Just to let you know, this chapter is just telling the legend of the White Phoenix. The real story will begin in chapter two.
Chapter One: The Legend
Seven hundred years before the Hero of Time defeated Ganondorf, the legend of the White Phoenix began.
A traveler had come to Hyrule in an effort to save his wife and children from an ever-approaching war. They were wounded badly and had to seek refuge in a village below an active volcano. The only person who would help them was an old woman. They stayed with her for a little over six months before they were completely healed and the war in their land was over. The traveler promised to repay the old woman as soon as he could.
The traveler came from a land where phoenixes were very common and people even kept them as pets. When the traveler returned to his home, he found that his own pet phoenix had laid eggs. Because he wanted to reward the old woman, he sent her one of the eggs with a note saying to keep it warm and when it hatched, the phoenix inside would bring her good fortune.
It was a full year before the phoenix egg hatched, but when it did, it held a surprise. The baby phoenix did not have the flame red feathers a normal phoenix had. It was a white phoenix, something that had never before been seen in the world.
The old woman took care of the phoenix as a mother would a child, and it grew and grew and grew until the old lady had to release it into the wild. It visited her often, and sometimes brought with it a white version of a fiery red jewel only a phoenix could create.
One day, the white phoenix returned to find the village under attack. It flew around, trying to find the old woman while dodging spears and arrows from frightened soldiers. When it found her, she was already dead. The phoenix went into a rage and killed all of the enemy soldiers, leaving the Hyrulean soldiers away from its revenge. Somehow, it knew who was on which side.
After the enemy was defeated, the white phoenix disappeared. But, for a hundred years, every time Hyrule was in danger from war, the white phoenix appeared to help defend it. The blacksmiths of the kingdom began putting the white phoenix on their shields as a sign of protection.
The people of other kingdoms began to fear the white phoenix and stopped attacking Hyrule.
Hyrule endured a century of peace. Then the black knight came. He attacked village after village, trying to flush out the phoenix. He knew how to defeat it, and wanted to be known as the one who conquered it.
The phoenix came to Hyrule's rescue and the battle of the century began. It lasted a long time, neither opponent backing down, but in the end the black knight won by tearing the white phoenix's heart out of its chest, which was the only way to prevent it from being reborn from the ashes.
The black knight then turned his eyes on Hyrule castle. He took over the kingdom and an age of darkness began.
The white phoenix's heart fell into the hands of a group of sorcerers who were bent on stopping the black knight's reign of terror. They figured out a way to bind the incredible power of the phoenix's heart to the heart of a human, and in doing so, created one of the most powerful warriors that had ever lived.
This new warrior challenged the black knight. The most destructive battle of the ages began. It lasted almost as long as the fight between the black knight and the white phoenix. This time, good triumphed over evil and the black knight was locked away in the Sacred Realm.
As soon as the fight ended, the bind of the human heart and the phoenix heart was released and the warrior became a normal warrior. The power was then split into six parts, which were sent to separate corners of Hyrule.
As legend has it, every time Hyrule was in need of a hero, the six pieces would call one. They would also wait until the day the seal to the sacred realm was broken. When that happened, the hero they called would seek out the six pieces and be given the same power as the original warrior.
Chapter One: The Legend
Seven hundred years before the Hero of Time defeated Ganondorf, the legend of the White Phoenix began.
A traveler had come to Hyrule in an effort to save his wife and children from an ever-approaching war. They were wounded badly and had to seek refuge in a village below an active volcano. The only person who would help them was an old woman. They stayed with her for a little over six months before they were completely healed and the war in their land was over. The traveler promised to repay the old woman as soon as he could.
The traveler came from a land where phoenixes were very common and people even kept them as pets. When the traveler returned to his home, he found that his own pet phoenix had laid eggs. Because he wanted to reward the old woman, he sent her one of the eggs with a note saying to keep it warm and when it hatched, the phoenix inside would bring her good fortune.
It was a full year before the phoenix egg hatched, but when it did, it held a surprise. The baby phoenix did not have the flame red feathers a normal phoenix had. It was a white phoenix, something that had never before been seen in the world.
The old woman took care of the phoenix as a mother would a child, and it grew and grew and grew until the old lady had to release it into the wild. It visited her often, and sometimes brought with it a white version of a fiery red jewel only a phoenix could create.
One day, the white phoenix returned to find the village under attack. It flew around, trying to find the old woman while dodging spears and arrows from frightened soldiers. When it found her, she was already dead. The phoenix went into a rage and killed all of the enemy soldiers, leaving the Hyrulean soldiers away from its revenge. Somehow, it knew who was on which side.
After the enemy was defeated, the white phoenix disappeared. But, for a hundred years, every time Hyrule was in danger from war, the white phoenix appeared to help defend it. The blacksmiths of the kingdom began putting the white phoenix on their shields as a sign of protection.
The people of other kingdoms began to fear the white phoenix and stopped attacking Hyrule.
Hyrule endured a century of peace. Then the black knight came. He attacked village after village, trying to flush out the phoenix. He knew how to defeat it, and wanted to be known as the one who conquered it.
The phoenix came to Hyrule's rescue and the battle of the century began. It lasted a long time, neither opponent backing down, but in the end the black knight won by tearing the white phoenix's heart out of its chest, which was the only way to prevent it from being reborn from the ashes.
The black knight then turned his eyes on Hyrule castle. He took over the kingdom and an age of darkness began.
The white phoenix's heart fell into the hands of a group of sorcerers who were bent on stopping the black knight's reign of terror. They figured out a way to bind the incredible power of the phoenix's heart to the heart of a human, and in doing so, created one of the most powerful warriors that had ever lived.
This new warrior challenged the black knight. The most destructive battle of the ages began. It lasted almost as long as the fight between the black knight and the white phoenix. This time, good triumphed over evil and the black knight was locked away in the Sacred Realm.
As soon as the fight ended, the bind of the human heart and the phoenix heart was released and the warrior became a normal warrior. The power was then split into six parts, which were sent to separate corners of Hyrule.
As legend has it, every time Hyrule was in need of a hero, the six pieces would call one. They would also wait until the day the seal to the sacred realm was broken. When that happened, the hero they called would seek out the six pieces and be given the same power as the original warrior.