The Legend of Zelda. This is the most suspensful and amazing story line EVER! And its and amazing game, now i shall list the entire time line of the legend of zelda.
According to the Hylian scrolls, the mythical goddesses descended from a distant nebula to the world that was and created order and life. Din, the goddess of Power dyed the mountains red with fire and created land. Nayru, the goddess of Wisdom created science and wizardry and brought order to nature. And Farore, the goddess of Courage, through justice and vigor, created life-the animals that crawl the land and the birds that soar in the sky. After the goddesses had finished their work, they left the world, but not before creating a symbol of their strength, a golden triangle known as the Triforce. A small but marvel portion of the essence of the goddesses was held in this mighty artifact, which was to guide the intelligent life on the world of Hyrule.
Although it was an inanimate object, the Triforce had the power to bestow three titles which gave the person who received them great powers: The Forger of Strength, The Keeper of Knowledge, and The Juror of Courage. From its hiding place in the so-called Sacred Realm, or, Golden Land where the goddesses placed it, the Triforce beckoned people from the outside world to seek it in the hope that someone worthy of these titles would find it.
The goddesses created six distinct races to live in their new world- the fish-like Zora lived in the vast waterways of the land; the rock-eating Gorons dwelt inside the massive Death Mountain, and created bombs. In the Lost Woods, far to the east, the Elven Kokiri lived. The black-hearted Gerudo people lived in the deserts, while the mysterious Shiekah lived at the foot of Death Mountain, vowing to protect the royal Hylian family. The noble Hylians lived in the center of the world, in the large Hyrule Field.
With their magic infused blood, the Hylian people were endowed with psychic powers and skilled in wizardry. It was also said that their long, pointed ears enabled them to hear special messages from the goddesses, so they were held in high esteem by the many people in Hyrule. Their descendants settled in various parts of the world and passed on their knowledge and magical lore to all people. But in its passing, the lore was often distorted or lost altogether…
Gates to the Golden Land
In Hyrule, there are many Hylian buildings which are mentioned repeatedly in the Legends. These buildings, which now lie in ruin, pale shadows of their former splendor, are closely tied to the Triforce. Some were said to have the Triforce itself...
If it were only a symbol of the goddesses, the Triforce would be coveted by many. But a verse from the Book of Mudora made the Triforce even more desirable:
In a realm beyond sight,
The sky shines gold, not blue.
There, the Triforce's might
Makes mortal dreams come true.
Many aggressively searched for the wish granting Triforce, but no one, not even the Hylian sages, was sure of its location; the knowledge had been lost over time. Some said the Triforce lay under the desert, others said that it was in the cemetery in the shadow of Death Mountain, but no one ever found it. That yearning for the Triforce soon turned to lust for power, which in turn led to the spilling of blood. Soon the only motive left among those searching for the Triforce was pure greed.
To protect the Triforce from such a person, a great sage named Rauru built the Temple of Light to guard the entrance to the Sacred Realm. Using a few magical items, he made a large and complex seal that could only be opened by one who was worthy enough to receive the relic. But that did not stop everyone.
Years later, in the blowing sand and the harsh climate of the desert, the King of the Gerudo Thieves, Ganondorf Dragmire found the way to break the mystic seal of Rauru. He needed three sacred stones- one held by the Kokiri, one by the Goron, and one by the Zora. He then needed the magical Ocarina of Time to open the seal, which was held by a member of the royal family. Climbing upon his black Gerudo steed, Ganondorf went to each of the tribes and attempted to get their stones by destroying them- he poisoned the Kokiri's guardian tree, he infested the cave which held the Goron's food source with monsters, and he made the protective deity of the Zora, Lord Jabu-Jabu, go mad and swallow the daughter of King Zora XVI, Princess Ruto. He then went to hold an audience with the King of Hyrule, in an attempt to find which royal family member had the Ocarina. Ganondorf knew that it was only a matter of time before he had all the pieces to his plan complete. However, time was definitely not on Ganondorf's side…
In the Kokiri forest there lived a young boy named Link. He was unlike all the other Kokiri- they all had faerie guardians, all except Link. One night, he had a nightmare that would haunt his dreams for many months- during a rainy night, in front of a magnificent castle, a young girl would be riding away on horse in the arms of a woman. She would give Link a stare of helplessness, and looked like she needed to say something. Behind them rode an evil-looking man with green skin in black armor. He would frighten Link, who would awake uneasily.
One night, after his dreams, a faerie came to Link. Her name was Navi, and told him that the Great Deku Tree, the guardian of the Kokiri needed his help. Link went to the Tree, who told Link he was cursed. Upon entering the Tree, Link defeated the source of the curse. But the Deku Tree was already nearly gone.
Giving Link a green gem, he told Link in his dying breath to visit the Princess of Destiny in Hyrule Castle. After a short journey, Link and Navi found the Princess, whose name was Zelda, and the girl from Link's dream. She told Link of the evil man from his dream, who wanted the Triforce. She told Link the only way to stop him was to find the other two Spiritual Stones and with her Ocarina of Time, open the door to the Golden Land in the Temple of Time.
After traveling and curing the curses of the Goron and the Zora, Link brought the stones to the castle. But, just like in Link's dream the man in black armor was chasing Princess Zelda in the arms of her nursemaid Impa on a horse. Zelda threw the Ocarina of Time to Link, who caught it and fled to the Temple of Time. There, he played the Song of Time, which opened the gate. But the evil man tricked the young hero, and he stole the Triforce from the Golden Land before the lad could enter. The name of this king of thieves is Ganondorf Dragmire, but he is known by his alias, Mandrag Ganon, which means Ganon of the Enchanted Thieves. Then, the whole world as Link knew it, ended…
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The Imprisoning War
I do not know what Ganondorf wished for from the Triforce. However, in time evil power began to flow from the Golden Land and greedy men were drawn there to become members of Ganon's army. Black clouds permanently darkened the sky, and many disasters beset Hyrule. The lord of Hyrule sent for the Knights of Hyrule, and ordered them to seal the entrance to the Golden Land. But Ganondorf's power was too great, and he swiftly took over the land of Hyrule. The Triforce, being an inanimate object, cannot judge between good and evil. Therefore, it could not know that Ganondorf's wishes were evil; it mearly granted then happen
Evil things beset the land of Hyrule, and the leaders of the six races tried to prevent the ongoing war. However, their efforts also were in vain.
Seven years after Ganondorf first touched the Triforce; Link awoke in the Temple of Light. Rauru, who had built the Temple, told Link of the evil that occurred. Rauru was only one of seven sages who would, if brought together, seal Ganon in the Golden Land. Link found five more- Saria the Kokiri, Darunia the Goron, Ruto the Zora, Impa the Shiekah, and Nabooru the Gerudo, who all became sages. Princess Zelda, who remained in disguise for the past seven years, was the seventh.
When Link found Zelda, it was revealed the Triforce had split due to Ganondorf's evilness. He held the Triforce of Power, Zelda held the Triforce of Wisdom, and Link himself held the Triforce of Courage. Upon hearing this, Ganondorf kidnapped Zelda and dared Link to face him.
Link took the full brunt of the fierce attack, and although he fought courageously, at some points he nearly lost. However, his efforts were not in vain, for Ganondorf was slain by Link's sword. Upon escaping his crumbling tower, Ganondorf arose, and, using the power of his Triforce he turned himself into the Prince of Darkness, Ganon. Battling Ganon seemed futile, but he bought precious time for the Seven Sages to magically seal Ganon in the bGolden Land. All of Hyrule rejoiced at the victory that upheld peace and order over Ganon's evil and chaos. This war, which had claimed many lives, ecame known as the Imprisoning War in stories told in later centuries.
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Masques of Fate
Link, without even having time to savor his victory over Ganon in the Imprisoning War, found he must tend to the plight of Talmina.
The kingdom of Hyrule had been peaceful and in a state of rebuilding after Ganondorf's dark reign. Returning just a few months after his time travel adventures, young Link I, Hero of Time, rode home on the back of his trusty (and equally young) horse, Epona. As he cautiously made his way through the foggy, dark woods of the home he had returned to in Kokiri Forest, two faeries appeared out of nowhere.
Startled by the quick-moving, glowing creatures, Epona reared up and sent Link flying to the ground. As Link lay unconscious, a third stranger appeared out of the mist: a mask-wearing impish Skull Kid by the name of Stalkid. Looking for valuables, Stalkid soon found Link's Ocarina of Time, took it, and made his escape on Epona.
Link, of course, quickly followed and soon came upon a doorway in a large tree. He slowly stepped inside - and fell into a bottomless pit that transported him into a weird, yet oddly familiar world full of familiar faces. But while the landscape may have looked familiar, one thing was clearly different: In the sky above loomed a gigantic moon, slowly descending onto this world...
"In a few more days, this world will end," so spoke those living there. Even as they waited, time passed mercilessly. "If you can find the masked one, you may find a clue to saving this realm."
And so Link embarked on a new adventure to halt the setting of the moon on this strange world and to find his way back to his own land.
Link must stop the catastrophe in the new world, or at least return to his own world. The world he found himself trapped in (called Talmina), as Link learned, existed in a parallel dimension. The passage of time seemed a factor from the start - Link was aware that if he spent too much time in the other world, the moon would impact the planet to apocalyptic result. Without the help of the faerie Navi, Link joined up with the brother and sister faeries Trail and Chat that had startled Epona at the beginning of his quest (who consistently would warn Link of Stalkid's recurring presence), then set out on his new journey.
The new key element of Link I's second adventure was the newfound ability to transform into new characters by wearing the different masks. By donning a variety of masks, Link assumed the form of a Goron, a Zora, and even a Deku Scrub.
Each of these fantastic forms had its own abilities, as one would expect. In Goron form, for example, Link could roll up into a ball for some wild Goron rolling. When it cane time to make music (a key piece to the puzzle), the Goron Link whipped out a set of bongos and started to beat them repeatedly. As a Zora, Link gained fantastic swimming abilities, and in the musical department, he could play an aquatic guitar as if second nature. Although becoming a Deku Scrub sounded rather undesirable to Link, in this form Link could hover like a helicopter and play an quintet's share of horns.
It is in each of these forms that Link explored different worlds full of danger and wonder anew. He made a great many new friends and battled an all-new army of enemies along the way until his confrontation with Stalkid. When it was revealed that Stalkid was actually good-hearted and that it was the Mask of Majora he wore (stolen from the Mask Maker in Hyrule) that was evil, the Mask of Majora itself had to be confronted. In the aftermath, Link I returned to his homeland of Hyrule, his second victory then behind him as he returned Majora's Mask to the Mask Maker, its rightful owner.
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