Of Ganon and Power
Ganon's history corresponds to the malice of Demise who accounts in the telling of the legend of the Skyward Sword. Demise's malice is reborn as it consumes the young Ganondorf, the king of the Gerudo thieves.
Ganondorf, was born a king of the Gerudo thieves in the desert. Living in the wastes, the Gerudo were a desperate people as they struggled for life wherefore, they resolved to stealing, organized in great fashion. To their predicament, they gave birth to only women, but for every one hundred years, a male was born king of them. The history of the Gerudo in origin remains to be a mystery, though there are stories that are said and shared. In concern of their future in life, legend had it in a false prophecy that the kings were given to be a savior, and that one day, a male of the Gerudo would rise to salvation of their race.
Among those of such teachings were the witches of Twinrova, Koume and Kotake. Originally, they were three sisters. Konvilla, was the name of the third. They were born Gerudo, and they bore a hatred for the goddesses and the Hylians in their lust and envy. Some say that the Gerudo were cursed, for some say that their early generations of better mirth were keepers of articles of darker days and its king, Demise. However true that is is unsure, but of truth, the Gerudo did have articles in document regarding darker powers and its ways in nature. The sisters took to these as they engaged in sorcery. Eventually, they had even taken thought, as they grew in power and shifted form, to consider themselves alike unto the goddesses in mockery even of their power in the Triforce. So Kotake and Koume were semblance of Lanayru and Din, and Konvilla took likeness unto Farore. The grievance of the matter took hold quickly as a great darkness moved in; by which, Konvilla died and the remaining twins were cursed in forms of repugnance. But then something else happened. A child took birth in its mother's death, and her death was a mystery to be marveled. It was as if his birth of life stole away her breath in death. In her last breath, she uttered only one word. "Dragmire" she whispered coarsely in her last moment in leaving pain and greeting death, meaning "death greeter"
The witches did not lead the Gerudo, but they were greatly influential. And the given leader led them into a fierce war with Hyrule. It was long and bloody, longer than any average war should last, but they were, in both sides, skillful in the art of war. The Shiekah spent almost all of their blood in defense of the royal family.
The child wielded power unknown to the Gerudo, and the witches took delight in him with great hopes. So, they raised him in their guidance of the ways of Demise, unconsciously that is. They called him Ganondorf, "King of Power" He loved his people, and he burned with a desire to aid them as king as far as his power, in reach, would allow it. But he was always angry, and as his desire grew, his hatred grew. What bothered him most, was how natural it seemed to grow in him. It was almost as if he was born for it. In growing towards manhood, he took experience in the wars under the lead of his peers, and he took to relish in it. But there was always a part of him that hated himself for it, yet that part would always be overshadowed in both fear and a swift wrath reborn. It was almost as if he were two people. His flesh simply desired to fulfil one's duty and it would occasionally bear fruits of remorse, but in contrary, his spirit ever waxed hot as a furnace as it always burned in a searing malice. As time passed, his spirit grew stronger and his heart of flesh less. In flesh, he was Gerudo, but it became apparent that his spirit was something else. Realizing this, Ganondorf listened more closely and earnestly to the Gerudo's legends, the prophecy, and the witches' teachings. He became a legend among the Gerudo, and they hailed him as a messiah. His darkness became more forthcoming in showing a fierce malice that would sometimes burn even towards some of them in something as trivial as a lack of diligence of one's part. At first, they looked on him in fright, a fright that never, necessarily, faded, but they also came to love him in succumbing to his darkness and came to believe that such was what it would take for them to rise out of the vast waste's condemnation. They were convinced that he would save them through the darkness and by it be saved.
Others, such as Nabooru, the chieftain's heir, resented him and his ways, and they would try to sway his counsel if they could. Nabooru, of such position, carried more weight in words than others of her mind, and sometimes she would manage to lighten the darkness and slacken its burden, if only a little. They were thieves, and dishonestly so, if only to survive. But they could not accept the act of taking wrath on others needlessly even for sake of power.
In the war, many spoils were taken, and amongst the salvaging in Kakariko village in a moment's pillage, there lay the Shiekah's records of Hyrule's history, archives, and lore. Ganondorf took interest with these and spared them from burning. He began to take study, and he learned of the Triforce. Knowledge of the Triforce burned him into a desire in both flesh and spirit. 'Here is the answer! Here is salvation!' He thought to himself, and his hunger burned to the point that he was convinced that he would attain it no matter what cost, even through darkness, so that he might reign all to a more "noble" answer. So entranced he was in his study of it that he became a scholar in the lore of Hyrule and the knowledge of the Triforce.
Amidst his studies, the witches read in comparing greater histories and their own dark articles yet deeper than Ganondorf's "lessons", and they realized something that he did not. For sure enough, before them stood an incarnation of Demise's malice. He was Gerudo in flesh, but Demise's malice thrived in his spirit. They were One. With this knowledge, the witches flustered with spiteful delight as they believed that their revenge on the goddesses took shape before them.
In flesh, Ganondorf simply desired some hope, even if wrath and murder were to give it, yet feeling ever a sense of remorse though faint it be. But in spirit, he desired death, pillage, and the destruction of all with sheer dominance. Thus, in heart, he was unbalanced, and both parts of him believed in the essence of power most in achieving one's desire.
When Ganondorf grew in stature and beame king of the Gerudo, he called for a lay of arms to withdraw from the war in suit for peace. His first action as king. He feigned honorable and pledged allegiance to the crown of Hyrule, and the actions of the former Gerudo legionnaire were forgiven. Ganondorf became a guest of honor and even gained access to even the most delicate archives of the Hyrule's stronghold and libraries.
Ganondorf drew attention to five things: the King, the Temple of Time, the Spiritual Stones, the Ocarina of Time, and the young princess Zelda.
His intimidation of the princess and the guardians of the stones had set matters into motion wherewith he might take advantage of. And when his deception was complete, his coup took rise in overthrow of the kingdom, the princess fled, and the boy of the princess' friendship would open the door of time giving him access to the Sacred Realm and the Triforce.
The man, with an unbalanced and darkened heart went forth to touch the Triforce and received the Triforce of power; thus, leaving the Triforce of wisdom to Zelda and the Triforce of courage to Link. For a brief seven years, Ganondorf reigned over Hyrule, and within such short of time the essence of power's corruption took toll of another level. The interest of the Gerudo lessened and the creatures of Demise's influence, Bokoblins, Stalfos, and Wolfos, took rise. The attention of Ganondorf's focus shifted to one thing, the remaining Triforces. While some of his forces looked and others carried mischief with the sage's temples, he simply bided his time in patience. For the Triforce themselves work like a resonance of gravity wherewith they are attracted to each other willingly or unwillingly. The rally of them is a matter of inevitability. Sure enough, as the Hero awakened the Sages, Zelda revealed herself for Ganondorf to take, and as the Hero joined them in moment's desperation, the battle of the Triforce took place as the Hero dueled the King of Evil.
But Ganondorf was defeated by Zelda and Link. In that battle, Ganondorf reveals himself reborn in Demise's Malice as Ganon, the Dark Beast, assuming the role and title of Demise as the Demon King.
In the nature of the War of Time, Link, the Hero of Time was sent back to his own time seven years prior. Link had united with the princess and called forth the Ganondorf of Link's "past" in upturning his plans of reaching the Triforce. The wise, of after generations, account for this in rehearsing the tale when speaking with a younger Link in the War of Twilight. The Hero of Time, had stopped the young Ganondorf's plans altogether, oblivious of the "future events"
In following, Hyrule and the Gerudo were, soon after, at war once again. For Ganondorf struck back at Hyrule in such rage and destruction that the map was reshaped. Or else, the tales embellish it. The Temple of Time itself, was destroyed in Ganondorf's desperation as he attempted still to reach the Sacred Realm, to force his way into it. But his folly had cut his goal short as he not only failed to reach the Sacred Realm, but it was moreover removed from him. Destroying the Temple of Time had caused a rent in both space and time, and thus the temple relocated itself to a place that not even Ganondorf, in his present state of knowledge, would be able to fathom nor understand, the Lost Woods. For the Lost Woods had power of beguiling even the wise and it permits passage to only those it wills. With his strength spent in witnessing the event, Ganondorf fell in fainting despair and defeat. The Gerudo in league with the King of Thieves, were imprisoned in what was reared up in place of what was the Gerudo's temple. A prison known as Arbiter's grounds. Nabooru, the sage of spirit, and some Gerudo of wisdom, forsook their king and aided Hyrule in battle. What few that survived, along with Nabooru's heir, fled into the vast parts of the desert away from their dark past. But as the sage of spirit, Nabooru stayed behind.
Although the Hero of Time had stopped Ganondorf from usurping Hyrule and breaching the Door of Time, Ganondorf as destined from the reality of having obtained the Triforce of power in Link's "past", still obtained the Triforce of power. And Link's descendants and Zelda's descendants obtained the Triforces of wisdom and courage. For while time had split and the memory thereof, the Triforce was not bound to time. Thus, the princess and hero would serve across the times of lives as wardens of Hyrule to safeguard it in wisdom and courage against he who bore power.
The prison was managed by the sages. As accounted in the legend of the Twilight Princess, Ganondorf was sentenced to be executed, and it was to be done by the sages themselves. However, the Triforce of power, that Ganondorf had unknowingly obtained, had awakened, and he awoke with such fury as he murdered one of the sages. The Hero and Princess were absent, and the sages could not contain him as was done before. Stunned, the sages exploited the Mirror of Twilight in desperate attempt to banish Ganondorf just as the interlopers, ancestors of the Twili, had been banished into the Twilight Realm.
Ganondorf's spirit, Ganon, endured to meditate and muse on its return. He took notice of the Twili and observed them, studied them. As he saw Zant's heart of rebellion and taste for power; he saw opportunity. He would give Zant his heart's desire: power and the throne of the Twili. He exploited Zant's ambitions to prepare a door over the land of Hyrule and lay the groundwork of his revenge.
As Ganon would build his strength to return, Zant would terrorize the people of Hyrule. He was later "reborn" in Hyrule of a time that takes place generations in following his own time, and he claimed the castle as he mused from the throne with Zelda as his captive. In his occupation, he had hoped to learn of the Triforce, what happened, and where were the other two pieces. For he knew that as he bore the Triforce of Power, then the other two would be within reach. His greatest desire would at last be within reach. He had only to learn where they were. Any hope of learning it from Zelda was of loss as her spirit was absent. So he studied the archives and records of history as they were recorded. Eventually, he learned what he needed. He did not learn exactly what had happened as pages were missing, and the test of time left the generation to deviate in embellished information. All he could learn, was that the Triforce had separated and that he had Power whereas the Princess and "the Hero" were safeguarded with Wisdom and Courage. Learning this, he smiled with Zelda in grasp, and "the Hero" of the given time was 'obvious' to him as he observed in the affairs of Zant's ploy with him, this "boy of the forest" A thought that recalled to him of another boy, a boy who had ruined everything for him. "Could it really had been that simple? Was he…?" He would question himself in a growing anger of realization as one becomes frustrated in view of past mistakes in a dawning understanding. So, he waited. With his barrier in place, he knew that the Chosen Hero would come; therefore, the three: Power, Wisdom, and Courage would be joined for him to obtain the Triforce in whole, and then he would be set to rule Hyrule and the Twilight. His vengeance he reaped upon Hyrule was almost complete except where the Chosen Hero was concerned. The Chosen Hero recalled to him of the Hero of Time and to him was his hatred utterly given. In battle, Ganondorf revealed his malice in his identity as Ganon, the Dark Beast and Demon King.
Again, Zelda and Link, with the help of Midna, the Twilight Princess, defeated Ganondorf. And with the Master Sword, the legendary skyward sword of Hylia, the Hero of Twilight ran Ganondorf through, and the incarnation of Ganon was slain at last.
Years proceeded, and the cycle of Ganon with the Princess of the goddess Hylia's blood and the Chosen Hero was recognized by the Sheikah. So, the Sheikah began to devise means wherewith to prepare for Ganon's return. And their years of research in advancing technology had increased dramatically.
Ganon returned in form of destruction to great 'calamity' wherefore he had earned himself title in furthering his name. For he had resigned himself of incarnation took embodiment of a spirit that sought only death. He no longer cared for the Triforce as he was imprisoned to this encycling fate. Therefore, he sought to rend the earth, and to destroy all so that he might end his plight and rest in a rule of darkness and death instead. Past desires were no longer of consequence to him. And just when matters had looked to be Ganon's triumph, the Shiekah's technology had finally been made ready.
First of all, they devised the Divine Beasts: Vah Ruta, Vah Rudania, Vah Medoh, and Vah Naboris, and they represented the races of Hyrule. The vessels of the Divine Beasts and the autonomous Guardians struck against Ganon in aid of the Hero, giving him the opportunity he needed to strike Ganon down, and the Princess sealed him away.
The Shiekah new, in accordance with the cycle, that Ganon would again return. The Shrines, Towers, and Sheikah Slate were developed to assist and train the upcoming Chosen Hero in the event of Ganon's return.
The story, in plan, was that the Divine Beasts and Guardians would repel Calamity Ganon when he would attack and give the Princess and the Hero the opportunity to defeat him as was so before.
Years passed however, thousands even. Lands changed, the Sheikah technology had become buried and rendered to be ancient, and the story that the Sheikah foretold became legend and myth. Those who did not consider it as myth, soon discovered the technology in burial, and thus, they began to prepare as best as they may.
Ten thousand years later, Ganon returned, and when he did, the plan went awry. For Calamity Ganon immediately took notice of them, the Divine Beasts and Guardians, and possessed them as he parted of himself in spirits of malice. He laid Hyrule castle waste as he devastated it, and the monsters of his service had reawakened in terrorizing the civilizations of Hyrule. The Princess and the Hero were forced to flee, and in pursuit, the Guardians in sentry invaded the surrounding countryside.
When the Princess's sealing power had awakened, she was in absence of her Hero, for he was mortally wounded. This turn of events had upset their roles to balance the effort against Calamity Ganon. The Hero would need time to recover, and the Calamity would have to be contained lest it would render Hyrule in total destruction. Zelda went alone with her sealing power as she battled wills with him, and for one hundred years, Calamity Ganon was forced to recede in the walls of Hyrule Castle.
When the Hero recovered, he would retrain, in aid of the Shrines, to the point to be re-awakened of Courage and reclaim the Master Sword. As Link returns to the Castle, he defeats Calamity Ganon only to unleash the Demon King, the Dark Beast. Ganon reared to finish battle and rent the lands in destruction, but the Princess and the Hero in joint efforts defeated Ganon, sealed away to return another time, another age.