The Minish Cap: Flying Carpet

 Flying Carpet

Wind Element: The fourth and final elemental essence Link recovers in the Minish Cap. The wind element is found in the Palace of the Winds, which is literally in the clouds. Returning to the elemental sanctuary, Link can infuse the fourth element into the white sword and create the Four Sword of Legend. This unlocks the blade’s full potential, allowing Link to split into four copies and containing the power to seal great evil.

This carpet was woven as a gift for a proud sorcerer, but was spurnned as too mundane. The carpet languished in the sorcerer’s dungeons until a peasant, intended to be a sacrifice to a greater genie, wished for freedom to a lesser genie also imprisoned by the sorcerer. The lesser genie used the wish to grant the carpet intelligence and flight so it could spirit the peasant and genie far away from the dungeons of the vile sorcerer.

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In the original tellings of the story of Aladdin, Aladdin lives in ancient China and meets two different genies. There is the weaker genie of the ring and the greater genie of the lamp.

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The Minish Cap: Sparrowhawk Cloak

 Sparrowhawk Cloak

Roc’s Cape: This cape allows Link to jump up to high ledges or over small obstacles and to glide over larger gaps and obstacles. He must enter the Palace of the Winds to earn this wonderful cloak.

A wise wizard who was fond of traveling in the form of a sparrowhawk wove a spell into this cloak to ensure he would never again be trapped in the form of a bird. When worn during a transformation, the cloak becomes a minor annoyance buried deep among the feathers that forces the wizard to return to their true shape when removed. If the wizard were to again lose themself in the form of the bird, they would eventually groom away this annoyance and be forced back into their true self.

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Ursula K. Le Guin is one of my favorite,e authors and the Earthsea books are some of my favorite books. The wizard Sparrowhawk is a deep and interesting character who grows and matures into a thought-provoking figure. If you haven’t read Ursula K. Le Guin, do so now!

I appreciated getting to draw the cape from Wind Waker since the visual style was consistent between Wind Waker and Minish Cap.

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Wind Waker: A magical leaf

A magical leaf

Deku Leaf: This is one of the Great Deku Tree’s own leaves, given to Link as a gift to help him on his adventures. Link can use the leaf as a magical fan or as a glider. The fan directs forceful wind powerful enough to knock down enemies, push objects, or clear dust and debris. As a glider, Link can safely descend from tall jumps and cross wide gaps. The leaf relies on Link’s magical energy to be effective. If Link is out of magic, the leaf appears wilted and will not function.

The splits in monstera leaves are formally called fenestrations, which means windows in lay speech. The monstera that grew this frond is a vast sprawling thing sitting deep in a swamp that marks the confluence of multiple lines of power. Every fenestration in its leaves are little windows that open to places all over the multiverse.

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I haven’t really talked about it much because of various reasons, but the gun violence epidemic in the United States of America is horrifying. I wake up regularly to new instances of harm and death because America can’t get its shit figured out on restricting access to weapons of personal destruction.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Seas of Amphora: Three witchy items from my home game.

Three witchy items from my home game.

Broom of Flight: For their first broom, most young witches are given a simple broom to learn and practice with. This fine broom would be wasted on an aspiring young witch. At least, that is what everyone but our young witch’s estranged mother thought when she sent this broom for her daughter’s 16th birthday.

Hat of the five winds: Simple or ignorant fools claim that there are only four winds, but those educated in the arts know there is a fifth wind, the mage wind. Being able to call on the mage wind starts with being able to sense its presence. This hat helps novices begin to hone their skills at sensing and then speaking with the mage wind.

Soul Siphon: Set in the base of this curved knife is a hazy gem inscribed with the rune of sealing. Those unfortunate enough to die after being cut by this blade have their soul trapped in the gem until drawn out into some other vessel. The hag that forged this blade has a hidden room filled with glittering gems, each a prison for a stolen soul.

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Thanks for the diversion into works not relating to Zelda. Next week we will start posting the items from The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is an awful act of naked aggression. It is a tragic waste of lives and resources. Imagine what our world could accomplish if we could divert all the resources that are spent creating tools of killing and instead tackling climate change, wealth inequity, food scarcity, universal healthcare, and so many more challenges facing the only world we can live on.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Four Swords: An iconic pair of wings from Four Swords.

 An iconic pair of wings from Four Swords.

Roc’s Cape: With this cape, a Link is able to jump higher and soar over wide gaps. This ability is especially helpful in the high canopies of the Sea of Trees and the dizzying heights of Vaati’s palace.

The Winged Cavalry is famous for two things, the false wings each member wears and the brutal effectiveness of the troops in an all out charge. This private cavalry corps has decided the fate of many conflicts, usually in favor of whoever offered the largest purse. In areas whose fate has been changed by the cavalry, individuals wearing the iconic wings are either hailed as heroes or denounced as villains.

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These wings took a ton of work to set up and the end outcome was on the good end of okay. That is a tough part of drawing all the time with the eye to improve. I imagined these differently but appreciate them for where they ended up.

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-Ceph