King Rhoam

Bosphoramus Hyrule is a character in. He is the former king of BotW: and the first person that BotW: encounters after awakening in the BotW:, under the guise of a simple Old Man.

BotW: was once the king of BotW: and the father of BotW:, one century prior to BotW:'s awakening in the BotW:. Most of the information on BotW:'s life is detailed in his BotW: and in NaN Recovered Memories. In "BotW:," which occurs after BotW: returns from the BotW:, BotW: is seen scolding his daughter after finding her observing the Guardian research. He forbids her from being involved in any more research and demands that she focus solely on unlocking her sealing powers. Later, while BotW: is at the BotW:, BotW: writes in his journal about the guilt he feels for being hard of his daughter and decides that when she returns from the spring she will allow her to keep researching ancient technology in hopes that the technology will help her awaken her sealing power, as the years of hard training has had no affect on her power. Before he can express his guilt to his daughter, however, BotW: awakens and takes his life, as shown in "BotW:" BotW:.

Following BotW:'s resurrection, BotW: assumes the persona of an BotW: living alone atop the BotW:. When BotW: first meets the BotW:, he is seen camping in an alcove just east of the entrance of the BotW:. The BotW: follows BotW: throughout his journey through the BotW:, often deflecting BotW:'s questions into what he is doing. He repeatedly exhibits a knowledge of the BotW:'s capabilities as well as BotW: culture and technology. He requests that BotW: bring him the NaN Spirit Orbs from within the NaN Ancient Shrines in exchange for his BotW:, the means of escaping the BotW:.

When BotW: obtains all four NaN Spirit Orbs on the BotW:, the BotW: will meet BotW: outside of the final BotW:. There, he promises to tell BotW: the truth about who he is, asking for BotW: to meet him at the spot where the four NaN Ancient Shrines intersect before mysteriously fading away. The location at the intersection of the four NaN Ancient Shrines is the BotW:, where BotW: can pray to the BotW: to receive either a BotW: or a BotW:. Upon doing so, the BotW: will speak to BotW: from the rooftop of the BotW:, urging him meet him there. Once BotW: enters the rooftop tower of the BotW:, the BotW: will congratulate him on his progress and announce that he will tell BotW: his true identity. Here, the BotW: reveals to BotW: that he was BotW:, the leader of the former Kingdom of BotW:. As he does so, the BotW: begins to shine brightly and assume his true form as the Last king of BotW:, BotW:.

BotW: informs BotW: that he chose not to bear his true form while BotW:'s memories were still fragile. He also shares the story of how, by the BotW:'s own folly, they brought about the destruction of the kingdom of BotW: at the hands of BotW:, as well as how BotW: came to awaken inside the BotW:. After hearing a prophecy of a means to combat the BotW: lying underground, BotW: decided to heed the prophecy. Sending an excavation team comprised of members of the BotW: clan, they carved out swaths of land looking for the prophesied means of defeating the BotW:. In doing so, they uncovered the Divine Beasts, gigantic machines intended to be piloted by warriors. They also uncovered a large number of NaN Guardians, both types of machinery having been crafted by ancient NaN Hyruleans and told of in legend. BotW: sought to fulfill these legends and sent his daughter and her personal knight, BotW: and BotW: respectively, to the BotW:. Alongside them, BotW: appointed four great warriors, known as NaN Championss, from various tribes across BotW: to pilot the NaN Divine Beasts. However, as the Princess and NaN Championss were preparing to seal BotW:, BotW: infested the NaN Divine Beasts and the NaN Guardians with BotW:, bringing them under his control. In the ensuing battle to defend BotW: from their own technology, BotW: was mortally wounded. The NaN Championss and the denizens of BotW: lost their lives as well. BotW:'s daughter, BotW:, survived and directed members of the BotW: tribe to place BotW: within the BotW: to revive him as she went to contain BotW: alone. The king's spirit remained to watch over BotW: in his hundred-year rest.

BotW: warns BotW: that BotW:'s power is draining and soon BotW: will escape her seal on him at BotW: and pleads for BotW: to save her and destroy BotW:. To achieve this, BotW: suggests that BotW: heads to BotW: to meet with BotW:, the elder of the BotW: tribe. This grants BotW: the BotW: "BotW:" as he magically marks the BotW:'s BotW: and provides directions to get to BotW: through the BotW: in BotW:. He then grants BotW: the BotW:, fulfilling his promise to allow BotW: to safely leave the BotW:. Having served his duty, BotW: tasks BotW: with the BotW: "BotW:" as he bids farewell and fades away.

After BotW: and BotW: eradicate BotW:, BotW: and the rest of the NaN Championss are seen floating above BotW: bidding farewell before they take their leave for the afterlife.

King Rhoam retroactively debuted in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity where he is seen readying the Hylian Army into battle and reminds Zelda to focus on her duty of awakening her powers, rather than studying the Guardians and Divine Beasts. He is also seen with a sword during the fight against their own Guardians which Ganon recruited to his side by corrupting them. He is thought to have died from the blast of Guardian lasers, but it was really Rhoam who used the device called the Ancient Guardian Shield to turn the tables on them and before retreating from the castle with the Royal Guard and was able to live to see another day. He is later unlocked as a playable character, where he is able to switch to his old man guise in battle to change to a different move set.