The Legend of Zelda: Goddess of Secrecy

Overworld Chapter 2 - A Guide Appears

            …but sleep is a dangerous thing for young heroes.

            A fiery air buffeted the grassy expanse before him. Using his arm to block the hot air, Link tried to look around where his dream had sent him. On the horizon, a white marbled platform rose out of the ground. A lone figure dressed in deep blue and black stood in the center.

            Almost uncontrollably, Link started towards the platform. Pillars rose up around its edge, each one with a unique style and design. As Link came closer, the lone figure could be heard playing the minor notes of a violin in some ancient ballad. The song made the pillars glow with a faint purple light. Link noted as he stepped foot on the platform that there were inscriptions on each of them that the glow brought out.

            Hero of the Sky.

            Hero of Time.

            Hero of the Sea.

            Hero of Twilight.

            Hero of the Fall.

            And so many more. Link knew where he was, even if he had never been there before. He stood in the middle of Hero’s Shrine, the dedication to heroes past, resting in the middle of Hyrule Field.

            One long note played on the figure’s instrument, before Link heard the figure move. He looked up from the pillars to the dark clad figure. A hawk with golden tipped wings swooped in from the sky, gliding gracefully on the hot currents to its master. As it landed, the figure spoke, “We are pressed for time. The night only lasts so long, and there is much you and I must accomplish before we can meet again.”

            Lowering the cowl around their neck, the figure revealed themself to be a woman: ageless, tall, and graceful, with the long, pointed ears like Link’s. She dipped her head, a sign typically meaning respect. She said, “My name is Endeavor. I wish I could have reached here sooner, but my home lies deep in the middle of the Frostborne Mountains. It is a long travel from there.

            “I would come to Eveningale itself, but a dark man is fast reaching the Castle as we speak,” Endeavor went on. “His party is slow, but it will not be long until he will reach there, under the guise that he is trying to offer peace between Hyrule and the wild tribes of Gerudos to the King. For that, I must warn the ideal Sheikah that their Princess is in danger.”

            She lifted her arm, and her hawk walked down her arm to a leather falconer's brace. Endeavor explained, “You know this man, yourself, Link. It is the same man who has been troubling your dreams for so long now. He calls himself by only a surname of his past life, and is merely Sir Dragmire to most. I would tell you his true name, yet I fear it would only alert him that this spell of his is well at work on his opposition, and worse that his opposition is alive and preparing.”

            Endeavor sighed, finishing, “I would tell you more, save there is too much to tell in one night. There is only the hope you will believe me and travel south when the Goddess ordains it’s time. She will send you a sign soon, surely, for time is short and pressing hard, harder than Eveningale would care to believe. When the sign comes, travel into the depths of Deku Forest and find the Temple of Courage. There your questions will be answered.”

            Link would rather have answers now rather than later, but before he could asked anything else, Endeavor raised her hand and the hawk took flight. His dream began to fade as she spoke one last time, “Yore will find you, and the blessing of the Goddess with him. You will no longer need to fear troubled sleep while he is with you.”