A New Calamity
, written and illustrated by Faith April, is an Alternate Universe webcomic of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Within the story, Linke, a gender-bent version of Link, awakes from her century-long sleep and seeks out the Yiga clan to help resurrect Ganondorf. Naturally, Calamity ensues.
This work contains examples of:
- Age Lift: Linke and Zelda are in their early-mid 20's in this adaptation, most likely to make Linke and Ganondorf's relationship not creepy, considering Link is presumed to be a teenager in canon.
- Alternate Universe: this comic mostly strays from the source material, with a gender-bent Link that does a Face–Heel Turn and starts working for the bad guys. The core basics remain the same, with there being 4 divine beasts and enemies you have to fight inside it's the reanimated bodies of the champions, making the fights much more personal and horrifying, and most importantly, the comic is a Triforce swap.
- Art Evolution: Pages, in the beginning, were drawn more dramatically, with thin lines and more detail. In more recent pages, they've become a lot more simplistic. The creator has stated that this is due to fatigue from cancer and not wanting to stress themselves out.
- Battle Couple: Linke and Ganon constantly fought not only against, but with each other when trapped in the other realm.
- Because Destiny Says So: Even though Ganondorf does not hold the triforce of power anymore, he still knows it's his destiny to try and take over Hyrule. Nain even questions him on this.
- Body Horror: What happens to the champions' bodies. Daruk and Mipha's bodies are taken over by malice, while Urbosa and Revali's bodies are in various stages of decomposition.
- Caught Monologuing: Kohga is the unfortunate victim of this as he prepares to spar Linke. When he gears up to start fighting and calling out his various titles, Linke proceeds to tackle him before he can finish
- Deal with the Devil: Ganondorf promises to keep Linke sane while they're both in another realm, and Linke promises to recover his sword back in the real Hyrule and join the Yiga clan
- Face–Heel Turn: After spending all of her time in her coma with Ganondorf, Linke makes a promise to resurrect him in the mortal realm and help him take over the world, therefore betraying the "good" side she was fighting for.
- Fighting Your Friend: This is basically what happens when Zelda has to battle the resurrected corpses of the champions, though it's a bit more personal for Linke, who fights her fiancee, Mipha.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Even though Ganondorf is usually the villain in Zelda games, here, he takes more of a backseat. The true villain is a stronger demon, Va Devlan, who tormented Linke, Zelda, and Ganondorf and is the cause of the Calamity.
- I Can Change My Beloved: Even though they aren't dating, Zelda believes she can change Linke for the better. They eventually come to a mutual understanding after they free Vah Ruta.
- Important Haircut: Before Zelda sets off to free the Divine Beasts, she chops off all her hair to a very short pixie cut, citing that she wants it out of the way.
- Language Barrier: Ganondorf, despite being Gerudo, doesn't speak the modern Gerudo language. He speaks Eheniv, an ancient Gerudo language invented by Nina-Kristine Johnson, which has long since fallen out of use by the comic's time. He and Linke try to communicate, with them eventually learning each other's language.
- Love Triangle: Ghirahim and Ganondorf were in a relationship, but after they were separated, Ganondorf decided to fall in love with Linke. Ghirahim...does not like this decision, considering Linke is the reincarnated Link.
- Outlaw Couple: Linke and Ganon, considering Ganon is seen as Evil and Linke willingly associates with him. Prior to the story's events, Ghirahim was Ganon's lover, and also helped him with taking over the world
- Pig Latin: When Kogah asks Linke if ganon knew about the raid on Gerudo town, he used pig latin to asked "in secret". Unfortunately, Ganon is a pig. Pun city.
- Rescue Arc: Riju and her soldiers set out to rescue Zelda from fighting Ganon.
- Resurrective Immortality: Ganon and Linke in the other realm. They could kill each other over and over, and yet they'd come back to life like nothing happened.
- Skewed Priorities: Linke worries more about Ganonforf lecturing her than killing her when she's captured by the Sheikah
- Spot the Imposter: before a raid on Rito village, the yiga see fake yiga murdering and pillaging the village. They eventually reveal themselves and kill the fake yiga
- Storming the Castle: Riju and her guards venture to the abandoned Hyrule castle to rescue Zelda, and they whoop ass.
- Stronger with Age: Leonus comments that Linke won't master her powers until she's twice her current age, and that Ganon was an "old man" when he mastered his
- Telepathy: for reasons unknown, Zelda can communicate with Riju by using a mind link, even when she's freed from fighting Ganon. Riju, however, cannot speak back
- The Topic of Cancer: Linke, in addition to fighting baddies, also fights cancer in the series. One of the subplots is her friends trying to find cures for it, which... mostly works. The writer has stated that the comic is based on their own experiences with cancer (which they have beaten) and this comic is a source of catharsis.
- Use Your Head: Linke does this a lot in her sparring match with Kogah.
- Villain Decay: The Yiga. They start with pillaging Gerudo town but really haven't made a lot of moves since. They're mostly chilling in the valley, and it's heavily implied that Zelda, at the end, will disband them and give them the help they need.
- We Used to Be Friends: Linke and Zelda were friends before the Calamity, but now find themselves on opposing sides of a major conflict.
- Year Outside, Hour Inside: The Great Deku Tree is surprised when Zelda tells him it's been a hundred years since she saw him.
- Young and in Charge: Riju, just like in canon. 12 years old and chief, she relies heavily on her guards and other, older advisors.
