The TRUTH Behind The Coliseum in Breath of The Wild! (Zelda Theory)

What was the true purpose of The Coliseum?

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[HyruleGamer]

Could Dai reeeaally slay that Lynel?

[lolacool]

The hint given to find the phantom armour in the DLC says you'll find it in a "soldier's proving ground" (the coliseum)

[princesscadance]

Imagine being a knight, stationed in the coliseum, completely unaware of the horror that’s about to be unleashed. You’re stationed on the top floor, both you and a fellow knight are off-duty at the time. You’re sat against the wall, polishing your broadsword, and your buddy from childhood is leaned against the window, gazing out at the sunset. You feel a rumble, a small rumble, and you break the silence by asking what that was, and if your friend felt it. He isn’t aware, so he kinda just grunts dismissively. Then you hear a distant roar, and your buddy draws back in fear - Something has hit him. Not enough to cause physical pain, but something to cause speechless terror from him. You see something... Black and dark pink on his arm, it looks like goo... And it’s slowly progressing up his arm, growing by he second. It has begun, you and every knight within that stone structure have no idea what’s about to happen, the unholy infection about to ravage your ranks...

[spamtong.spamton]

If you haven't already, you should do a theory about what happened at Tabantha Tower for it to become so consumed by Malice.

[apple_blossom]

Don't forget that the Roman coliseum had a floor between the arena and the basements., so maybe the levels actually had a wooden floor where its open 100 years later. This supports that there would be multiple training levels with room for beds, weapons, ect....

[shoe]

I always figured it was an homage to the Coliseum in the Arbiters Grounds in Twilight Princess. It could be a place for execution of criminals of the worst kind. Which, would ALSO fall in line with your theory since it would be surrounded by guards. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[somnambler]

The clue for finding the DLC chest in the colosseum refers to it as a training ground for hyrules warriors. So, it's a good "theory, " but it was also already stated within the game

[moka]

It always seemed weird to me that the coliseum served the purpose to have fights and spectators watching because of the same reasons you mentioned, I completely agree with your theory!!!

[CloaxHere]

Therapist: Smurf Link isn't real, he can't hurt you
Smurf Link: 4:00

[shii]

hg: *tries to do a cinematic shot*
botw: A Climb down - A Climb down - X Glide

[moramoment]

i gotta stop getting my time zones mixed around i thought i had like another hour 😅 but i’m here!

[Axel]

Its interesting to note that in Age of Calamity, you can see the Coliseum. Its as destroyed as it looks in Breath of the Wild.

So my big question is, what heavily damaged the Coliseum if it wasn't the Second Calamity? was it hurt during the First Calamity 10000 years back? if so, why didn't the Royal Family ever tried to repair it? too costly perhaps? or maybe the Coliseum usage for the Knights was kept a secret, to prevent ambushes and invasions from outsiders? There's a lot about the Coliseum's existence that I'd like for a future Zelda game to explore. Maybe Breath of the Wild's sequel can fulfill that.

[Ninterra]

I've always been so interested with the coliseum but also so scared to explore it because of the lynel!

[MG-mhxp]

I have to say the roman colliseum was used at one point to host battles, but it was used for much much more than that. there was a time where it was a marketplace, times where it was basically a place where they announce things, and more.

[teddlo]

*FUN FACT:*
Killing your opponent in a real-life Gladiator fight was usually against the rules seeing as how expensive Gladiators were. Gladiator fights was more like modern day boxing matches, trained fighters who fights for entertainment and making money, not bloodshed. In fact Gladiator champions were really good for advertisement, which is yet another reason why they weren't aloud to kill each other.

[Alex_Silverpen]

I seem to recall Botwick, the guy who talks about the Lord of the Mountain, mentioning the colloseum being used for fighting, and now it's used for fighting, but life-or-death against monsters, so I this makes sense.

[jlfrandsen]

My theory:
The sheer walls indicated to me that there were mostly aerial battles. The Rito could have had a pretty big presence within the coliseum, allowing spectators to watch at each level. The Rito training grounds were to prepare them for these bouts.

[Axecon]

You're probably correct on this! In the Age of Calamity overview map, the Colosseum is the site for battling large monsters such as the Hinox and/or Lynel. While the battles don't actually take place here since the Colosseum was not modeled in-game for AoC (huge missed opportunity), I could imaging this was the area knights trained against these large foes where they were able to be imprisoned, hence the large entryway.

[KMSmoozy]

I didnt even know about Dai until this video 😅 i swear i am still learning more about this game

[Firnen]

Just finishedmaking brownies, perfect timing! 🙂