History Characters / ATaleOfTwoRulers

* ChildByRape: The unfortunate product of an abusive tutor's attention to Zelda.

* ManipulativeBastard: Of the emotional sort with Ganondorf. Though

* CommonaltyConnection: [[spoiler: As they work together on the portal, Vaati bonds with Zelda over their shared passion for magic theory.]]

The Princess of Hyrule, and Zelda's child. A natural troublemaker who enjoys playing pranks and dislikes doing actual high society "princess like" stuff. And as shown early on, is the reincarnation of Link.

* BadassPrincess: Not only is she a princess training to be a warrior, she's the current Link.

* HateAtFirstSight: A somewhat one sided version that later gets subverted. Rinku hates Ganondorf and thinks he's evil the first time she sees him through the window and tries to pick a fight with him at first, but later grows to like him as a dad. Possibly part of the package of the past life trauma as Link though.
* HeroicBastard: She is a bastard child of Zelda, and being Link's reincarnation has her set to become this.
* HeroicMime: An aversion that seems to eventually and sadly be played straight. Impa points out that when Rinku regains her memories as Link, the combined trauma of the memories will make her go mute.
* IHatePastMe: Rinku hates Link and wants to kill him due to the stories Ganondorf has been telling her, despite the fact that she is Link's reincarnation. Played with in that Rinku doesn't yet have her past memories, and so is unaware of the irony.

* PastLifeMemories: Out of the three triforce wielders, Rinku's memories are somewhere between Zelda's and Ganondorf's in terms of quality. Like Ganondorf, Rinku/Link recalls a good portion of the details throughout his lives. Unlike him though, his memories aren't as vivid as Ganondorf's.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Vaati clearly has it set for Zelda, who thankfully doesn't reciprocate.

* AdaptationalExtra: The protagonist of the games; Link has a minor role in this story. Justified [[spoiler:due to the story focusing on Rinku as an incarnation of the Hero instead]].

* PoisonousFriend: His fanatical devotion to Ganondorf prompts him to attempt to murder Zelda against his master's wishes so he wouldn't have to share his power with her.

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* LovingAShadow: Platonically speaking. [[spoiler: It could be that Ghirahim remembers Ganondorf more as Demise and worships that ideal instead of the man Ganondorf is.]]

* SealedEvilInACan: His fate after attempting to go for Zelda's life: being resealed into his sword.

The Characters page for the lovely comic "A Tale of Two Rulers". As this is a fancomic that uses characters found in the main series, these tropes should not be taken as canon for the main series.

* BitheWay: Suggested early on, Ganondorf was attracted to a 'Sheik' clad androgynous appearing Zelda. Many, many, many updates later when presented with a gift of a statue depicting himself and Zelda, he's very confused why the detail is so accurate 'down there'. Turns out, it was sculpted by his former boyfriend.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Similarly to Zelda, Ganondorf's past is also sad. He was the child of a sex worker in a brothel who died before he could even learn her name, and he was forced to work there until he recieved the Triforce of Power. He presumably recalled all of his previous lives, who had their various failures at maintaining power, AdultFear from losing their kids, sisters and lovers, and whatnot. He still even has nightmares of being attacked by Link, Zelda tormenting him by asking if he's a man or a pig, and even of himself telling him of how far he's gone in his power hunger.

* DragonWithAnAgenda: A more straighter example than Ghirahim who at least tries to look out for what he percieves as Ganondorf's best interests. Vaati wants Ganondorf and Link to go at it, after which he'll kill the victor and take Zelda for himself. He's even trying to find a way to kill Ganondorf without aid of the Master Sword, and is succeeding. [[spoiler: Later on he manages to ''find'' the Master Sword...]]

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Girahim.

* CluelessBoss: Although Zelda is the highest authority in Hyrule, she's also one of the least informed of things that happen outside of her castle. To wit, she was unaware of the atrocities her people caused against the Gerudo, and her lack of control over her own castle guards who try to kill Ganondorf (but of course fail spectacularly) is part of her issues.

* LastOfHisKind: Implied, given that Ganondorf doesn't know of any Gerudo, and a good amount of their population was decimated thanks to prejudice against his race for his actions.

* PastLifeMemories: Out of the three triforce wielders, Ganondorf has the most memories that are detailed enough for him to even recall skills from them, like knitting.

* KnewItAllAlong: Played with. When Zelda is training at firing arrows and is dressed like Shiek, Ganondorf challenges her to an arrow shooting contest for a kiss. When it's pointed out that it is Zelda by a passing Rinku, Ganondorf says "I knew it was you all along, Zelda." Could possibly be truth, given he has the most vivid PastLifeMemories and could recall how she disguised as Shiek.

* TheTrickster: Rinku enjoys playing pranks on people, especially in parties, or to mess with people. For example, when she's got Ganondorf listening to her demands that she wants him to be good to Zelda and her, to not mess with her things...and then to give her swimming lessons while tackling Ganondorf off the dock and into the water!

* IHatePastMe: Rinku hates Link and wants to kill him due to the stories Ganondorf has been telling her. Played with in that Rinku doesn't yet realize that the Link from Ganondorf's stories is actually her past lives.

* AdultFear: Has two cases of this, based on her child Rinku.

** [[spoiler: The true reason she has this is because Rinku is Link's reincarnation. Part of the reason she goes through with the wedding is to protect Rinku from being targeted by Ganondorf.]]

* NervesOfSteel: Played with. She's the one who went to face Ganondorf, alone, on the cusp of him attacking again, all to propose the marriage.

** Disloyalty to one's leaders and/or superiors seem to be one for him as well. He [[ReasonWhyYouSuckSpeech calls out the Hylian citizens]] for their mockeries aimed at him and Zelda, before saying that he may not be the king they wanted, but he'll be the king they deserve. The citizens appropriately shut up after that. [[spoiler: Ganondorf also reacts very poorly when Ghirahim poisons Zelda when Ganon has refused to do so.]]

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Implied for Zelda in that she places Zelda's life above both her own and that of innocents.

* DragonWithAnAgenda: A more straighter example than Ghirahim who at least tries to look out for what he percieves as Ganondorf's best interests. Vaati wants Ganondorf and Link to go at it, after which he'll kill the victor and take Zelda for himself. He's even trying to find a way to kill Ganondorf without aid of the Master Sword, and is succeeding.

* TheAlcoholic: Of a sort. She slips Gin into her tea and is noted for drinking heavily. Gets subverted later on when Ganondorf gets her to stop drinking when she becomes pregnant.

* DragonWithAnAgenda: Most obviously to Ganondorf, as Ghirahim believes that Zelda should be killed and it should be the point of the marriage, in spite of Ganondorf's wishes. [[spoilers: He tries to manipulate Ganondorf into poisoning Zelda, then he does so himself for good measure, which infuriates Ganondorf.]]

The Princess of Hyrule and the female protagonist. She kicks off the comic series by [[AltarDiplomacy proposing to marry Ganondorf]] in order to end the cycle of war between them.

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* LayBackAndThinkOfEngland: The entire premise of the Marriage. Zelda accepts that, in marrying Ganondorf, she's going to more than likely have to do several marital things with Ganondorf, up to and including bearing children.
* NayTheist: Of [[GodIsEvil the Goddesses are Evil]] version. Her words best describe her opinion on them.

* ChivalrousPervert: At first in the comic. He comments on how Zelda's kiss seems to be born from starvation for lovers and makes some allusions to sex, but never goes too far without Zelda's consent. This also gets deconstructed as the series goes on, implying it might be a coping mechanism with his past and it's seemingly gone as of present scenes.

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