WARNING: Contains swear language, mild violence and adult themes. This is a fictional account of the arrest, trial and execution of Ganondorf, and is one of the many interpretations of the official Zelda story line.
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WARNING 2: Post-Ocarina of Time story, pre-Twilight Princess story.
Six weeks later, it was time for Ganondorf to stand trial outside Castle Town. He spent most of his time in prison stunned and shocked about his incarceration, left lying on the floor for three weeks straight, and was traumatised by the tentacle-like light that grabbed him. During the time he is in jail the food, mostly just boiled rice gruel and vegetables, are given via a small flap on the door.
Then one morning, a guard unlocked the door, and he placed the chain around Ganondorf's neck. The damaged Ganondorf was dragged out of cell 40 by his back and up the flight of stairs leading to the exit of the dungeon. The guard continued dragging Ganondorf from the dungeon exit to the Hyrule Castle courtyard, which is in front of the castle. He unfastened the chain from Ganondorf's neck and then put the chained his feet to the floor so that he could not move. The chain also has the power to restrict the Triforce's power.
The castle courtyard was a cobblestone-paved courtyard, with a garden full of trees and flowering plants in the middle, which is fenced off. Around the courtyard are makeshift stands made of wood where people sit to watch the courtroom drama unfold. In front of the road to the castle was a makeshift stage where Ganondorf is, as well as the judge, the bailiff and the defending lawyer for Ganondorf, who is actually unqualified, but for the purposes of the mock trial a random peasant was borrowed and not allowed to say anything. There was even a jury in sight, made up of six civilians and six qualified judges. Ganondorf knew that it was all a trap, for he knew that for some time that there are traps set around him; he just happened to be unlucky.
Around him there was a large crowd of Hylians who were forced to watch the event unfold under the king's orders, so that they will know what happens to those who rebel and fight against Hyrule. Ganondorf looked around the sea of people surrounding him, moving very carefully so that he does not fall over face first. The king of Hyrule was sitting next to the judge.
"Sit!" ordered the guard. Ganondorf sat down on the chair.
"Ganondorf, you are hereby standing on trial today for high treason against the Hylian Kingdom and the King. There are numerous statements that I had collected from the villagers, and each one I will read to you. There are seven of them made, as per the regulations of the Hylian criminal code, title 14, section 3 'Criminal Procedure', chapter 6 'Statements of Intention in Trial'" said the judge. The judge pulled out the statements, and waved it. These statements are a forgery made for the show trial, except for one statement made by the Princess of Hyrule, Zelda.
"Now, statement of intention number one, from the Cucco Lady of Kakariko Village", said the bailiff. "This is what she said: 'Ganondorf had sent his forces to steal the crops and the livestock of my farm in Kakariko Village. When he ordered to give me the Cuccos away to him for his people, I refused. He became angry, and killed one of my friends by the Triforce of Power. Then he snatched the Cuccos away and his team rode off from the village, and I never seen my Cuccos again. I lost around Rs. 12,000 of my own assets, and I am currently facing bankruptcy because the Cuccos are really expensive; around Rs. 890 when our income was Rs. 360 every month'".
"Statement number two, from Malon of Lon Lon Ranch", he continued. "He said, 'The Gerudo army leaped over the fences of my ranch, and proceeded to try to kidnap our horses, and steal our milk supply. At knifepoint. If I could remember, Ingo made a deal with Ganondorf that allows the Gerudo to get a steady supply of milk and horses for their growing army. I try to stop Ingo but he was very angry at me because he said that as a lazy bastard I shouldn't own the ranch anyway. The rest, I think I shouldn't give you more information because Ingo had recently left to run his own ranch, and he is working with Ganondorf to hand over Ganondorf's prisoners in Gerudo Valley to be used as plantation workers, including captured Hylian citizens, with no rights or a right to work'".
Ganondorf objected, making an angry face and shouting "I made a deal with Ingo, but no I did not-" but he was cut off by the shouting of "Silence!" across the courtyard.
The bailiff looked towards him and said, "Ganondorf, let me finish. This isn't your turn-"
"Even the average thief is given a more fair trial and a much better say than this trial!" Ganondorf yelled. "This courtroom is frivolous and the trial is a sham! I demand that I deserve a much better-"
"Shut up!" the judge yelled to Ganondorf.
"No, you better shut up! You fucking shut up!" he yelled back.
"No! One more time and the court will be dismissed, and you will be dragged back to the dungeon and into a small, dark room for solitary confinement for up to and including twenty days", the judge explained fully to him.
The bailiff looked at the judge, and asked, "Can I continue?" and the judge nodded. He continued, "Statement of intention number three is from Her Royal Highness, Princess Zelda of Hyrule. She said- "
"Enough with the 'she said' and 'she said that'!" interrupted the king, who was sitting near the judge. He turned to the judge, leaned over and whispered, "Just rush this down; I got to go on an appointment with the King in the evening and it will take all day to go through this".
The judge snatched the statements from the bailiff and placed it on the table. He grabbed a book from underneath the table and turned the pages to the part with the words 'Enquiry of pleading guilty'.
"We will announce the jury to make a decision based on the statements given", the judge said, "and they will decide the fate of the King of Thieves. The jury will now leave the room, while the others can leave".
The crowds are forced to leave by the guards while the jury enter a small makeshift hut where they make the decisions. Ganondorf, the King, the judge and the bailiff stayed in. The fake lawyer also stayed, as per the norm in criminal procedure.
"Ganondorf, you know that this is a fake court trial, right? The King really want you dead", the fake lawyer said to him.
He replied, "You telling me this is a fake trial? A phony? That this is a mere kangaroo court? Has injustice started to plague the land that is Hyrule? This is my time to plague it, not the King of Hyrule. My time".
"Yes", he said back.
Ganondorf told him, "I knew what was going on anyway. If I am found guilty, you have to break me out. You can also join my forces as an ally".
"No thanks. I fear that the King will execute me personally if I do that", the fake lawyer said. "The King is in reality a cruel leader, but we do not question his orders or his ideas. Once his order had caused a famine that almost killed my parents' families because they did not get enough food to eat, and all of the food is given to the soldiers instead".
Ganondorf then said to himself, "Who am I kidding? I am going to end up dead, and everyone is going to get killed. My people, my allies, my friends. They will all get killed. There's no way of stopping it".
An hour later, the jury came back, along with the crowd.
The judge told the jury, "Stand up if you think he is innocent". Three people stood up, and each gave a brief testimony that he is innocent.
The first person who stood up said, "Ganondorf is innocent of the charges laid against him in the trial because he was focussing on revealing the atrocities that His Majesty the King of Hyrule had done against his own people".
The second person who also stood up said, "Ganondorf is innocent of the charges and he needs to be a" The three sat down afterwards.
"Ganondorf, do you plead guilty on the charges based on the evidence given, and on the jury's verdict?" the judge asked while looking at the words.
"By my word, I have no obligation on the presumption of guilt on myself, no matter how many sham trials you had done to my people, no matter how much crime and evil is there in the world, the only person that is guilty is not just me, but also on the king, the bailiff, the people, my people, and even you", he said in a harsh tone.
The judge was not happy about this.
"Ganondorf, I presume. You are now sentenced under the penalty of the death. The method prescribed is by impalement. May Din, Farore and Nayru have mercy on your soul then. Case is officially closed".
The word death ran through Ganondorf's mind. All of the things he remembered, like his coronation, his quarrel with Nabooru, his leadership in the wars, his betrayal by the king of Hyrule, his imprisonment, and now the kangaroo court, all start to flash through his mind. He knew that someday he will be captured and executed, and that time is now. He became willing to die for his own reason: to become king of Hyrule, and let his evil flourish throughout the land.
He said out loud, "I will die a martyr, a hero for the Gerudo people. I will be executed, but nothing will change the fact that there are those who will miss me and hope for my return. That is my final word, and it will stay that way. I will remain silent until I receive true, yet proper justice".
"Take him away. Case dismissed!" the judge exclaimed. The three who made the testimony of Ganondorf being innocent of these charges are dragged away into the cell, where they are tortured for making a statement supporting Ganondorf and his forces.
The two guards got hold of him and dragged him out by the chained feet to the entrance of Castle Town, and threw him into the dark, dingy and small carriage. The guards locked the carriage from the outside. The carriage left from the entrance to its destination: the prison.
The carriage travelled across a field, then made a right turn into a tunnel carved on the cliff face that connects Hyrule Field with Arbiter's Grounds, the main prison of Hyrule. The tunnel was miles long and was originally a small cave, but when Hyrule grew through the establishment of allies, the tunnel began construction by digging through the cave, which ends on the barren sands of the Gerudo Desert.
Arbiter's Grounds on the other hand, was built surrounding an open circular courtyard made of stone with columns and beams that encircle the place, surrounded by multi-levelled arches in the style of the Roman Colosseum, which was surrounded by a rock formation. A mirror called the Mirror of Twilight is located in the middle. This mirror is used to seal non-Hylian prisoners in the Twilight Realm, including the most ruthless and dangerous prisoners, and was used as a last resort if the prisoner was very powerful. Other prisoners charged for serious crimes are simply executed by means of impaling the victim. It expanded into a complex consisting of the Sage's quarters, the death row and four prison blocks.
The Sages Quarters is a small wooden house with a tiled roof where the Sages of Hyrule lived located north of the Mirror Chamber. The Sages are the keepers of the prison. The quarters consist of a meeting room, a watch tower to look over for anything suspicious in the prison yard, and seven rooms, each containing an open fireplace located in the middle of the room to keep the occupant warm during the cold desert nights and also for cooking food at any time of the day, stone floors, a bed in one corner of the room near the exit to the patio, a cabinet located opposite of the bed and a bucket filled with water on the other corner near the door, which has a tap for refilling the bucket with water. A latrine is located outside on the patio, and it has a curtain around it to give users privacy. Each of the rooms has a small patio, which has a wooden floor and is surrounded by plants that thrive in the desert, to view the desert scenery, and the seventh room is reserved for the guest. The guests they received are mostly that of the rulers who have links with the King of Hyrule, and the Hylian Royal Family.
The four prison blocks and the death row section are built below ground, and are illuminated by torches. The Mirror Chamber is still the central fixture where executions are held to this day. At the front of the entrance there was a prison guard standing in front of the gate, which consists of two pillars, in full metal armour, including the helmet and a longsword.
The carriage arrived at the prison entrance. The prison guard unlocked the carriage door, and dragged Ganondorf out of the carriage and pushed him to the change rooms, and unchained him.
"Strip your clothes! You will be given your prison clothes while I keep your clothes until the day of execution!" he ordered Ganondorf.
Ganondorf puts his prison clothes on, which is a blue jumpsuit. Another prison guard with the same armour and the same weapon came to the change rooms. Ganondorf was chained again, this time by this prison guard, and then escorted by the two prisoners.
The prison inside was a wretched hive. It is said that there are beatings, abuse by the prison guards and even murders in order to enforce the peace. The prison has four floors, but to get around the prison there are a series of stairs that connect to a different section of the cell, and no shortcuts or direct connections to adjacent rows- there are eight rows for each floor in each prison block and the death row.
The guards dragged Ganondorf past the cell blocks, then up a series of stairs to get to the death row block located north of the Mirror Chamber. They reached a small cell block complete with magic-proof walls and doors at the end. The door was labelled D-3-6-20, that is, the twentieth cell on row six on the third floor at prison block Death Row. One guard opened the door while the other one dragged Ganondorf inside. The prison guards left the cell after locking the door tightly, and ordered another prison guard, this time wearing blue armour, to guard the cell.
Ganondorf said to himself, "There is nothing I can do now. I can't change anything".
For many years he will be in this cell, but every day, for two hours, he is allowed to leave his cell. However he will have to wear his collar that restricts his powers. And every day, Ganondorf counted down his days left until his execution on death row.
On one day, Ganondorf has his chains removed and every time he is escorted to anywhere he has no chains attached because of his good behaviour record over the past three weeks.
It was evening, and after dinner, Ganondorf saw the butter knife that he used for eating and he slipped that knife underneath his socks stealthily.
When he was brought back in his cell, he took out the knife by jiggling his entire body around until the knife hit with an audible clank. He picked it up from the ground and slit his left wrist slowly, making a small gash on it.
It didn't make an impact, he thought. Better try again.
So he tried again on the same spot. It was painful, and he was quietly in agony. As he slit his wrist with a butter knife, the cut went deeper. It took four times for him to slit his wrist, and blood finally escaped from his wound. He then made another cut, this time in his forearm and made seven more. Ganondorf started to yell louder and louder in agony after the third cut. After nine cuts, his left arm was covered in blood.
With the blood coming out, he decided that he can't let it go to waste. With his finger, he dipped his finger in the blood, and wrote on the sheet of paper:
As my days are getting shorter, I wait until the day of my death, to be renewed. It is not worth to live in a place where he is attacked for his beliefs, but to die, with my secrets left known to the dead, and unknown to the living.
He lay down after writing the words.
The next day, the prison guards found him with caked blood on his left arm.
"This cut is really deliberate", one guard said. He was dragged to the prison hospital, which is another floor below the Arbiter's Grounds.
The prison hospital was a dungeon. It was overcrowded with prisoners, mostly on death row for two reasons; firstly, a range of psychological disorders that they are suffering, and secondly, they attempted suicide because they do not find their life worth living if they waited to be killed. At the front entrance there was a crudely built reception desk with a hostile receptionist who keeps lashing out at prisoners and his own staff. Behind the desk were beds- overcrowded beds with two to even four prisoners seeking treatment on the same bed. The nurses were overworked and tired due to their shifts- they never get a rest- and sometimes developed psychological disorders because of their stressed condition.
"Oi, you!" the prison guard said to the receptionist, "I got this guy who needs to have his psyche checked".
"Oh fuck you", the receptionist replied, "You guys keep going on about how this guy and that guy needs to be treated. Give me a fucking break; there are two hundred fucking prisoners here, and there are only three beds left. What do you want me to do with this savage beast?"
"I'll drop him off here", he said back to the receptionist.
"OK, prison cell number?"
"D-3-6-20" Ganondorf said.
"Right. Problem?"
"I fucking cut my wrist! I am feeling suicidal, dammit!"
"Got it. Here's your damn ticket to the fucking counsellor, now fuck off there and enjoy".
Inside the prison hospital, he met a counsellor, and he talked about the problems he had faced. The talk went for an hour, and in the end, it was all for nothing. Ganondorf left the room and was escorted back to his cell, and he thought to himself, Well, I will be gone in any day now. The counsellor did not help at all.
At the Sage's Quarters, a meeting between the Sages of Hyrule gathered around on a circular table to approve Ganondorf's fate. Each of the Sages wears a robe with a symbol on the back to represent what type of Sage the person is. The Sage of Forest has a tree, Light, a sun, Water, rain drop, Fire, flame, Shadow, a geometric pattern, and Spirit, a Y-shape with a Triforce on top. The Sages of Light, Water, Forest, Fire, Shadow and Spirit gathered in the room to decide whether he should be executed.
The Sage of Fire, who is leading the meeting, addressed to the Sages, "Today, Sages, we will decide the fate of 45 prisoners on death row and when they will be executed. The first one we will go through will be Ganondorf, who is sentenced to death for high treason and terrorism. When should we execute him and why?"
"There are too many prisoners to be executed by us. I mean, there are thousands of them waiting to be executed, and each day their lives took a turn for the worse. I think we should reconsider approving Ganondorf's execution", the Sage of Water said.
But the Sage of Spirit disagreed. "I do not like this man. He had terrorised me and my family since I was young. And as for the thousands of prisoners on death row- who gives a fuck about them?"
The Sage of Light said, "Look, Sage of Spirit, I understand about how you want prisoners to be executed every minute to speed up the process of executing Ganondorf, but shouldn't we make up a reasonable time rather than have some fast-food-style executions?"
"No. But we must put Ganondorf on fast track as he is the most dangerous criminal in the whole of Hyrule. By delaying the death of Ganondorf we are putting the whole kingdom at risk. So, we must execute him tomorrow", he responded.
The Sage of Fire interjected, saying, "OK, OK, look, we can go ahead with the execution on Ganondorf. I'll write the death warrant for him and you other lot can sign it. Meetings are not necessary anymore if we are going to decide when we execute prisoners".
The Sage of Water agreed, and added, "The meeting is pointless on who we decide to kill. The previous Sage of Forest started it, and this seemed to be going on for some time. Anyway, what do we have next?"
"We're going to decide who should be the next executioner", the Sage of Fire said back. "The Sage of Spirit decided that he is going to retire as executioner. He told me yesterday".
"As per tradition I chose who should be executioner next. So I chose the Sage of Water to take over my duties as executioner", the Sage of Spirit said.
"From tomorrow the Sage of Water's duty as executioner begins. So, we will end this meeting and we will not have any meetings about deciding who should be executed anymore. The duties of signing death warrants is now taken by me", the Sage of Fire said.
"And if anyone wants to sign the death warrant, they can ask me", he added.
All of the Sages got up and left the meeting room except the Sage of Fire, who is now all by himself with the death warrant documents. He got his pen out, and wrote down on the paper:
Authorisation for Execution, Kingdom of Hyrule
I hereby give permission to execute the criminal Ganondorf of the Gerudo Valley on the 28th day of the 10th month on the thirty-second year of the reign of Thri, the King of Hyrule, for the crime of high treason and terrorism upon the Hylian peoples.
Signed,
The Sage of Fire.
The death warrant was signed with his signature, and was stamped with the symbol of the Triforce. He did this five more times for each Sage. The Sage of Fire went out of the meeting room and gave each Sage the death warrant, and told each one to keep it inside the cabinet. He then goes back to his room and stored the warrant in the box inside his cabinet himself.
END PART 2
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