A man sits down besides a child who is laying all snuggled up in its bed. The man grabs an old book that looked like it was once scorched from a fire. He opens it up, the child then said to the man, "Ayah... another bedtime story? Aren't i too old for bedtime stories?" the man softly replied "Not this story little one", turning the page, the man began to read.
The first thing i can remember is a voice amidst the nothingness. That voice gave me a name and a direction. Link, and i was told to open my eyes. I awoke in a dim lit room. I was lying in a pool of restorative water that had kept me alive and in stasis for 100 years. But something is different from then. I leave the conclave with nothing but cloth on my back and a mysterious slate on my waist. I run out into the bright light of the outside world, my eyes adjust and i walk up to a grassy ledge and see a breathtaking view.
"Why does this all look so familiar..." i say to myself.
I make my way down a grassy path to my right and come across an old man. This is the first person i have seen since i awoke. We speak, but i don't get much out of him, a mysterious old man indeed. You know the rest of the story from there i'm sure. I free all of the Divine Beasts, get the Sword of Light, and make my way to Hyrule Castle.
Through dungeons and hallways, gatehouses and waterfalls, i make my way to the inner sanctum of the castle. Upon entering the room i see an enormous black cocoon attached to the ceiling. Then suddenly; The Sac bursts open and The most monstrous thing i have ever seen in my life drops down into the center of the room. This Blighted creature had 5 arms, Hellfire Red eyes, and a Large blade encased in flame.
The beast's speed did not match my own, i managed to get the beast to a critical state. But the beast suddenly started glowing a bright red and no matter how many bomb arrows i fired at it, it seemed to have no effect. The smoldering flames are being lashed throughout the room and the heat is unbearable. Stamina low, out of arrows, weapons broken, Cuts and bruises all over, the only thing i have left is a Royal guard shield on the verge of breaking and the Master Sword that is out of energy. Gannonblight aims its large left arm at me and fires a beam. With no other option and with the last of my stamina, i thrust my shield forth and deflect the shot right back to the Calamity.
An explosion and then a shrilling scream. The beast began to implode, Just as i thought it was over, i hear a noise out in Hyrule Field. Dark smoke from all over began to be sucked into a black hole, the Gannonblight began to regenerate itself into its true form. I rush out to Hyrule field and see the Great Calamity which is said to be created from the pure hatred and malicious intent of all living things. Gravely injured i manage to get on my trusted steed Grom. Zelda attempted to aid me by granting me the Sacred Bow, alas; i could not keep my grip on the bow and could not draw the string. The Calamity is burning the field and wreaking havoc in its wake. I cannot stop here and I must do something, as a last resort i ask upon my dead friend Revali to grant me a strong uplift. With the ounce of strength i have left in me, i hold my para-glider and begin to sail skywards. Directly above the Calamity i release my grip and begin to fall to my death, holding in my hands the barely shimmering Master Sword i plunge into the darkness of the calamity itself.
Second Half of intro,
Falling into deep darkness i am consumed by the void. My mind cloudy and my thoughts scrambled, i begin to hear the whisperings of the dead. Suddenly my mind was filled with the memories of others, bad memories, filled with desperation and hate. It was so much and too hard not to succumb to my emotions. What is this i feel in me? Hate, Agony, Writhing, Loathing, Anger, and Sorrow… I have all of these feelings in me and they are all boiling on the surface, Are these my feelings or the feelings of all those who begat unjust deaths? I cannot control myself, There are no words for the pain and horror i feel at this moment. I wish i was dead, then i see it; shimmering in the distance a small flickering light. I try to move in the direction of the light but quickly realized that i cannot move. Then the fear, the claustrophobia, the gasping for air as if i was drowning hit me in a spastic burst. 'I don't want this' I scream in my mind with pure desperation. How long have i been in this void? I do not know. Who am i, What am i?
Then i hear a voice, a dark voice that rasped as if it could not breathe," You are nothing, you are empty, My catalyst." As i begin to realize what is speaking i understand that this is it, this is the Great Calamity. Voices begin to resound in my head. I am shown memories of the Calamity, memories from its view, all the evil it did, all the hate. My heart starts to harden and my emotions begin to quell. As of this moment my soul linked with the great calamity and we became as one, and i its catalyst. I am now 2 sides of the same coin. Is this my fate? To destroy and be destroyed?
In the last attempt to keep my own mind intact, I let out my soul in a shout so loud my emotions rebounded across all of Hyrule. Time seemed to stop, no that is incorrect, time was no longer coherent or valid. After all of the injustice done by the Calamity, i wanted to right its wrongs. The flickering light still there, i manage to wriggle my way to it and touch it with the tip of my index finger. i shout as loud as i can and say "I pray to thee Goddesses of old, please.. Help me right the wrongs!" The once faded light now beamed a brilliant White, making the source out to be the Master Sword. In a loud but soothing unison voice i hear "We have heard your plea, You will be forever cursed with the memories and feelings of others, you will become the Calamity itself. But for this you are the savior of all life in not only Hyrule, but in the entire universe. The only way to finally end the calamity once and for all, is a bride who can truly give love unto you despite all of the hate in your heart. With this gift we depart... Make the world a better place." The Darkness around me begins to Recede. In the middle of the Inner Sanctum of Hyrule Castle i lay, Soiled in black from the Blight of the Calamity. My hair pure white from the strain and stress of my body. My eyes like a Blazing fire from the hatred of every living thing. Thus the birth of me, some call me Dark Link, but my true self is The Great Calamity, and my new name Rakasa, Monster in another tongue.
I pick myself off of the floor and take a look around. I see a castle much glossier than before, the paintings still intact and the castle not in ruins. I see no sign of the calamity nor anything really…. Meanwhile just outside of the castle to the front lay a horde of guardians and the 4 divine beasts ready to fire. And at the front gate was all my friends, alive. Ravali, Mipha, Zelda, Daruk, Urbosa… but, also… i see myself…
(3rd person narrative since Rakasa {Dark Link} cannot hear or see what is going on in this next scene.)
"Princess Look! The Calamity just vanished!" Daruk Shouted in disbelief. Everyone looks at the Castle which no longer has any signs of impending doom. Zelda then says to the champions " We must take caution and see if the Calamity is truly gone." Link nodded and then started the walk to the Castle. The 4 Divine beasts ready to fire at any time at Links command if anything went wrong. Link explores the castle with 15 Hylian Soldiers, but they found the Castle completely empty. At last they reach the inner sanctum, but see nothing, no traces of the black smog which had moved in just an hour ago. He returns to Zelda and her Royal Guard to tell her the good tidings. Time goes on and they rehabilitate the Castle of Hyrule. The champions go back to their homelands with a bitter taste on their tongue knowing that this must be far from over.
(back to 1st person point of view)
I saw what looked like myself coming into the castle with some Knights, i decided to leave before they saw me. However i wanted a closer look to see if what i saw was truly me. I lingered for a while to the back of the inner sanctum on a ledge where i would escape at a moment's notice. When i saw myself enter that room i knew who it was, it was definitely me. I jumped out the back and swiftly left the castle unseen. I saw a puddle of water under a tree and for the first time saw myself, pitch black, white hair, red eyes… How could this be me? have i really changed so much? No… this IS me, these memories and feelings... this is the REAL Me. That person i saw in the sanctum was Link; the champion. I am The Great Calamities Catalyst. it seems that i have come back to right the wrongdoings of the calamity. This is not the end.
Rakasa started to laugh, but it quickly turned into tears rolling down his cheeks.