This is a tale that you humans have passed down through generations innumerable. It speaks of a war of unforeseen scale and ferocity, the likes of which would never be seen again.
One dark, fateful day, the earth cracked wide and malevolent forces rushed forth from the fissure. They burnt forests to ash, choked the land's sweet springs, and murdered without hesitation. They did all this in their lust to take the ultimate power protected by Her Grace, the goddess Hylia. The power she guarded was without equal. Handed down by gods of old, this power gave its holder the means to make any desire a reality. Such was the might of the ultimate power that the old ones placed it in the care of the goddess.
Beneath Hylia's watch, the people of the surface fell upon their darkest hour. Demise, the leader of the evil forces, came forth seeking the power to call it his own. In a final thread of plight, the surface dwellers called upon their last surviving hero, a Hylian Knight named Link, to vanquish him. He came forth, and the goddess gathered the humans on an outcropping of earth and sent it skyward, beyond the reach of the demonic hordes. Beyond even the clouds. With the humans safe, the goddess joined forces with her Hylian Knight and fought Demise, sealing him away. At last, peace seemed to be in sight for the surface.
But all was not well.
In the midst of the fight, Link had locked blades with Demise and was struck down. Gravely wounded, he stayed behind, sacrificing himself for his people.
The goddess, in her sadness, saw Link and wept for him. As she cradled him in her arms, she promised that the next time they met, she would rid herself of her divinity. He and her would meet in human form and once again fight the dark forces that came their way, in hopes of cleansing their dire world of evil.
Little did she know what would come to pass.
This is a tale that you humans have told for many ages, generation to generation. But there are other legends, long hidden away from memory, that are intertwined with this tale. Now, a new legend bound to this great story stands ready to be revealed. A legend forged by the hand of a hero who would rise on a quest to fulfill his desires and wants. A legend that tells of a sword and in turn, stand tall in the face of evil and bring a long dormant peacefulness to his world.
A legend that begins far above the clouds, skyward.
