Talk:Lanayru Sand Sea

Category
Should we add this to the Bodies of water category? Since it is a (former) sea? --Heroofstuff 00:11, 21 February 2012 (EST)

Lake Hylia
Throughout many iterations of the Zelda franchise, but specially in OoT and TP, Lake Hylia is located near or next to Gerudo Desert, which is usually accepted by fans to be what Lanayru Desert will become in the future. By extension, the Sand Sea could well be the future Lake Hylia: both are bodies of water that lie close to Hyrule's largest desert, and the Sand Sea is located in the west, just like Lake Hylia in OoT and TP (Game Cube version, which is the canon one).

Also, in recent games, Lake Hylia is shown be found within the Lannayru Province or at least have a connection with the goddess Nayru, characteristics that Lanayru Sand Sea fits perfectly.

While in Skyward Sword's "present", the sea has dried up, it once was filled with water, so it might regain some of its water in the future.

I'm well aware it is generally accepted that Lake Hylia's equivalent in SS is Lake Floria, not Lanayru Sand Sea, but I have many points against that theory:

a) First, as it's already said in Lake Floria's own discussion page, it is an underground lake, which Lake Hylia isn't.

b) In 3D games, Lake Hylia is usually located in the west: Lanayru Sand Sea is located in the west, while lake Floria is located in the east.

c) Lake Floria's closest location is Faron Woods. In most games, Lake Hylia lies faraway from any sort of woods or forests.

d) Furthermore, story-wise, as I already pointed out, Lake Hylia is associated with the Goddess Nayru and the Lanayru province, not unlike Lanayru Sand Sea; on the other hand, not only Lake Floria lies within (underneath?) the Faron province, but it's actually where Faron the dragon resides, thus Lake Floria isn't related to the Goddess Nayru at all, but to Farore.

e) Story-wise too, Lake Floria is said to be the surface's main source of water, very much like Zora's Domain in other games. If anything, I'd say Lake Floria is the future Zora's Domain (which also happens to have a waterfall and is covered/surrounded by caverns, very much like Lake Floria) which leaves the question of what's the Skyward Sword's equivalent of Lake Hylia.

While this of course is not undeniable proof (this would raise questions on how the sea recovered its water), there are indeed points that support my theory, and, correct me if I'm wrong, if there is a valid point that supports a theory, it can be put on the Theories section of an article, so I think it deserves to be featured in the article. VeggiePopper 05:04, 1 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Personally I see some merit to this theory. You certainly bring up some good points, after all. Let's see what our colleagues think. 05:28, 1 February 2013 (UTC)