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Sauhla — Majora: Bringer of Chaos

Published: 2012-08-13 03:30:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 2131; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 18
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Description Majora
Aliases: The Serpent, Goddess of Chaos, Mother of Darkness
Race: Neithim (?)
Age: Unknown
Height: 5’8/6'9" (Suppressed/Reserved Form), 27' (God Form)
Family: Laris (Adoptive Mother)

Majora is a major character in my Zelda stories: the Book of Mudora series, and an ancient goddess whose allegiances are shrouded in mystery. Believed to be only known throughout Termina, a few Hylians belonging to the secret sects that guard the true course of history know of her existence. Among their ranks, she is vilified as a goddess of death and chaos, something she does not refute.

History
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How Majora was born is a mystery that the gods could never hope to solve. As an infant, Majora was discovered by one of the rulers of the Godly Realm, the Covenant, after a strange pulse of energy struck their world. It was only years later that tragedy struck the Neithim, driving them to near extinction.

Oddly, Majora completely vanished on this day and was not heard from for countless years. The Neithims' city was repopulated and returned to its former glory, but tensions were mounting with their neighboring city, Aerias. Their feared leader, a battle-hungry warrior they called the Fierce Deity, demanded Majora come out of hiding and face him. Ultimately, when the Neithim and the Angeli, the Fierce Deity’s personal soldiers, went to war, Majora could no longer fight the strange urge in her body to confront her fated rival. She showed herself on the field of battle and the forces of order and chaos clashed.

Their battle was short lived as the same strange force that attacked the realm all those years ago struck again. Tearing through the very fabric of their realm, the two sides ceased their battle in order to send as many gods and spirits to the lower realms for safety. In one fell strike, the godly realm was wiped from existence and the numerous survivors left behind were drawn into the abyss. Sensing a horrid prescence, the Fierce Deity broke through to a lower realm and was quickly followed by Majora. Within this new realm, they were drawn to a world created by three fellow goddesses, Din, Farore, and Nayru.

Crash landing on the strange world, the gods were left weakened and so they slept in suppressed states to recover their strength. Unfortunately, the sudden arrival of Demon King Demise and his followers drew out the gods to protect the innocent and defenseless humans. The Fierce Deity didn’t waste a single second in pinning the blame for the demons’ uprising on Majora and trying to rally the races of this new realm behind him.

The three way battle amongst the gods and demons waged on until the demons' numbers were no longer anything worrisome. After killing one of the strongest Demon Lords, Majora felt the impulses in her body drawing her to the Fierce Deity, driving her to finish the fight. But, the fight with the demons had weakened them and, though they clashed, their powers faded quickly. Majora did not wish to end the battle with them in such horrid conditions and so, with the aid of her allies, Majora stripped the remaining power from the Fierce Deity’s body before sealing him within a crystalline prison and casting him deep inside the planet. Too weak to continue, Majora split the lands in which she stood away from the southern lands where the Fierce Deity's followers lived. As one final act, Majora granted her mortal followers a portion her powers as protection before her physical form vanished from the world.

The oldest of Majora's human followers would utilize arcane magics to create masks to hold not only the power she granted them, but the power of the Fierce Deity as well. However, this power which had always protected them was tainted and by some outside force , Majora's mask was twisted into an object of pure chaos that would wreck havoc across the newly found lands of Termina. The rampaging mask was quickly subdued and sealed away along with the Fierce Deity's mask to prevent any further casualties.

Ages have passed and the story of the war between these two gods has been erased from history by the will of another. Little does the world's populace know, the Fierce Deity still slumbers beneath the earth and Majora exists somewhere in the world, biding her time until she restores her strength. The day is quickly coming when the dimensions will reunite, signaling the return of these two gods and all races will prove powerless as Majora and the Fierce Deity seek to end the war they started thousands of years prior.

(This is a full body picture of Majora that is an updated version of an earlier work. ([link] ) Originally I was just going to make a few changes to her dress, but I ended up giving her hair a new style and color.

I also added in a few details I left out in the original background about her fight against the Fierce Deity. Originally, the lands were going to be attacked by a single great demon (Ganon) and with some help from the opposing gods, the demon would be brought down by the hands of humans. I merely changed that from a single demon to seven with Demise and his Demon Lords.)
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Comments: 7

RubyDragonCat [2012-10-12 09:02:49 +0000 UTC]

Interesting design! I always thought Majora was a male god though...shirtless, ya know?

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Sauhla In reply to RubyDragonCat [2012-10-14 03:13:58 +0000 UTC]

Nothing was ever revealed about Majora's gender, if it even has one, in-game. The only clue we have is the high-pitched voice Majora possesses in the final fight. While this could be proof Majora is female, it could be a male child's voice. Oddly, in my story, both are true.

Anyway, years back, before I even had a rough idea for my Majora, I did a quick search here and found that most humanoid depictions of Majora were male. I just decided that since males were in the majority at the time, I would make mine female.

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Black-Boo [2012-08-18 01:15:07 +0000 UTC]

Oh, hey, look! It's the Majora I borrowed the shirt for my Majora from half a year ago.

Did I ever properly thank you for that? Not sure if I did. But I thank you all the same. People have taken a shine to the new design. Of course now, I think the only thing her shirt retains is the basic patterning and the shoulder spikes, and even those are changed.

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Sauhla In reply to Black-Boo [2012-08-28 15:27:22 +0000 UTC]

Hello again.

I can't really recall if you ever did, but I appreciate the thanks. Also, it's nice to hear people like your new design.

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Black-Boo In reply to Sauhla [2012-08-28 16:58:20 +0000 UTC]

I think i thanked you in the original concept sketch, lemme see.

Yep. I did.

Of course even that design's evolved a little bit with some tweaks and changes.

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Sauhla In reply to Black-Boo [2012-09-01 17:48:00 +0000 UTC]

Indeed you did. I haven't looked back at my old works in forever. Got too lazy...

All that tweaking is good and, one day you'll end up with a final, permanent design you'll love. I can't even remember how many tweaks and redesigns I went though to get to this one.

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Black-Boo In reply to Sauhla [2012-09-01 18:25:46 +0000 UTC]

I might actually end up staying with this one. It's a unique design, more regal than many other Majoras I've seen around. Most are usually shirtless and tribal, actually.

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