Divine Beast

The Divine Beasts are 4 titanic mechanical animals built by the Sheikah in order to aid the Appointed Knight and the Goddess in sealing away Calamity Ganon.

Vah Ruta was created in the image of an elephant, Vah Rudania was built in the image of a salamander, Vah Medoh was built in the image of an eagle, and Vah Naboris was built in the image of a camel.

=History=

10,000 years ago, the Sheikah built the elephant Vah Ruta, the salamander Vah Rudania, the eagle Vah Medoh, and the camel Vah Naboris to combat Calamity Ganon. Piloted by 4 Champions from the Zora, the Gorons, the Rito, and the Gerudo, they paved the way for victory against Ganon. Their duty fulfilled, the Divine Beasts were buried beneath the ground. Their existence passed into legend.

100 years ago, due to rising fears of the return of Calamity Ganon, the Royal Family of Hyrule ordered that the Divine Beasts be unearthed and readied for another battle. This time, Vah Ruta was piloted by the Zora princess Mipha, Vah Rudania was piloted by the Goron Daruk, Vah Medoh was piloted by the Rito Revali, and Vah Naboris was piloted by the Gerudo Urbosa.

Their mission failed, however, when Ganon, wary of the threat that the Divine Beasts posed to him, sent the four Blights to wrest control of each Beast. The Blights succeeded, the pilots of each Divine Beast were killed, and Ganon controlled the Beasts for nearly 100 years.

Ganon used them to bring more strife to Hyrule: Vah Ruta caused an unending rain on Zora's Domain that threatened to flood all of Hyrule, Vah Rudania caused Death Mountain to erupt endlessly, Vah Medoh prevented the Rito from soaring at their prefered altitude, and Vah Naboris caused an unending sandstorm in the Gerudo Desert.

When Link awoke from the Shrine of Resurrection, he set out to free the Divine Beasts from Ganon's control. One by one, he purged them, freeing the spirits of their piots in the process. At Link's confrontation with Calamity Ganon, the Divine Beasts unleashed their power to weaken Ganon, just as they did 10,100 years prior.