So, here it is. The Prologue of the revised Legend of Zelda: Last of Days.
The Legend of Zelda: Last of Days
Prologue
Hyrule has always been a strong, proud nation with a rich history. But this history is smeared with civil wars, hardships, and mysterious legends. Hyrule itself is shrouded in mystery. The geography is shifting, the politics are complex, and the legends are far more reality than any would suspect.
The conflicts in the past have always been interconnected. The wars of old, and the recent hundred year civil war that nearly brought the cataclysmic end of Hyrule, were sparked over myths and legends. The Goddesses themselves intervened to end the war.
Historians, philosophers, and the sages had thought that a hero would arise to reunite the country. Heroes have always come from nowhere, young boys clothed in green, often wielding ancient, sacred weapons. These heroes have often faced ancient evils or stood alone against thousands, always surviving the trials that come with the title of "hero". Yet, for no apparent reason, after their quests are done, they simply leave, never asking for a reward, never demanding payment, and disappearing into the annals of history, soon being forgotten as mere legends to teach young men and women the power of honour and courage.
When the Goddesses stopped the war, not a hero of old, people were afraid. They did not fear their deities, nor the consequences they faced. They feared that a threat would arise, one that no legendary hero wielding a sword of ultimate power could survive or defeat. They feared that they had opened the door to an evil that could not be killed, nor even sealed away. They had spent 7 years attempting to strengthen the country. The monarchs had created a council, consisting of the leaders of every race in all Hyrule. They spent another 3 repairing the damage the war had done.
What was the power they fought over? Was it the legendary Triforce, omnipotent relic of the Goddesses? Or was it the Force Lexicon, an object that gave unlimited knowledge about anything and powers beyond reckoning? They had both played a role the Great Cataclysm 500 years prior to the 3rd Hyrulean Civil War. The Cataclysm had shattered the fabric of reality of a hundred worlds, realities, and time-lines. The worlds reformed after a decade, all merging into a single plane of existence. The cataclysmic end the 3rd Hyrulean Civil War would have caused would be equal in effect to the Cataclysm that brought the merging of realities.
Perhaps these were a look at the future. Or maybe they were a warning. No one can say. All they knew was that something was about to happen...
...Something had been set in motion, and it could not be stopped.