Prologue: The Curse

Look, you're gonna have to forgive my story telling skills, because I don't completely understand this myself.

Don't worry. I can tell it with you if that would make you feel better.

Thanks. Anyway, this is a tale we humans have told for a really, really long time… but have eventually forgotten. It tells of a devastating war involving gods, people, and demons, the likes of which would never be seen again. One dark, fateful day, the earth cracked wide open and lot of evil things rushed out.

They were lead by a being whose name would become synonymous with the death and destruction he wrought; Demise, the Demon King. Under his command, his armies mounted a brutal assault upon the surface people, driving the land into deep despair. They burnt forests to ashes, choked the earth's sweet springs, crumpled the tallest mountains into a fiery inferno, and murdered without hesitation.

Everything Demise did, he did in order to gain the Triforce, an all-powerful treasure that could grant the wish of anyone who held it. Afraid of what would happen if this power landed in his hands, the goddess Hylia, who protected the Triforce and the earth, sent it, along with any surviving humans, to a small outcropping of land. She then raised them all up beyond the clouds. Out of danger, out of sight, out of mind.

With the humans and the Triforce safe, Hylia joined forces with the land dwellers and fought against the demonic threat. Eventually, she herself was the one to defeat Demise and seal him away. Without the leadership of their dark master, his armies were driven back into the abyss from whence they came. Finally, peace had been restored to the Surface. But that peace did not last forever.

A whole lot of time passed and with the help of a certain little bitch, Demise was freed, giving him another chance to take over the world. But (there's a but) Hylia knew this was going to happen, so her reborn mortal self and her chosen hero were there to stop him. Now, this is the part where I say that good triumphs over evil and they all lived happily ever after.

However, this was not the case. With his last breath and remaining power, Demise placed a curse upon the land, more specifically the Blood of the Goddess and the Spirit of the Hero. The curse stated that they would all be forever haunted by his reincarnation, a physical manifestation of his power and hatred. Thus the Cycle began. Whenever Demise is reborn, the hero incarnate and the descendent of Hylia will rise up to defeat him… or her.

This particular story may be forgotten, but a bunch more stem from it.

Legends of knights, monsters, princesses, gods, and other such things are based off these ancient myths, which all have origins connected to this tale.

And we should know, because our story just happens to be one of them.

My name is Ganondorf Dragmire.

My name is Regina Adams.

And this the tale of the First and the Last.

Here goes nothing.

Must you always have to have the last word?

Yep!