Yaraxonal (Conquest)



Yaraxonal is an ancient Sage of Spirits and a Hero for the Darknut Legion.

Summary
Yaraxonal was a former Sage of Hyrule, as well as leader and chief deity of the Darknut Legion prior to Zalunbar. Unknown to the Darknut populace, she was imprisoned in stone by Vaati and usurped by Zalunbar. For nearly three thousand years she faded from memory, using her powers as a Sage to reach out and send a message for help. As a Sage of Hyrule, Yaraxonal was an exception to the Legion’s no magic policy. She had command of the desert winds and would use them against enemies of the Legion. Despite her power and veneration as a god, Yaraxonal was rather humble and was responsible for expanding the Legion through diplomacy and assimilation rather than conquest.

Trivia

 * It is possible that Mineru's design and backstory were loosely inspired by the character of Yaraxonal from the fan Zelda games Hyrule Total War and Hyrule Conquest. Besides their very similar appearance, they are both thousands of years old Sages of Spirit who were sealed in stone (a stone golem in Mineru's case), have a familial relation to another ancient character that lives within the Temple of Time (Rauru in the case of Mineru, Senturon in the case of Yaraxonal), share a color scheme of black, orange and gold, and their height of about double that of Hylians. An Interview with Takizawa suggests that the dev team may have taken some small inspiration from fan works during the development of Tears of the Kingdom that were sent to them.