Legend of Zelda: Breaking the Cycle
Prologue of my Legend of Zelda story, enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Legend of Zelda or its characters.
Prologue: Legend of Ganondorf Dragmire
Two hundred years ago, an event known as 'The Great Cataclysm' threatened to destroy the land of Hyrule. The different diverse races of Hyrule each had their own culture and, due to personal differences, tended to have difficulty getting along with each other. There was only one thing each race agreed on and that was their mistrust of the final race in Hyrule, the Gerudo. The Gerudo were a race of dark skinned women who lived in Hyrule's western deserts. They were known as murderers, thieves and kidnappers; their main victims were usually males taken to their home for the purpose of procreation. Every one hundred years however a male Gerudo is born, destined to be their king, he woul live for one hundred years and then die as the next king was born. However, three hundred years ago, an exceptionally powerful Gerudo king was born, his name was Ganondorf Dragmire. He was deeply saddened by his people's plight. The Gerudo lived in the desert regions of Hyrule, right next to a large wasteland, said to be haunted. All year round, during the day, the sun would shine down with almost unbearable heat and death from heatstroke was common. At night everything became freezing and hypothermia and frostbite became the common causes of death. During the autumn and winter months a harsh wind would blow from the wasteland, carrying with it death to all those unfortunate enough to lack the strength to resist it. In the spring and summer months the wind blew from the east. This wind carried with it the sweet smells and signs of life from the main part of Hyrule. Ganondorf was jealous of the other races for their lack of care for his desperate people and he hatched a desperate plan to save his people. Finally, one hundred years later, he found a plan that would actually work.
Ganondorf's surrogate mothers were the twin sorceress sisters Koume and Kotake, collectively known as Twinrova. They taught him how to channel his great strength and magic and also told him of an ancient relic within Hyrule known as the Triforce. The Triforce was said to be a gift from the three great Goddess' Din, Farore and Nayru. The Triforce was said contain the essence of the Gods and could grant whoever held it whatever wish they held in their heart. Ganondorf saw this as a chance to save his people and so began negotiations to the King of Hyrule. By this point Hyrule's Civil War had cooled and was in a stalemate. The Gerudo had no part in the war neither did the peace-loving Kokiri, this left the Hylians, Gorons and Zoras as the main fighters in the war. The Hylians had proven themselves militarily superior to the other two races and were in a stalemate as they were uncertain if the Gorons and Zoras would destroy each other or negotiate peace and attack together. Ganondorf pretended to pledge allegiance to the King of Hyrule and began secretly gathering information about the location of the Triforce. After much effort he succeeded and finding it and, with the unwitting aid of a young boy called Link, he laid his hands on the sacred relic.
However something happened that Ganondorf did not expect, the Triforce did not grant his wish, instead it split into three. He claimed one part, the Triforce of Power. The Triforce of Courage went to the boy Link while the Triforce of Wisdom went to Hyrule's Princess, Zelda. Driven mad with rage Ganondorf was met with the visage of the Demon King; Demise. Demise revealed that everything Ganondorf had done had been carefully calculated by the Demon King himself, Ganondorf was now locked in Demise' spell and doomed to curse the descendents of the Link and Zelda who had defeated Demise over a thousand years ago. This was too much for the proud Thief-King and, using the Triforce of Power he transformed into a rampaging beast called Ganon. In this form he attacked Hyrule Castle Town and the Castle itself, killing many innocent people and slaying the King before fleeing back to the Gerudo Valley and reassuming human form. Zelda was swiftly given her father's power but refused to commit to the authority of being Queen until the issue of Ganondorf was resolved. Under her direction the Civil War ended and all the races banded together against the common threat of the Gerudo. With Link leading the army the Gerudo found themselves being slaughtered and in danger of extinction. The Gerudo Second in Command Nabooru decided to make a deal with the opposing army. Despite being heavily pregnant with the next Gerudo King, she went to meet with Zelda and explained the deal.
The Gerudo had finally realized that Ganondorf would destroy them and they were all losing faith in him, due to his new power he would not die when he was supposed to and the new king was in danger of being killed at birth. Desperate to preserve her, mostly, innocent people and her unborn child, Nabooru offered Ganondorf to the army in exchange for the Gerudo being left alone. Zelda agreed to this deal and Twinrova bound Ganondorf with magic and, after he was formally exiled from his people, handed him over to the Ancient Sages who took Ganondorf even deeper into the Haunted Wasteland. There they led him to a special temple they had built for their purpose, not far from the Spirit Temple run by the Spirit Sage. Despite his efforts Ganondorf was sealed within this temple, his body frozen to a throne by magic, held in place by a magical lock for which a glowing golden sword, known as the Goddess Sword, served as the key. After this Hyrule knew peace once more, the Gerudo still suffered the same problems but instead of taking actions they completely sealed themselves away from the rest of Hyrule. Occasionally a small raiding party would appear to attack a village, but only for food and other basic supplies. After a few years of this, the townspeople took to welcoming these raiding parties and instead of fleeing, they prepared bags containing what the Gerudo usually took and handed them over. While surprised at first the Gerudo began to adapt to this as well and soon the raiding parties became messenger parties, leaving their weapons behind.
Demise's curse still lingered and although his body was frozen, Ganondorf's spirit was able to repeatedly attack and end up defeated by Link and Zelda's descendents again and again. Demise explained to Ganondorf that he would never be free until he successfully killed the Link and Zelda of that era. Ganondorf resented this and began seeking ways to free himself of Demise's control. He believed the main reason he was always defeated was due to the fact it was only his spirit and not his spirit and body that was attacking them. He yearned for his spirit and body to be reunited so he could claim his full powers. After a two hundred year wait, he would soon get his wish.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please, at least one review will guarantee that I will do the next chapter when I can manage it.