Agahnim

AGAHNIM

Although reception to Zelda II would be . . . complicated, at best, the Legend of Zelda series continued to prove huge and popular enough to see an installment the moment Nintendo launched its next console, the NES. This one starred a new Link, woken by Zelda from his dreams to warn him that the king’s advisor had deposed him and brainwashed the kingdom’s soldiers.

This advisor was Agahnim, a dark wizard who had ingratiated himself into the royal family of Hyrule as a means to betray them and resurrect his lord Ganon, who’d been sealed away centuries before. He would mostly only appear in this game, but similar characters would recur in later games.

As a fighter, he will be a spellcaster first and foremost, with lots of powerful magical attacks at his disposal, most with an underhanded bent to them. His moveset will pull from his two major boss fights as well as his implied actions throughout the rest of the story.

Likelihood rating: Could happen.