Link… that was his name, and it was his world. He was the link between the first hero of courage and the last, and every one in between. He marked a child when he felt Ganon stir, often the descendant of his first form, like the sages passed their power from descendant to descendant. But his mark was different. He chose them to be him, to find him. They would take his sword, the master sword, as it was called, the mirror shield, and find some items that he liked, bombs, a bow, a boomerang. Then they would come to find the triforce of courage. Such was their destiny. He lived within each one, he was each one, hiding his power from himself until it was needed. He had had many adventures, and more were still to come, he knew. He dwelled briefly on the Four Sword, a weapon he had used twice to fight the sorcerer Vaati while the master sword kept Ganon in check. He remembered all his battles with Ganon, saving princess Zelda, and his feeling. He was always the master, the guide, but also the learner. He didn't know he would succeed, he didn't know what Ganon was planning, but he had experience fighting him. He felt like he had a thousand destinies, but only one journey

I have a thousand destinies but just one path

A dozen times I fought for her

Again and again I defeated him

Everything seems to reoccur

Yet it changes every time

I feel like I'm walking down a path

With a hundred twists and turns

And every time they feel my wrath

I walk a different way

There's a million things that I don't know

Although I can make a guess

There's a million paths that I can go

Along but I must pick one

I don't know yet it seems that where I'm sent

Is determined by the wind

And when my foe is vanquished, my energy spent

Time takes me back and again

I fight on

And I don't know what will happen next

One's lifetime's gone

And another takes its place

It just seems so pointless at times

As I travel down the road

But then I hear the chimes

Of victory and I see

That the path in front of me

Leads to a happier time

When everyone will be free

I have a thousand destinies but one journey

And it leads to a happier time

When everyone will be free

And I can just be me