Some may find this tale familiar as I have completely rewritten it to be... more in canon with Legend of Zelda.
Please note that the clans of Ikana are to be regarded as the Termina equivalent of mix between the Dark Interlopers and Twili from Hyrule.
This tale is more a short story so it may feel a little abrupt as aspects of the Ikana clans and the wild deities will be explored as the overarching story continues.
Eons ago, the Ikana kingdom was once a land of enlightenment and magical prowess.
The finest minds in Termina spent their lives mastering the powers of light and darkness.
Most revered the Golden Goddesses of the heavens for their gifts.
Yet as their power grew they became consumed with the knowledge of the shadows.
A forbidden form of magic that stemmed from the Twilight Realm beyond the veil of light.
In order to pursue the darkness they shunned the light, questioned the goddesses and the kingdom was divided.
The users of Shadows became known as the Dark Interlopers or Gomess who grew obsessed with the Twilight Realm.
They scoured Termina in search of relics of the Twilight Realm, the remnants of the primal gods of Termina, the Giants.
In doing so they no longer revered the Golden Goddesses and sought to prove them as weak.
The users of Light proudly kept the name of Ikana who sought to keep their counterparts confined to the Eastern Valley.
They kept their faith in the Golden Goddesses and refused to partake in the dark practises.
No matter how tempting the shadow magic became, they refused to accept such blasphemy.
Concerns grew and bloodthirsty hunts followed as the Gomess began to assume the forms of beasts at will.
Denying the Golden Goddesses and to pursue the old magic of the Giants.
The Gomess used their powers to construct the Stone Towers to mock the heavenly deities and revere their own.
The Goddesses apparently flipped the very towers over to send the damned tribe to hell.
A crucial mistake was made by this act as it only allowed the Gomess to descend into the nothingness of time.
It was in this forsaken place that they found a mask, a strange face carved from the armour of a time lost entity.
The mask was protected by the stone visage of a fifth giant, appearing as a fearsome warrior.
The Gomess came to revere this figure as highly as the other giants, allegedly they crafted masks in its likeness as weapons to destroy the goddesses.
The emergence of that first accursed mask from the abyss was not lost on Ikana as they knew the tales of why it was sealed away by their ancestors.
That was the breaking point as finally a war between the two tribes erupted.
For decades they battled within the Eastern Canyons, unaware that the architecture of the Stone Towers held more danger than they realised.
From the abyss of the towers came a creature from another realm, a demon known as Bellum.
A parasitic entity that harvested the souls of the living and corrupted all it touched.
Consumed with bloodlust, the war between Ikana and the Gomess did not cease.
Even when Termina fell to ruin they did not stop fighting each other.
Time passed as Bellum gained control of Termina.
Contorting the very elements themselves into his demonic servants.
All responsible in harvesting life force so that he may grow stronger.
However, like with all these stories, rebellion soon followed.
It all began in the Southern Swamps, when the Deku King was murdered by the demon of Forest.
His son, Dakar, was the first to question Bellum's source and the possibility of sealing the demon away.
The young Deku nut prince travelled in all directions of the compass.
He joined forces with Damino, a hero of the Gorons, and Mikaw, a warrior of the Zoras.
When they arrived at the Eastern Canyons they saw nothing but bloodshed and hatred.
Even the Garo, who were sent to investigate the situation had become mad with bloodlust.
Yet they also found the source of Bellum's emergence into Termina at the Stone Towers.
From the Gomess came their final ally who knew of a way to banish Bellum, Majora.
She informed them that the shadows of the Four Giants would be strong enough to handle the task.
And so they travelled Termina amidst the death and decay.
Travelling to the resting places of each giant, Woodfall, Snowhead, Great Bay and the Stone Towers.
They fought Bellum's minions at every turn and slayed his beloved elemental demons.
Their efforts were rewarded as the Giants head their call.
Dakar gained the power of the Southern Giant's shadow, Odolwa, the masked jungle warrior.
Damino became one with the forces of the Northern Giant's Shadow, Goht, the masked mechanical monster.
Mikaw could now wield the magic of the Western Giant's Shadow, Gyorg, the gargantuan masked fish.
And finally Majora had been chosen by the Eastern Giant's Shadow, Twinmould, the giant masked insect.