User:Cipriano

Cipriano 119 is a lover of the Legend of Zelda series and an avid editor and sculptor of the Zelda Wiki! As far as Zelda goes, I am most interested in gamer's theories on the series and the characters as a whole, instead of the factuality of the games.

Most Current Article: Rewriting, molding, shaping, and buffing of Tetraforce 10/15/09

Tetraforce Theory, A Cipriano 119 Look
There are far too many loopholes in Tetraforce theory to be entirely plausible, just look at the ZW.org page, the biggest of which is its physical absense in every Zelda game to date. However, the games do suggest a fourth Triforce quality to exist, if not an actual piece. Good examples include the Great Fairy of Kindness in Majora's Mask and Zelda's embodiment of the Oracle of Hope in Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages. In both cases, the accepted embodiments of the gods: power, wisdom, and courage - exist, though along with a fourth quality, unrepresented by a god/triforce piece. In the Oracle games, Din, Nayru, and Farore are shown to be the Oracles of Seasons, Ages, and Secrets, while Zelda eventually reveals herself as the Oracle of Hope. In Majora's Mask, the four fairies assume powers of, again, power, wisdom, and courage, but the last inhibits kindness.

Possibly the use of hope and kindness as the fourth complementary quality suggests an earthly element to the Triforce, one that isn't connected to a spiritual source, yet one that must exist in order for the other three to exert influence on Hyrule. The godly powers of power, wisdom, and courage are large concepts that seem to possess one person at a time, while the concepts of hope and kindness seem more rooted to collectivity and personality. One example is Ilia from Twilight Princess, whom shows kindness and hope not only when caring for Epona's injury in the beginning of the game, but in believing in Link's determinance throughout his quest, yet doesn't have the power of the Triforce behind her. Renado in the same game exerts kindness and hope while caring for the kidnapped Ordon chidren at his home in Kakariko Town. The "Tetraforce", I believe is an interaction between the Triforce fragments of power, wisdom, and courage, and the human element necessary for its functionality.

The Twili/Gerudo Interplay, A Cipriano 119 Look
The evidence seems incontrovertible. The Twili of royalty have red hair, as to the Gerudo. The Twili of royalty, such as Zant and Midna, also carry Gerudo-like markings and symbols on their clothing, and in their palaces. The popular theory states that in a time before Ocarina of Time there was a Hyrulean Civil War that pitted the races of Hyrule against one another. This is where we see the Sheikah tribe in great numbers siding with the Hylian forces against a force commonly suggested to be the Gerudo. The Gerudos' possible motives for beginning the war could have ranged from their dislike of their arid, desert climate, their supression in the Hyrulean hierachy by the Hylians, or their theivish, cunning nature. Either way it is sliced, for this theory to work, the Gerudo would have to loose the civil war and be held accountable upon the Arbiter's Grounds before the Mirror of Twilight]. Their punishment sent them into the Twilight Realm, and given time to marinate, they evolved into the Twili we see in Twilight Princess. Looking at the timeline, this theory is plausible considering the physical characteristics of Midna and Zant, and because Ocarina of Time is generally seen to precede Twilight Princess in fan-made timelines. Was this period between the war before Ocarina of Time to Twilight Princess is enough for the Gerudo race to evolve so drastically that their mannerisms, physicality, and thought-process were entirely different? It would make the takeover of the Twilight Realm easier for Ganondorf, especially since he would be able to use his race-relationship to Zant as an influence and partnership plus. But who knows, maybe Ganondorf gave Zant Gerudo robes. =)

More to come...