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Terrako, also named the Diminutive Guardian, is a character in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity.[1][2][note 1]

Biography

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As a young child, Zelda and her mother discovered ancient Sheikah relics while exploring their Kingdom of Hyrule.[4] During this time, Zelda inserted a screw into a small Guardian which activated it. With the Guardian active, she gleefully presented it to her mother. It was named Terrako, and would play Zelda's Lullaby for Zelda before she went to bed, providing her with comfort. Following the Queen's death, Zelda asked Terrako for reassurance that it wouldn't leave her too. Some time after, her father, King Rhoam, confiscated Terrako from his daughter, seeing it at as distraction from her training.

Many years later, Terrako is seen in a room in Hyrule Castle emerging from a box, at roughly the same time that Zelda's powers awakened in the timeline of Breath of the Wild. As it comes under attack by a Guardian Stalker, it escapes by opening a portal that takes it back in time to before the Great Calamity in an attempt to keep Zelda safe by changing the course of history. Unknown to it, Calamity Ganon sends Malice through the portal, possessing Terrako's then-present self as its vessel, creating Harbinger Ganon.

Link and Impa discover Terrako in a dormant state during "The Battle of Hyrule Field" Scenario, where it is reactivated by Impa's Sheikah Slate and consequently saves them by making a Sheikah Tower rise out of the ground. Terrako then runs off to find Zelda, who no longer remembers it. She notices that the Sheikah Slate reacts to Terrako's presence. Link, Zelda, and Impa take Terrako to Robbie and Purah, who confirm it to be a previously unknown type of Guardian. According to them, it acts as a power amplifier for ancient technology. Additionally, they are able to extract part of its memory, revealing the devastation that will occur if Calamity Ganon is not stopped.

Terrako accompanies Zelda and her allies along their journey to recruit the Four Champions, proving itself to be a faithful ally of the Champion. Zelda notes that it seems to be unusually attached to her, and Impa thinks it sees itself as her knight. When it plays Zelda's Lullaby to calm the princess in one of her moments of despondency, she realizes that she has seen it before a long time ago.



Trivia

Nomenclature

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FranceFrenchEUTerrako[5]
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See Also

Notes

  1. Terrako was referred to as the Mystery Guardian by GameStop.[3] However, as this contradicts the name given in-game, it is not considered Canon.

References

  1. 2.0 2.1 "The Diminutive Guardian" — System (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
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  3. "This is from a long time ago. It's a relic I found one day... while mother and I were out exploring." — Zelda (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity) Description of an unbeknownst ancient shield device.
  4. "Terrako" — Gallery (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
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