History Fanfic / InSottoVoce

* WhamEpisode:

** Chapter 12 reveals [[spoiler:that Zelda and Impa's mothers had a SecretRelationship]] and [[spoiler:Zelda and Impa were a [[BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage Bureaucratically Arranged Friendship]].]]
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Upon becoming queen, Zelda grows cold and reserved. This is in result to both [[spoiler:her father's death]] and [[spoiler:her assumptions that her closest peers betrayed her]].

* BiTheWay: Ruto is bisexual, though she falls for men more frequently.

* BloodierAndGorier: BloodlessCarnage is averted.

** Impa hates when Ruto calls her "Imp".

* SlashFic: It's an Impa/Zelda story.

* OneNightStandPregnancy: Impa was conceivedfrom a rebound fling Tikala had after she had her heart broken [[spoiler: by the previous Zelda]].

* HonoraryAunt: Letaln is treated as Impa's uncle. He's Tikala's {{Childhood Friend|s}}

* AdaptationalModesty: Unlike in the games, Ruto wears gowns around Hylians. Hylians are more shy about nudity than zora.

** Used and discussed. Impa's relationship to Zelda differs in each lifetime depending on what that Zelda needs, be it a friend, mother, mentor, lover, etc. In this lifetime, the two fell in love.

* AlternateUniverse: The fanfic is a heavily revised interpretation of ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors''. It uses the ''HW'' characters as a basis but features a different story.

* AdaptationalModesty: Ruto wears gowns around Hylians, instead of being nude as normal.

* TheWomanBeneathTheQueenlyMask: Upon becoming queen, Zelda grows cold and reserved. This is in result to both [[spoiler:her father's death]] and [[spoiler:her assumptions that her closest peers betrayed her]].

** Chapter 12 reveals [[spoiler:that Zelda and Impa's mothers had a SecretRelationship]] and [[spoiler:Zelda and Impa were a [[BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage Bureaucratically Arranged Friendship]].]]

* GenerationXerox: Both invokved and used. Zelda and Tikala [[spoiler:arranged for their daughters to be friends in a political alliance]]. Zelda and Impa also [[spoiler:fell in love in a way that is ''very'' reminiscent of their mother's]].

* PrematurelyGrey: Impa and her mother Tikala have silver hair that turned white early on.

* EmbarrassingNickname: Ruto likes calling Zelda "Zelly", but Zelda isn't fond of the nickname.

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 9. Volga attacks Hyrule with his army, [[spoiler:King Daphnes]] is killed, and [[spoiler:Zelda suddenly begins doubting that her feelings for Impa are real]].

* BiTheWay: Ruto is bisexual, though she falls for men more frequently.

* PowerIncontinence: Zelda is the most powerful Zelda on record. As a child she once [[spoiler:tore a man's soul during a procedure intendes to find out her ElementalPowers.]]

* ReincarnationRomance: Used and discussed. Impa's relationship to Zelda differs in each lifetime depending on what that Zelda needs, be it a friend, mother, mentor, lover, etc. In this lifetime, the two fell in love.

* PowerIncontinence: Zelda is the most powerful Zelda on record. As a child she once [[spoiler:tore a man's soul during a procedure intendes to find out her {{Elemental Power}}s.]]

* BloodierAnsGorier: BloodlessCarnage is averted.

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: As a descendant of [[DivineHeritage Hylia herself]], Zelda has special powers. She has prophetic dreams (though in her case they're usually night terrors).

** Ruto has a huge crush on Link. He's not interested.

* RebelliousPrincess: Princess Rutella, or "Ruto" as she prefers, is a free-spirited young woman. She acts as a {{foil}} to the more mild-mannered Zelda. Ruto was put under the care of the King of Hyrule specifically because her father hoped that some of Zelda would rub onto her.

* SlashFic: It's an Impa/Zelda story.

After Princess Zelda sneaks off to the training brackets with her friend Princess Ruto, the two take note of a young trainee with impeccable skills. Zelda finds herself enamored with the woman, who she later learns is named Impa, though she does not understand her own feelings or why she's always thinking about her. At this same time, it's revealed to Zelda that her long-time guard Kishla is getting older and is developing arthritisLuckily, Ruto knows just who to recommend as a replacement.

* {{Bookworm}}: Zelda loves to read (and it's apparently a family trait). The royal library has more than enough books for her to last a lifetime, so she's never left without new material.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:The previous Zelda, the current Zelda's mother,]] killed herself because she couldn't be with her lover, [[spoiler:Impa's mother]]. It was covered up and presumed to be due to illness.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10771590/1/In-Sotto-Voce In Sotto Voce]]'' is a ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' fanfic by The Wolfess. It is inspired by ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' but does not limit itself to what is done in canon.

* AlternateUniverse: The fanfic is a heavily revised interpretation of ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors''.

''In Sotto Voce'' is a ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' fanfic by The Wolfess. It is inspired by ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' but does not limit itself to what is done in canon.