Zelda Campaign

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

Day 1 was an introduction to village life and the world of Zelda. I started playing as Keela, a young and beautiful Hylian girl who lives in a village. I live with my parents who run a general goods store. I totally dominated the 1st session. I had successful conversations with multiple NPCs, earned lots of gold and experience by performing work and favors around the village, and even defeated 4 bats and a spider.

Day 2 - I fought a giant scorpion and won. Totally schooled him, until he critically hit and grappled me. But it all worked out; I shot him in the eye with a ray of electricity. I also took a bath with my childhood friend Fayor. The best part of my day was making Din look like a superstar. She's a member of a traveling circus and she juggles fire sticks while walking across wires. My job was to catch her falling fire sticks and toss them back to her. But she almost fell off. I blasted a powerful wind spell to help her re-balance and finish her performance. It was a big success.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

Remi is our newest character, a forest gnome/kokiri who likes to hide and cast earth/acid magic. He had a rough beginning of the campaign. On his first day, he angered many villagers and got kicked out of multiple areas of the village. He also got into a fight with a swarm of chickens and barely escaped with his life. My favorite part was when he had a comical conversation with a goat using magic...

Day 2 - Remi was pulling grass and accidentally angered a deku shrub. Once again, he barely escaped with his life. Then he found a demented evil cat and spent most of the day running, hiding, and fighting the cat. He eventually killed the cat, but it took most of the day and he missed the village festival. It was a rough few days, but Remi survived. Kudos to you sir and I pray you have better days in the future.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

The shit hit the fan after the festival. It was horrible. The village was attacked by an army of bandits, lizard people, and giant boars. I met Remi, the kokiri, and we teamed up to help the village. However, many people died or were captured and taken hostage. I would estimate that we lost about 40% of the village people. I used all of my spells and caused half the enemies to get electricuted, confused, or nauseated, but it wasn't enough. By the end, I flew over to my best friend Fayor, hugged her, and cried. She told me that my parents and many villagers made it safely to the farm. I thanked her and flew over to the temple.

A scary man with a giant boar was holding a sword and shield with the temple symbols on it. I can't believe the enemies wrecked havok just to take those items. He commanded his armies to retreat. Shortly after, the head priestess rushed up to the temple and started burning dead bodies. She gave me a scroll and told Remi and I to take it to Hyrule. I asked the priestess to say goodbye to my family and friends for me, then we left to Hyrule.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

A Hillion archer from our village, named Casimous, immediately joined us on our journey. As we began walking through the caves, undead started rising and attacking us. We fought and wandered around until we ran into a Goron. He was strong; wearing armor and wielding a two-handed heavy flail. He said his friends were in danger but then we heard faeries calling for help nearby.

We found a pond of faeries surrounded by Stalfos and Poes. Remi entangled multiple Stalfos and I cast a lightning bolt to burn them all. The Poes, however, were very annoying with their invisibility and fireballs. Luckily a new companion joined us: Quinn, the Hillion fire mage. He helped us win the battle. The faeries were thankful and told us to go help the Gorons and return to them afterward.

We found two Gorons trapped in a corner; barely surviving against multiple Stalfos and a Master Stalfos. We took them out like champs and I got the killing blow on the Master Stalfos. I fired a powerful ray of electricity and he crumbled into bones. But then the bones tried to attack me! I panicked and Remi threw an orb of acid, destroying the bones completely. I thanked him and we all returned to the Faeries.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

Today was just awful! First I touched a stupid rock and got sucked into a bizarre temple. I was stuck in a gnome-sized box for a long time until I finally found a way out. Our whole group got separated at the start, but we eventually found each other trapped in weird rooms and helped each other escape. Then we met a great fairy. She let us bathe and heal ourselves in her magic water, then she teleported us out of the temple.

We appeared in a forest and started traveling down a path. There were these crazy totem poles that zapped us with lasers. Then we found a big deku tree. I heard spiders coming out of a smaller hollow deku tree nearby, so I blasted it with electricity and lit it on fire. I killed half the spiders, but the other half swarmed me and I fell unconscious.

Thankfully, the goron healed me with my own cure potion and I began getting my revenge. A giant spider came out of the big deku tree and we all attacked it and its stupid babies. It kept spitting out baby spiders every 6 seconds! What a pain in the ass! Eventually, I got the kill shot with a lightning bolt to the giant spider's eye. A big heart popped out and healed us, but it also increased our maximum health.

I guess in the end it was a great day; but there were too many near-death experiences for my taste. I gotta be more careful in the future.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

We entered a dark cave and used magic light to find our way. Things were fine for a while until we found a large brazier in the path. Blue fire glowed from within. Quynn, our Hillion fire mage, approached the brazier, touched it, and everything went pitch black. What a mistake.

Six small poes and a big poe viciously attacked us. They shot fireballs, performed creepy touch attacks, and made people explode, all in darkness! We couldn't see anything! Thank god for Remi. He has blindsight and helped everyone by warning us of incoming enemies and attacks. I killed many small poes and thought I was doing great. However, I moved closer to my friends and they were all dead!

During battle I heard screams about trying to destroy the brazier. I avoided the remaining enemies and desperately lunged at the brazier with my spiked gauntlet. Luckily it broke and all the poes turned into souls. I caught the big poe soul in my jar. Magically, everybody re-appeared on the ground, alive and unconscious. It was a miracle! Small hearts also appeared and I dragged my friends to the hearts. Everyone survived and we eventually made it outside into the sunlight and open fields. We saw Hyrule city in the far distance and marched toward it.

During 2 days of travel, we found a campsite with my stolen rope and grappling hook. I gave it to our goron friend. We also found a strangely abandoned compound with buildings, a ranch, and fortress walls! We entered, explored, and then saw a strange evil aura emanating from Hyrule city.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

We tried traveling to Hyrule castle, but the pathway and all of Hyrule was covered in strange black stuff. We were scared to enter and pushed a goat into the blackness instead. Suddenly a dark creature appeared, grabbed the goat, slammed it into the ground and killed it. This was too gruesome and awful, so we went back to the compound.

We all decided to fully explore the compound and found lots of trouble. Quynn unleashed a horde of cucoo chickens. I had to deal with a crazy ocka bird creature and it's son. There were also floating phantom armors being controlled by the ghost of princess Zelda from 80 years ago. After a bit of conversation, I obtained a silver key and helped Zelda by letting her possess my body.

We returned to the group, whom also had crazy troubles, and deciphered maps that Quynn found. Then we slept for the night, waiting for Casimous to return. He had more trouble than all of us combined. He fought a giant skeleton with 4 arms wielding a trident, net, and bow. He also got possessed by the guy who owned Long Long Ranch. I felt bad for him.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

I just realized that our party members really don't know anything about each other. Quynn, the fire mage, was having trouble climbing and exploring Long Long Ranch. He nor anybody else knew that I could fly or that I could also make others fly. I also asked if they needed help, but they ignored me. So, I played a song with my ocarina about flying through the sky with magic. Quynn finally realized I could help, but then mocked me...very rude. I unwillingly cast the "Fly" spell on him, only doing so because I knew it would help the party.

This experience made me realize that we have to get to know each other ASAP! Not only will it be fun to learn about each other, but it will also help us work together in combat.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

We convinced Zelda to possess Remi's fairy so I could have my freedom. It worked out perfectly. Then we all played Hide-and-Seek. We had plenty of time because we had to wait for Casimous to return. Afterward, I finished crafting tumble boots and used my silver key to obtain the Ocarina of Time. I played music and hungout with the party for good conversation. I also did a training exercise with Quynn. Today was a great team-building experience.

We all went to sleep, woke up, and entered a Boss room using Casimous' golden key. Here we fought 6 scary skeleton monsters. Most were large and one was huge! I dealt a ton of damage and played a vital role in battle. I even gave my jar with a fairy to Bagoro, our goron friend. After that, I died. The boss murdered me, but it was a worthy sacrifice. They found another fairy and revived me, but now I'm paranoid about anything undead. It'll take me a while to overcome this trauma. It was awful, but it allowed Quynn and Bagoro to win the battle.

Afterward, Quynn grabbed a twilight crystal, then we all entered a blue circle and appeared in a beautiful ranch with Zelda's grandmother sleeping in bed. However, her soul was missing and Quynn used the twilight crystal to see into a dark and terrible world.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

We talked to ghostly Zelda more about the maps and current situation. Apparently, the ranch was under an enchantment that made it seem like a fortress. When we killed the giant skeleton boss, it broke the enchantment and returned the ranch to normal. But that still doesn't explain the weird black stuff around Hyrule castle.

Afterward, we entered a tunnel that leads out of the ranch. Remi touched a statue and 8 statues came to life as undead guards that kicked our asses! Remi almost died, but I saved him with my fairy. We won the battle, but what a pain! Since we're all weak from battle, we gotta go back to Zelda and rest to heal up. I also want to learn how to play a few songs with my ocarina. I might do more crafting as well.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

For all readers, I want you to get a glimpse of how our Zelda party members fight.

Remi, the earth spell caster, often throws a giant ball of acid at groups of enemies. Sometimes he also casts "Entangle", which creates weeds and vines to grapple enemies. He is also super good at hiding, to the point where nobody can find him even while he's attacking. Ironically, he sometimes forgets to hide or can't find a good hiding spot, so he dies...

Quynn, the fire spell caster, is versatile. He tries to stay away from opponents and launch fire spells. But if enemies approach him, he can slash with short swords and then safely move away with Combat Movement. He's the smartest out of all the party members and makes very good decisions.

Bagoro, the goron warrior, is the dumbest and toughest out of all of us. He's our awesome tank who can take a lot of hits. He charges into battle with his two-handed hammer. He often gets surrounded by enemies, so he uses Master Cleaver to attack everyone simultaneously. Whenever he gets hit, he also performs counter-attacks. His last trick is a rollout attack; he gets into a ball and rolls over enemies.

Casimous, the archer, is probably the most boring to watch. He simply fires arrows and moves around. If he's surrounded by enemies, he attacks with his gauntlets instead. His best trick is Limb Shot; he's used it occasionally to disable enemies' arms and legs to prevent them from attacking.

Keela, the air/electricity spell caster, is the heavy-hitter in the group. She attacks multiple opponents with cone and line spells to deal major damage and sometimes knock down opponents. If she wants to focus on a single enemy, she fires electricity ray attacks that are very effective against enemies holding or wearing lots of metal. Most importantly, she can fly around the battle, keeping out of harm's way while attacking. She also flies around battle using her captured faeries to heal or revive allies. Ironically, she sometimes stays too close to battle and takes significant damage to help Bagoro and others stay alive...which leads her to death. However, she's been playing it safe lately and using Agile Spell Caster to move away from opponents after firing spells.

Who's my favorite character? Keela, because she's the character that I play. I also love her perseverance and ability to be incredibly useful in and out of combat.

Who's got the most potential to improve and become awesome? Remi. Do I think he will improve? Probably not, but there's a chance.

Who's the most exciting to watch? Bagoro.

Who thinks the most and plays consistently well? Quynn.

Who's the underdog and the one everybody prays for? Casimous. He helps the party and I love having him around. But he has terrible luck and always gets stuck in crappy situations.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

I learned two new songs for my Ocarina. I also finished crafting some sweet gloves for Casimous. Lastly, the whole plot was finally revealed! It's a bit complicated, so bare with me here.

We walked into a portal that transported us to a large beach cove/beach island. There we met Illia, a fairy who explained everything. We are now 20 years into the future. We disappeared from our own timeline when we first left Valoo village. When we left Valoo village, we entered a cave and met a Great Fairy. She somehow made us time travel into the future. She may have not been a Great Fairy, but perhaps something else in disguise.

While we were gone for 20 years, evil people and 3 great dragons killed almost all civilians! The royal family was all killed and Link accidentally disappeared when Zelda cast a spell to protect the people and cities. Twilight also fell down, which explains all the blackness.

Obviously we want to fix all of this somehow. We decided to start helping the future people with some of their problems. Hopefully we can acquire better equipment and information about the past, which will help us if we ever get the chance to go back in time and fix everything.

Illia showed us multiple rooms with portals which lead to different parts of the world. We traveled to the Skyward cities and walked into a giant pumpkin inn. My friends received jars with pumpkin mead and all was well until dark flying creatures attacked. A Skyward knight fought alongside us and we managed to defeat the monsters. We convinced everyone in the Skyward cities to go to Haven, a safe place where we met Illia.

Haven is a large vacant place that we hope to fill with many useful people. If we can bring people from around the world to Haven, they can start a new civilization and possibly help us get back to our past time period.

A thought just occurred to me. Even if we fix our past time period, it may not change the future. Instead, it may create an alternate timeline. Only time will tell...

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

Surprise! This post encompasses two months of roleplay and events. After bringing many people from the Skyward cities to Haven, we spent two grueling months helping people to get organized and settled in Haven. We met our newest allies, Stranglethorn and Charlotte. They are two mercenaries from our past time period who followed us here. Together, we all helped the citizens by creating farming, homes, businesses, and a whole new academy for the Skyward knights.

During the first week, I felt sad and useless. I felt like our work meant nothing. I worked a few days with the skyward knights' birds and helped build their nests. I also took care of the babies. But what did all of this mean? Why were we helping people in Haven when we should be finding our way back to the past. I missed my family and friends. I felt a horrible need to go back in time and fix everything. But soon I realized that we had all the time in the world. It doesn't matter how long we stay here because if we do find a way to time travel, we will be able to choose exactly which point in time to return to. I also saw that our help was making a difference. However, I knew I could be more useful helping the whole city instead of being cooped up inside the academy.

I spent the remaining two months performing odd jobs and helping everyone with everything! I flew around the city, casting spells and doing everything including farming, cooking, cleaning, crafting, guiding, socializing, supervising, and etc. I took on every job and expanded my all-around capabilities while helping the citizens of Haven. I became an idol to the people, someone they all looked up to. I finally felt important and more useful than ever before.

I wasn't the only one who changed, the others improved as well. Our warriors trained with the Skyward knights and received improved weaponry. Remi improved his magic skills by casting spells to help build the Academy. He also worked with all civilians to improve their farming, fishing, and other survival skills. As a whole, we all improved ourselves and transformed Haven into a prosperous city.

Charlotte worked with a few knights to enter and explore all the portals. They tried their best to avoid combat and obtain information. They found good vantage points which may help us locate the Temple of Time. Supposedly, Occoa village may have information that can help us. So that's where we're heading next. However, there are strong winds and other environmental issues which prevent flight and may deter us from achieving our objectives. We'll try our best to succeed.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

Everything changed today...my life, knowledge, and point of view.

We decided that we needed to help Zelda. We've kept her waiting for over two months now, it's time we kept our promise. We spoke to Illia and convinced her to allow Zelda's ghost spirit to possess her. We traveled through the portal and back to Long Lon Ranch. Zelda was crying over her grandmother's body. Remi said something stupid..."why are you crying?" His fairy, Twink, immediately flew into his head and dazed him long enough for Stanglethorn and I to talk with Zelda and convince her that her people in Haven need her.

Zelda stopped crying, strengthened her resolve, and fused with Illia. It was powerful and astonishing. They were exploding with holy power! Once fused, she was glowing gold and seemed otherworldly. She pointed at a map on the wall and a golden "T" appeared. Then in one quick flash, she teleported all of us.

We appeared inside the Temple of Time. The temple seemed intact and safe, except there was an evil gargantuan red dragon! It was standing in front of the temple altar and we started combat. We all did a great job, but the dragon was insanely powerful. Luckily, we had Zelda (fused with Illia) to fight with us. She used a powerful holy bow that would strike the dragon and knock him into walls! The temple shook with fury and chaos.

We thought the battle was nearly over, but suddenly the dragon disappeared and reappeared behind Zelda! Not only did the dragon heal half of its health, he also nearly killed Zelda! Most likely, the dragon had cast the spell "Time Stop". The battle continued and allies used potions to heal some of her wounds, but the dragon soon did the same trick again and Zelda fell unconscious.

Suddenly, the temple altar became active and people came through a portal: a blonde woman, a Twili man, and a strange shadow-like girl with long orange hair. The blonde woman fell unconscious, but the other two started fighting the dragon. The Twili man shot a potion at the blonde woman, which healed her enough to help fight the dragon. Eventually, the dragon became overwhelmed and teleported away. We won for now, but I'm sure he'll be back in the future.

The blonde woman used a potion to heal Zelda. She also told everyone that they were doing great and to keep up the good work. Then she walked over to me and I freaked out. The blonde woman was an older version of me, 20 years older! She held out her hand and told me that I must know the truth. We touched hands and she fused with me. I obtained 20 years worth of information in a matter of seconds...I fainted. I woke up hours later feeling overwhelmed and sad.

Apparently, my older self was capable of using electricity magic to power the Temple of Time and travel to different time periods. I traveled 20 years back in time to help my other companions get stronger. Then I persuaded all of my friends to come back in time to kill all evil and fix the past. Unfortunately, my magic accidentally sent us 17 years into the past and we weren't strong enough to defeat the enemies. Everyone died except me. Not knowing what else to do, I lived 20 years hiding and trying to help whomever I could. Eventually, I went back to that dreadful past to figure out what went wrong and accidentally found a Twili man. I took him to the future and here we are now...

I explained this all to Remi at the farm in Haven. We concluded that we must do everything possible to help Haven and this future time. Maybe we'll discover new items, new allies, and gain enough power to go back and fix the past. I also learned from my older self that there are alternate timelines. In other words, even if we fix the past, this future time and city of Haven will still exist.

After talking with Remi, I became happier and motivated to do good. I played with Remi's fairy (Twink) for a bit and then we started talking about temples. While I was unconscious, Zelda told the group that we must go to the three temples of Hyrule to recover the Triforce pieces and re-activate the Temple of Time. Only then can we travel back to the past safely. My older self never collected the Triforce pieces, and she screwed up everything, so we must do it all the right way without taking shortcuts.

[Aerin, the half-elf priestess]

On to the Water Temple!

We went through a portal and arrived on a beach. We saw the top of the water temple sticking out of the water, but there were many Zora swimming around. Remi politely asked them how we could enter, but they wanted to kill us! I noticed that they looked stressed out, as if they were being forced to work too hard and do things they did not want to do. I teleported the group back to Haven and we spoke with Illia. She gave us information and ideas, then we returned to that beach.

This time Remi used plant magic on some floating seaweed and entangled the Zora so we wouldn't have to fight them. I flew our party toward the temple and we ran into more Zora. We fought them off, unfortunately killing a few, and then entered the temple. It was a massive dungeon! We fought monsters, escaped traps, and went through multiple rooms before reaching a stairway going down. We walked halfway down and ran into a pool of water! The second floor is all water and we have no way of surviving that.

Luckily, princess Zora appeared! She was cute! She explained to us everything that was going on. There are three powerful wizards in our world. Each one has a piece of the triforce and resides at a temple. They are using their power to threaten and control their respective cities. There's a wizard amongst the Zora, Gorons, and Wind Mages. We must defeat each wizard and retrieve their triforces so that we can use the Temple of Time and travel back in time properly. Unfortunately, we cannot advance any further into the water temple since we have no way of surviving underwater. However, princess Zora gave us a magical water blessing so we can survive the intense heat in the fire temple. We'll rest a few hours back in Haven and then go to the fire temple in Goron City.