These Zelda: TOTK Murals Give Away The Entire Plot & Almost No One Noticed
The series of ancient murals uncovered in actually reveal much of the main story long before Link otherwise learns the truth of what is happening. However, this is only truly noticeable in retrospect, with all the context needed to understand the murals. Nevertheless, through careful examination of the scenes illustrated under Hyrule Castle, it is possible to immediately deduce much of ’s plot.
[Warning: The following article contains spoilers for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.]
begins with Link and Zelda exploring a series of caverns below Hyrule Castle, with the Princess becoming ecstatic at the discovery of a set of murals depicting Zonai and the events of the legendary Imprisoning War. These same murals were heavily featured in the first full trailer for, making them among the first parts of the game that people ever saw. They provide a large degree of foreshadowing for the major events of the past that come to light during the course of the game, to the point of rendering some Dragon Tear memories almost superfluous.
’s Imprisoning War is the second conflict to be named such in the franchise, with the first being part of the backstory to .
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There are a total of seven murals found below Hyrule Castle, although the final three are initially obscured. Nevertheless, between the images which are immediately visible and Zelda’s own analysis, it is still easy to form a picture of the events of the Zonai era. First, a Zonai descends from the sky to Hylians below, surrounded by seven objects. In the next mural, the Hylians celebrate as this Zonai holds hands with one of their own, two of the same objects floating above the couple.
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