The Tragedy of Ocarina of Time’s DYING Guard (Zelda Theory)

What happened to the royal guard found in the back alley of Castle Town?

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[SebbyWest]

I want a spin-off called: The Legend of the Guard Who Actually Did Something

[SaraBlade]

This actually fits with another theory. The bored Gate Guard he could of betrayed Hyrule just for a little fun and his reward for helping Ganondorf was to be transformed into the poe collector.

This also adds another twist. The dying guard was probably the one who opened the gate for Impa and Zelda. He then was attacked by the bored guard and was mortally wounded for helping Zelda.

[Twilit_Gamer]

Once again, excellent theory, NBC!
Also, if you haven't already, I ask that everyone would pay their respects to the fallen soldier
R.I.P. Soldier of Hyrule Castle
1998-1998 and 2011-2011

[SilicatYT]

Wait, so I was wrong? It was not a theory about the bottles behind the soldier? Dang...

I thought he drank too much beer, so he was a bit dizzy when you talked to him. Then he gets K.O... Common stuff

[kolterbraun]

If Ganondorf's "men" were royal guards that betrayed the king it would explain why nobody in town noticed much. They just saw guards and thought nothing of it.

[ShadowSkyX]

I believe Shiru the soldier is the back alley soldier from OoT. Link watched him die, but in Majora's mask, he gets "a second chance" to redo things; he can save him/bring him back to life with a red or blue potion instead of helplessly watching.

Note he laments "why does no one see me? No matter how much I wave my arms and call out, why do they not notice me? Is it because I'm plain as a stone...?"

That latter could be dark humor at the fact all the hylian soldiers look identical, though.

But the fact you cannot see him unless you use the lens of truth is telling: he was perhaps dead already when you find him, and no one noticed or heard his "calls" because he didn't know he had died. He could've temporarily jolted back to life just long enough to pass on the message he was supposed to tell link.

[Llac_Nights]

To this day I still don’t know why Majora’s Mask is filled with Noodles.

[tarynwinterholler]

Legend says his family still misses him today.. even if it was never confirmed he had one :P

[ZeldaLore]

This makes a lot of sense, and fits nicely with the existing lore. Ganondorf could have corrupted the guards by telling them of the triforce and its power to grant wishes, and once he, and his followers got to the sacred realm, Ganondorf killed them all and claimed the triforce for himself.

[noonslullabies]

When I first got my 3ds, OoT was one of the games I picked up after years hearing about online, so I already knew about the soldier and knew I had to find him.

It was a sad experience. He left such a deep impression on those that first met him on the 64 that they went onto share his existence, and when it came out on the 3ds, more people went to go find him.

No one deserves to die alone, and we all made sure he didn't.

[rayrevolta]

Maybe Ganondorf's men escaped through a secret passage in the alley where the dying guard is found. He could have chased them there to try and stop them and he couldn't find/open the secret way.

[Anove.]

That is a depressing tombstone.
RIP Thomas: the one guard who actually did his job.

[veronicanaumov]

R.I.P Guard, May the goddess smile upon him

[ShepherdsCreek]

I always thought it was kinda a given that it was an inside job. Why would the guards all be totally chill when their princess was missing otherwise?

[alexanzaldo]

Link: *breathes*


Navi: "look out!!"

[SongoftheLute]

Wow, Ganondorf sure does like to take over Hyrule castle doesn't he. I bet you could make a whole video just on that topic!
Dark castle Hyrule is wonderful in Occarina, but people don't pay much attention to what Vaati did to it in the minnish cap.
Hyrule castle is a major target for villains, like the wizard Aganim in LTTP. And wow did it look freaky in breath of the wild!
That castle ! Everyone wants that building, but all it is is stone really. Could it be that its the symbol of what it means is so important to these villains, or does the geographical location have some sort of secret??

[hyliadreamer]

A suggestion: The "men" might well have been strictly from the Gerudo tribe, but Ganondorf convinced them to go into battle disguised when they enacted the siege. The Gerudo have a fearsome reputation, to be sure...

...but how much more demoralizing would it be for the Hylian soldiers if they believed they'd been attacked either by their own people (thus making them fearful that anyone they met might be a traitor, which would aid in their defeat), or else by some mysterious outside force? Ganondorf is clever enough to try a tactic like that (and his foster mothers are wily enough to come up with it, if he didn't). It's easier to defeat a foe who has been thoroughly cowed into fearing even their best friends.

Divide and conquer, to put it more briefly. If Twinrova could brainwash Nabooru into an Iron Knuckle's armor to fight Link, then it would be simple enough to convince the entire tribe to crossdress in order to psychologically defeat the Hylians before they'd even engaged them in battle.

[lasercraft]

I like to think that the reason there were no other men chasing after Zelda is because that one guard solo'd them all to give Zelda time to escape.

[kgy]

Based on how many Hyrule Captains betray you, constantly, in Hyrule Warriors, they don't have a very high shown loyalty.

[Jus-X]

This is a really good theory. I would even go one step further and say that the uprising in the castle was still gone on when Link arrives.

It could very well be that the King was in the middle of a battle when Zelda and Impa fled, and Ganondorf chose between continuing the battle with the King or going after Impa as shrew she Zelda fled with the only key to the Sacred Realm.