Kovaloo (Total War)



Kovaloo (Akkalan: Ciovrala, lit. "free one") was one of the first seven Sages of the Goddesses, created at the dawn of Hyrule to defend the Triforce.

Etymology
Kovaloo's real name predates many Hyrulean languages, and is lost to time.

The Akkalans called her Civraloo, derived from Ciovrala, meaning free or ''unrestricted. ''The modern version of her name was Kovaloo.

Physical Appearance
In the Book of Mudora, Kovaloo is described as "formed slithering from her inception, she whirled and wreathed like the winds she was given to command. Once aware she settled and clothed herself in form". It is assumed Kovaloo is likely a being composed entirely of wind and movement and was dressed in clothing. Portrayals of her in later ages usually depict her as a reptilian, snake like humanoid often clothed in orange and brown.

Powers and Abilities
Kovaloo was given the ability to control and manipulate the wind, as well as guide spirits of the dead. She can summon forth cyclones and other powerful natural forces with the wind. Kovaloo displays her power over the winds upon her arrival on Death Mountain, where she and her armies use the sandy storms of the Gerudo Desert to mask their entrance and create confusion on the battlefield. During the fight, Kovaloo is seen manipulating the winds during her attack, using them in conjunction with her scimitars, racing around the fight and slaying any that dare question her power.

Personality
Kovaloo's personality was not described in great detail in the Book of Mudora. It is implied in the Book of Mudora that she was fond of secrets and gossip.

Age of Myth
Kovaloo was the seventh and final Sage to be created by the Golden Goddesses. She was created to guide those that operated the engines of the Goddesses.

Six of the seven First Sages, including Kovaloo, almost immediately forsook their duties and coveted the Triforce for themselves, waging war with each other as well as Sulkaris, the only First Sage who remained loyal to her duty. For this purpose, Kovaloo directed the Kovalians in battle, and even reforged them into mighty constructs. In order to deal with Sulkaris and each other, the traitorous First Sages summoned the Druthulidi to the world, only to find them uncontrollable as the Druthulidi betrayed them. Turning to the aid of Majora, they successfully defeated the previous Druthulidi as well as Sulkaris, who was stripped of her powers by the others and cast down to the surface of Hyrule.

The First Sages proceeded to forge a false version of the events, and Demoko used his Oocca servants to perpetuate it. According to this myth, the Druthulidi were summoned to Hyrule by Majora and later defeated by the First Sages during the Goddesses' purge, and it was Sulkaris who was the traitor that attempted to take the Triforce for herself and was stopped by Solahrasin. When the Trilith later awoke into Hyrule, Kovaloo, the other so-called 'loyal' First Sages, and the three Oracles passed the Triforce unto them and placed it in their care.

Kovaloo taught mortals the concepts of an afterlife, her guiding of their spirits, as well as the nature of the Golden Goddesses themselves. Her work complete, Kovaloo departed to the west into the winds. It is said that she still participates in the guiding of dead spirits into the sunset each day.

There is no record of how or when Kovaloo chose Yaraxonal to be her successor. It is possible that there may have been another forgotten sage in the line between the two. Kovaloo is often worshiped by the Gerudo as a major deity, considering her a Goddess in her own right. In later eras she is often associated with travel, exploration, trade, and eternal life.

Ancient Age
Shortly after their partition from the Akkalans, the newly independent Gerudo come to revere Kovaloo as their Goddess, mastering the art of spirit magic. Her worship is slowly replaced by that of the Golden Goddesses.

Return of Sulkaris
In 127 AG, after the deaths of Malkorbagia and Maphaeus, Kovaloo and her armies arrive at Death Mountain to kill Sulkaris, but collide with the armies of Solahrasin, Evaleen, and Demoko. Spurred by their hatred of one another, the First Sages attack one another as well as the local Gorons rather than ally against Sulkaris.

When Demoko fires the Aura, Kovaloo and her armies are annihilated, except for the Spirit Medallion from which she drew her powers. The Spirit Medallion is subsequently recovered by the Gohma. It is likely, although not confirmed, that Nabooru would no longer be able call upon the powers of the Sage of Spirits after Kovaloo is destroyed on Death Mountain.

Trivia

 * Kovaloo is technically the only First Sage that isn't an original character. She was based on the nameless Goddess of the Sands worshipped by the Gerudo all across the Zelda Series.
 * Kovaloo's name is retroactively derived from Valoo.