Calamity Ganon had not always been an entity with a monstrous form. A long time ago, it was a man called Ganondorf. He was the only male of the Gerudo tribe, and the last one, moreover. According to the Gerudo traditions, the status of Chief came back to him. His early years as leader of the tribe took place in the best possible way. Ganondorf, still young, learned quickly and a lot from the strongest and most intelligent Gerudos. He was very much appreciated by his people and was endowed with willingness. He wished only to make his city prosper, to make it powerful, to ally itself with the other tribes of Hyrule; at least that was what had been repeated to him, and, filled with this goodwill then, he was merely applying. At that time, the land of Hyrule was prosperous and knew little about major conflicts. No supreme monster to disturb his tranquility. Why, then, would Ganondorf wonder, should we get along with other tribes if there was no danger?
It was there that his decay began. He refused any alliance with other people, isolated the Gerudos, motivated by the purpose of reigning them over Hyrule. He was more and more moved by dishonesty and a growing desire for power, one day, pushing him to sell his already blackened soul to reign on the Holy Land. The one who was to become the Scourge was born then.
Since that day, no male remains in the Gerudo tribe. The only one who would eventually be born will be killed at birth. All Hyrule paid for the error which the women of the desert thought they had made; they tried to diminish the damages as they could, avoiding that a new Ganondorf would end up following the same path as the previous one.
However, it is not a question here of talking about the fall of Ganondorf, and that of Hyrule. It is about talking about the man he was before corruption took hold of his soul eternally.
The girl sat in front of her grandmother. All the narratives she had heard, being younger, on Ganon, that frightful creature which, untiringly arises and reappears to make Hyrule sink, disappears when she is defeated and reappears, spoke of him only as a monster. That was what he was. But there was something about Ganon that fascinated her; she wanted to know more.
She did not see her grandmother often but she was certain she knew many stories and legends of the past. She had often heard in the village that her remarks were absurd, and that she must have been mad to tell beautiful, tender and sweet stories about a monster which, on several occasions, tried to destroy Hyrule. So she decided to listen to what her grandmother had to say, and was not disappointed. Knowing that Ganon had had a human life picked her attention. Or at least there was a tendency to forget that he had been human one day, and to strengthen the darkness of his soul, it was said that he had always been a beast; that time - when he was a man - was so far away that no one dared to contradict it; no one dared to re-establish the truth, since all that was told about the past of the Scourge was only a legend. How to discern the true from the false? And then, why tell the truth about a being so monstrous?
Sit down, my child. The story is long and fascinating.
