Wind Waker: A tool for fighting night creatures from Wind Waker.

Wind Waker: A tool for fighting night creatures from Wind Waker.

Light Arrows: The light arrows are the final item Link obtains in his adventures, earning them in Gannon’s Tower by defeating an illusion of Phantom Gannon. The light arrows are a goddess-granted superweapon that can slay any normal enemy in a single shot and are the only thing that can weaken Gannon enough to be slain. Light arrows are vital in defeating Gannon. First Link uses them to defeat Gannon in various forms, and then Zelda takes up the bow and light arrows to work together with Link so that his evil can be sealed away.

Radiant arms were crafted in secret for the soldiers who knew the true enemy was not the English, but the vampiric shadow sovereign pulling the strings. The vampiric government sought to piggyback on the brutal colonialist expansions to spread their influence around the world. Armed with weapons imbued with the light of day, a small group of fighters seek to hold back the tide of darkness.

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Vampire colonists were done well in Magic the Gathering’s Ixalan expansions. While I do not play MtG at all these days, I do try to keep up with the lore.

Apropos of colonialist expansions, I wonder what a version of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel would be like if magic existed or if the gods were active interventionists? Guns, Germs, Steel, and Sorcery. Gods, Guns, Germs, and Steel.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Wind Waker: A cold blooded murderer from Wind Waker.

 Wind Waker: A cold-blooded murderer from Wind Waker.

Ice Arrows: In Wind Waker, the ice arrows are given to Link at the same time as the fire arrows. The Fairy Queen gives these both to Link after he has rescued his sister Aryll from the Forsaken Fortress. Link must use the ice arrows to freeze a volcano and can use them to freeze enemies. This can be especially useful if he then shatters frozen enemies with the Skull Hammer. More on that later.

This supernaturally cold pistol was not intentionally enchanted. Instead, it gained icy powers siphoning the life force from the many innocent lives it snuffed out. It is ever hungry for more souls and slowly convinces any who own it to become cold calculating murders.

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This was actually the first item card I drew in the Wind Waker item set. It has some rough edges but I’m proud of it all things considered.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Wind Waker: A destructive blunderbuss from Wind Waker.

A destructive blunderbuss from Wind Waker.

Fire Arrows: Fire arrows are one of the three magical arrows Link can use as he sails the Great Sea. Fire arrows can be used to melt ice barriers, ignite flammable barriers, or burn enemies. He is given these arrows by the Fairy Queen after Link rescues his sister Aryll from the Forsaken Fortress. The Fairy Queen makes her home in the Mother and Child Islands. 

Most famous gunslingers are known for their pinpoint accuracy and nerves of steel. Not Scorched Earth Earle who earned fame for having the widest and most destructive shot in the west. They effectively signed their death warrant when their careless shooting took the hand and eye of one of those other gunslingers with pinpoint accuracy and nerves of steel.

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This begins a series of posts that are one gun with a bunch of different elemental enchantments. I’ve got a blunderbuss, pistol, rifle, and sniper coming out in the next few weeks.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Wind Waker: A heart-seeking bow from Wind Waker.

 A heart-seeking bow from Wind Waker.

Hero's Bow: In Wind Waker, Link earns the Hero’s Bow by proving himself a true hero in the Tower of the Gods. As the dungeon item for the Tower, Link gets to practice using the box to shoot targets that hold doors shut and distance switches that need flipping. In the hands of the hero, the bow is both a weapon for slaying evil and a tool for solving puzzles.

When you get offered a bow that is guaranteed to shoot an arrow through a heart when drawn, you should stop and think about the implications of such an enchantment. The careless and bloodthirsty among you would think it a boon, surely it will slay all my enemies unerringly. A more suspicious person might wonder what happens when you draw the bow with no other living being around for miles, who does the bow slay then?

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I can still improve a lot in drawing compelling bows. Bows in fantasy media are usually depicted as wildly interesting and hyper complicated curved statues that wouldn’t really work. Pre-modern bows are simple but effective things that inspired fear and awe not because they looked particularly fearsome, but because they could slay a person from hundreds of yards away. Modern pulley bows and Olympic shooting bows do look pretty wild, so I guess I should start looking to them for inspiration.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Wind Waker: Messenger bag with a mission from Wind Waker.

 Messenger bag with a mission from Wind Waker.

Delivery Bag: The delivery bag is worn by postal officers in the Island Postal Service. Link is given his delivery bag from Quill, the grandest postal officer of the Great Sea. It is first given to Link so that he can deliver a letter from the chieftain of the Rito to his son. Link uses the bag to deliver letters and to hold items to be traded around the Great Sea.

Each postal delivery officer is charged with the sacred duty of ensuring the packages and letters in their care reach their final destination. It may sound ridiculous to call the role sacred, but remember that mixed among the bills and advertisements are letters written with love and presents between soul mates. Looking at it that way, those regular postal delivery officers are really everyday heroes.

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Not all bags of holding or handy haversacks need to look like drawstring pouches or hiking backpacks. This could also just be a nice bag that you need to steal in your urban thief game.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph