Legend Of Zelda:

Ascendant Legacy

Chapter 0: Remnant of the Past

(This is the Prologue)

Long ago, three divine goddesses descended upon the twisting primal energies that existed before any record of time. Din, the goddess of power, with her powerful, flaming arms, cultivated the empty space, and created the red earth. Nayru the goddess of wisdom, bestowed her divine knowledge upon the land, and created the world's laws to give a sense of justice and order to the world, and to guide the people in the goddesses' absence. Farore, the goddess of courage, endowed the land with her powers, creating life to follow this justice. The three divine goddesses, completing their work, ascended into the heavens. The point where the three departed became a swelling of light and energy, and in that mystic power, the Triforce, a relic of immense strength, wisdom and courage came into being. The land, later called "Hyrule" would experience only prosperity and peace for an untold amount of time.

Until...

A dark and powerful man, named Gannondorf, king of the Guredo thieves and incredibly wise sorcerer appeared from the west. The man, having heard of the mystic, limitless power of the Triforce, began his evil crusade to obtain the golden power and become the new dark god of the land for all times. Through deception, raw force, and dark magicks, Gannondorf began to move closer to obtaining his wish. But, just as his ambitions grew, so did a resistance. Princess Zelda, the heir to the throne of Hyrule, only a child at the time, sensed the Dark would-be-king's lust for power and called for aid. And it came in the form of a boy...

Link, a child raised in the forests of fairy-folk, was the one to answer hope's call. With the aid of Zelda's wisdom, hidden strength, and untold courage, Link arose to counter Ganndorf's actions. The only hope for the princess and the young hero was to reach the Triforce before the Thief King. And so they did. Link, only a boy at the time braved peril and danger to claim the key to the sacred realm that held the Triforce, "The Master Sword". The Master Sword was an ancient blade, with no master in any legend, and untold power against evil; it alone was the key to the Triforce, and would only answer the call of a hero who proved himself... and that hero was Link.

But even though Link fought bravely and did indeed claim the Master Sword for his own, Ganndorf slipped past him and reached the Triforce first... and all his evil hopes were realized. Upon touching it, Gannondorf, later naming himself King Gannon, ruler of all dark and evil forces, became what he desired, the most powerful sorcerer, thief, and monster the land of Hyrule had ever seen. His power increased to nigh omnipotence, and with that power he molded the world into all that he wanted: a dark, twisted vision of what was once the beautiful land of Hyrule. But, the Triforce, containing too much power for one person who was not the balance of all three aspects, seperated into three pieces and joined with the avatar of its essence. Ganndorf, desiring power over all, and paying no heed to wisdom and having no want of courage, did obtain the Triforce of Power, but not the entire relic, while the other two pieces eluded his grasp.

But not all was lost. While most people of the land were forced into hiding, cowering behind the thick walls of what little civilization was left, Zelda, managed to escape into hiding, disguising herself as the last of the Sheikah, an ancient people, who served as the guardians of the royal bloodline. And Link... slept for nearly seven years, guarded by the light of the holy realm and the sages, the guardians of peace and the Triforce. Upon his awakening, Link found that the world he knew was gone, and Zelda, his only companion in his journey was gone without a trace.

Taking the Master Sword in hand, Link began a new quest, to journey to one of six sacred temples and awaken the power of the corresponding sage to gain their strength in hopes of sealing Gannon away and restoring peace and light to the world. Link did travel to all of the shrines, each one embodying the essence of creation, Light, Earth, Fire, Water, Shadow, and Spirit. But, his quest was not without hardship. At each turn, he faced new dangers, of both evil and of men, and six lieutenant of Gannon, bound to each temple to veil its power and block the sage from helping the young hero. All fell at the hands of Link and the evil's bane, the master Sword. When all the temples had been purified and all the sages awakened, the time had come to face Gannon himself.

Zelda, who had been aiding Link however she could in secret, revealed herself to Link as the seventh sage, and the avatar of Wisdom; she alone held the key to sealing Gannon away forever, and a piece of the broken Triforce. But Gannon, again struck before the heroes were aware, stealing Zelda away to his castle and surmounting an army to destroy what little forces opposed him. Link, angered by Gannon's evil actions, raced to Zelda's rescue. The hero arrived at the Black Castle and charged headlong into battle. Fighting his way past all of Gannon's vile army, Link scaled the corrupt keep only to meet Gannondorf, waiting on his dark throne.

The final battle that ensued was momentous. The Master Sword, guided by Links steady and courageous hand struck out against Gannon's evil magic, his nefarious tricks, and his raw power. Gannon and Link fought an epic struggle, and eventually Link struck a mortal blow that broke the evil king's power. Without the dark energies of its master to hold it together, the dark citadel of evil began to fall away, threatening to bury Link and Princess Zelda forever. Valiantly, Link fought down the tower and safely rescued both Zelda and himself. All seemed like it had come to an end. Until...

Gannon, calling upon all the Triforce of Power's might transformed himself into a vicious, malevolent entity the like of which have never been seen. Even with the Master Sword's power, nothing seemed to slow the rampaging Gannon. But Link, with all the courage of a true hero, stepped forth and refused to back down against the onslaught, and caused a miracle to occur. Link, proving his worth, had awakened the Triforce of Courage, which had bonded to him when the original power of the golden relic shattered.

The Demon Lord, Gannon summoned all his power, and Link did the same. Steel clashed with steel and demonic magic as the dark lord fought the young hero. The battle was terrible and fierce. Blow after blow, the two titans fought with every ounce of might they had. But Link, knowing that his world, his life, and all the hopes of everyone rested with him, proved too much and struck a monumental blow with the Master Sword. With Zelda's wisdom, the sage's mystical power, and his own courage, Link was able to finish the evil Gannondorf and seal him away in a realm of nothingness, in hopes that his evil power would never again surface.

Link, heralded by the sages as "the Hero of Time" had fulfilled his destiny against all odds. Together with the power of the sages, the two Triforces, and the Ocarina of Time, a magical artifact with command of time, Gannon's evil was undone, and all was set right. But, Zelda, while eternally grateful to Link for saving her and vanquishing Gannondorf, believed that the cost was too great for Link, and that he should be allowed to live out his life on his own accord. With her own magic and the power of the Ocarina, Zelda turned back time so that Gannon's actions never occurred.

While Gannon and his evil taint was removed from the world of Hyrule unbeknown to most of the world's inhabitants, those who knew what happened were grateful to Link and all he had done, especially the young Zelda. With all of Hyrule saved, Link returned the Master Sword to its resting place, left his once peaceful home in the fairy forest, and set out on his own.

Whatever became of the Hero of Time is uncertain... What is known, is that Link, cautioning against the rise of any new force of evil that might threaten Hyrule or those he cared for, set out to explore the world and himself.

Tales of the boy's journey began to circulate and arise, always mysterious, but somehow known. There was a story how he fell into a strange "mirror" world, similar to Hyrule, who's very existence was threatened by an evil Mask that fell into naive hands, and how the boy saved the world with mystic masks of power and his sheer will and resolve. There were other stories how he set out upon the great, Endless Sea on a journey to learn of the world. There was a rumor that he discovered an island that was the a merely a dream of a powerful entity known as the "Wind Fish", and how he escaped by awakening the great being, and gaining an untold prospective of new experience and power. There was even a story about how the Triforce itself sent him to bring order and balance to the separate, yet connected worlds or Seasons and Ages...

But all this was all speculation... Not one solid piece of information could be attained... and everyone who knew the young Link, the paladin of justice, and Hero of Time, wondered what ever became of him. Zelda, most of all, anxiously awaited his return, looking from her window to the horizon of each new day, in hopes of seeing her young hero, dressed in green and silver...

she waited for eight years... and no sign was ever given...