"The wind... it is blowing"

[Adventurer]

Ganondorf: "The wind... it is blowing"

Does anyone here know what the meaning behind this line is? Why was the Wind blowing? (You also notice it blowing on Ganondorf and King Hyrule's clothings). There wasn't any wind below Hyrule before, and it would obviously be impossible for wind to blow as they are beneath the ocean... so is it just in there for effect?

[Ritogirl]

When he was telling Link how why he took over Hyrule, he described the desert winds bringing only death. He was saying that he was going to die.

[Orici]

When Link first encountered Ganondorf on top of the Tower, Ganondorf tells Link how the wind always brought death to his people. He told how during the day, it was a harsh wind, and during the night it was a frigid gale(or something like that).

But remember, he says the wind always brought death.



Well, when he says "the wind is blowing," it's an abstract way of saying he's dying, because the wind always brought "death"

[zeldagamer]

I think he meant that he would return again. At the beginning of the game we hear of an evil wind that blew across Hyrule in the form of Ganon..... could be metaphoric.
Well i think Ganondorf meant the evil wind is still blowing and will continue to blow.

Edit: Ah wait Orici's explaination makes more sense.

[Hugh]

"My country lay within a vast desert. When the sun rose into the sky, a burning wind punished my lands, searing the world. And when the moon climbed into the dark of night, a frigid gale pierced our homes. No matter when it came, the wind carried the same thing... Death.

"Ughnn... Heh heh... The wind... It is blowing... "

I hope that explains it. Those quotes were amazing, they almost made me feel sorry for Ganondorf. I loved his personality in The Wind Waker.

[langford]

Originally Posted by Hugh

I hope that explains it. Those quotes were amazing, they almost made me feel sorry for Ganondorf. I loved his personality in The Wind Waker.

Agreed. In most of the games, Ganondorf seems like a stereotypical cackling bad guy who is just evil for evil's sake. In WW, he was more like a real person who was flawed and cursed by birth.

[bentono360]

I hated Ganondorf with my guts in WW until I heard his story at the end. When the winds were blowing he meant that the winds that brought him death in the desert brought him death at that time.

[monkeybob34]

yeah i love ganon in WW and how he did all that cool wind death stuff with that cool backround story

[Toodle Pip Tott]

Originally Posted by Hugh

I hope that explains it. Those quotes were amazing, they almost made me feel sorry for Ganondorf. I loved his personality in The Wind Waker.

I don't think it surprises anyone, but I think he was excellent in the Wind Waker. So much more feeling when compared to the rest.

And yeah, the question has already been answered.

[Lieutenant Lollipop]

Cliché one-liner in relevance to the Wind Waker.

[King KK]

I have an alternant explanation.
Hyrule was sealed, correct? No wind could blow with it being in a state of suspended animation and all. However, when it started flooding, it was sort of released, meaning the wind began to blow. It was meant to be an epic moment, for Ganondorf to feel the winds that he so desired as his life ended.

[Fluesopp]

Originally Posted by HelmarocKing

I have an alternant explanation.
Hyrule was sealed, correct? No wind could blow with it being in a state of suspended animation and all. However, when it started flooding, it was sort of released, meaning the wind began to blow. It was meant to be an epic moment, for Ganondorf to feel the winds that he so desired as his life ended.

You are saying that Ganondorf was happy in his last moment? Like a, at last, I feel the winds of Hyrule?

[King KK]

Originally Posted by Fluesopp

You are saying that Ganondorf was happy in his last moment? Like a, at last, I feel the winds of Hyrule?

Sort of. =)

[Fluesopp]

That's pretty extreme, if you think TWW/PH is last in the OoT+7 line.
Ganondorf ended his life happy... Was it because he succeeded in what he wanted, or because he saw the errors of his ways?

[King KK]

He worked his whole life for those winds. He was doing them in an evil way however. So I suppose it was both. He finally got his wish for the winds of Hyrule, but realised that he was going about it all the wrong way.

At least, that's what I think.

[Toodle Pip Tott]

I think that's a very good theory, HelmarocKing. But Ganondorf spent time above the waves too. Surely he felt the wind in the Forsaken Fortress, I mean, when he was outside. Nonetheless, nice thinking.

[Tazryl]

Helmarocking, thats exactly what I was going to post, or well the idea.

During his speech, I believe he tells how the wind in Hyrule brought only prosperity while the wind in the Desert only brought death.

So in the end he got his wish, he could feel the winds of Hyrule and at that moment he was probably happier then he had ever been in his life.

Or something along those lines anyways.

[Chukapi]

Originally Posted by Ritogirl

When he was telling Link how why he took over Hyrule, he described the desert winds bringing only death. He was saying that he was going to die.

I was thinking something similar. So, quoted for truth.

[TRICKSTER]

Originally Posted by Tott

I think that's a very good theory, HelmarocKing. But Ganondorf spent time above the waves too. Surely he felt the wind in the Forsaken Fortress, I mean, when he was outside. Nonetheless, nice thinking.

He felt the wind blowing OUTSIDE of Hyrule, but never on the inside. I never thought about what Helmarocking said, but it makes a lot of sense, and it makes me look at Ganondorf in a diferent way...

[Genesis_VII]

Originally Posted by Orici

When Link first encountered Ganondorf on top of the Tower, Ganondorf tells Link how the wind always brought death to his people. He told how during the day, it was a harsh wind, and during the night it was a frigid gale(or something like that).

But remember, he says the wind always brought death.



Well, when he says "the wind is blowing," it's an abstract way of saying he's dying, because the wind always brought "death"

Agreed. He ment that he's time in life has finally brought an end. The wind has carried he's soul to the rightful place.

[avroillusion]

What a great line for Ganondorf and the game. I think there's so many different possible answers; instead of asking for only one, you should come up with your own. There are so many different interpretations and so far, they all sound valid to me. My favourite interpretation is similar to the "death is coming for him" interpretation.

Link has always had a connection to Farore, who breathed life into the world who could be thought of something like a wind goddess. WW Link has a particularly strong connection to the wind. To Hyrule, Link has always been a hero and the wind always brought life, but for Ganondorf, Link and the wind have always meant death. He might have been stating that not only has Link brought death to him, he has also brought about the death of Hyrule in favour of a barren world like the desert he grew up in.

He's saying that Link isn't a revitalizing hope for the new world, he only keeps it barren by sacrificing Hyrule. To Ganondorf, Hyrule was vibrant and full of life while the Great Sea is dangerous and the poeple can only live simply in the shadows of their former glory. The thing is that Ganondorf spent all his time on the Great Sea stuck in his tower lamenting the old world. He doesn't know the Great Sea like WW Link, who sees that it has it's own beauty and that it too has life so he can't see why Link would defend it.

[Dark Link]

Flatulence.

No, but really. The only bearing this quote has is the correlation between his quote about the desert life and his inevitable death. Plus, it's sort of befitting to the whole "Wind" Waker theme. At least, that's the way I interpret it.

V Previous statement.

[avroillusion]

"No" to your previous statement or "no" to my saying that there's many different ways of seeing the quote?

[morval]

i think the quote has meaning on several layers. The wind blowing is a metaphoric way of saying that death is coming for him and for the old hyrule. but remember in the opening sequence of the game ganon was characterized through the imagery of a dark wind blowing through the land. So although he knows that he (and the old Hyrule that he longed for) is about to die, it is possible that he might come back again. a second wind, if you will. ashes are to a Phoenix what wind is to gannon: destruction in order to begin anew. The wind symbolizes both his destruction and his reincarnation. bit of a stretch but that's an idea.

ganon's internal motivations for the above theory? He grew up in the harsh dezert winds that brought death to his people. Tired of being at the mercy of the wind he is determined to become a destructive force greater than that of the winds of the desert, so he becomes exactly what he grew up hating: destructive power. thus he loathes himself in a way, not only because he became what he once feared, but in the end he was still at the mercy of the wind because link was the Wind Waker and defeated ganon.

[Average Gamer]

Among all of the Zelda games, I like Ganondorf the most in TWW. However, to be honest, I've always seen Ganondorf in OOT, TWW, and TP as three parts of the same person, and that you have to combine the three to truly understand Ganondorf.

When Ganondorf states that the wind is blowing, he could mean many things. He might mean that his death is approaching (which, in my opinion is the most likely), or he could be saying that the winds of Hyrule are blowing, yet not for him. They are blowing for the Hylians, who, having defeated him, prosper in the winds once more.

Now, Ganondorf has felt the prosperous winds of Hyrule before in OOT. The King of Hyrule was friendly with Ganondorf and regarded him as an ally. There was no apparent disliking of the Gerudo, other than the fact that the entire culture glorified theft (which is pretty understandable, considering that they'd constantly rob the other races). Ganondorf could have ensured these winds for himself and his people; instead, he stabbed all those that offered the winds to him in the back and took everything for himself.

After Ganondorf took Hyrule for himself, he had the land and the winds that he wanted...and he proceeded to absolutely ruin both for seven straight years, while never giving a thing to his people. Furtherm