At the beginning of time, the three goddesses formed and created the
land. The Goddess of Power, Din, with her powerful, flaming arms, made
the red earth. The Goddess of Wisdom, Nayru, bestowed her divine wisdom
upon the land, and created the world's laws to give a sense of justice
and order to the world, and to guide the people in the goddesses'
absence. The Goddess of Courage, Farore, endowed Hyrule with her
powers, creating life to follow this justice.
After their
work was completed, the goddesses left a divine artifact called the
Triforce, which could grant the wishes of the user. It consisted of
three golden triangles—each also called a "Triforce"—one of Wisdom, one
of Power and one of Courage. However, because the Triforce was not
divine, and could not judge between good and evil, the goddesses placed
the Triforce in an alternate world called the "Sacred Realm" or the
"Golden Land", hoping that a worthy person would one day seek it.
According
to legend, if the discoverer of the Triforce has a balance of power,
wisdom and courage, the Sacred Realm will become a paradise, and they
will receive the Triforce as a whole, along with the true force to
govern all. If they are unbalanced, the Sacred Realm will become a
world of evil, and they will receive the part of the Triforce that
represents the characteristic they most demonstrate, with the remaining
parts of the whole transferring into the people in Hyrule who most
exemplify the other two traits.
Eventually, dark
interlopers, later to be called "Twili", attempted to steal the
Triforce and establish dominion over the Sacred Realm. In response, the
goddesses sent the light spirits Ordona, Faron, Eldin, and Lanayru to
seal away their dark magic within the Fused Shadows. The interlopers
themselves were banished to the shadowy world of the Twilight
Realm—with only the Mirror of Twilight linking the two worlds—where
they would become the Twili race. The Mirror was left in the protection
of ancient sages.
And then eventually, evil rose once
again. A hero would not appear to repel the evil, and in response, the
goddesses flooded Hyrule. The citizens were able to flee to the
mountaintops, while Ganon and his army were trapped under the sea. The
kingdom below was frozen in time to assure Ganon would not utilize his
powers to escape, with the Master Sword as its key. The world above
would be known as the Great Sea, and the memory of Hyrule was lost with
time.
The goddesses brought the land of Hyrule back soon
after but made an alternate land for the people to live in while they
made the land as it once was. The land was called Termina and it turned
out to be the true opposite of Hyrule. As it was not evil in its way,
it was different from how the other land had been. But, none of the old
villagers of Hyrule remembered their once beloved land. It was a long
while before the people of Hyrule were allowed to return to their home.
They lived life as nothing had happened, but some remembered and they
told tales of what had happened when they were taken from their land to
a different one. Many tales have been told of the Hero of Time, the
young man who saves Hyrule and the Princess Zelda, Link. But, there is
a different story to be told here. The history of the land of Hyrule
has been laid before you. There is but one tale left to be told. Of the
descendant that was, truly, unexpected.
The tale of telling
is of Link, who valiantly takes the role that was not meant for her
when she was born. True, she had been named after the hero of time, as
a few of her friends had, but she had not expected that she would be
chosen by the Goddesses to take up the Sword of Time and saved Hyrule
and the Prince Zeldar—Not as you expect him to be, I assure you. Life
in Hyrule was the same as always. But, a peaceful land is always
begging for some evil doing and chivalry. The Goddesses had no idea,
that when Ganon was released from his prison, once more, that there
would be a different hero to stand against him. A hero that, at first,
had to fight the forces of evil—without the Goddesses’ powers to
protect her.
land. The Goddess of Power, Din, with her powerful, flaming arms, made
the red earth. The Goddess of Wisdom, Nayru, bestowed her divine wisdom
upon the land, and created the world's laws to give a sense of justice
and order to the world, and to guide the people in the goddesses'
absence. The Goddess of Courage, Farore, endowed Hyrule with her
powers, creating life to follow this justice.
After their
work was completed, the goddesses left a divine artifact called the
Triforce, which could grant the wishes of the user. It consisted of
three golden triangles—each also called a "Triforce"—one of Wisdom, one
of Power and one of Courage. However, because the Triforce was not
divine, and could not judge between good and evil, the goddesses placed
the Triforce in an alternate world called the "Sacred Realm" or the
"Golden Land", hoping that a worthy person would one day seek it.
According
to legend, if the discoverer of the Triforce has a balance of power,
wisdom and courage, the Sacred Realm will become a paradise, and they
will receive the Triforce as a whole, along with the true force to
govern all. If they are unbalanced, the Sacred Realm will become a
world of evil, and they will receive the part of the Triforce that
represents the characteristic they most demonstrate, with the remaining
parts of the whole transferring into the people in Hyrule who most
exemplify the other two traits.
Eventually, dark
interlopers, later to be called "Twili", attempted to steal the
Triforce and establish dominion over the Sacred Realm. In response, the
goddesses sent the light spirits Ordona, Faron, Eldin, and Lanayru to
seal away their dark magic within the Fused Shadows. The interlopers
themselves were banished to the shadowy world of the Twilight
Realm—with only the Mirror of Twilight linking the two worlds—where
they would become the Twili race. The Mirror was left in the protection
of ancient sages.
And then eventually, evil rose once
again. A hero would not appear to repel the evil, and in response, the
goddesses flooded Hyrule. The citizens were able to flee to the
mountaintops, while Ganon and his army were trapped under the sea. The
kingdom below was frozen in time to assure Ganon would not utilize his
powers to escape, with the Master Sword as its key. The world above
would be known as the Great Sea, and the memory of Hyrule was lost with
time.
The goddesses brought the land of Hyrule back soon
after but made an alternate land for the people to live in while they
made the land as it once was. The land was called Termina and it turned
out to be the true opposite of Hyrule. As it was not evil in its way,
it was different from how the other land had been. But, none of the old
villagers of Hyrule remembered their once beloved land. It was a long
while before the people of Hyrule were allowed to return to their home.
They lived life as nothing had happened, but some remembered and they
told tales of what had happened when they were taken from their land to
a different one. Many tales have been told of the Hero of Time, the
young man who saves Hyrule and the Princess Zelda, Link. But, there is
a different story to be told here. The history of the land of Hyrule
has been laid before you. There is but one tale left to be told. Of the
descendant that was, truly, unexpected.
The tale of telling
is of Link, who valiantly takes the role that was not meant for her
when she was born. True, she had been named after the hero of time, as
a few of her friends had, but she had not expected that she would be
chosen by the Goddesses to take up the Sword of Time and saved Hyrule
and the Prince Zeldar—Not as you expect him to be, I assure you. Life
in Hyrule was the same as always. But, a peaceful land is always
begging for some evil doing and chivalry. The Goddesses had no idea,
that when Ganon was released from his prison, once more, that there
would be a different hero to stand against him. A hero that, at first,
had to fight the forces of evil—without the Goddesses’ powers to
protect her.
