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YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO it's been a good while since I last posted some LoZ headcanon, and I got a question on my Tumblr about Riju so here it is! <:
Like Urbosa I’ve opted to tweak her design quite a bit to fit said headcanon, and give her no clothing as well. I wanted her to be lighter in skintone and have a more versatile palette than what she already did, and I’m pretty happy with the end result. uwu But enough about that, let’s just dive right into the headcanon, eh?
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-I think I mentioned this somewhere in the past but Riju in this timeline is Urbosa’s daughter. Urbosa’s mate is either unknown, unspoken about, or simply dead, but I’ve no idea which I’m gonna go with. Not gonna lie, I did have a passing idea that Riju’s second parent is Zelda’s mother for the hell of it, but I think I’m gonna just opt out on that idea; it makes things a little too complicated for my tastes. x3 ANYWAY regardless of the identity of Riju’s second parent, she is half-hyrulian, hence the lighter skin and the starlight hair. <:
Urbosa love her little firefly and while she may be a bit of a strict parent, she dotes on the child every chance she gets. uwu
-As the daughter of the Gerudo Chief, Riju is often accompanied by a guard for her own safety. Her primary guardian and protector is Buliara, an old friend of Urbosa’s. I tweaked her design quite a bit to make her look more unique and gave her the traits of a Gerudo with Zora ancestry in her genes, hence the vitiligo and additional sharp teeth along with much longer tusks. Anyway, aside from protecting Urbosa and Riju, when the Chief is gone handling official business it’s often Buliara who cares for the girl. Riju ADORES Buliara almost as much as she does her own mother, in fact she sees the Captain of the royal guard as her second mom, and often boasts that she wants to be like her when she gets older. Riju admires a many number of people, but Urbosa, Buliara, and Zelda are her all-time heroes.
-This one isn’t so much a headcanon point for Riju as it is all Gerudo, but young Gerudo grow out their manes in their boartusk form after the toddler stage. The mane grows longer and bigger with age, partly because Gerudo culturally grows their hair long and very rarely cut it and their boartusk form will reflect that length. Riju gained her full mane early because she was born with a full head of hair, and it only continued to grow from there. uwu
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Since I mentioned it a few times here, if you wanna see the traits and general appearance of a Gerudo based on their parentage as well as just more headcanon about the Gerudo in general, here’s the full headcanon for that. And of course, here's some headcanon on Urbosa as well!
Aaaaaaaaaaand yeah! I kept it relatively short but if ya have any other questions regarding my headcanon please feel free to ask! Other than that I hope you enjoy the art and headcanon! <:
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lizcoe97 [2023-11-20 21:14:56 +0000 UTC]
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LadySionis [2021-02-27 02:57:43 +0000 UTC]
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FeatherSan [2020-04-05 18:38:12 +0000 UTC]
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Tomcurljewlery [2020-03-28 20:57:06 +0000 UTC]
boartusk riju is super cute
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EarthnAshes In reply to Katlover2219 [2020-02-26 15:44:30 +0000 UTC]
Riju probably complain about being treated as something cute and cuddly when she's the future chief of her people! But would eat the attention all up anyway xD
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XBrokenRiversX [2020-02-23 00:43:15 +0000 UTC]
Oh my god, my girlfriend and I were looking at this and loved it so much and then we got to the little Boar version of here and we just "awwwww'd"
As always, your designs are stellar. Just waiting for the moment nintendo puts you on a Zelda game
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KuroNeko369 [2020-02-22 02:33:21 +0000 UTC]
so cool!
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FallenAngelGM [2020-02-21 18:51:30 +0000 UTC]
Astonishing!
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DeckardCanine [2020-02-21 18:49:24 +0000 UTC]
Before zooming in, young Riju looked like young Simba to me.
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EarthnAshes In reply to DeckardCanine [2020-02-21 18:54:02 +0000 UTC]
Don't make me come over there and draw Riju as Simba and Urbosa as Mufasa! >:C
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siesie74 [2020-02-21 17:38:51 +0000 UTC]
Ish the babu
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ThorinWolfson [2020-02-21 17:26:15 +0000 UTC]
An adorable little piglet she is.
Oh wait, it wasn't meant in disrespect! No need to let this end in violence!
Please, is there something I can do to redeem myself from accidentally disrespecting the royal Heiress and royal Family that doesn't involve my execution?
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bluewingfairy [2020-02-21 13:27:24 +0000 UTC]
Good morning, Beauties.
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alorix [2020-02-21 13:23:27 +0000 UTC]
God your art is so friggin adorable!
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Ardail [2020-02-21 10:06:21 +0000 UTC]
I love this, little smol pig girl is the best
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ErrorVittra [2020-02-21 05:14:15 +0000 UTC]
She's beautiful I love her!
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SheepShape [2020-02-21 04:35:02 +0000 UTC]
I always adore the way you draw character interactions aaah these are just too sweet!!!<33
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silvercatgari [2020-02-21 03:51:30 +0000 UTC]
Technically, Riju never said Urbosa was her mother. There's implications she's Urbosa's granddaughter
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EarthnAshes In reply to silvercatgari [2020-02-21 04:04:29 +0000 UTC]
Oh I know, but I'm not doing headcanons for BotW.
The timeline in which I'm drawing and writing my headcanons for isn't BotW and instead my own timeline. Essentially an AU to make it simple, a time in which basically takes place WAAAAAAYYYY after BotW and utilizes reincarnation and all that good jazz to give me all the freedom I want in using whatever characters from any of the games. And in this particular timeline I just made Urbosa Riju's mama. o3o
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Ryua [2020-02-21 02:49:41 +0000 UTC]
That is the most adorable little boar EVER.
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EarthnAshes In reply to Ryua [2020-02-21 04:05:36 +0000 UTC]
I tried so hard to make her a cootie patootie there too, I'm glad it was a success! ;w;
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unknowner [2020-02-21 02:44:44 +0000 UTC]
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ruefion [2020-02-21 02:12:21 +0000 UTC]
i've only had Riju for a day and a half. but if anything happened to her i would kill everyone in this room and then myself. okay maybe not but i love her 🥺
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EarthnAshes In reply to ruefion [2020-02-21 04:06:03 +0000 UTC]
Thanks so much! ;w;
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tnick123 [2020-02-21 01:35:00 +0000 UTC]
I was seriously squinting going. "These so look like garudo...." looks down to description. "AH HA!"
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Craneswoop [2020-02-21 01:31:13 +0000 UTC]
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Kingkandick [2020-02-21 00:29:54 +0000 UTC]
Hello! I LOVE LOVE LOVE your headcanons for Zelda stuff! Can I ask where you got the brilliant idea to add tusks to the already amazing and gorgeous Gerudo people??
I'm genuinely curious, as this is genius! I also really love the whole idea that gerudo can cross breed with anyone(ex; rito, zora, twili)!
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EarthnAshes In reply to Kingkandick [2020-02-21 00:35:11 +0000 UTC]
The Gerudo seemed to have an association with boars, or at least they do to me since Ganondorf is often depicted as having a monstrous boar form. So I just extended that idea to be a characteristic of the Gerudo race as a whole instead of it being exclusive to just Ganon. Plus I thought they'd look cool with tusks o3o
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