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• Sickle and Chain by jestayork

  Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen, M/M
  • Work in Progress

  08 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Link & Zelda
  • Link & Riju
  • Zelda & Mipha
  • Link/Revali
  • Link (Legend of Zelda)
  • Zelda
  • Riju
  • Paya
  • Revali
  • Mipha
  • Sidon
  • Daruk
  • Urbosa
  • Kohga (Legend of Zelda)
  • Yiga Link (Legend of Zelda)
  • Alive Champions (Legend of Zelda)
  • Post-Calamity Ganon
  • Manipulation
  • Secret Identity
  • Angst
  • Past Child Abuse
  • Slow Burn
  • Fluff
  • Eventual Happy Ending
  • Attempting to give the Yiga a rational belief system
  • prologue is basically a oneshot!

  Summary

  As foretold, the Calamity returned to lay waste to Hyrule. Hylia's chosen Hero never appeared.

  A century later, Link -- a member of the Yiga Clan -- is determined to befriend Zelda and the Champions. To get close to the enemy and learn their secrets for the good of the Clan.
  Mostly, he's just trying to prove himself, but things get much more complicated than he expected.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  79,420

  Chapters:

  15/?

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  Kudos:

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