User:Thingermerjigger

=Zelda Theories of Mine=

Tetraforce and the Forth Deity
While I do not believe in the tetraforce per se, I do have a theory about the tetraforce and the presence of a fourth deity in the Legend of Zelda series. A little confusing, I know, so allow me to explain.

(Note: Most of this is pure speculation and is backed up by little or no supporting evidence. However, to the best of my knowledge, none of it can be proven false by Zelda canon.)

In the beginning of Hyrule there were four deities: Din, Nayru, Farore and a forth, yet unnamed deity. (For the sake of argument let us just call him ???). And so, while Din was making the land, and Farore was making life, ??? was fulfilling its role as the great equalizer, creating the void of space to contrast the land, and death to end life. ??? was the exact opposite of the three goddesses, being male instead of female, one instead of three, and having an inverted and empty triangle in the triforce (hence the tetraforce). At first the goddesses approved of ???’s actions: provide contrast to their own actions, but when he created pain and death, the goddesses sought to put an end to him. While ??? was more powerful than any of the goddesses, he was no match for their combined powers and was ultimately defeated. Being immortal though, he could not die, and was sealed in the form of a mask, the fierce deity mask, and was banished into a nether realm, (which eventually became Termina).

Even though ??? was defeated, the absence of his part of the triforce limited its powers, and prevented it from giving the wielder of the “complete” triforce ultimate power.

While I don’t have any canonical proof for the above piece of mythology, there are some interesting tidbits that point to the presence of a forth deity.

“Proof” of a Forth Deity
In my opinion, one of the biggest supporters of the forth deity theory is the Magic Armor from the Wind Waker game. All three goddesses have a spell (Din’s Fire, Nayru’s Love, Farore’s Wind) with a color matching their symbolic color (red, blue or green) the Magic Armor, which shares the diamond with a ball in center design as the spells is purple in color.

The Four Sword also emphasizes the presence of a forth deity with the four colors of Link: red (Din), blue (Nayru), green (Farore) and purple (???)

Finally in Legend of Zelda Twilight princess, there are four spirits, not three and four giants not three (Terminians might worship ??? as the deity of kindness because he cut the three goddesses down a notch (see the Termina wiki page for more information) (Yes, there are arguments against these claims on the respective wiki pages but I do not agree).

Here is a little comparative table I made to help illustrate my point:

Other Theories of Mine
See the Gleeok section of the Stallord article. (I wrote it).

After returning from Termina, Link went into the distant future (i.e. just before Wind Waker), and failed to stop Gannon due hesitation (or something similar). So Hyrule was sunk to protect it, Link was punished for his cowardice, and his triforce piece was stripped from him. His curse was to remain a spirit, and to watch over future Link incarnations, while his triforce was broken up and placed at the bottom of the sea. (A little confusing, but for those who have played Wind Waker and Twilight Princess all the way through and payed close attention, this should make sense.