The Minish Cap: The Minish Cap

 The Minish Cap

Minish Cap: The titular Minish Cap is actually Elzo, the wise Picori sage, forced into the shape of a hat by the dark sorcerer, and former apprentice, Vaati. The talking bird-headed hat allows Link to shrink down to Minish size and return to full size, as well as offering Link guidance during his journey. Link finds Elzo in his hat form at the Minish Gate in Hyrule Castle after Vaati escapes with Princess Zelda.

A wise sage sought to keep a powerful relic, the hat of the mage, away from a dark sorcerer. To punish the elder sage, the dark sorcerer changed the sage into a hat toped with a heron’s head so that the sage might see the domination the dark sorcerer would attain over the world. Now the hat waits and hopes for the arrival of a hero that might tip the scales of fate toward the light. 

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Enjoy the bonus red cap in the phyringean style. This could be the bloody hat of the murderous red cap fairies or the hat of a great archer that carries an echo of the warrior’s spirit that mentors a young hero.

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The Minish Cap: Sorcerers’ hats

 Sorcerers’ hats

Mage’s Cap: This magical hat was crafted by the great Minish sage Elzo to be the finest gift to the big folk of Hyrule. It has the power to grant wishes, but it was never given to the Hylians as Elzo’s apprentice Vaati stole the hat and used its power to transform their former master into the bird-headed Minish Cap before leaving to conquer the world.

As a magister grows in prestige, they adopt more and more ostentatious hats. These hats are both declarations of status, so an experienced mage might assert rank over a novice, and a warning to any that might to do the mage harm, as an attack on any mage from the outside is an attack on all mages. There are rumors of pretenders moving through the world under the protection of great hats without any true power, but the Parliament of Magisters flatly denies any truth to these vile rumors.

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Mages from The Lies of Locke Lamora are very interesting from a world building standpoint. You should check that wonderful book out as soon as your TBR list allows.

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The Minish Cap: The Sword in the Stone

 The Sword in the Stone

Bound Chest: In a time lost to myth, the small folk, known as the Picori or the Minish, gave the people the blade that seals the darkness and the goddesses’ light force so they could conquer and contain the evil plaguing the land. All the evil vanquished by the hero of myth was locked away in a great chest, and when all the land had been cleansed, the blade that seals the darkness was thrust through the chest to seal it for the good and safety of the big and small folk. This bound chest is still a royal treasure, but in the long ages since the time of legend, the knowledge of what it contains is only remembered as a powerful force, forgotten is the truth that it is a great force of evil. The chest is presented to the champion of the annual festival tournament, but no one has yet been foolish enough to try and remove the blade.

When a greybeard druid appeared in the central city square with a shining golden sword, most people expected a declaration of war by the followers of the old way. Then the druid drove the sword through an anvil into the stone below and offered this challenge, “Whoever draws this sword from the stone and anvil can use its power to claim the throne and seize the crown.” The Regent, ruling in the absence of a royal heir, has forbidden any touch the sword, but that hasn’t stopped would be rulers from trying. 

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The Minish Cap: The Greedy Man’s bag

The Greedy Man’s bag

Wallet: Link’s simple wallet for storing treasure at the beginning of his journey. This small bag can only hold 100 rupees, but he can find bigger and bigger wallets during his adventures.

During a great storm, the people uttered a desperate prayer for the winds to ebb, and suddenly the winds stopped howling and the storm was over. That was many days ago, but the winds have not returned, so the people cannot hide their scent from prey nor can they fill their sails to fish. The kindly god did not calm the storm, the Greedy Man stole away the wind into his bottomless bag, and now a hero must find a way to get the wind back before the people starve.

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The Skaal of Solstheim tell tales of the Greedy Man who takes more than he needs and leaves the people without what they need during the long cold winters.

This could also be a stinky bag, which is my all time favorite trading quest item from any Zelda game.

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