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| “ | Bad news, Link. It looks like I got hit pretty good back there... I think... I think I need to get back to the Flight Range. I just hope that... I can make it back. You head down to Medoh. Good luck! It's all you! | „ |
| ~ Teba |
Teba is a major character in the “Era of the Wilds” saga within The Legend of Zelda franchise.
He is a warrior who resides in Rito Village and the husband of Saki and father of Tulin, as well as a childhood friend of Harth.
He takes on a supporting role to the Hylian Champion Link in stopping the corrupted Divine Beast Vah Medoh from terrorizing the villagers. He is Revali's successor as the protector of Rito Village. He also returns in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and wields the Falcon Bow in battle.
Teba is voiced by Sean Chiplock, who also voiced Revali and the Great Deku Tree.
Personality and Traits[]
Teba's personality is the opposite of that of Revali's. While Revali was an arrogant and conceited Rito who envies Link and looks down on him at almost every opportunity while dealing with his own insecurities that drive the way he behaves, Teba is confident, yet humble, serious, secure, a bit stubborn at times, and doesn't hesitate to compliment and encourage Link when it's due. He cares about his family and the villagers and will do whatever it takes to protect them, even going as far as to take on Vah Medoh, despite the danger it posed.
Teba isn't without flaws; however, when Vah Medoh attacked the Rito villagers to the point where they can barely fly high, the stress of protecting his people starts to get to him and starts to take greater measures to protect his village, to the point of recklessness and at times making unwise decisions such as taking on the Divine Beast on his own since his friend Harth was injured during one of their attempts, against the Rito elder Kaneli's insistence that they shouldn't. It goes up to the point to where his stubbornness greatly disturbed Kaneli, his wife Saki, and his friend since he is taking on a task that threatens his life and the fact that his wife needs a husband and his son Tulin still needs a father in their lives doesn't help. When Link meets him, he is quick to make it clear that he isn't going to back down anytime soon until Medoh is stopped.
In addition, he was initially a bit rude and dismissive when he points out that Link can't fly on his own when he wanted to assist him. He does, however, give Link a chance by putting his aerial skills to the test and Link's paraglider compensates for his lack of wings which eased his initial doubts. After getting injured by Medoh's laser cannons, he wishes the Hylian luck as he returns to the Flight Range and starts to hold him in higher regards after Medoh was calmed and by the time of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Teba's brashness is largely absent, and he immediately recognizes Link after he saves him and Revali from Windblight Ganon, although this timeline's Link never met him or any of the other successors.
Similar to Revali, Teba is a very proficient flyer, rides intense updrafts and has a strong passion for archery. The latter wasn't seen in Breath of the Wild, but in Age of Calamity, he is revealed to be very skilled with the Falcon Bow. He looks up to Revali very much and frequently takes his son Tulin to the Flight Range to train him so he would be able to one day surpass the Rito Champion. In Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, he was unpleasantly appalled when he witnessed Revali's contempt towards Link after he backs them up against Windblight Ganon, which made him realize that there was more to the person than meets the eye and nearly brings this up in front of Revali, only for Urbosa to cut him off before he could say anything hurtful about him. Regardless, he continues to show some admiration for Revali and his opinion on him significantly improves, that despite witnessing Revali's bad side, he is highly impressed by Revali's skills, and he even saw his good side in regard to his soft spot for children, evidenced by his interactions with his son Tulin and willing to go all out to save him when he went missing in Korok Forest and he also saw Revali laughing at Tulin's impression of him and he also smiles when Revali stops a blanket from flying off of Tulin, who was sleeping on his lap.
History[]
Breath of the Wild[]
Sometime before Link visits the village, Teba and Harth tried their best to appease Vah Medoh but it resulted in the latter being wounded and they had to withdraw. He returns to the Flight Range where he prepared for another attack against the Divine Beast.
Link travels to the Flight Range where he meets Teba, who isn't very sure about Link coming along due to his lack of wings and Vah Medoh being in the sky but was willing to test his skills in aerial archery anyway, where Link instead uses his paraglider to ride the drafts and shoot the targets. After he passes the test, Teba permits Link to assist him, but warns of the sub-zero conditions that he must brave and suggests wearing warmer clothing. When they take to the skies, Teba tells Link that he will keep Vah Medoh's cannons pointed at him while the Hylian uses Bomb Arrows to destroy them. After an intense battle, Teba winces from the wound on his leg and so couldn't join Link and wishes the warrior luck and gives him a thumbs up before returning to the Flight Range to rest while Link boards Divine Beast Vah Medoh.
When Windblight Ganon is destroyed and Vah Medoh is freed, Revali takes back control of the Divine Beast and perches it high above Rito Village where he takes aim at Hyrule Castle. The Rito rejoice at being able to fly at greater heights without fear of being harmed anymore by the Divine Beast's weapons. It was then that Teba subsequently takes his son to the Flight Range on a daily basis.
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity[]
Teba is summoned from 100 years in the future in the Breath of the Wild timeline by Terrako, a small Guardian who time-traveled back into the past to alter Hyrule's fate against the Great Calamity for the better. Teba manages to catch Windblight Ganon off-guard by attacking it from the flank with a trio of arrows, breaking its concentration as it prepared the killshot on Revali. With Teba's help, Revali is able to hold his own against Windblight Ganon, but when an attempt to use his Bomb Arrows on the Shard of Calamity Ganon is deflected by Windblight Ganon at the last second, Teba is shocked to see the enemy is still kicking before Revali assures him that the wind is at their backs now as Link, Zelda, and Impa arrive with Riju and Urbosa to aid them. However, in the end, Windblight Ganon escapes for the moment, but at least Vah Medoh and Revali are safe thanks to Teba.
| “ | All yours, Master Revali! Some payback is in order! What? That thing's still standing? Yes, and yet...I can't help but feel that the wind may finally be at our backs. |
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| ~ Revali and Teba facing Windblight Ganon before Link arrives to assist |
| “ | Well, we would've been just fine without you. But I suppose it's better that you were here. I never thought the Champion would be so... Hold that thought for now. |
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| ~ Revali voices his contempt with Link, shocking Teba, but Urbosa cuts him off from saying something he might regret |
With the safety of Vah Medoh and Revali secured, Teba joins them as they launch their counterattack against the corrupted Guardians and the rest of Ganon's monsters, with Teba taking out any Guardian Skywatchers that target Revali as he pilots Vah Medoh into combat, forcing them to turn their attention to him before they are then shot down in turn by Revali's Bomb Arrows, impressing Teba. However, Windblight Ganon returns to finish what it started and take over Vah Medoh, but Revali and Teba finally put the last Shard of Calamity Ganon to rest after a difficult battle in the skies over Hyrule.
In the Guardian of Remembrance DLC, Teba discovers that his son Tulin had somehow ended up being transported to the past with him and was lost somewhere in Korok Forest. Aided by Revali, Teba found his son being cared for by the Koroks, and using what the Koroks taught him, Tulin is able to guide the Champions out of the forest supported by a Rito Captain and his forces. Once safe, Teba has Tulin thank Revali for saving him, but Revali's praise of Tulin's own heroism causes Tulin to become so ecstatic that he declares he wants to become just like Revali and master the Great Eagle Bow. Teba reminds his son that he needs to first surpass "his old man" as both a skilled archer and master of the wind, and when Tulin attempts to imitate Revali, despite Revali initially sounding offended after hearing it, he soon bursts into laughter, with Tulin and Teba joining in, and Tulin attempts his own version of Revali's Gale dubbed the "Tulin's Tornado", only to land flat on his back, much to Teba's concern and Revali's amusement.
After Akkala Citadel and Fort Hateno are saved, Teba and Revali are summoned by Purah to join the other Divine Beasts and the unified coalition of Rito, Gorons, Zoras, Gerudo, and Sheikah in a reformed Master Kohga and his Yiga Clan, under Zelda's leadership with King Rhoam's blessing and support, to launch the siege to take back Hyrule Castle from the Calamity. Though Ganon surges his power into a Blood Moon to revive his forces, the Divine Beasts critically weaken him, allowing Teba and Revali to lead the Rito from the air while Rhoam, Link, Zelda, Impa, Kohga, and the other Champions lead the ground forces into the courtyard, only to be met by Astor and Harbinger Ganon, the Terrako of that timeline corrupted by Malice that followed the future Terrako into the past to stop it. Though both Astor and Harbinger Ganon put up a fierce resistance, both are defeated, leading to Astor, now on the verge of a total psychotic breakdown, ordering Calamity Ganon to devour the heroes, only for Ganon to decide that Astor has failed it one time too many, and absorbs him to turn Harbinger Ganon into a perfected body for Calamity Ganon itself. After turning the future Terrako against Zelda and Link, forcing Link to battle and critically damage Terrako to break the Malice's influence on it, a furious Zelda declares that Ganon's threat ends here and now and leads the charge into the castle citadel to face him.
However, Ganon proves invulnerable to all their attacks, until Terrako, reactivated by Zelda's holy power, launches a kamikaze attack on Calamity Ganon, the blast proving powerful enough to shatter Ganon's defenses and make him vulnerable. Once enough damage is dealt, Link cleaves Calamity Ganon in two with the Master Sword, before Zelda then uses her power granted to her by the Triforce and Hylia to seal Calamity Ganon away for good.
With Hyrule at peace once again, Teba's duty is completed, and the remaining energy in the ancient screw Terrako left behind when it self-destructed allows Teba, along with Riju, Yunobo, and the older Sidon, to return home to the Breath of the Wild timeline. Before leaving, Teba exchanges parting words with Revali, still showing some respect to the Rito Champion despite seeing his true personality regarding Link, and with his memories of helping the Hyrule of an alternate timeline survive the Great Calamity staying with him, Teba is returned home with the other future Champions.
In the DLC's secret ending, Teba, Revali, and Tulin are hanging out at the Flight Range, where Tulin is sleeping on Revali's lap and the Rito Champion stops the blanket from being blown away, while Teba silently chuckles at how much they've bonded. He is later seen with the rest of the warriors who contributed to Ganon's defeat and looks on as Terrako entertains them.
Tears of the Kingdom[]
In the years following the defeat of Calamity Ganon, Teba has become the new elder of the Rito, retiring from his duties as Link's main Rito ally after they worked together to free Vah Medoh from Windblight Ganon's influence to allow Revali's spirit to fulfil his mission. His son Tulin has grown considerably and even honed his Tulin's Tornado, while also becoming a skilled Rito archer in his own right.
When Link visits Rito Village to help it against Ganondorf's beast that he unleashed to cause ruin to the Rito in the monster Colgera, it is also during this time that it is discovered that Tulin is the descendant of the Sage of Wind that previously helped King Rauru against Ganondorf in the distant past. Once Colgera is defeated and Rito Village saved from its threat, Teba passes Revali's Great Eagle Bow that he now used down to Tulin for him to use, showing how proud he is of his son as the new Sage of Wind.
Trivia[]
- Teba was originally going to have brown feathers as he was based on a hawk but was changed to white to help him stand out more from the other Rito as a highly skilled warrior of his generation.
- Teba is one of the very few people whom Revali treated with much genuine kindness and respect.
- In all language versions of the games, Teba's name remains the same.
- Teba has the notable distinction of being the first, and so far, only character in The Legend of Zelda series to use profanity. That said, not everyone knows this, because the word in question is only used in a completely optional bit of dialogue that's triggered if you choose to go talk to him after you start trying to liberate Van Medoh and defeat Windblight Ganon and before you complete the mission.
- Curiously, while the Rito elder Kaneli, at one point, stated that only Champions or their descendants can enter and tame the Divine Beasts, Teba, despite not being related to Revali in any way, has been inside Vah Medoh in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and he was never forced out because he didn't meet these conditions regarding being a Champion or related to the Rito Champion. This brings up a theory that Revali's journal states that it requires someone not only beyond skill but must have a sacred soul to recognize them as its master, and Teba is shown to exhibit exceptional skill in his own right and is the top warrior in his generation and is highly determined to protect his village at all costs. As Revali states during the Divine Beast battle of the Air and Lightning Scenario, Teba's presence has actually increased its output, so both Revali and Teba are exceptionally skilled, have unbending spirits which helps with their compatibility in raising Vah Medoh's power and control, which supports this theory. Their moral alignments also match, through which Teba is allowed to share control with Revali without taking it away from him, which is why Vah Medoh's circuity keeps its blue color instead of changing it. It's likely that Kaneli's assumption might be faulty, since both Revali and Teba went through the process through experience, while he himself never did. The races of the ancient Champions from 10,000 years ago are not made clear and they were never recorded to be related to the Champions several millennia later either.
- On a similar note, Teba had also initially believed that controlling the Divine Beasts was exclusive to Champions, but it wasn't until all four Divine Beasts are free, which is then that the Rito found Revali's lost journal in the Flight Range. In The Champions Ballad, Teba owns Revali's journal which contained the entry of the Divine Beast's conditions so he might have learned that he didn't have to become an official Champion to control Vah Medoh and him meeting those conditions allowed him to be on board the Divine Beast even before Terrako changed the conditions to allow anyone besides the pilot to enter them.
External Links[]
- Teba on the Koei Wiki
- Teba on the Zelda Wiki
- Teba on the Nintendo Wiki
- Teba on the Near Pure Good Wiki
