Character name: Link Canon: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Canon point: The end of the game. Powers, if any: He's really good at climbing and hunting and riding horses and so on, and he's a great cook! He can also use runes through his magic smartphoneSheikah Slate to raise magical ice blocks, temporarily freeze time on an object and store kinetic energy in it to send it flying, use magnets to manipulate metal, and create remotely-detonated bombs (since these are a no-no, we can disable that rune. Or he can pinky promise not to use it). Also, he can use it to take selfies, and summon a sweet magic dirtbike.
Application letter: It seems selfish of me to want a vacation. I've only been awake again for such a short time, but the weight of the whole world was dumped on my shoulders as soon as I opened my eyes. I had to defeat the Calamity and save the Princess. I had to wield the Sword that Seals the Darkness. Nobody else could.
The Calamity has been defeated, so now what? We have a long way to go, traveling the country, trying to rebuild, clearing out the last pockets of monsters and Malice that the defeat of the Dark Beast didn't destroy. Defeating Calamity Ganon? That was the easy part. People are harder. The Yiga Clan are still out there, and out for our blood, I'm sure. I have to do now what I can barely remember doing, which is defend the Princess as her appointed knight.
She needs this more than I do, I'm sure. She's been keeping Ganon contained for a hundred years, and I've been running around Hyrule for not even a fraction of that time picking up the pieces of my own mind and trying to help put the spirits of our friends to rest. Back before the Calamity, I used to not talk very much because I wanted to keep the image of a stoic knight and not let anyone know that I was insecure or afraid, too. I know I'm going to have to start doing that again when we get to work rebuilding Hyrule. I just want to let myself enjoy acting my age for a little while longer. I want to be who I am, not who I'm supposed to be.
I wouldn't even consider this if Hyrule wouldn't be waiting just the way I left it. But since it is...a break wouldn't hurt.
Note: Because the Master Sword is bound to the spirit of the hero now that Link is once again strong enough to wield it, he would have to keep it with him, at least on the island. He wouldn't need to carry it around - and would in fact prefer not to - so it would stay in his cabin, but leaving it behind in Hyrule would sit poorly with him, even if time would be frozen.
Link | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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Character name: Link
Canon: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Canon point: The end of the game.
Powers, if any: He's really good at climbing and hunting and riding horses and so on, and he's a great cook! He can also use runes through his
magic smartphoneSheikah Slate to raise magical ice blocks, temporarily freeze time on an object and store kinetic energy in it to send it flying, use magnets to manipulate metal, and create remotely-detonated bombs (since these are a no-no, we can disable that rune. Or he can pinky promise not to use it). Also, he can use it to take selfies, and summon a sweet magic dirtbike.Application letter: It seems selfish of me to want a vacation. I've only been awake again for such a short time, but the weight of the whole world was dumped on my shoulders as soon as I opened my eyes. I had to defeat the Calamity and save the Princess. I had to wield the Sword that Seals the Darkness. Nobody else could.
The Calamity has been defeated, so now what? We have a long way to go, traveling the country, trying to rebuild, clearing out the last pockets of monsters and Malice that the defeat of the Dark Beast didn't destroy. Defeating Calamity Ganon? That was the easy part. People are harder. The Yiga Clan are still out there, and out for our blood, I'm sure. I have to do now what I can barely remember doing, which is defend the Princess as her appointed knight.
She needs this more than I do, I'm sure. She's been keeping Ganon contained for a hundred years, and I've been running around Hyrule for not even a fraction of that time picking up the pieces of my own mind and trying to help put the spirits of our friends to rest. Back before the Calamity, I used to not talk very much because I wanted to keep the image of a stoic knight and not let anyone know that I was insecure or afraid, too. I know I'm going to have to start doing that again when we get to work rebuilding Hyrule. I just want to let myself enjoy acting my age for a little while longer. I want to be who I am, not who I'm supposed to be.
I wouldn't even consider this if Hyrule wouldn't be waiting just the way I left it. But since it is...a break wouldn't hurt.
Note: Because the Master Sword is bound to the spirit of the hero now that Link is once again strong enough to wield it, he would have to keep it with him, at least on the island. He wouldn't need to carry it around - and would in fact prefer not to - so it would stay in his cabin, but leaving it behind in Hyrule would sit poorly with him, even if time would be frozen.