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The Princedom of the Zora :: The Regency, and Regent Avavu

So, please allow me to say some things, as reading forward and certain conditions aren't... Well, there, you will become truly annoyed. So basically, to start off with, the width that I work with for factbook creation is around 1098 pixels... Anything more than that, and anything less than that, we have some serious issues on our hands, as images will be placed wrong and text will simply not be in the right place, etc. etc... If at all possible, please try to have your resolution be close to, or exactly at the aforementioned width... Also, zooming in on desktop may work as well, but I wouldn't know, unfortunately...

Otherwise... I guess view this in dark mode? That might help. And apologies for the technical issues.

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Of what is seen above, such a sigil is still very much so, relatively new to the minds and eyes of the Zora, for indeed, it was only adopted recently... A somewhat haphazardly put together patch of which was put into said, aforementioned minds upon the period between the Great Thaw and the Prince of the Zora's triumphant return from Kakariko Village to represent the, at the time Emergency Regency of the Zora which has of now become a force of cooperation with the restored monarchy, one may see it depicts the handle of a traditionally used spear, an intricately patterned symbol of a moon and colours indeed common to the Zora.
To this day, there has been no suggestions of replacing said patch with an alternative to represent the Regency of the present, and thus it stays.
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The following, of which one would view directly above said text is an intricately designed banner, which is used to represent the Princedom of the Zora. Said banner is of which a talented individual has designed for such purpose...
The Banner of the Prince

The Regency

It may indeed be the case that, there will never be an opportune point in the future of the Zora for the young Regency to become ever so prominent as they had once been in those few weeks between the great group's founding after the great thaw to the return of the heir to the late Queen, Rutela... By any means, it may also be a foolish premonition to suggest of the alleged fact that, the Emergency Regency now supporting system for the Monarchy will ever be a force that holds minimal sway, that can be all but ignored. In the current iteration of which it abides with, it is a cooperative force of a small, trusted group of Adult Zora that look over, offer assistance and would perhaps in addition temporarily rule in Prince Ralis' stead should, by any means he disappear. Led by our gracious Regent, Avavu, a martial, strong, well-minded, intelligent and adult Zora, it may be truthful to suggest that Avavu has already achieved much for the Domain, and will continue to for as long as his majesty may allow it, for both parties cooperate as a unifying force as if they were a single entity, differing opinions and mindsets coming together to decide what is truly best.

United in the same belief of the wider world of which the Zora graciously share with the Hylians and the Gorons, both as ancient and proud peoples of the world as ourselves, the Regent Avavu, and her cohorts are known to try and push for an agenda of caution, of heightening the protection of what we all hold sacrosanct, whether that may mean the Domain itself, or perhaps the great Lakebed Temple of the just as magnificent lake of which it is located in and rightfully so as their actions seem to dictate for us, worry and thus preparation for what will only be the Princessdom of Hyrule's continued rise in militarism.

As was stipulated by his truly, Prince Ralis of the Zora quickly into his still short reign, the Regency honourably accepts that it may lead the Zora Guard, any and all other than the Prince's personal own, and the duties that come with leading the small, yet great, elite and strong Zora guardsmen and women through this era that may prove decisive yet are kept heavily in consideration for the Regency, as it may prove that it should indeed be so... And other than the two duties mentioned above, the Regency's place within the Zora's Domain has been adequately summarized.
The Regent, and her supporting members of the multi-partied regency have little need to speak to the Zora, to be revealed from their current, metaphorical shadow as indeed, it would be offensive to his highness Prince Ralis to do so.
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By all means, whilst the subject that may be the Regency itself may seem... Brief for lack of better terms to use, there is plenty more to know about the Regent herself. With due honour, Regent Avavu has provided with a self-written piece on oneself down below that may be viewed by the Zora. All parties sincerely hope that it may shed some light, ease minds if there was any need to on the Regency through transparent talk.



An autobiography, detailing her honour Avavu, the Regent of the Zora

It is of the Regency's greatest pleasure to have been given such great honour as to provide the forenote for her excellency, madam Avavu's self-description that, as of now has been noted to go to great lengths in detail of much an aspect. Do note that by the Regent's wishes, sharing of said self-description for those beyond the Domain is ill-advised. To end the forenote, it would be perhaps honourable to end the statement and allow for the self-description to begin in earnest.

An exceptionally pleasant day to the Domain of the Zora, and of my fellow man and woman who may have been driven to have taken interest in what will be revealed soon to have been a personally orchestrated detailing of whom I am, of what service I provide and in addition, any details of the past that may be worthy of one's attention and understanding. I shall announce first that I am Avavu, the one of whom is considered the leader of the Zoran Regency, such a prestigious group that his great Highness, Prince Ralis allowed for it's continued existence, an act I most appreciate. You may wish to refer to myself by the titles of Regent, and I accept Advisor further. I am not adverse to being addressed not by title, but name if oneself wished.
I have the, though honourable burden of my position as the one of whom heads the prestigious Regency of the Zora, a group that had originally been necessitated for creation following the sordid situation leading after the Great Thawing during the Twilight Crisis, though due to the humbling actions of his royal majesty, Prince Ralis has been graciously allowed to continue existence to support his great rule, an action of which I must thank his truly for. I am trusted to provide consul and advice for his majesty. I believe that it may be true to state that my role is taken with consideration by the Prince. I have mortally existed for over a century now, a truly long time that much of my life is... Hazy and mysterious, to my own mind in addition as the sands of time consume memory similarly to the consumption of a Greengill, for instance. A sordid event, such as the one experienced by Prince Ralis I have not experienced personally, however I will plan for the fact to not hinder my own learning, and not to mention the respect placed upon me for my role.

Of what follows is the most accurate detailing of my experiences with the mortal world, the events of which have occurred and effected myself, either directly or indirectly during my lifespan and of what I may have learned that would prove important for mention. In addition, I feel it necessary to provide the detailing necessary on of whom I personally am, including the various hobbies I may have acquired and more detailing of my role, and the relationship I, as Regent of the Zora share with his gracious highness, Prince Ralis.

The Early Memories :: Before events lost to Time and mustered by Twilight---

It is a double edged sword that I must admit to in order to develop the point of which I will make, of which I perhaps have spent little time sourcing Hyrulean material that would detail ourselves in any notable regard. Indeed, this particular fact may well be beneficial, for if those within the Princessdom had a say in the documentation, it may be true that said people, through their irredentist nature had painted a negative picture of us Zora, but nevertheless I must not claim that I know this in any certainty. Nevertheless, I shall concede to Hyrule that their information on Zoran lifespan is accurate... As for myself, though it may be factually difficult to truthfully be said due to the lengthy amount of time has been elapsed, I believe I am of one hundred and sixty eight years of age currently, and as such it would most certainly be correct to suggest I am around halfway through my life at this moment in time... To consider the... excitement of which has come through in my mortal time within this great realm, I must wonder of what may come to be in the future. The future is a concept of which I meditate on often, to consider the Zora and our lengthy lifespan, in comparison to the Hylian for instance, it may not come to be a surprise that for of whom I am in particular, the truth would suggest that to look toward the future is moreso worth contemplation than on a day by day basis, for instance.

To reveal an unfortunate truth, I must say that insultingly little of what my early years of mortality had entailed I still remember to this day... An immediate family I do claim, nevertheless I feel sorrow when I remember mother and father, they had passed during the Twilight Crisis, a memory that I would not be fussed about if such disappeared, a reason for which I rarely speak of their names, a reality I only make true seldom times. A single sibling I do indeed have, she goes by the name of Ametu, nevertheless I see her rarely, for it is her who busies around in the lands of the Princessdom of Hyrule, an unfortunate fact I lament indeed.
I believe myself to be correct to say that my egg had been laid fifty three years before the event, known by the few Hylians that remember it as the "Time Calamity", though nevertheless it is true to say of what the Zora experienced of it was concerning, but nevertheless not threatening. Soon enough, as you shall recount what I have written down the event will be further elaborated on to the degree of which I remember it, and furthermore have found out, but to continue in chronological fashion, I wish to recount what had become of my childhood and adolescence before the aforementioned event.

I believe, of which information I retrieve from a relatively strained memory that it had taken two years of development from the infant, fish lookalike state of which all Zora were originally before a transformation into a more normal state, similar to his majesty Ralis. What I had partaken in throughout my childhood seems mostly to become a light haze, nevertheless of what I do indeed still remember could seem slightly... Unorthodox to many, and though I do not feel either way about it a century and more later, it had not been a time of innocence nor relaxation for myself... My mother, may her soul rest easy with Goddess Hylia and the almost forgotten Lord Jabu-Jabu, had been truly ambitious, especially so true before the events of the "Time Calamity" had passed. Similarly to the few other Zora of whom followed her way of thinking, no less father, it had been them who believed that of what governance of all Zora under the old Zoran monarchy would have led the proud race down a path of stagnation, complacency and the weaknesses that come with it. I believe that her belief was proven during the Zora's weakness in the face of adversity during the "Time Calamity", but nevertheless there will be a time to mention such event...
Of what that had meant to my young self was a rigourous and eventful childhood and adolescence, of what involved great educational studies of which... Mother, though especially so Father had poured much of their energy into doing so and involved not only study on my part, but learning from my highers as well, as to pass on the knowledge downward. In addition, Mother also wished for me to become a truly powerful warrior of the Zora, one to represent mother's hope for a new generation of the Zora of whom would face adversity not with fear and compliance, rather a position of excellency, challenge and power to usher in a brigher age for our entire race. I would not learn the great trade of swordsmanship until my development into an adult body, of which came to be amongst my thirty first year of mortality, though nevertheless I had been urged to not only keep fit, rather truly athletic from a surprisingly young age. I wonder at times, looking back upon this, as being done at this moment if mother, less so father but nevertheless, had seen me less so as a child worthy of nurturing, but moreso as a tool for her own ambition in Zoran society. I can not say truly for sure, though I am sure that they had wanted to supplement myself with their love, though perhaps it was shown in an unorthodox way. Nevertheless, in whatever goal my now deceased parents had, I believe that they had succeeded. Matter of factly, I believe that I continue their legacy today a little too well, though I will keep the reasoning that allows me to believe in such undisclosed.

When my adulthood had caught up to me at an age of thirty one, mother began to coax me, and afterwards train me to become, in her own words "Unmatched by any Zora in agility and finesse"... It... Becomes hard to remember her words for me, as aforementioned I still take much sorrow in her passing to the actions of the hideous Twilight King. I must return to focus, for my own good. I am uncertain if I can claim that mother had succeeded entirely in her goal, however if not, it was her that I must commend for coming very far in her wishes. During the twenty two years that succeeded the development of my adult body, and further onwards after the hiccup that was the "Time Calamity" throughout the century before the Twilight Crisis struck the Zora, and Hyrule further afield, I would have become truly skilled in the wielding of a sword, and with practice I had not only become a great swimmer, even for Zoran standards but also quite agile indeed even without having the soothing feeling of waters around myself. I believe that it may not be unreasonable to come to the conclusion that mother had planned for this before even my hatching. In addition, come the time of the "Time Calamity", it may have indeed been the case that both my intelligence and combat prowess would see it's first challenge...

A century old experience :: The Time Calamity---
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The strange occurrence of which the old Zora's Domain, and a home for myself from birth to the few years succeeding had dealt with, known as the "Time Calamity" had been a time where the King of the Zora, of whom... I believe myself correct in remembering that the King had named himself the sixteenth numerous times, had led the Domain for many decades. The king, may his spirit forgive myself for this statement, had been peculiarly shaped, indeed in comparison to the stereotypical interpretation of whom the Zora would look like. The King had been rather round, bulbous and truly a strange sight to behold. Nevertheless, King Zora had succeeded in producing two daughters during his life, one of which most Zora are very much familiar with, Princess Rutela, and the other being Princess Ruto... To return to focus, the "Time Calamity" had been a strange event for the Zora... I believe in my unfortunate haziness of the event, the aforementioned had begun for the Domain when King Zora had been met by a strange group of Humans, of whom demanded from him a certain stone within his possession... I must question on occasion of what made the King of the Zora stand his ground, rather than concede. On the note mentioned, would it be untruthful to suggest that mother and her supporters' suggestions and criticisms had been taken to heart? I can not conclude... By any means, soon therefore after King Zora's older daughter, Princess Ruto had disappeared, and with hindsight it was found out this had happened immediately after Ruto had offered the old Zora patron deity, a certain Lord Jabu-Jabu a gift of food.

When the Time Calamity had shown itself to the Zora with the disappearance of Princess Ruto, spurred on by mother and father's wishes, I had become and by the time of the Calamity, had been a Zora Guard for longer than a decade. Nevertheless, the talents of which I had obtained at the time seldom saw use... At the time, the Zora's Domain rarely came into contact with visitors, moreso than today as a matter of fact, neither good nor wicked. The Guard had been a relatively redundant, yet prestigious and precautionary group, that had proven to be useful indeed during the Time Calamity.

Once Princess Ruto had been confirmed as a certainty to be missing, King Zora commanded the Zora Guard, of which at the time included myself to search for her. I had seen the King personally during the commands, and I had been able to notice that he had been truly worried, a worry that somehow seemed to go further than a parent's worry for their missing child to I. Nevertheless, much of the Zora Guard had to fulfill the King's command.
As for myself, I had been entrusted to lead a dozen other Guardsmen and Women into a frozen over labyrinth of passageways, ancient rooms of stone and caves, the objective to be the scouring of the place in search for the King's missing eldest daughter. Many other Zora guard would have scoured many a different place, however at the time the King mistakenly believed that our group would be the one most likely to come across something. During our search through cold, dark and slippery caverns I and the other members of the search had to fight through many a hostile denizen, and though my blade lead the way, of which I had personally dispatched many a hostile element in our way, the death of a fellow Zora within those passageways became my first true challenge... Mother and father had trained me in their ideals, that being a competent leader and in intelligence, and an even greater fighter, though little can be done to prepare oneself for seeing the clutches of death with one's own eyes. I was fortunate to not know the Zora personally, nevertheless to say that I did not feel sorrow would be insulting. However, in truthfulness I had felt empty... Empty enough I felt that the rest of the search through the icy passageways proved to go by in a haze, though fortunately there had been no subsequent deaths...

I, and the fellow Zora Guard returned to the Domain with no result, for we could not find a single trace of Princess Ruto within... Convening with the King Zora soon after, he had communicated that our efforts were appreciated, though he now had reason to believe where Princess Ruto had disappeared to, that she had been consumed whole by Lord Jabu-Jabu. This had caught I and the group of which I led at the time by surprise, for it seemed absurd. In addition, we had to assume that if true, Ruto could not have survived, however for unknown reasons, perhaps hope or denial the King believed that his daughter may still be alive... King Zora came to the conclusion through an incident that a different group of Zora Guard experienced within the patron deity's room, for one of the Guard had found themselves under threat of meeting a same fate, as Jabu-Jabu's giant maw opened and attempted to swallow them whole, before being dragged away by the rest of the group to safety...
King Zora had told us that he would be most happy if our own group had "Voluntarily entered Lord Jabu-Jabu to search for Ruto within it's system". We believed that was absurd, of which we communicated the theory that our lives would also be threatened by doing so... Where the Zora Guard became reluctant in doing such a strange mission, a lone Hylian boy had volunteered himself to do so to the King Zora, and true to his word the Hero of Time, as he had been nicknamed by Hyrule had delved within Lord Jabu-Jabu, and soon therefore after returned with Princess Ruto.

In the moment, most had become relieved that they had not been the ones to perform the dangerous mission, but nevertheless the sobering truth set in for us, very much including myself. The Zora had to rely on an outsider, a young Hylian boy nonetheless to rescue the daughter of the Zora King instead of mustering the courage and power to do it themselves. Such a truth was difficult for I to come to terms with, for I felt as if I had shown much cowardice in not attempting to save Princess Ruto, and perhaps more importantly I had tarnished the image of myself that my betters, mother and father had envisioned for me. To the surprise of myself, mother and father had attempted to comfort me in the knowledge that King Zora was insane and unfit for rulership to order such an absurd mission, though I could not take such comfort seriously. As the Hero of Time would return to finish his mission within Hyrule, the time of which I had was spent recovering from the many feelings that had assaulted me from the failure that had been aforementioned.
The "Time Calamity" of which had, in truth affected Hyrule with more consequence than the Domain passed and concluded without the Zora's knowledge. During the time, it was found that patron deity Lord Jabu-Jabu had disappeared from the domain, of which the Zora would never see again. This came at the consequence of many a Zora forgetting the name entirely, and a replacement in the Hyrulean pantheon of Hylia, Din, Faore and Nayru in Zora worship, a change of which I had seen little issue with... I believe that I shall explain this statement further in due time.

The decades of Intermission :: A detailing of an era after Time and before Twilight---

It must be communicated that we Zora, in most regard are patient people. Of what proof is needed to give such a statement credence may be found within an average Zora lifespan, of which is naturally more than triple than that of the Human. I would bring this up as an explanation of why our people had remained within the old Domain of the Zora for eighteen years in patient wait for patron deity Lord Jabu-Jabu to perhaps return to the sanctuary, a resolution to the issue the Zora faced in such regard. Nevertheless, it had taken only a single year before many of us would have swiftly seen themselves changing to become restless, of which had included myself, and family. Though at the time, I believed I most certainly had the patience to wait for the patron deity's potential return, I would not be silent on critiquing the Zora monarchy for inaction, for whilst I believed not in urgency of the situation and a need for a quick resolution, regardless it had seemed foolish to hope that Lord Jabu-Jabu would stumble their way back to the sanctuary, of such a fact became the resolution of finding them with our own effort. King Zora would counteract critique of the sort by commenting that it was the Lord's choice of whether they would return or not, that we lowly Zora had no jurisdiction to force that hand.

Nevertheless, as the years came by, and transitioned past a decade in wait, the opposition to King Zora's own claims became more numerous and prevalent, and soon enough it was an opinion which could not be ignored... On the dawn of the eighteenth year, and not a single sighting of the patron deity of the Zora, King Zora's hand was forced by what had become a majority of the Zora wishing for action. Of the many arguments that the opposition, of which as aforementioned had included my family, including I had, the most prevalent was of the fact that as months go by, the higher the chance that Lord Jabu-Jabu could find themselves in danger, and that to find them would be imperative for it's own safety.
In his wisdom, King Zora had realised an issue with simple search parties, and that is that any Zora whom was not either the King, nor Princess Ruto would be recognised by the patron deity, and most likely would not have interacted. Initially, the suggestion was that the Zora tribe split into two sects, for at least a temporary time, where Princess Ruto and many Zora would search across the lands for Lord Jabu-Jabu, whilst the King Zora remain with Princess Rutela to nurture, and the less homesick Zora... Nevertheless, another problem arose with, now adult Princess Ruto. In the spirit of transparency and honesty, the lost Princess had always been somewhat... Boisterous and stubborn... Combine such qualities with almost fanatical commitment to King Zora's ideals, when suggested that she be the one to lead a group of Zora in search for the patron deity, for however long it would take until their location, it was her of whom vehemently disagreed. I... Regret it now for considering history, however I mustered a rather large rivalry with the younger Princess of the Zora. As I recollect my memories, I must ponder of how surprisingly similar the both of us were, for perhaps I may indeed be unfortunately inflexible with my ideals... To put it simply, as stubbornness collides with stubbornness, it becomes a grand display of an immovable rivalry indeed. To return to the ever important focus, Ruto's personality and commitment to the wait for the patron deity had caused a problem to the idea. King Zora had to come to an unfortunate conclusion, one of which I am sure he had regretted to his death...

The King of the Zora had concluded that he, the still young Princess Rutela and a vast majority of the Zora, including myself and mother and father would begin with a migration of the Zora, a journey that of which I remember little of, had been very much so perilous at times. A contingent of Zora Guard, the others who wouldn't budge from the old Zora's Domain, lead over by Princess Ruto would remain, and as known by the Zora of whom remember the event, would become the "Lost Zora", an almost mythical title at this moment of writing. The expedition of the Zora had took a solemn turn after a few years, the years of which mother and father had hatched my younger sister, Ametu... Two great decades before the Twilight Crisis and in addition, following three decades after adulthood, Ametu had become disenfranchised with life within the Zora's Domain, and had left to seek excitement and opportunity within Hyrule... This fact. Is a heavy burden that I carry, for though Ametu visits biannually on average, a truly warm relationship had been lost... For around Ametu on the seldom occasions we meet, she seems... Distant, as if she has become afraid, disenfranchised, perhaps even paranoid of personally investing in a relationship with yours truly, to a point that it becomes not only saddening, but in addition ever so slightly suspicious as well. Nevertheless, despite a natural stubbornness I seem to retain, I. Find it difficult to loathe her for it, despite my negative opinion on the Princessdom of Hyrule. I sincerely apologise for my own initiated distraction, I will attempt to return to chronology.

In a return to the focus of which had preceded the tangent on the sibling of which I have, a dawn of the solemn situation that had been aforementioned... The search of which the Zora had been pursuing for the patron deity, unfortunately had became sour due to a development with the King of the Zora, of whom had become ill, said illness progressing to become moreso powerful in magnitude as the months had gone by... The nomadic life of which our sect of Zora had partook in had to come to a hasty end, for the wellbeing of the King.
It would have been a single day after King Zora had been found to act strange, of when the current Zora's Domain had been discovered by the Zora guard exploring upstream of the Zora River Tributary that, as is well known today would lead to the passageway for our magnificent domain. With the discovery, the King of the Zora with his remaining power had commanded for the exploration and search to end until his majesty may recover to continue. Indeed, the Zora guard led the tribe to the Domain, of which though I cannot claim to have led, partook in such and is indeed a privilege of which I had been given... The search would indeed have never significantly returned, for after a decade that succeeded the settlement of the domain, King Zora had failed in recovering from his afflictions, and passed away in the still new Grand Chamber. An of age Princess Rutela would have succeeded her father to the throne, and had soon therefore after became wedded to another Zora of whom became King to Rutela as Queen, though the new King Zora would have passed shortly before the Twilight Crisis.

Decades had passed, and with the sands of time moving ever quickly the search parties for the patron deity, Lord Jabu-Jabu grew very much so less and less frequent and their name, in all actuality would become mentioned less often and as a byproduct, forgotten. The reality of which had been suggested had only been exarserbated during the great freeze of the Twilight Crisis, of whom most of the older Zora had perished in their weakness, encased in ice for longer than a week. I believe it to be true that I, and most of the Zora Guard despite age survived due to athleticism and well-being beforehand. As the name of Lord Jabu-Jabu had been lost to the Zora, to the point of which the people became conflicted with faith, the Hyrulean pantheon, one of which the Zora had known and understood that, to a point can indeed be considered correct would have replaced the old patron deity. I must iterate for those who may only know of Lord Jabu-Jabu through the words of my own self, this does not need to be a concern of Hylian influence, for Din, Faroe, Nayru and Hylia I believe had been recognised very much so by the Zora for centuries, and Lord Jabu-Jabu had acted as a physical intermediary, of which I invite for argumentation, as such a premonition is personal.
By any means, decades came and went within the Zora's Domain, under the leadership of the ever respected Queen Rutela, I hold much respect for the late queen for her pragmatic attitude, not to mention power. Unfortunately, it seemed that no Zora could meet the power of the horrid Twilight King, however never had I met a more powerful member of our race. Of how the Queen had managed to grasp the ever rare powers of magic, often limited to the Hyrulean Royal Family and very much so respected sages I unfortunately have no confidence in saying. During the time, whilst I attempted my best to stay fit and skilled with a sword, my time had been in the pursuit of knowledge, a pursuit of which mother and father, even sister Ametu would have assisted with at the time. It had been a pursuit for excellency, of which I still become curious of to wonder if I had ever succeeded in. During such a goal, I shall admit I spent much free time exploring the lands beyond the Domain to study of what lies beyond, and the lessons of which came with such a goal. In addition, as aforementioned this fact saddens me in remembering, yet during sister Ametu's time within the Domain, a close relationship we had indeed shared, to the point that she would herself assist with such a goal I had for myself. A surprising amount of literature she had gathered from the lands, some of which I had questioned how such material, seemingly important to the places gathered had been taken without notice. I still do not have the answers today, and my own sibling will unfortunately never mention it herself...

Ametu had left the Zora's Domain one night without alerting mother, father nor I... I assume the reasoning for such is because of her dislike of remaining in a single place for too long, that she is truly adventurous and for that matter, too stubborn to listen to the wishes of her parents nor older sister... In that regard, sister is plenty much like the Lost Princess, Ruto and on such a note, I take comfort in the fact that I know of Ametu's wellbeing, unlike Ruto of whom has not been seen by our Zora tribe ever since the migration. Indeed, I believe that Ametu would have rather left without our knowledge than to take the courage to explain such in person. I had taken much offense and worry in her disappearance, even as her presence was discovered within the Princessdom not long after. However, after mother and father's death during the Twilight Crisis, I... I only wish to forgive and grow close with sister once more. Why I give this information up is beyond me, perhaps my own mind demanded I talk of it as solace. Nevertheless, perhaps Ametu had been intelligent in leaving, for she may have avoided the full force of the Twilight King's chaos against the Zora, missed on being encased in that awful frozen water... Had not witnessed... Their deaths first hand...
Lest I get truly sentimental, I shall transition to my experience of the event of which we are all uncomfortably familiar with.

Freeze, Thaw and Recovery :: An unfortunate experience with the Twilight---
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It may be truthfully mentioned that, despite the eventful years between the Time Calamity and the Twilight Crisis, not withholding the loss of the patron deity, both physically and in the minds of many a Zora, the tribe's search and eventual resettlement within the Domain of which one would now be located in and in addition the disappearance of those who had remained, notably the Lost Princess Ruto, the event of which had succeeded such aforementioned dwarfed both the century of intermission, and in addition the Time Calamity in addition. For within my one hundred and sixty third year of mortality, the forces of Twilight struck the Princessdom of Hyrule and us Zora with impressive force, one of which few cunning minds, of which had been indeed Queen Rutela and the current Princess-Sovereign of Hyrule could truly have anticipated...

I believe to reiterate of what had been the events that transpired throughout the Twilight Crisis would seem redundant, for of the such to escape our minds would seem to be an unfortunate impossibility. The King and creatures of Twilight would have emerged from the mirror in the Gerudo Desert, had quickly assaulted the Castle of Hyrule and the town of which it hosted, and the Princess-Sovereign subsequently conceding to the Twilight amidst threats of brutality, and perhaps self-preservation... Unfortunately for the Zora, very much so including myself, a similar fate, if not more brutal than even Hyrule's would reach the Domain preceding the attempted merge between the realm of light and twilight... His highness, Prince of the Zora Ralis could describe what had happened upon the Twilight King and his shadow beasts storming into the Domain in more description than I, nevertheless of what I had experienced personally shall be told.
I remained committed to my place within Zora society, for the century and the couple of decades that indeed, it had been so, that being a member, a well-respected one to make the matter of fact statement, of the Zora Guard. It had been on that fatal day where, half a dozen Guardsmen and Women, including I, stood guard and had been watching toward the southern passage when that... Mask of lunacy that had covered the King of the Twili's true form, flanked on all sides by what appeared to be a dozen, perhaps more horrendous beasts of which had looked to be made of shadow had emerged into sight, marching with great pace and a menacing form toward the Domain, and thus towards I. The Guard instantly had recognised the group as a threat to the sanctuary, for even without the prior knowledge that today, most obviously the Zora have, the appearance told the message by any means... Though I had been in command of the Zora Guard group of which I had been present within, on occasion it is impossible to halt instinct. The reason of which I mention this is because I had little control in stopping three of the Guard from breaking off from my side to valiantly challenge the group, in bravery however, in addition miscalculation to the threat. I remember my actions in the moment well, for upon seeing the three Guard charge toward what was most likely a threat, I had prodded the hilt of my own sword into the arm of another Zora flanking myself, promptly commanding her to race to the chamber of where Queen Rutela resided within to alert her of the sudden development... I feel relief as I write of this in commenting that, despite the fear of which I had caught a glimpse of etched on the Zora Guardswoman's face, she had obeyed instantly.

Upon turning my attention in a return to the horrific sight of which the Zora had been met with, surprise and apprehension had instantly struck myself upon seeing the three brave Zora Guard had been flung and brutalized in seconds. One laid and had perished instantly upon being slammed into the rock wall to the left, their blood coating the rocks below and to the side as if it had been an accidental mess of dye... Another's body laid limp, floating against the water towards the right, blood quickly mixing with the water to create a putrid sight. The last victim I did not witness... I had felt a momentary paralysis take a hold of my body, a fact of which the shadow creatures and their King made no effort of exploiting as they approached in the same menacing fashion of which had been seen beforehand. Nevertheless, the paralysis fortunately did not last, and then with a loud voice, I had commanded the only companion that remained beside myself into the safety of the water, of which the two of us had promptly dived into... From that point, with surprising determination we had both realised that to fight would spell fatality, but nevertheless in numbers the Zora could hold the malevolent force at bay, of what fact we had acted upon by attempting to rally those nearby to confront the force. It proved to be of no avail, for even the fellow Guard had become paralysed at the sight of the monsters.

The Twilight King and his shadow beasts had swiftly confronted her majesty, Queen Rutela and the chamber, of which had promptly became a conflict... Queen Rutela, as aforementioned had been the most powerful Zora I had the pleasure of interacting with, nevertheless from what I had heard, no less from Prince Ralis himself, the King of the Twilight had came across no trouble in dispatching the Queen in brutal fashion. It was soon therefore after I had spotted said Prince tumbling down the great waterfall of the Domain, before landing in the waters down below and in what I had witnessed, a frenzied panic had begun a swift retreat from the Domain. In the child body of which the Prince had, and is still limited to, to swim after him had been the opposite of difficult... In the rush, I had perceptively spotted that one a many of the Shadow Beasts of whom had then been roaming down below had themselves, bared witness to the escaping Prince, and subsequently many attempted to give chase... One had came terrifyingly close to reaching for the Prince with one of it's dark limbs, a possibility I could not allow to happen. In an effort to distract the beast, sword in hand I sent a forceful slice toward it, the blade breaking the waters above of which I had been submerged in, and as I had felt tension on the other end of the blade, I knew I had made contact.
Fortunately enough, the unintelligent beast had shifted it's focus towards me. The Hulking quadruped had remained above, the shadowy form distorted by the water of which I had been submerged in as it's limbs attempted to strike me below. Though one swing most likely would have spelt an end for myself, fortunately the finesse of which I had, trained to be so from a young age indeed had saved me from an otherwise perilous fate. As the dark limbs fished for any hit, I had dodged swiftly before retaliating with a blow from my weapon, but the blade had never even seemed to cause noticeable damage to the hellish creature.

This nerve-racking status quo would have been interrupted in a strange way. For, being distracted by the monster of which I had been fighting, I had failed to notice the waters of the domain becoming frozen swiftly around myself, encasing the Zora of whom remained within the safety of the water, most if not all of us had become encased in the ice and subsequently frozen themselves. I had been the next to befall that fate... The cold had swiftly penetrated my scales, for the absolute intensity of the cold had created not the normal interpretation of such a feeling, however had become a sensation of burning alive instead... A more agonizing pain I have yet to feel, and I wish for it to remain that way... Such a memory, especially so of the pain felt is one that would be better off forgotten, for even recounting such now, I very much so cringe and to a slight degree, the pain returns as if the mind is experiencing it once more.
The pain had only lasted a few seconds before my frozen body had fallen into unconsciousness. It would have been poetic if the last thoughts I had before becoming unconscious were of family, however it is more truthful to recall it as solely consumed by pain and torment instead... It would have taken many a day before, Hylia be truly praised, the Great Thaw would have melted the ice to return to water, and with it a return to consciousness...

If I had recalled a single memory of the days of which I had been unconscious, in addition encased in the infernal ice of which had surrounded myself, I believe I would have mentioned such a memory amongst said self-description. In misfortune, or rather fortunate if viewed with an alternate perspective, the freezing of the Zora's Domain is an event that, in regards to one's inexperience of time during unconsciousness had ended in such a personal perspective as swiftly as it had begun... Of what had melted the frozen over Zora's Domain is quite known indeed, rather the mystery of the Great Thaw is moreso the question of how. The ice that had formed due to the twilight, or rather perhaps a curse placed upon the Domain by the awful King of Twilight when Queen Rutela had refused to concede to him had melted quickly due to the sudden appearance of a rather large rock of lava of which had come from the great Death Mountain of the Gorons. From those who had been within the lands of Hyrule, I believe it true that eyewitness accounts had indeed been unable to spot Death Mountain suffer from a cataclysmic explosion, though nevertheless activity from the peak indeed had been spotted rather. To speculate on such an event is... Perhaps redundant, for though during the Twilight Crisis the aforementioned mountain had suffered from heightened activity, a molten rock of such a caliber most likely could not have landed as to be as precisely, nor with the energy it had where it had. However, perhaps it is not in our place to explain away the actions of those above, for the fate of the Zora would have been grisly if not for the miracle of which had befallen within the Great Thaw... For upon the molten rock smashing it's way past the ice, the heat would quickly have returned the Zora's Domain to water once more, in addition the waterways of which the Domain feeds.

I had returned to consciousness seconds after the thaw, of which I had been confident that as heat had returned to the body, I was able to physically feel the return of circulation of blood within, though nevertheless this may have been metaphorical. As I had found that a concerning amount of Zora had never returned to consciousness, rather passing away and that most of the unfortunate deaths had been of the older Zora, I had quickly made two realisations. The second of which had been that, would I have not been as athletic, nor physically powerful as I had been, I may very well have had my mortal life ended by the freeze. It is unknown if the deaths had occurred as soon as the freezing had began, of rather during as the body would have no longer had the strength to remain functional upon thaw. Nevertheless, as covertly stated, this had not been the first realisation, for the immediate worry was of family. Matter of factly, most Zora had come into a panic upon returning of consciousness, in either confusion and concern, or worry of their friends and family. As I had been too, most of the Zoras' immediate focus was on the safety of their compatriots. For myself, that had been Mother and Father, for sister Ametu had not been present within the Domain to have been frozen over. As had been mentioned beforehand, I would not find their spirits within the realm of which we reside in again, for instead... I had quickly stumbled upon their limp bodies...
Forgive myself, for the following will be hard to communicate...

In worry and apprehension, I had swam across the Domain in search for my parents, however... It did not take long to locate them. In the far north-west corner of the sanctuary I had spotted the both of them, nearby each other floating half-submerged on the surface of the water, their faces held above the water. Indeed, I had made my way towards mother and father quickly, and the second of doubt I had about their fate had... Been dispelled for a horrific truth... For the physical trauma of the ice my parents had succumbed to, and... They were no longer alive. I... I had held the cold hand of mother tightly within my own grasp, and then had shed the only tears I can remember having done so. A mix of emotions I did indeed feel as I floated next to their lifeless corpses, for they had been sorrow, anger and the most powerful of them all, shame... I am surprised to recall that I had understood that, even at the moment I could not have prevented their fate, though nevertheless I would have felt as if they had been taken so soon. Shameful I had felt, aimed towards oneself for the most part, for I had felt as if I had failed in living to their legacy that they wished for me to do so. My mind had been casted back towards my hesitance of attempting to save Princess Ruto during the Time Calamity, and the perishing of a fellow Zora under my protection during the search beforehand. Guilt dominated, for I had not proven myself to them as the warrior and hero they had sought for me to become...

I... I'd rather not dwell on father and mother's death for longer... In the guilt and shame I had felt in myself, I had realised that indeed, even in their passing I still had a chance to prove myself as more than a failure, to not only my deceased parents but all of the Zora. Many had been mourning around me for similar reasons to myself, and in that truth I had realised that in the inaction of surprise, sorrow and many other a paralysing feeling, the Domain and the people within it would become truly stagnant. For I had witnessed the Prince of the Zora, Ralis' retreat from the Domain before consciousness had left me, the Zora monarchy would not be able to bring order... I had felt it my duty to attempt and fill the hole that the now lost monarchy could not, for at the time no Zora would have had an idea of if the Prince had survived or perished. In the time that succeeded this realisation, I rallied the Zora Guard of whom would listen to myself, surveyed the scene of which befell the Monarch's chamber, and soon enough had announced that, in the face of the death of Queen Rutela and the disappearance of her son, Prince Ralis that a regency would be established in order to bring the much needed order to the Domain, of which would take the place of the monarchy in it's disappearance and, should the worst be discovered in the fate of the remaining member of the Monarchy, to bring fourth a new Zora monarchy through the declaration of the most able to become King or Queen of the Domain.

To begin, the emergency regency of which I had established, and as proven by my current position within Zora society, lead in addition, the guard and those who had volunteered themselves to help, of which most had indeed been willing to do so, the bodies of the deceased Zora... Of which had included father and mother had been retrieved from the waters, and we had all carried them to the upper Zora River... From that point, the Zora, myself included had convened with Hylia for the safe passage of their spirits to a better place, a task of which had... Been of huge challenge to me, having to finally reconcile with the loss of mother and father to the accursed actions of the Twilight, and soon therefore after we had bid their limp bodies farewell as the aforementioned had been pushed into the waters, and had been carried by the rapids down towards Lake Hylia. I believe a willing Zora had escorted the bodies downstream, an excellent swimmer in order to safely descend down the dangerous river. I still have little idea what had happened to their dead bodies, for the Zora in question has still yet to comment on it ...

For the days succeeding, it had been a difficult task to ward off an unfavorable result of stagnation and ruin of Zora society. The people did not prove to act in anarchy, rather that most had done little, for they spent their time in mourning of those who passed, and in addition to the Zora monarchy of which most had solemnly believed had came to a grisly end. I had taken solace in such a fact in seeing the Prince of the Zora successfully escape the hands of the Twilight, and that his survival may be more likely than most believed, though still very much uncertain. Little progression in the recovery of the Domain had come, a fact of which sincerely frustrated me, though I indeed understand the reason of why it had been the case.
It is fortunate to say that this solemn stage of Zora society had come to an end, in excitement and fanfare no less... For it was on a warm morning when the Domain that had lied below the excellent waterfall had audibly erupted in much hubbub, an excited fanfare. The confusion of the situation had been removed swiftly, for a Zora guardsman of whom had been under my command had reported with a hopeful and relieved expression etched on his face that the Prince of the Zora had returned. Indeed, as I heard such a statement I had also been overcome by a sense of relief, for both the young Prince's safety and the potential for the spirits of the Zora to be restored in the return of a monarchical heir. Swiftly, I had commanded that the Guard point his majesty in the right direction, for Ralis to meet with I in due time. Of when the Prince had met myself, I feel a very slight pang of shame that, as inferred from his comment I could not hide my emotions successfully, as Prince Ralis had mentioned that I looked as if I had looked truly surprised and relieved in his return. The young Prince had seemingly appreciated that I had attempted, somewhat successfully so to restore order to the Zora in the absence of the Monarchy. His highness had also proven to be surprised himself at the mention of the temporary freezing over of the Domain, and had seem personally hurt to hear of the deaths that came because of it... Nevertheless, I had noticed that Ralis had seemed surprisingly in control of himself, a fact of which allowed me to conclude that he had come to terms with Queen Rutela, his mother's death.

Prince Ralis had assumed the place of his mother soon therefore after, but has yet to declare himself King, as he himself have mentioned numerous times that he does not see himself as worthy of doing so with the actions of which he has performed to the modern day, and that to announce himself King would be an insult to Rutela, her better half and those who had came before himself. Prince Ralis wanted the Regency to stay, an action I had been hopeful for, and in addition had become thankful for in addition. Though I... Sometimes fail to communicate it in an overt way, I hold respect and favor for Ralis, and in such a fact it is my only duty to guide the Prince in his rule, and attempt to educate him to follow the right path, the best path for the Zora. This has been my duty ever since his return, and in addition the end of the Twilight Crisis brought along by the Hero of Courage and the Princess-Sovereign of Hyrule in succession.
In conclusion, I hope that my future actions will bring honour to mother and father's legacy, and their wishes they had wanted me to fulfill. The newly founded irredentism of Hyrule, proven by their army's actions of which had mercilessly swept the lands in the blood of monster and the innocents who had been caught in the crossfire, I fear that the Zora's fight for survival and stability may not yet be over, despite Ralis' naïve and clouded beliefs in the good faith of the Hylians. I would like to believe that Prince Ralis is correct in his belief of the Princessdom to the south, and that my own fears may be unfounded, nevertheless for the good of the Zora, it must be our mission to prepare for any event which may transpire. For the next time the Zora are threatened, as had happened during the Twilight Crisis and the Time Calamity, the Zora must be confident that triumph can become a reality.

The words of which have been mentioned that had preceded covered of what I could, and felt necessary to recount of the experiences of the past that I had. Following shall be of whom I am, of what I believe in and the skills of which I have gained in the decades of which I have lived.

The Modern-Day Regent :: Of whom I am, what I excel in and the beliefs I hold.---
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Of what I shall describe going forward shall not be of the detailing of what I had experienced throughout time, for indeed that has been done lengthily so. Rather, I shall be overtly describing of whom I am in the here and now, what the skills I have entail, of what my actions are during the time of which I have free, and the beliefs of which I hold. I believe it correct that the following shall indeed be noticeably moreso unstructured than the former, however it is still my aim to attempt and present the information in a reasonable way.

I believe that it may be the most simple to begin with an overt explanation of what I believe to be the strongest skills of which I hold in the current day... To begin with, I must be correct in the assumption that the explanation of one's history of which I had provided above had covered such a fact at numerous occasion, but nevertheless it would be truthful to mention that, from a very young age father, though especially so mother had created a number of trials and tribulations for myself in order to train an excellent fighter in myself, to represent a new and strengthened cast of Zora of whom would not stand idle and in concession to it's enemies. Though I cannot confidently comment on any true motives mother and father may have had, I must accept that they had succeeded in creating an adept swordswoman out of myself. I believe it correct that the finesse and power I show with a sword in hand against any number of competitors would be indeed impressive to an onlooker. Nevertheless, I sincerely hope it can be understood that little amount of skill can prove useful against superpowered malevolent entities such as seen invading the Domain in the crisis that had befallen it five years ago... Should the Zora wish to stand strong, more shall be needed, it is truly unfortunate to admit.

In addition, as would come naturally with the occupation and skill of which I had discussed above, I believe it correct that I am to be expertly skilled in the arts of swimming... For unlike what the Hylian would have you believe with the stereotypical viewpoints on the Zora, though the bodies of which we inhibit are naturally in tune with the great waters of the world, to swim is still a learnt skill, however an extremely commonly taught one. I am sure on many occasion throughout time that I had been told of an immaculate connection with the waters, noted by how efficiently I maneuver through it, even for a Zora. In shorter speech, many believe I to be one of the strongest swimmers of the Domain as of current, and though I wish not to come across as boastful in saying so, I can effectively show such belief in a rather prestigious ability to make one's way down the rapids of the dangerous Zora River without harm, a feat that is difficult for the Zora... I will comment, if and how a Hylian has obtained this self-description, I hope that you shall heed the warnings of which we communicate for the Zora River. For the aforementioned waterway is truly dangerous for a Zora, it will most certainly destroy any Hylian's body. I hope this is not seen as an invitation for challenge, however I digress... In addition to combat prowess, mother and father had also sought for I to become intelligent and knowledgeable, a mission of which I believe they had succeeded upon. For through teachings and research of the world around the Domain, including the years of outer exploration of which I had partook in for the years before the Crisis of Twilight, I believe it correct that I have indeed become intelligent in the knowledge of the world and it's aspects to a point... For this reason is why I seek pragmatism in the actions of the Zora in relation to the Princessdom of Hyrule. For though I respect Prince Ralis plenty, he has yet to be exposed to the Hylian people and the realm of which they inhabit to a degree of true knowledge. In naivety, the Prince may be of the mind that the Hylians of which truly matter to the future of the world around us have only the rational mindset to continue the good of it all, nevertheless I have to believe that indeed, the children of Hylia most certainly have the ability to cast evil in action.

To move onto another topic, I feel it a service to describe of what I perform in the time of which I have free from duty as Regent, in continuation of the transparency of which I have communicated thus far. The time of which I have is equally distributed between constant practice and reinforcement in physical health and the skills of which I hold in swordplay, the enjoyment of water moving against the body in the act of swimming, of which I prefer to test my speed in doing so for the most part, and on occasion prayer and meditation to Hylia, Din, Nayru and Faroe in quiet, in order to seek education in their wisdom and to cast good fortune upon not only I, but the Zora as a people for the foreseeable future. The highest burden I have in the modern day is worry for the future... Worry for what Hyrule may act upon next, and constant thought on how the Domain and the many sites of importance to the Zora may be protected from irredentism for the future... In order for the security of the Domain to be secured, it would be the Regency and their actions' best interests as to not share of what solutions we believe worthy for the problem faced, lest the information be shared with those who would seek to use it to bring the downfall of Zora society... Nevertheless, rest assured fellow Zora, for as I draw breath our way of life may never be threatened.

From the early intermission years to the the current time, shortly therefore after the disappearance of Lord Jabu-Jabu and the search for the being that had succeeded the such, I had seen little need to worship a lost deity, for as I and my parentage had believed for much time, the old patron deity had been more a physical intermissionary of which the Zora revered, and that to resort to the metaphorical death of the middle power in order to begin true worship to Din, Nayru, Faroe and Hylia would be a natural conclusion. This would communicate that I had adopted what is known as the Hyrulean Pantheon, and though true in technicality, I believe that the four goddesses had always been the true deities of Zora worship throughout the ages, and that to refuse the Pantheon would not separate Zora culture from the Hylians, rather to disregard the grand history of our people.
I must communicate that the following statement will not be hyperbole. The name of the old Zora patron deity has been, for the most part lost to time, and though disappointing to some, I believe it to mark a sensible evolution.

Though I do not intend for what I am to communicate next to seem as if to be critical of his highness' beliefs, I simply can not believe in optimism. I feel it necessary to expect the worst out of any situation, as so one can be prepared for it to the best of their ability. On such a topic, this decisive viewpoint of mine may indeed be what brings others to believe myself to be overly pessimistic, bordering on paranoid of the world and the ambitions of which it may have. Nevertheless, I believe that to be a false reading of what I believe in. I am most certainly intelligent enough to recognise the fact of which not every force within the world is seeking harm. However, I believe those with such views tend to become the more ambitious and active peoples of the world, and those of whom seek power, even if to have it in order to perform benevolent actions will, in whatever capacity result in harm, either in overt or otherwise unintentional action. I believe it to be the duty of the entire Zora people, and further afield in the positive-minded Hylian and Goron people in addition to not cloud their judgement in optimism, to remain truly vigilant for any force, be it large or small that shall cause harm and disorder... Of these viewpoints is the reason of why I wish to act maternally towards his highness, Prince Ralis, for in the young age of which he is, he can not truly comprehend everything of which the world offers, and that his views have been created from the luck and positivity of which he had encounted, first with the shelter under Queen Rutela's management, and later with a truly great Hylian, or rather person as a generalization in the Hero of Courage. I hope that with guidance, I may steer his honour, Prince of the Zora to become a reasonable, driven, pragmatic and honourable King as he may come of age.

In continuation of the comments I had made of the impact I wish to make upon his highness, I wish to discuss how I view the relationship of which I share with the Prince of the Zora. I and Ralis have our duties to support each other in the ruling of the Domain, and the ideals, ambitions and good for all Zora across the world. In such, I may use the privileges of which the Prince allow me in government of the realm liberally. I believe this may cast a negative idea of myself in those who wish to truly judge my actions, of a Zora whom wishes to exploit the trust of the Prince in order to further my own ideals, however I must communicate that such a premonition is most certainly not my intention. I hold great respect for the Prince of the Zora... I complete the actions of which I partake in out of a care for the young Prince, for in mother and father's honour, and in service for the good of the entire Zora people, I see it as my duty to guide Ralis to become only the best Prince, and in the future, King to represent the Zora for the foreseeable future as possible. If I fail in such a regard, my legacy will be one of failure to the wishes of which my family had for myself, and that shall be the largest insult of which I can bring to myself and the Zora, and... May indeed break my mind into submission of depression and inaction. It is such a premonition I struggle to fend off daily.

Now, with such an appropriate comment, I believe it justifiable to bring the self-description of myself to conclusion. I do indeed hope that my fellow Zora appreciate the level of transparency of which I have communicated, and though I wish not to sanction jurisdiction, I would very much appreciate if my wishes of relaying this self-description to the Domain of the Zora only is fulfilled entirely. This is where I wish to write farewell, and that I sincerely hope that what I have written proves to be useful, and to bring ease to any worried minds of the intentions of myself, and the Regency of which I command. My duty is to the wellbeing of the Zora, and I promise that will never change.


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