I don't know if you should take it in the trend of "Oracle of Hours", because it looks then as if it has a time theme, which somewhat clashes with Oracle of Ages. Although I agree on that the password system has to go, because it is to difficult. I don't think you should lose any kind of connection with the other oracles. So get rid of the Hours addition. You can still make use of the maps or partials, but don't take it to literal to what VGmaps.com started. My idea is as follows:
> Title: Oracle of Secrets, because Farore is the Oracle of Secrets in Ages and Seasons.
> Oracle Role: 1) Teacher/scientist, 2) Archaeologist for the first I would say that she is an inventor and teaches things like history. For the second I would say she goes around digging for ruins to discover the hidden histories and secrets of ancient societies. My preference is number 2. But she is a descendant of the Keeper of the Book of Secrets.
> The world name: ??? I've never been really good at naming, so I don't really care. It is not that important.
> Maku tree: 1) a young child, 2) an old geezer Oracle of ages and seasons had both a man and a woman in somewhat there primes, it would be fun to take a youngling or a really old tree.
> Essences: Essences of knowledge Seasons had essences of nature and Ages had essences of time, which both tied in with the name and the theme.
> Story begin: The Triforce sends Link to a far away land to battle the upcoming darkness. When he lands he meets Farore and her party of diggers and researchers who are busy in some old ruin. Here they release some darkness, who reveals that Farore is the Oracle of Secrets and that she must know the location of the book of secrets. The shadow needs it to revive his long lost evil society. The shadow takes Farore captive and Link needs to collect all the essences of knowledge and find out about the evil society, to rescue Farore and defeat the evil.
> Evil Societies Background Story: Long ago there was a society that had obtained great technological achievements and a huge library of knowledge. They were about to break through to the realm of godhood and immortality. But the leaders of this society misused there technology and knowledge to hurt other lands and spread darkness over the world. Some of the people hated their leaders abuse of power and rebelled against them. And among the rebels there was one young warrior that stood out. He used a mighty weapon to reveal the truth about his lands darkness to the world and to the Goddesses. As the goddesses saw the plight of the people, they destroy the land with one fell swoop. The lands sank to be swallowed by the earth. But the society's vast knowledge and achievements couldn't be destroyed. Therefore they were sealed away in the book of secrets and the young warrior, who revealed the truth and was the only one to survive the destruction, was appointed Keeper of the book of secrets. In time the dark society was forgotten and a new nation rose on the land. The Keeper got married and had a long line of descendants. Now only that remains of the dark society are the ruins of the tops from their highest towers, but deep beneath the earth lies another thing that could not be destroyed. There lies the accumulation of their willpower, the amalgam of their dark desires; waiting to become stronger and the world to drop their guard; waiting to let the dark society be reborn again. I know it has an Atlantis ring, but hey I sucked it out my thumb in less then a minute
> Main item: Mask(or Lens) of truth with the powers 1) Revelation of light: turns night into day and reveals the secrets that are covered by light, 2) Cover of darkness: turns day into night and reveals the secrets that lie in the darkness, and 3) Voices of Spirits: turns the world into twilight and reveals the ghosts and spirits of the dead and forgotten.
>Gameplay: You could use a day and night system, that automatically changes, but you could also say that certain areas are standard covered in night, day or twilight. In dungeons the new weapon-chest can only be opened during the night or day. And certain puzzles require day, night or twilight settings. Think of the mirror puzzles in OOT and TWW.
Well for the rest I've no idea yet. what to make, but this i the basic for what I use for an Oracle game. I haven't looked at the maps yet, but I will later and give my 10 cents on that.
**PS: where is the zip attachment?
