[Mipha pauses and looks at Percy for a long moment, with an almost...sad, sort of expression. It's more because she wishes he didn't have to understand-- not that she doesn't appreciate that he does, but, you know. Those kinds of troubles she wouldn't wish on anyone.
She looks away then at nothing in particular. The memory seems almost frozen in time now, just the trunk of Vah Ruta and the warm breeze. She can see the zora domain glittering in the distance and everything seems at peace.
After a long moment she speaks softly.] She didn't awaken her power in time, I'm afraid. She prayed fervently at every shrine, trained and studied and prayed until she passed out on numerous occasions, and still the Goddess didn't heed her call. She couldn't seem to unlock it, not until it was already almost too late.
[Another pause and Mipha slowly clasps her hands together in front of her, staring at a fixed point where Hyrule Castle, whole and near-sparkling in the sunlight even over the vast distance, its spiral towers could be seen.]
There was a great evil sealed away, ten thousand years ago. When a prophecy foretelling his return emerged, the royal family worked tirelessly to find a way to defeat him again. The Queen died, which left the princess to take up her duty to seal the evil away, with the help of a champion chosen from each race. Normally the Queen would teach the Princess how to access the divine power and train her, but she died before that could be started. So Zelda was on her own, I'm afraid.
The Divine Beasts and the guardians that defeated this evil before were found again. Each of the Champions became a pilot of the beasts, and the mechanical guardians stood ready to fight again. Each of us were the best of our kingdoms, hand-picked for this duty. [Despite how everything turned out, there's still pride in her voice for it. While being a Champion seemed sort of inevitable given all she could do, it was still a great honor, and one she took pride in.]
...But it went so wrong... He'd learned from the mistakes of the past and when he finally woke again... He spread his power to possess the guardian statues. He sent a blight to each of the Divine Beasts. [Mipha falls silent a moment, fingers clasping tighter. She doesn't elaborate on what happened with that.] ...Zelda's power awoke, but it wasn't enough. She could only hold the evil back in the castle, rather than defeat it entirely. And there she stayed for a hundred years, a prisoner as much as its jailer. Monsters roamed more freely and numerously than ever before, and destruction and devastation ravaged the country...
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She looks away then at nothing in particular. The memory seems almost frozen in time now, just the trunk of Vah Ruta and the warm breeze. She can see the zora domain glittering in the distance and everything seems at peace.
After a long moment she speaks softly.] She didn't awaken her power in time, I'm afraid. She prayed fervently at every shrine, trained and studied and prayed until she passed out on numerous occasions, and still the Goddess didn't heed her call. She couldn't seem to unlock it, not until it was already almost too late.
[Another pause and Mipha slowly clasps her hands together in front of her, staring at a fixed point where Hyrule Castle, whole and near-sparkling in the sunlight even over the vast distance, its spiral towers could be seen.]
There was a great evil sealed away, ten thousand years ago. When a prophecy foretelling his return emerged, the royal family worked tirelessly to find a way to defeat him again. The Queen died, which left the princess to take up her duty to seal the evil away, with the help of a champion chosen from each race. Normally the Queen would teach the Princess how to access the divine power and train her, but she died before that could be started. So Zelda was on her own, I'm afraid.
The Divine Beasts and the guardians that defeated this evil before were found again. Each of the Champions became a pilot of the beasts, and the mechanical guardians stood ready to fight again. Each of us were the best of our kingdoms, hand-picked for this duty. [Despite how everything turned out, there's still pride in her voice for it. While being a Champion seemed sort of inevitable given all she could do, it was still a great honor, and one she took pride in.]
...But it went so wrong... He'd learned from the mistakes of the past and when he finally woke again... He spread his power to possess the guardian statues. He sent a blight to each of the Divine Beasts. [Mipha falls silent a moment, fingers clasping tighter. She doesn't elaborate on what happened with that.] ...Zelda's power awoke, but it wasn't enough. She could only hold the evil back in the castle, rather than defeat it entirely. And there she stayed for a hundred years, a prisoner as much as its jailer. Monsters roamed more freely and numerously than ever before, and destruction and devastation ravaged the country...
[She shakes her head sadly.]