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{{Item | {{Infobox Item | ||
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| | |Artwork ALttP= File:ALttP Fighter's Shield Artwork.png | ||
| | |Artwork TMC= File:TMC Princess Zelda Artwork.png | ||
| | |Sprite ALttP= File:ALttP Fighter's Shield Sprite.png | ||
| | |Sprite TMC= File:TMC Small Shield Sprite.png | ||
}} | }} | ||
[[ | |caption= | ||
|game= ALttP, TMC | |||
|other= ALttP (Ishinomori), AST, CoH | |||
|cost= | |||
|uses= Defending against attacks | |||
|comp= | |||
{{List| | |||
[[Wooden Shield]], | |||
[[Hero's Shield]] | |||
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}} | |||
{{Term/Store|Small Shield|Small Shields|Series, TMC, CoH|plural}},{{Exp Game|TMC, CoH}}<ref name="E 139">{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 139 {{Exp Game|ALttP, TMC}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|{{Color|CoH Yellow|Small Shield}} {{Icon|CoH Link}}{{Icon|CoH Cadence}}<br/>Blocks damage when you hold it up, at the cost of stamina.|Inventory|CoH}}</ref> also known as {{Term/Store|Fighter's Shield|Fighter's Shields|ALttP|plural}},{{Exp Game|ALttP}}<ref name="E 139"/> are recurring {{Plural|Series|Item|link}} in {{TLoZ|Series}}.{{Name Ref|ALttP (Ishinomori), AST}} | |||
==Overview== | |||
==={{ALttP|-}}=== | |||
{{Manual|ALttP|Shield|The shield has three potential levels of power. Your first shield can only fend off the enemy's arrows, spears and rocks. If you can improve your shield, or find a better one, you can defend yourself against different attacks.}} | |||
{{Manual|ALttP&FS|Shield|There are three levels of shield power, each with a greater defensive value.}} | |||
In {{ALttP}}, the Fighter's Shield is a small family shield that belongs to [[Link's Uncle]], and is received from him in the secret passageway leading into [[Hyrule Castle]] grounds. As it is the first shield obtained in the game, it is the weakest of all shields and provides very little defense. It is able to protect against arrows, spears and rocks, but little else. The shield can be eaten by enemies, and if the shield is swallowed up by a [[Pikit]] or a [[Like Like]], another one can be purchased in the many shops throughout the [[Dark World]]. | |||
[[Link]] can obtain an upgraded version of the Fighter's Shield known as the [[Red Shield]] by throwing it into the [[Mysterious Pond]] of the [[Waterfall of Wishing]]. Only by answering the [[Great Fairy]]'s question honestly will she reward him with a better shield.<ref>{{Cite|Hello there. Did you drop this? I like an honest person. I will give you something better in return.|Great Fairy|ALttP}}</ref> | |||
==={{TMC|-}}=== | |||
{{Manual|TMC|Shield|Blocks (and sometimes reflects) P11 enemy attacks. Some enemies can’t be defeated without a shield, but it’s also just a good idea to know when to defend yourself.}} | |||
The {{Term|TMC|Small Shield}} is given to {{Term|TMC|Link}} by {{Term|TMC|Princess Zelda|link}} in {{Term|TMC|Hyrule Town|link}} during the {{Term|TMC|Picori Festival|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Here! I want to give you a present! Doesn't this shield suit you perfectly, Link?|Princess Zelda|TMC}}</ref> Shortly after receiving it, he must use it to protect {{Term|TMC|Princess Zelda|display=Zelda}} from a {{Term|TMC|Business Scrub|link}} north of {{Term|TMC|Hyrule Town}}.<ref>{{Cite|Owwwwch! That must be the {{Color|TMC Green|Business Scrub}} I heard the soldiers talking about. They were saying a Deku Scrub had been hassling all the passersby. {{Color|TMC Green|Link}}, do something about it! Otherwise, we can't get to the castle. If only we had some way to defend ourselves against {{Color|TMC Blue|those nuts of his}}.|Princess Zelda|TMC}}</ref> | |||
Like most basic shields obtained throughout {{TLoZ|Series}}, the {{Term|TMC|Small Shield}} can be swallowed by {{Plural|TMC|Like Like|link}}. If this happens, {{Term|TMC|Link}} can defeat the {{Term|TMC|Like Like}} to retrieve the {{Term|TMC|Small Shield}}, or buy a new one at {{Term|TMC|Stockwell's Shop|link}}. The {{Term|TMC|Small Shield}} can defend {{Term|TMC|Link}} from the most basic of attacks, such as an {{Term|TMC|Octorok|link}}'s rocks and sword strikes from other enemies. After {{Term|TMC|Link}} completes the main quest, he can turn the {{Term|TMC|Small Shield}} into the {{Term|TMC|Mirror Shield|link}} by allowing {{Term|TMC|Biggoron|link}} to eat it.<ref>{{Cite|Welcome. Goro. Oh, what a tiny Goron you are... You make this big Goron happy with this unexpected visit to my distant home. Tell me, little one, what do you know about shields? Well, among us Gorons, who know well the taste of steel... They are considered a fine delicacy. Ah, yes... Just once, I should like to taste a fine, fresh shield...|Biggoron|TMC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Nummnumm! Slurp, slurp! Oh, delicious! That was excellent! Thank you so much. Now, I finally know the legendary taste of a shield! And I will happily fulfill my promise! Let me just spit your shield back out again! Goro goro...?! It-It seems your shield has changed shape a little as I was chewing on it... Oh, but it's fine! It is still a shield after all, just a slightly differently shaped one! I think... Well, I have to go now! Good-bye, goro!|Biggoron|TMC}}</ref> | |||
==Other Appearances== | |||
==={{ALttP|-}} (Ishinomori)=== | |||
{{Noncanon|Start}} | |||
[[File:Fighter's Shield.png|thumb|right|Link using the Fighter's Shield against Agahnim]] | |||
In the {{ALttP|Ishinomori}}, Link's uncle is seen using the Fighter's Shield during his duel against [[Agahnim]]. However, after Link witnesses the defeat of his uncle at the hands of his wizard, he rushes to his side and obtains his uncle's sword and shield from him before passing out. Link continues to use the shield only for the first chapter, using it to defend himself from enemy attacks. However, when he reaches the [[Sanctuary]] with [[Princess Zelda]] and faces off against Agahnim, he loses his sword and shield along with it, and the young hero is never seen using the Fighter's Shield for the rest of the comic. | |||
{{Noncanon|End}} | |||
==={{AST|-}}=== | |||
{{Noncanon|Start}} | |||
{{Stub|AST}} | |||
In {{AST}}, the {{Term|AST|Fighter's Shield}} is obtained in the first dungeon, the {{Term|AST|Eastern Palace|link}}. | |||
{{Noncanon|End}} | |||
==={{CoH|-}}=== | |||
{{Ambig|Start}} | |||
{{Stub|CoH}} | |||
The {{Term|CoH|Small Shield}} can be used to reflect {{Plural|CoH|Rock|link}} fired by {{Plural|CoH|Octorok|link}} and the projectiles fired by {{Plural|CoH|Deku Scrub|link}} back to their source. | |||
{{Ambig|End}} | |||
==Trivia== | |||
*Screenshots from versions of the game prior to release seen in promotional material for the game show the Fighter's Shield with brown coloring, rather than blue.{{Fact|ALttP}} This possibly explains why some official art depicts it as brown, while others depict it as blue. | |||
*The Fighter's Shield is the first shield to have a bird-like design on it in the series, and many aspects of its design were used for the [[Hylian Shield]]. | |||
*The [[Great Fairy]] granting Link a better shield when he answers honestly is an homage to the {{Wp|Aesop}} fable, ''{{Wp|The Honest Woodcutter}}''. In the story, a man accidentally flings his axe into a lake and begins to weep, having lost his only means of livelihood. The god {{Wp|Hermes}} decides to take pity on the woodcutter and emerges from the lake holding a golden axe, asking the man if it is his. The man truthfully denies, and Hermes produces a silver axe asking the same. Once again, the man answers honestly saying that he had lost a wooden axe. For his display of honesty, Hermes gives him all three axes. Later, a man overhearing this story decides to fling his own axe into the lake and falsely cry about his loss. Hermes again appears offering to the man a golden axe, which he greedily claims. Disgusted by this man's avarice, Hermes gives him nothing and leaves his axe at the bottom of the lake as punishment. | |||
==Trivia== | |||
*The {{Term|TMC|Small Shield}} in {{TMC}} has the same design as the {{Term|TWWHD|Hero's Shield|link}} from {{TWW}}. | |||
*The {{Term|TMC|Hero of Men|link}} is depicted as wielding a {{Term|TMC|Shield}} nearly identical in appearance to the {{Term|TMC|Small Shield}} used by {{Term|TMC|Link|link}} in {{TMC|-}}. | |||
==Nomenclature== | |||
{{Nomenclature}} | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File: | File:Fighter'sShield Sprite.png|The Fighter's Shield on the equipment subscreen from {{ALttP|-}} | ||
File: | File:ALttP Link Artwork 3.png|Link armed with the Fighter's Shield in official artwork from {{ALttP|-}} | ||
File: | File:ALttP Link Artwork 2.png|Link armed with the Fighter's Shield in official artwork from {{ALttP&FS|-}} | ||
File:TMC Link | File:ALttP Link Blocking Artwork.png|Link using the Fighter's Shield from {{ALttP|-}} | ||
File: | File:TMC Link Artwork 10.png|{{Term|TMC|Link}} with the {{Term|TMC|Small Shield}} from {{TMC|-}} | ||
File:CoH Small Shield Sprite.png|The {{Term|CoH|Small Shield}} from {{CoH|-}} | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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