So I was replaying The Minish Cap recently and, for the first time really, I managed to acquire every sword skill. That was when I realized something I never realized before. I dunno if this was already commonly known or not -- Zelda Wiki mentioned it in their trivia section about the Blade Brothers -- but I'm pretty freaking sure that Swiftblade the First is intended to be the Hero of Men shown in the intro.
The ghost of Swiftblade the First says:
"This is a technique that only I have mastered... Only one who holds the sacred blade can perform...the Great Spin Attack!"
...a technique he teaches you. This means he also could perform the technique, which means he used to wield the sacred blade (the Picori Blade or the Four Sword). Now, maybe there's some undisclosed intervening hero between the guy in the intro and Link in The Minish Cap, but there's nothing to really suggest that. Furthermore, both Swiftblade the First and the Hero of Man look basically identical (granted that applies to all the Blade Brothers, but that's only because they all look identical in general):
I don't see how this can mean anything but that Swiftblade the First is anything but the hero from the backstory, but hey, discuss.
The ghost of Swiftblade the First says:
"This is a technique that only I have mastered... Only one who holds the sacred blade can perform...the Great Spin Attack!"
Only one who holds the sacred blade can perform...
...a technique he teaches you. This means he also could perform the technique, which means he used to wield the sacred blade (the Picori Blade or the Four Sword). Now, maybe there's some undisclosed intervening hero between the guy in the intro and Link in The Minish Cap, but there's nothing to really suggest that. Furthermore, both Swiftblade the First and the Hero of Man look basically identical (granted that applies to all the Blade Brothers, but that's only because they all look identical in general):
I don't see how this can mean anything but that Swiftblade the First is anything but the hero from the backstory, but hey, discuss.
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