The Origin Of The Dragons In Tears Of The Kingdom | Theory 

When you talk to the Statues at the shrines of power courage and wisdom It states that The dragons are female.

Explain the third eye (ancient hero also didnt have one)

​@@kwabenaadjei7303great flameblade, it was a botw clip

@@kwabenaadjei7303 Its from breathe of the wild.

What would a draconified rito, zora, goron or gerudo look like then?🤔

@@vemijoevfind part of that out in the game’s ending

@@giu0014 Spoiler: Yeah I know about Ganondorfs dragon, but he is 1: the demon king, 2: A male Gerudo. I mean what would a more ordinary Gerudo like riju look like as a dragon

@@vemijoevmaybe the answer are the “faces” of the divine beasts

@@Fiorebunnythat would be so cool

They were definitely like rarus wife, and had inner powers. Those powers are what dictate the type of dragon you’ll be, as Zelda, having light powers, became a light dragon.

Zelda as the light dragon also retained her purpose. When you attempt to take The Master Sword from the light dragon the dragon will attempt to buck you off. Zelda's purpose of protecting The Master Sword remained within her through the dragonification. She however didn't have enough awareness to recognize Link or she wouldn't fight him. She would simply release the sword for him willingly. The purpose was probably something like "protect The Master Sword" and that's all.

@@boomer150 how do you explain the dragon boss battle wear dragon Zelda comes to links aid?

​@@TheLitman72I think that's because she was helping him defeat the demon dragon And she knew that the demon dragon had to be destroyed.

@@TheLitman72 it’s probably moreso that Zelda’s purpose was to “Protect hyrule” and she probably forgot about the sword implanted in her head. So trying to buck link off was probably just animalistic instinct bc he was hurting her. The reason why I think as a dragon her purpose was to protect hyrule was bc she’s the only dragon out of all four of them to fly over ALL of hyrule instead of one designated area. (She’s also the only dragon that doesn’t fly down into the depths, which adds to my theory that she’s patrolling the skies to protect her kingdom) I think if it was just about the sword she would’ve stayed around the temple of time or hyrule castle instead of patrolling the entire kingdom. So that would explain why she came to links aid, she spotted the one dragon that was causing harm to the land and came to destroy it, that’s why she was released from it after Ganon’s dragon was defeated, bc she had fulfilled her purpose and could remember herself again. But thats just a theory lol (i know that her turning back is mostly bc of Link, king Rauru and Sonia combining their powers, but narratively i also believe their spirits cleansed her *after* her purpose as the light dragon was fulfilled). Also this is off topic but this game had one of the few instances in the series where Zelda has the courage to physically fight back too and that was incredible to watch narratively. (a few other examples being her as Sheik in Ocarina, or her in the new Wisdom game that just came out.) It was just really cool to watch both Link AND Zelda take Ganon out together. This is the first time I’ve seen her use her body AND her spirit to protect what she loves (her body protects hyrule as a dragon and her spirit is repairing the master sword), so it makes it feel like our Zelda decided to do all of this. So this all feels like the Princess of the Wilds sacrifice, instead of the reincarnated goddesses destiny. (another cute detail is that the Hero of the Wilds only mission is to “Save Zelda” not hyrule, Zelda is the most important thing to him so he really feels like *her* chosen knight, not hyrules.)

Aside from the fire one, it rises from the depths at times

@@somerandomtiger7603All three of the dragons go into and out of the depths in TotK but they’re saying they ascend into the heavens in BotW (usually when they spawn they fly around and then disappear into the cloud cover…the same cloud cover that disappears during the Upheavel at the beginning of TotK, which also exposes the Light Dragon, who doesn’t fly lower than the sky islands and therefore doesn’t fly lower than where the former cloud cover was until after **spoilers** **spoilers** *SPOILERS** you get the Master Sword out of her head.

I think when they disappear into those portals in the clouds in BOTW they were going through the cloud barrier that hides the sky islands. They are drawn to remnants of Zonai civilization both in the sky and depths.

The heavens are just relating to the sky

@@somerandomtiger7603 they all go I and out of the depths

That fits with the opening cutscene in OoT

Well the names also match up with Oot

Obvious lore issue that Zelda is known to have at least the Triforce of Wisdom.

the thing is, when would they swallow it? and lorule was ruined because there was no triforce, but it is still fun to think about

​@@Missingno_Miner As well as Link wielding the Triforce of Courage and Ganon wielding the Triforce of Power.

Canon establishes that the Triforce was left where they departed the world after creating it. Given that's all the description the Great Cataclysm was ever given in OoT, there's room for interpretation.

maybe the ancient hero, who was a zonai, could be the dragon of courage we see today?

That contradicts the creation story told by the Great Deku Tree in OoT, lore, depiction, and (inheritable) power of the Triforce shown in OoT, WW, TP, SS. The dragons in BOTW are merely named in honor of the Golden Goddesses who are immortal beings. "Before time and life existed descended upon the chaos that was Hyrule." They are way above and beyond any formerly mortal dragons.

The zonai only existed after the fall of the last kingdom of hyrule. The golden goddess predate all of that. Besides we know what the zonai are. They’re clearly what the bird people from twilight princess (and before that the sky hylians the stayed behind) became after the freaky “ evolution” that happens in Zelda.

Well the compendium for the light dragon saids "A Spirit took the form of a dragon"

@@paulsander5579This is an excellent point, the compendium does refer to the light dragon as a spirt turned dragon even though we know it was zelda. Maybe by calling them "spirits" in the compendium it is referring to the spirit of the individual with the resolve to undergo dragonification.

In the game I thought they refer to Farosh as a she

Let's also take the possibility that these zonai might have been really old and maybe looked old too. Maybe they gain the longer ears, snout and hair as they age and that's why mineru looks how she does in totk. (As she is younger and these features haven't come in yet) Again zonai seem to be sexually dimorphic so these features may come late Into maturity in female zonai.

nah it walks with two legs goats don’t do that

All of the dragons are female, confirmed by the goddess statues

@@randymcdonald1012 I play the german Version so there might be differences, but I don't recall the status saying that

Well…

There isn't going to be DLC

@@ElleBaby87 no shit we know that NOW. That was announced after I left my comment.

​@@primalvalorwe still dont know, considering ninteno employees and officials may have signed NDA's where they cant reveal anything yet, therefore they have to deny any possibility

@@vladdy974 I don’t think that’s how NDAs work, and we also would have heard by now. The game has been out for 6 months

There’s no evidence of them being exactly the Goddesses. That’s along the same thinking of the Light Spirits or the three dragons of Skyward Sword or the Oracles are the “Goddesses”, which they’re not. These three dragons are labeled as “spirits” which is an entirely different tier to gods. The last time the Goddesses bothered with Hyrule was any time the Triforce was used for wishes or power, but most directly in Wind Waker when they flooded Hyrule. The Deku Tree and the Sheikah keep track of records of these legends according to Ocarina of Time and the Goddesses left their creation behind with the Triforce until they are directly called upon via the Triforce. Plus the Goddesses are more directly connected with Hylians, and if these dragons were Hylian in nature, they would have more similar appearance to the Light Dragon, which they don’t. Their appearance is more like that of Rauru and Mineru and Mineru would only have this knowledge if any one of her kind has done it in the past. The secret stones were not passed to the other races until TotK’s Ganondorf decided to unalive Sonia and steal her stone.

Does that mean that if we do get a dlc, we'll get a wind dragon?

Here’s the problem with this: do you see any female Gorons? All 3 dragons are confirmed female.

Eh…but that’s just a theory.

​@@BananaMan3113a game theory!

Highly unlikely given their _omnipotent_ nature making it impossible for Naydra to be threathened by Ganondorf's Malice in Breath of the Wild. We're talking about 3 primordial *creator* deities who gave shape to the _universe_ before departing for the Heavens beyond the material world they created. They can't be the dragons.

I was close 😂

Damn typos 😔

Which outfits do you exactly mean?

@@merveillieux the outfits that raise your attack power based on weather conditions

@@roaringthunder8069 As I’ve seen, your attack power doesn’t raise, you just gain an elemental attack (that consumes 1 durability point btw)

They add an elemental effect to the last hit of your attack chain or charged attacks when the weather matches. Although that's when wearing a a single piece.

I mean Din, Nayru, & Farore have always been female. And most of their equivalents throughout the franchise when it isn't THOSE versions are typically female as well.

@@CaptainCFalcon True but 2/3 dragons in Skyward Sword were male and they were named after the goddesses, so it's still something that's worth clarifying

@@Jack_MxM that's why I said "most." That was pretty much the only time that was ever different as well.

Thats only for the English translation as far as I’m aware

@@CaptainCFalcon Yes, I did read that you said "most", but my point still stands. This is because without official confirmation we wouldn't know with 100% certainty that they're female in TotK, so it's worth people pointing that out.

I agree with you 100%

Exactly, i don't know why anyone would think differently. 3 female eternal dragons that all share the same names....🤔

Yep

remember the other dragons from skyward sword? they were called "eldin" "lanayru" and "faron" they were servants of the goddesses, but they weren't the goddesses themselves, that is also the case with farosh, nayadra and dinraal@@paulmiley3450

This is spot on. Yet someone will watch this video and assume this is now canon

I was looking for this comment for a while, I fully agree, especially noticeable by the horns, the charged set having Farosh’s horn, ember Dinraal, and frostbite Naydra, hopefully DLC will expand on the dragons

@@oddalibi it would be also nice If Kass would Return in the dlcs

I like this

The triforce isnt a secret stone though?

@@DoctorTexyeah true, these are probably descendants or people chosen to rule under the goddess that were given secret stones which is why there name might be so similar but not the same

This is... Headcanon. But it sure is an interesting theory. Too bad zelda *has the triforce, and the Golden Goddesses are in the Heavens, a higher plane*

The Triforce wouldnt function anything like a secret stone. Their powers and purposes are almost entirely different in addition to the fact that the Triforce or at least a piece of it still exists in Zelda during BotW. The Goddesses are also morally neutral, and created the Triforce to be used by anyone with a balanced spirit, regardless of whether they're good or evil. It doesn't seem likely that they would be regretful or sympathetic of anything. And finally, being a dragon is such a downgrade, considering they created the world. They could probably destroy the Triforce if they wanted to. The Triforce can even destroy itself (A Link Between Worlds) and they're above its power.

Nah, the Zonai are a different race from the Goddess Tribe. They’re blessed by the Gods, like the Hylians were, the Surface dwellers just ignorantly assumed them to be deities because they came from the sky. The Golden Goddesses who created the world, as told in the creation story of Hyrule, are an entirely different ballpark from the Zonai. And they’re definitely not mere Dragons.

The three dragons are undoubtedly servants of the Golden Goddesses, though, considering their proximity to the Springs and subservience to Hylia, who is herself a servant of the Three Goddesses.

Thanks for telling me your opinion but I still think there is quite a similarity. Your opinion is also interesting tho.

The first Queen was a priestess of Hylia, it could be that the dragons were Zonai priestesses to those specific goddesses and swallowed their stones

@@10011011100101 good theory

How would the Goddesses fall from grace then? They're gods. They wouldn't have just turned themselves into dragons, something else must've. I find it unlikely that someone or something dragged the Goddesses from whatever divine realm they were in and turned them into dragons, and did nothing to them afterwards.

After they completed the labors of creating Hyrule, the goddesses departed for the heavens, but not before leaving behind the Triforce, with each golden triangle representing a small portion of the essence of the goddesses. They gave one of each to 3 certain kind of persons in Hyrule. Ganondorf- Was given the Triforce of Power. Zelda- Was given The Triforce of Wisdom. Link- Was given the Triforce of Courage. After doing this she started a process that shedded her divinity and power to mortify herself. While doing this she supposedly perished. Therefore Zelda, with the Triforce given to her, is now the what most people call, “Mortal reincarnated Hylia.”

I also thought this!

Maybe they killed the dragons of the Depths

@@orestespena3262 Dragons of the depths?

@@hereskyubi3333 yeah you know where you get your Hero of the Wild Tunic from the Depths. There's 3 very large (DARK) dragon skeletons with the treasure chests in their mouths.

@@orestespena3262 oh

Yes! After all, they have names similar to their designated goddess.

i hope you're hungry.... for a big ol' nothing burger

There is no DLC

​@@ElleBaby87NDA's may be in use among Nintendo's employees, therefore legally they have to deny DLC

Seems like it yeah.

​@@AndresRestart Or they reappear like the Triforce.

​@@tz5116 I have a feeling there's a DLC/sequel on the way which will adress the identity of the 3 dragons and Zelda's use of the Triforce to undo their draconification.

I think there were 10 originally, the seven from the original sages + 3 from the draconified dragons

that means there were originally 10, one for each dragon, and then one for each of the sages (not counting rauru's because it's also zelda's and she is counted as a sage)

Yes that’s a good point but you have to realize that it was only really built in the era of rauru, when there were only two zonai left. Back when there were hundreds of zonai in hyrule, there were also probably many more secret stones.

@@linketchup ¿Wonder what purpose would all those other secret stones have served? I can understand 8 existing as per one representing Time/Hylia and 7 to represent the 7 Sages but what would be the purpose of all those _other_ secret stones? I can't imagine the Zonai needing more stones to "increase their power" considering they were _already_ powerful enough to rule the surface world for hundreds of years by their technology alone. Things don't add up.

I thought each zonai had a secret stone

10 secret stones. 7 for the ancient sages +3 for the dragons original zelda,8 pieces of the broken triforce of wisdom, 1 triforce for link, 1 triforce for ganon. 10 pieces.. coincidence? i think not😅

It’s banned for a reason then Turing g into the dragons could have been the reason it was banned

Didn't they used to be balled Din, Farore and Nayru?