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Zant is the central antagonist of the Wii and GameCube video game The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, as well as its HD remake on the Wii U. He is also known as the Usurper King. Prior to the events of the game, Zant stole the throne from Midna in the Twilight Realm. His entire body is covered and you only see his face revealed near the end of the game. Despite his menacing look, he's rather childish at times and isn't the primary antagonist; that role was later revealed to be Ganondorf. In fact, Zant is considered one of Ganon's minions.

The Legend of Zelda series[]

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess[]

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Zant as seen in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

In the game, Zant is a peasant in the Twilight Realm who wishes that he was the king of the Twilight Realm. Ganondorf then approaches Zant and tells him that he is a god.

Ganondorf promises Zant that he can make Zant become the ruler of the Twilight Realm. By giving Ganondorf's powers to Zant, Zant became powerful and overthrew the Kingdom of the Twilight Realm. Zant then stole the Fused Shadows from Midna and leaves her to die in the Light World but not until after using his minion King Bulblin to shroud the Light World in Twilight starting with Hyrule Castle Town. Later, finding out that Midna is alive and has brought together the four Fused Shadows he had placed to try to keep the Light World in darkness he steals the Fused Shadows and then burns her with the light ball from a Light Spirit leaving her weak and helpless with Wolf Link. The pair get to Zelda and Midna is healed, but Zelda's and Midna's spirits are temporally combined. Then, splitting with Ganondorf Zant travels back to the Twilight Realm while resurrecting Stallord and splitting the Mirror of Twilight into shards. He then lays in wake inside the Twilight Realm as Ganondorf begins his attack upon Hyrule Castle starting by putting a protective crystal around Hyrule Castle immediately after Wolf Link and Midna teleported out of Zelda's room. After collecting the Mirror Shards and having an epic battle with Zant at the Palace of Twilight, He is finally killed by Midna who uses the power of the Fused Shadows to kill him. He is though later seen in a vision at Ganondorf's death where Zant cracks his own neck as though somehow he may have been partly the cause of Ganondorf's death.

Super Smash Bros. series[]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[]

Zant appeared in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as a trophy and sticker. His sticker increased weapon attacks by 7.

Trophy Description[]

Zant - Brawl Trophy

Zant's Trophy in Brawl.

  • "The self-proclaimed king of twilight. Zant is the ringleader scheming to cover Hyrule in twilight. Zant long served under the royal family of the Twilight Realm. Ganondorf grants great power to Zant in exchange for his allegince, and Zant makes it his ultimate goal to become the supreme leader of both light and dark."

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U[]

He also appeared as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U.

Trophy Description[]

ZantTrophyWiiU

Zant's trophy in the Wii U version.

  • NA: "A strange voice, creepy movements, and eccentric attacks-everything about Zant is unnerving and odd! The self-proclaimed king of the Twilight Realm, he seeks to unite both light and dark into one world for him to rule. Now if only he could deal with that pesky Link fellow..."
  • EU: "Empowered by Ganondorf's dark magic, Zant becomes the de facto ruler of the Twilight Realm. With his deranged screeches, freakish movements and eccentric attacks, Zant is certainly an unnerving opponent to battle. He plans to cover the world of light in darkness. If only Link would just stay out of his way..."

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[]

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Zant is featured as an Attack type Primary Spirit with an Advanced rank and one open slot for support spirits.

Hyrule Warriors series[]

As a playable character[]

Zant is a playable character in the two "Hyrule Warriors" series, he is using a set of Scimitars as his main weapon,as well as the dark power he is using during the events of "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess".

During the story[]

During the story, Zant is seen guarding the gate of souls located inside the Palace of Twilight for Cia as well as serving as a boss for the level. He is later resurrected by Ganondorf along with Ghirahim to aid him in his quest to obtain the full Triforce. He is then tasked by Ganondorf to command his force within the Gerudo Desert where he is undone alongside Ghirahim by Princess Zelda and Link.

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