[Legend of Zelda] Tetra: Queen of New Hyrule

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My entry for BLACKANIMELAND's contest ("Kings and Queens dark skinned chara" theme, I placed third). I used the Phantom Hourglass/Spirit Tracks inking style for this redesign of Tetra as an adult, and I mixed elements from her base pirate design, King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule's design, her alter ego Princess Zelda's design, and also my previous redesign of her. Tetra is around 25 years old in this pic and she is Queen of New Hyrule, the land she discovered with Link after travelling across the Great Sea. Therefore, this fanart can be placed after the events of both The Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass, and a couple of generations before the Spirit Tracks ones. I don't think Tetra reverted back to her lighter skin alter ego while growing up: more likely, her transformation in TWW was just a temporary one, triggered by a magic performed on her by the king of the original Kingdom of Hyrule to make Tetra regain the memories of her ancestors.
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