Not an artist: Five items from Oracle of Seasons used by the oracle.

Five items from Oracle of Seasons used by the oracle.

Rod of Seasons: This rod is the core item of the Oracle of Seasons. This rod allows Link to change the season in the nearby region. Unfortunately, when Link is given the rod in the Temple of Seasons, its power is mostly sealed. Link begins with the power to call winter and must struggle and earn each additional season. The spirits of the seasons are trapped in other parts of the temple inaccessible to Link until he has obtained specific items. Eventually, Link gains total control of the seasons and can call in whatever season is convenient from atop the tree stumps that dot all of Holodrum.

The oracle’s duty is to maintain nature’s balance and to ensure the regular progression of the seasons. The rod of seasons is passed from one oracle to the next, given to the inheritor in the winter of the last oracle’s life. This powerful artifact has the ability to force the seasons to change, but no oracle would ever use the rod’s great power unless the balance of nature had been upended.

Boomerang: My favorite series of weapons in all of the Zelda games are the boomerangs. The boomerang in Oracle of Seasons must be won in the Subrosian Dance Hall by following the dance instructor's moves perfectly.

I drew a kukri because it has the same general shape as a boomerang. While the boomerang is obviously a wind themed weapon, the kukri is less obviously wind themed, so I sort of forced it with the following lore. 

The kukri carried by the current oracle is said to be so sharp that it could cut the wind. What the rumors do not say is that the knife is inhabited by a furtive spirit of air that has imprinted on the oracle. The moteling sees it as their duty to ensure the oracle’s safety, sometimes leaping the knife out of its holster and menacing even the most benign threats. 

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