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1. the depths by bahbahhh

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

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   02 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Link/Zelda (Legend of Zelda)
   • Link (Legend of Zelda)
   • Zelda (Legend of Zelda)
   • Tulin (Legend of Zelda)
   • The Sages (Legend of Zelda)
   • Post-TotK
   • follows pretty closely to events of the actual game except the ending
   • Bad Ending
   • alternative ending
   • for the small group of us that felt like the ending wasn't right
   • not saying it wasn't good
   • Heavy Angst
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Trauma
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Amputee Link (Legend of Zelda)
   • Selectively Mute Link (Legend of Zelda)
   • I'll do my best to cw before specific chapters but it has mature themes
   • POV Multiple
   • im tagging hurt and comfort but I encourage you to think about what comfort can mean

   Summary

   What really happened five years ago was exactly what Mineru had warned Zelda about. Forbidden things cannot be undone so easily.

   So her sacrifice remains.
   But so does he.

   (Zelda never returns after the battle with the Demon King. Link is determined to bring her back, no matter what it takes or where it takes him. So when the Light Dragon starts to dive into the Depths, which have remained dark and uncharted since the Gloom faded away, he prepares to descend as well.)

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   English

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