Zant (Total War)

Zant is the son of the Twili King Mizorant and heir to the Twili throne by blood.

History


The Realm of Twilight
Being the only son of King Mizorant, Zant is raised to be his father's successor.

Shortly after his father's ascension to the throne, Zant encounters the lowborn girl Midna and stops his voracious pet, the Shadow Bloat Olg from eating her. He then invites her to the Palace of Twilight and gives her a room. Midna tells him that she, being a commoner, doesn't belong in the palace and isn't a suitable woman for the Prince, but he assures that none of that will matter when he becomes King, going so far as to offer to adopt her into the royal family.

Zant then overhears his father discussing with the butler, who both disapprove of his new relationship with Midna.

Zant's behaviour with Midna becomes increasingly immature and insane, to the point that she becomes fed up with him and his 'games'. When King Mizorant discovers Zant bullying Midna, he scolds him for being an incompetent heir and behaving like a little child. Mizorant then introduces one of his secret Parella associates to Zant and reveals his plan: with the Parella's help, he's going to get rid of the three Great Fairies: Veran, Morsheen and Una, who have been pulling the strings of all Twili Kings before him; and then conquer Hyrule while leaving Zant behind to rule his empire in his stead. At the end, Mizorant gives Zant an ultimatum: to continue being a child with Midna, or to become a man and a King like his father.

When King Mizorant rejects the three Great Fairies' influence and banishes from his palace, they have his armies disbanded against his will and assassinate him in the Palace of Twilight, then cast Zant aside in favour of Midna.

Being denied the throne, Zant's love for Midna is eventually replaced by envy for what his father promised him. In secret, Zant consults his father's Parella associates and forms an army from Mizorant's personal guards. Knowing that this army can't be enough to usurp the throne, Zant travels to the prison of Valran to free Lady Middee, head of the Bonemold Monks who was abandoned and imprisoned by Midna. Following Middee's advice, he then heads to Elmenzhia, the throne of Una and overcomes her army of Twili Sorceresses.

After Zant's forces take Una captive, Veran teleports in and invites him and his forces to the church of Uzu, making it clear that his army can't defeat hers there. Zant knowingly marches into the trap, with the belief that he can overcome and subjugate Veran.

Despite being backed up by a group of Majora's spawn, Veran at the end still loses to Zant. Realising that he's easier to control than Midna, she accepts to work alongside him. His army of loyal personal guards now warped into hideous abominations called Shadow Messengers by Veran's magic, Zant marches upon the Palace of Twilight to forcibly remove Midna from the throne.

Upon his victory, Zant confronts a surprised Midna in the throne room, accusing her of casting him away after taking his birthright. Midna tells him that he could have become King by her side, but he left him alone because of envy for the throne. Furious at Midna but unable to kill her, Zant forces her to don Veran's mask, turning her into an imp.

The Realm of Twilight now his, Zant provides the necessary resources for his Parella associates to build a new Mirror of Twilight to conquer Hyrule.

The Gerudo Wars
With the mirrors completed, Zant, Veran and General Onox march into Hyrule and assault the Zora Dominion. With the aid of Parella forces the capital is nearly destroyed, and Onox nearly succeeds in poisoning Hyrule's water supply. He is stopped and killed by Princess Ruto however, and soon after the Zora begin to push Twili forces back. Zant orders a retreat, though Veran refuses to leave without Onox and becomes trapped in Hyrule as a result.

Manifest Destiny
After Veran finishes the construction of the Black Tower in Lynna City, a monument secretly designed to house a Mirror of Twilight, she contacts Zant from the other side. He then quickly deploys his armies, push back the invading Kingdom of Hyrule and Fairies of Tarm, then follow Veran to the Tarm Ruins in Holodrum, where she frees her imprisoned sister Dezaia and seals the Essence of Tarm.

Fairies loyal to Valanvi the Fairy Queen begin a counterattack. With the aid of Link they are able to overcome both Veran's Fairy and Zant's Twili armies, killing Dezaia in battle and most of the Korrigans. After Valanvi frees Tarm and kills Veran, Zant orders the Twili to retreat from Lynna City to the Realm of Twilight.