Disclaimer: I do not own the Legend of Zelda or any of the Legend of Zelda characters within. I do not own the majority of the gods in this story. The only thing in this story that is mine are the new characters, storyline, and probably some other stuff.
Notations: If you want, you can skip over this section and go right into chapter one. There is important information in here, but it will probably be retold in the story. I'd still read it if I were you. I'd read it, review it, etc. Also, this fic is pretty much just a game that I wrote and decided to put into book format, so you may find it somewhat boring in some places.
The Legend of Zelda
Darkness & Light
Prologue: The Creation
The world of Hyrule is now considered a paradise, but it was not always. The rock that developed into the great continent named after the planet itself was once beneath the raging waters of the boiling ocean. Rain thundered down upon the world without mercy. Lightning struck the ocean, killing all that attempted to develop into life. Darkness covered the planet, for no sun shone above, nor did the moon or the stars. The planet was a dead world… until they came.
Three goddesses saw the dark world and came to it. They banished the darkness with their very essence and brought light to the world. The storm that punished the world abated and the sky shone blue. They created the sun and the stars and three moons in the sky, naming each one in their own honor. Their divine magic raised the continents from beneath the ocean and brought life to the world.
Life flourished upon their influence. Different races of creatures came into being. The humans came first. For years they struggled to take control of the world they lived in and manipulate it to serve them. They used the world to shelter themselves and create homes. They studied the plants and the animals and learned how to hunt and create herbal remedies. For years they lived in peace.
The goddess Nayru was the first to break out and create her own race. She created those who are known as the zora people. Based off the humans in physical shape alone, the zora were a race of strong willed aquatic race that would become known as fish people. Their bodies were covered in skin, ninety-five percent water and thick scales, made of thicker hide. Due to their aquatic lifestyle and a primary fish diet, they took up residence in the lake and river near the north end of the continent and the lake at the western end.
Next, the goddess Farore staked her claim on the world in the forest. She created a small race of humans that never grew beyond their pre-teen years. These children, the kokiri, grew far wiser than their larger counterparts in the art of plant life and herb lore, a fact that the humans took advantage of. Though the kokiri lived in the forest, they were not prepared to deal with the predators that lived in their environment. The humans set up boundaries, taught the kokiri how to protect themselves and how to hunt in exchange for their herbal knowledge.
Din was the last to create people of her own. The goron people were hers. Their thick hide resembled the very rocks that they ingested to live on. Their bodies could withstand burning temperatures, which made the volcano they made their home the perfect place for them. Within the mountain their was a great supply of gemstones that the gorons mined and bartered with the other three races of Hyrule.
Peace flourished and the world was a paradise, for a time. It didn't last. The paradise that the goddesses created shone throughout the heavens and attracted the attention of other divine beings. The first to come was Hiddukel, the god of deceit. He looked upon the humans and saw weakness, though at the same time he something else he longed for. The goddesses had created humans in their own image. The beauty of the humans was considerably less than the goddesses, but it was enough to entice him. He scouted the land of Hyrule, disguised as a man cloaked in black. He found scores of women and convinced them to leave their homes and travel with him to the desert to the far west end of Hyrule. He taught these women how to fight and kill. They became vicious killers who went into the rest of the land. They raided, plundered and killed in the name of Hiddukel.
The goddesses' fury was great when they discovered that their old enemy had come to their world. They attacked the fortress where Hiddukel stayed. They banished him from the world that they created. Though they had lost their god, the women who lived in the desert continued their lives. They continued to kill and slaughter the rest of humanity.
The goddesses realized that the rest of the world would die if the women kept killing. They instructed the humans in combat, taught them how to make weapons and armor and how to defend themselves. Once the humans lives were secure, each goddess moved to teach their own race how to protect themselves. The zora people learned how to use weapons, just as the humans had, though they also learned scores of underwater and aquatic abilities. The gorons learned how to manipulate their natural strength in order to become unbelievably brutal fighters.
Despite her role as the goddess of courage, Farore had not created the kokiri with fighting in mind. She could only teach them how simplistic ways to protect themselves. Their weapons consisted of slingshots that used seeds and rocks as ammo and clubs made from tree branches. Few of the kokiri knew how to properly defend themselves, so Farore cast spell on the forest. No intruder could enter the forest unless Farore herself granted access, but it came at a price. No kokiri would be able to leave the forest. They would be born, raised, and die there.
Hiddukel had been the first to shatter the paradise of Hyrule. Though he no longer walked the planet's surface, he remained above in the heavens, swaying the course of the planet with his divine magic. The women who he had corrupted continued to pray to him and beg for his guidance and blessing and he gave it to them. They named themselves gerudo. Throughout Hyrule, they became known as a notorious band of thieves. By the orders of Hiddukel, no man would ever be permitted to be one of them, save one. Once every one hundred years, a human male would be born. Hiddukel would guide the gerudo to that male. The gerudo queen would have the honor of sacrificing the male's family to Hiddukel. From there she would raise the child as if he were her own. The boy would grow up and be wed to a member of the gerudo royal family, usually the daughter or niece of the queen. Upon his eighteenth birthday, they shall be wed and they shall rule as king and queen. The birth of their first daughter will be the begin the new royal line of the gerudo.
To serve the gerudo, Hiddukel created a small race of brigands called moblins. The small beasts were expert marksmen. Both the gerudo and the moblins learned how to ride the boars that roamed the desert. While the humans rode horses, the gerudo and the moblins road boars.
No matter what the three goddesses felt, Hiddukel had made a stake in their world and they could do nothing to stop it. They couldn't stop the other gods who came either.
The next god to come was Chemosh, god of the undead. A fear of death possessed the people of the world and Chemosh's promise of ending life appeased them, though they didn't know the truth of his promises. Their bodies lived on, yes, but their souls were forced to move on to the next life, just as everyone else did. All creatures of the undead variety belonged to and worshiped him.
Other gods came and went throughout the ages, though none made quite the impact as the others until the dark days near the end of that era. Then came the days just before the war. Hyrule had finally become stable again. Each race had finally come to acceptor at least abide one another. A stable monarch sat on the throne and light shone throughout the land. Then he came.
The god of all darkness came to Hyrule and covered the world in his essence. The goddesses were struck down when they opposed him. Seeing his power, ambitious mortals, gerudo included, were drawn to him. His army conquered most of the continent and the lands surrounding Hyrule, led by one man. Zeris, the Black was his knight. He led the armies of the dark god to victory time and time again, aided by three men who controlled dark magics beyond that of those loyal to the goddesses.
Seven individuals were all that stood between Hyrule and the dark god; one kokiri, one goron, one zora, one gerudo, one human, and one protector of the royal family, a shieka. The last was a young man, garbed in green, who bore the mark of the goddesses on his left hand. The six of different races called forth the ancient magic that had created them and they forged a blade. This blade was said to be the blade of evil's bane. The goddesses themselves would punish any dark one who touched it.
The man in green took the blade in hand and dispelled the darkness. The three mages who aided the dark god were killed, their magic shattered. The dark knight who led the dark god's armies was banished to another realm by the six of different races, who became known as sages. The dark god was defeated by a mortal, but at a cost. The young man who defied him gave his life to defeat him. The blade he wielded was taken by the sages and hidden. None now live who know where it resides.
In order to protect the land that they loved, the goddesses created an item that held their own divine magic within. They hid the item in the Sacred Realm and gifted the three surviving sages the keys to unlock it. The forth and final object needed to retrieve this mystical weapon was given to the royal family of Hyrule.
Well, there's my prologue to this Zelda story. I know this was probably kind of preachy and boring, but please, stay with me here. I should update relatively soon and then you can judge the real story. And yes, some of the names of the gods have been stolen, but that's because I suck at naming gods. Everything I make up feels all low and weak.