Hero by Heart
TheBookOfSnow
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  • Reads 68,354
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  • Parts 78
  • Time 18h 28m
TheBookOfSnow
Complete, First published Dec 15, 2019
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Zelda and Link have defeated Calamity Ganon and are now free to go their own way. However, it is hard to get to grips with their past, which can get in the way of their present. 
And as if that isn't hard enough, there seems to be a new threat that they will need to face.

This story takes place directly after Breath of the Wild and has no link to its sequel.
All Rights Reserved
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27 parts Complete

~Having returned after two years, I decided to edit The Heroes' Rebirth. I changed (hopefully) all of the spelling errors, fixed the grammar and changed some of the sequences of events. I added some extra scenes as well. Hope you enjoy the revised version :) HR It has been six months after the defeat of Calamity Ganon. Peace and rebirth are beginning to come upon the land of Hyrule once again. Zelda is deep in planning of the repair of Hyrule Castle and Hyrule Castle Town, and Link is busy with the cleansing of the lands from monsters. The two have had almost no time together after their fight with Ganon. As events begin to settle down, and Zelda and Link finally spend time together, Master Kanto, the new leader of the Yiga Clan, hatches a plan to end the "Hero" once and for all and raise darkness and malice over the land Cover art by @ebiebieshrimp -The Legend of Zelda is owned by Nintendo-

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