Yeah, but it's fun to speculate these things. The mythological references kinda give it a tie to the real world thus giving Zelda a sense of history and familarity.
The Silver Arrows
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Posted 18 October 2004 - 04:22 PM
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Posted 18 October 2004 - 07:32 PM
Yea, It's possible that the Silver/Light arrows are just magical arrows that repel evil like the Master Sword. Is it possible the Ancient Sages created them? either way, it could be possible that the Silver and Light arrows are the same and it's possible Ganon built an immunity over time
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Posted 19 October 2004 - 12:38 PM
I think the light arrows rae just used for stunning while the silver arrows or more for killing and probably tap into the same source of energy that the Master Sword uses.
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Posted 19 October 2004 - 05:02 PM
If the Silver Arrows were made by the fairy in the pyrimad of power, wouldn't that mean that fairy resides in the Golden Realm/ Dark World?
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Posted 19 October 2004 - 07:09 PM
Yea.....it does. The Sacred Realm is the exact opposite of Hyrule, so it's logical that there are people there. Of course, it makes you wonder why no one there has tried to use it. Perhaps only Hyrulians (people who live in Hyrule, not Hylians) are the only people who can use the Triforce since they were "Chosen?"
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Posted 20 October 2004 - 12:44 PM
Actually, the Hyrulians aren't chosen, the Hylia are.
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Posted 20 October 2004 - 07:42 PM
Um....yea...>.>; that's what I...just...said...Anyway, it matters not. the point is Only Hyrulians can use the Triforce! when Link tried to leave to Termina with the Triforce of Courage, it broke!
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Posted 21 October 2004 - 02:04 PM
Ahg, that doesn't make sense, if you're saying the Hylian people are the chosen people (what I said) then you say that the Hyrulians are chosen people you're contradicting yourself. If the Hyrulian people are the chosen people then any simple Zora or Goron could waltz up to the triforce and shoot off a wish. Therefore, the whole chosen people thing doesn't quite work, as Ganondorf was not a Hylia he was a Gerudo.
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Posted 21 October 2004 - 08:47 PM
True, I probably should of worded it better. It says the Hylians are the chosen people because their ears supposedly let them talk to the gods or summat, but the Triforce was hidden in Hyrule (the Ancient Sages supposedly sealed it in the Sacred Realm, as I understand) so it seems like only the people of Hyrule can use it
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Posted 21 October 2004 - 11:55 PM
I dunno, the whole sealing away of the triforce thing is a bit confusing. In one story I know that it says the golden land was created at the same time as the triforce, at the godesses departure. In another story the Hylians hid away the triforce after learning of it's great destructive potential, so which is it?
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Posted 22 October 2004 - 08:12 AM
It could be both. One earlier and one later.
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Posted 22 October 2004 - 09:35 AM
You mean that the Golden Land (Sacred Realm) was created when the triforce was created, and that perhaps it was found by an ancient Hylian, brought to Hyrule, and then taken back? It's possible.
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Posted 22 October 2004 - 04:22 PM
True. all of it's legends have to be created somehow, right? and some NPCs in the castle in OOT say that the Triforce was studied long ago
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Posted 22 October 2004 - 08:12 PM
We don't know when it was created.You mean that the Golden Land (Sacred Realm) was created when the triforce was created, and that perhaps it was found by an ancient Hylian, brought to Hyrule, and then taken back? It's possible.
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Posted 22 October 2004 - 08:34 PM
glad everyone ignored my theory
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Just like my contro thread...
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Just like my contro thread...
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Posted 23 October 2004 - 06:41 AM
Well, if you wish for commentary...
I don't believe that the sword is lost forever. I mean, if you could just whip up a Master Sword whenever you needed one, why not make a bunch of Master Swords and have a whole army of do-gooders? Having more than one of the object also seems counter to the point of having the Master Sword...I'm having a hard time thinking of how to explain why well, though.
Besides that, ALttP still blows that theory out of the water even if you do think there are two Master Swords because of how you see the silver arrows made. You throw your old arrows, which aren't anything special or precious, into a fairy's pool, and she beefs them up for you.
So basically, I don't think there's any semblance of a chance that your theory is correct.
If you try to put a chronology in here, then one could almost argue that somebody (not sure who) melted down the All Powerful, Evil Banishing Sword, and made arrow heads out of the charmed metal. Although Link to the Past would blow this theory out of the water, it's completely possible if you believe that there are Two Master Swords. Like this.
OoT - WW - Sword is lost, so they make a new one. Minish Cap (highly likely) -Find old sword and keep new one, unaware of the old ones magical powers- LttP - The "New" Master Sword is no longer used, and the silver arrows are all that is needed to kill Ganon.
The Light arrows were just a spell. Thoughts?
I don't believe that the sword is lost forever. I mean, if you could just whip up a Master Sword whenever you needed one, why not make a bunch of Master Swords and have a whole army of do-gooders? Having more than one of the object also seems counter to the point of having the Master Sword...I'm having a hard time thinking of how to explain why well, though.
Besides that, ALttP still blows that theory out of the water even if you do think there are two Master Swords because of how you see the silver arrows made. You throw your old arrows, which aren't anything special or precious, into a fairy's pool, and she beefs them up for you.
So basically, I don't think there's any semblance of a chance that your theory is correct.
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Posted 23 October 2004 - 12:01 PM
Another thing, who would have made a new master sword had it been needed? We know that the original Master Sword was forged during or shortly before the Imprisoning War (according to ALttP) we never see another set of sages or craftsmen who could have made a new sword. And wouldn't something that important have been mentioned in the story?
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Posted 05 November 2004 - 05:39 PM
If there is an explanation to this I've never heard of it. It is however, known that Silver, as a moon metal, is capable of killing werewolves, this in turn may have lead to a generalization that Silver simply destroys evil easy enough, but there's probably somebody out there with a game related answer for ya. I'm personally interested to see whether or not there is one now.
In the Thead (Symbolism in GAnon's Transformation), it says that Ganon could just be a diety of Evil. If this is true, then the statement that silver weapons are Evil's greatest weakness makes [img]http://forums.legendsalliance.com/public/ALOT.png[/img] more sense.
