saudade (noun.) a feeling of longing, melancholy, desire, and nostalgia; deep emotional state; a yearning for a happiness that has passed, or perhaps never even existed. She ran far, not looking back. Yet, never did she thought that she would run straight to the Hero of this time. and never had she wondered what her role would be in his destiny. It would only seem like she's cursed, she thinks, cursed to follow the steps of the Hylians forsaken in an unjust prophecy. book 1. of raison d'etre series.