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A page for Ganon and his Dark Forces. For the depictions of Ganon and the Yiga Clan in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, see here.

Ganon

Main incarnations

Harbinger Ganon

Harbinger Ganon

Catalyst of the Calamity

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The Terrako of this timeline possessed by a bit of Calamity Ganon's Malice that followed the Terrako of the original timeline into the past. With this new vessel, Ganon seeks to ensure that the Great Calamity happens as foretold.

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• All There in the Manual: In the base game, Harbinger Ganon being the new timeline's Terrako possessed by Malice from the Breath of the Wild timeline's Ganon is only revealed in the description for its loadings screen entry. The "Guardian of Remembrance" DLC adds a cutscene outright showing Calamity Ganon's malice making a beeline to the dormant Terrako of the new timeline and possessing it after arriving in the past.
• Alternate Self: It's a corrupted version of Terrako created when Ganon's Malice from the future infected the deactivated miniature Guardian native to the new timeline.
• Arch-Enemy: While Ganon is an enemy to Hyrule as a whole, Harbinger Ganon acts as a personal enemy to Terrako, seeking to stop Terrako from preventing the Great Calamity from happening. This is played up more in the "Guardian of Remembrance" DLC, where upon possessing the Terrako of this timeline, it attacked Terrako to stop it from reaching Zelda. And later, it mutates into a larger, stronger form just to fight Terrako.
• Bait-and-Switch Boss: During the "Guardian of Remembrance" DLC, Terrako heads to the Coliseum to face a White-Maned Lynel only for Harbinger Ganon to absorb said Lynel to power itself up and fight Terrako.
• Beam-O-War: During the final battle, Harbinger Ganon engages in one with a revived and powered-up Terrako in a last-ditch effort to defeat it, only to lose and need to be rescued by Yiga soliders.
• Big Bad: Aside from being the mastermind and driving force behind Astor, Harbinger Ganon serves as the primary antagonist in "Guardian of Remembrance" DLC, being responsible for thwarting Terrako's initial attempt to warn Zelda about the impeding Calamity as well as serving as the Final Boss of the DLC pack.
• Big Bad Duumvirate: Together with Astor, Harbinger Ganon plots to bring an even greater ruin to Hyrule than in the original timeline. While Astor mainly plots to stop the Champions from assembling through the Yiga Clan and maintaining enemy hold over Korok Forest, Harbinger Ganon travels across Hyrule to stir up monster attacks on countless villages, all to spread and tire out the Hyrulean forces before Calamity Ganon's big return.
  • In another sense, Harbinger Ganon and Calamity Ganon are Alternate Selves working towards the same goal, with Astor as their shared lackey and mouthpiece. The two selves becoming one are what make the Final Boss happen.
• Bond Villain Stupidity: In the "Guardian of Remembrance" DLC, Harbinger Ganon manages to knock Terrako offline and buries it under a pile of rubble during their first battle at the Coliseum. But rather than destroy the little Guardian or possess it, it leaves the deactivated Guardian behind, allowing it to be discovered by two Bokoblins some time later, who inadvertently take it to the Battle of Hyrule Field where it is recovered by Link and Impa.
• Canon Character All Along: It's not simply a corrupt Guardian acting as the Mouth of Sauron for Ganon; it is Ganon himself using the robot as a temporary vessel. After being defeated by Zelda's forces, Harbinger Ganon absorbs Astor into its body to reveal its true form as Calamity Ganon.
• Death Glare: Gives a particularly chilling one to Astor as it's halfway through drowning him in Malice. The prophet is only able to see it for a second before he is completely covered.
• Demonic Possession: It's the version of Terrako native to the new timeline possessed by some of the Malice that followed Terrako from the future, serving as the vessel for the Breath of the Wild Calamity Ganon. As it turns out, it's also the container for Ganon's actual mind as well.
• Devour the Dragon: After Astor fails at Hyrule Castle, Harbinger Ganon opts to consume him in order to use his body to form a humanoid vessel for its true self as Calamity Ganon.
• Early-Bird Cameo: It appears briefly at the end of the cutscene where Link, Zelda, and Impa take Terrako to be examined by Purah and Robbie.
• Evil Counterpart: It is identical to Terrako, but has the red, black, and magenta color scheme of Malice instead of Terrako's white and blue.
• Expy: Just like Terrako is an expy to R2-D2 and BB-8, Harbinger Ganon is the Zelda version of BB-9E, both being miniature black and red robots that end up indirectly killing hundreds.
• Evil Is Not a Toy: It may be a Guardian toy, but it is still contains enough Ganon's Malice that it can and will devour you if you handle it poorly. Astor's doomsday cult was consumed by its corrupt energy, while Astor himself later becomes the Harbinger's primary vessel after failing one too many times in the final battle.
• Eye Beams: It can shoot Malice-infused energy beams from its eye.
• Hijacked by Ganon: Harbinger Ganon was created when the dormant Terrako of the new timeline was infected by some of Ganon's Malice that had traveled back in time. It literally hijacks Astor, merging his body with the corrupt Guardian to form Calamity Ganon, its true form. Additionally, depending on how you view it, it hijacked the Calamity Ganon of this timeline by merging with it.
• It Can Think: A tactical acumen it seemed almost exempt from, Ganon in this vessel is careful and makes use of Astor until the time of its full self's awakening, as opposed to simply rampaging and slaughtering wholesale.
• Laser Blade: In its combat mode it wields a pair of Ancient Swords, has energy claws on its right hand, and an energy axe on its left hand. As Mutated Ganon, it wields an Ancient Sword and a buzzsaw on its head, a rotating set of Ancient Blades on its right hand, and a pincer made from energy on its left.
• Make Wrong What Once Went Right: Born from Malice sent from the future, Harbinger Ganon not only seeks to stop Terrako from changing the future but also give the past Calamity Ganon an extra hand to bolster its chance for total victory.
• The Man Behind the Man: While Astor is the acting force on Ganon's behalf, this is Ganon's will, focused into a vessel to influence Astor's actions behind the scenes.
• Mechanical Abomination: Malice within this Terrako corrupts its internal schematics to the point that when Harbinger Ganon goes into combat, it comes across an Eldritch Abomination wearing Terrako's shell with weaponry too large to fit in the real Terrako. Gets even worse in the "Guardian of Remembrance" DLC when it becomes Mutated Ganon, a large, muscular, scorpion-like creature with Malice Eyes all over its body and Guardian technology.
• Multi-Armed and Dangerous: In its transformed state, it not only has a pair of weapon-projecting Guardian drone limbs, but a pair of huge, clawed tentacle arms as well.
• Mysterious Watcher: It first appears towards the end of Chapter 1, ominously watching from a distance as the main party escorts Terrako to be examined by Purah and Robbie.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain:
  • With the monsters at its command, Harbinger Ganon repeatedly makes several attempts to delay Link from obtaining the Master Sword in Korok Forest. Not only does Link ultimately get the Master Sword, but the delays actually improve Zelda's relationship with Link compared to the flashbacks of Breath of the Wild.
  • While it doesn't screw up as frequently as Astor does, it does screw up just as badly with its one direct action; corrupting a Guardian in Mission 2 and ordering it to kill Zelda. Not only does this fail, but it confirms to the cast that the Guardians can be corrupted to Malice and become loyal to Ganon. After this and seeing Terrako's memories of the future, Purah goes out of her way to solve the issue with her EMP bomb. Ganon jumping the gun with that single Guardian led to the majority of its stock of them being fried and forcing him to keep them back as a Godzilla Threshold for the forces of evil during the Calamity, rather than being the world-razing force they originally were.
• One-Winged Angel:
  • When it enters into its combat mode it grows much larger — around the size of a Guardian Stalker, sports longer legs similar to those of a full-sized Guardian, four arms equipped with energy blades, and its interior is comprised mostly of Malice.
  • In the "Guardian of Remembrance" DLC, it absorbs a White-Maned Lynel and two Black Moblins in order to transform into an even more massive form resembling Calamity Ganon's manifestation in Breath of the Wild, called Mutated Ganon.
  • It absorbs Astor to be revived as a bipedal version of Calamity Ganon.
• Pragmatic Villainy: It knows that Terrako's come from the future to tip the heroes off about the events to come, so it works to preempt them in unforeseen ways. First, it sends monsters to attack the Rito Village, either to try and get rid of Revali or to make him and Link fight to the death. Failing that, it hits that Godzilla Threshold button and triggers the Great Calamity with a sudden start hours ahead of time, before Zelda can even go to the final spring and leaving her, Link and Impa trapped on the castle grounds swarming with corrupted Guardians.
• The Voiceless: It's implied that this Guardian, and by extension Ganon, can communicate and coordinate with his minions. It's just never heard by the player and we only have Astor and Kohga's word for it.
• You Have Failed Me: After Astor gets defeated by the heroes, Harbinger Ganon doesn't listen to the prophet's pathetic order for retribution. Instead, it uses its Malice to envelop Astor and then absorbs him into its body, causing it to transform into Calamity Ganon's ultimate form.
• You Will Be Assimilated: Harbinger Ganon can absorb other beings to empower itself. In the final battle, fed up with Astor's failures, it absorbs him to incarnate into a more humanoid form. During the "Guardian of Remembrance" DLC, it absorbs a White-Maned Lynel to power itself up to battle Terrako and when that fails, absorbs two Black Moblins for another power boost.

Calamity Ganon (Unmarked Spoilers)

Calamity Ganon

Weapon: Malice-infused Guardian Technology

Hatred and Malice Incarnate

Voiced by: Tsuguo Mogami

The reincarnation of an Ancient Evil, reborn as the incarnation of Malice and Hatred.

Ganon has a meter which it can fill by absorbing the Malice produced by his attacks, and when full, his unique action allows him to activate its Calamity form and increase his power.

For Calamity Ganon's original appearance 100 years later, see here.

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• Adaptational Badass: Unlike his Breath of the Wild counterpart, Calamity Ganon is at his prime here. Not only is he the combination of two Ganons plus Astor and several Guardians, but he's also no longer restrained by Zelda's sacred powers, meaning he can go all out on his enemies. Additionally, his ultimate form is a buff humanoid figure that is agile and athletically powerful rather than a clumsy, misshapen spider or oversized, mindless boar.
• All Your Powers Combined: Like in the previous game, Ganon can use the powers, weapons, and attacks of all four Blight Ganons.
• Alternate Self: This version of Calamity Ganon was born from Malice that had followed Terrako back in time to the past, resulting in it existing alongside and independently from its past self.
• Arm Cannon: The playable version is capable of manifesting Windblight Ganon's arm-cannons and firing off energy beams.
• Ball of Light Transformation: In place of a paragliding animation or when passing through a doorway too small for it to fit through, Calamity Ganon will take the form of a glowing blue sphere of ancient energy.
• Bishōnen Line: After spending nearly the entire game as a giant smoke boar and a corrupted Guardian, Ganon finally gains a humanoid form that resembles his Gerudo self, albeit covered with Malice and still somewhat monstrous.
• Breath Weapon: The playable version of Calamity Ganon is capable of spitting orbs and beams of Malice from its jaws as its Special Attack and the finish of its combo in Calamity Mode.
• Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: Though Ganon is usually the Cthulhu in most situations, in this case, it is a literal punch against the power of the Goddess Hylia and the Triforce in the form of Zelda. Not only does this not even reach her, Ganon mangles its arm for trying, and the rest of it goes moments thereafter.
• The Corruption: The Malice it produces corrupts and consumes everything it touches, and later versions of enemies are made of it.
• Defiant to the End: Even after being bisected by the Master Sword, Ganon holds itself together long enough to try and take down Zelda with a gigantic haymaker as she unleashes her power to destroy it. This doesn't work out.
• The Dreaded: Naturally, as the embodiment of the Great Calamity itself, Ganon is feared by all across Hyrule, even among his followers (except Astor). While the Yiga Clan do worship him as a sort of god, part of it is due to the fear of incurring his wrath should they fail to properly respect him. Indeed, the only reason why Astor isn't strangled by Sooga is because the prophet reminds him of the fate would befall on the Yiga Clan if they harm Ganon's chosen.
• Dumbass No More: It's Calamity Ganon, but with Harbinger Ganon's intelligence and rationality.
• Evil Counterpart: As an extension of Harbinger Ganon's status as an evil Terrako, the playable Calamity Ganon's weapons are Malice-infested versions of the Guardian parts Terrako uses.
• Fiery Redhead: Has a red mane in the shape of flames that glows in malice energy.
• Final Boss: It is Ganon's final form, so of course it's the final boss of the whole game.
• Full-Boar Action: No tusks, but it borrows the feet, face, and hulking physique of classic Pig Man Ganon that are well-known. And of course, it can assume its Super Smoke form in a pinch.
• Fusion Dance: With Astor on a physical level to give itself humanoid form, but more importantly with its own past self right thereafter, resulting in a Ganon initially too powerful to be harmed at all, even by the historically-infallible combination of the Master Sword and the bloodline of Hylia tailor-made to counter it.
• Healing Factor: Not in-game, but the description of the Cursed Bone Shard gleans that even individual pieces of Ganon will repair themselves given the chance from his influence.
• Humanoid Abomination: In addition to its boar-like Super Smoke form, for the final battle Harbinger Ganon devours Astor and incarnates as a humanoid version of Calamity Ganon formed from Malice-flesh and corrupted ancient technology — in stark contrast to the incomplete spider-like form in Breath of the Wild.
• Hungry Menace: According to the sidequests that involve upgrading Ganon's health, combos, and abilities, Ganon has bottomless cravings for power and the wording implies this is all the playable Calamity Ganon can think of.
  "Calamity Ganon craves [target's power]. It falls upon you to feed this hunger or leave the appetite unanswered."
• Kamehame Hadoken: It can fire off energy spheres of Malice in a Hadoken-like manner.
• Made of Evil: Described as an incarnation of Malice and Hatred. The parts of his body that aren't made of pure Malice are bits of Guardian technology.
• Meaningful Appearance: In its Super Mode, Ganon's body becomes wreathed in clouding Malice while crimson lightning flashes off its form erratically, looking like some out-of-control hurricane personified — a calamity, if you will.
• Mechanical Abomination: As a result of assimilating this timeline's Terrako, Ganon is part-machine and the weapons he gets are all malice-infused variations of Terrako's gears and springs. He can also use the abilities of his Blight Ganons, including their mechanical aspects like Windblight Ganon's wind cannons and Waterblight Ganon's flail.
• Mighty Glacier: He moves quite slow and his combos often have huge swing animations, but he can hit hard with every blow.
• No-Sell: It is completely immune to damage during the first phase of its boss fight. It takes Terrako pulling off a Heroic Sacrifice for the heroes to stand a chance against him.
• One-Winged Angel: Ganon's ultimate and final form. It may be smaller than Dark Beast Ganon but it's more powerful and deadly.
• Pig Man: Though its final form borrows design cues from Ganondorf, it still has a monstrous face, piggish nose and hooved feet keeping the Ganon elements well in play.
• Power Makes Your Hair Grow: For one of its Weakpoint Attacks, its hair spontaneously grows incredibly long, mirroring Ganondorf's wild mane from the first Hyrule Warriors.
• Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: One of its attacks is a flurry of dark energy-infused punches.
• Razor Wings: Can grow wings on its own, but it doesn't use them for flying. Instead, Ganon uses them to create Razor Wind made of Malice energy.
• Red and Black and Evil All Over: It's made out of pure darkness with red energy emitting from its flaming body.
• Redemption Demotion: The playable version of Calamity Ganon — whose side missions and gallery flavor text imply is being used as a Captured Super-Entity after having been sealed by Zelda — is much smaller than the version fought as the final boss, and doesn't hit as hard or have as much HP.
• Secret Character: Ganon is unlockable by getting the game's true ending and beating a series of side-missions where Astor, Harbinger Ganon, the four Blight Ganons, and Calamity Ganon are fought.
• Shock and Awe: Can summon Thunderblight Ganon's metal pillars to call down lightning. When fighting it as boss, this can be countered with Magnesis, while its playable form uses it as its own Magnesis attack.
• Shout-Out: One variant of his Weakpoint Attack is a nod to Ganondorf's Flame Choke and Warlock Punch attacks from Super Smash Bros., involving him wreathing his fist in Malice energy before delivering a devastating punch.
• Silent Antagonist: Even after getting himself a more humanoid body and showing more sentience than he did in Breath of the Wild, Ganon still doesn't talk.
• Skull for a Head: Ganon still has a skull-like head despite regenerating most of his muscular body.
• The Slow Walk: Ganon does this in one Weakpoint Attack against giant opponents, just before charging up his fist and letting loose.
• Spontaneous Weapon Creation: Being made of Malice, Ganon can change its body to suit its needs, whether it's growing spiked wings to slash enemies with or forming a gigantic Arm Cannon.
• Super Mode: When playable, Calamity Ganon's gameplay revoles around absorbing the pools of Malice produced by his attacks and filling a special Malice meter. Once full, Ganon can access his Calamity form, giving him newer, stronger attacks.
• Super Smoke: For Ganon's Special Attack, it transforms into its smokelike form — albeit with a more humanoid head and visible torso containing Guardian tech — before charging a sphere of Malice energy inside its jaws and firing it at its targeted opponent.
• There Is No Kill Like Overkill: One of its Weakpoint Attacks is a series of powerful attacks that would normally be a finishing move individually, from bashing its victim with a flail to firing its Wave-Motion Gun point-blank.
• Walking Wasteland: The playable Ganon freely projects Malice of its person, a corrosive substance antithetical to life that consumes any surface it lands on. But when Ganon is at its most dangerous is when it takes the Malice back.

Offshoots

Blight Ganons

Shard of Calamity Ganon

General

• Adaptational Badass: They're much more powerful than their original incarnations in Breath of the Wild, as evident by their new appearances, abilities, and moves. Especially Windblight, which went from a very easy foe (thanks to the Bullet Time arrow mechanic) to a more credible threat.
• Color-Coded for Your Convenience: This time around each of the Blights glow with different colored energy so they look more distinct.
• Evil Counterpart: Each of the Blight Ganons was created to oppose and kill one of the Champions, and they boast similar weaponry and powers to their respective targets.
• Laser Blade: All of them — aside from Windblight Ganon — wield blades made from ancient energy.
• Stronger with Age: Inverted; their appearance in this game implies that they were far more powerful during the Calamity, being wreathed with auras of elemental energy and having more powers. Their appearance in Breath of the Wild implies their power simply deteriorated by that time.

Waterblight Ganon

A Shard of Ganon sent to assassinate Mipha, possessing ice powers and wielding an energy spear.

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• Epic Flail: It wields a flail made of ice along with its spear.
• An Ice Person: Complementing Mipha's use of water magic, Waterblight Ganon mainly uses ice magic.
• Javelin Thrower: Unlike Mipha's melee-oriented spears, Waterblight Ganon's spear is made entirely of ancient energy and projected from an Arm Cannon that allows it to fire it as a ranged weapon.
• Multi-Melee Master: In addition to wielding a spear of ancient energy, it can manifest a flail made of ice.
• Water Is Blue: Waterblight Ganon's spear is blue much like ancient energy weapons, but it also emanates swirls of blue elemental energy from its body.

Fireblight Ganon

A Shard of Ganon sent to assassinate Daruk, possessing fire powers and wielding a massive fiery energy sword.

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• BFS: Like Daruk himself, it wields an enormous sword as its primary weapon.
• Combat Tentacles: It can manifest a pair of thick, thorny, tentacle-like appendages from its back.
• Fire Is Red: Unlike in Breath of the Wild where its blade starts out as blue, here Fireblight's sword is a fiery reddish-orange from the outset. The same color energy also surrounds its body.
• Flaming Hair: The Ganondorf-like mane of hair on its head fittingly glows like fire. It even has an attack where it swings its flaming locks at the player.
• Playing with Fire: It possesses flame-based abilities, being capable of launching fireballs and wreathing its energy-blade in intense heat.

Thunderblight Ganon

A Shard of Ganon sent to assassinate Urbosa, possessing lightning powers and wielding an electrified energy sword and shield.

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• Doppelgänger Spin: Once its health drops to half, Thunderblight Ganon summons two decoys to throw off the player. These decoys aren't as strong as the real one, though; they do less damage and take more damage.
• Flash Step: It's capable of rapidly darting around the arena, with Urbosa grousing about its sheer speed while battling it.
• Knightly Sword and Shield: In mockery of Urbosa, it wields a sword and shield.
• Pintsized Powerhouse: The roughly human-sized Thunderblight Ganon is positively puny next to the other Blights, but just as lethal.
• Shock and Awe: Like Urbosa, it wields electricity as a weapon — and has four orbs of lightning floating behind it.
• Yellow Lightning, Blue Lightning: Or green lightning, rather. Thunderblight Ganon's sword and shield glow bright green and is wreathed in green energy.

Windblight Ganon

A Shard of Ganon sent to assassinate Revali, possessing twin energy cannons.

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• Arm Cannon: Both of Windblight Ganon's arms are multi-barrelled energy cannons. This time around it sports tubes made from Malice connecting the cannons to the back of its head.
• Blow You Away: Windblight Ganon, like Revali, possesses wind-based magic and is capable of creating Malice-infused tornados.
• Color-Coded Elements: Since green is already being used by Thunderblight Ganon, Windblight Ganon instead features the lesser-used purple to represent its wind elemental energy.
• Villain: Exit, Stage Left: It flees rather than dying when it is first defeated, before returning to attack Vah Medoh in the following segment.

The Prophet of Doom

Astor

Astor

Prophet of Doom

Voiced by: Jon Lipow

A mysterious seer assisting the Yiga Clan to bring forth the Calamity.

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• Ambiguous Situation: While he's certainly a fortune teller, it's unknown if he's the fortune teller mentioned in Breath of the Wild.
• All for Nothing: His goal is to be remembered for causing the Great Calamity yet he isn’t even mentioned (save for one possible reference where he isn’t named) in Breath of the Wild showing that he was completely forgotten to history.
• Apocalypse Cult: "Guardian of Remembrance" revealed that he was once part of a cult that worships Ganon as a god of death that will bring doom to Hyrule. The cult ended up being killed by the very being they worshipped, consumed by its Malice leaking out. Only Astor survived, fueling his messianic delusions seen in the the main game.
• Artifact of Doom: His orb, overflowing with dark Malice Energy, is the source of most of his attacks. He uses it like a Crystal Ball. It gets easily cast aside when Astor is assimilated into Calamity Ganon, who later carelessly crushes it with his foot.
• Astrologer: He is a fortune teller who carries a piece of ancient technology that appears to look like a celestial globe and when he uses his magic, constellations appear as a motif with his magic.
• Ax-Crazy: Sociopathic, delusional, and very much cruel. Seen clearly when he harvests the souls of Yiga footsoldiers to strengthen the Blight Ganons.
  Astor: Finally, the two of you can actually be of use — for once in your lives!
• Bad Boss: He doesn't give the Yiga Clan much respect, seeing them as dimwitted pawns (and even then, he thinks he's being generous). He's actually delighted to use the Yiga Clan members as blood sacrifices to fuel the Blight Ganons, exclaiming that they finally have some use for once. His mistreatment of the Yiga Clan ultimately causes them to turn against him and join the heroes.
• Bad Powers, Bad People: As if he couldn't be more transparently evil, several of his magical attacks involve weaponizing Malice.
• Ball of Light Transformation: One of Astor's attacks has him transform into a ball of Malice energy and ram into you.
• Be Careful What You Wish For: He claims to be chosen by Calamity Ganon and that it is his destiny to bring the world to its knees. Oh he is chosen, alright. Chosen to be the humanoid host for Calamity Ganon's physical body.
• Big Bad Duumvirate: He is one of the main antagonists of the game alongside Harbinger Ganon/Calamity Ganon, being one the main forces in bringing about the Great Calamity.
• Big Bad Wannabe: He sees himself as Calamity Ganon's chosen^note Though not entirely without cause, as a DLC cutscene shows and acts as if he, not Ganon, is determining the fate of the world. Ganon puts him in place by absorbing him into his body to fuel his metamorphosis into his final form.
• Black Cloak: He's shown to be clad in a hooded black robe with a diamond pattern on the front resembling Ghirahim's magic, and a tattered purple cape emblazoned with the Gerudo emblem.
• Card-Carrying Villain: He wants to go down in history as the man who brought forth the Calamity upon the world. Clearly, he loves being as infamous as Ganon himself.
• Casting a Shadow: He can use the power of Malice in battle.
• Cold Ham: For most of the early game, he is this. After he sacrifices Yiga footsoldiers, he becomes much louder and fanatical in his speech.
• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: He's a clear contrast with Cia from Hyrule Warriors. While Cia was the Guardian of Time, Astor is a mortal who was chosen at random to serve Ganon. While Cia was a beautiful woman with revealing clothes, Astor is a zombie-like man with a robe and hood. While Cia was ultimately a lonely figure who fell in love with Link, Astor is a Misanthrope Supreme who doesn't care if the world burns for the sake of his personal legend.
• Cool Crown: He's shown wearing a circlet with the emblem of a Malice Eye in the middle of his forehead.
• Cruel and Unusual Death: After being defeated at Hyrule Castle, Astor receives one of the most disturbing deaths in the Zelda franchise. He is consumed by Ganon's Malice, starting with his arm, and is unable to say anything, save for noises that at first sound like the malice is burning him like acid, then it appears to start choking him from the inside. The process is slow and painful until the Malice completely envelops the prophet, which is then immediately absorbed into Harbinger Ganon to create Calamity Ganon's final form.
• Dark Messiah: He is a mage fanatically devoted to Calamity Ganon, whose revival he seeks to bring about.
• Dub Name Change: Not his name (he's アストル asutoru in Japanese), but his Boss Subtitles. He is simply known as "厄災ガノンの信奉者" ("Calamity Ganon's Devotee") in Japanese, but in the English dub, he is given the much more impressive "Prophet of Doom".
• Enemy Summoner: In addition to fighting with blasts of Malice-infused magic, he can summon Hollows — copies of the Champions and Link manifested from Malice — and even multiple copies of the Blight Ganons.
• Entitled Bastard: Thanks to being the lone member of his Apocalypse Cult to survive direct contact with Ganon, Astor has become convinced that he is personally chosen to see the Calamity lay waste to Hyrule. When he is defeated, Astor rants that "this humiliation cannot be [his] destiny". He is so entitled that he considers Calamity Ganon an extension of himself... a fact Calamity Ganon takes clear umbrage at, as Astor learns when he tries to command it and gets engulfed in Malice for his troubles.
• Evil Is Not a Toy: He wants to use Calamity Ganon to bring the world to its knees, which Sooga chides him for as Ganon "is not for mortals to control". Sooga ends up being proven right when Calamity Ganon, fed up with Astor's constant failures, devours the seer and use his body as the basis for its resurrection.
• Evil Laugh: He's prone to do this in every scene he's in. Sometimes, it's a cold, sinister chuckle; other times, it's hysterical, haughty laughter reminiscent of The Joker.
• Evil Sounds Deep: He has an extremely low speaking voice, but he gets higher and higher in pitch when he starts cackling.
• Fame Through Infamy: Hailing from a small village in Hyrule, Astor sees Calamity Ganon as an opportunity to be famous. And not simply famous by predicting Ganon's inevitable return but by being the one who brought it in the first place. And he will not allow that future infamy be averted. Since he isn’t even mentioned in Breath of the Wild, its safe to say he failed completely.
• Fatal Flaw: Pride. Astor's borderline delusional belief in his own superiority and his stubborn belief that fate cannot be changed causes him to make several careless errors in judgment that ultimately make things worse for Calamity Ganon. His arrogance gets so bad that when defeated by the heroes, he has the gall to order Ganon to attack the heroes. Ganon reminds him of his place by absorbing him to gain a more humanoid form. Also, him treating the Yiga Clan as disposable pawns comes back to bite him when the Yiga Clan ultimately turn on him and join the heroes.
• The Fatalist: He strongly believes that fate cannot be changed.
  Astor: The future as it will and must be. I will not allow anyone to alter its course!
• Faux Affably Evil: He's quite polite and calm, even when faced with setbacks. But it doesn't take long to see his malevolent, contemptuous persona underneath that thin veil of politeness.
• Flat Character: Beyond his obsession with Ganon and thirst for power, there's not much to know about Astor. His backstory is unclear, his connection to his former cult goes unexplained, and he seems to be doing everything For the Evulz.
• For the Evulz: Unlike the Yiga Clan, who only allied with Calamity Ganon for the promise of revenge against Hyrule Kingdom, Astor serves Ganon because he enjoys making the world suffer and lording over people.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: Although allied with the Yiga Clan, it's clear that only Kohga tolerates him on the grounds that the prophet would give them the revenge they desire over the Royal Family of Hyrule through Ganon. Sooga in particular is just itching to kill Astor for his smug attitude and contempt towards the Yiga Clan, only to relent out of fear of what Calamity Ganon would do if he does so.
• From Nobody to Nightmare: According to his bio, Astor was a fortune teller from a small village in Hyrule and was entranced by the power of Calamity Ganon. Given his delusion of grandeur and obsession to bring forth the Calamity, it is clear that Astor wants to be remembered as the man who brought ruin and destruction to the world.
• A God Am I: Believes he can control Calamity Ganon, a malevolent force of destruction, and thus claims Ganon's actions as his own despite being told that no mortal could control the Demon King. This proves to be a fatal mistake when he tries to command Ganon after being defeated by the heroes.
• Hate Sink: He's self-absorbed, cruel, overbearing, doesn't care about sacrificing his allies for an advantage, dares to think he can command the likes of Calamity Ganon, and just isn't half as powerful or knowledgable as someone in his position should be.
• The Heavy: Ganon may be the Big Bad, but it is Astor who is actively moving the pieces to ensure that the Calamity happens exactly as foretold, coordinating with the Yiga Clan to do so.
• Hijacked by Ganon: Played With. Astor makes no illusion that he's working for Ganon, but he sees Ganon as an extension of himself, lending him the power to crush his enemies and then rule the world. In a sense, he tries to hijack Ganon. Ganon sets the rules straight by literally hijacking Astor's body once the prophet is beaten by the heroes.
• Hijacking Cthulhu: While working with the Yiga Clan to make sure his own prophecy comes true, he hopes to use the power of Ganon for his own benefit. It backfires as Ganon ends up hijacking him for failing once too many.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: He ends up being consumed by Calamity Ganon after spending the whole game claiming he could control the Calamity for his own agenda.
• Humans Are the Real Monsters: Astor happens to be a Hylian and is hellbent in ensuring the apocalypse occurs.
• Hypocrite: One of his battle quotes involves mocking his opponent for their arrogance. A somewhat dubious statement coming from Astor of all people.
• In the Hood: He always has his hood up, giving him a sinister look.
• Irony:
  • Despite being a seer, he is too blind to see the logical result of trying to control Calamity Ganon. And that's what his ultimate fate ends up being.
  • He also wanted Fame Through Infamy, to be remembered as the one who brought forth the Calamity onto Hyrule. Aside from a vague mention of a fortune teller in some royal diaries, he isn't mentioned at all in the original game, showing that even if he succeeded in Breath of the Wild, he was long forgotten by just about everyone.
• Jerkass: Rivals Yuga in just how much of an asshole he is. He mistreats and belittles the Yiga Clan in almost all of his scenes and acts like a Smug Snake towards Link and Zelda whenever he encounters them.
• Kick the Dog: While the Yiga Clan are certainly evil, most of them are Just Following Orders and are genuinely loyal to Calamity Ganon. This makes the moment where Astor harvests over a dozen of their souls look exceptionally cruel and unnecessary, which is accentuated by him mocking and laughing at Kohga and Sooga as they react in horror.
• Kneel Before Zod: He intends to use the Calamity to bring the world to its knees.
• Knight of Cerebus: Kohga, Sooga, and the rest of the Yiga Clan are generally goofy characters, while the Mook monsters tend to be various levels of "monstrous but cute". Astor, in contrast, is a dour-looking, dead serious character whose wicked actions always darken the mood of a scene.
• Lack of Empathy: He has no empathy for anyone, best shown in a flashback when his fellow cultists died from Ganon's Malice, some of whom begged Astor to help them. Astor paid no attention to them as he looked in awe of Ganon's power.
• Laser-Guided Karma: The DLC shows he condemned his fellow cultists to a Cruel and Unusual Death as sacrifices to Ganon, adding an extra layer of irony when the same thing happens to him in the main story.
• Long-Range Fighter: Astor primarily fights from a distance using various Malice-infused magic, ranging from energy blasts to mines to geysers and explosions of Malice.
• Looks Like Cesare: It's difficult to see underneath his hood, but Astor has long, messy black hair to go with his sunken-in eyes and gaunt, almost skeletal face. He's an evil example of the trope, with his appearance only serving to emphasize what a Ganon-worshipping madman he is.
• Magitek: He's shown wielding a Malice-infused orb with gears that he uses to look into the future and summon Hollows to destroy his foes.
• Meaningful Name:
  • Astor is a corruption of "Aster", an archaic word for star,^note Which survives mostly as a component of "Disaster", literally "[under a] wicked star" fitting for an astrologer who can see the future.
  • His name is also a shortening of "Alastor", a type of demon that tricks or punishes the arrogant. Alastor was also the namesake of famous occultist Aleister Crowley, who described himself as a prophet chosen to lead humanity into a new age.
  • Astor's name also rhymes with "Pastor", which fits his epithet as Prophet of Doom.
• Mouth of Sauron: He acts as Ganon's mouthpiece, giving orders to the Yiga Clan and the monsters on his behalf. Occasionally, Astor would see Ganon's actions to be his own.
• Mysterious Past: Aside from being known as a seer, little to no information is revealed regarding Astor's background or how he became Ganon's harbinger. He may have been the mysterious fortune teller that King Rhoam and Zelda mentioned in their diaries in Breath of the Wild, but neither character notes the connection when confronting him. The text of his entry in the character gallery states that he was a fortune teller who lived in a small village in Hyrule and was entranced by Calamity Ganon's power. The "Guardian of Remembrance" DLC shows he wasn't alone, with a small cult worshipping the Calamity.
• Mysterious Watcher: How he's introduced, working with the Yiga Clan from the shadows.
• Narcissist: Astor has a massive ego and seems to have legitimately convinced himself that he's Ganon's chosen prophet, destined to rule the world due to how great he is. In reality, he's a glorified mouthpiece for Ganon whose arrogance leads to repeated failures.
• Never My Fault: He blames the Yiga Clan for repeatedly failing to kill Zelda and defeat Link. While the Yiga aren't exactly the most competent foes, he ignores the fact that part of the reason they fail is due to his own poor strategies and faulty prophecies.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Nearly every time he decides to act personally with his attempts to bring about the Calamity, he just makes things worse for the bad guys. Ganon eventually gets fed up with Astor's constant screw-ups and decides to take manners into its own hands by absorbing Astor to gain a more humanoid form.
  • His first attempt to assassinate Zelda results in Link pulling the Master Sword from its pedestal. And since Link ended up pulling it in defense of Zelda and not Because Destiny Says So, it blunts the blow to her damaged self-worth and keeps her from developing any resentment towards Link as happened in the original timeline.
  • He triggers the Calamity earlier than expected while the party is still at Hyrule Castle because Terrako and Harbinger Ganon's fights over the timeline had created a I Know You Know I Know situation. This lets Zelda bear witness to Rhoam's apparent death, which causes her Heroic BSoD but this time she's surrounded by friends who help her snap out of it and sets up for her to unlock her divine powers without Link dying, and Terrako's response to Zelda's agony is summoning the future Champions to save their predecessors.
  • Using the Yiga Footsoldiers as blood sacrifices to revive the defeated Blight Ganons, right in front of Master Kohga and Sooga, ends up being the final straw for the Yiga Clan, who didn't have a good relationship with Astor due to the later always berating them for their incompetence. Thus, Kohga and the surviving Yiga forces join up with Zelda's army to get revenge, depriving Calamity Ganon of a key ally that he would have enjoyed in the original timeline.
  • Finally, his decision to use the Blight Ganons to try to assassinate Zelda again at the battle for Fort Hateno causes her to awaken to her Sacred Power, this time without Link suffering fatal wounds and needing to be put in the Shrine of Resurrection, which means that Link at his full power and Zelda with her power realized can start the earnest counterattack that ultimately leads to Ganon's defeat. This is especially notable with how the rest of the mission still plays out as a losing battle until Purah's failsafe fries the Guardian army, if Astor hadn't interfered and left Link to run himelf to exhaustion against the Guardians there's a non zero chance Link still would have died to them before Zelda awoke her powers, making Astor's attempt completely counterintuitive.
• No-Nonsense Nemesis: In Chapter 2, he ambushes Link and Zelda when they attempt to obtain the Master Sword from Korok Woods. Had Link not pulled the Master Sword out in time, he would've killed Zelda.
• Obviously Evil: Just look at him. The number of indicators that this is not a nice man that can be gleaned from his appearance alone must be counted on two hands at least.
• Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: Although it's only touched upon in the game proper, Astor is actually a Hylian, and by siding with Ganon, the Hylians' sworn enemy, he has effectively betrayed his own people. More blatantly, he betrays the Yiga Clan by sacrificing dozens of their souls to Ganon to increase both of their powers. At the end of the game, Ganon returns the favor by consuming not just Astor's soul, but his entire body.
• Seers: He is called a seer by Sooga in his introductory cutscene, and uses his Malice-corrupted orb and the data stored in Harbinger Ganon to prophesize Ganon's victory in the Great Calamity.
• Smug Snake: He thinks highly of himself, believing the prophecy to be inevitable and that he can control Calamity Ganon. He loses composure when the heroes are able to subvert the prophecy and is horrified when Ganon turns on him.
• The Sociopath: He's a cold-hearted manipulator who relishes the thought of bringing forth the calamity upon the world, sees his allies as dimwitted but useful pawns, and has a grandiose sense of self-importance despite being a pawn himself for Ganon's return.
• Sole Survivor: "Guardian of Remembrance" reveals that Astor was the only survivor of a larger Ganon cult, as the rest were killed by Ganon's Malice. Being spared by Ganon likely fueled his belief that he is Ganon's chosen to bring doom upon Hyrule.
• Squishy Wizard: Astor himself is physically frail, but makes up for it with powerful magic.
• Star Power: There is a faint astrology theme to Astor's magic, as small constellations of Malice often float around him or any magic he conjures.
• The Starscream: For all his posturing about being an agent of Ganon, he also seems to believe that he'll be the one directing Calamity Ganon. Harbinger Ganon / Ganon's original mind humors him only long enough until he is able to use Astor's body to rejuvenate.
• Stupid Evil: Astor has a real knack for sabotaging his own evil plans. Him antagonizing Zelda beyond what's necessary is what leads to her awakening her divine powers ahead of schedule, his callous betrayal of the Yiga Clan causes them to defect and rob Calamity Ganon of some much-needed manpower, and his foolish attempt to boss Calamity Ganon around on top of his other screwups is the straw that breaks the camel's back and causes Ganon to possess and kill him instead.
• Surrounded by Idiots: He thinks he's in this situation when working with the Yiga Clan, seeing them as incompetent buffoons who fail even his lowest expectations. Of course, he never takes responsibility for his own incompetence.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: One for many previous "evil wizard" roles in the active antagonism, but specifically:
  • Like Agahnim, he fights exclusively with energy balls much the same way, moves by hovering around, appears as a cultish individual bent on Ganon's revival complete with a similar moment of sacrificial ritual and, while he's not Ganon's alter ego like Agahnim was, Ganon absorbs him to take form.
  • His purple and black color scheme decorated with gold trim, skill with dark magic due to an arcane artifact, deathly pale skin and sullen eyes, and association with demonic eyeballs is somewhat reminiscent of Vaati in his human form. They even have hairstyles that partially go over their eyes, although Astor's is more braided and greasy. Their personalities are likewise cold and uncaring towards life.
  • Like Chancellor Cole, he's a fanatic follower of the Demon King with a grandiose sense of self-importance, has no problem betraying his close allies which causes them to perform a Heel–Face Turn, and makes the fatal error of ordering the Demon King to do something which causes said-Demon King to instead devour him and use his body as the basis for their final form.
  • He is also similar to Ghirahim in having a pale, androgynous appearance, working as the harbinger of his master's arrival, and being consumed and effectively killed to help bring Ganon to full power, although unlike Ghirahim, it is entirely unwilling on Astor's part.
  • As a mentally unstable sorcerer that fanatically serves Ganon and wields powerful dark magic, he can be slightly compared to Zant. Like Astor, Zant was very calm and collected for much of his game until his Villainous Breakdown, where he shows just how insane he really is.
• Teleport Spam: Can teleport about by transforming into a ball of Malice energy.
• Too Dumb to Live: He tries to boss around Harbinger Ganon, even though he’s failed Ganon repeatedly by that point. It ends about as well as you would expect for him.
• Uncleanliness Is Next to Ungodliness: He is far from the most clean-looking person to live, with pallid skin and baggy eyes, untrimmed and greasy black hair, and matted and torn robes.
• The Unfettered: He'll use whatever means necessary to see the Calamity come to fruition and doesn't give a damn about the consequences of his actions.
• Villainous Breakdown: As the heroes foil his plans and his prophecy doesn't go as he predicted, Astor's calm demeanor progressively shatters and he becomes increasingly desperate, using the souls of fallen Yiga soldiers to fuel the Blight Ganons. By the time the final battle rolls around, Astor has more or less become a raving lunatic.
  "How..? The great Calamity Ganon... selected me! This.. humiliation cannot be my destiny! IT CANNOT BE!!! Hear me, Calamity Ganon! It's time for you to devour these...!"
• Villainous Cheekbones: He has exaggerated cheekbones, giving him an emaciated appearance when combined with his sunken eyes and gaunt physique.
• You Can't Fight Fate: He seeks to enforce this trope by ensuring the prophecy of Calamity Ganon's revival goes as foretold.
• You Have Failed Me: After failing to stop the heroes at Hyrule Castle, right when they're on the verge of ending the Calamity, Astor gets consumed by Ganon's Malice and his body is repurposed as the base vessel for Calamity Ganon's final form.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Astor begins harvesting the souls of Yiga Clan members to rejuvenate the fallen Blight Ganons, gleefully stating that they were finally useful for once. He gets a taste of his own medicine when Ganon consumes him to rejuvenate his physical body.
• Your Size May Vary: In cutscenes Astor is around the size of your average Hylian, in the rare cases he's a boss however, he's suddenly twice as big as Link, almost as big as Daruk, which is exaggerated even more by his Power Floats.
• Your Soul Is Mine!: Fed up with the Yiga Clan's failures, Astor rips out their souls and feeds them to Harbinger Ganon.

Hollows

Shadowy doppelgangers of the Champions created by Astor from Malice. They appear to impede the heroes' progress during the course of the story.

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• Evil Knockoff: They're dark copies of the Champions that exist as little more than obstacles for the heroes.
• Holy Burns Evil: Getting hit by the Master Sword causes them to flinch and take damage to their weakpoint gauges even when they wouldn't normally be vulnerable.
• Mythology Gag: The Hollows are this game's take on the "Dark" versions of playable characters fought in the original Hyrule Warriors, and by extension of the recurring foe Dark Link himself.
• Red and Black and Evil All Over: Natural with them being walking masses of Malice.

Yiga Clan

In General

• Adaptational Badass: As expected of a Warriors game. While the Yiga Clan were pretty dangerous in the original game, they usually resorted to asymmetric guerilla warfare and ambushes, and there was a small amount of them. Here, they're a full-blown army, with thousands of minions prowling around.
• Adaptational Heroism: In Breath of the Wild proper, they were devoted servants of Ganon who would try to assassinate Link at every chance and were firmly against every force for good in Hyrule, in this game after Astor betrays them on Ganon's behalf, they turn on the two and join the forces of Hyrule, permanently switching sides according to some post-story quests involving Kohga (at the very least, he and the Yiga on his orders help to repair Terrako).
• Butt-Monkey: Unlike Astor and Ganon's monsters, these guys are a lot more comical.
• Enemy Mine: Their allegiance to Ganon is based around their hatred towards Hyrule Kingdom for betraying them 10,000 years ago. When Ganon betrays them through Astor, they immediately switch sides to get revenge on their former god.
• Fighting Your Friend: Or Friends in this instance. During The Yiga Clan's Retreat Scenario, the Yiga Clan has to fight their former Bokoblin, Moblin, Chuchu, Wizzrobe, Lizalfos, Lynel, and Octorok allies in order to escape the Blight Ganons so Kohga can live to fight another day.
• Heel–Face Turn: After Astor turns on them, they take sides with the Hylians.
• Highly-Visible Ninja: More so than in the source material. Yes, they can still make disguises and disappear in puffs of smoke, but they are also willing to try assassinating Zelda in broad daylight, surrounded by guards and Champions.
• Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: The Yiga Clan was born out of the mistreatment of the Sheikah from an ancient Hyrule King, and they became one of the most dangerous factions aligned to Ganon. Ironically, the Yiga Clan later defect to the Hyrulean forces after Astor mistreated them one too many times.
• Technicolor Ninjas: All of them wear very distinguishable red clothing and white masks, but that doesn't really hinder their abilities.
• Undying Loyalty: They all go where Master Kohga goes, and they seem to genuinely respect him as a leader despite his clumsiness or laziness.

Master Kohga

Master Kohga

Weapon: Yiga Sickle

Top Banana of the Yiga Clan

"The stupendous chief of the Yiga Clan! MASTER KOHGA!!! Is gonna kill you all... TO DEATH!!!"

Voiced by: Atsuyoshi Miyazaki (Japanese), Erik Braa (English) ^{Foreign VAs} Alan Bravo (Latin American Spanish)

The egotistical leader of the Yiga Clan.

As Master Kohga performs strong attacks, his Stress Meter increases. If his unique action is triggered when it's full, he'll perform a powerful attack called the Big Glowy Blast. Miss this opportunity, however, and he'll throw a tantrum.

For his original appearance 100 years later, see here.

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• Acrofatic: Despite being rather on the pudgy side, he's both agile and powerful — befitting the leader of a clan of evil ninja.
• Adaptational Badass: While Kohga is a dangerous foe, in the first game his boss fight was mostly treated as a joke. In here, Kohga showcases a few more techniques such as firing lasers from his eye, paralyzing opponents, and creating duplicates of himself.
• Adaptational Heroism: The Kohga in the original timeline was a loyal Ganon stooge through and through. This version of Kohga joins Zelda's side after seeing Astor harvest Yiga members' souls.
• Affably Evil: Despite being on the side of Ganon, Kohga is easy-going with his fellow Yiga Clan members, especially with Sooga. And despite calling them all his lackeys and leaving most of the fight to them, he really does care for them considering he refuses to abandon Sooga when the two are attacked by Astor, and later surrenders himself to Zelda just to avenge his fallen brethren.
• Ain't Too Proud to Beg: After he turns on Astor, he disguises himself as a soldier, "ambushes" Zelda and company...and immediately drops on the ground in a begging position.
• All for Nothing: In both BoTW and this game, a common goal of his is to steal the Thunder Helm from the Gerudo. When he gets it and puts it on in the DLC, it doesn't work at all.
• Ascended Extra: He was just a boss in the previous game, but here, he’s both a major recurring villain and a playable character.
• Assist Character: When playable, some of his combo strings have him call on his Yiga Clan members to assist him.
• Belly Flop Crushing: For one of his weakpoint smashes he will have his Yiga clansmen launch him in the air and flop into enemies gut first.
• Benevolent Boss: He may be lazy, and may prefer having other fight for him, but his clan is his priority, first and foremost, to the point where when Astor says he'll sacrifice the Yiga Clan for Calamity Ganon, even if it pits all of them against a timeless Eldritch Abomination, he defects to the Hyrulean Forces for a chance the clan will survive.
• Beware the Silly Ones: Kohga's a loutish oaf of a man who prefers to nap more than anything else, but he is still the powerful head of a clan of ninjas, and when push comes to shove, he will gladly show you how he earned his title.
• Big Damn Heroes: In the Siege of Hateno extra mission he and Sooga step in as last-minute reinforcements to save the day when Calamity Ganon summons an army of Guardian Scouts after he takes the field, allowing the player party to confront Ganon without having to worry about the fort falling.
• Big Ball of Violence: One of his attacks has his clone punch him, which starts a fight between him and his clone that sucks nearby enemies into the violence cloud.
• Brilliant, but Lazy: He would much rather sleep and eat bananas than do anything that involves applying himself, but when push comes to shove he shows that he's a cunning strategist and knows exactly where to send Sooga and his army to cause extreme headaches for the heroes. It's also telling that he's just as skilled as Impa with Sheikah techniques despite not trying while she's going all out. If he properly applied himself with Sheikah techniques instead of relying on his underlings and throwing tantrums, his threat level would be significantly higher than it actually is.
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Kohga is an incredibly silly man, but he is also a powerful ninja.
• Cool Mask: You can tell he is the leader of the Yiga clan because his version of the mask has the most horns on it.
• Confusion Fu: Mixes up martial arts with classic slapstick when fighting.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Kohga isn't the brightest bulb, but when push comes to shove, he can dispatch enemies with ease.
• Deadly Forcefield: Part of his main combo is to create an energy barrier and ram enemies with it.
• Department of Redundancy Department: When facing him in the Yiga Clan Hideout, he proudly exclaims who he is and that he's going to kill everyone... to death.
• Dirty Coward: Subverted. He is a villain and a coward, but threaten his men, and you'll find he's more than capable of showing a spine. Astor discovers this the hard way.
• The Dog Bites Back: Despite being among Ganon's most fanatical followers, Kohga and his Yiga Clan are treated with no respect from Astor, who belittles them for failing to live up to his low expectations. But when Astor tries to kill the Yiga Clan to fuel Ganon's power, Kohga and the survivors defect to Hyrule's army and they prove themselves to be a valuable ally. Bonus point if you use Kohga for the final battle and have him fight Astor and later Calamity Ganon.
• Doppelgänger Attack: In his first boss battle, Kohga will create a duplicate of himself when at half health. When playable his use of this winds up with him fighting himself and entangling enemies in a Big Ball of Violence.
• Enemy Mine: When his own Yiga Clan members start becoming sacrifices, for the sake of his people, he aligns with the heroes to stop Ganon.
• Extra-ore-dinary: He can summon giant spiked metal balls with his ninja techniques.
• Even Evil Has Standards: He had no problem working with Astor to try to assassinate Zelda, but he immediately turns against him as soon as he harvests Yiga Clan members' souls.
• Eye Beams: When playable, after filling his special meter, Kohga can fire a beam of dark energy called the Big Glowy Blast from his mask's eye.
• Expy: In terms of gameplay, he has more than a few similarities to Zant from the first Hyrule Warriors. Comical but effective moves, special attacks fill up a power gauge which can be emptied to devastating effect, but overfilling the gauge leaves Zant/Kohga defenseless for several moments. The main difference is that Zant can tap into his power gauge whenever he wants, but Kohga can only do it when the gauge is full.
• Fat Bastard: He's got a poochy tummy that makes up most of his mass, and he's the cowardly leader of an evil ninja clan. Subverted when it turns out he cares about his clan and does a Heel–Face Turn after Astor betrays them.
• A Father to His Men:
  • He genuinely cares for his fellow Yiga members, especially Sooga, and is shocked and outraged when Astor uses their souls to power the Blight Ganons.
  • The only way to unlock Sooga in the "Guardian of Remembrance” is to have Kohga keep his Yiga Blademasters alive, including the one that volunteered to stay behind fight a Hollow behind a locked gate. Kohga can go back and demand the Blademaster to open the gate to personally deal with the Hollow himself. Keeping all the Blademasters alive will spark Sooga to take up arms and become a playable fighter against the Blight Ganons.
• Fighting Clown: His fighting style is equal parts ridiculous and effective, and he throws tantrums if his frustration meter is filled up too much.
• The Fighting Narcissist: He has an extremely inflated opinion of his appearance.
  Master Kohga: It is I, Master Kohga — leader of the Yiga Clan, renowned for my good looks and big muscles!
• Ground Punch: One of his attacks in his boss fights has him punch the ground, setting off a ring of explosions around him. When playable, this is his Special Attack, which he will then follow up with a slash from his Demon Carver.
• Hand Seals: Unlike Impa's long strings, he will mostly only do a single hand seal for his ninjutsu.
• Heel–Face Turn: Once Astor starts using his army's souls as fuel for the Blight Ganons, Kohga defects from his side and joins Zelda's army to stop him. The flavor text for many of his — and with the DLC, Sooga's — upgrades have Zelda and Impa go out of their way to mend the centuries of animosity and mistrust between the Yiga Clan, the Sheikah Clan, and Hyrule's royal family.
• Katanas Are Just Better: The flavor text of his Eightfold Blade describes it as one of the sharpest conventional weapons ever made.
• Kite Riding: He glides on a wooden framed blue one.
• Laughably Evil: He is menacing but quite idiotic and clumsy.
• Legacy Character: According to the Creating a Champion artbook, "Master Kohga" is a title passed from one leader of the Yiga Clan to the next. Given how Sheikah can live for well over a century, it is unclear whether the Kohga from Breath of the Wild is the same as the one from Age of Calamity or a descendant thereof. The two shown appear nigh-identical, but the three centenarian Sheikah shown in Breath of the Wild are well past fighting age and look quite different. A cutscene in the "Guardian of Remembrance" DLC all-but confirms he is the same Kohga as in Breath of the Wild when Urbosa mockingly tells him it would take him a century to learn how to use the Thunder Helm, and Kohga retorts that he'll take that bet.
• Levitating Lotus Position: His sprint animation has him move in this manner.
• Manly Tears: Even he is touched by seeing Zelda reunite with her father, to the point of openly weeping.
• Master of Disguise: He can change his shape with his ninpo and appears in disguise to the party twice.
• Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: Kohga and the Yiga Clan join forces with the good guys after witnessing Astor sacrificing their members to Calamity Ganon. Kohga makes it clear this is all about revenge as the Yiga Clan despises being used and discarded above all else (since it's a reminder of how the ancient King of Hyrule treated them 10,000 years ago).
• Motivation on a Stick: One of his moves involves being carried around by two Yiga Clan members and using a banana hanging from a stick to guide them into enemies.
• Never My Fault: If he is beaten, he'll state it's somebody else's fault.
• Ninja: He is a master ninja and chief of the Yiga Clan.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Kohga is loud, theatrical, bumbling, and egotistical. When he reveals himself to Zelda by jumping out of striking distance beforehand, then sticks a landing to kneel before her in submission, all without saying a single word, it shows just how badly the circumstances have gotten for him.
• Orcus on His Throne: He leaves the dirty work to his underlings while he spends most of his time napping and eating bananas.
• Overheating: Kohga's gameplay gimmick is a stress gauge that fills up as he uses his special attacks. When the bar fills all the way, he can unlease his Big Glowy Blast, but failure to trigger the blast leaves him open and vulnerable for several seconds. Alternatively, he can eat a banana at any time to lower the gauge somewhat.
• The Paralyzer: One of his attacks has him paralyze your character, after which he will then eat a banana to regain some health.
• Pet the Dog:
  • Despite continuing to be a moderate nuisance to the Hylians in the postgame (mostly just stealing the entire kingdom's store of bananas) and not returning to open warfare, Kohga orders the Yiga to assist in the search for Terrako's parts to help repair it.
  • When two Yiga Clan soldiers were going to kill a young Sooga for crawling into their camp, Kohga stops them and saves Sooga from dying of starvation by offering him a banana.
• Pose of Supplication: After Sooga sacrifices himself so that he can escape Astor, Kohga approaches Zelda, Link, and Impa before wordlessly throwing himself into a dogeza pose — indicating his complete surrender and Heel–Face Turn.
• Power Floats: Kohga is the master of all of the Yiga Clan's esoteric arts, including the power of levitation which he often does.
• Pre-Mortem One-Liner: When using the Special Attack.
  Master Kohga: I'm serving up... a whole lot of hurt!
• Rage Breaking Point: Weaponized as part of his moveset. Kohga's special attacks — such as summoning a doppelganger to punch himself in the face — build up a frustration meter that, when full, can be channeled into a Big Glowy Blast. Miss the chance to trigger it, however, and he'll collapse into a childish tantrum.
• Really 700 Years Old: It's implied by "Guardian of Remberance" that this is the same Master Kohga featured in Breath of the Wild, as he swears to get the Thunder Helm and harness its power even if it takes him a hundred years to do.
• Redemption Equals Life: By switching sides and fighting alongside the Hylian forces against Calamity Ganon, the door for the Yiga Clan to make peace with the Hylians is opened and Kohga will likely be spared from the Undignified Death that he suffered in the original timeline.
• Reverse Grip: He wields his weapons in this manner, fittingly for a ninja.
• Rings of Death: His highest rank weapon is the Demon Carver that higher-ranked Yiga footsoldiers wield.
• Sinister Scythe: One of his weapons is the Yiga clans Vicious Sickle.
• Spared by the Adaptation: The original Kohga died by falling into a bottomless pit and getting crushed by his own metal ball trying to kill Link. This Kohga switches to Link's side and presumably never suffers such a fate. Subverted, since The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom reveals that the original survived.
• Sphere Factor: One of his attacks has him run on top of one of his conjured boulders, which progressively becomes more spikey and metallic as the combo continues- before it rolls over him and then explodes for good measure.
• Spike Balls of Doom: Uses these as shown in his illustration and certain combos of his moveset.
• Sword and Sorcerer: As a duo he functions this way with Sooga, his moveset only making sparing use of his sword and relying heavily on his ninja magic while Sooga focuses more on his swordfighting skills.
• Too Important to Walk: One of his attacks has him being carried by Blademasters to charge at enemies, using mighty bananas on a stick to make them go faster.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Mighty Bananas, which keep his frustration meter from building up too much. He even does a happy dance as he eats them.
• Universally Beloved Leader: Despite being a lazy and cowardly leader, Kohga has the full backing of his Yiga Clan. In his training mission, Kohga receives adorations and praises from the Footsoldiers and the Blademasters alike even as he beats them up. And because of his popularity, the entire Yiga Clan follow Kohga's decision to join forces with Zelda despite their hatred for the royal family.
• Vague Age: Unlike characters like Impa or Robbie, Kohga has no visible difference in appearance or personality from the version of him seen 100 years in the future. His appearance in the flashback to Sooga's flashback in the Guardian of Remembrance DLC is identical to how he looks in the present as well, further complicating matters.
• Villainous Valour: When Astor begins sacrificing the Yiga Clan to Ganon, Kohga — despite being a narcissistic coward — refuses to run away and let Sooga sacrifice himself, calling him his best lackey. Taken even further in the DLC where he saves all of his remaining Yiga soldiers and Blademasters from certain doom, and Sooga has to outright demand Kohga leave to survive and continue leading the Yiga. Kohga initially refuses, and when he does run, he goes straight to Zelda to join her against The Calamity.

Sooga

Sooga

Weapon: Dual Yiga Swords

Right Hand of the Inverted Eye

Voiced by: Gerald C. Rivers (English) ^{Foreign VAs} Alfredo Gabriel Basurto (Latin American Spanish)

The second-in-command of the Yiga Clan during the time of the Calamity, a character completely original to Age of Calamity. He resembles a Yiga Blademaster, but with two swords, a scarred mask, and a wide collar instead of a hood. Sooga was made Promoted to Playable in the Guardian of Remembrance DLC, but unlike all the other unlockable characters, is a Secret Character hidden by a unique unlock condition instead of clearing specific missions.

Sooga's unique action is a Counter-Attack that he can use at any time to throw an enemy off guard, deal large damage to them, instantly expose their weakpoint gauge, buffs Sooga's damage in general and buffs the damage of future counters up to 3 times, but resets if he's hit or doesn't counter anything. This counter can even be used in the middle of combos without interrupting their flow, so he can continue where he left off in his attack chain after succeeding.

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• Ace Custom: His twin swords are described as being a cut above the usual Yiga weaponry, and only Sooga himself is able to handle them to their full potential.
• Affably Evil: A hardened warrior and assassin for Master Kohga and Ganon, he's nevertheless polite towards his adversaries, respecting their skills and even bowing out with grace when they defeat him. He doesn't even insult his Yiga footsoldiers when they screw up, and will defend Kohga at any cost including his life.
• Ambiguous Situation: In the base game, he's presumed deceased by the end of the story, but the credits of the true ending show him alive and well. The Guardian of Remembrance DLC takes it a step further, however; the ending of The Yiga Clan's Retreat shows him beginning a Last Stand against the Blight Ganons to save Kohga's life, with the camera cutting away right before we see any of it. This is very purposeful ambiguity; depending on whether you fulfilled the conditions to unlock Sooga as a playable character, the following result can be interpreted as either his death or his victory.
• Baritone of Strength: Unlike Kohga, who has a high pitched voice highlighting his status as comic relief, Sooga has a deep, booming voice not unlike the regular Blademasters and he's the most badass Yiga fighter of their ranks.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: The Guardian of Remembrance DLC gives a bit more reason for his Undying Loyalty; as a child Sooga was starving to death and homeless, and crawled half-dead into a Yiga camp. Two footsoldiers challenged him with their weapons, but Kohga woke up from a nap just in time and approached the boy, resulting in the footsoldiers withdrawing, and offered Sooga a banana out of genuine kindness to save his life, stating only that Sooga owed him one. That alone solidified Sooga's lifelong loyalty, and saw him become Kohga's enforcer and the most dangerous member of the Yiga clan.
• Berserk Button: Disrespecting Master Kohga. Should he use a follow-up on his Cryonis move, he carves the block of ice into a statue of Master Kohga and bows to it briefly but if an enemy breaks it, he'll get monumentally hacked off and chop them to ribbons as punishment.
• Blade Below the Shoulder: His vambraces are equipped with Batman-esque backwards-curved spikes intended as sword-breakers.
• Bolivian Army Ending: Sooga's final moments in the main story happen offscreen. The next time we see Kohga, Sooga is absent and Kohga has defected to the Hylian forces. This is further explored in the second DLC where Sooga forces Kohga to leave him (much to Kohga's reluctance) and ends up surrounded by all four Blight Ganons. The fact that each champion barely stood a chance against one Blight while alone gives little hope to his survival, and his ending quote is somewhat final in his tones. That said, the actual death of Sooga is not displayed, gaining him as a playable character involves keeping all the Yiga Blademasters alive, and the end credits display Terrako running into the Yiga, Kohga, and Sooga, implying the possibility that Sooga survived.
• BFS: Sooga wields a pair of nodachi, and is tall and strong enough to hold them in one hand, letting him dual-wield them.
• Combat Pragmatist: One of his battle lines is "Fight fair or not at all." Sooga's tactics heavily involve splitting his enemies up with diversions, making it easy for him or his forces to sneak in and kill their now vulnerable target.
• The Comically Serious: Sooga delivers all of his lines with complete seriousness, even words like "thingamajig."
• Cool Mask: His version of the Yiga Clan mask has a pair of hornlike protrusions, and a noticeable scratch down the front.
• Counter-Attack: His playable form's primary mechanic, where using his Unique Action has him briefly conjure a barrier, and if he's struck when it's active, he'll automatically retalliate with a flurry of slashes that staggers enemies. The retaliatory strikes become more powerful as he performs more successful counters without getting hurt, stacking up to three times, but it resets if he messes up the timing. Essentially, it's a mix between a shield parry (staggering enemies to beat out their attack and make them vulnerable) and a Flurry Rush (cancelling out of a combo to avoid an attack and delivering a series of automatic attacks in return).
• The Creon: He's braver, stronger, and more competent than Master Kohga yet he never abandons his leader to his fate, whether it be the heroes cornering Kohga in Chapter 2 or Astor using the Hollows to harvest Kohga's soul. It's no wonder Kohga calls him his "best lackey" and refuses to abandon him as well.
• Delayed Causality:
  • Failing to dodge some of Sooga's attacks will result in your character freezing before the nigh instant sword attack he unleashes takes effect.
  • Several of his combo finishers also have this effect, where he performs a single dramatic slash with seemingly no effect, only for a barrage of slashes to appear moments later.
  • While most characters' Stasis attacks function this way by default, Sooga's deserves special mention for playing out like a traditional Diagonal Cut, slicing the enemy numerous times before clicking his swords back in their sheathes to unfreeze them.
• Difficult, but Awesome: Getting the most out of Sooga requires you to master his special counterattack ability, which can be canceled into from any of his regular attacks and allows you to continue your combo if it hits. What he lacks in versatility, he makes up for with a relentless yet disciplined playstyle, focused on being up close and personal with the enemy while keeping an eye out for their attacks, anticipating their moves and punishing them the moment they strike without breaking the flow of his combo, giving him opportunities that few other warriors have.
• The Dragon: He is Master Kohga's right hand man and personal bodyguard.
• Dragon-in-Chief: Leads the Yiga Clan in Kohga's stead while Kohga is busy napping.
• Dual Wielding: He resembles a Blademaster, except he has two swords.
• Foil: To Master Kohga. While Kohga is a cowardly, egoistical and out-of-shape ninja who prefers to let his minions do the dirty work, Sooga is a brave, no-nonsense and muscular warrior ninja who personally handles Yiga missions on the battlefields.
• Even Evil Has Standards: He is unflinchingly loyal to Kohga, and by extension, Calamity Ganon at first. Nonetheless, he calls Astor a fool for trying to control the Calamity himself. A good number of levels later, Astor and the player see just how right Sooga was.
• Evil Sounds Deep: He's the only major villain who maintains a deep voice, whereas Master Kohga and Astor will often veer into a high-pitched, cackling voice in their Large Ham moments.
• Expy: He's far more loyal, but the design on his head and his fighting style is Lü Bu all the way.
• Flechette Storm: He throws some kunai at Zelda in this manner in a cutscene but Link and Terrako both jump in to deflect. One of his special attacks as a playable character has him throw a flurry of explosive kunai.
• Gameplay and Story Integration: How Sooga becomes playable. If you complete "The Yiga Clan's Retreat" without losing a single Blademaster, he becomes playable. Given that every Blademaster survived the mission, it's implied that they come back to help their leader's best lackey fight off the Blights.
• Genius Bruiser: He is incredibly strong and almost twice as tall as Urbosa, but he is no fool. He is smart enought to know that Evil Is Not a Toy, something that Astor refuses to notice.
  Sooga: You are blind, "seer". Calamity Ganon is not for mortals to control!
• "Get Back Here!" Boss: In Akkala Tower mission of Chapter 4, Sooga fights you in one of the Akkala Citadel rooms and then teleports deeper in the fortress once you get enough of his health down. During these transitions, he actually recovers a good deal of health just to maintain his hold over the citadel a bit longer.
• The Heavy: For the Yiga Clan when Master Kohga is not on the battlefield (which is nearly all the time).
• Heroic Sacrifice: "Guardian of Remembrance" reveals that Kohga and Sooga manage to escape Astor, only to be hunted down by the revived Blight Ganons. Sooga, who is mortally wounded, uses the last of his energy to create an energy barrier to temporarily block the Blight Ganons, giving Kohga enough time to escape. Unable to join his master thanks to his wounds, Sooga defiantly readies his blades as the Blights close in on him, rhetorically asking if he has finally repaid his debt to Kohga.
• Hypercompetent Sidekick: He's far more assertive, takes greater initiative, and on the whole serves as a much more effective acting leader than Kohga ever did, yet defers to his will readily all the same.
• I Got Bigger: Guardian of Remembrance implies that he was a scrawny starved kid when he found Kohga's camp. Flashforward to today, and now he totally earned the right to be called the muscle of Kohga's clan.
• I Owe You My Life: The Guardian of Remembrance DLC reveals that this is the reason Sooga is so loyal to Kohga. As a child, Sooga approached a Yiga Clan camp out of desperation because he was starving. When it seemed like two footsoldiers were about to kill him, Kohga intervened and offered him a banana instead.
• I Will Only Slow You Down: During "Guardian of Remembrance", Sooga insists that Master Kohga leaves him behind while Master Kohga makes his escape from Astor's forces, as Sooga is too heavily wounded at that point to escape under his own strength. Once the Blight Ganons catch up, however, Sooga makes his last stand, giving Master Kohga no choice.
• Iaijutsu Practitioner: Several of Sooga's attacks when playable involve him slashing with one or both of his katana, then sheathing them afterwards.
• "Just Frame" Bonus: His unique skill lets him counterattack while chipping away at the enemy's Weak Point Gauge, with the skill getting stronger the more times it's used in a row without getting hit. Time it wrong, however, and he's open to attack, with the counter stock being reset.
• Killed Offscreen: The main game implies he is killed offscreen by Astor, as he's nowhere to be seen when Kohga defects to the Kingdom of Hyrule's side. Even Kohga states Sooga is watching him from the clouds when used as a fighter in the final battle. The DLC shows his last stand was against all four Blight Ganons, holding them off to buy Kohga time to escape despite being badly injured. But if you kept the Blademasters alive, he becomes playable, indicating his survival, likely because they would come back to help Sooga.
• King Mook: Effectively, he's a named, uniquely-designed Blademaster with two swords instead of one to designate him as a top Yiga Clan member, second only to Master Kohga.
• Know When to Fold 'Em: He doesn't waste time to fight a losing battle. When he sees that his forces are outmatched, he orders a retreat so that they may live to fight another day.
• Last Stand: In "Guardian of Remembrance", he knows that he's going to either die from either his wounds or the Blight Ganons. But after assuring Kohga's escape, Sooga draws out his swords one last time to go out fighting on his own terms.
• Morality Pet: To Master Kohga. Although Kohga is a Ganon-worshipping coward who lets his men do the dirty work, his friendship with Sooga is truly genuine, especially when "Guardian of Remembrance" reveals he saved a young, starving Sooga and offers him a banana to eat. After Sooga sacrifices himself to help Kohga live, Kohga's demeanor changes permanently, as the Yiga leader joins Zelda's forces to avenge his best lackey and friend.
• Nerves of Steel: Sooga's composure rarely cracks, even when things are dire. It's what makes very dangerous - he makes tactical retreats when it's clear he's outmatched, only to reappear to strike when his target's not paying attention, while never displaying anything more than cold stoicism. And while he does express occasional bafflement, he's otherwise unflappable.
• Ninja: Much like the rest of the Yiga Clan, he is a member of a faction of Sheikah who defected to worship Calamity Ganon. While far bulkier and muscular than the average Yiga member, he's still plenty capable of stealth tactics.
• Noble Demon: He's a ruthless Yiga, but he personifies Undying Loyalty and is a calm voice of reason. Solidified when he sacrifices himself to save Kohga.
• No-Nonsense Nemesis: Unlike Kohga and Astor, Sooga doesn't gloat before making his attack. The closest he ever gets is when he announces to Zelda her impeding assassination, but even there it's more of a quick statement before he launches a full-scale Yiga assault to separate Zelda from the rest of the Champions, so that he can personally kill her himself.
• Not So Above It All: After being inducted into the Yiga Clan, he apparently picked up their obsession with Master Kohga and bananas if his Cryonis move^note  He can turn a Cryonis pillar into a statue of Master Kohga and carve up whoever destroys it like a holiday ham after delivering a Big "NO!". and one of his idle animations respectively are any indicators.
• Offscreen Moment of Awesome: If you accomplish the hidden mission of "The Yiga Clan's Retreat" which is to keep all Blademasters alive until the end, Sooga becomes playable, indicating that he survived his last stand. Possibly doubles as one for those Blademasters, as the implication is that they came back to help Sooga against the Blights, hence his survival.
• Only Sane Man: He's the only villain with a clear mind and zero quirkiness, with Master Kohga being a clumsy, egoistical coward and Astor being an unhinged sociopath with delusions of grandeur. He alone points out that Calamity Ganon is a force of nature beyond any mortal's control and to believe otherwise is foolish.
• Promoted to Playable: With the "Guardian of Remembrance" DLC. However, one must still unlock him in order to play as him. To do so, one must complete "The Yiga Clan's Retreat" mission, without having any Yiga Blademasters die.
• Reverse Grip: He wields his swords this way in a cutscene but in battle he typically does so in a standard grip.
• Shout-Out: His design, namely the twin tails on the head, the massive swords, and the red colour scheme with black accents all make him appear to be this game's Lu Bu. In one cutscene, Link tries going after him before being rebuffed with a slash, a visual pun of "do not pursue Lu Bu!".
• The Stoic: He stands out from the rest of the Yiga by being very composed and lacking in the more comical and bombastic traits his clan are known for. It's especially apparent when comparing him to Kohga, who's a comical, bumbling oaf.
• Surrounded by Idiots: Downplayed, since he never insults his forces. But when the heroes successfully reactivate the Guardian inside the Akkala Citadel, Sooga is baffled when many Yiga Footsoldiers cowardly flee out of the gates, giving the heroes an entrance into the impenetrable fortress.
• Sword and Sorcerer: As a duo he functions this way with Kohga, his moveset only making sparing use of his magic and relying heavily on his sword while Kohga focuses more on his ninja magic.
• Sword Beam: He can fire arcs of Razor Wind from his swords. His Enhanced Ability allows him to fire these from his regular attacks when he has his Unseeing gauge filled up.
• Tactical Withdrawal: He's no coward but he will order a retreat if it benefits the Yiga Clan more. The best demonstration of this is when Astor tries to kill Master Kohga for his soul. Sooga is able to hold off Astor's minions but tells Kohga to make his escape and not worry about him. In his boss fights, he will occasionally withdraw from battle when his health is low enough, but don't let that fool you because he often comes back with a good chunk of health recovered.
• Tornado Move: Can create a damaging tornado with a swing of his blades much like other warriors, but then one-ups them by then dividing that tornado down the middle with another sword slice, which causes more collateral damage as the two halves of that tornado fly outward.
• Top-Heavy Guy: His body from the waist up is way bigger than his legs, which are shorter by comparison.
• Training from Hell: His training consists of training up in the Gerudo Highlands where he actually ensures that it's colder using the right items, and he likes to jog around the Gerudo Desert where he adapts to dealing with Lizalfos as part of the routine. He also spars with droves of Yiga Clan members.
• Uncertain Doom: The last we see of him in the main game is holding off Astor's Hollows before Kohga makes his escape to join Zelda's forces. Later, Kohga makes a comment about him watching from above the clouds if Kohga is picked for the final boss fight. But in the secret ending after repairing Terrako, Sooga is shown alongside Kohga when Terrako stumbles upon the Yiga Clan. Whether this is non-canon to the storyline (Sooga still isn't playable alongside Astor, the only other combatant believed to be dead) or if Kohga was just being overdramatic and assuming Sooga was dead (something that is entirely in-character for him) because he didn't immediately come back to his side is unclear. The Second DLC didn't help this any by recontextualizing Sooga's Last Stand as being against all four Blight Ganons, but ends in a Bolivian Army Ending, so it's still not any clearer, especially since the same DLC saw him Promoted to Playable... behind a secret, non-story related unlock condition. It's likely he is still alive, as after you unlock him several missions open up that still seem to take place after Kohga joins the good guys. Ultimately, it seems like Sooga ultimately survived, but was injured to the point that he had to sit out of the final battle.
• Undying Loyalty: He is loyal to Master Kohga to the end despite the latter's cowardice and ineptitude, even exclaiming that he'll give up his life to protect Kohga from Astor's attacks. The feeling is mutual from Kohga.
• You Shall Not Pass!: As Astor's Hollows are about to kill Master Kohga, Sooga steps in-between and draws his blades. He tells Kohga to make his escape while he holds off the Malice copies as long as possible. The second DLC wave reveals that Sooga — despite being so badly injured he could barely stand — died fighting all four Blight Ganons at the same time in order to buy Kohga time to escape...unless he and Kohga didn't lose any Blademasters, in which case he becomes playable, indicating he survived this.

Yiga Footsoldiers

These Yiga clan members may be the lowliest of the low in the hierarchy, but they are still trained assassins that are not to be trifled with.

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• The Mole: As masters of disguise, they can hide amongst the populace and infiltrate into Hyrule's institutions as Robbie and Purah find out too late.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: The Yiga Footsoldiers occupying the entrance of the Akkala Citadel panic when the Guardian inside is activated and instead of moving deeper into the citadel, they opt to open the gates outside and flee, giving the heroes the entrance they need to root Sooga out. Even Sooga realizes what a stupid move that was.
• Sinister Scythe: They wield Vicious Sickles, handheld sickles forged as tools of assassination.
• They Look Like Everyone Else: While they can disguise themselves into any race or gender (as Master Kohga demonstrates with his Urbosa disguise), their most effective disguise is simply taking off their uniforms and pretending to be Sheikah loyalists. Robbie admits he didn't do a proper vetting of his Sheikah staff, allowing several Yiga Clan members to infiltrate the Royal Ancient Lab with ease.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Many of these footsoldiers are killed by Astor, who uses their life-force to recharge the Blight Ganons after their defeat from the Champions. Astor thinks it's the only thing they're good for, and it horrifies the rest of the Yiga Clan.

Yiga Blademasters

The Yiga's elite warriors, skilled with both their Windcleaver blades and Yiga magic. They can be seen leading the lesser footsoldiers in battle.

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• BFS: They wield Eightfold Longblades and Windcleavers — nodachi forged using ancient Sheikah techniques.
• Dishing Out Dirt: One of the Blademaster talents is to create a pillar of rock to spear a target after a delay while the attack chases their victim. This can be countered with the Stasis rune.
• Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Implied in "The Yiga Clan's Retreat". Unlocking Sooga requires that you don't let a single Blademaster die in battle, suggesting that they were responsible for saving Sooga's life after his You Shall Not Pass! moment.
• Sword Beam: They can launch arcs of Razor Wind at enemies from their nodachi.
• Teleportation: One of their main attacks is to teleport right behind their opponents and immediately attack them from behind.
• Undying Loyalty: Like Sooga, they will fight to the bitter end for Kohga. At least one of them goes and sacrifices himself holding back monsters so Kohga can escape. You can save him, which he is incredibly grateful for, showing the respect goes both ways (that and it's necessary to get Sooga).

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