Sunday, February 12, 2023

Tears of the Kingdom – New Dragon(s) and Light Element?

Link sky diving over the large sacred temple in the sky, with a dragon flying in the distance

With the trailer from last year we could already catch a glimpse at a dragon flying around the huge temple structure in the sky, but now we actually have a full shot of it (see above). It doesn't seem to be any of the three dragons that we know from Breath of the Wild: Farosh, Naydra, and Dinraal. Instead it appears to be quite pale with golden crystals around it.

Since the three dragons from the previous game were based on the three Goddesses by names, it's likely that this one represents Hylia in some form. So, it could be called "Hydra", errrh... I'm just kidding, but it's likely something like that, where its name is to start with "Hy".

It probably also unleashes some glowing light attacks, where it makes sense that light could also be a new weapon element for the game. There were fire, ice, and electric weapons in Breath of the Wild, where each of these elements had specific purposes and each of them got used by one of the dragons for defense. (There is also the wind element, but this was essentially used by all dragons and only few weapons, so it's a in a more unique position.)

With light weapons you probably would get a new tool against the Malice, which makes a lot of sense. Technically, this was even already a thing with the Bow of Light in Breath of the Wild, but this was limited to the end of the game. It would be nice to get actual Light Arrows back as ammunition, for example.

And in the delay announcement from March 2022 we also could see a glowing light, where Link draws the corroded Master Sword. It's likely that the Master Sword will be infused with light at the end of the game, so it doesn't get trashed by Malice yet again. That it was destroyed by that is all but confirmed:

screen from the newest trailer with Mummydorf unleashing Malice

We can see in this shot how the Master Sword is covered by the Malice, which is likely what corrupted Link's arm and corroded the Master Sword. And a goal of the game could be to not only repair the Master Sword, but also to make it completely immune against the stronger Malice from Ganondorf with the power of light. And the place to do this could be the huge temple guarded by Hypah the dragon representing Hylia.

It's also possible that there will be a fifth Dragon, an evil one representing Demise, who is part of the underworld and sprays Malice all around it. Or maybe Ganondorf is already doing enough of that, but it would be interesting to battle one of these dragons for real.

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