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“Most players just walk right by it.” Jokes on you I ran right through and panicked because I didn’t know about the Stone Talus that was there

You know, I kind of like being an inner voice in your head. Brilliant video sir, thanks for having me!

"It's over Deya Village, we have the high ground!" -some Guardian, probably

Happy thought: the residents of the village might have thought that the guardians were there to protect them at first making it even worse when they started to attack them

Halfway through your explanation, when you said that the Deya village inhabitants couldn't defend themselves, my first thought was: "Oh god, the Guardians attacked at night...!" Which wasn't absolutely possible, since that piano riff coming from all directions would've woken everyone up

“Well, I’m glad you asked.” “Hey, you already used that line.” “. . . Well, I’m glad you asked.” Oh, this made me laugh quite a bit.

The most tragic part of botw to me will always be the village ruins. There are such a sheer number of them, in nearly every area. It’s so painful to think about how people once lived there until they were wiped out.

“Going full Anakin Skywalker on them, killing not just the men, but the women and children too.” I love this

Whenever I play a game set in post-apocalyptia, I always enjoy traveling to long abandoned areas and discovering the story of what happened there It makes you realize that there were actual (well, digital, but still) people who lived there; people who had lives of their own and went about their day until The Big Thing happened The past lives on in you, and it leaves a heavy mark that doesn't go away when you move on to the next location. Their story gets told, and I always hope that it helps them be at peace, even if they're just pixels on a screen

Deya was my first “find” in BOTW when I left the Plateau. The tree sucked me in, and I had to follow it. Cresting that hill in the middle of the night and seeing the charred ruins of that town spread out at the bottom in the moonlight literally knocked the breath out of me. For some reason, it drove home the Calamity concept in a way nothing else had. The little houses reminded me so much of Kakariko in OoT that it was EXACTLY like the feeling I got coming out of the Temple of Time in that game as an adult for the first time. It was like a punch to the gut. Your story only makes it sadder. Brilliant work, guys!

Plot twist: Bandit has been controlling HG all this time from inside his head.

The Creating a Champion Book explains what happened here. This village and the lake were separate during the time of the Calamity. The villagers couldn’t see what was going on in Central Hyrule, and didn’t know there was any danger to run from until the Guardians crested the Hills of Baumer. The destruction caused the remains of the village to eventually be swallowed up by Deya Lake and become the marshland we see now. The map for AoC just wasn’t updated except for the village names.

It's obvious why Deya Village was a famous fishing town. Look where it is in relation to Lake Hylia, remember what was there in OoT, a fishing pond. I think this is a reference to that pond.

Another thing I think may have really screwed deya is that because of all the hills, Hyrule castle is out of sight, therefore the residence would not be able to know that the calamity had reappeared and once the guardians got there it was too late to run. and they were all killed

The Forest Temple theme needs to be in another Zelda game, it’s so mysterious and would be great for a new dungeon

The water level might be explained by water drainage. The Dutch used windmills and other contraptions to drain swamp lands for farming. It might be that the villagers of Deya drained the water to make clear land for buildings, while depositing the water in the lake to keep it deep enough for fish. With the villagers gone and the tree blasted down, there would be nothing keeping the water from reclaiming the land

"They are literally malicious". NBC speaking about the guardians. that sentence was.... clever. Took me about 4 seconds to fully process that :p .

I actually think we are looking into two different problems that this village went through. I believe the village got destroyed initially by guardians, yes, but I don't think the guardians caused the flood or tree to fall. There are key details on the tree that hint away at how it fell. We already theorized that the stone talus came as meteors as we can guess due to the Gisa crater. So, if you go up to the tree, you will find that it has 2 holes on its base. One big one on the opposite side of where it fell and a small one facing the village. Maybe a stone talus just impacted the tree like a meteor, knocked it over, this tree actually broke some sort of small dam, flooded the town that was already probably destroyed. The stone talus could have maybe landed years after the guardians passed. If you check the other smaller hole on the base of the tree, it actually has a perfect trajectory leading to the stone talus. Maybe after landing the stone talus, broke out of the tree that way, rolled down the hill, and took his rest at the center of the town. There is even a second smaller tree (where the korok is found) that is destroyed along the way, showing that something else came tumbling down this way strong enough to break a relatively above average-sized tree.

Attack on Guardian That day the hylian race remembered : "Deflect or die"

Imagine if a divine beast maybe fired a laser or attacked a city full of people... either under Ganons control or maybe even on accident. One laser could wipe out an entire village’s inhabitants and their homes. That’s pretty terrifying, getting decimated by an insanely large machine like a divine beast. There was probably a lot of collateral damage done by the divine beasts too

Something I've always kinda wondered about was what kind of damage PEOPLE themselves might have caused. History supports the fact that when everything hits the fan some people see it as a opportunity to get by with horrible acts because of the lack of law enforcement available. One example is the yiga clan. But, what about 100 years ago before the population was thinned. That small window of time probably had prisoners escaping and people that was always internally bad taking that opportunity.

There’s literally so many story telling videos that can be made based on a game that came out years ago because of the massive lore put into the game. I’m glad you guys continue making these!

Stone Talus be like: Achievement: How did we get here?

It’s over, Deya, We have the high ground!

Oh look, it is Bandit, I would have never guessed, lol

Nintendo didn't even acknowledge Zelda's 35th anniversary in any way

Yeah their bowl shaped village layout made them easy pickings for Guardians, they didn't even have to enter the village proper, just fire from the hilltops. No escape if totally surrounded and even if there were a hills free the villagers would still have to climb upwards to get there while exposed to fire.

All along bandit has always just been a voice in hyrule gamers head nice to know

I remember randomly discovering this place recently. After 300 hours of playing I'm still coming across locations I never knew existed.

I got 75 notifications for new videos from different youtubers but I decided to watch this one first lmao

Did any of y'all think that it might've been Astor to destroy Deya? His description does say that he grew up in a small village. The chances are high of that "small village" being Deya village. I could be totally wrong but I am so sold on the thought that he destroyed the village.

Gee. Now I'm sad just thinking how the people were just trapped there. Deya Village is probably one of my favorite things I stumbled upon while playing the game. I was definitely one of those people who missed it first time around.

High ground advantage, long range artillery, and Terminator-like efficiency. . Like shooting fish in a barrel. 😢😢😢😢😢 (No malice intended by my statement.)

"... Killing not just the men, but the women and the children too."

It's truly a crime that Nintendo does not pick up all you Zelda theorists. The both of you with zeltic, would be enough for a masterful Zelda dialogue and narration of an incredible new game.

"Most players walk right past" Nah, I go there for the Misko book. Then I walk past

6:34 "No guardians made it down to deya village to stomp over the settlement" I don't know why but that line always makes me laugh every time

There are so many places in BOTW that I would love to see in their prime. AoC gave us a little taste of that, but there are still more areas that I dream of seeing restored. I hope BOTW2 shows us a Hyrule in the process of healing and being restored. I also wouldn't mind if BOTW2 made Zelda a little more RPG-like, while still having that open-world freedom and fantastical Zelda feeling.

7:52 Hyrule Gamer: Well I am glad you asked.. MaskedNintendoBandit: You already said that previously in the video! Hyrule Gamer: Well about I say it *anyway* .

I really like the aesthetic of this place: flooded ruins really appeal to me.

Hmm. The attack from above had me thinking it might have been flying guardians destroying the village. Why should they do this? Well in the video they explained why guardians might have come from this village to fort hateno. But i think guardians might take the easiest way to thier target, in this case fort hateno, and that would probably be through dual peaks mountain. Yes a few might have done some damage to deya village, but the most damage would have been done by flying guardians. They are more mobile than stalkers, they can fly and find thier tagets that way and take them out. But why would they go there? Well maybe ganon wanted everything near the castle destroyed, and deya was just too close. He sent flying guardians to obliterate that village and all his inhabitants.

And again thank you for the captions from the bottom of my heart. Your deaf audience appreciates it. It means the world to us. Keep up the good work my friend! :)

Remember. This game alone includes at least 10000 years worth of history...and people still lived in villages like these. This is the only gripe I have with this game. It's like the people in Hyrule are stupid, they have all this Sheikah technology and they can't seem to find a way to improve anything but their defense systems. Shit, Link did more with Tarrey Town in a matter of weeks/months than the Kingdom did in 10 thousand fucking years.

Congrats to MaskedNintendoBandit for being featured on so many channels

King Rhoam set up ecsacpe routes to akkala citadel and hateno village, so the villagers of Deya village might have already escaped, thus explainig the non-existent guardian remains. The village is also very close to fort hateno so the villagers had a good chance to escape. Just a theory

Save you 13min. Guardians had the high ground, village got 0 kills and 40 deaths.

When I realized where y’all were going with this, let me tell you it broke my heart. What a horrifying thing to imagine.

THIS WAS SO INTERESTING I LOVE IT !

Finally, a video about this place! When I first found these ruins, I was really curious but I couldn’t find any videos about it. Thank you

Deya Village always intrigued me so I’m glad you finally covered it. I didn’t expect their outcome to be so sad though 😭

I have been waiting for almost four years for someone to post a satisfying video on Deya Village. Thank you!

Sleep can wait...

This gave me chills 😳 I feel like if anyone else told the story of Deya Village it wouldn’t, but the way you guys explained it was very creepy

i just cant have enough of those zelda theories i love watching them great vid btw

ayye!! thank you for uploading :D its always nice when zelda youtubers upload haha

Yay! I'm so excited about this video. Deya Village ruins has always been a fascinating place to me

Me: *looks at the words at the top of **4:04* "Stardew Valley?! Zelda and Stardew Valley...two perfect games mentioned (well, VIDEO about Zelda) in one video...we are blessed!" I loved the video by the way! And to the person who drew that map: OUTSTANDING job! Very good with detail and coloring! It looks really good!

Had this on for study background, ended up wheeze-laughing at the commentary. You two have such great chemistry this was a joy to watch! x

Or it could've been those flying asshole guardians that you have to hide from when you go up death mountain with yunobo/found the spring of power the hard way/flying around akkala citadel, they can already fly so the hills would not be a problem, and can launch an assault without leaving a trace

Oh dear 😥 Deya Village was destroyed by guardians that went straight up Anakin Skywalker....

Happy anniversary Zelda! (and Link) interesting theory. When one of you said attacked from above I thought right away you meant Skyloft or the goddess

This is very interesting and very sad, but it makes sense to me due to the layout of the land. Awesome collaboration! Love both of your channels!

Ok, this has nothing to do with this but, while watching the video I was playing hyrule warriors, so I went to the map and see the adensa village, and in there it’s a recipe and also an upgrade for terrako, and (at least in Spanish) the upgrade (when finished) says “atrás ir al lugar que te indico el anciano de la aldea adenya, encontraste unas piezas muy prometedoras. ¿Como lo supo? Quizá sea realmente un vidente...” which in English say “after going to the place the old man of adenya village told you, you found some good pieces. How did he knew it ? Maybe he truly is a fortune teller...” maybe that can relate with the fortune teller that said Everything of Ganon’s return. (If it’s not Astor) It may be a coincidence, but the three dots at the end are kinda sus...

Aww yay!!! Some of my two favorite LoZ theorists collaborating again!! I’m so happy ;w;

BRO HAVENT SEEN YOU IN A MIN BUT YOUR CHANNEL LOOKING MIGHTY HEALTHY PROUD OF YOU

There is something about this village that I love. I don't know why. Thanks for making a video about it. I couldn't find much as far theory videos on it.

how is mother hyrule commenting before the video was uploaded

OH MY GOSH ITS MY SNACK AND DRINK MY FOOD IS FAMOUS IMMA CRY

I really love how you both collab with other Zeldatubers too!! It makes the videos always so much fun! 😍❤

Wow. I got always sad whenever I encountered destroyed and abandoned villages and thought about how the calamity ended them but this a whole new level

I want to play Stardew Valley all day :D

I love how Zelda theorists break the fourth walls into each others videos

My two favorite theorists in one video! Can’t get much better than that!

Love ya vids. I was starting to get bored but really enjoy seeing the sites for myself and going this is what they were talking about.

Fucking LOVE THIS INTRO!!!! This is such a good theory, really love it!!! Also, yes, let's play Stardew all day :) the Anakin reference had me wheezing (as you could hear, haha) 💜

Shoutout to the Discord Family and all the children 🌸💕

Lol I love that you used a lot of the twilight princess soundtrack in the video. It creates a sad, somber tone💙

I was actually just there and was thinking about what it's backstory was. Glad two of my favorite zelda youtubers have it covered!

huhh

i saw my comment when he was scrolling through the comments!

This gave me the chills, I’ve always loved the game but never thought of it that way.

I've left too many comments but you guys are totally spot on with this. Awesome and logically iron clad theory! Tragic for those inhabitants.... And them being obliterated by a guardian force headed to Hateno... makes so much sense. Just brutally and thoughtlessly wiped out by these 'malicious machines' during their errand....

I always pronounced it “die-ah”. Is it supposed to be “dae-ah”?

First 😍💕

keep making great content king

Only the best music choice, I love it! The repeated TP reference was definitely not unintended. And yes, I'm inspired for a new fan-fiction story. So thank you. This'll be a dark one, though.

Something that occurred to me last time I was in Deya Village was that maybe the Talus was always there? Maybe it had been buried in its descent to Hyrule (it *is* in a hollow which could hide an ancient impact crater, I suppose...) but the Guardian assault woke it up violently (which might explain the boulders in that one house). My best guess about the big log, though, is that the giant tree was felled long before the Calamity. It just doesn't seem likely that a tree that massive would rot out that much in only a century. Then again, I'm not a scientist who's studied the rate of decay in megaflora in a moist, temperate area, so I don't actually know. I just know that there are submerged houses that are about a century old in my state, and they're in way better shape than that tree.

This was a great video I really enjoyed

The Zelda theory collabs keep getting better and better.

A truly sad fate. Those poor people. Thank you once again for the video and all the hard work you put into it, as well as the collab. Love those. ~^^~

I always love watching your videos Hyrule Gamer! Very interesting theories indeed! Same with MaskedNintendoBandit!

I spent so long exploring here when I found it, and I looked all over the internet for lore but couldnt find anything at the time. I was so curious!

I remembered seeing in Age of Calamity that it was very marshy before the Calamity happened as you said. Loved this video! Two favourite "ZeldaTubers" :D

Thank God you made this I was there in the deya village without knowing it

Great video I love thinking about this kinda stuff too. My point against a total flood would be there's trees pretty close to the water line too and if it had been flooded for any extended period of time then those trees would have died and I would roughly guess that they are a few hundred years old.

Two great content creators together, I appreciate this lol

Oh god that IS horrifying! I can only imagine the fear those poor fisherfolk would've felt...

Ahhh, a Talus. No wonder I don't remember this place. The lone rock in the middle if a small piece of land scared me off....

Nabey the guardians is escaped before the Calamity destroyed everything. Oh and thanks for sharing your video!