The State of Hyrule Market

The state of Hyrule Market is one of those things that really sticks in your mind. There you are, on top of your pedestal after collecting the Stones and acquiring the Master Sword, and then you go out into the market. Everything's destroyed, everything's quiet. The only thing left... a welcoming party of ReDeads!

As far as I know, the origin of these ReDeads has never been officially confirmed. Having said this, we can take a look at a few things. Firstly, seemingly not everyone escapes to Kakariko Village, though you see people reappear for the final celebration at Lon Lon Ranch. They are undead creatures, and tend to remain in dark places. So if they became ReDeads under Ganondorf's reign, would they have ever felt the need to leave the village? Or would they make a good guard against Link's return?

And just to note out of pure interest, ReDead screams in Hyrule Market don't freeze you, though it's for mechanic reasons rather than anything interesting pertaining to their story... shame.

So what do you guys think of Hyrule Market in the future? Do you have any thoughts on the appearance of all the ReDeads? And did you ever wonder how they were all cleared out following Ganondorf's demise, or did they disappear for being under his rule in the first place?

Oh really? That's interesting then, I didn't come across that in my readings and never paid much attention to trophies in either Smash Bros game I own, haha. Though I just went and checked out that interesting tidbit and it was said that people are unsure to the validity of that trophy's description.

Which sort of makes sense to me, since he didn't appear in Majora's Mask for example, but ReDeads did, and I don't think it'd be a good justification for their existence that they're a result of his magic if he's not in the game. They could be left there for some reason, but I think an alternate means of creation would be nicer.

DA Edit: Wait, is that description for just OoT or all games with ReDeads?

quote Dark Arcanine

Oh really? That's interesting then, I didn't come across that in my readings and never paid much attention to trophies in either Smash Bros game I own, haha. Though I just went and checked out that interesting tidbit and it was said that people are unsure to the validity of that trophy's description.

Which sort of makes sense to me, since he didn't appear in Majora's Mask for example, but ReDeads did, and I don't think it'd be a good justification for their existence that they're a result of his magic if he's not in the game. They could be left there for some reason, but I think an alternate means of creation would be nicer.

DA Edit: Wait, is that description for just OoT or all games with ReDeads?

Well, the exact text is as follows:
Seven years after Ganondorf took control of Hyrule, ReDeads roamed the ruins of castle town, moaning. Link was shocked at the state of the town, and the apparent lack of survivors. He later learned that the townsfolk had evacuated to safety, and the ReDeads were magic animated into hideous humanoid shapes.

Since that refers directly to Ocarina of Time, and indeed Hyrule Castle Town, at that, I always took it to mean just Hyrule Castle Town.
I'm sure the redeads in other places, like the Shadow Temple and the Bottom of the Well, are real dead people. And the ones in Majora's Mask definitely are. They are stated as being the deceased Ikana royal dance troupe, which is why they start dancing when you wear the Captain's Hat or the Gibdo or Garo Masks.

well i really like the future hyrule market because it has that wow factor when you first see it, you then know that ganondorf has really ruined hyrule.

I always assumed that the redeads in castle town were the citizens who never escaped when ganondorf took over. Because since not all of them made it to kakariko village I figured it was only obvious that the missing ones were the ones who fell victim to ganon's dark magic and were stuck as zombies near the castle.

Anyways, yeah, that scene is always one that sticks in your mind. Especially the first time (though the feeling never really goes away) first you're in a moment of triumph, and then you learn your destiny, and then you find out you were frozen in time for 7 years in the temple, etc. And then wham.

But I think that "feeling" occurs before even reaching the actual hyrule castle town market. All it takes is walking out of the Temple of Time into the courtyard to see that everything is dark and shadowy, and Death Mountain is demented and evil-looking, and then there's the chilly wind gushing around you that screams death. For me, even my first time playing I kind of figured that something was going to be terribly wrong once I walked into the market.