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The hint given to find the phantom armour in the DLC says you'll find it in a "soldier's proving ground" (the coliseum)

Imagine being a knight, stationed in the coliseum, completely unaware of the horror that’s about to be unleashed. You’re stationed on the top floor, both you and a fellow knight are off-duty at the time. You’re sat against the wall, polishing your broadsword, and your buddy from childhood is leaned against the window, gazing out at the sunset. You feel a rumble, a small rumble, and you break the silence by asking what that was, and if your friend felt it. He isn’t aware, so he kinda just grunts dismissively. Then you hear a distant roar, and your buddy draws back in fear - Something has hit him. Not enough to cause physical pain, but something to cause speechless terror from him. You see something... Black and dark pink on his arm, it looks like goo... And it’s slowly progressing up his arm, growing by he second. It has begun, you and every knight within that stone structure have no idea what’s about to happen, the unholy infection about to ravage your ranks...

If you haven't already, you should do a theory about what happened at Tabantha Tower for it to become so consumed by Malice.

Don't forget that the Roman coliseum had a floor between the arena and the basements., so maybe the levels actually had a wooden floor where its open 100 years later. This supports that there would be multiple training levels with room for beds, weapons, ect....

I always figured it was an homage to the Coliseum in the Arbiters Grounds in Twilight Princess. It could be a place for execution of criminals of the worst kind. Which, would ALSO fall in line with your theory since it would be surrounded by guards. 🤷🏼‍♂️

The clue for finding the DLC chest in the colosseum refers to it as a training ground for hyrules warriors. So, it's a good "theory," but it was also already stated within the game

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It always seemed weird to me that the coliseum served the purpose to have fights and spectators watching because of the same reasons you mentioned, I completely agree with your theory!!!

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I've always been so interested with the coliseum but also so scared to explore it because of the lynel!

Its interesting to note that in Age of Calamity, you can see the Coliseum. Its as destroyed as it looks in Breath of the Wild. So my big question is, what heavily damaged the Coliseum if it wasn't the Second Calamity? was it hurt during the First Calamity 10000 years back? if so, why didn't the Royal Family ever tried to repair it? too costly perhaps? or maybe the Coliseum usage for the Knights was kept a secret, to prevent ambushes and invasions from outsiders? There's a lot about the Coliseum's existence that I'd like for a future Zelda game to explore. Maybe Breath of the Wild's sequel can fulfill that.

*FUN FACT:* Killing your opponent in a real-life Gladiator fight was usually against the rules seeing as how expensive Gladiators were. Gladiator fights was more like modern day boxing matches, trained fighters who fights for entertainment and making money, not bloodshed. In fact Gladiator champions were really good for advertisement, which is yet another reason why they weren't aloud to kill each other.

My theory: The sheer walls indicated to me that there were mostly aerial battles. The Rito could have had a pretty big presence within the coliseum, allowing spectators to watch at each level. The Rito training grounds were to prepare them for these bouts.

I have to say the roman colliseum was used at one point to host battles, but it was used for much much more than that. there was a time where it was a marketplace, times where it was basically a place where they announce things, and more.

I seem to recall Botwick, the guy who talks about the Lord of the Mountain, mentioning the colloseum being used for fighting, and now it's used for fighting, but life-or-death against monsters, so I this makes sense.

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All three labyrinths in game have malice in them as well. As some theories tell, those labyrinths were made by an ancient tribe related to the stasis of Ganons body.

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What if it could have been an old execution chamber? Like the Arbiters Grounds in Twilight Princess which also heavily resembles a coliseum.

You're probably correct on this! In the Age of Calamity overview map, the Colosseum is the site for battling large monsters such as the Hinox and/or Lynel. While the battles don't actually take place here since the Colosseum was not modeled in-game for AoC (huge missed opportunity), I could imaging this was the area knights trained against these large foes where they were able to be imprisoned, hence the large entryway.

The Colosseum in Roman times was actually at times to train the army so you got it spot-on Adam

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When talking about places with lots of malice, you forgot about that one labyrinth that's about 50% malice.

For some reason, Dai won’t give you 100 rupees if the Lynel has turned silver.

I really wonder what’s under the center stage of the coliseum tho. The most famous coliseum has a hypogeum underneath so I wounded if this one in botw is the same

With the DLC quest for the phantom armor it tells the use for the coliseum in the quest details :)

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The Colosseum is one of my favorite locations in the game. I really like the feeling of a fallen building that was know to fighting and now the main entertainment is watching unfortunate travelers facing a lynel by monsters. This is so epic.

There are bars on the upper level windows… that’s not for the spectators

I actually had this theory that the coliseum was a prison.

I have not read the whole Making of a Champion yet so I didn't know they had written that the Coliseum was used for entertainment but I never thought it was looking at it. Your theory makes so much more sense to me. A place for entertainment is more comfortable, probably would be bigger, and have a different structure altogether. Loved this video

My theory is that once the Arbiters Grounds were lost, the colosseum was built as am execution ground for dangerous enemies. The only other colosseum we see in LoZ is the Arbiters Grounds. Maybe they rebuilt it closer to the castle and it was so destroyed in the calamity, none of it is accessable anymore beyond the main structure.

Ranks of the Hylian army: soldier: a person with hylian trousers and 2/3 soldier gear. There were probably specialized soldiers, ex. Spearmen, swordsmen, archers etc. Hylian captain: a commander in full soldiers gear wielding a knights broadsword and shield. Knight: a soldier in full soldiers gear with the described set above, a knights claymore or, a knights halberd etc. Royal knight: commanders of the knights, sporting all soldiers gear, as well as all royal versions of the sets above. Royal guard: the best of the best, in full royal guards gear, sporting all sets above except in royal guards versions, and were the guards of the royal family. I hope this comment gets noticed because i want people to give me their opinion on this

My two cents on this topic, personally I've always believed the Colosseum to be a right of passage trial set up for knights to advance to the royal honour guide, likewise to explain the inconsistency from hyrule historia I do believe that the Colosseum was the number one form of entertainment but only as its secondary function so that the people can watch the birth of the next elite royal guard.

I really wanted an in depth analysis of the true purpose of collusmeium. This is exactly what I was thinking, nice theory!

Theory: what if the malisk in the colosseum was originally aim to the shrine of resurrection aka the 5th divine beast

Interesting malice theory. But do you also think it could be possible that there WERE elevated seats on the levels made of wood that might have burned away during the calamity?

Great theory, it makes total sense, I also thought when exploring the Coliseum that its purpose was more for knight training than for entertainment. (But never battled the Lynel there... yet... so lazy ahah) I really enjoy the quality of the details in your videos, it's flawless, fun and very enjoyable! :)

Nice theory! As a training ground I wonder if the floors were used for storage, or if they were part of the training. When we enter the coliseum we have to “conquer” the center and all floors, makes me think that was the original idea too 🤔 and each floor has a different element, which could be part of the original training exercise... Also theory idea, what’s the deal with elemental weapons? Are they sheikah tech too, cause we never meet Hylian wizards, but they don’t seem sheikah in their design, and I don’t think monsters are smart enough to make those 🤷‍♀️

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It could even be used as both colosseum and training ground. Each level could have had wooden stands that were not built in to the structure itself where people could watch elite Hylian soldiers fighting and training against monsters. A garrison of highly skilled monster slayers would have been quite the threat to Ganon.

I never considered it to be a training ground. You have a really sound theory and I’m seconding it:)

Wow. I would have NEVER thought of it like this. Dude keep making BOTW lord videos, they’re so interesting to watch. Ya earned a new sub man!

I like that idea, i also like to think that the reason it's mentioned for being for entertainment is because maybe when a Knight was tested to see if they could climb the ranks people might have gathered to casually see. But thats just a potential idea

Yesss love these vids focusing on mysterious ruins/locations in games

There is actually one more place of high malice concentration. Tabantha Tower. I don't have any explanation as to why, but it has a roughly similar amount of malice as the coliseum, possibly even more. I don't really know what was around that tower, but I do know that there must have been something big.

The way it’s set up reminds me of a Shakespearean era theater especially with the open roof. Which was very common at the time.

Perfect timing. always a pleasure to see a new theory from you!!

amazing video! i love all of the camera angles, it makes the video look really professional! :D

I think the random bits of malice in botw are just gannon using them as ranging shots like mortar crews do, most of the stray malice is on the outer parts of the map where it would be more necessary to use a ranging shot, also they could be misses or just him wasting the leftover energy.

Hey, I figured out why I couldn't use the Master Cycle Zero. Amiibo too. It's because I managed to clip out of the calamity ganon fight. Which leads the game to think you are still in the fight. So, I'm doing master mode. And I used your tips for getting outta the plateau, and it actually worked. So thanks! I'm working on Ruta rn

The fact that you don't have more subs is not only mindblowing but an absolute travesty

That giant gate could also be for them to bring in hinox or taluses for the knights to train against bigger foes

This is such an interesting theory! I'd never clocked about the malice before. I don't buy it as a live in space for soldiers. The ergonomics don't match up for me. But I think it would be a great training base for soldiers posted the the plateau or nearby stables. With a calamity and a century passing it's not out of the realm of possibility that there were even camps in the open lands nearby too.

"The only way to get to it is from the bridge" I almost always climb the back and work my way down toward the lynel.

This is such an interesting theory that makes complete sense. Because of the nature of this structure, pretty much all forms of combat can be trained here. Hand to hand, melee, spears, even advanced archery by having multi level targets. I can even imagine knights having to do endurance training by running in armour from ground to top floor. They possibly had wooden or rope fences that they put along the edges for events with Rito spectators at the top so falling wouldn't matter for them.

I think it's a special training ground of some sorts since the warriors would likely gather at the castle for training etc, so going to train at the coliseum would be perhaps some type of special training or test like a mid-term or finals thing

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Good video, you cover a lot of solid theories man 🙏🏼

Funnily enough, I thought the coliseum looked an awful lot like the mirror chamber in Twilight Princess 🤔

I think it seems more like it could have been where the military could lay traps... You get chased by an army, run into the coliseum, close a portcullis and suddenly they have 4 tiers of archers aiming at them... And as a potential reason for the size of the door, there's some pretty big hostile mobs in BotW e.g. Hinox

You have an awesome video, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching it- that being said, you were incorrect about gladiators dying often. Gladiators were expensive to train, and much like professional wrestlers today, had a lot of name recognition. Gladiators got hurt, but it was rarely crippling or fatal. (Though people did get crippled or killed, they tried to minimize this as much as possible as it was expensive)

Idk if you count it, but with the dlc, the phantom armor quest mentions the ceremonial grounds(the circle place in front of the castle with the memory), the barracks nearish to the central tower, and "a battleground where brave souls tested their skill" and the other two specifically mention the hylian knights, so it's very likely that the coliseum would've been directly tied to them as well. So not too much of an actual theory, but more just kinda a thing

very few actually died in the arena , lindybeige has a great breakdown on this

i always wondered if there was a way to tame the monsters in botw 2 i just want to intimidate revali with a giant linal

Shakespeares theatre actually looks pretty similar in structure, minus the fences and the playhouse. It could still be an entertainment facility.

I actually think it might be the airbiters ground from twighlit princess because the are cage windows and also Ganondorf was excuted there so the memories might make him want to put malice there

i mean even in age of calamity they used the Coliseum as mission ( a series of battles against incredibly fierce monsters. be sure to prepare yourself before undertaking this challenge.)

Enjoyed your discussion! TYVM!

The Tabantha tower is covered in a lot of Malice and so is the place called “Bottomless Swamp” which is southwest of the Wetland stable

I think an even better explanation would be a fortress for the royal family and knights, if the castle fell. It is further away from the danger of the seas where akalla says the danger will comer from. It also has a moat for protection, large heavy gates and a bridge that can fall.

In the age of calamity dlc, we got to see the coliseum. It has statues of soldiers, as well as the same weapon hangings we see in hyrule castle, so your theory is probably still viable for this place.

Dai= die. Like in Samurai. Like in Ninja Gaiden. Great video. Thumbs up. I keep forgetting a Lynel is there.

I think your explanation is more accurate due to the design of the building being significantly different from a traditional gladiatorial coliseum. Serving as a combat specific training ground just makes more sense but we also don’t know the original state of the military training camp. Though that area does look like it was a basic military training area.

My thought when you pointed out the lack of spectator seating: you know, it kind of looks like scaffolding for something really big... If it's really old, perhaps it was meant to be a divine beast factory.

Just mulches on some m&ms watching this video of you talking the whole time without taking a breathe* How on God's earth did you do that-

6:40 - that's actually wrong- there is more malice of the same or higher quantities at the Tabantha Tower and Lomei labyrinths

I really wanted a coliseum vid and you did one thx!

Nineteenth!!! Doesn’t have the same ring to it. Always love the new content mister HG, thanks and keep em coming :)

Forgot the last military forces class. There is Royal Knights, Knights, and Soldier. The Knights were warriors that serve the royal family and their land while the foot soldier was a peasant/serf of the land starting rank for knighthood in said Monarch. So a good possibility is the Coliseum was a foot soldier training citadel or in this case a coliseum, since it is close to a town next to the Great Plateau and next to that is mound called 'Scouts Hill' with small outpost on top. That's what I figure on my travels.

Thank you so much for making this video. I never bought the idea that the Coliseum is for entertainment. I just never thought of what it was used for.

i can see it now either the beginning of a smash reveal or a new BOTW game where link is just fighting in the Colluseum and zelda and impa are watching idk if its just me but i can see something like that happening

If you see all zelda games in the different time lines breath of the wild is technically all of the time lines animation put into one from the realistic aspect of twilight princess to the cartoon style of the wind waker (specially the korok) which leads me to believe that at some point all the time lines got cleaved into one same timeline.

New to the channel. Enjoy your content! There is so much in this game to explore and theorize over. I like how the Lynel was the toughest overworld enemy in Zelda 1 on the NES and the Lynel is still the toughest in BOTW! The perfect opponent for this structure!

Hey there! Haven’t seen the whole vid, so I’m not sure if you mention this, but just so you know, someone at the stable near the coliseum mentions what the coliseum was used for.

1:34 you couldn't edit that out? That just made this funny

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The background music is very vibey

Awesome video as always!

Colosseums are also used for soldier training. There are also plenty of primitive colosseums that don’t have stands slanted.

Thank you for talking about the Colosseum finally everyone has just looked it over I'm glad someone's still thinking outside the box

I'm not so sure about the malice being sent towards strategic locations. The giant skull in the east of hyrule fields, some of the labyrinths and the tabantha tower have large amounts of malice around/inside of it. How are those a threat to calamity ganon?

It makes sense that it would be a training ground for the knights due to how based on Botw's weapons there's the knights(first floor), royal knights(second floor) and royal guard(third floor)

You're probably correct! I think even one of the DLC chest clues hints at something similar.

I imagine that there was a lot of wooden structure within the Colosseum, which burnt to a crisp during the Calamity. I also agree that, for entertainment or execution, the place doesn't make much sense...though there may have been one observation platform for higher-ranked commanders & the like, as well as for the Royal Family or their representatives/Advisors in order to view what I think you're likely correct about in the place being an advanced multi-tier combat training ground.

there's also a ruined house near the entrance where eric hides so try and wiggle that into the theory as well.

My theory is that the colesium was a trial. Champions have trials, royal guard have trials, and knights have trials- even link! But each one has 3, EXEPT royal guards. They only have 1 trial that people consider "Canon" and it is the hylian shield trial, the one where you fight a stalnox. I believe this is one of those trials. It first starts on the top, and then decend and decend as they kill all monster. And lastly the bottom, where they fight the final test- A lynel. The malice attacked it because a new army of better trained knights could rise up again from those ashes.

This is so cool! I love this theory!