Akkala (Conquest)

Akkala is a planned playable faction in Hyrule Conquest, consisting of an alliance between three races: the ancient predecessor of the Kingdom of Hyrule, the Wind Tribe, and the Minish. The Akkalans spoke a language different from modern Hylian, but it's still in use among the nobility and clergy.

Description
The Ancient Hylians represent the group of people that existed from roughly four thousand years before Princess Zelda to the ending reign of Hylia. During this time they generally did not refer to themselves collectively as Hylians, and this term was later applied to them by modern scholars. Akkalans share many traits of modern Hylians. Where they differ is their affinity for magical arts, their notable red eyes, and their notably more humble attitude regarding their place in the world. It was common for the Ancient Hylians to operate under confederations with their more powerful neighbors such as the Huskus, Ikanians and the Wind Tribe, and at various points of history two or more of these peoples acted as one nation. Until the arrival of Hylia, the Ancient Hylians were strictly patriarchal. Only men were allowed positions of power and women were relegated to either mundane tasks or forced into magical study since they were naturally more attuned with those forces. At best they could hope to be footsoldiers in an army. With the arrival of Hylia however, the Hylian culture took a complete turn and became matriarchal. There is no exact date that the Ancient Hylians were no longer recognized as such, rather they became modern Hylians in the long transition from Hylia's disappearance to the rise of Princess Zelda.

History
Around 4000-3000 BG the first Akkalans broke off from Arcadia and migrated south-west into the Lanayru region. It is likely that the first tribes that settled in the region would eventually become the first great Akkalan noble houses, namely House Gustaf, Nohansen, Rhoam and Harkinian. Sometime later the Akkalans supposedly came into possession of the Triforce. How this exactly happened is unclear, as there are numerous conflicting stories, but by 3000 BG they were surely in possession of it. Historians most commonly agree that the Oocca directed the Akkalans to its hidden location within the Sacred Realm during this period.

Civilian

 * Wind Tribe Architect

Standard

 * Loftwing Runner
 * Wind Tribe Warrior
 * Wind Tribe Pikeman
 * Gust Guard
 * Tabanthan Wolf
 * Rhoamian Unicorn
 * Minish Mischief
 * Minish Subverters
 * Minish Armos
 * Akkalan Knight
 * Nohansen Longbowman
 * Nohansen Mage
 * Mage Knight of Daltus
 * Akkalan Paladin
 * Hero's Herald
 * Harkinian Cannon

Hero Units

 * Golden Avenger
 * Regal Loftwing
 * Groosepult
 * Minish Golem

Heroes

 * King Gustaf
 * Siroc
 * Groose
 * Ezlo

Titan

 * Gohdan

Trivia

 * The symbol of Akkala is based off  the Wingcrest, an emblem used to represent Hyrule throughout the Legend of Zelda series, having first appeared in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.