The Mystery of the Arbiter's Grounds (Zelda Theory)
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Күн бұрынThe ruins of Arbiter's Grounds in the Gerudo Desert of Breath of the Wild have left many a Zelda theorist questioning everything from its origins to whether or not it was the real Arbiter's Grounds from Twilight Princess. Could it be that the ruins themselves were destroyed by familiar faces?
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@BanditGames 4 жыл бұрын
Do you have a theory about the Goddess of the Sand or the Arbiter's Grounds/Spirit Temple? Also. Thank you all, once again, for 2019. I can't say that enough. And I can't wait to see what 2020 holds. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
@Cliffordlonghead 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome Video
@Sonia-ib5nm 4 жыл бұрын
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@rodrigroudon1872 4 жыл бұрын
MaskedNintendoBandit thx you too
@Cliffordlonghead 4 жыл бұрын
Thank to you too dude first
@ryumajin7568 4 жыл бұрын
I don't really have any proof to make it a plausible theory. but considering how Ganon is kind of vengeful. I would imagine he would want destroy Arbiters ground himself. until it can be confirmed I wouldn't rule out the possibility that Calamity Gannon. or some of the many Mechs that he possessed destroyed Arbiter grounds.
@zedbags 3 жыл бұрын
Me, frantically digging around the Arbiter's Grounds ruins: *"WHERE'S THE MIRROR I NEED TO SEE HER AGAIN"*
@boocolo1046 2 жыл бұрын
It's in botw you Can find part of it around thé coast
@cloudydays4825 2 жыл бұрын
@@boocolo1046 its actually never proved that its the mirror of twilight
@Voidthe47th 2 жыл бұрын
As a Twilight Princess fan I did the exact same thing. 😂 Where the temple at fr though
@reddiamond8630 Жыл бұрын
Except that, the twilight mirror is actually broken, not ripped to simply shards to find. It was destroyed.😢
@Idiotic_impulses Жыл бұрын
First spend years finding all the tiny pieces, second use tons of glue, third hope she hasn't died over the at least 10,000 years.
@dowbailey6033 4 жыл бұрын
This is off topic but...Urbosa’s abs tho...
@Aristocratic13 4 жыл бұрын
Dow Bailey Your thumbnail + this comment = gold
@dowbailey6033 4 жыл бұрын
Ladies Love the Moon Knight thank you 😂
@equinox-XVI 4 жыл бұрын
Pillar -Men- *Woman*
@calebdykes8166 4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@Zybernetic 4 жыл бұрын
She’s buff
@54667991 4 жыл бұрын
The Gerudo themselves destroyed the Arbiter's Grounds, it was a place where many if not all of their race was banished/imprisoned/slaughtered there. The Gerudo then built the Seven Heroines in honour of all the great Gerudo they lost in the Hylian Royal family's purge.
@ordonlink259 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly this! I completely agree with you
@rayrevolta6198 4 жыл бұрын
Great Theory, Oh Great King of Evil.
@HeadHunter-mv2ht 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah i was just about to say but didn't alot of Gerudo die in the Arbiter Grounds?
@Samwyze 4 жыл бұрын
Plus that place was infested with bugs, it had to go.
@Luci2310 4 жыл бұрын
And nr. 8?
@oscca7756 4 жыл бұрын
I always just assumed it was covered in sand. That what we are seeing are the remains of the top of the temple, and the rest is still there. Just below your feet.
@kennyboy1435 3 жыл бұрын
That's the same thought I had. It's within the realm of possibility.
@Pandabarrel 4 жыл бұрын
Sand happened to Arbiters Ground, after all its coarse, rough and gets everywhere.
@stardustcomet4714 4 жыл бұрын
You forgot irritating...
@KimsLantern 4 жыл бұрын
I see what you did here... lol.
@renstr1f366 4 жыл бұрын
Not a happy landing
@gameman3981 4 жыл бұрын
If there's anyone who doesn't get that reference i don't even know what to say.
@pacampara123 4 жыл бұрын
Hello there...
@ShinyGoldBacon 4 жыл бұрын
I had a interesting thought: Remember how there's the spiral thing that you make rise up and then climb using the spinner just before the boss in Twilight Princess? What if the whole Arbiter's grounds can be made to rise or sink that way, and it's not destroyed but under the sand? That would fit with my theory that a lot of underground stuff will be central to BotW 2's theme. In that game's trailer, Link and Zelda are travelling underground. In the first BotW, there are big cracks all over Hyrule where powerful gusts of wind blast out of the earth. Where the heck are those coming from??? And of course, the Guardians and Divine Beasts were all buried using Sheikah technology. Add the idea of a buried Arbiter's Grounds to this.
@roryfriththetraveller4982 4 жыл бұрын
ShinyGoldBacon OH BOY i would love that so much
@Apollo_G 3 жыл бұрын
And how a lot of shrines are underground
@timetotango9453 3 жыл бұрын
That would be a logical way for dungeons to exist. They probably won’t add new temples in botw2 and pretend it was there the whole time
@Voidthe47th 2 жыл бұрын
That's one very interesting theory
@VictorJulioHurtado 11 ай бұрын
Does anyone remember the Zuna from FSA? They were already in decline by the time of the game, but they appear to predate the Gerudo and were great builders (Ganon gets his signature trident from one of their pyramids). Makes me wonder perhaps all the ancient structures we see in the desert were built by them. Perhaps even the desert colossus. Perhaps they adopted the worship of the sand goddess, because they found references of her in the desert?
@54667991 4 жыл бұрын
I enjoy visiting the Arbiter's Grounds, so many things went wrong there.
@shawn4116 4 жыл бұрын
ok ganon
@yamisarkar91 4 жыл бұрын
yeah great spirits where to do the thing right then freak out and do a kind dummy-move and the kingdom so teenager had to do it right and now years later still another teenager goes to do it right so epic horror and so epic funny too
@54667991 4 жыл бұрын
@@yamisarkar91 ....Ok? I think I had a stroke reading your comment or you had one writing it.
@yamisarkar91 4 жыл бұрын
@@54667991 oh sorry just writing about the fun game
@54667991 4 жыл бұрын
@@yamisarkar91 Sorry also, I didn't mean to sound rude.
@Sophia-cz2eb 4 жыл бұрын
Theory: In the sequel, the Arbiter‘s Ground Ruins serve as a/become a traditional dungeon by rising up from underneath the sand or the sand flows away to uncover the underground entrance. AAAAAAAND this is were Link and Zelda will find the mummified body of Ganondorf, who is/was held prisoner at Arbiter‘s Ground.
@jordanjoestar9096 4 жыл бұрын
Like the swamp temple in majoras mask but sand instead of poisoned water
@seraphimxvoid7633 4 жыл бұрын
I like this
@sackthebastard 4 жыл бұрын
The comment above yours is literally the same “theory” lol
@yamisarkar91 4 жыл бұрын
oh what an awesome story twist
@rat4sale254 4 жыл бұрын
@Akitsu no, botw is the converging of all of the timelines, making it the final game in the timeline. this means that arbiters grounds can exist as it is after twilight princess which also means that the rest of the landmarks in the game from previous titles can exist together
@tyrnan7321 4 жыл бұрын
Personally I feel the answer is more simplistic but also a lot less satisfying. The temple is old, very old. I feel that it just got swallowed by the sand, its happened in real life so why not in BOTW as well.
@arynashryver61 4 жыл бұрын
I think it's the sand overtook the temple-prison, and that Molduga is the reason the parts of the place we see are destroyed as they are.
@jaylenpurvis7169 4 жыл бұрын
Instead of the Gerudo destroying it, maybe Ganondorf destroyed it out of his rage for being imprisoned there.
@stardust8797 4 жыл бұрын
Could be just a why not decision for one of his many forgotten incarnations or instinct
@lestade682 4 жыл бұрын
He wasn't imprisoned three tho. It was in the Twilight realm.
@Gokulosestoavirus 4 жыл бұрын
Lestad E he was imprisoned there. Waiting to be executed. When the execution failed, he was then sent to the twilight realm
@lestade682 4 жыл бұрын
@@Gokulosestoavirus It's that mentioned in Hyrule Historia?
@trappersshadow9751 4 жыл бұрын
@@lestade682 I believe it was
@MrDexSat 4 жыл бұрын
A wild theory: the Arbiter's grounds are in ruins because they stopped being used and 10000 years have passed since OoT
@IamSupreme333 4 жыл бұрын
It takes place even more than 10,000 years after OoT and TP. So that gives it even more time to be in ruins
@Vivian_Wong 4 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised there’s even ruins left, 10,000 years is a LONG time
@mrlborges 3 жыл бұрын
How long are Hylian years though? It’s a completely made up universe so the way they count time may be wildly different than our 365 day year. Would love to see what a Hylian calendar looks like.
@mokarokas-1727 3 жыл бұрын
@@mrlborges - It's just Earth time. Link visibly ages 7 years in Ocarina of Time and there's talk of seasons of the year in various games... It's like saying "maybe humans in Game of Thrones are just very big (along with animals and plants and so on) and therefore travel many miles quicker than we could because miles are still the same length as ours". It's just never going to be the case, even if it would solve some inconsistencies or whatever. =')
@UndernetChara 4 жыл бұрын
The Arbiter's Grounds was my favorite location in Twilight Princess, so I'm very happy it made a return in BotW.
@stardust8797 4 жыл бұрын
Mark van der Wal You mean you’re glad you got to see its walls make a return
@dogestranding5047 4 жыл бұрын
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@UndernetChara 4 жыл бұрын
@@dogestranding5047 ja precies.
@sackthebastard 4 жыл бұрын
I was reallllllly hoping to find the snowpeak ruins somewhere in Hebra. Or at least a big house that resembled it. It is one of my favorite Zelda dungeons of all time. Arbiters Grounds too.
@frz3rbRnotaku1 3 жыл бұрын
I wish there was more to take a picture of tho. like at least the long pillars with the medallion symbols.
@drewdiesinside9507 4 жыл бұрын
Let’s not forget a huge divine beast was stampeding through the desert for 100 years
@azadalamiq 4 жыл бұрын
the way people talk, they only sprang up to life recently. much like how calamity gannon was dormant till recently.
@flowerchild354 4 жыл бұрын
That smart tho
@Thecursedone2 3 жыл бұрын
He stomp
@tanandalynch9441 3 жыл бұрын
@@azadalamiq it's been 100 years. This is mentioned frequently. Even the champions themselves say how the blight ganoms killed them 100 years ago.
@way2dawn853 3 жыл бұрын
@@tanandalynch9441 u didnt get what he wrote - he means that after the events 100 years ago everything went a little quiet again - and only in recent times the calamity and the beasts started ravaging again
@chacrawarrior 4 жыл бұрын
When you realise that Hyrule Warriors was actually the Infinite Crisis of the Zelda games.
@Dogmaguy74 4 жыл бұрын
What i loved about Hyrule Warriors is that Zelda takes up her sword and kicks ass for hyrule!
@dman6093 4 жыл бұрын
Been my theory for over a year now, too.
@rainbowkrampus 4 жыл бұрын
Maybe the 8th Heroine was the snake woman worshipped by the Gerudo. It could have been included as a sage during the transition period for the Gerudo. People don't tend to just drop their religious deities overnight. Later on, snake woman devotion could have become heretical, thus its removal from the area. The 8th Heroine's continued existence could indicate the past/current presence of defector Gerudo similar to the Yiga. Still worshipping the snake woman and possibly still carrying out the will of Ganondorf.
@dorothygale9648 3 жыл бұрын
"Let's have a great 2020!" Oh, honey....
@Ghostchickie 4 жыл бұрын
I always thought the sand goddess was their interpretation of the goddess Din.
@Monkey-081hs 3 жыл бұрын
I never thought about that!
@conn7900 4 жыл бұрын
I think Gurudo town is built over the spirit temple, while Gurudo Valley/Fort were in the Mesa/Canyon area. Perhaps we'll see Arbiter's Grounds from underground, but entry is under the palace and the city was built to guard it. If the game makes underground exploring a thing, then travelling across the regions, but under them, would be a cool lead up quest before the actual dungeons.
@germanquinonez7661 4 жыл бұрын
The music that the gerudo desert had was my favorite from Twilight Princess, they should've used that theme on botw tbh
@petery6432 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's really atmospheric, so it would fit perfectly with Breath of the Wild.
@frz3rbRnotaku1 3 жыл бұрын
I think parts of it might be In the Gerudo town theme but im not exactly sure.
@orangeapples 4 жыл бұрын
My theory: After the destruction of the mirror of twilight there was no more purpose to the arbiter’s grounds. The Gerardo then took the arbiter’s grounds apart to use as stone resources to build new structures like the 8 heroine statues.
@TheDisarminghinkle 4 жыл бұрын
There seems to be a huge amount of historical revisionism going on in Gerudo Desert in Breath of the Wild. There's also the whole thing with the 7th Hero statue. I can't blame them. They definitely have a bad reputation. It's nice to see them go so clean and legit that they actually were allowed to play an EQUAL role in the defeating of Ganon. They even got to be called a "champion".
@eri_noemi1462 4 жыл бұрын
Urbosa was really eager to beat the shit out of Ganon. She even mentions how legends say he once appeared as a Gerudo.
@Prince_Smugarina 4 жыл бұрын
@@eri_noemi1462 "Legends" they say, lol.
@ziyuanli7458 4 жыл бұрын
There's one problem, though: In the western corner of Gerudo Town in BotW, there's a goddess statue and Muava who seems like to be a homeless old woman companys the statue on a carpet day and night. If you ask her about the goddess statue, she would say following: "Oh, the Goddess Statue has been here since long before I was even born. No one here really believes in that stuff anymore, though, so they tend to avoid stopping here. Kind of like they avoid me..." However, if Gerudo don't believe neither the sand goddess or the goddess of Hylia, what are they believing now? They don't seems like atheists to me.
@andrewallred6954 4 жыл бұрын
They believe in the Seven Heroines. I believe it’s stated in game and in the offical Creatinf a Champion book
@stardust8797 4 жыл бұрын
Andrew Allred Makes sense considering din created the triforce of power and who used said artifact Ganondorf They probably blamed din for that and stuck to something that has nothing to do with the incarnation of hatred Seven legendary warriors of the female gerudo variety
@untitlednobody9009 4 жыл бұрын
They believe in Hylia and the 3 goddess' but they don't really worship them, they have spiky ears so that they can hear the voices of the goddess. They worship the 7 warriors, but these aren't godesses they are legendary heroes and have a more spiritual role for the Gerudo than a religious
@stardust8797 4 жыл бұрын
【Cat】 yeah that makes more sense
@anonymousfellow8879 4 жыл бұрын
The Gerudo are probably agnostic vs atheist, and have a complex belief system around honoring their dead (especially since ghosts and spirits exist in Zelda canon, including BotW)
@sackthebastard 4 жыл бұрын
The whole time I explored Hebra I kept hoping I would find ruins of the Snowpeak Ruins from TP. That and Arbiters are two of my favorite dungeons ever.
@martymcflyy6775 4 жыл бұрын
5:05 if I hear that song one more time, I will... I don't know what I'll do.
@kokichiowo6599 4 жыл бұрын
😂
@thomaspereira1545 4 жыл бұрын
You too, watch Nintendo black crisis?
@chrisfaber6971 4 жыл бұрын
I got that as my legit ringtone 😄not too many people around me know what it actually is though
@martymcflyy6775 4 жыл бұрын
@@thomaspereira1545 Yes, He 's great but I've heard that song too much. I don't know what it is about it but when I hear I cringe.
@martymcflyy6775 4 жыл бұрын
@HyruleHero 333 I do too, but it gets annoying somtimes idky
@59rlmccormack 4 жыл бұрын
I think, over time, the Arbiter’s Grounds was burried by the desert and was destroyed, probably decaying until it was nothing but burried ruins!
@stardust8797 4 жыл бұрын
Remember The legend of the hero of twilight is more than 10100++++++++++ I think it is more of a surprise that we can even see the pieces of fricking place
@sackthebastard 4 жыл бұрын
Just like a lot of ancient cities from back in the day that are under the sand now
@peterbaker6706 3 жыл бұрын
Bandit:Have a good 2020 Me: tell Hylia ANYTHING BUT THAT
@herrkrause1103 4 жыл бұрын
I believe that a cult took shelter at the arbiter’s grounds to carry out rituals and try to summon/support ganon or ganondorf. That’s why there’s a shrine there in the DLC, and instead of summoning Gannon, they accidentally summoned or empowered a very powerful Molduga, which is why the king molduga is there. The king molduga, afterwards, destroyed the arbiter’s grounds.
@sillycat4273 Жыл бұрын
that's the east barrens which is literally on the other side of the gerudo desert LMAO
@davidnewbon4385 4 жыл бұрын
The funny thing is, Urbosa literally says that Calamity Ganon took the form of a Gerudo, and no one really talked about it. I think this means Nintendo has been planning the sequels story for quite a while. Longer than most people think.
@hiimchrisj 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I don't know where it was stated, but from what I understand the sequel was initially intended to just be an expansion of the main game but they had so many ideas for it they ended up altering their plans and turning it into its own game so it's safe to say they had the main ideas for it, like showing Ganondorf's corpse, already planned out during BOTW's production. That said, the line's not really an indication of anything. She's just stating a fact cos, yeah, Ganondorf was in fact a Gerudo.
@owenbyer4671 4 жыл бұрын
Damn that intro at 1:12 is really cool
@BanditGames 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@BenteinBjerke 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@chanmarr8118 4 жыл бұрын
I randomly got a flashback to Mario 64, the desert painting world.
@victorevans2867 4 жыл бұрын
I feel that when the Gerudo started worshipping the goddess Hylia they abandoned the spirit temple / Arbiter's grounds, and the desert just reclaimed it
@matthewdickendasher1956 4 жыл бұрын
What’s a mystery to me is what happened to laynaru desert in sky ward sword. It is obvious connected to the mountain where the spring of wisdom is? Also why is the spring of wisdom on the right not the left to represent the triforce
@InsomniacDoggo 3 жыл бұрын
"An even better 2020 to come" That didnt age well 😬
@gideonaland3487 3 жыл бұрын
"An even better 2020 to come" That quote did not age well.
@thatonezeldagamer3424 4 жыл бұрын
There are currently 5 Devine beasts that we know of the main 4 and links motor cycle if they add in 3 more it would be like all 8 Devine beast were piloted by a sage
@Ashley_Graves_1 4 жыл бұрын
6. There are 6 divine beasts. Vah Ruta, Vah Rudania, Vah Medoh, Vah Naboorus, The Mastercycle Zero, and simply Divine Beast. (I hope I spelled those right) Divine Beast is underneath the Shrine of Resurrection. Monk Maz Koshia actually waits for us in there. We know this is a divine beast since it literally tells us when we go to get the map.
@TotalInsanity4 4 жыл бұрын
@@Ashley_Graves_1 Isn't it implied that that's a scaled up version of the Master Cycle?
@Ashley_Graves_1 4 жыл бұрын
@@TotalInsanity4 No. I looks nothing like a horse. You can even go back to that divine beast after you've gotten the mastercycle zero.
@TotalInsanity4 4 жыл бұрын
@@Ashley_Graves_1 no, I mean the inside. It's a massive transmission with a clutch
@Ashley_Graves_1 4 жыл бұрын
@@TotalInsanity4 That would be physically impossible, as the Shrine of Resurrection is on top of the Divine Beast and may even be part of the divine beast. Also, this would explain why the Great Plateau is raised, it has a divine beast that it's covering.
@diegolira7429 Жыл бұрын
Lol that outro wishing everyone a great 2020, little that we knew
@hungerycascio 4 жыл бұрын
I could be wrong, but I swear they said that no male had been born since Ganondorf.
@BanditGames 4 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that too! But, for the life of me, I can’t remember when or where I heard that. Plus, I was just pointing out a possibility. The dude could’ve just dyed his hair and gotten a tan 😂
@doseofdion9667 4 жыл бұрын
1:23, that was REALLLLY cool! Great editing job on that!
@cuckoo61 4 жыл бұрын
A theory linking the Peak Province to one of its possible locations in botw would be interesting 🤔 thanks for the great videos Mnb! You've quickly become my favorite zelda theorist 😁
@R1IY2N 4 жыл бұрын
I think it would be the Hebra province in botw
@spacemanifestdestiny3542 4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if there might be any connection to the Sand Goddess and the Eighth Herione if the Gerudo did convert to the predominant Hylian religion...
@sethmcbride8490 4 жыл бұрын
Watching this in April 2020. When I got to the part in the outro when you said "here's to an even better 2020" I have to laugh
@frz3rbRnotaku1 2 жыл бұрын
I have a theory that blew my mind when I realized it. Arbiters Ground had sinkholes around certain rooms. It was ALREADY SINKING! In he room with the torches and the Goddess Statue. I think the ground there is Actually covering the entrance to the Spirit temple. Like they covered and built up the wall to be on the same level as the Statue.
@stopdont8236 2 жыл бұрын
This
@rodrigroudon1872 4 жыл бұрын
Happy new year
@BirdieSenpai 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing analysis, especially considering how little Nintendo gave us to go on, Mask! As someone who never finished Breath of the Wild, videos like these help me wrap my mind around the implications of where the lore has gone and how it's progressed. Proud of ya!
@levie8269 4 жыл бұрын
Yay birdy senpai
@Crustystreet123 3 жыл бұрын
MNB: an even better 2020! Me watching it now: I wish.
@JetHammer 4 жыл бұрын
great video, amigo! Happy holidays!
@eljaminlatour6633 4 жыл бұрын
3:50 there was a secret in the spirit temple, if you have a Longshot and if you use it in any area in the statue it won't work, but if you shoot it where the nipple is located it works, but what does it mean?
@_whatgives_5939 4 жыл бұрын
Nintendo are perverts lol
@twobearshighfiving7660 4 жыл бұрын
The explanation is that the Japanese made it.
@eljaminlatour6633 4 жыл бұрын
I still don't know what does it mean.
@twobearshighfiving7660 4 жыл бұрын
@@eljaminlatour6633 .... It has no lore implications, only that their perverted natures spilt over to game design. It's just a joke by the creators.
@scarletknightreterns1893 4 жыл бұрын
TP was the first Zelda game I ever played- and my childhood favourite. Played BoTW the other day, and discovered the Arbiter's Grounds within the desert after wondering around. I must say... My mind was blown with nostalgia and immediately I began to try and figure out WHAT had happened to... such a big place. You, sir, who I am a fan of, have spoken my thoughts!! I had thought that the most plausible explanation for the Arbiter's Grounds Ruins was that the Gerudo had simply destroyed it, to erase the darkest parts of their history and perhaps ease their minds- and who knowns, the minds of all their future children. I mean, them stories gotta be passed down at bedtime. LOL
@MarkusAndersen96 4 жыл бұрын
"resemblances of shape and size" IT'S A CIRLCE!
@BanditGames 4 жыл бұрын
Which is a resemblance of shape. Rectangular/square mirrors do also exist. It’s also rather large, of similar circumference and coloration- but yes, a circle. Lol
@7th_Link 4 жыл бұрын
1:00 Wouldn't have even noticed if you didn't point it out 😂😂👌
@AlexandraStubbs 4 жыл бұрын
Last video for 2019! Thank you MNB for your lovely content this year! I look forward to 2020 and what you make next. 😊👍🎉
@grizzlymang1930 4 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this one not only did our Lord and savior say my name but you didn't have to stretch to form your theory witch is an all to common thing in the current between games drought
@Karuminu2 4 жыл бұрын
Yaay! I was hoping somebody would get around to the mystery of the Arbiter's Grounds ruins! Thank you!
@raphyangel9828 3 жыл бұрын
I've seen some theories about the Arbiter's Grounds possibly being buried, but this is the first that I've seen about it being purposely destroyed, especially by the Gerudo themselves, but it all makes perfect sense, especially since there's no more real use for the building, now that the Mirror of Twilight is gone. Thank you for making this video. You're an awesome possum! 😁
@peanutbutter6720 4 жыл бұрын
You said they might worship the same gods (Hylia) as the Hylian’s. The Gerudo clearly don’t worship Hylia as the Hylia statue in Gerudo town is abandoned, the presence of one indicates they may have at one time worshiped Hylia, though they most likely don’t as of the events after the great calamity.
@_whatgives_5939 4 жыл бұрын
Hmm, makes sense to me.
@Meechree 4 жыл бұрын
I'm watching this video in 2020, and I have bad news for past MNB...
@tomsimpson357 3 жыл бұрын
‘That will make this victory all the more..’**ADVERTS** lol, it was so perfectly timed it makes me think Truman show/simulation theory! Great vid though man, sitting in the woods listening to some Zelda speculation is always great
@Labbazz 3 жыл бұрын
there are times in Zelda I wish we had more dialogue options and when I found Arbiter's Grounds a couple of days ago (I have owned Botw since Launch but never gotten in to it) I wish I could ask the ppl in Gerudo town bout it
@nodnarb3540 4 жыл бұрын
Great video, although I would add that it isn’t speculative what deity the Gerudo worship: there is a goddess statue of Hylia in Gerudo town in breath of the wild.
@emma-janeulmer438 4 жыл бұрын
The is, however, it is abandoned, implying that they at one time worshiped Hylia, but don't anymore
@ObeliskDemon 4 жыл бұрын
I'm under the impression that more than 10,000 years have past since it was last seen. it probably eroded and was buried (especially if it didn't have a good foundation) over time. I don't think the gerudo would've destroyed it within the generation or two that would remember their imprisonment because that would require numbers or tools they wouldn't have in that amount of time.
@FallenAngel9594 4 жыл бұрын
I think that since twilight princess was in the child timeline and we don't see any gerudo besides ganondorf, the gerudo abandoned the grounds along with everything else and by the time they returned it had already started to collapse so they didn't bother trying to restore it since they were likely busy trying to ensure peaceful relations with the hylians
@whatgsaid 4 жыл бұрын
I’m a simple woman. I see an upload, I click. I see a theory about one of my favorite dungeons in the franchise, I click twice as fast.
@IamSupreme333 4 жыл бұрын
i bet u smell like exquisite European cheese
@Connorgallus 4 жыл бұрын
@@IamSupreme333 I bet you smell like AXE body spray
@IamSupreme333 4 жыл бұрын
Double-0 Snake possibly
@icedevil3795 3 жыл бұрын
watching this in 2021 hits different when he has 'have fantastic day ... 2019 and a even better 2020'
@michaelprobelski4866 3 жыл бұрын
So much for a better 2020 but this video was still great!
@stevenxenoknight3845 4 жыл бұрын
It's definitely everything you described. It all clicks.
@roberttysec4122 4 жыл бұрын
I always assumed the Arbiter’s Grounds were the Spirit Temple. Also that they were converted at the instruction of the royal family. It makes sense, we know that the family has acted like other royals throughout history (see banishing the shieka tribe because of the threat to their power). In the child timeline, once the king was informed of Gannon’s betrayal, he likely would have ordered the royal guard to ride to the desert, subjugated the Gerudo and then turned their holiest place into a prison to show you don’t mess with the royal family.
@Cliffordlonghead 4 жыл бұрын
Happy New Year
@dosito86 4 жыл бұрын
Great vid. I remember looking to 2020 with hope
@user-ol7bt4wp1j Жыл бұрын
My theory on the goddess is that she might either be Din the golden goddess of power or a really old Gerudo version of Hylia. So old people forgot they were the same.
@anthonibrookshire3704 4 жыл бұрын
Also, this video was SO rich! One of my favorites yet!!
@SheepShade 4 жыл бұрын
Great stuff as always :)
@jlucaschace 3 жыл бұрын
MNB then: enjoy the rest of 2019, and an even better 2020 to come us now: 2020 happened to arbiters grounds
@L337M4573RK 4 жыл бұрын
In LoZ:TP, much of the Gerudo Desert had been lost to time and neglect, and the only Gerudo featured in the entire game was Telma (who ran the bar in South Castle Town). Considering the current state we find it in within LoZ:BotW, it's possible that the new Gerudo race had destroyed it out of respect for all their ancestors that had been sent there to die. However, it's equally possible that the Arbiter's Grounds had been destroyed over time due to a combination of natural erosion and destruction via Mulduga (you do happen to find one lurking around there in game)! Also, LoZ:BotW is depicted as taking place tens of thousands of years (or more) after any previous Zelda game (including LoZ:TP), so natural erosion is NOT out of the question. (Real world example: the great pyramids and the great sphinx located in Egypt.)
@stv0036 4 жыл бұрын
It could have been Ganon himself, destroying the play he was imprisoned previously so he can't be imprisoned there again.
@twobearshighfiving7660 4 жыл бұрын
Unlikely as he was executed at the end of TP by link while the arbiter grounds still lingered as you found them. Arbiter means Judge, so they were the "judgement grounds" where the Hylians genocided Ganondorf's Gerudo Regime after his attempted invasion, it's survivers likely exiled/fled further into the desert. The grounds are a stain on their history, as the video states, the Gerudo are not inherently malicious, so they likely destroyed the ruins themselves as to attempt and wipe the atrocity from their minds and history. All this on top of the fact that deserts naturally swallow entire ruins. (the real world Sphinx and great Pyramids were first discovered buried to their tips, and these are *massive* structures) Honestly, the desert environment is perfectly capable of destroying the ruins itself, but if it had help it was most likely the surviving Gerudo and not Ganondorf as he never had the opportunity before Link kills him.
@johnnyneutron1530 3 жыл бұрын
“Here to an amazing 2020” Big oooooooof
@acgearsandarms1343 3 жыл бұрын
I think the simpler answer is that it fell to disrepair and exposed to the elements to get buried under all that sand and forgotten. What use is the Arbiter’s Ground to them considering there’s now more efficient methods at housing the criminals of Hyrule during the Age of Calamity.
@BellaRose02 4 жыл бұрын
Your videos are so calming compared to other video game channels.
@BanditGames 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@josh335 Жыл бұрын
With the new trailer for Tears of the Kingdom coming out, the Arbiter's Grounds may be accessible through the sink holes. Maybe they were buried due to the passing of time.
@anthonylamonica8301 4 жыл бұрын
Great video! I hope to see a video someday covering the entire Hylian pantheon, and the significance of each deity to the history and livelihood of Hyrule itself. Your interpretations could make something coherent from the mess that the Hylia faction made of the state religion.
@TheLadyLiddell 4 жыл бұрын
For some reason it never clicked that Vilia could be the one Gerudo male, but thinking about it... holy shit.
@bobjohnson3645 4 жыл бұрын
How that “wish you a happy 2020” work out for you.......
@randomtheorist251 2 жыл бұрын
Bandit: "There might actually be a fairly dark reason for its destruction." Camera pans to show Korok. Me: "My God. I knew something felt wrong about them."
@Notalizardspy 3 жыл бұрын
"And an even better 2020 to come"
@nmb-u- 4 жыл бұрын
"I was sealed here once.. hmmm, maybe i should destroy it just in case.. what do you guys think!? shigeru, Takashi!? and you Eiji!?" We might never know why it is destroyed in BotW :c
@stardust8797 4 жыл бұрын
Demise and by extension Ganon is very petty In fact now that I think about that is literally why conflict exists in hyrule At any rate this could’ve happened at any time before the hero of the Zonai and the army of guardians put the wombo combo on the calamity
@nmb-u- 4 жыл бұрын
@@stardust8797 Maybe but.. there was a civil war before OoT, so i think all the humanoid beings in that world are pretty much as bad as humans being gannon some what worse :c thank Hylia they dont have nukes, imagine gannon possessing and launching dat!!!
@bethanybrakebill3599 3 жыл бұрын
This makes so much sense
@HeyhoBrando 4 жыл бұрын
How all these location came To be I always like the idea of hyrule warriors were Cannon
@erik19882010 Жыл бұрын
Great video as all ways
@the6ig6adwolf 4 жыл бұрын
I like the video but with one exception: you mention Arbiters Grounds as a "vacation spot" and "summer plans aside" this is a huge mistake! Arbiters Grounds is way too hot for a summer vacation and if one insisted on going (which I recommend against) you would want to travel there in the winter months. Hope this helps.
@I.g.u.s 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve always theorized about this too. Can you expand upon this theory a little more?
@darkhobo 4 жыл бұрын
The question is why are there locations from all 3 timelines in BOTW? Because the timelines have converged. When king Daphnes wishes on the triforce to heal the world, he inexplicably starts this process. It heals not just his world, but also the other timelines as well. The goddesses begin to merge the three timelines and thus the three Hyrules back into one, as it was before OOT. This event is the Calamity. It causes environmental disaster that kills the Leviathians and it merges the three seperate Ganon/ganondorfs into one, known as Calamity Ganon. The Dragons flight paths in BOTW all seem to correspond to major geographic features. Canyons, mountains, lakes, what have you. They are effecting the geography of hyrule its self, to bring forth diffrent areas from diffrent timelines. This of course causes massive destruction as well. You cant just make a mountain appear, you need to push the earth together. You cant just make a lake, you need to displace the earth that is there. This is how features like the great plateau and lost woods end up in seemingly random places. How the Pinnacle rocks find their way from death mountain to the gerudo dessert. The Calamity wasnt a result of Ganon. The Calamity was the Calamity. It was the unification. "Calamity Ganon" is the ganon that came about AFTER the calamity. This is how Zora and Rito can exist at the same time. The rito are from one timeline, the Zora from a diffrent timeline.
@fatesawakener8241 4 жыл бұрын
The day this was uploaded was my birthday sweet. I do have another theory about what might have also happened to the Arbiters Grounds. Vah Nabooris was walking around the Gerudo desert making huge sandstorms for a hundred years. Sandstorms are very destructive which is why the Gerudo are so scared of the divine beast by the time of botw. Could it also be possible that Nabooris is responsible somewhat if I remember correctly you can't even access to the Arbiters Grounds until Nabooris is tamed.
@drolnogardgames4335 2 жыл бұрын
Me, watching this in 2021, hearing Bandit wish everyone a great 2020: YOU FOOL. YOU ABSOLUTE BUFFOON. YOU HAVE JINXED US ALL!
@Myzelfa 4 жыл бұрын
In this franchise, differences in appearance can always be explained by changes in art style between games. Each game is meant to be an interpretation of a myth.
@pastlife13137 4 жыл бұрын
Nice video!
@saram3449 4 жыл бұрын
Oh wow I had completely forgotten the arbiter’s grounds was in twilight princess! It’s always interesting finding spots in botw that relate to past games
@RowdyruffPrincess 4 жыл бұрын
definitely an interesting take, and perhaps the Gerudo slowly adopting more Hylian beliefs would tie into why they excised the 8th heroine from their history, so they could have Seven Heroines to better parallel the seven Sages.
@Negative2g 4 жыл бұрын
idea reguarding that weird stone pillar in the center of BOTW arbiters grounds, its probably what remains of the stone used to project the portal to the realm of twilight onto, since we can see sticking out of it chunks of flint, and the big stone slab for projecting onto is a big black stone, that looks as if it was messily chiseled out i imagine its slowly gotten buried overtime and most of it got worn away by the sands though, hence its smaller size and most of it being a different type of rock (probably sandstone that formed around it or something)
@sirachikenpatchi7035 4 жыл бұрын
From what I understand, The Arbiters Grounds was originally a place of worship for the Gerudo. However after the events of OOT when Link warned the king of Hyrule about Ganondorfs plans, the Hylian army preemptively attacked the Gerudo and used the Arbiters grounds, their OWN place of worship, as a prison/ execution chamber nearly commiting genocide. SO, i think it was probably destroyed by both the Gerudo and Hylians with a common interest in mind. To forgive and forget
@luistwocents 4 жыл бұрын
I remember played Arbiters grounds for the first time as a kid in twilight princess it was easily the scariest part of the game for me with all the spirits and to this day It is the only reason why I don’t want to replay twilight princess because that dungeon still scares me
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