I've been debating on rather or not I wanted to post this, but I wanted to put together all the information and theories past and present on what still is consider a fringe theory by many, the Moon Theory and why a lot more people seem to be coming around to the idea of how important the role of the Moon will play in this game. For me it really started with a post from
@RagnarokX and other posts from
@SMALLVILLE BOY @Skittzo and
@NewPueblo which I have posted here first and reference some of them later on in this post as this is going to be very long, but hopefully will be a nice read for some looking to pass the time until launch. I am not trying to convince anyone of this theory as it's just speculation but it definitely has a lot more merit to it then a lot of people have contemplated of actually having a chance to occur.
I'm finding I am more interested in speculating about TotK story now as we are so close to launch rather than finding and looking for specific details that will become definite spoilers, although if all of these theories below are true then they could end up being the biggest spoiler of them all. Definitely add to anything I have missed and I know there are multiple scenarios that could play out so again this is more a collection of ideas that add some credence to the Moon theory.
I posted in the other thread another idea I had for the blue wisps, which many have theorized already about being similar to souls from previous Zelda titles, but Wisps haven't really been talked about what their story implications may be so I wanted to add that post here first.
Since this game references many different cultures both past and present when doing my own research on the moon I found that some seks of ancient greeks thought that the souls of the dead resided or went to the moon to await rebirth. And
@RagnarokX already posted about (above)several different cultures referring to the Moon or symbolized the moon by a rabbit or feathered serpent.
I also really subscribe to the idea that "Tears of the Kingdom" refers to one of two things, A kingdom, meaning a place, outside of Hyrule or a culture or people.
So we know Rauru is directly responsible for the Tears from the mural and its a safe bet to say that there are 7 of them based on the mural and this picture from the Art book.
Let's just say for a minute that Rauru is literally from the Moon or a Moon God, we will call him Zonai for good measure, an ancient tribe in Hyrule that disappeared long ago. These being Moon Tears make sense but they are clear or white. We already know now that each of the new Champions have one along with Gannondorf. It makes sense who ever wields on of these tears that the color of the tear is infused with the users character or traits.
I also speculated awhile back that the picture on the right symbolizes the lotus flower and when closed the 7 tears become one or are fused together. At that time I didn't know what the purpose was, but I think it could actually form a small sphere representing the Moon.
It just so happens that we see the back of Rauru's hand with a large sphere on the back of his hand which I think could actually represent the moon with possibly the center being the Tears.
So if Rauru is from the moon or represents the moon in some way, then he definitely would have a beef with Gannondorf taking control of the moon and forming a blood moon. Perhaps the result has trapped the souls of the dead from being reborn on the moon, or perhaps this is actually the reason for the Monsters being able to be reborn into Hyrule because he has taken control of the moon.
So Rauru comes down from the Heavens, makes a pact or falls in Love with Basket and gives a Tear to each of the Champions to help defeat a common enemy.
Right now I'm down to only 2 theories left as possible solutions to all the crazy scenes we have seen from the trailers and the Art book, yes I know there are more but these are the two see as most probable, The merging or fusing Time theory of past and present and a mirrored world theory which doesn't involve time at all.
The craziest theory I have is that the Zonai created an identical world or similar world to Hyrule on the Moon, And there is absolutely no evidence for this, so now that we got that out of the way, this is the only other explanation I can come up with that makes sense with all the massive changes we see in Hyrule that isn't the past merging with the present. It's what I think of when exploring an "Unfamiliar Hyrule"
And just for fun the biggest clue of them all is that we all know what the Moon is made out of right?