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The Legend of Zelda: Dragon Age

Chapter One: Origin Link

The sun shined brightly on the old dirt road. The birds chirped happily and there was a sense of peace. A young man sat on the side of the road looking at an old map. He sighed as he put the map away carefully.

"Looks like this map out lived its usefulness. Great I'm lost."

The young man slowly stood up and dusted off his light brown pants and green tunic, the light chain mail and white undershirt moving with the tunic. The young man looks down at his boots and being one of his gauntlet, fingerless, hands and rubbed his eyes. Cracking his neck, he felt the long green cap move about on his head, and with a stretch of his shoulder his sword and shield moved. The sword, the handle which was a bluish/purple, sat in a blue and gold sheath and the shield had a red bird, wings spread across the shield and the Triforce hanging above the bird.

"Man, Link. What did you get yourself into?"

Link sighed silently, as he began to think about how he had gotten himself into this mess. Link had just saved Hyrule and quick was called a hero of the people. He took up a position as a Royal Knight of Hyrule. He also found himself engaged to the princess of Hyrule, Zelda. That was all fine as they had been close childhood friends, and their feels for each other only grew with age, and everything they went through during his journey to save Hyrule only made them closer. So both parties were quite happy. No the part that suck most was the fun meetings he had to go to. Ah, politics.

It was during one of his long breaks from those 'meetings' that got Link into this mess. While taking a walk he found himself in a part of the castle he didn't go to much, or for that matter did anyone else. Taking a look around, he had quickly lost track of time, and leaned against a wall to rest. The wall choice that moment to give up on him and he fell through, down a long set of stairs and into an old library.

The discovery was huge. Documents and texts from thousands of years ago. Information that was lost to the test of time was found. Once more Link was praised for the discovery, and an important piece of document was found, after weeks of going through the ancient library.

The documents told of a time when the secret of immorality was know, and the people of Hyrule were divided between using it or not. In the end the part for immorality left Hyrule and went to found their own nation. They however left maps and journals about how to find them, for anybody to follow in their footsteps. Of course that information was hidden, and the library was lost when the few people who knew the location died during a war, and the castle was destroyed and rebuilt. Had Link not falling into it, the library may have never been found.

The knowledge that Hylian people might live in another land was too big to let pass. Hyrule would send someone to find and reestablish contact with them. When Link heard of this he quickly volunteered for the job. Got away from the politics and got to go on a small adventure too. Not bad, and wouldn't be that hard, or so he thought.

The map got him through the Lost Woods just fine, and Link had found himself in woods far different then what he remembered seeing in Hyrule. After wandering for two days in the woods, he had found the road he was traveling on. And just his luck he had been on the road for another two days and hadn't run into anybody. This was getting old fast, but his best chance of finding out where he was, was to find a town. Which he couldn't find.

'There has to be town close to here. That or I'm really off from where the map was supposed to land me. Hope my luck changes soon.' thought Link.

Well lucky or not, Link's luck was going to change. For better or worse.

Link came over the hill silently. Having seen the road bend ahead, Link had chosen to just cut straight through the forest to hopeful save time. He would never know if it shaved off a couple of minutes, but it was a good idea anyway.

As Link came over the hill, he caught sight of people. After being lost for four days he had finally find someone. Oh, happy days! But before Link ran down to greet them; he quickly took in the situation.

Down on the road were about a dozen people. However Link saw that they weren't Hylian. They were in fact humans. Humans were nothing new to Link, in fact quite a few humans lived in Hyrule, but they were a minority.

In the center of the small group was a cart and horse that was attached, with two men digging through it. A few feet away, sitting on the ground was a man surround by another two with weapons. In front of them was another man, mostly likely the leader, with a woman behind him. With the last six standing guard around the perimeter, some with bows and others with swords.

Now Link wasn't an expert on the culture here, but if he was a betting man, he'd say the guys with the armor and weapons were bandits and they were robbing the man who was sitting on the ground. The man on the ground began to speak to the others, which Link understandable couldn't understand, to which the man with the women behind yelled back at him. Yep. Most likely bandits.

Now Link was against un-need killing, but if he was going to save the man he couldn't take the risk. So, fast and quite. Link looked and quickly judge the best way to go about this.

The men guarding the road were focused on the road, and as Link continued to watch them saw that they never looked back to check on the group. If he took them out quick enough, no one would know they were died till it was too late. Next would have to be the guys near the cart. The cart could be used to keep him hidden. After them the ones guarding the man on the ground. Lastly the man and the woman.

Link quickly pulled out his bow and began to line up the shoots. The bow had an enchantment that whenever Link pulled the bow string back the bow would created an arrow, meaning unlimited arrows. However the longer the bow string was held the stronger the arrow. The 'charged' arrow could go through the toughest armor or break into multiple arrows. The longer the arrow was held the more pieces it could break into.

Pulling the string back, Link aimed at the bandits farthest from him, and quickly fired three arrows, hitting each bandit in the neck; piercing the voice box. Turning quickly, Link shoot another three arrows and also hitting them in the neck.

Link quickly moved through brush and edged closer to the road. He sprinted low when the bandits weren't looking he's way, and hide out of sight behind the cart. Looking around the corner, Link spotted the two bandits looking through the items in the cart. The two were in view of the others, but how to get them out of sight. Thinking quickly Link pulled out a few rupees and threw them on the ground. Link then lightly tapped the cart.

Hearing the strange sound one of the bandits look in the direction he thought he heard it coming from. The bandit looking closely at the ground caught sight of the green gems and quickly tapped his buddy on the shoulder. The other bandit looked at him, looked down his arm at the gems just laying there. Both looked behind, seeing the boss busy talking to the merchant on the ground. What the boss didn't know wouldn't hurt him.

When the two bandits came around to the rupees, Link jumped into the cart and threw more rupees right in front of him. The bandits looked at the gems and looking to the right saw more of the beautiful gems moved to grab them. Link jumped quietly out of the cart behind them, and placed a hand on both of their heads.

Before they could even make a sound, Link send a few thousand volts of electricity into their brain, killing both instantly. As the two fell forward Link grabbed them by the back of the collar and lowered them gently. Two idiots down, four to go.

As Link quickly pick up the rupees, he failed to hear the leader bark a command to one of the men guarding the merchant to see where those two idiots went. As the bandit moved to the cart crying out want the hell the two were doing, he was caught by surprise when he saw their bodies. And the one who had killed them.

Hearing the gasp Link quickly looked up to the man, and then caught sight of a sword on one of the men he just killed. As the man began to shout to he's friends, Link picked up the sword and drove it through the man in front of him; pinning the man to the ground. The rest of the group took this in, as Link had stepped into view with that move. The leader began to shout out commands, getting his axe and dagger out. The women next to him pulled her bow out ready to fire, as the only man left guarding the merchant moved to use him as a shield.

Link stood up and pulled his shield out, onto his right arm and in front of him. Holding out his left hand a fire ball shoot out and nailed the bandit near the merchant in the chest; sending him flying into the trees on the side of the road. If the fire ball didn't kill him, then the sicken crack they heard when he hit a tree did. Shield in front of him, Link ran at the woman, each shoot hitting the metal shield. And whenever the arrow went under the shield, a bubble like shield seemed to stop the arrow.

When Link was right in front of the woman, he pulled an arrow out of her grip, and angled it into her neck and chest. Twisting to his right immediately, Link used his shield on his right arm to hit the leader, while silently pulling a dagger off the woman's waist. The man stumbled back, and Link brought the dagger into the man's chest. With the man stunned, Link grabbed the axe and dagger in the bandit's hands and also brought these into the man's chest. As the man fell to the ground, dead before he hit it, Link turned around to the woman.

The woman just stood there, arrow sticking out of her neck. She was obviously in shock. Link moved over to the woman and put his left hand, covered by a fingerless gauntlet, onto her head; the woman flicking from the contact. Link then sent volts of electricity into her brain, and then laid her gently down on the ground.

Charlie wasn't have a good day. First he almost got robbed. Now this wasn't that strange. When you've been a merchant for fifteen years, you've at least dealt with this once. And he already was prepared for that. However getting rescued was new. Not that he was complain, won't have to re-buy everything again. No the worst part was the one who saved him. An elf.

Now Charlie had nothing against elves, just Dalish elves. They were know to attack humans from time to time if you got too close to their clans, and the man in front of them was diffidently an elf, and a Dalish by the way he dressed. Now he never seen too many Dalish so that was hard to tell, but a green tunic and green hat seemed to fit what they'd wear. Then there was the sword and shield. No way could most elves afford those, will as nice as the one the young elf was using.

But there was one thing that seemed to bug him. This elf was very tall for being an elf. Easily the size of a man. Most had small builds. If it weren't for the long and pointy ears he would have thought the young elf was human. O, and there was the fact he could use magic. A Dalish Mage, the Maker mast not like them today.

Charlie sat on the ground as the young elf put the woman bandit on the ground and closed her eyes. Then he stood up and made his way over to Charlie. As Charlie sat there think about what to do, the young elf reached him and extended a hand to him. This caught Charlie off guard. 'So he's not going to kill me.' thought Charlie as he took the hand. When he touch the fingerless gauntlet, he felt a tiny itch in the back of his head. But just as quickly as it came it was gone.

"Are you okay?" asked the elf. This also threw Charlie off.

"Ammm, yes. Yes quite fine, thank you." replied Charlie. As he looked around he saw the bodies of the bandits who were standing guard around the perimeter of the road on each side of the trail. "You did get all the bandits, right?" asked Charlie.

"All the ones I saw, yes," replied the elf. "You wouldn't happen to know where the nearest town is, do you?"

"Yes I do. Redcliff is about half a days away from here. Was heading there myself."

"Great. You have no idea how great that news is. I've been lost for the last four days. If it's not that big of a deal, do you think you can show me the way?"

"Ummm, yes. Like I said before I am heading there and I could use the extra protection."

"Great," said the elf with a smile on his face. "Shall we getting going?"

Charlie waved to the young elf, Link, as the elf walked off to get supplies. Charlie had found out a few things about the young elf. One he wasn't Dalish. Said he was a Hylian, whatever that was. However when asked if he was a mage, the young elf said he was kind of, once more whatever that meant.

Now Charlie was a fierce believer in the Maker, and Link was an apostate. Now the young elf had saved his life, and to him it felt wrong for what he was about to do. However he was doing it for the safety of the young elf. Charlie had taken a real shine to Link and his happy care free attitude. But an apostate Mage was a danger to them-self's and others. The last thing Charlie wanted was for the young elf to become an abomination.

"Maker forgive me," whispered Charlie.

Raziel and he's partner Kain, walked through Redcliff looking for the Mage the merchant had told them about. Raziel didn't know why, but something didn't feel right about this situation. Why would an apostate Mage risk coming into a town with a Chantry after saving someone's life, when they used magic in front of them? Now Raziel wasn't stupid or narrow minded, and most mages weren't in-heredity evil, but this was sending his mind for a loop. However he was a templar and it was his job to capture or kill apostate mages. He just hoped the elf wasn't a maleficar, as the merchant wanted them to catch him alive.

As they continued to look around Redcliff, Kain spotted the elf. The elf looked like he had come from the general store of the village, and was looking at a new map. 'Green tunic and a green hat, that's him,' thought Raziel.

The two templars made their way over to the, surprisingly tall, elf. Kain was the first one to speak up.

"You there, elf, stop were you are."

Upon hearing that the elf stopped and looked at the two templars in front of him. The plated armor with a design of a sword pointed up, and a purple...skirt? The elf quickly looked at both the armed men.

"Tell us elf, are you a Mage?" questioned Kain, looking ready for a fight. Now Raziel knew that no one would be stupid enough to...

"In a way I guess I am. I can do magic if that's what you're asking," replied the elf. Okay now Raziel was just dumb found. Who in their right mind says that to two templars?

"Then by the order of the Chantry, you are under arrest," said Raziel. "Resist or try to run and we will be forced to kill you."

The elf looked surprised at this.

"I'm being arrest for being able to do magic? I'm sorry but that seems a bit unfair." The elf narrowed his eyes at them, and looked ready for a fight. At this Kain quickly got his mace and shield out; looking ready to charge at the moment the elf tried anything. Seeing this Raziel quickly cursed under he's breath. Kain had also been the type that was ready to kill a mage if he got the chance, and the elf seeing his partner, quickly put his left hand on the sword on his back.

"I wish to talk this out," spoke the elf, "but if you attack me I will defend myself and you will lose."

"You could try elf," replied Kain, his tone sharp. "But you would lose."

Before Raziel could tell Kain to stand down, he had already used a talent to drain magic from the elf and area around him. And the reaction that followed surprised him. The elf fell to the ground in what looked like agonizing pain. The elf made sharp and labored yells, and began to cough up blood.

Upon seeing this, Raziel ran over and kneeled next to the elf, picked him up and dragged him out of the area affect by the drain of mana. The elf had already passed out at this point, and Raziel looked up at Kain. His face looked shock, but it was quickly replaced with a smirk. Raziel just shook his head and began to get the elf ready for transporting to the Circle of Magi.

It had been a few days since Raziel and Kain began to take the elf, Link, to the tower. Link had a pair of anti-magic, to put it simple, metal cuffs on his hands, and continued to carry his own gear. Mostly cause they didn't know if the items had any curses on them and they didn't want to carry them.

Link wasn't in the best moods after being captured, from what Raziel could tell, but he held it more toward Kain then Raziel. In fact the young elf had sat out to annoy Kain to no end. Where are they going, can we take a break, and can I cook so I can eat something that isn't gray and doesn't taste like dog crap, and many more questions directed to Kain.

After Link had wakened up, Raziel was quick to tell more of why the elf was arrested. He was not happy, but for now would have to play their ball game. At least till he had a better understanding of the rules.

As the happy group continued to walk down the road, this being one of the few times Link was staying quite, with Kain leading, Link in the middle, and Raziel taking up the rear; Link came to a stop. Feeling this behind him, Kain stopped and turned around. He walked up to the elf and looked ready to yell at the elf, when Link dropped down to the ground. Raziel was confused by this, but thought it in his best interest to drop down shortly after seeing this. Kain also looked confused but before he could ask, an arrow went through his skull. Right where Link and Raziel had been only seconds before, an arrow passed over both their location.

Raziel began to look around his location and spotted his attackers. Out of the woods came creatures. The shorter ones had green like skin with pointy ears, and a smile the seemed to have been cut out with a dagger with sharp teeth, wearing rust looking armor and weapons, Genlocks. The taller ones had a human shape but looked like the skin had started to decay with the ears all but gone. They wore similar armor and weapons to their smaller cousins, Hurlocks. One of the hurlocks had a hamlet with sharp horns coming from the sides of the hamlet, axe in hand, Alpha Hurlock. And lastly a massive creature twice the size of Raziel, or maybe bigger, purple in color with huge horns coming out the top of its head, Ogre.

Raziel got up slowly and stared at the three dozen hurlocks and gunlocks, with the single ogre standing over the others roaring at him. They was only one thought that came to mind, darkspawn.

Raziel looked over to Link as he slowly stood up, eyes narrowed, as he looked at the darkspawn. Link then raised his hands up and broking the cuffs linking them together. Raziel at that point really didn't care, as he prepared himself for a fight for his life.

Duncan walked down the road at a fast pace, as he made his way to the Circle of Magi. He was only a day away and the quicker he got there, the quicker he could get back to Ostagar. As the old Gray Warden continued his track down the roads, his stopped as he heard weird and odd whispers. 'Darkspawn' thought Duncan as he began to sprint down the road; in the direction he felt the darkspawn.

As he ran around a corner of the road, he came upon the location of where the darkspawn used to be. On the ground laid the bodies of about three dozen darkspawn. One of which was an ogre.

Duncan looked around at the bodies awe on his face. And there in the middle of the bodies a young elf was kneeling over them, looking at them. The elf quickly seemed to sense Duncan's presence and looked over at him, as he slowly got up. Duncan stared at the elf as he made his way over to him, taking in his appearance.

The young elf was taller than most elves that Duncan had seen, easily as tall as most humans. The clothes he wore were also strange, a green tunic and green hat, with a metal shield and sword on his back. But the most strange was that the elf didn't even seemed tried out.

As Duncan did this Link took in the man's appearance. The man was older with a black hair and beard, with a touch of gray in it. He wore armor that looked silver and seemed more like light armor, with what look like a griffon on the chest. The man also had a short sword and a dagger on his back.

Once the elf had reached Duncan; Duncan quickly spoke up.

"Were you the one who took out all these darkspawn?"

"Darkspawn?" replied the elf, testing the word. "No, I had some help from him." The elf pointed to a templar who was sitting down near a tree, panting heavily. The templar looked up, and said, "I only killed about three or four. He," gesturing his head toward the elf, "took care of the rest."

Duncan looked, once more in awe. He had taken out dozens of darkspawn and an ogre, and he didn't even look tired. If the Gray Wardens had just a hand full of people like this, then the Blight would be over before it could begin. Duncan hoped he could convince the young elf to join the Grey Wardens, or he thought he might be forced to use the Right of Conscription.

"You are quite a skilled warrior," said Duncan, "The Grey Wardens could use someone of your skills against the darkspawn."

The elf looked back at the bodies of the slain darkspawn, and quietly replied, "This 'darkspawn' are evil. If it weren't for the evil aura they gave off I may have been died when they tried to ambush us."

Once more Duncan was caught by surprise. 'He can sense the darkspawn by their evil aura?'

"They need be stopped. Whatever their goals are. If given time, they many become a threat to my people. So I'll join your 'Gray Wardens' till the darkspawn threat is dealt with."

With that Link held his right hand out. Duncan looked at the hand, before taking it and shaking it.

"Then let me the first to welcome you to the Gray Wardens," said Duncan, with a smile on his face. "Do you have any questions?"

Link looked at the man.

"Just one. What's a Gray Warden?"

Profile

Name: Link

Age: 19

Class: warrior, mage, rouge.

Sub-class: Royal Hylian Knight

Equipment:

Master Sword: Blade of Evil Bane. This is the legendary sword used by many of heroes past. Has been recently empowered by the Three Golden Goddess, and used as the main weapon of Link.

Nayru's Shield: A Hylian Shield that has been blessed by Nayru. The shield is now able to absorb and reflect most magic. It also, when held in a defensive position, creates a 360 'bubble' shield that stops most spells and arrows. However only the physical shield can stop melee attacks.

Din's Gauntlets: Blessed gauntlets that can increase the users strong from anywhere to four times to up to ten times.

Farore's Armor: The classic Hero's clothe blessed by Farore. The green tunic and hat, light brown pants, and boots have the strength of light armor, weight is same as clothe, fire resist, and repairs its self when damaged. The chainmail under the tunic is as strong as the strongest of armors with the weight of light chainmail, and can also repair its self.

Hero's Bow: Bow blessed by the Forest Spirit and Light Spirit. Can fire unlimited arrows and when charged can fire stronger arrows with effects (fire, ice, light) or break into multiple arrows.

More to be discovered.

Personality: Kind and caring, with a strong sense for what's right that often gets him in trouble. Link easily gets along with most people. Link is cool and calm in a fight.

Profile: Link is a childhood friend of Princess Zelda, and was conceded a prodigy with both a sword and magic. He woul… file lost… but after saving Hyrule was consider a hero.

Threat Level: 9 out of 10

Co-op Level: 3 out of 10(Has worked mostly by himself)

Effective against one on one and large group battles. If against a small and well trained group, Link will have trouble.

Codex: Hylian Knights

Hylian Knights are the backbone of the Hyrule's army. Though small in number, just a few placed with soldiers can chance a battle. Most knights a fitted into four sub-groups: Din, Farore, Nayru, and Royal. In fact then smallest group of knights are the 'knights'; most are quickly put in a group to be used to their fullest. Din Knights focus more on weapons and strength, and are the biggest group of knights. Nayru Knights are more knowledgeable, and most can use magic. Farore Knights aren't too focused on knowledge or strength, and more of a balance. This group is more likely to go on quests. It is possible to be part of more than one of these sub-groups, and one can be part of all three. The Royal Knights are by far the strongest of all the groups. They are usual a blend of strength, wisdom, and courage. The smallest of the groups with numbers around a dozen. Largest the Royal Knights have been was around three dozen. Tasked with leading armies, protecting the Royal Family, and taking on extremely important missions, just one Royal Knight can change a battle or a war.

A/N: there it is. Link is an OC character as far as background goes. PLEASE Review.

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