Roc’s feather: Roc’s feather allows Link to leap incredible heights and over dangerous gaps. Link can obtain the feather in the Poison Moth’s Lair, the third dungeon he visits during his adventures through Holodrum.
Sharp eyes will notice the numbers on the two geta images are not sequential. I like to make various versions of items so that I have different options that are various levels of wondrous. As I was putting the final touches on the Oracle of Seasons items, I realized I only had winged sandals, so I quickly made a non-winged version for more mundane or non-flight related items.
These winged geta were made by a cobbler while they were imprisoned by a local lord for being the sibling of a great thief. The cobbler’s great skill and steadfast loyalty to their family so impressed the wind spirits that flitted about the cobbler’s tower prison that the spirits enchanted the sandals to walk on air as easily as a flat road. With their magic geta, the cobbler escaped the lord’s tower and took up a life of robbing the lord to punish them for their unjust treatment of the cobbler.
Roc’s Cape: Found in the Explorer’s crypt, the Roc’s cape is an upgraded version of the Roc’s feather. It allows Link to jump and glide to cross gaps that he couldn’t with just the Roc’s feather. I like to think that the cape is covered with many Roc’s feathers and their combined powers allow Link to glide like a bird on wing. I don’t think there is any official material supporting this theory, but that is always how I have imagined the cape.
This is also my favorite item in all of the zelda games. I have always dreamed of flying, and I remember getting this item as a kid and my imagination running away with me as I dreamt up all the things I would do with a cape of flight.
This scarf is woven from the wool of the elusive sky bison and has spells woven into its fibers to make the wearer float through the air. While the scarf does not profile any means of flight, it does allow a person to ride strong air currents using sails and kites. This particular scarf helped a young activist escape from a mercenary prison ship by catching the strong ocean winds in their thin sheet turned makeshift parachute.
Shovel: With the shovel, Link can clear piles of dirt or snow and dig up dirt or sand. Link is given the shovel by a Christmas obsessed loner who asks him to clear the walk way after crashing down through the chimney. She is waiting for Santa and isn’t impressed by our elf looking hero.
Sometimes escape is just getting out of the line of fire for a brief moment. When soldiers find themselves stuck out in the open under a hail of gunfire, the only place to go is down. Digging a fox hole is not a guaranteed path to safety, but a good shovel might just save your life.
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As I’m writing this, the USA is still in the throes of the presidential election fallout. To be honest, I’m worried that the conservative administration and their supporters are excited to push the USA down a very dark and dangerous path that it may not be able to come back from. I sincerely hope that the smooth and peaceful transition of power occurs and we Americans can all start working to improve our country for the betterment of our country and the world.
A rising tide raises all ships. So be excellent to everyone.
-Ceph
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