#hw volga

[moefongo]

zelda villain sleep headcanons?

The villains sleep headcanons

Ganondorf

Sleeps like a log, seriously there is nothing that wakes Ganondorf up.

He's also a blanket hog, and during colder seasons, he'll sleep with an unholy amount of blankets, quilts, and anything he can use to keep himself warm.

Snores loudly too, so if hearing a lawnmower all night long is white noise to you then he's your man.

Ghirahim

He claims that he doesn't have the need to sleep because he is perfect, but that is a huge lie. Ghirahim needs his 8 hrs of sleep otherwise he'll be insufferable for the whole day.

When he sleeps he doesn't move or make any noises he just plops into the bed and falls asleep in whatever position he landed on the bed (and good luck trying to make him scoot over to his side of the bed if he decides to sleep in a diagonal position)

Zant

His sleep schedule is all sorts of fucked up but that's on his own volition. He sleeps whenever he feels like it and if he has nothing going on during the day he'll just go and sleep.

His sleeping pattern can go from sleeping 1 hour and feeling fresh as a daisy and sleeping for three days straight.

Also has these curtains that make the room super dark so it feels like it's night time all day long so its easier for him to sleep.

Volga

Sleeps anywhere. He's usually a light sleeper since he tends to be on high alert at all times.

Whenever he has time for himself, he uses it to sleep and rest properly.

So he'll probably out be cold for a whole day, but if he has something to do later in the day he'll try to wake up by then but it's not guaranteed.

Wizzro

A very light sleeper so god forbid that anyone wakes him up.

To prevent this he has quite the set up in his room with white noise to make him sleep better.

He's also immune to melatonin and those sleepy time teas (idk how they're called the ones w the bear)

Kohga

Sleep talks a lot. Its usually him rambling on about how he despises Link or about his elaborate plans for the week.

Has quite the collection of banana plushies, including a Yellow Junie squishmallow.

Tosses and turns a lot too and most of the time ends up sleeping on the floor because he falls off the bed and doesn't even care.

Sooga

Quite the heavy sleeper as well. He has a very strict sleep schedule and tries to get his 8 hours of sleep as often as possible.

When sleeping, he doesn't move at all he just sleeps in a single position.

Astor

Survives on red bull and spite so his sleep is rather minimal.

Slip in some melatonin gummies to have him turn into a 'honk shoo' type of man. Seriously once he falls asleep he passes out and wakes up 3-4 business days later.

#loz #hyrule warriors #zant #legend of zelda #ghirahim #ganondorf #hw volga #volga #wizzro #master kohga #sooga #aoc astor

[sweetzsuprise]

LINKTOBER DAY 16: DRAGONS

So glad Volga exists so I don’t have to struggle so much LOL. He is also in my LU AU and so he gets the obligatory new design. Anyone who I can get my hands on to fit in the AU gets a design. Will I stop? No

Also found out that metal bit on his chin ISN’T a beard, it’s part of his helmet and I’m devastated

#linktober #linktober day 16 #legend of zelda #loz #hyrule warriors #hw volga #hyrule warriors volga #volga #linked universe #linkeduniverse #lu volga #lu au #lu btb #linked universe blade to bone au

[echoing--stars]

Hi Wormy, I hope you’re well, and I kinda wanna see Rowan's POV on his kidnapping. If you please.

Youuuuuuuu......

(It's okay, I enjoy angst/whump on occasion).

I suppose this is a prequel to this snippet.

(If you read this and would like to request a short snippet, see this post!)

Rowan tried to bite back a yawn as he put the bag of flour away. It had been a long day in the bakery, and he still had a lot of prep work to do before tomorrow. He wanted to get everything done before Link got home so they could enjoy their evening together and not have to worry about work. He figured it would still be a while before Link returned, however. It wasn’t even dinner time yet and he’d gotten back later than that nearly every day this week.

Or he thought that would be the case until he heard the back door open. “Link?” When he received no answer, Rowan frowned. He slid the bowl of flour away from the edge of the counter and hung the dish towel he’d been holding on a nearby hook. He walked towards the door. Maybe Link had his hands full and was too distracted to answer. But when he caught sight of the backdoor, it wasn’t Link walking in. There was a thick fog rolling in through the door, too thick and quick to be natural. And then through the fog stepped one of the largest men that Rowan had ever seen. He had shining red armor, too sharp and spiked to be a the armor of a knight from the Hyrulean army. A helmet with protruding metal horns shadowed his face and a long plume of orange hair streamed from the back. Rowan took a step back. He recognized the man — the disgraced knight Volga, traitor to the kingdom and presumed dead after the war. Volga stepped towards him with a speed and confidence that only made Rowan’s heart beat faster. He glanced behind him, trying to find a weapon or an escape route. He wasn’t sure he could reach either in time. “Mr. Hawthorne. How nice to meet you.” Rowan didn’t respond. His back hit the kitchen counter, and he grasped behind himself, hoping to find a kitchen utensil or something. The fog rolled into the kitchen, swirling at his feet and beginning to rise around him. “Speechless, hmm? I suppose I do have that effect on people. Link certainly couldn’t speak around me.” Volga stepped forward towards Rowan. His looming presence made the kitchen shrink around Rowan. As he came closer, Rowan could see the light glinting against Volga’s teeth as his grin turned sharp. “Now, I hope you’ll come quietly. We need to have words with Captain Link.” Rowan opened his mouth — to protest or scream or question, he wasn’t even sure. Before he could make a sound, something grabbed his head at the temples. The grip was cold as ice. The fingers were tight and bony against his skin, and from where they touched, a shockwave of ice cold pain shot through him. Rowan gasped and his knees buckled as his connection to his limbs seemed to be severed. The fog rose up around him as his vision went spotty. The last thing he heard was a cackling laughter and Volga scolding someone before his vision went black and he knew no more.

#Lotus!! #worm writes #linked universe #pre-lu technically #lu fanfic #rowanverse #hyrule warriors #hw volga

[300iqprower]

The Duality of Musou

#hyrule warriors #my beloved #volga #hw volga #tloz volga #wizzro #wizzrobe #hw wizzrobe #tloz wizzro #tloz #the legend of zelda #meme #i made a thing

[saiyuri-dahlia]

Chapters: 18/? Fandom: The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Warriors Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Link/Volga (Legend of Zelda) Characters: Volga (Legend of Zelda), Link (Legend of Zelda) Additional Tags: Drabble Collection Summary:

A collection of Volga/Link drabbles and short scenes. New chapters will most likely be posted randomly as time and inspiration permits. Requests and prompts are welcome.

Author’s Notes: Chapter 18 posted! Just a little something, a short bit of sweetness but I enjoyed it all the same. I admit I had been having a lot of repeat ideas for this series, so it was nice to finally have an idea I hadn’t already done or weren’t using in other WIPs.

#hyrule warriors #hw link #volga #hw volga #volink #saiyuri finishes something

[silvercaptain24]

Aka, I'm trying Febwhump! Twelve prompts, spread throughout the month! LET'S DO THIS THING

@sunnidaydreamer

#silver writes #lu warriors #hw link #hw volga #not set in LU times but it is LU eventually #just not in here #linked universe

[legendofzoodles]

LOZ Character Analysis/Rant

The Hero of Warriors

"Master, if I'm not mistaken, you are a true hero of Hyrule."

A soul sharpened by war. From a mere rookie trainee he soared through the ranks in the blink if an eye, shouldering not only the burden of the hero like his predecessors but also the weight of being a leader. Hundreds looked to him for guidance, for orders, to plan their attacks and as a pillar of strength. 

This Link was very different to his lone adventuring predecessors. 

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Before I analyse his character in the game I’m going to do with him what I did with the Hero of the Wild and make up a backstory for him. The game doesn’t give us any insight whatsoever into this Link’s backstory other than the fact that he’s a newish knight in training before the war is under way. 

I’ve seen two main renditions of Warriors’ backstory. One being that he’s from some remote village in Hyrule, living a simple farmer life, probably with Linkle as his sister. The other being that he grew up as a middle-class apprentice in castle town, training to be a shoemaker or craftsman. In both cases something caused him to want to join the military: either seeing an advert poster for it, or seeing soldiers parade around or due to something tragic. 

Ok so, real talk for a sec, HW Link is the blandest out of all the 3D Links, with so little characterisation in game that he’s quite literally a blank slate. What the LOZ and LU fandoms have done with him are amazing! There’s so many good stories out there that delve into how the events in game may have shaped his character. I’m going to do that here, so this is mostly all ‘soft analysis’. 

The only things I really have to go off of are the Dark Link incident and the cocky character entrance he gets (that thing where when you face one of the main characters a cutscene plays where they flex their weapon). Other than that he’s a blatant self insert for the player. So I’m gonna to run with those and have his arc be all about growing from cocky to confident.

At the end of the first level he goes from being a random trainee soldier to their undisputed hero. That success definitely went straight to his head. Not just in in the usual ‘I’m the greatest person ever’ way, but also in the way that he took his role very seriously. Because he was so motivated to become a knight he took his training seriously and this was no different to him. He threw everything he had into it, getting advice from seniors, making sure to be close with Impa (not just as a fast track for promotions but because she’s a reliable ally) and commanding whoever he was in charge of with calm authority.

The addition of Proxi is interesting. In the game she refers to him as a man of few words and then just decides that she’s going to speak for him. Bare with me, but I’m gonna ignore this and say that Proxi only delivered Link’s orders to the rest of his troops on mass using magic and the boy wasn’t mute. Meaning he could communicate with his troops from far away and allowing a sort of disconnect, to make it easier to make hard choices.

Btw Proxi is a chaotic neutral and I won’t hear otherwise. 

But back to Link, I get the feeling that he started out as a nobody in the Hyrulean Army (as in the main faction at the Castle, not the under 18s branch I made up), since he was a rookie barely starting out. Because of this he didn’t have the chance to make friends before the war and making friends within the army casually will be near impossible with the role he’s got placed upon him. To cope with suddenly being in charge of soldier’s lives he had to put on a sort of mask, a way to put a barrier between them and himself, a sort of buffer if you like. He did it to protect himself but also to command respect. Like I said, he wasn’t some well known veteran, he rose to where he was from being a trainee, meaning that not everyone is going to wholeheartedly follow him from the get-go. Respect is earned not given. 

But luckily for Link he’s a charismatic little chappy, who’s able to deflect backhanded remarks with easy manners (if a smidge condescending) and eventually win over anyone. He still keeps around those who don’t like him as long as he recognises potential in them. If not, they’re sent to another squad.

Speaking of his leadership, I’m under the impression that he’s a natural born leader and strategist with good instincts and the ability to perform well under pressure. That being said, up until Zelda returns he’d take up a more conservative and cautious attitude to leading, preferring to wait for orders from superiors before making a move, simply because he lacks experience and knowledge. With each battle he becomes more proactive and takes initiative when drawing up battle plans.

Oof, so Zelda. Most people agree that he’s has the most tumultuous relationship with his Zelda compared to the other Links. I disagree with that, prefering to reserve that title for post-game Time and Lullaby, or pre-Yiga Attack Flora and Wild. 

Link would have had a neutral positive opinion of Zelda. To him, being in good graces with the princess- maybe even being friends is huge. It would give him more credit, legitimacy and power in the army and it’s another fast track to being rich. 

When she initially goes missing he’s worried about her, but only because it means that they’ve lost their commander which would give their enemy the advantage and since he’s not evil he’s going to worry regardless. He might have felt something when their eyes met during that training session, but I wouldn’t bet on that being anything deep. She may have crossed his mind now (like in the cutscene after completing the ‘The Sorceress of the Woods’ level) and again, but they’re strangers so they wouldn’t mean much and besides he’s fighting in a literal war right now. 

When she does come back, nothing significant happens between them, because they’re fighting in a war! There’s not going to be much room for alone time between strategy meetings, long expeditions, writing letters to families of fallen men, training and keeping track of supplies. Anyway, I get the feeling that this Zelda is a practical no nonsense leader, she’s got her priorities and isn’t going to get distracted. Those two would have acted more like work colleagues.

I feel like Link would have underestimated Zelda upon first impressions, seeing her as someone who needed to be protected. Only for his assumptions to get eviscerated once she finally took to the battlefield in her true form and after finding out she was Sheik. 

To be honest, the three people Link was closest to were Fi, Proxi and Impa. Proxi should be obvious; she was there yelling in Link’s ear 24/7. I chose Fi because he spent two whole levels with just her, plus she’s the best person he can discuss the whole hero thing with. I don’t believe that those two were ever friends though, not like Sky and Fi. I also chose Impa because she was the one that gave him the hero uniform and believed in him. She was the one he saved from Volga and thus, that kind of introduction was bound to lead to a friendship. I’d argue Impa was Link’s only real friend during the war.

Unlike Wild, Time and Twilight this snooty officer never really bonded with the Gorons and thus never became one of their honorary brothers. Darunia was just a regular ally to him, like Agitha, Ruta and Midna. 

Volga. Ngl, he never really stood out to me when I played HW, but I’ve seen and agreed with the headcanon that their first fight scarred Link. Mentally as well as physically. Which, in the context of the game makes sense. To the player he was just the first boss, and easy introduction to the game, but to Link he was the first powerful enemy he ever faced. Add to that the burn scars he received from not being properly equipped (remember he was in just his trainee uniform), and yeah, that would leave a lasting impression. 

Volga also got a sort of redemption thing going on. I can’t quite remember it, but maybe that could have factored into Link’s growth as well. Making them less like mortal enemies and more like rivals. 

I don’t buy that Link ever genuinely forgave Cia. At the end of the Wind Waker campaign when Cia is rescued and redeemed, Link seems to do the generic anime nod along with everyone else when she apologises. I can totes see him pretending to get along with her, putting on a friendly mask so that working with her would be somewhat tolerable but still holding a grudge for all the suffering she caused. 

That dlc war must have been so awkward for Link. He must have been forcing himself to be civil with Cia when she joined their side. If not for the sake of being the better person, then at least for team morale and keeping Lana happy. 

Her war led to the deaths of many good soldiers. The embarrassment he had to endure when the army stormed the Temple of Souls only for his men to finally see first hand how obsessed she was with him. Which probably damaged his reputation to such extent that he’s still struggling to repair it. Unlike with the other Links, the war he fights against Cia is incredibly personal, since it’s because of him that the war even started. 

The war wasn’t his fault and he knows it, because Cia didn’t even know him. And while you could say it wasn’t entirely Cia’s fault because Ganondorf was manipulating her, she did too many awful things of her free will to be absolved of blame. 

Btw, Ganondorf didn’t mean much to this Link. He was a formidable threat sure, but they had no personal connection to each other and taking him down was a group effort (go team). Link’s personal enemies were Cia and Volga.  

Going back to Lana, since I believe that this Link is very emotionally intelligent it means he would have been aware of Lana’s crush on him. Luckily she never really acted on it, so Link could act like an ally. Whether he feels something for her or not is up to the player. I don’t personally, since she isn’t really any more special than any other of his allies. But she seems fun to be around and I think Link would appreciate her upbeat attitude and respect her prowess on the battlefield.  

All strong and reliable allies are good in his book.

There are snippets of development in Link’s character in HW. The standout moment being when he faces Cia alone at the Temple of Souls and she makes some evil clones of him. But rewinding a bit, I said before that Link let the sudden promotion and power go to his head. Think about it though, General Impa dubbed him the legendary hero after he saved her (and he didn’t do it perfectly), he has a close circle of powerful allies who verbally lick his boots at every opportunity (Proxi being his main cheerleader), Fi literally accepts him as her master in a heartbeat (before he has the Master Sword mind you), he hasn’t made any significant mistakes, he’s got the glowing mark of the Triforce as extra validation (although given by his confused looks at it in cutscenes I’m convinced he isn’t 100% sure of what it actually means) and he retrieves the Master Sword with little issue. 

How could he not, at least a little bit, have all that reinforce the notion that he’s the greatest being to ever exist? How could he not become cocky? In his mind it was all completely justified, he had the skills and he was the hero, it was his job. Up until the Temple of Souls he was probably in a sort of bubble- not that he wasn’t diligent or incompetent- he was still taking it seriously, but the mistake during this stage that meant his forces had to flee really made him shape up. 

Cia did to him what Ganondorf did to her. She took the ugliness in Link’s heart: his overconfidence, brashness and superiority complex, and used her dark powers to create physical manifestations to attack his allies. The fact that those apparitions are so powerful to begin with show how strong those feelings were. 

Not only did those fiends weaken his forces and further ruin his reputation, but he couldn’t deal with them alone even though they were coming from him and his allies essentially saved his life. On top of that having the battle be effectively lost due to the fact that the army was so overwhelmed they needed to retreat, would make this a very humbling experience for him. It was like a turning point for him. He learned a lot of lessons from it and worked to be better. It turned him from an inexperienced lucky rookie to an experienced and confident leader who people can rely on and look to for guidance.

He apologised to his men, and strove to make deeper connections with them. He no longer saw the sword as a crutch or this all powerful instrument and was more than happy to put it back when the time came. 

Also after going through all that, I don’t think that Link could just walk away from the army or go through with his original plan of ditching action for a life of comfort and luxury. A shallow life of riches no longer satisfied him. 

Oh, about the fates of his parents. It’s tradition for Links to be orphans so maybe they die in prison or perish when Hyrule Castle is attacked. Or maybe they killed themselves/fled the country before they could be arrested...idk. Either way, they don’t show up in Link’s life again and he never much cared for them anyway. 

So, even after it was all over he stayed and rose the ranks properly like any old soldier. He did get special honour by virtue of being the hero, he and his teams are allowed more autonomy and he’s allowed to carry out assignment solo if he wishes. He doesn’t though- I truly believe he prefers to travel and fight with allies, another thing that separates him from the chain who are mostly all loner adventurers.  

I can also see him being a diplomat as well as a soldier after the war is over. As a close friend of the princess and high ranking military official, he would be invited to all sorts of fancy political dinners with backstabbing nobles and leaders of other nations/tribes. 

The mask he created for himself the moment he became the hero never really came off. It couldn’t come off. He only became more famous following the war and was now forever in the public eye. He’s got to be careful now when he’s out and about, vigilant to not fall for assassination attempts from political rivals or enemies. He can’t afford to get drunk and do something stupid in a bar, unless he wants to end up a scandalous article in the paper. Speaking of scandals, he even has to watch out for who he speaks with behind closed doors, one misunderstanding could lead to disreputable rumors. 

Perhaps such a rumour circulated among those in the royal court regarding her majesty's relationship with the hero, causing the two to grow apart. Hence their strained relationship after being fairly close friends towards the end of the war. Also, since Link is obviously aware of his good looks and is a bit of a flirt, there’s no way he didn’t try a few good humoured pick up lines on the princess in casual conversation. Only when they were alone or with close friends behind closed doors. 

I love the idea that Linkle joins the military at the end of her campaign and Impa puts Link in charge of her. Since in my story Link spent a year working in Linkle’s village, the two knew each other vaguely. Linkle used to see him as a haughty snob but now respects him greatly as one of Hyrule’s best soldiers and looks up to him. Link used to see her as a strange airhead who talks to birds... and his opinion is largely unchanged, except that now he can’t deny that she also fights good. They have the ‘strict older brother and chaotic little sister’ dynamic To Link, spending time with Linkle is like speedrunning the journey to premature baldness. 

Are they actually related? No, but they give off the vibe to outsiders that they could be.

Random thought: now that I think about it... maybe Link talks to Cia during the WW levels about acknowledging the darkness within you and working to better yourself so that you can control it before it controls you. Perhaps he’ll do a similar thing to Twilight in LU in a subtler way, so that he doesn’t succumb to the dark curse placed on his slash wound from Dink.

To see my take on his fear of traitors see: LU deepest fear headcanons

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Thanks for reading!

For more character analyses see links here:

Hero of the Sky, Hero of Time, Hero of Twilight, Hero of the Wild

Masterlist

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[roaxes]

#link #hw link #volga #hyrule warriors #The Legend of Zelda #Tloz #Zelda #Nintendo #Game screenshot or clip

[orfeoarte]

if made an OC to ship with Volga would yall still love me

too late this is Tecka and he's a water dragon ask me questions about him please

and here's his dragon form and his height difference with volga. he's a sorcerer

#the legend of zelda #loz #hyrule warriors #loz ocs #volga #volga hw #oc: tecka #orfeoarte

[skyward-floored]

Impa breathes out slowly, shifting into a ready position as she faces down her opponent.

Volga stares back at her, firelight shining off of his spear as he also stands ready, and they move at the same time, Volga lunging forward as Impa raises her naginata to block him.

She succeeds, but doesn’t have enough time to even think of attacking back before he’s swinging at her again, spear jabbing quickly at her defenses. It’s all Impa can do for several moments to just avoid being struck, Volga’s speed greater than one would expect.

Sweat beads on Impa’s brow as Volga batters at her, her heart pounding as she narrowly avoids a swing of his spear. If he manages to land a solid hit, it’ll all be over.

Impa grits her teeth and finally manages to fight back, breaking out of the pattern she’d found herself in and thrusting her weapon at Volga.

Their weapons lock, the two straining against each other. Impa's arms shake as she strains against him, Volga’s strength impressive and much greater than her own. So Impa pushes for only for a moment longer before sliding nimbly out of the way, ducking down and swiping at him. Volga moves at the last second, smoke puffing from his nose, and the two whirl around each other in a dance of weapons, Impa trying to dart in and land a hit, Volga methodically blocking her attacks.

Sweat is pouring down her brow now, but Volga doesn’t look like he’s having an easy time of it either, panting as they both dodge and attack with equal frequency.

They're almost completely evenly matched.

Volga twirls his spear in a series of short jabs, and Impa lunges out of the way just barely too slow, the blunt end smacking her. An ache shoots up her side, but she isn’t badly hurt, and she notes the brief opening Volga leaves as he tries to get her while she’s reeling.

Impa avoids another thrust, and prepares herself for the next attack. She purposely leaves an opening this time, just large enough to be noticeable, and Volga takes it, lunging towards her with his eyes gleaming.

But instead of hitting her, Impa uses his momentum against him, twisting around at the last second and hooking her foot around his leg.

Volga stumbles, his eyes wide with surprise, and Impa whips around and knocks him flat on the ground with her naginata, whirling it around and pointing the tip at his neck.

He looks up at her and she looks down at him, both of them breathing hard, the smell of sweat and smoke in the air.

Impa smiles.

“I win.”

Volga snorts, resting his head back on the ground as he lightly pants. “Seems you still have some tricks I haven’t figured out.”

“Well I can’t reveal all of the Sheikah’s secrets,” Impa smirks, and Volga rolls his eyes.

Impa pulls her naginata away from his neck, and reaches down, offering him a hand up. Volga takes it, unlike the last time they sparred, and doesn’t immediately let go once he’s upright.

“Impressive,” Volga says, mouth twitching up into a smile. “Not many can momentarily best a dragon. Someday you might even properly beat me.”

“...Excuse me? Which one of us was flat on his back a moment ago?” Impa replies with a brow raised, and Volga tosses his head.

“I gave you a handicap. I used no fire, and never transformed.”

“We both agreed to not use any magic or anything of the sort before we started, we both had a handicap,” Impa says pointedly, and fights the smile that tries to form at the face Volga makes.

“...MaybeI let you win,” he huffs, and Impa can’t help her laugh.

“You're too honorable not to give it your all, Sir Dragon. Admit it Volga, my skill in weaponry bests your own,” she says teasingly, and though Volga looks away, it isn’t fast enough for Impa to miss the fact that there’s still a smile twitching on his lips.

“...Perhaps. Pity there were no witnesses to your supposed victory.”

Impa opens her mouth to argue, but closes it as she realizes Volga’s right. There’s nobody in the cave the Gorons have designated as a sparring area, probably because it’s rather late at night. They had no audience for their spar except for the small lizards that sometimes hide under the rocks.

Which unfortunately means Volga is correct.

Volga laughs at her expression, and Impa swats him on the arm, unable to stop her own smile.

“Well the next time I beat you, I’ll do it in front of an audience so that no one can deny my victory,” she says firmly, walking to the wall and placing her weapon against it. Volga does the same, and they lean against the rocks, both still catching their breath from their fight.

“I don’t plan on losing,” Volga says, looking over at her with a gleam in his eyes. “I won’t hold back.”

“I wouldn’t want you to,” Impa replies. “The only way to improve oneself is to train against a real challenge, and your style is quite unique. Before coming here, I knew very little about fighting techniques aside from my tribe’s, and that of the Hylians.”

“You’ve improved since then,” Volga says, watching a lizard skitter under a rock. “I can tell a marked difference between when we first fought and our spar tonight. You’re truly growing in your skill.”

He smiles again, and they look at each other, an odd sensation sweeping through Impa’s chest. It’s similar to the excitement she’d felt when she managed to knock Volga down, but not... exactly.

It’s certainly different from the annoyance and near hatred that she used to feel whenever she’d see one of Volga’s smirks, and she knows he feels the same, his grins less smug, his pride eased more to simply confidence when they’re together. Somehow they’ve become friends despite their less-then-friendly interactions at first, and Impa enjoys having another warrior around to talk to.

Especially because of the other feelings she sometimes gets when she looks at him now.

...Not ones I should be dwelling on, she thinks hastily.

“It’s rather late,” she notes with a clearing of her throat, and Volga nods. “And I unfortunately have a meeting in the morning.”

“My condolences,” Volga chuckles, and Impa smirks.

“Don’t be too happy. You’re supposed to be there as well.”

Volga grimaces, and Impa smiles, groaning a bit as she stretches. She’s going to be sore tomorrow, but the spar was more than worth it. Impa stops leaning against the wall then, retrieving her naginata in order to place it back in her room, and turns back to Volga to bid him goodnight.

And startles when he suddenly leans close to her, his blue eyes trailing along her face.

Impa blinks at his closeness, the heat that had just begun to leave her face returning full-force. She meets his gaze, and he looks back, a faint smell of fire and smoke coming off him.

Then Volga softly nuzzles his face against hers.

“Goodnight Impa,” he says in a surprisingly quiet voice, his breath against her skin making the hair on her neck stand up.

Then he pulls back, and leaves.

Impa watches him go with a shockingly warm feeling sweeping through her middle, and she raises a hand to the cheek he’d nuzzled against, her heart doing an awful lot of leaping around.

It must be a dragon thing, she thinks almost dizzily, her fingers cool against her hot face. Platonic, surely.

...Surely?

Impa stands by herself in silence for another few moments, trying to get her wits about her, and blows out a slow breath as a smile slips onto her face without her permission.

Then she leaves as well, glad now that nobody is around to see the color of her face.

...

The memory fades, and Impa looks down at the scale she’d been rubbing between her fingers, orangish-red and shimmering in the lantern light.

She holds it up and studies the small details she knows so well, the way the color changes when she tilts it, the faint warmth it gives off. She’s not sure why she still has it after so many years.

It’s not like it makes the memories hurt any less.

Voices drift past the half-open flap of her tent, and Impa’s ear twitches at the soft sound of Link’s voice, Proxi chiming in answer. Her son's quiet laugh reaches her, and the sound equally warms her heart and tears at the ragged edges of it.

Impa sighs as Link's footsteps recede, his voice fading away, and she looks at the maps she's supposed to be using to plan out a route.

She breathes out, running her thumb along the scale one more time, then returns it to the small pouch at her hip, closing it tight, and putting her thoughts from Volga.

It's harder then it should be.

#hdw au #hyrule warriors #impa/volga #...ish anyway #legend of zelda #loz hw #fic #legend of zelda fanfiction #writing from the floor #Volga: 'kissing'? what is this 'kissing'? #Impa: *brain short-circuiting as she tries to explain* #Volga: *smirking cause he's just messing with her* #anyway oog it took me forever to get their characters down #I'm still not totally happy with them but I'm ok with it so I'm posting this #also sorry for the ending HAHAHA *cries*

[moefongo]

Could you do any of the guys (specifically Volga) with a S/O that’s deathly afraid of spiders? (Btw happy belated b-day🎉)

AAA tysm!! I'll do Volga for now so I hope you don't mind!

Volga with an S/O who's afraid of spiders

Volga doesn’t kill spiders, he either picks them up in a cup or straight up puts them on his hand. This unnerves his S/O, but it beats having to deal with spiders. 

Volga doesn’t mind since he doesn't want anything to upset his S/O, so he’ll always be available to handle the spiders even if he’s away from home or if he’s busy with something.

He literally doesn’t care, he’ll stop what he’s doing, go take care of the spider, return and go back to what he was doing. Sometimes it happens in the middle of conversations so Volga doesn't give any explanations either he just comes and goes like nothing.

In fact he sometimes returns with the spider in hand, just vibing there. At this point he’s become friends with a good chunk of the spiders in all of Hyrule so they’re all chill with him whenever he takes them back outside.

#its gonna be a silly one y'all #hw volga #loz #also sorry for taking ages my brqain kind of stoped cooperating and had writer's block

[dragonsleather]

I love Team Villain

#cia hw #wizzro #volga #hyrule warriors #hwde #tloz #loz #dragonsleather

[link-is-a-dork]

#legend of zelda series #hyrule warriors #nintendo #koei tecmo #nintendo switch #liad post #screenshot #Zant #Hw zant #Ghirahim #hw ghirahim #cia #Ganondorf #hw Ganondorf #Volga #wizzro #2023

[jumpstrike]

Linktober 2022: Dragons

#linktober #linktober2022 #impa #hyrule warriors #link #hw link #hw impa #loz #tloz #legend of zelda #jumparts #volga

[caesar1141]

#legend of zelda #loz #hw loz #art #fan art #link #linked universe #original character #volga #proxi #fae sight au #blind warriors

[lu-birdbrain]

a request for love and affection???/platonic

gave myself a time limit so it's not a complete work! Here's something for one of your old fics, I think of it often and fondly (I've got something else for you later)

#hw link #Volga #Hyrule warriors #legend of zelda