Prologue
What is a hero? Is it just a person who decided to help someone else? Or maybe it is a man with such amount of power, that he can defeat all his enemies and conquer evil. Which raises another question: What makes someone worthy of being called a hero? Must he or she be brave and powerful? Of course, that someone must also be kind and caring for the welfare of his or her community. Moreover, he or she must do something impressive, something that no other person would dare to do, and not fail while trying. All of these things seem to be too much for someone to fulfill, but history showed us many years ago that it is not an impossible task. That is because a long time ago, a young Hylian named Link, faced the overwhelming claws of darkness and vanquished it from our sacred realm, Hyrule. Now, everybody knows the legend of who is probably the most important character in Hyrule's history, but they only know about the hero, about the warrior who defeated the evil king Ganondorf, they don't know about the dungeons he had to explore and conquer, about the nightmarish beasts he had to face, but more importantly, about all the pain he had to withstand. After all, Link was just a man, he was not a heartless war machine, and during his travels he suffered many wounds, both physical and emotional, the last ones being the one that hurt the most. He lost many people, many friends and companions, yet there were three people who occupied a special place in his heart, and who he would never forget.
It is because of all of this, that I, Link the… (Ugh I really don't know how many of my ancestors who have the same name as me there are), one of the descendants of the Hero of Time, will be the first person ever to write the true story about the Hero of Time. With the help of my ancestor's stories, and the original diary that the Hero of Time himself wrote, I'll show everyone the truth about his life. This way his legend will be preserved, first in Ordon Village and then in the whole wor...
"LINK! Get out now! You promised me you'd help me wash Epona this time!" yelled Ilia.
"Damn, I guess I'll just have to finish this later." Link sighed as he closed the rough leather cover of a big book that was almost blank, except for the first pages, and also had a carved title which read: Link: The Man behind the Legend
"Well to be honest, it's not like she caught me by surprise. In fact, I was kinda hoping she would remember. It's just, when did she become so damn pretty? I can't get her out of my head…" thought Link as he closed the door to his home.