Champions of Hyrule

Champions of Hyrule is the friendship between Link, Zelda, Mipha, Daruk, Revali, and Urbosa from the The Legend of Zelda fandom.

Breath of the Wild
The Champions were chosen by King Rhoam to become the pilots of the Divine Beasts in wake of Calamity Ganon's return and Princess Zelda travels to each region to speak with the potential warriors who will answer the call. In this order which Princess Zelda visits, Revali, Daruk, Mipha, and Urbosa were called upon for this task which they each accept the propositions for various reasons; Revali, through so much rigorous training, wanted to prove to himself to everyone his worth along with the desire to protect everyone, Daruk, who wanted to protect Hyrule to the death even if he ends up dying, Mipha while also wanted to save Hyrule, she also prioritizes potential possibilities by entrusting the domain to her brother, Sidon in the event that she never returns safely while also wanting to be close to Link, and Urbosa wanting to personally deal with Ganon due to his previous affiliation with her people which she hated, while seeing Nabooru as a hero who changed the Gerudo's ways for the better, resulting in better relations with Hyrule Royal Family as well as communing with other races. The Champions assemble for the inauguration ceremony where they each were given blue cloths with Divine Beast emblems embedded on them which Zelda made. They later spend time at the gazebo where they interact with one another until Mipha asks Zelda to take a photo of them together, which Purah then had them positioned together, but Daruk grabs everyone at the last second. This photo would later be printed and hung up on the wall at Link's house a century later, which also carries over into Tears of the Kingdom if the Breath of the Wild save file has already completed The Champions' Ballad with Link having already placing it on the wall.

The Champions would congregate for Link's appointed knight ceremony and are all essentially bored as they watch how Zelda is giving a depressing speech through the whole thing leading to them making comments on it, with Daruk and Revali briefly arguing until Urbosa states that Zelda sees Link as a reminder of her own failures. Link would then interact with each Champion during his travels with Zelda to get their Divine Beasts working in their favor, with Revali bragging about his accomplishments while also looking down on Link for relegating him to assistant, Daruk enjoying the sights with him while congratulating Link, Urbosa sharing Zelda's personal problems with Link, and Mipha wishing to spend more time with Link after they make it through while promising to heal him no matter how bad his injuries are. The Champions get together at the foot of Mt. Lanayru to meet with the returning Link and Zelda, who is distraught when it didn't do anything to help awaken her power needed to defeat Ganon. Once Calamity Ganon emerges, Daruk takes charge and orders the Champions to get to their Divine Beasts immediately and Link to get to Hyrule Castle while Zelda joins Link. However, thinks take a tragic turn when the Blight Ganons take hold of the Divine Beasts and managed to kill each of the Champions, while Zelda learns what happened and mourns with Link for their losses. Link also came dangerously close to death himself in a scuffle with the corrupted Guardians until Zelda awakened her power to protect him and has him sent to the Shrine of Resurrection to heal while she herself uses her newfound power to seal Ganon inside Hyrule Castle.

In the present age, Link wakes up to Zelda's voice calling to him and with the late King Rhoam's final wish and Impa's message, Link heads to the four regions to free the possessed Divine Beasts with the help of the Champions and managed to kill the Blight Ganons and avenge their deaths. Each of them gets into a firing position to get a precise shot once Calamity Ganon breaks free from its prison. When Calamity Ganon finally does, the Champions immediately open fire to slice Ganon's health in half.

Fanon
The friendship within the Champions of Hyrule is very popular with the fanbase due to how notable they are since their debut. In various fanfics involving the Era of the Wilds games, the Champions are often the focus and are bond to make an appearance, even if they aren't prominent in some of the stories. There are also numerous fanart that depicts them either together or individually to express their love for the Champions as well as their companionship. While some of the fans have their stories having them eventually die, other fans have put twists in their stories where they actually survive so they can have more time to give their relationships more depth while giving them obstacles for them to overcome. They would also have given of the Champions, who rarely interacts with another Champion in the games, more dialogue to help flesh them out much more and even include backstories for them as well to help move the narratives forward.

Fandom
FAN FICTION