Zant's DARK Invasion in Twilight Princess EXPLAINED! (Zelda Theory) 

CORRECTION NOTE: I release when Zant was talking about the "Royal Family" he was likely meaning the Twili Royal Family. Regardless there is still a good chance he murdered the Hylian Royal Family as part of the Invasion under the command of Ganondorf. Sorry for any confusion there :)

I actually had a theory that the royal family were dead before Zant invaded and Zelda was going to become queen. The sword that Russell was supposed to deliver may have been used to anoint Zelda to the role of queen

I dont know what the universe is playing at, but I was literally looking for this video/information just YESTERDAY. I'm stunned. Thank you.

“How ironic! Here we all are, thanks to the dark magic curse you placed on Phillip!” NOT where I was expecting that sentence to go.

0:51 Because if she fought her people would’ve been all slaughtered. By surrendering they become cursed as those “spirit” forms, but can be saved.

I honestly have a different opinion on how the twili invasion played out. While in game we can travel between Ordon village and Castle Town, and even back again in less than an in-game day's worth of time, I don't think that's an accurate representation of the travel time between those locations in universe, and is just a game mechanic time system. Ordon is so far south of Castle Town that I believe that the time it takes for information to travel from one location to the next would be closer to several days, possibly longer if taking one of the longer routes (which likely would have been the case considering the shortest route is blocked off until you complete a side quest to clear it). I also don't feel like communication between Ordon village and Castle Town would have been super frequent. Ordon Village is a middle of nowhere farming town, and Castle Town is the seat of power for the Hyrulian royal family. I always got the feeling that the request for a sword the royal family made to Ordon Village was made made urgently, either as a result of some kind of siege prior to the infiltration of the castle, or Zelda receiving a prophetic vision of an oncoming attack (creating a champion mentions that women of the royal bloodline are known to receive premonitions), but since the people of Ordon Village were too slow in making and delivering the sword, it ultimately ended up being useless, hence why no one mentions or raises a fuss about the fact that Link just keeps the sword that was meant for the royal family, even after he gets the master sword. Also, think about this for a moment; the people in castle town seem AWFULLY calm for people that should know their royal family was recently overthrown from power. None of the NPC in castle town even MENTION the shadow beasts that invaded the castle, even when the area is still in twilight and you listen in on their conversations as spirits. It seems to me that the people of castle town have no idea as to what's going on in the castle. And for that matter, if Zant had truly seized all the lands of Hyrule and was assaulting the entire kingdom all at once, wouldn't Ordon Village have been covered in twilight at the same time as Castle Town? It seems to me that he seized the seat of power first, and then expanded outwards (not like a messenger could escape the twilight to warn the other provinces what was coming once he won anyway). The reason Zelda didn't use her triforce powers to fight back was because her triforce powers simply aren't very combat oriented. She holds the triforce of wisdom after all. Ganon has immense power because that's what the triforce of power grants him (I believe the attacks he uses while puppeting Zelda aren't anything he couldn't do on his own, he's just using Zelda because he knows Link won't go all out against an ally), and Link, as the bearer of the triforce of courage, never seems to have any magic abilities without said abilities being gifted to him in the form of medallions or favors from great fairies or whatnot. Zelda's triforce of wisdom gives her just that, wisdom, in the form of the premonitions that the women of the royal family are known to receive. As for explaining the King and Queen's absence, I believe a theory I've heard elsewhere (I can't remember where precisely, but it was some other Zelda-tuber here on youtube), that Zelda's parents actually passed away shortly before any events depicted in the game, and she was actually soon going to be coronated as Queen Zelda, but then the invasion happened and all that went out the window until Link could fix everything. So here's the timeline in my mind: Prior to the events of the game, Zelda's parents pass away, and Zelda's is going to be coronated as Queen in the near future. However, Zelda receives a premonition of an incoming attack on the castle, and chooses to postpone her coronation, and sends a request for a sword to Ordon Village (a sword which doesn't arrive in time to help with the invasion, so she ends up using a sword that's likely older, although hypothetically the requested sword could have just been meant as a ceremonial sword for the coronation). The very sudden attack on the castle isn't known to the people of castle town, let alone the rest of the kingdom. And before anyone cites the scene of the people of castle town looking on at the burning castle after Zelda surrenders, they could have assumed that to be some terrible accident in the castle (honestly I'm inclined to doubt that fire actually happened at all and wasn't just symbolic or something given the condition the castle is in when you go through it as a dungeon. Yeah it's got some damage in the floors and stairs on the upper levels, but I don't see any, let alone many, singe marks to indicate a recent fire). Because Zelda knew the attack was coming, she was able to have her forces set up to defend the castle, but since she didn't know where the enemies were coming from, couldn't exactly set up an offensive maneuver. Her attempts to defend the castle fail, and Zant can see clear as day just how out matched Zelda's and the people of hyrule are against his forces, hence why he feels he has enough leverage on his side to make the life or death ultimatum despite not having seized the rest of hyrule. It's not "I have all you lands and people, and if you don't surrender, they'll all die." It's "You fell THIS easily with the best warrior you had readied in advance, do you really think the rest of your kingdom will stand a chance once I finish you and move on to them?". And that's when Zelda realizes just how out matched she is, so she surrenders. Once she surrenders, Zant puts the lanayru province into twilight, and starts expanding the twilight from there. I believe that during the opening cutscene where Russel is asking Link to go to castle town in his stead, lanayru province is already in twilight, and by the time Link has just rescued Talo and the monkey from Farron woods, and Russel says that the woods have felt strange lately, the twilight is in the eldin province, and is about to expand into farron. Probably overnight, the twilight then expands to farron, and we all know what happens from there because we play through it. This is just my interpretation, but it always seemed like a fairly solid explanation to me.

Ganondorf loves fishing rods.

I think Zant was actually referring to the Twili Royal Family, not that of Hyrule. He does say that the royal family in question resigned itself to the half-existence (referring to life in the Twilight). He would still harbor hate for the Hyrulean royal family for their being light-dwellers, and Ganondorf would still be able to inform him that Zelda was the real threat.

I wish you could fight the Special Shadow Beasts that get shown next to Zant during a few cutscenes. They look super cool. Edit: I know I'll lose the heart, but I wanted to mention some of my thoughts on this. First off, I think the Invasion of Hyrule Castle happened the same day as Talo's rescue. Remember, Zelda had met Midna before she came with Wolf Link. It seems a bit unrealistic that Midna met Zelda AND found Wolf Link in the same day. I think that Hyrule Castle had fallen as Talo was rescued or shortly after, and after Zant had control of Hyrule Castle, he sent Shadow Beasts out to defeat the Light Spirits so he could have complete control of the land and had gotten to Ordon the day after Hyrule fell. Secondly, when Zant talks about the Royal Family when you encounter him in the Twilight Realm, he is talking about the Twili Royal Family. He says "the useless, do nothing royal family that had resigned *itself* to this miserable half existence". This says that he was complaining about how (presumably Midna) decided to be content with living in the Twilight Realm instead of trying to get back to the Light Realm. I agree with the idea that the rest of the Royal Family was killed in the initial invasion. Since kings are sometimes known to lead in battle in ancient times, it would make sense. I hope if they decide to port it to Switch, they add some extra content to clear some of this stuff up.

I finally decided to get twilight princess. It's definitely my favourite zelda game that I have played so far

I have always thought the Hylian King and Queen died sometime soon before the attack in a complete different event., And the Ordon sword was a gift for Zelda's coronation which didn't happen because of Zant's invasion.

Had the sword delivery taken place a tad earlier, Link would've been there and wiped the floor with them shadow beasts 😂😂😂 Makes you wonder.... how could a farm boy so easily defeat monsters that 'highly trained' Knights couldnt? 🤔

*Warning: LONG.* I've always had an issue with this Zelda series cutscene. We're informed early-on about Hyrule Castle and Castle Town as though the last Ganondorf is in captivity; the Kingdom is at peace (sorry, couldn't help the Super Metroid pun). But what, a day or two later the entirety of Hyrule Kingdom is dominated and shrouded in Twilight? The fact that the only token defense is within the main chamber of Hyrule Castle isn't much of a surprise and actually makes sense - the invasion was quick and strategic. But... _HOW!?_ The Twili were locked away in their own reality for untold years (at least long enough to create their own royal family and system of governance that appears at least superficially similar to that of Hyrule). Sure, Zant was using Ganondorf's power to make the attack, but if it was that simple then why didn't Ganondorf himself come back? He wasn't some disembodied spirit like Voldemort from Harry Potter awaiting resurrection, he was banished in whole with what to him was a mere flesh wound thanks to the Triforce of Power activating within him just prior to his banishment. He had the Triforce of Power backing him within the Realm of Twilight...what did he even need the Twili for if he was able to rip an opening in space/time back to Hyrule anyway? It's not like the Twili had their own means to return to Hyrule at any given moment. Hell, how did Zant or Ganondorf even know about the "Spirits of Light" that Zant had his forces assault to steal the light from Hyrule - Ganon had the Triforce of Power not Wisdom, and it's implied (loosely) by Zant himself during his little rant that he was born in Twilight and not a banished native of Hyrule. Or at least he didn't rant as well about the banishment, which seems like it would be a big thing to rant about if he had been one of the original Shadow Tribe. *HOWEVER* It's _heavily_ implied via the order of the in-game cinemas that the assault on the Castle happened FIRST which had taken both people and town guards by shock & awe, and THEN the Kingdom fell to Twilight and everyone made into spirits. Which makes not only the "last line of defense" thing a total WTF moment (especially as the solders in the Main Hall/Throne Room are just that - Soldiers, not the Royal Guard) as how were they even able to scramble that much of a defense (unless those soldiers just happened to be in the room at the time), but the entirety of just how Zant was able to invade in the first place a huge question mark - as it implies that the power of the Light Spirits were stolen *AFTER* he had succeeded in taking the Castle and Princess Zelda. But the bigger question I have is _why_ Zelda surrendered. Sure, she saw that her token defense had fallen. And sure, she was given the order to surrender or die. But this is an enemy she'd never heard of before - why would she believe he'd keep his word? She wouldn't - especially after that little innuendo that he'd just murdered the rest of the Royal Family by stating it was for her to decide _(and really, what's up with the Queen never being around and the King dying in Zelda games)._ How would she know that those trapped in the Twilight would be safely made into spirits - or would be trapped in twilight at all and not just simply slaughtered? She couldn't, not only were they not visible to humans but *the people of Hyrule had yet to be converted into spirits yet.* She possesses the Triforce of Wisdom, not the Triforce of "Sight-Beyond-Sight" (and her sword lacks the Eye of Thundera). Was she just going on the hope that this was "just one of those situations where the Hero of Hyrule will pop-up out of no-where to save the day if he hadn't already been killed"? That's a huge thing to gamble the lives of everyone in her Kingdom on. The wise thing to do would be to assume that the lives of her soldiers were already forfeit, obliterate Zant and his Shadow Beast followers with the Triforce of Wisdom, then figure-out how to restore her kingdom (Queendom? Princessdom?) from there. Remember, Ganondorf being part of this was the plot twist, not something Princess Zelda had advanced knowledge of at this point. Of course, this also brings up the question of if Princess Zelda even had access to the Triforce of Wisdom at that point, as the Light Arrows were bequeathed using the power of the Light Spirits, and her access to her Triforce part during the fight against Link when possessed could've been Ganondorf instead. Yet she DOES know of her power by the time Link returns to the Castle for her to save Midna. But by doing so she faded into nothing (only to somehow return by the end of the game), leading to another idea that her connection to the Triforce was perhaps tenuous at best. Okay, so maybe her surrendering does make sense if her power over her part of the Triforce was that pathetic - she was definitely no war-time strategist and was clearly terrified given the two nervous gulps she made during that one cut scene alone. But I still maintain that the attack doesn't make sense, nor why Ganondorf would even need Zant to begin with. Sure, he was a wizard and all, but did he _really_ have the power to break into Hyrule all on his own? A power that Ganondorf backed by the Triforce of Power lacked? I highly doubt that.

Oh hell YEAH!! I absolutely love Twilight Princess, and your theories!

This cutscene of Zant walking in the throne room like an absolut menace still is today one of my favorites moment among all Zelda games

So glad to see how much this channel has grown. I started watching when you had about 4k subs👍

According to official trading cards released around the same time as the game (Specifically Zelda's card), Zant's invasion happened on the date of Zelda's planned coronation. Had he attacked just a day later, he'd have dealt with a Queen Zelda instead of a Princess Zelda. The stuff needing delivered to the Castle that Link and Rusl discuss during the game's intro were meant as gifts for this event. This is probably why there's no mention of other members of the Hyruleian Royal Family. You don't crown a new monarch unless the old one can't rule after all.

New sub here and I’m loving your videos and I lovvvve your accent! Keep up the good work ❤️

I like your videos a lot especially about twilight princess

Nice vid brotha👍👍👍

You do the best Zelda theory vids

that sponsor transition was so smooth i didn't bother skipping it

@HyruleGamer did not expect the language at 2:50 lol but great content as always 👌

'The Royal Family is dead' *few seconds later* Malo Mart music plays...

First time I've seen you use meme sound effects. AND I LOVE IT!, keep doing what you doing bro. I'm hear the whole way😊

Though not cannon, the manga answers a lot of these questions. For starters it claims that both Zelda and Link were unaware of their powers until later in the games story. Also the reason Ganondorf did not lead the invasion was because he was forced into a spirit form when he entered the twilight realm, and could not wield his powers directly.

Wow! This was the best intro ever Hyrule Gamer.

Hey man. This is my favorite channel at the moment and i have an interesting breath of the wild theorie. This is a (very) new channel and even though you'll refuse straight up, (i dont mind if nob but iv'e been thinking about it.) can we do a collab about this tower next to rito village and i have an interesting backstory for it. Anyway, keep up the good work

Awsome theory! I always thought that this cut scene was a bit weird

Nice vid!

GREAT video (as with every video you make!!!) Although, I always thought that Zelda surrendered instead of using her powers because... well, she didn't have access to them. The Light Guardians (the light animal gods) were already subdued by Zant, therefore Zelda couldn't use the powers like she could in the 3rd phase of the Gannon fight where Link had already freed the Light Gods. That's what I always thought at least!

well of cause life, she carries the blood of the goddess, she dies, hyrule dies

Aw yeah, new video, finally!

It's ok of that miss consaption HG, and not only is TP my fav zelda game, I accully have been wondering about something, and it is how those the fused shadow peices work.

I never even considered this, I always thought that the request from the Royal Family had been sent the day before and it arrived late enough that it would have to be responded to in the morning.

Finally a new video:)

Huh. I was always under the impression that Princess Zelda had a planned coronation day, and that the Royal family had already been dead for a bit before the events of Twilight Princess. It just seems that the sword and shield being delivered to Princess Zelda from a village being recently annexed (I don't know if the game itself said Ordon was annexed, or if that came from a theory, sorry!) seems like a pretty big gift, and not just goods being imported, you know?

Nice prequel reference 👍

I honestly want to get this game again I love this so much

I get so baked when you tell me to get a beer and a joint. Your theories trip me out. How do I send you a picture of my drink and snack? I'm Canadian it's legal here.

Dang, if I wasn't gonna buy your merch in September I'd buy a whole lot of that Zelda stuff

I don't think Zant was the one who killed the Royal family. In the Twighlight princess card game, the back of Zelda's card says she was to be coronated as queen. Which leads me to believe the sword Link was bringing to the castle was a coronation gift. In that case it would mean the former King/Queen died before the game began, because I doubt they would hold a coronation in the middle of a war.

After the long 7 or 8 years since I played twilight princess, I never thought of this mystery lol

Zant's entrance to the royal hall is quite impressive... I remember playing this game for the first time when I was like 12 and really feeling intimidated, especially with that high pitch "roar"... and I felt so disappointed when he took his mask off... tho in retrospective I understand why they made him like that... The entire outfit and the mask are just there to hide what or who he really was...

There a couple of hiccups here. First, Zelda was supposed to crowned as queen when Zant attacked. It was likely that the King and Queen were already gone. Zant likely chose this time due to a combination its symbolic nature and the fact that it was likely a time to catch Hyrule with its guard down. Second, the task Link was sent on was to present tribute to Zelda on behalf of Ordon Village. (I think you can hear about it when you are trying to steal the sword and shield as a wolf.) Although, seeing that cutscene again... I like to see you do a video on the symbolism in the cutscenes of the game. This one has some interesting symbolism with the lighting on the Goddesses and which goddesses the camera focuses on.

I had always guess that she had sensed he had part of Gannon's tri-force power and knew she would need link to over-power him. And Maybe thats how she knew she could pass it on to Midna later

when I was little, I always wondered why the majority of the knights were in the middle of the room, as they got presumably killed by the initial wave of darkness. However, now that I get older, I realized they did that as a defensive strategy, to make sure the shadow beasts can't just run up and kill Zelda--of course that didn't work anyway. Great video, HG. I completely missed that quote from Zant: "Ah yes, a question for all the land and people of Hyrule..." 5:55

Lmao the first time I played TP, collecting the sheep (? Goats? Cattle??) Was a breeze. Every time I've played since, it takes forever because one or two of the livestock run off on some random direction and I have to chase it in laps around the outside of the paddock several times before the stupid things go in the barn.

Hey! I wanted to ask you about the Sherfin secret hot spring, Goflam secret hot spring, and Sturnida hot spring. I discovered them a while back and haven't really found anything of importance in that area. I haven't talked to my friends about it because one of them only plays but I don't think she will visit there and the other two are still on the plateau(so I'm the only Zelda obssesed in my friend group TwT), and this is my first comment cuz Im really shy but i wanted to ask this question for a while now. I haven't played any past Zelda games so idk if it's a reference or not( i would love to play wind waker) This video was a while ago so idk if your going to see this but I would really like to know whats the significance of it. Thank you :3

THIS WAS AWSOME

Let me pause, while I go get a snack or drink.

I somehow read this as Zant’s DANK invasion in Twilight Princess

I'm fairly certain that zan't quote about a do-nothing royal family is in reference to the royal family of the twilight realm, not the overworld. I say this because Midna herself is the princess of twilight, hence part of the royal family, Zant USURPED the ruling twilight royal family, leaving Midna, the princess and heir, banished. Meanwhile Midna's family is likely dead at Zant's hands.

i just recently finish twilight princess (best game ever btw) and there are so many questions left to be answer. i would love a sequel. midna even hints to seeing link again in the final cutscene (which made me cry lmao)

Maybe this Zelda is aware of her goddess lineage and knew if she died without having an heir the bloodline would die (even if she doesn't, this is a pretty normal royalty thing), and the reincarnation cycle would break. It's presumed Ganon was sealed a while before twilight princess starts, as a kid I thought it was a retelling of OoT Ganon's banishment.

I recently got my hands on a GameCube copy of Twilight Princess and am playing it for the first time. It's such a good game!

Do the people in the form of spirits get hurt from the twilight monsters because I’ve always thought to myself they low key safe if they cant be hurt

10:10 Not just the Twili, but the Hylians, and the Sheikah too!!!

I could sure go for a Champion Tunic for my wardrobe. 😄😁

Also at the end of the game, she summons the light arrows thanks to the light spirits. But from all she knows the light spirits have already been plunged into the twilight. Therefore she might not be able to call out for help through prayers or anything. This was a clever military tactic from Zant actually.

Ganandorf's clothes in the breath of the wild 2 trailer is a little similar to Zant's clothes. Look at the cloth with the symbol in front of Zant's chest.

I think that Zelda would have fought if only her own life was on the line, but the entirety of Hyrule was probably already at Zants mercy in this scene. My guess is that Zelda surrendered because she already knew or at least guessed this much and she wanted to protect her people since Zant could have wiped out a large percentage of Hylians with a single order to his shadow beasts.

Hyrule Gamer mentions that because no one in Ordin village knew about it, the invasion hasn’t happened yet. But when we are in Twilight, I remember the spirits were still oblivious to the invasion. So can we really trust “not knowing” meant “hasn’t happened yet”?

I think the reason why Zelda couldn't summon the light arrows or bow was likely due to the light spirits' captivity in twilight, as we see in the cut-scene Zelda's summons them from the spirits. As for her other powers, like ones she uses during the first phase of the final battle, I'm not sure. Those powers weren't likely connected to the light spirits', because if so they wouldn't enable Ganon to use them.

As I rewatch that scene where Zant storms Hyrule Castle many years after completing Twilight Princess, i find it interesting that the soldiers left the door open in their last stand 😂 Zelda has the triforce of wisdom but isn’t wise enough to close the door apparently

Hi HG! I was just wondering how long the codes last for Zavvi? Thanks, a fan. P.s TP is my favourite too!

The way Zant says "it's time to choose," is peculiar and makes me think the underlying message is maybe the royal family was threatened before we see the invasion take place. As in Zant gave them a chance to surrender peacefully but in the end the royal family declined, hence the Twili invaded. Thoughts? ~nya

CORRECTION NOTE: nobody know the invasion of the castle except for zelda and the soldiers with her, the invasion could happened before

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I had a dream last night that Nintendo revealed a Twilight Princess sequel and the trailer made me cry

Personally one of my favorite Zelda games! I loved the indept storyline, especially with Princess Zelda since this was the first time in the series we get to really see a bit of individual personality from her character(not much but a ton more from OoT). She was the first example of an adult flawed Zelda, one that was probably scared and utterly defeated while being voluntarily locked away in that tower. My take on it was she knew of the hero from legend but she never met Link before the invasion, and didn't even see him in his true form till during the battle with Ganondorf. So in theory she didn't have the power of the hero on her side to use her own divine power with confidence, plus she was unfamiliar with the mysterious power of the twilight. It's probably not smart to fight an enemy you have no knowledge of, especially one that took down your best knights in under minutes. Also it could be that Zant attacked the castle first since there were royal guards that were outside of the castle grounds and didn't go up against the shadow beasts(Telma's bar and guards randomly around Castle Town acting like nothing happened). In fact the people around town didn't seem to know anything other than the castle might have been attacked but no one was freaking out about seeing giant shadow beasts anywhere. Now since you brought up the invasion over Hyrule it always puzzled me on what the heck is up with Ordon village and the fourth light spirit that wasn't seized??!! Ordon is just a weird place that is separated from the rest the kingdom and Ordona seems like a random spirit that just... there?? That has seriously bothered me for years so I wonder what are your thoughts on that or if you have a theory on that of your own?

I remember being 12...maybe 13 playing this game for the very first time. Not much exciting goes on in the beginning, but by reaction when watching link turn into a wolf, seeing the world of twilight...im like holy sh**... This is gonna be a great game. It was so good. I wish i could relive that all over again!

I thought Zelda surrendered to keep the people safe. After all, Zant asked a question to all of Hyrule and its people. “Life? Or death?”

I have a follow-up question, why was the castle on fire, like I know lanayru light was stolen like the other light spirits during that moment but why was the castle on fire

Personally, I never questioned Zelda's actions; they just made sense to me. Trying to make sense of why, I didn't think it was an unfeeling, selfish, or immature decision; I personally thought she could see the bigger picture. Hyrule Gamer (you) made some good points in this video. But to go further, in Zelda lore, it has been the blood of the goddess and the spirit of the hero working in tandem to banish darkness. And the hero's spirit doesn't seem to manifest until evil does first. Would Zelda really be able to simply one-shot Zant and his forces? She has the Triforce of Wisdom, not necessarily the courageous, fighting spirit...and her arrows don't actually hurt Ganondorf in game (that I recall); they only stun him. Also, if she had the gift of sight, she might have seen a bigger picture - maybe injustices made to those in the Twilight Realm, or something else. I mean, if she had been able defeat the evil initially, the wrongs made on those in the Twilight Realm would have remained unresolved, conveniently forgotten. Regardless, she is my favorite Zelda; I vibe very strongly with her. Probably because I would have done things exactly the way she did. And I feel that compassion is often misunderstood. So I guess that is my motivation for typing this.

I'll kind of admit that most of this was what I just presumed was the case. Minus the timing of when the attack struck which I wasn't entirely set on. Completely agree with the logic here though. It makes sense.

A little unrelated, but do you think the sages look /that/ way in this game because their identities had fallen into obscurity? Meaning Link watched Ruto die in that cutscene, but since this link didn't know them he just saw their spirit forms, not how they appeared in life.

thx for random rupee noise bruh i actually slowed down the vid thinking it was an important message i dun got gooffed

Why was i alerted about this so late

My theory about why Zelda surrender is that Zant, at the snap of a finger, would have the people of Hyrule executed, as he had already invaded castle town and probably left Shadow Beasts there, which Zelda wouldn't be able to stop since she wouldn't be fast enough. Either, nice video. I needed something to pass the time.

My Favorite Game of Zelda

Ah twilight princess my favourite game in the series just such a beautiful game too the colour in the game is so pretty.

The question is: why is there so much space BEHIND the throne? And what could be there? Great video, as always! Also, does Zant wear a modified Gerudo symbol on his front piece of cloth?

"And people think that Majora's Mask is darker"😀 One thing that still puzzles me is when Zelda gives her light to Midna, how does Ganondorf control her body when you see all of her turn into the light that enters Midna and no sign of Zelda's body is left afterwards.

those were some.. rather interesting snacks... UGH!

I imagine that everyone in the castle was to leave immediately before the invasion. Seeing that there wasn’t any workers or nobles running for the hills in that scene, I’d expect that they left. Zelda who knew she had the power of the goddess thought she could defend Hyrule castle and defeat Zant then, but her plan backfired and she surrendered.

wow that is on my big shopping dreams

It's a good theory and I can actually see it happening, but there is one part that I don't believe actually fits well in this theory. At 9:38, this line Zant says is directed at the Twili Royal Family rather than the Hylian Royal Family. If you look at the whole dialogue he says in game when you confront him in the Twili throne room, he states: "You speak of magic? Still your tongue for a moment, whelp, and I will tell you of both magic and the oppression of ages... The people of our tribe...a tribe that mastered the arts of magic...were locked away in this world like insects in a cage. In the shadows we regressed, so much so that we soon knew neither anger nor hatred...nor even the faintest bloom of desire. And all of it was the fault of a useless, do-nothing royal family that had resigned itself to this miserable half-existence!" (Zant, Palace of Twilight). The Twili, powerful magic wielders, were banished to live in a realm that Zant believed to be a prison; never to see the sun or fully experience the world of Hyrule again without fatal consequences. He felt betrayed as, in his opinion, the ancestors to the Twili Royal Family turned their backs on the Twili when, instead of fighting back against the Hylian Gods that put them there, decided to make the most of their banishment; sealing the fates of the Twili to what he would come to believe to be a "miserable half-existence". The "useless, do-nothing royal family" Zant mentions wouldn't have been the Hylian Royal Family as the Hylians were the ones who had their gods banish the interlopers. The only other people that would have been considered in power at the time that would have experienced being banished to the Twilight Realm would have been the ancestors to the Twili Royal Family. To add insult to injury, Zant's also angry at the fact that Midna, the Princess and heir to the throne, was chosen over him, a servant to Midna's family, to be the next Twili ruler, continuing on to say that: "I had served and endured in that depraved household for far too long, my impudent princess. And why, you ask? Because I believed I would be the next to rule our people! THAT is why! But would they acknowledge me as their king? No! And as such, I was denied the magic powers befitting our ruler." (Zant, Palace of Twilight). In his eyes, he would have been able to undo what he believed to be a mistake of his ancestors had he been appointed as King. And yet, he was" betrayed" by the Twili when they chose Midna over him, further cementing his belief of the Twili Royal Family doing nothing against the Hylians and their gods or the Twili's own predicament. It's only when Zant met and struck a deal with Ganondorf that he began enacting his revenge: "It was then, in the thrall of hatred and despair, that I turned my eyes to the heavens...and found a god." (Zant, Palace of Twilight). Not only did he gain the power to steal away what he believed Midna and the rest of the Twili people stole from him, but he also attacked Hyrule: the villains that Zant believed were responsible for his race being imprisoned and the thorn in Ganondorf's side that served as the major obstacle in the way of obtaining the Triforce and ruling over Hyrule. After Link defeats him, Midna calls Zant out for his actions, stating that: "You want to know why none would call you king? It was your eyes, Zant. All saw it, a lust for power burning in your pupils... Did you think we'd forget our ancestors lost their king to such greed?" (Midna, Palace of Twilight). The Twili knew that Zant did not have any good intentions for the people. They knew that he only wanted the power that came with being the king and fearing that history was going to repeat itself like it did to their ancestors' king should Zant have obtained the throne, chose to pass over Zant in favor of Midna. The Twili wanted to continue living a peaceful existence and feared that Zant would have destroyed that if he had become king. Ironically enough, history did repeat itself when Zant stole the throne from Midna: not only did the power go to his head, but he was eventually killed by by his own lust for power. TL/DR: At the line mentioned at 9:38, Zant's actually mad at the Twili Royal Family for two reasons: doing nothing about the Twili being banished by the Hylian gods, instead favoring to domesticate themselves instead of going to war against Hyrule and for being passed over as king in favor of the Twilight Princess, Midna. He enacts what he believes is his peoples' revenge against Hyrule and the Hylian Royal Family the moment he meets Ganondorf and usurpes the throne from Midna, thereby providing Ganondorf a chance to rule Hyrule and Zant the Twilight Realm, but also their own downfalls when Midna joins up with Link.

I remember that Zelda was supposed to be promoted as queen the same day Zant attacked, giving her the autority to make that decision. That could mean that her parents could be dead before the invasion or they where just old and Zant killed them. Either way I'm not even sure if that is correct, but I read it somewhere.

Isn’t Zelda about to be coronated when the invasion happens? In that case there might not be any other royal family members, considering that her parents would be dead and she likely doesn’t have any siblings.

@HyruleGamer can you answer this...Since Demise put a curse on Link and Zelda being if they both die ''it'' will all be over as in Hyrule will stop being a dangerous with mostly endless chaotic this happening to that given place....okay here goes...What will happen if Link and Zelda died along with Ganondorf ?..will then Hyrule be a peaceful place or it'll end up in flames?....LUV UR CHANNEL BTW💛💚💙

11:48 who is that is that skyward sword zelda and if so what is in her mouth

There are other comments saying it, but I actually do think that this was earlier than that same day. To kill something, it's much easier to cut off its head. To start in Hyrule Castle, or in Castle Town itself weakens the unity of Hyrule as a whole. And one thing that wasn't mentioned was the fact that those guards were corporeal, and still aware of their surroundings. Zant had yet to shatter the light spirit of the Lanayru area and plunge it into twilight. He demanded the surrender of Hyrule and it's princess to keep her from interfering. And generally speaking, Zelda seems to be needed alive to obtain her piece of the triforce. And in that moment, what could Zelda do? If she fights, she and hers *will* die. If she doesn't, she can buy time, pray to the goddesses that any life left is spared. So when the castle falls, Zant makes his way outwards to spread twilight proper like a parasite, shattering each of the light spirits to sink the land into a livable darkness, and freezing every living being that isn't made of that same dark (or who harbors unique power like Link and Zelda) into a frozen state of constant uncertainty and fear. So, he did keep his word. They lived, but only as spirits. When Link himself is attacked is when they reached Faron, and not when the deal was made. Those boblins came to aid in killing the light spirit, and Link and Ilia were in the way.

“her sllllllice of the cake”

8:55 Well if they knew there was an invasion, the rest of the family probably was evacuated.

Zelda probably also surrendered knowing she would keep the Triforce of Wisdom within her and away from Zant and Ganondorf. I don’t know if within the lore Ganondorf knows about it nor Zant. But if they got a hold of that one she knew the one who carries the triforce of Courage might not be able to help. I’m also assuming the legend of the triforce and the Hero has been passed down as it usually is.

My head canon is that the rest of the royal family was at their retreat in the Snowpeak Ruins. The symbols there are the seal of the queen’s family. Whatever royal family married the king and gave birth to Zelda

You missed one very important detail. HOW did Zant get out of the Twilight World and into the Light World? As far as we know there was no way for Twilight people to escape their banishment to the Twilight Realm, and the only gateway from the Twilight that we know of is the Mirror of Twilight, and the only time it was seen used for the first time was when the Sages sent Ganondorf into the Twilight Realm before sealing it up again. Because if you remember, the giant black rock that was use to open the Twilight Portal was chained by big massive chains, which is connected to the pillars of the Arbiter's Grounds structure, and buried deep beneath the sand when pulled up by these pillars. The way was sealed completely after Ganondorf was sent through, unless of course there was another portal which we don't know about. The timing of everything and his appearance just doesn't make sense, because there's no way the timing between Ganondorf being banished to the Twilight Realm and him granting Zant a new power happened just moments after and somehow slipped through the portal. There's just no way if the only known portal was sealed away.

Zant was actually referring to the Twili royal family in his rant.

I still want to know why they made zant kill Gannon at the end. I know its to show zant gave up on gannon but why show zant?