Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
- Mahatma Gandhi
A young minotaur on the brink of adulthood goes to learn about his clan’s proud history from his wise grandfather. Of the duty and legacy he now must uphold.
He is told of the beginnings of his species proud nation. Of the great deeds of their forefather, and how, through his indomitable will, he reshaped the world itself despite all odds and hardships.
That, in the end, there is no greater strength than an unbreakable will.
This is a Canon-compliant Omake to my story The Power of Freedom, meaning that what happens here happened ‘off-screen’ in the main story.
Reading the main story isn’t necessary to appreciate and understand this, but it would make it far more enjoyable in my opinion.
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Considering Genghis Khan's empire was well run well educated tolerant of other religions and cultures Burning Will is likely in the top ten all time greatest rulers of Equestrian history of the non ageless variety top 5 most likely.
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Yeah, when you go past the stereotypes and actually look at historical facts Genghis Khan's empire was seriously impressive, especially when added to the fact that he caused most of the changes during his lifetime.
1 bottle
1 fire rod
And 1 pair of golden gauntlets
Found
1 set of light arrows made
Miss anything?
I could picture some version of the hookshot eventually being found and possibly the ice rod as well.
This was an amazing story, keep up the great work!
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The Hookshot I could see being part of the Yearling family and eventually winding up in A. K. Yearling, AKA Daring Do's hooves and used in er adventures.
https://youtu.be/9zSHz7Thvbc
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Not, that's all of them for the moment.
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Indeed.
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Heh, yeah, Daring Do wielding the hookshot would be fun.
Glad you liked the story.
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That was awesome! It’s going to take a lot of fics to cover all the tools used in the games.
That was fantastic! This is a great place for those gauntlets to end up.
I wonder if iron will will still be a traveling motivational speaker.
I had never thought to transpose the great Armstrong onto Iron Will before, but my god it works well!
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True. But it wiould be a fun ride, wouldn't it?
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It takes a moment to see it, but afterwards the similarities start to appear, like they both being huge lovable oddballs,
And of course Iron Will will be a motivational speaker! After all, inspiring others to do better is a proud legacy passed down his family line FOR GENERATIONS!
So, is this essentially confirmation that Link will never recover all of his items?
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Yes. Just like in the games, where you don't necessarily have to collect all the itens, Link won't get his entire arsenal of exotic magical stuff back.
So there will be odd and powerful magical itens scattered throughout the world. It will be fun.
Why is the story image Iroas?
I mean would Link even be able to use the gauntlets? I think not maybe if they were reforged into armor for his hooves but at that point he might as well have some new armor forged for his new body then enchanted by Zelda or some other skilled mage
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I couldn't find any 'noble' inspiring epic images with a minotaur.
While searching for something apropriate, the art of the MtG card 'Indomitable Will' was the closest I could find to what I wanted the cover to look like.
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Yeah, only beings with hands, like the minotaurs, would be able to use the gauntlets as they are.
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A little Extra Credtis for you: Genghis Khan
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And for you:
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Mmm.
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Its good, but still more 'imposing' than 'inspiring'.
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I think I may have found a good cover:
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Thoughts?
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Yeah, that looks great.
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imposing' than 'inspiring that depends on the perspective from a minotaurs heck yeah it inspiring to a pony not so much
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yeah the does look a picture you show future generations
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Yes. He was quite progressive, in that he would destroy ANY village, no matter WHO lived there.
In all seriousness, Genghis was a man of his time, where conquest was what determined what a man was. I'm not trying to gloss over his behavior, but medieval armies from Europe often weren't much better.
This was a pretty epic story, and a good insight into what minotaur society might look like.
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Glad you liked this little tale.
Hum.. this looks interesting..
: sees author :
This is gunna be good!
Edit: it's good!
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Ahhh, you are making me blush!
Neither should you regret it.
Hah, would you look at that, more of Link's stuff has a sense of dramatic timing
That was beautiful.
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Master Sword is mentioned, yet that omake is questionable canon.
“These gauntlets, and the legacy they spawned, have passed down the Will family line FOR GENERATIONS!”
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Non-cannon
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Gotcha.
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Starswirl has the ocarina of time.
I’m just waiting for the bottle of Romani Special Milk that Link had (grants unlimited magic for a period of time) to be found and kickstart the (Evening time/simile for shining) line.
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Indeed. Those things have been with him for so many lifetimes that one could almost say that their tendency towards dramatic timing has been passed down for generations.
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Thanks.
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Also, just letting you know, the Legendary Swords Omake is not canon in regards to the main story.
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... I can't believe I forgot to put the OT on that list.
And don't worry, I have plans for that little bottle of milk.
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I know. I’m so excited for when it shows itself.
There’s just so many things that could be used.
Like an omake where, when Flurry breaks the Crystal Heart, they find Nauru’s Love at the center. And Luna just goes “Oh. That’s where I put that.”
Oi! Link! Found yer gloves, lad!
...I guess you can't really use them with hooves. Guess they went looking for a new owner to put them to good use!
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Or an Omake where the mithycal treasure Daring Do finds is one of Link's itens.
There is really a ton of possibilities, what with how 'diverse' Link's armory tends to be.
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First, a pair of swords wind up where the shouldn't be in one omake, and now the gauntlets wind up with the minotaurs. That is a cool idea azuredragon. what's next, a bug fetcher in the future with Fluttershy? (forgot the item's name, but it is the bug item you get from the first dungeon in skyward sword.) Even if the future fluttershy omake doesn't happen, I think you can make a good/hilarious one with the controllable bug.
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Oh, yeah, the flying remote-robot-bug-thingie! (I also can't remenber its name) Yeah, it would be fun seeing Flutters messing with it.
Happy you like this silly little tale.
Me, seeing the chapter title: "heh, like Armstrong's thing, heh"
Me after reading the last paragraph: "YOU SON OF A BITCH"
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Precisely! 
Glad to hear you liked the story.
Simplemente maravilloso.
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Glad you liked it.
Review
*headpats*
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Thanks for the review Nailah.