New Champions

New Champions is the friendship between Link, Sidon, Yunobo, Teba, and Riju from the The Legend of Zelda fandom.

Breath of the Wild
While the New Champions do not officially meet in Breath of the Wild, they all meet Link and each help him reach the Divine Beasts that were causing mayhem in their regions and endangering their way of life.

Link meets with Sidon, who is seeking outside help that can wield Shock Arrows to shut down Vah Ruta's water pumps since his kind can't handle electricity and because steep slopes and areas are much harder to climb due to the endless rain caused by the Divine Beast, Link is forced to take the long route to Zora's Domain while dealing with electic foes as Sidon cheers for him to press on. Once he arrives, he meets with King Dorephan and Muzu, the former is happy to see him while the latter is not. He discusses the serious issue regarding Vah Ruta's behavior with constant rainfall that threatens to break the Rutela Dam and flood all of Hyrule though Muzu does not trust Link or any Hylian as he blames them for Mipha's death, though he is rebuffed by Sidon. After Link is entrusted with the Zora Armor Mipha made, Muzu had enough and walks out of the throne room, leaving Sidon to speak with him. When Link wears the Zora Armor and speaks with them, Muzu is surprised to see that it fits him perfectly as Sidon explains that Mipha made that for Link, but she never told Muzu about it due to his prejudice against Hylians and knew that he likely would object to their marriage had it came down to that. After some thought, Muzu gives advice that they can find Shock Arrows at Ploymus Rock from a Red Maned Lynel but is pessimistic of the outcome. After gaining enough Shock Arrows, Sidon and Link team up and work together to shut off the water pumps to stop the rainfall, with Link getting on to deal with the source of Vah Ruta's dangerous behavior and managed to destroy Waterblight Ganon, allowing Mipha to take back control to take aim at Hyrule Castle and ending the threat to Zora's Domain.

Link heads to Death Mountain where Vah Rudania is causing eruptions that caused the Northern Mine to be shut down and making it dangerous for anyone to approach. Link is instructed by Bludo to find Yunobo, who has not returned from getting painkillers for his back pain. Link investigates the Abandoned Northern Mine until he hears Yunobo's cry for help where he is trapped in the storage cave, prompting Link to use Bludo's cannon to break open the entrance. Yunobo mistakes him for a monster and panics until he notices that Link is not trying to hurt him and calms down. He thanks Link for his help in saving him and brings the painkillers back to Bludo and as they plan to make it there, Bludo finds himself unable to join due to his back hurting him again which the medicine did not kick in yet and decides to put it off until his condition improves. Link finds Yunobo and tells him that Bludo can't be there, but he insists on dealing with Vah Rudania anyway with Yunobo. With the Guardian Sentries from Rudania active, they resort to stealth to reach the cannons and use Yunobo as a cannonball to attack the Divine Beast. After that Link gets in and managed to destroy Fireblight Ganon, allowing Daruk to take control to get a good angle at Calamity Ganon, ending the threat to Goron City.

Link then heads to Rito Village where he hears that anyone who came near Vah Medoh would be shot at, forcing the Rito to fly lower or travel on foot. Earlier, Teba and Harth had tried to deal with Vah Medoh but everything went wrong when Harth's wing got injured and taken back to the village while Teba went to the Flight Range to prepare. His wife Saki is worried for him and is reluctant to get Link involved with her problems, but it wasn't until Link spoke with Kaneli that she opens up and reveals where Teba is. Link meets with Teba, who is standoffish towards him at first, but he is willing to test Link's aerial combat to ensure he can trust him to not get hurt. Once Link passes, they team up to destroy Vah Medoh's cannons in order to drop the barrier that was barring entry from every side, but once they managed to, Teba is already injured and could not join Link to take it back and flies back to the Flight Range. Link is able to destroy Windblight Ganon and allow Revali to take back control and set sights on Hyrule Castle, allowing the Rito to fly high once again and Vah Medoh no longer being a threat to them.

Link then goes to Gerudo Desert disguised as a woman to get inside Gerudo Town. He meets with the current chief Riju and her adviser Buliara, who are dealing with many concerns with Vah Naboris's electric sandstorms that would pose a serious threat if it came near the settlement. They learn that he is a man but allow him to stick around as long as he keeps the disguise on. Riju explains that she wanted to help, but it would require the Thunder Helm's power to absorb electricity, which was stolen by the Yiga Clan while they were away, so she asks a favor of him to get it back. Once Link does, Riju is happy that she got it back and she continuously adjusts it as it does not fit her very well. They use their sand seals to pursue it so Link can use Bomb Arrows at its feet to disable it and allowing Link to get in and destroy Thunderblight Ganon, which allows Urbosa to move it to another location and aims at Hyrule Castle, ending the threat to Gerudo Town.

Fanon
The New Champions are only just behind the Champions of Hyrule in terms of popularity, but it still has its fans. Given how they were underutilized in Breath of the Wild, fans have created fan fics in order to give them more exposure as well as creating tons of fan art of them and in many cases, they are with the Divine Beast Champions. When Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity came around, fans were very happy to not only see them, but also play as them and how they managed to save the Champions from the Blight Ganons and their cutscenes were used to get to know each other. The Guardian of Remembrance DLC Pack 2 helped significantly as it revealed more of their hidden sides that were insightful and heartwarming. It is also noted just how much chemistry that they have with each other and with the Champions themselves that helped made much more use of all of them.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION