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Sulkaris is the primary antagonist in the non-canon fan games Hyrule: Total War and The Legend of Zelda: The Fallen Sage.

Appearance
Sulkaris' appearance has changed much since the Fallen Sage originally released and Hyrule: Total War, but generally she appears to wear a single acid green dress adorned by crescent shaped armored pauldrons.

Hyrule: Total War
During the game's prologue Sulkaris has a mature likeness to Saria and is draped with black robes. She wears a green dress and various armor plates resembling Gohma exoskeleton. When playing as the Gohma in either the Freeform Campaign or a Skirmish, Sulkaris assumes the form of a hideous and twisted spider with scythed appendages.

The Fallen Sage
For most of the game Sulkaris appears as a simple shadow figure with few distinguishable features. Sulkaris in her true form appears as a ten foot tall and imposing being bearing features similar to that of Saria.

Background
In The Legend of Zelda: The Fallen Sage, it is explained that Sulkaris was created by the Goddesses Din, Nayru, and Farore with six other Sages to safeguard the Triforce from mortal hands. She was the first of the Sages to exist, and is the oldest being other then the Goddesses in Hylian lore. Sulkaris eventually decided her job unfit for her existence, and attempted to steal the Triforce for herself. She was unable to obtain the Triforce and was cast out of the Sacred Realm and into the mortal world. Sulkaris wandered about the mortal world, eventually discovering the then simple minded Gohma and twisting them to her own devices. She wrecked havoc across Hyrule and its neighboring countries with a unending swarm of the arachnids until she was slain by King Gustaf.

Hyrule: Total War
Sulkaris' backstory is fleshed out in the prologue of Hyrule: Total War. In the prologue she amasses an army of Gohma and unleashes it upon the Ancient Hylians, bringing untold destruction to Hyrule and all those that worship the Goddesses. King Gustaf of the Ancient Hylians leads a desperate final attack against Sulkaris herself. His plan is to lure Sulkaris into a chokepoint near the Ordona Plains, where an allied army of Huskus will close in from behind and trap Sulkaris from all sides. Gustaf eventually kills Sulkaris in the battle with a Light Arrow igniting her body into flames.

The Fallen Sage
Sulkaris remains sealed for most of the game until she is released by Link and Saria. It was discovered that she was using Evaleen, the Sage of Shadow to manipulate General Akazoo Vapith of Hyrule into luring Link to Palagard's Sanctuary. Once Link killed Sulkaris' guardians she was free to break from her prison and escape back into the mortal world. Still a spirit without a body, Sulkaris uses Akazoo to summon forth a portal to the Sacred Realm on top of Hyrule Castle, where she awaits for Link's arrival. After Link slays Akazoo, he enters the Sacred Realm, only to watch Sulkaris consume Saria and become mortal again. Sulkaris, now with a restored physical body, is free to touch the Triforce. Link manages to stop her however, and kill her before she touches the Triforce. In her dying breath, Sulkaris manages to grasp the Triforce and wish for Link and Saria to die with her. The Sacred Realm begins to collapse, but Saria uses what life is left in her and transports Link out before the dimension collapses.

After a year passes within the game and Link has recovered three Triforce shards to rescue Saria from the collapsed Sacred Realm, it is revealed that Sulkaris survived as well and she unknowingly escapes with Saria. Towards the game's end Sulkaris shows herself, possessing Saria and forcing her to fight Link. Against his will, Link kills Saria and Sulkaris within her. It is presumed Sulkaris is finally dead.



At the game's climax, Sulkaris appears with Saria in her grip, taunting Link for aiding her in becoming a god. Sulkaris reveals her plot: When she failed to touch the Triforce she wished for another way to become a god. Using knowledge gained from Akazoo, Sulkaris uses the Heart of Palagard, the remains of dead Gohma, and the flesh of Saria to evolve into the "God of Gohma." However, she commits the ritual too early, and prematurly transforms into a weakened version of the Gohma God. A fight follows, and after Hyrule's mortar cannon is ready Liyer orders it to fire, blowing Sulkaris' new arachnid form into atoms. From the remains Sulkaris is reformed into the God of Gohma, a giant amorphous ooze characterized by a giant Gohma eye. Link eventually slays her with his blade and her spirit is completely destroyed.

Battle Music
Sulkaris's theme song, which is played during her final boss fight, is a remix of the song 'Gothix' by the orchestral recording studio 'X-Ray Dog.' It contains the same instrumentals as the original piece, but rerecorded lyrics pertaining to Sulkaris.

Lyrics (translated from unknown language)

Theme of Sulkaris

Sa-ta Fu-ta-lisk (Become God)

Sul-deh Sul-kar-is (Queen Sulkaris)

Ah-sa Fu-ta-lisk (Our God)

Oo Goh-ma (×4) (Of Gohma)

Ah-ta Sul-deh Sul-kar-is (Follow Queen Sulkaris)

sal-dus Sul-kar-is, Sa-ta Goh-ma (Beloved Sulkaris, become Gohma)

Battle the Futalisk

Sa-ta Fu-ta-lisk (Become God)

Ah-ta Ar-kay-tus (Follow omnipotence)

Ra-sa Ylu-sis (eclipse the sun)

Ah-sa Futa-liskv (Our God)

Ylu-sis (The Sun)

exu-dis Sul-karis (Forever Sulkaris)

De-ra sal-dus (Answer beloved)

Ah-ta Sul-kar-is (Follow Sulkaris)

Sa-ta Fu-ta-lisk (Become God)

A-ra-tus, ar-ka-ta (×2) (dawn of the arachnid)

Ah-ta Sulkaris (Follow Sulkaris)

Ah-ta o-kay-tus (Follow forever)

De-ra sal-dus (Answer beloved)

Sa-ta Futa-lisk (×5) (Become God)

Ah-ta Ar-kay-tus (Follow omnipotence)

Ra-sa Ylu-sis (eclipse the sun)

Ah-sa Futa-lisk (Our God)

Ylu-sis (The Sun)

exu-dis Sul-karis (Forever Sulkaris)

De-ra sal-dus (Answer beloved)

Ah-ta Sul-kar-is (Follow Sulkaris)

Sa-ta Fu-ta-lisk (Become God)

A-ra-tus, ar-ka-ta (×2) (dawn of the arachnid)

Ah-ta Sulkaris (Follow Sulkaris)

Ah-ta o-kay-tus (Follow blindly)

De-ra sal-dus (Answer beloved)

Ah-ta, exu-dis, pre-fus Goh-ma (Follow, forever, lead the Gohma)

Ah-ta, exu-dis, dru-fis ey-to (Follow, forever, consume all)

Sa-ta (×2) (Become...)

Trivia
- Sulkaris' original appearance was influenced by the Night Elf Wardens from Warcraft III