, but I think the catfish imagery points in a slightly different direction. Catfish have a mythological association with lightning and earthquakes in Japanese mythology. This even comes up in a couple places in the Zeldaverse (eg. getting the Quake Medallion from the catfish in ALttP). However, the close ties between Japanese myth and the Sheikah, plus liberal mention of ancient technology, still supports the party about it being made by the Sheikah.

Yes! I love BotW’s little secrets!

With totk out, I noticed that Lynels seem perfectly adapted to kill Gleeoks, the are immune to the elements, their bows shoot three arrows (one for each eye?), and the four legs probably help stabilize them against the Gleeoks gusts.

The Sheikah buried him cause they are the protectors of the royal family ... I think.

You make a good job Zeltik, keep going!

I know its unlikely but i wish we could befriend a lynel. they look so cool

In age of calamity it's established that the great plateau is essentially king rhoam's holiday retreat. A place he comes to hunt, fish, relax and get away from the responsibilities of his office. In other words, his happy place, and a wonderful location for his grave.

Seeing how Sidon refers Lynels as "he" and not "it" makes us wonder how their race survived without reproducing, it makes it clear that all Lynels are *male humans* who got cursed by Ganon and turned into a Lynel

Oh man, I just thought of something. What if Twilight Princess had lynels? Talk about an epic fight.

Lynel being part human reflects LttP where they only appeared in the Dark World which implies they were humans who were tempted to the land and transformed as a result.

I sill want to know where the Lynels get thier weapons. Besides the Wizrobes, they are the only monsters to have unique weapons. The rest simply use scavenged Hylian weapons (that is, excluding the ones that are just some sharp bones on a stick). Were they forged deep underground by Ganon himself? Or did the Lynels create them with their own skills?

That photograph of the Lynel is something else! I can't imagine having time to take it before dying 😂😂😂👍

mini theory i have: the great plateau was where people of hyrule castle were evacuated and they buried king rhoam there because it was the only place they could, not being able to exit the plateau

here's quick take on zeltik's theory about lynels being transformed men. they are the zonai. the red maned lynel have similar red hair like the barbarian set which is confirmed to be zonai. they used to be ganon's followers and maybe some of them tried to betray ganon and ganon found out. He transformed the traitors into lynels killing all the other zonai. or it was just zonai making rituals or what not. also, i'm pretty sure the smaller rocks on the king's grave are for his royal guards. you know, the ones that are specifically requested to defend the king as we can see them fighting by the king's side in age of calamity

So many theories on this channel and yet each of the ones I've watched seem to be well substantiated. Awesome content!

Love your videos! Hands down the best Zelda content on the internet

I’ve bee waiting for a rubber armor theory

Was really enjoying the deep dive on this video! They help me get through my work day

This was fun! I sort of miss old Zelda, when Ganon was Ganon, and active more of the time. I remember when Gdorf wasn't a thing yet, and we just had the infernal pig Sorcerer. Back then, I recall they said Moblins bore their own appearance as lesser iterations of their master; he gave whatever they used to be their piggish-mets-bulldog form. In a similar way, I could imagine that Ganon taking his best ogres, and melding them with their impressive steeds, to make Lynels, then further altering them to have better climbing/grip to scale Death Mountain, which was his before the introduction of the benevolent Gorons, and one of the places we saw the Lynels, back in the day. Completely unrelated, but since there are times when Ganon forms his army out of twisted versions of the good races, and not just Lizals, Bokos, and Moblins, if we'll get a 3D game with bad Zora, and an explanation? There are Zelda games where the fish folk are enemies, and even look more evil. Whether they have their own ruler, or not, they scour waterways, looking for Link. It's a bit of a salt vs fresh divide, but a game where all of the Zora aren't nice, kind waifus, but with both present, and learning why they aren't united, would be neat!

That would make the Lynel Uruk-hai!

Yes another one let's go! I love these videos!💜

Always enjoy these videos!! 🤩 I never even realized about the symbol on the glider 🤯

Hey your back your videos are always great

Greetings from Brazil! I always love watching your videos! Keep it up man!

I love these types of videos ur so good at them

The thing about Lynels reminded me of something. Lynels also appear in a Link to the Past. The game where Ganon has transformed Hyleans into monsters. In fact every enemy you fight in the dark world presumably was a normal Hylean at some point. The only place Lynels appear in (I think) are at the top of where death mountain is in the dark world. Where they stop you from getting near Ganon's tower by breathing very damaging fireballs at you.

Still not tired of that awesome intro. Love it.

Love these videos! Especially the theories 💕

the shape of the king's tomb is a reference to skyward sword representing the falling of skyloft on the imprisoned

I can barely find any Lynel lore out there, so this is refreshing! What fascinates me is even though Lynels are intelligent, there doesn't seem to be any sign of where they live. No camps. No offspring. No forges. They just exist. If there was a single Lynel village hidden somewhere, I'd love it so much, but this theory does offer an explanation- they are artificial. O_o

Love your intro makes me so hyped!!! 😆😆😝

I was sad you suspended your patreon, since you make such great videos I just want to chuck a dollar at your noggin every once in awhile. But I'm glad you're still making videos! Can't wait to see what you speculate when more news about BotW2 comes out

I just heared from someone else, that when you wear the Lynel mask while riding a horse, they actually get fooled by it. Although I did not yet verified it, it would make for a funny detail that you need something extra to really fool them

Your theory on the Lynels reminds me of Cu Chulain from Bravely Second. "Tis the perfect form! For a warrior! Man and steed! One mind! One body!"

For the paraglider, it could've just been made 100 years ago but after the great calamity obv there weren't as many hylians at the rito village so they stopped producing them and then teba just didn't know that they were once produced by the rito people, IIRC teba doesn't know that you're link from 100 years ago.

Awesome video! 🔥

zeltik: this rock is the King's grave me who has been blowing up this rock for almost 2 years: 😶

Great video! Thank you!

The large fish fin on zora’s domain could be a reference to lord jabu jabu

Some thoughts: 1) Its possible that King Roahm's body was brought the Great Plateau when Link's body was brought to the shrine of resurrection. It could have been seen as a safer place - not to mention a sacred, ancient place of Hyrule - and, like you mentioned, could help guide Link when he awoke. 2) I think its possible that a Rito individual had made the glider for a human/non-flyer (perhaps even for Link himself) without gliders being a common Rito tool. A Rito just wanted to help their friend to fly, so they found a way to do that. Hence the Rito symbols. 3) The Rubber Set reminds me a bit of the the helms Ritos wear in Twilight Princess.

Your videos are always so elite!!!

i remember seeing a theory before BotW released that suggested the Old Man was an alternate timeline Ganondorf who became good and wanted to stop his evil counterfeit. I kinda hoped that theory would've been true cuz it would've been so interesting

I find something interesting here - the fact that Teba calls it a cloth, may be an early translation from before it was a paraglider and was instead the shawl/cloth/parachute used in Skyward Sword.

Saw the title and immediately clicked. I loved your videos for awhile now and still continue to watch them.

That rubber set theory was one I have had for a while

one thing to keep in mind are localization changes however lynels are centaurs with lion heads. if you go by the timeline then their earliest canon appearance is in alttp where three are fought on death mountain east of ganon's tower.

Great video!

I really like the lynel theory.

The ghost is actually Robbie's wife cherry, she was originally supposed to be on the robots head as a miniature but she was scrapped

Yo, what if the Zonai were turned into Lynels? The Zonai armor, the description of the Lynels as "half man, half beast", and the Zonai's possibly loyalty to Ganon got me thinkin

thank you for ending the video with the lynel dying. very satisfying

For where the king died, we see in AOC he would’ve died right at the entrance of the kingdom with three other royal guards. I know AOC isn’t directly related to BOTW, but a lot of the events still happened in order, just with different outcomes

Kicking back to watch a new Zeltik theories vid Do be vibn’

Amazing and high quality video🔥

Another great video