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High Maiden

The High Maiden[1], referred to as the Chamberlain by Wortsworth[2] is a character in Tears of the Kingdom. While she is never seen in any memory, in the ancient past she engraves 13 Stone Tablets, which Mineru then sends into the Sky, along with the Great Sky Island.[3] Her motive for doing so is the preserve the daily lives of the royal Hyrulean household for Link during the events of Tears of the Kingdom.[4]

Biography

When she was young, she witnessed King Rauru and Queen Sonia combine their sacred powers to create the Shrines of Light and seal away monsters.[5] The High Maiden serves the royal Hyrulean Household during and after their lifetime, when she no longer holds the position of High Maiden.[1] She is left in the dark as to Zelda's true identity, thinking she is a distant kin of Queen Sonia.[6] After she no longer holds the position of High Maiden and after the deaths of King Rauru, Queen Sonia, Mineru and after Zelda's Draconification into the Light Dragon[7], Mineru's spirit raises the Sky Islands into the air.[8] It is unknown what she does for the rest of her life, but when she writes the final tablet, she wants to serve the people of Hyrule.[9]

Trivia

  • The High Maiden's writing is written in Middle English, implying that either everyone spoke that way in the ancient past, or that is how the royal court would write.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ones held y honore als hochmayde to kyng Rauru ond quen Sonia, thaerafter to his suster ond to princesse Zelda." ("I once held the honour as high maiden to King Rauru and Queen Sonia, thereafter to his sister and to Princess Zelda.") — Lookout Landing Tablet (Tears of the Kingdom)
  2. ↑ "It certainly seems to be a royal diary left behind by a chamberlain or someone of equivalent station." — Wortsworth (Tears of the Kingdom)
  3. ↑ "The chamberlain took this on faith and wanted to know how she could help. So she inscribed these records on the stone tablets that Mineru sent into the sky." — Wortsworth (Tears of the Kingdom)
  4. ↑ "So michte heore remembrance preserven for the sake of hem on who oure hope reaste." ("So might their remembrance be preserved for the sake of him, on whom our hope rests.") — Lookout Landing Tablet (Tears of the Kingdom)
  5. ↑ "Of erli daies sinnes Hyrules funding have diverse monstres hir reaume biseged ond assayllede. Uncesinge in striffe, thei broughte to despair folkes lyfen. Kyng ond quen ysete thamselue to bringen scurge to ende. With might of light ond pourre, driven abak ybeen, ond the roial couple made thes shirines to selen hem awei. Thes holi selen ben yclept Shirines of Light. Gret kyng, grete quen, y thank ye. Ye foughte whan y wer maiden-child, that y kude pes toknouen." ("Of early days since Hyrule's founding, diverse monsters besieged and assaulted her realm. Incessant in strife, they brought despair to the people's lives. The king and queen committed themselves to bring the scourge to an end. With the might of light and power, they drove them back and the royal couple made these shrines to seal them away. These holy seals are called Shrines of Light. Great king, great queen, I thank you. You fought when I was a young maiden, that I could know peace."") — East Hebra Sky Archipelago Tablet (Tears of the Kingdom)
  6. ↑ "Ful fyn is the weder this morn, ond have y audience with theos princes seyd ben kin bi fer distaunt yeres to quene Sonia. ("Fully fine is the weather this morning, and I will have an audience with the princess said to be the distant kin to Queen Sonia.") — Gerudo Desert Tablet (Tears of the Kingdom)
  7. ↑ "Rauru, Hyrules kyng. Sonia, hir quen. His elder suster, Mineru. Ond eek princesse Zelda. Al whom y served, ond loved. Al whom thurghgon. Alon kerv y thes wordes upon this stan." ("Rauru, Hyrule's king. Sonia, his queen. His elder sister, Mineru. And also Princess Zelda. All whom I served and loved. All whom I cherished. Alone, I carve these words upon this stone.") — Sokkala Sky Archipelago Tablet (Tears of the Kingdom)
  8. ↑ "Swich wondrous sight y hav bihelden that ne con hit nat justli be described. The Temple of Time y sawe, ond al londe yheld it, reisen to the skie, both ferful ond majestatic." ("Such a wondrous sight I have beheld that it cannot be justly described. I saw the Temple of Time, and all the land that held it, rise into the sky, both fearful and majestic.)" — South Hyrule Sky Tablet (Tears of the Kingdom)
  9. ↑ "What mor than, ask y, can y do for Hyrules peples. Let min lyf lede mi fro hennes-forth an answere ful-worthi to this questioun." (What more then, I ask, can I do for Hyrule's people? Let my life lead me fro henceforth to a worthy answer to this question.)" — Sokkala Sky Archipelago Tablet (Tears of the Kingdom)