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So, I kind of ended up making a Moominvalley AU with TLoZ: the Wind Waker. (I’m not kidding I literally have the most important plot points figured it out)
Provisional name of the AU til I can think of something better: Moomintroll and the Guardian of Spring (I suck at names I know)
Okay so the story is almost the same as the game, I said almost cause I made some slight (or major) changes.
I’m just gonna drop what I have in regards of the characters and some small things of the story cause explaining the whole story would make this the size of a Bible.
-Moomin is the main hero, and he gets involved in one crazy adventure after Snorkmaiden is kidnapped by a giant bird that was actually aiming for Snufkin. He really doesn’t want to fight or kill anyone, but slowly learns that in these circumstances there’s no other option (Little My is to be thanked for this).
-Little My tags along, even though she was told she couldn’t come. She is mostly the voice of reason.
-Joxter, Hodgkins and Muddler are the pirate crew, though they not exactly pirates, they’re just travelers, that have to be constantly moving for Snufkin’s safety (will explain that later)
-The Lady of the Cold is the main villain (her design will be the one I made a long time ago, she basically is been kidnapping (or well the giant bird does) down any creature that has some similarities with Mumriks, for she’s looking for the one who is the reincarnation of the Guardian of Spring (I also explain that later), that way she can kill him and cover the land in an eternal winter and no one would stop her.
-Snufkin has an important role here, for he is the reincarnation of the Guardian of Spring, the thing is, he doesn’t remember. A long time ago when he was just a little kid (he was more or less aware of his real identity/role), the Lady of the Cold attacked the island his family lived on, apparently she got word that the new GoS (got tired of writing the whole name) was there. After that, it was decided that Snufkin’s memories (and of everyone in the island who knew who he really was except for Joxter, who was given the task of keeping the boy safe) had to be erased to protect himself and others, and that he must be in constant movement so that witch can’t track him down easily. Also this is why Joxter is overprotective of his son. (Oh and given who Snufkin is, he can do magic with his Harmonica, basically when he plays especific tunes with a certain purpose in mind something happens) It was also established that he would get his memories back once he was truly ready to fulfill his destiny, which would be defeating the Lady of the Cold once and for all (killing her)
-The Hobgoblin was responsible of erasing Snufkin’s memories and is the only one that can make him remember everything.
-Moomin and Snufkin slowly fall in love with each other during this whole craziness (after he gets his memories back, he sticks up with Moomin, cause now that the Lady of the Cold is aware he is the Guardian, he can’t be on his own), they start bonding when they are heading out to rescue Snorkmaiden at the beginning (said first attempt did not turned out well)
-Sniff is also part of this mess, though he only stays back and watches over the ship, the only reason they let him stay is cause he knows how to cook and his food is really delicious. He lived on a island full of merchants (Windfall Island, still haven’t chosen a new name) with his mother Fuzzy (they came with the Oshun Oxtra crew to find a new place to live, Muddler in the end decided to stick up with Joxter and Hodgkins cause he felt they needed their help more, given they had to look after Snufkin and all that).
-The ghost/spirit of the “old” guardian of Spring is the one who guides Moomin and tells him what he has to do in order to save Snorkmaiden (not sure how that even works, but I think the spiritual part of the Guardian is separated from Snufkin when the boy’s memories were erased and practically is a different entity)
Now in regards of the story:
-The seasons were looked over by a guardian spirit, but the balance was broken by the Lady of the Cold, who looked over winter, she was just sick of winter being such a disliked season by everyone, so she made winter last longer than what it was meant to, eventually the Guardian of Spring fought against her and sealed her away, though he ended with some fatal wounds that eventually killed him (he is only immortal, yet he can be killed). Hundreds of years later, the witch escapes from her prison and tries to cover the world in an eternal winter once more.
-The land below the sea is known as the forgotten land (I suck at names) and the reason why it was flooded, is because the damage that the Lady of the Cold did to it by making Winter last longer couldn’t be fixed (the Guardian try to restore it with his powers, but nothing happened). The existance of such land is considered a mere myth nowadays.
Okay I have more stuff in regards of the story but these are the most important points of the lore xd.
Man this was super long, but I had fun making this, honestly I feel tempted to write a fic of this AU, I practically have the whole story planned out in my mind (or at least the key points)
Also, I may have just started to write a fic of this whole thing cause someone on Tumblr showed some interest in it xd.