fandomhigh | Great Legends of Hyrule; Wednesday, Third Period [03/30].

There were certainly benefits to having been a Fandom High student yourself and for long enough to know the familiar beats of certain events; it also helped that Sidon had the whole being a prince thing under his belt as a convenient excuse to not only head home for most of the week, but also to arrange things for the students for a well time and respiteful field trip! It was, after all, practically a tradition for some.

So the class was instructed to meet at Portalocity that day, and he met them there with his usual big grin. "I may have eluded," he began, "earlier in the semester that there may be some trips to Hyrule to enhance the whole Hylian legendary experience, and I have a feeling..." Here, he couldn't help throwing them all a very knowing wink, because he'd been very much in their positions himself, once upon a time!, "...that today would be an excellent day for such a trip! Let us get away from the island for a bit and into my own home of Zora's Domain! Come along, then, let's not waste another moment, there will be much to see and do!"

With that, then, he lead the class through the portal, which would whisk them away to the Ne'ez Yohma Shrine nestled underneath the main courtyard of the magnificent Domain. There was a light rain falling over them, but it was refreshingly cool and made the blue stones of the intricately designed structure, as well as the surrounding Lanayru Mountains glitter and shine in a truly spellbinding way.

"Welcome to Zora's Domain!" Sidon declared, opening his arms out enthusiastically and welcomingly. "Please, feel free to look around, visit with my people. Since our time today is short, I unfortunately must ask you to remain here in the Domain itself. The mountains and the waterfalls around here are especially beautiful and enticeing, but there has been an increase of monsters in the area lately, and I should not wish to see any of you put at risk, either! But there is no lack of things to experience here within the safety of the Domain! So please! Explore! Ask questions! Find yourself a souvenier or two!

"But," he added, with a lift of his finger as if to seem authoratitive and pre-emptively reprimanding, although the effect was spoiled by his grin, "please meet back here, in the main courtyard, here in front of this statue," he gestured to the statue at the center as if it could possibly be missed, "a little later. Because there is definitely a legend here that must be heard, and I can think of no better place to share it than right here! So go explore, ask me questions if you have any, or, better yet!, ask my fellow Zora! They simply adore visitors from Fandom," well, most of them under the age of 200 did, anyway!, "and will be more than happy to help. But, if there are no intitial questions, I'll see you all back here in short order!"

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Hooray! A field trip!

Looming over a large lake, surrounded by mountains and waterfalls, Zora's Domain exists on several gracefully built tiers with many winding, swooping walkways interconnecting them, with shallow, ankle-deep water everywhere (there are, however, rainboots available should you wish to protect your shoes). There is an inn that offers waterbeds to visitors passing through, actual beds, though, not like the water bed/ponds for communal sleeping Zora behind the throne room, although you could visit that as well!

Scope out some ware at the Coral Reef general store, or brave dealing with the surly Elder Zora who runs Dento's Blacksmith Shop behind it.

Travel up to the highest teir to the Royal Throne Room to pay respects to the massive, hulking King Dorephan himself if you're feeling to adventurous, but keep in mind, the man is about the size of a two story house and makes Sidon look tiny!

And, of course, there are Zora NPCs citizens and soldiers, young and old alike, everywhere, eager to meet more people from Fandom and help answer any questions they may have! Or just to chat it up a little!

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Once they'd gotten some of their exploration out of the way and had gathered back at the main courtyard, the smile Sidon greeted them with the sort of regrettable smile that the story he was about to tell would not be a particularly pleasant one. But it was an important one, and one he knew it was good for him to continue telling.

"And now," Sidon started, "for today's legend, I can think of no better place to tell it than here, in the heart of Zora's Domain, in front of the soul of my people."

Here, he gestured to the statue behind him, looming over even him, depicting a small, regal female Zora, etched beautifully in the same shimmering blue rock that made the Domain itself, poised gracefully with a long, ornate spear.

"This," he said, his voice gone quiet, but still carrying easily over the courtyard, as a hush seemed to fall over it; the hatchlings and quite a few of the younger adults stopped going about their business to also pause and listen as their prince wove his tale, "is my sister, Princess Mipha, who was chosen nearly one hundred years ago as a Champion of Hyrule, to pilot the Divine Beast Vah Ruta in our now seemingly endless struggle with the Calamity Ganon. Mipha and Vah Ruta are said to have shared a bond instantaneously; she was overjoyed to be in the presence of such a powerful entity, and deeply honored when given the brave task to pilot it. My dear sister, the dear princess of the realm, who had brought so much light and joy to the people around her, who taught even me," he chuckled a little in fond remembrance, "to swim! If you can even imagine!, knew that the battle would be a difficult one. Each of the Champions knew that there was a chance that they might not succeed, and...alas...they did not."

He was quiet for a long moment; the whole Domain seemed to be holding its breath, interrupted, finally, by a loud, bellowing sound from up the mountains, up by the East Reservoir Lake, a trumpeting and a rumbling of the Divine Beast itself, as if responding to Sidon's words.

"Princess Mipha was a brave beacon to her people in the darkest of times, and still, to this day, remains to be so, to give us the hope that her death will not have been in vain and we shall, one day, rise up and avenge her and defeat the Calamity once and for all. Upon the fall of the Divine Beasts, all of Hyrule mourned, and it was truly a dark and difficult time for us all. I was so young back then that I barely remember, but there are many here today that can still tell you of the despair that fell across the Domain, to the point where it became difficult to even think of our lost Champion. We sought to place her prized weapon, the Lightscale Trident, into the Zora River in her honor, but it was then that a voice came down as if from the very heavens themselves, a soft, sweet, bold voice that we all knew and loved:"

After a small pause, Sidon reverently quoted, "'The Lightscale Trident and I are one... Abandon your grief and know joy once again. Do not cry...just remember.'"

The small crowd of Zora who gathered to listen ducked their heads and another moment passed.

"And so," Sidon concluded, "this memorial was built, the Lightscale Trident was retrieved, and we chose instead of wallowing in our defeat, to look up to her bravery and her sacrifice and to know that we are stronger now because of it. We venerated the trident to remember our brave princess, and now, every year, we celebrate Mipha, as well as her other fallen comrades from around Hyrule, in the Champions Festival, where we rememember, we despair, but, most importantly, we hope."

He finished with giving the students a soft but grateful smile.

"I cannot thank you all enough," he said, and though his voice was soft, it was making up for it with the typical uninhibited outpouring of Sidon-sized sincerity, "for allowing me to share with you, today, this very personal legend. One that shows that while many of these tales come from a history far, far beyond even the ken of us long-lived Zoras, others touch very close to home, and it shows that legends can be created in any day and age, not just the distant past of history immemorial."

There is a little time after the story if the students wanted to hang around before they headed back, just enough for him to work up his usual enthusiasm before they do. But for now, he was uncharacteristically quiet and reflective, but he is definitely there.

And he might be convinced to let you stay on a bit longer if you weren't exactly keen on diving right back into Fandom again right now.

If portals ever went down during pollen week, I'd be screwed.

Astrid Magnussen

Alara Kitan

Alara was definitely grateful for the different field trips that she'd been able to go on this week because she definitely wasn't a fan of what was happening right now.

Even though she had considered returning home to Xelaya for the week her parents still weren't talking to her and in the end she decided she'd rather deal with Fandom than with her parents.

After Alara wandered around for bit, she thought she'd try making her way up the Royal Throne Room, which she thought would be a different challenge to try.

A venture up into the Throne Room meant that the incredibly large, whale-like king looming over the chamber had to smile a little at and chuckle a bit, even if the much, much smaller hammerheard-like attendant at his side look far less pleased.

"Why, you must be one of my son's visiting students!" King Dorephan boomed with amusement. "Welcome, welcome! Have you been enjoying your visit to our lovely Domain so far?"

Liberty Hazlett

After the week she'd been having so far, this was definitely a welcome surprise, and, even if it weren't for the clearer air, this was so incredible that Libby could completely even forget that the first half of the week had happened! She almost couldn't believe that they'd traveled here for real, that this was all just another grand danger shop simulation, and was just marveling at all the archeture, the mountains, the people! She almost didn't even care that she probably looked like some kind of gaping fish out of water (ha!), this was just incredible!

Eventually, she'd manage to pull herself out of her awe and wonder to maybe talk to a few of the Zora, but for now, she was just too caught up in being absolutely spellbound.

Alara found herself looking way up, “I am in your sons class,” she told him, trying not to gawk to much,”I have been really enjoying the visit …your…” Alara’s voice trailed off as she realised she didn’t know the correct title to address, “uh…your highness?” she tried.

Nell Ingram

Great Legends of Hyrule; Wednesday, Third Period [03/30].

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