Mercenaries

**Mattwensley** · December 16, 2012, 02:57 AM

I can answer the second question - right now, factions can't be destroyed, due the family tree being removed. I think (but don't quote me on this) that Neph said that he's looking for a way for factions to be destroyed, but I think he also said that he likes persistent factions, because it means the player can watch the world turn even if they've been eliminated.

So to answer the question, if Malon is hired by KoH, and KoH loses everything, Malon will still ride around with her bow, shooting at anything enemy shaped.

**Avatar of the Ice Wolf** · December 16, 2012, 09:55 AM

Sorry Duke, but I have no drawing skills and could not dig up any "cute" versions of Blind the Thief. However, this pic is still cool. Credit to Karosu Maker.

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**Duke Serkol** · December 16, 2012, 01:39 PM

That it is, Mr. Nice Wolf, that it is.

**Nergali** · December 18, 2012, 12:24 PM

Not sure if these have been suggested yet...

Toppos, bipedal rabbit-like creatures who appeared in ALttP, hiding in the tall grass around the Great Swamp. They jumped out and attempted to attack Link if he was nearby, but could be stunned if the grass beneath them was cut away. They then beg for mercy by giving Link items - and calling him a thief - before vanishing in a smoke cloud (deku nut? smoke grenade?)

Perhaps they could be treated similar to Keaton Highwaymen, duel wielding daggers as they work as assassins/scouts/etc... for whoever hires them.

Snappers, humanoid enemies seen in ST. Avian-like, they could be made to have more turtle-like features (or a mix of the two), similar to the MM version. They utilized whips as weapons.

**TheHylianJuggalo** · January 02, 2013, 02:03 AM

Why do I have this weird feeling that you've snuck the 'aliens' from Majora's Mask in your plans somewhere?

**Eldren** · May 19, 2014, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by UndyingNephalim

Some potentially amazing news everyone: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...Memory-Editing

What this means for those too lazy to read the link:

1) 1000 unit limit, not 500
2) Probably an increased faction limit, which means more NPC's and all the expansion factions being playable in custom battles in HTW.
2) Unit limits reduced to 1 instead of the weird arbitrary 4.
3) Performance fixes.
4) Increased culture limits, meaning everyone gets their own interface without needing the launcher and their own siege items
5) Possibly all sorts of much needed changes, such as archers being able to fire within melee range (Kamikaze units).

So does this mean we will see more Mercenaries?

**Nergali** · February 19, 2015, 07:57 PM

Well with the Great Sea coming, I guess it's time to suggest new mercenaries for the islands?

Island-dwelling relatives of the Hinox. Perhaps the gold markings could be explained away as tribal paint? Also, they could utilize large war canoes from which they lob bombs at enemy, that way they'd have a function on a mostly water-based map.

With the reveal of Ku as begin somewhat turtle/kappa-like, perhaps these could be distant cousins to the River Zora and which inhabit some of the islands, forming loose tribes with no real leaders on them.

Another suggestion would be Sea Fairies, based on Oracle of Ages where Link encounters a Fairy Queen who a guardian of the seas and in particular protected the local Zora Seas.

**DarkInterloper** · February 22, 2015, 07:13 PM

@ Nergali

Aren't the Ku already in the game in the form of the Cyclops Ku?

**Nergali** · February 23, 2015, 06:13 AM

Originally Posted by DarkInterloper

@ Nergali

Aren't the Ku already in the game in the form of the Cyclops Ku?

That's why I mentioned the connection to the river zora and the reveal of what ku look like... by Nintendo with A Link Between Worlds.

Neph's ku are based on the one-eyed river zora from Four Swords:

As opposed to the actual Ku from A Link to the Past and such:

**Brihentin13** · February 26, 2015, 12:02 PM

Can we get the aliens from MM? That would be sort of hilarious.

**Nergali** · February 27, 2015, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by Brihentin13

Can we get the aliens from MM? That would be sort of hilarious.

Why not the aliens from The Adventure of Link?

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I kid, of course, given this is just artwork misrepresenting the Fokkeru... unless they do appear with the MM aliens. As slaves perhaps?

Another idea for mercenaries for the Great Sea, based on Wind Waker concept art for unused enemies:

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Perhaps Achemen (or just Ache) could be a somewhat primitive race of bat-like beings that inhabit various islands, and could serve as a flying counterpart to the Rito that other factions could hire.

The other in the picture resembles a more beast-like moblin, and could possibly could be considered an island-dwelling relative. Probably tribal, and perhaps the result of colonization by moblins many centuries ago?