Hyrule Warriors Guide Warriors
Non-Playable Warriors
Although you’ve already learned about the game’s playable Warriors, there are still a few Warriors to talk about that aren’t playable, namely, Volga, Wizzro, and Cia.
Volga
Cia’s enforcer and a noble dragon knight, Volga is a tenacious Warrior that will constantly try to upset the heroes’ plans by invading the battlefield when you least expect it. He is clearly inspired by the legendary dragon Volvagia, that is seen throughout the Zelda series, and it shows: One of his attacks turns Volga into the dragon itself, allowing him to dive into his enemies and create a fiery explosion.
Although he works for Cia, Volga is Warrior of integrity. He is always hunting for his next great battle, but he wants to be the greatest Warrior through his own means. Cia’s power corrupts him, and he becomes stronger as a result, but at a cost that he’s not happy to pay. After a convincing argument from Princess Zelda, Volga resists Cia’s dark power and eventually banishes it from himself altogether. Removing Cia’s dark power leaves Volga with a need to prove his strength once and for all. He challenges Link, the only Warrior he sees as a true rival, to one final battle to prove definitively who the greatest Warrior on the battlefield is. Link wins and Volga admits defeat, leaving the battlefield as a true Warrior, never to be tainted by evil’s touch again.
Wizzro
Initially believed to be the one pulling all the strings, Wizzro is Cia’s second-in-command and the dark forces’ resident trickster. He’s often seen leading attacks on Hylian forces whenever Cia isn’t around. He’s also capable of transforming himself to look like other people and uses this trick to fool the heroes a couple of times.
Unlike Volga, Wizzro is not noble; he’s a textbook example of a corrupt and evil individual. He would likely stab Cia in the back in a second if he were ever given the chance. Fortunately, Wizzro meets his end at Link’s hand when Link takes hold of the Master Sword in the Temple of the Sacred Sword. After being beaten many times before, Wizzro makes one last attempt at stopping the heroes’ advance against Cia’s army, but he vastly underestimates the Master Sword’s power and falls to it once and for all.
Cia
Once a great sorceress who monitored the Triforce across all of time and space, Cia became corrupted by Ganondorf’s dark whispers into her heart. Like any person, Cia, though wise, had the smallest capacity for evil, which was then manipulated by Ganondorf, whose soul was locked up in Cia’s domicile. It took time to for the corruption to become absolute, but the result was terrible and dramatic; Cia became a force for evil, obsessed with obtaining both the Triforce and Link, to whom she developed an attraction. The only good she had left in her then left her body to become Lana, the Sorceress of the Forest and an incredible ally to the heroes.
Having a piece of Ganondorf’s soul locked away in her place of residence gave Cia access to the Triforce of Power—a tool she thought she could wield to her advantage. With the other pieces of the Triforce and Link on her mind, she began her conquest of Hyrule, starting with Hyrule Field, the home of Hyrule Castle.
Cia’s assault of Hyrule is quickly beaten back by the heroes, but she is an incredible sorceress with the power to see through all of time. She uses these powers to her advantage, when she is backed into a corner by the heroes, by opening the Gate of Souls, which opens portals to times across Hyrule’s history. If she can’t conquer Hyrule with the heroes blocking her at every turn, she decides she’ll just have to remove them from the equation entirely by traveling through time to points when they are not around.
The sorceress creates armies in the time periods of Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, and Skyward Sword, but she is beaten at every turn by the heroes Link, Impa, Lana, and Zelda, and new allies found in each of the three time periods. The heroes succeed in closing the Gates of Souls, forcing Cia into a corner. Seeing that her campaign of terror is almost over, Cia gives her lifeforce to empower her soldiers in the Valley of Seers. But even with a superpowered army, Cia is still defeated by the heroes—this time for good.
Cia laments her fate and shares her regrets of never having been loved by Link as she takes her last few breaths. She was once a great and wise sorceress who fell to Ganondorf’s powers of corruption. Now, Lana is all that remains of her once-great legacy.
With Cia’s passing, the chains that hold the final piece of Ganondorf’s soul in place lift and the King of Darkness is allowed to run free once more, and Cia’s legacy is further marred. If only it could have been different. If only she could have resisted Ganondorf’s corrupting presence. If only . . .