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The Blood of Heroes' History by FlamingIdiot, Nancyheart
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
01 Jul 2025
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Thrown together and traveling across time, the heroes of courage aren't expecting to discover a danger lurking across three different timelines, or the revelations that fighting said danger will expose to them about themselves, each other, and how they are really all connected.
(Updates Mondays)
Now Playing: Twilight isn't okay and goes to seek some solace
Coming Soon: Twilight gets his wishes granted in the form of an emotionally repressed and incredibly awkward teenager
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- Part 1 of What Doesn't Kill You
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"The spirit of the Hero and the royal bloodline, two things often sought by evil."
The shadow returns, this time with a powerful ally. Together, they contrive a plan to take out the entire line of heroes. The heroes of courage must discover this plan and put a stop to it, lest the land of Hyrule be left defenseless.
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Dangerous Waters (TOFRTB 2: Plague Boogaloo) by Pepper_Puppy
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
22 Jun 2025
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Wind feels as if he has been running for far too long. Running from his youth, running from those bad memories, running from those problems. He knows he can't run forever but maybe just... a few more steps.
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Wind falls ill whilst the Chain is stuck in Lorule in the midst of a food shortage. The worse Wind gets, the more they start to realize that there has been something far worse going on with their Sailor. But he's not the only one keeping secrets, and as tensions rise and ideas clash, Sky does his best just to keep the chain together.
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Assembling the Chain by Cloudgirl
Fandoms: Linked Universe - Fandom, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
22 Jun 2025
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Talon came back from a milk delivery at Kakariko village
"Think you'll like this story it's a lot like the ones you enjoy telling"
"That so?"
"The grave keeper saw this purple light that made a weird noise and out of it came this beast"
"What'd the beast look like?"
"It was nighttime and the grave keeper was in his house, didn't get a good look. Claimed the beast was terrifying to hear though. Sounded huge and left as quick as it came"
That's already his cue but Talon wasn't done talking
"Also some guy was in the graveyard with the beast"
This is really his cue to do something
"What'd he look like?" Thinking of his dream
"Don't know. Thou 'parently he had quite the mouth. Say he'd screamed and swore something fierce before running off"
Yup Malon gave a quiet but knowing look He wasn't going to be around for a while Time to dust off his armour and weapons
My take on the Chain's first meeting You know how most fics first meetings have them go from era to era to pick them up Well if you reread the start it's highly implied what happened is the 8 of them came through a portal and ended up in Time's era Where he probably had to go round them up
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Constellate by serbii for shadows_of_stars, undertheopensky, Maddrumsticks
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom
20 Jun 2025
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It's over.
Shadow is dead, Vaati and Ganon are defeated, and Princess Zelda is safe.
The Colours return the Four Sword and once again become Link.
Seconds later a portal opens beneath him.
Or: Four starts his LU quest immediately following the events of FSA. He and the Colours haven't figured out how to function as a single person again yet.
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Link didn't think he'd be going on another adventure. Two whole years of peace and quiet assured that. Of course, nothing good lasts forever.
Now he's stuck traveling through time with 8 other wielders of the Hero's Spirit, everyone has dumb nicknames, three of them are knights, one of them has very potent dark magic on him, and he won't admit it but he misses his husband.
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Fourfold by gurlgallade
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom
18 Jun 2025
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Bullshit. When are we gonna admit that we were all there the whole time?
Hero of the Minish. Hero of Light. Hero of the Four Sword, four times over. This is a tale of how Link became four long before he became Four.
[Ideally updates biweekly on Wednesdays. Final chapter count subject to change, but it’s all outlined.]
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- Part 1 of Four’s Sword AU
- Part 1 of Gal's LU Fics
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Sky fixed his eyes on Four’s chest, waiting for the telltale twitch of life.
Ten heartbeats passed and the smithy didn’t move.
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The Chain exits a portal and finds themselves in a strange place- a twisted, dark version of Wild's Hyrule. As expected, things don't go very well.
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The Rain That Falls at Night by XILVerify
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom
13 Jun 2025
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“And what do you do when interacting with other aspects during a formal function?” Four asked, reading from a booklet titled “On the Proper Conduct and Carriage of Aspects, Fifth Edition.”
“Um...” Time’s head hurt. “Bow ninety degrees at the waist?”
“Trick question!” came Sky’s voice from where he plucked absently at his harp from his favorite window seat. “You don't. Unless it's an absolute emergency or your owners give explicit permission to mingle. Focus on the guests and only the guests.”
Time slithered off his chair and onto the floor and lay there, staring dolefully up at the ceiling. “I’m never going to get all this right.”
(or: Time Loses an Eye and Gains a Horse: The Fic)
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- Part 7 of Simulacrum Spirits
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the Trust that we will Respect and carry you Until the Threads of History unravel (will set you free) by Violoafforprez
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom
12 Jun 2025
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In the corner of his eyes, above the group he saw the Wizzrobe with its arms raised back, gathering up a giant ball of dark magic.
Legend tried to push the group apart, but at most, he got a couple of them to look up and another couple to duck and cover their heads. Both of which helped for nothing as the magic engulfed them.
But nothing seemed to happen.
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(Warrior’s Chapter)
He didn’t let go at the sounds of Four’s muffled yells. He didn’t let go when Four took loud, long breaths. He didn’t let go when Four’s limbs flailed. He didn’t let go when Four’s body shook.
He only let go when Four stopped.------
(summary updated)
It’s time for some Links to get hurt, as a little treat 🥳Series
- Part 12 of Linked Universe
- Part 6 of Current WIP’s
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I'll keep him safe (from the dark things that wait) by mirensiart
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
08 Jun 2025
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You see, Four had seen his fair share of giant spiders before as a minish, meaning that they actually were regular normal spiders that seemed gigantic because of Four’s minish size, but really weren't.
These ones, though? Oh, these ones were the real deal— actual huge ass spiders.
The Smithy had heard the Old Man yell the name ‘Skulltula’ in between all the chaos, which meant that they weren't just regular giant spiders, but actually giant monster spiders. Fantastic.
Had it been the one giant monster spider, Four reckons they would've been OK. However, as he got closer to the Old Man and the Sailor— who was aggressively ripping off the remnants of the spider web still stuck to his clothes— Four's lantern was able to illuminate the entire dungeon room and–
Oh.
Oh.
OR: Four, Wind and Time accidentally make everyone's lives even more difficult.
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A Problem of Four by imagination_junkyard
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
04 Jun 2025
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When the Four Sword gets a crack in it, Four starts to crack too. The colors find themselves, for the first time in their life, alone.
AKA the colors start getting individual control over Four with no memory of what the other colors do when they're in control. Chaos ensues, and everyone in the Chain is seriously worried that Four has lost his mind.
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- Part 1 of Divided by Four
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Little Lion Man (It’s Not Your Fault But Mine) by TenacityShades (TenacityShadesgamblr)
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
19 May 2025
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Vaati’s smile was far too amused for Vio’s liking at this hour －the light in the room may have suggested midday, but that is early, fuck you Blue－ as he spoke, “Would you prefer coffee kiddo?”“Kiddo?” Vio was honestly flabbergasted.
“Kiddo. Now, would you prefer coffee?”
~~~Shadow gets mistaken for Four and then the plot goes left and does the macarena.
Vaati ends up adopting Vio, which kinda just? Happened?
Angst, fluff, hurt/comfort, a fuck-ton of crack. You know, the good stuff.
PLEASE READ THE WARNING IN THE NOTES
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tick season (and the insanity of the Links) by meepmoopbloop
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
18 May 2025
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“Legend,” Four tried to reason with the half-naked anomaly in front of him. “You don’t wear pants. How are you not already covered in ticks?”
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To Four, Warriors is dangerous. Vio can see right through the ploy. Warriors displays himself as outgoing at heart and a pleasantly social person, yet underneath that, they know that there’s nothing but regret and other by-products of extremely unhealthy habits and patterns.
And now, it seems as if the mask is cracking and his fury is slipping away.
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Four decides to ask Warriors for some help in their studies, given that Warriors had always maintained top grades. Though, not everybody is perfect, and neither of them realized that until it was simply too late.
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- Part 12 of Home Is Where I Belong
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Shatter. || Linked Universe by something__chaotic
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
07 May 2025
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“shatter (/ˈʃatə/) : break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces. ”
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Author notes: inspiration hit me and refused to elaborate anything
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Four and Wild have a less than pleasant time (nothing is new, is it?) by opabinias_are_cool
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
05 May 2025
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Four and Wild get separated from the rest of the Chain by a portal accident. Stuff happens, and Four tries to split, but something goes horribly wrong. Now Four, with a head full of The Colors and extra limbs, as well as an anxious Wild have to travel together while a certain dark is hunting them. During this time Four and Wild bond, and long tucked away secrets and forgotten memories finally come to light.
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A Tight Squeeze by somerknights for serbii
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
03 May 2025
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Four loses a little too much blood.
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Guardian “angel”. || Linked Universe. by something__chaotic
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
30 Apr 2025
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He’s always watching, hidden in the shadows.
TW: Mentions of murder, swearing.--
Author notes: nobody dies!!! don't worry!!
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Running from My "Crimes" and my mistakes by Nope_Not_today_Satan
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Final Fantasy XIV
25 Apr 2025
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The sacrificed everything so that Four and Wind could get out, so they will.... They have to! But at what cost?
The Banquet beckoned to them but it was only red.
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