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| “ | We were born of nightmares... To take over this world, we made the Wind Fish sleep endlessly! If the Wind Fish doesn't wake up, this island will never disappear! We would have been the masters of this place... But you had to come here and disrupt our plans! Heh heh! You can never defeat us!!! Let's rumble! | „ |
| ~ The Shadow Nightmares before their final attempt at killing Link |
Summary
The creatures known only as the Shadow Nightmares are the main antagonist and final boss of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.
They desired to rule over the dream world created by the Wind Fish, and to do so they put him into an endless sleep to ensure that they and the rest of Koholint Island would never disappear. However when Link entered the dream they worried he'd wake up the Wind Fish, in response to his arrival the nightmares began creating monsters in an attempt to stop Link before finally be forced to confront him themselves. Ultimately they were destroyed by the hero, who soon after awakened the Wind Fish.
Powers and Stats
Tier: At least 8-C
Name: Shadow Nightmares, the final form they take is called Dethl
Origin: The Legend of Zelda
Gender: Not applicable
Age: Unknown
Classification: Creatures born of nightmares, manifestations of the Wind Fish's nightmares
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Incorporeality (The Shadow Nightmares are a mass of darkness born from nightmares[1]), Multiple Selves (Type 1 - Despite being a single entity they refer to themselves as a collective[1], each one taking control of the central mass of darkness that they all share to assume a different form while fighting Link[2]), Magic, Teleportation (Can teleport[1]), Levitation (Can levitate[1]), Life Manipulation (When Link arrived on Koholint Island the Shadow Nightmare's created many monsters to stop him[3], and they can imbue life into its fire to create sentient flaming bats[1]), Sleep Manipulation and Soul Manipulation (Put the Wind Fish into an endless sleep[1], causing his soul to fade away as well[3]), Telepathy (Speaks to Link without being physically present[1], and looked into his memories to take on the form of foes he had faced in the past[4]), Intangibility (Dethl could make it's dark body intangible to Links attacks despite him normally being able to strike the Shadow Nightmares[1], Power Mimicry (When taking on the forms of Links previous foes they also copy their powers[1]), Energy Projection (Can shoot energy bolts[1]), Fire Manipulation (Can create and unleash flaming bats[1]), Darkness Manipulation (Can manipulate the raw darkness they're comprised of for several purposes, including Shapeshifting and Size-Shifting - Can freely change their form and size; & Weapon Creation and Weapon Control - When they took on the form of Ganon they created a trident made of darkness that they can control without physical contact[1]), Non-Physical Interaction (Can be damaged by their own magic[1]), Immersion (Entered the Wind Fish's dream[1])
Attack Potency: At least Building level+ (Fought with Link[1])
Speed: Supersonic+ with Relativistic reactions and combat speed (Kept pace with Link during their battle)
Lifting Strength: Unknown
Striking Strength: At least Building level+
Durability: At least Building level+ (Can withstand many blows from Link)
Stamina: Superhuman (Each one can put up a decent fight against Link while sustaining severe sword injuries and being pierced by arrows)
Range: Extended melee range physically, Tens of Meters with it's abilities (Their attacks can reach across the entire chamber they fight's Link in)
Intelligence: Average (Competent enough to create and send monsters after Link to prevent him from waking up the Wind Fish)
Weaknesses: Their abilities seem dependent on whoever they mimic, due to being five beings inhabiting the same mass of darkness only one of them can fight at a time, the final nightmare has a large physical eye that is extremely vulnerable[1]
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Discussions
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