Do Ocarina of Time's Sages Die? (Legend of Zelda Theory)

For years fans have speculated about every ambiguous detail of Ocarina of Time's story, creating theories to fill in the gaps and answer the game's many mysteries. could twilight princess temple of

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of time ocarina of time dead is a story of sacrifice linked to the threads of destiny its central characters each travel their own journey each falling into the role chosen for them by destiny the most obvious sacrifice is the lynx who renounces his childhood and his innocence to fulfill the role of the hero , even after being sent back in time to relive his lost youth, discovers that although the world itself is the same as it used to be, it has changed too much to be left behind. to ordinary life leaving hyrule behind and stumbling upon their strange adventure with Majora's mask, but the wise men also sacrificed their previous lives for the good of hyrule, each of them leaves everything, their friendships, their responsibilities, their families for save their kingdom from tyranny and at the same time, At the end of the game, as the liberated people of Hyrule dance and celebrate for a long time on the ranch, the wise men have a different, more somber ending to their stories in the form of brilliant wisps of energy, travel to the high peak of the mountain of death and gaze upon the realm.

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are happy, they smile at each other and Zarya sits on Darunia's head but there is a clear division here, they are no longer part of Hyrule's celebrations nor are they really part of Hyrule, they have transcended into something more, beings above the mortal races and they are alone the idea that the

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of ocarina of time are dead is not new, it is one of the most discussed theories in the game, but it is something that I had not fully investigated until now, there is a lot of evidence which backs it up but also some solid counterarguments that will be extended towards the end, so subscribe if you haven't already for more

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content and let's discuss the fate of ocarina of times sages.

The role of sage has a somewhat inconsistent definition throughout the series since ocarina. of time we have seen sages dedicated entirely to praying for the power of the master sword to repel evil or ethereal ghostly sages who carry out Ganondorf's execution and before the ocarina in a link with the past we are told that the seven maidens They are the descendants of a group of sages who sealed Ganon long ago, regardless of their specific roles, the sages are always connected in some way to the sacred realm, the triforce, the maintenance of order and the sealing of evil and this, Of course, it's true in Ocarina of Time, perhaps the Sage's.

The most iconic appearance of the ocarina of time explains that when Hyrule falls into darkness, a voice sounds from the sacred realm calling those destined to awaken as sages. Each of these individuals, representing an element, are called to their respective temples where they begin their new lives as the six sages. the seventh sage, however, is a member of the hyrulean royal family during ocarina of time the seven sages are roru the sage of light an ancient being responsible for the construction of the temple of time and the chamber of sages long ago saria sage of forrest and link's childhood friend darunia sage of fire and the goron chief ruto sage of water and princess of the zoras impa sage of shadows and one of the only living sheikah naboru sage of the spirit and a powerful warrior gerudo and

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the seventh wise princess of hyrule and holder of the triforce of wisdom in the course of the game's story, we see each wise man awaken, except for roru, who was already aware of his role, they went from being normal people, completely oblivious to their destiny, to beings from another world, each one completely dedicated to their role and responsibility.

The first modern sage to ascend is Link's childhood friend Saria, even before the time jump. Sarya is loosely connected to her ultimate destiny as a sage of the forest. She often travels to her secret place in the heart of the sacred forest meadow, right in front of the temple where she claims that if one plays the ocarina one can hear the spirits of the forest and that she feels that this place will be very important to both of them. One day, at some point during Link's seven-year sleep, the voice of the sacred realm called for Sarya as it did for all future sages, she left the safety of the Kakiri forest and when Link reaches her secret places, she is not met.

Goes nowhere after Link frees the forest temple from corruption. He meets Sarya in the chamber of sages in a bittersweet moment. reunion of two childhood friends however this is not the same saria link knew she is more reserved sad almost painfully aware that her role as sage means she and link cannot live in the same world it is not explicitly clear if saria is dead or not here, but she's obviously changed in drastic and irreversible ways since she traveled alone to an abandoned, monster-infested mansion deep in the lost woods. darunia our next sage is the chief of the gorons, a race of living rock that lives in the depths of the fiery caverns of death mountain during link's search for the spiritual stones, he becomes a close friend of darunia, who names him sworn brother for killing the monstrous king dodongo and allowing the gorons to feast on the rocks in dodongo's cave again.

Darunia is passionate and fiercely protective of his people. So it's no surprise that when Ganondorf imprisons the Gorons and threatens to feed them to his former adversary, the underground lava dragon Volvagia Darunia takes it upon himself to slay the beast, admitting that he's worried because he doesn't have the

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ary Megaton Hammer as a weapon. . He was used a long time ago to seal Volvagia, but he enters his chamber anyway with no other option when Link enters the boss room. Darunia is nowhere to be seen, only Volvagia remains, of course, the boss reappears in the chamber of the sages apparently surprised by his destiny as the sage. of fire, he doesn't mention his battle with volvagia only that he's grateful to bond for helping seal the evil in the temple, so like with saria, it's unclear if darunia is alive here, but unless he's been transported to the chamber of wise men immediately.

After entering Volvagia's lair, it is very possible that she went ahead with her plan to confront the lava dragon and died trying to protect her people, now as Zarya, unable to exist in the same world, since link ruto has a similar story. girl where she was trapped in the stomach of Zora's patron deity, Lord Jabu Jabu, after he rescues her, she decides to marry him and gives him the third spiritual stone as an engagement gift. Seven years later, she is found in the water temple, where she explains that she was freed from the dominion of the frozen Zora by the sheikh and that she ventured to try to kill the monster inside the temple to save her people after it was destroyed.

Go deeper into the dungeon. We don't see Ruto again until the Chamber of Sages where she mentions that she wants to offer Link her undying love, but she doesn't believe she can do it now. A line similar to that of saria indicates a similar destiny. We actually hear from her a little earlier, right before the boss fights Morpha, when her voice warns Ling to be careful with hers. water, though it is only her voice, possibly reaching out to link from the sacred realm, Shadow Imper's next impassage is, of course, Princess Zelda's assistant, a powerful sheikah who long ago sealed away a sinister being that only known as bongo bongo within Kakariko village also when Ganondorf was freed.

The ghost of her seal traveled to the shadow temple and impa followed him with the intention of imprisoning the dark spirits once again. This plays out similarly to Darunia's attempt to seal away Volvagia. We know that impa traveled to the shadow temple to confront bongo bongo, but at that moment she bonded. She arrives at the dungeon, the sheikah is nowhere to be seen and the phantom shadow beast remains unsealed. It can be argued that Imp was fully aware of her destiny to become the Sage of Shadows, since she, like Zelda, is closely related to the royal family.

Naboru also has a mysterious story that leads to her ascension to the sage of the spirit. She enters the spiritual temple opposed to Ganondorf's tyrannical rule, but is captured by the witches Kotake and Koumei, brainwashed, and forced to serve them for seven years. Naboru acts as Ganondorf's pawn, stealing and looting, even brainwashing people and is eventually locked in iron knuckle armor and forced to fight Link after losing in a Jewel Naboru regains consciousness no longer under control. of the witches, the couple decides that due to her great influence among the Gerudo they will brainwash her again and in a strange moment they attack Naboru with magic that seems to disintegrate her.

She doesn't appear. again until later, where she is inexplicably found in the chamber of sages fully aware of her role, unlike the other sages who mysteriously disappear within their respective temples before reappearing in the chamber of sages, we actually see nabooru attacked but it doesn't look like kotake and koumei intends to kill her just before they cast their spells, they announced that they intend to keep her brainwashed to serve Ganondorf, so what is this spell about? Why do the witches seem to vaporize Nabooru instead of just forcing her back under their control if they killed her? so why talk about how useful it would be to them if they left her alive seconds earlier?

If she was teleported to a cell, how does she appear unbrainwashed in the chamber of sages moments later? It is a strange moment to which we will return. later we first need to cover the last two sages roru and zelda roru the sage of light is clearly not alive in the conventional sense he is incredibly old and built the temple of time the temple of light and the chamber of the wise men in an ancient era to protect the triforce. along with a group of long-forgotten sages, although it is debated among fans and for good reason it is confirmed in the history of hyrule that kepora gabora, the owl who guides link on his journey, is roru who takes another form to watch over Hyrule and we learn from a gossip stone that this owl is known to be the reincarnation of an ancient sage who supports the idea that Roru is no longer alive, he is simply a spirit linked to the sacred realm; conversely, the seventh and final wise princess zelda will almost certainly be alive at the end of ocarina of time, obviously, she is.

Captured by Ganondorf but rescued after Link defeats the evil king at the top of his tower in his climactic jewel, but she is not really a sage, she is the seventh sage, the leader of the group who never sets foot in the world. chamber of the wise along with the others. Often referred to as a group like the Six Sages, the Seventh Sage appears to have a more symbolic role, a leader to connect those in the sacred realm to Hyrule and direct the power of the six so that it is appropriate for the sage who remains. in Hyrule to be the only living member of the party before the game's climax, the Six Sages are seen in Ganon's Castle, each of whom appear when Link breaks one of the six evil barriers, each of whom appear floating above Link as spirits that appear and disappear from existence. which could be considered evidence that they are dead or simply that they are projecting images of themselves using their power as sages.

The closing credits of Ocarina of Time show a celebration in lon at the ranch. The characters and races of the game come together to dance to the song of saria. around a strange multicolored bonfire, but as the music changes to a more pensive tone, we move towards two characters sitting on the edge of the fields away from the festivities, King Zora and Medo, these are characters closely related to two of the wise men who is King Zora. Of course, Ruto's father and Mido longed for Sari's friendship, looking at her despite claiming to be the leader of the Kakiri, Mido looks especially sad, sitting cross-legged in silence until he is shocked by the green sparkles falling.

From above, he looks up just like King Zora and the blue flashes join the green that rains down on the pair, the camera pans and we see its source, bright balls of green and blue light crossing the night sky, followed by balls of red, yellow and purple, the wise men, although their people were saved, Medo and King Zora. they lost someone close to them, even if these sages didn't actually die, they are no longer a part of Hyrule and can no longer interact with their loved ones, so the sages in ocarina of time dying, it certainly seems that way in some cases and it does It also makes sense on a thematic level, the Sages have to sacrifice everything in their own lives to save Hyrule, however I don't think that's the case, while the Sages leave their previous lives behind, I don't think they have to die to answer your destiny. five temples are doors to the sacred kingdom is fromThese ancient sites that a voice calls to awaken the wise men, it is not difficult to believe that by simply being inside the temples at the right time the wise men were transported by roru to the chamber of the wise men to fulfill their purpose without having to die, it is more a symbolic death, they cannot leave this role, they have to defend their temples and continue their duty as sages, the title of sage has been used for many people throughout the zelda series, including the sages of the earth and the wind in the wind, individuals who explicitly have to be alive to fulfill their duty to mecca and the medley taking over from their deceased ancestors, a link between the sages of the world, although thematically similar to the ocarina of the times, definitely They are not dead, they There are several individuals from all over Hyrule who were turned into paintings by Yuga and many sages mention that they want Link to hurry on his adventure so he can return home to his people, a very different sentiment than the ocarina sages. of time who seem to be stuck in their role, the

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that the wise men are dead, is the strongest in my opinion when it comes to darunia, who we see enter the cloak of a powerful and violent dragon with a particular taste for blood in the flesh without the

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ary hammer used to defeat him, but is the weakest compared to naboru, who is hit by kotake and koimei's magic disappears from sight, presumably he was teleported to somewhere the pair can return to further late, since it is clear from their dialogue that they do not intend to kill her, they intend to continue using her as with any Zelda

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It's up to you, the player, to make your own decision, these games are often deliberately vague and rely heavily on symbolism and cryptic hints to tell their stories personally, although I love the idea of ​​wise men dying during Ocarina of Time, I think the story works just as well. with them sacrificing their former lives to become beings beyond mortal, a group with the power to seal evil and defend their kingdom at the cost of losing everything and everyone they loved. Thanks for watching this video, let me know what you think of this theory. comments below do you believe it?

Do not you believe it? Let me know what you think. Greetings guys and see you next time.