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Ok, I know there is a similar thread already posted here. But that one deals with the Hero's Shade in relation to the protagonist Link. Here I would like to here other theories as to who this mysterious warrior could be.
The generally accepted theory is that the (HS) is the spirit of The Hero of Time. I admit that there are some things that might imply this. But I also think that there are other possibilities. All of the arguments I have seen seem rather vague.
I lean toward the idea that (HS) is himself or a descendant of Swiftblade the First from Minish Cap. I have stated that i believe Minish Cap is the earliest historical Zelda game. Though I place Four Swords significantly later. But one cannot argue that the similarities are glaring.
Both characters are pivotal in their respective games for teaching our hero techniques to aid him on his quest. The techniques taught in both games are similar.... ie SPIN ATTACK and GEAT SPIN. And of course, both characters are ghosts! IS it difinitive? No. But I don't know about the whole Hero of Time thing either. Here are the quotes from (HS)
L8R
The generally accepted theory is that the (HS) is the spirit of The Hero of Time. I admit that there are some things that might imply this. But I also think that there are other possibilities. All of the arguments I have seen seem rather vague.
I lean toward the idea that (HS) is himself or a descendant of Swiftblade the First from Minish Cap. I have stated that i believe Minish Cap is the earliest historical Zelda game. Though I place Four Swords significantly later. But one cannot argue that the similarities are glaring.
Both characters are pivotal in their respective games for teaching our hero techniques to aid him on his quest. The techniques taught in both games are similar.... ie SPIN ATTACK and GEAT SPIN. And of course, both characters are ghosts! IS it difinitive? No. But I don't know about the whole Hero of Time thing either. Here are the quotes from (HS)
- "A sword wields no strength unless the hand that holds it has courage. You may be destined to become the hero of legend...but your current power would disgrace the proud green of the hero's tunic you wear. You must use your courage to seek power...and find it you must. Only then will you become the hero for whom this world despairs."
- "Those are for only for the one who carries the blood of the hero...the one whose spirit is that of the sublime beast."
- "You have at last mastered all of the hidden skills. Although I accepted life as the hero, I could not convey the lessons of that life to those who came after. At last, I have eased those regrets. You who have marched through countless foes, each mightier then the last... You who now gaze to the future with vision unclouded... Surely you can restore Hyrule to its stature of yore as the chosen land of the gods. ...Farwell!"
- "Go and do not falter, my child!"
- Here (HS) is not necessarily refering to himself. It has been established that the green tunic is the traditional garb of alll of Hyrules hero's. The Shade cuold be making a general statement of Link's wothiness to stand among those great heros.
- Even assuming that the hero's bloodline means direct descent from OoT Link, (HS) is not necessarily impling that he is a mamber of said bloodline. In MC Link learned his techniques from the Blade Brothers though they were never implied to be related to him.
- Again necessarily saying "I was the Hero of Time", just "I tried to be a hero." While this quote is in my opinion a fair argument for the HoT theory, I don't think it is conclusive.
- Here is my problem. Everyone seems to point to 'my child' as an implecation of familial relation between the two. But 'my child' is, or was, a fairly common way for a persons elders or teachers to refer to them. this could be a fairly literal translation of a similar sautation from the Japanese.
L8R
