Cia

Cia is a major antagonist and villain in Hyrule Warriors. In the version 1.3.0 update, she is also a playable Warrior. She is a powerful sorceress who wages war over the land of Hyrule in the aim to conquer it. She also harbors serious affections for Link, and desires to claim him as well.

Cia was originally the Guardian of Time tasked with watching and keeping the balance of the Triforce; however, she eventually began to harbor romantic feelings for the hero Link. These affections turned into jealousy towards Princess Zelda, a close friend of Link's. As Cia's resentment grew, she became vulnerable to the will of an evil being that was thought to have been sealed away long ago. With the light half of her soul driven from her body, Cia was corrupted by the darkness in her heart. Cia and her two primary comrades, Volga and Wizzro, now stand against Link, setting a war for Hyrule into motion.

Originally a person of morals, Cia has grown provocative and aggressive due to her corruption. She is not afraid to speak openly about her desires and thus has a strong sense of self. She wants to make the world and everything in it hers, especially Link; however, during The Wind Waker storyline, it is heavily implied that she regained at least most of her original personality.

Physical appearance

Owing to her nature as the corrupted form of the Guardian of Time, she had a very dark complexion to her skin. She also, owing to her growing lust for Link and possibly indicative of her decreasing sanity, wore a very provocative outfit that also was slightly mismatched, with a feathered heel shoe on her right foot and a standard heel on her left, her skirt being opened to expose her left leg, her having a long flowing sleeve on her right side yet small gold jewelry covering her left arm, and a small breastplate that prominently displayed her cleavage. She also has red tattoo markings. She initially wore a bird-like darkened headdress that obscured all except for her jaw, although this ended up destroyed when Midna attacked her with part of the Fused Shadows. Underneath her headdress, owing to her connection to Lana, she has a face strikingly similar to Lana's, also sharing the same purple/red eyes, only with white hair. After being redeemed, she wore similar attire to Lana and, by extension, that of the Guardian of Time, albeit colored black with a red jewel in contrast with Lana's white outfit with a blue jewel.

Abilities

Cia is a powerful sorceress capable of opening the Gate of Souls to summon monsters from across the ages to do her bidding. She is capable of basic feats such as levitation and the ability to fire blasts or waves of dark energy. Her magic is likely further augmented by the fragment of darkness that created her by expelling the light from her original self.

She is capable of creating magic traps, brainwashing Wizzro and Volga to serve her, and even briefly sealing a partially-revived Ganondorf. She has also shown the ability to use Link's own arrogance and pride to spawn Dark Links from his shadow, though she was only able to do this due to Link's initial overconfidence after obtaining the Master Sword and lost the ability to do this when Link awakened the true power of the Master Sword after being inspired by his friends. Cia has also shown the ability to summon Dark Links and other powerful entities at the cost of her own life force; however, this turns out to be her undoing, as she is left mortally wounded shortly after being defeated by the Hyrulean Forces.

Cia's Scepter can cast magic, but it also acts as a flail to physically attack enemies, with the crystalline head being connected to the rest of the staff by a cable. She can also use it to create Summoning Gates, which spawn Dark Links to briefly attack her enemies.