The Legend of Zelda
Summoner of the Sun
Ye Disclaimer: Thou must know this by now, but alas, one must repeat this for the sake of totality. I do not own Zelda, nor do I own anything in the word that is copyrighted.
Chapter One- Legends.
There is a legend.passed down for generations. Many dispute its validity in this more modern world. Many turn to created Gods. The spirit of the Hero of Time is hardly existent. Only a handful of people know the legend well, and even fewer believe in the myths.
My name is Relana. But who I am and what I profess are two very different things. You do not yet need to know why I am telling you this. Listen well, my children.
The world was created by three benevolent Goddesses.Din, Nayru, and Farore. After many many lifetimes, the Goddesses agreed.the world was perfect. And so, their work done, they became the Triforce. What is the Triforce, you ask? It is neither spiritual nor physical. You can see it, but you cannot. You can feel it, but you cannot. It is an object that transcends the laws of space and time, and it is what spawned the darkest period in our history.
The pieces of the Triforce were found by the early Hylian people, and those people are our own ancestors. 2 of the pieces were found and passed down to descendants of the chosen ones. One was found by an evil spirit, and in a nearly-prehistoric tale, the 2 chosen ones joined forces to quell the evil, and the lost Triforce piece was given to a third, kinder tribe of nomads.
Thousands of years passed.
The Gerudo, descendants of the kind nomads, were thieves but good. The entire desert tribe consisted of women, except for one man, the son of the previous, who was chosen to continue the bloodline. There was one man of the desert who was crueler, more demanding.the Gerudo women respected him out of fear. This man, Ganondorf, came across the legend of the Triforce of Power, the lost piece that had once belonged to the tribe that was now the Gerudo. Ganondorf's corrupt heart was corrupted even more by the prospect of unstoppable power, and in a blazing fury, escaped the Gerudo.
There was a boy.A Kokiri child, actually the son of Hylians, who possessed the Triforce of Courage. And the daughter of the King of Hyrule, who possessed the Triforce of Wisdom. After the boy, Link, left his home in the forest, he met this girl, Zelda. Working together, they managed to gain hold of the Master Sword, the only weapon that could smite all evil. But upon wielding this weapon, Link allowed Ganondorf to enter the Holy Land where the lost piece of the Triforce was. The boy was also locked in a spiritual state for seven long years.
When Link and the Master Sword emerged from this slumber, Ganondorf had turned the prosperous land of Hyrule into a dark, dangerous place. But with the ever-present wisdom of Zelda, Link awakened the seven sages and used their power to confront Ganondorf. The evil Gerudo's greed and cruel intentions reached a head during their climactic battle, and Ganon the dark beast was born. However, Link, along with the 7 Sages, managed to lock away the inexperienced monster.
Link returned to the lost time he had left behind, and lived his childhood in peace. However, one day, as he searched for an old friend he had fought alongside with, a forest imp with a strange mask stole his Ocarina, and subsequently sent him to a new land, Termina. Young Link fought hard to summon the 4 Giants to prevent the Skull Kid from sending the Moon crashing into Termina, and managed to separate the evil mask from the innocent imp. The Mask was destroyed, and Link returned to Hyrule.
As word of his adventures spread, Link was once again taken to new lands: Holodrum and Labrynna. The evil sorceress Veran and the twisted General Onox brought evil on these two kingdoms, but the Hero of Time survived their onslaught, and defeated both of these evils. However, old foes of Link resurfaced during these two trials. Twinrova, composed of Koume and Kotake, told Link that the revival of Ganon was inevitable.
Link, fearing another attack by Ganon, set sail across the seas to train. However, an otherworldly storm took Link to the island of Koholint, a dream Island. As Link battled to awaken the Wind Fish and escape the Island, little did he realize he had been training for the final fight all along.
However.Link had been away from Hyrule long enough.Koholint and the other magical worlds he freed were completely different dimensions than the world Hyrule was in, and so Link's Triforce of Courage shattered into 8 pieces. Link lost his power, and Hyrule had no chance against an attack by Ganon.
While Link was battling to return home, Ganon struck. He imprisoned the many tribes of Hyrule and brought great evil back to the world. The people of Hyrule appealed to the Gods for help. And so the Gods flooded the earth with a sea of purity, which locked Ganon in the deep seas and removed the power from his body. His human body, frozen in time deep under the sea, would rest there for hundreds of years.
The legend of Link was passed down to the children on the Islands which were once the highest mountains in Hyrule. One boy, of no relation to Link, set out to rescue his sister Aryll from the Forbidden Fortress. Upon failing, the boy discovered the King of Red Lions, a magical boat that guided him to find 3 pearls that could grant him the power to wield the Master Sword, if he passed the trials of the Gods. And so, after diving deep under the Tower of the Gods, his proving grounds, he discovered Hyrule Castle, frozen. But he wielded the Master Sword, just like his spiritual ancestor, and he was truly the new hero, and so he was known was Link to many of the people he freed. But Ganondorf, who somehow escaped his bonds deep under the sea, returned and faced Link as he returned to the Forbidden Fortress for his Sister.
The Master Sword had lost its power, said Ganondorf to Link, before attempting to kill the child. However, a friendly pirate who had befriended Link during his quest, Tetra, saved him and his sister. Back in the security of Hyrule Castle, the King of Red Lions revealed himself as the King of Hyrule, and Tetra to be Princess Zelda's descendant. Link now knew he had to defeat Ganondorf, but how? Fortunately, 2 Sages, the last to survive before the great flood, returned the power to Link's weapon, and Link once again locked Ganon away.
Link grew, and the seas began to retreat. One day, a mysterious wizard threatened to revive Ganon. Link, now regarded worldwide as the true heir to the first Hero of Time, defeated this threat. But now Link knew that Ganon would strike again. Link needed to destroy him once and for all.
However, the forces to revive Ganon were already culminating, and so he returned, stronger than ever. Link once again builds power to fight Ganon, but the evil is too strong. Link cannot buy any more time, and so he uses the Silver Arrows to seal him away again. Link, now too old to fight, hopes the seal will last long enough for his son to take his place.
Ganon, captured in the spirit world once again, was wary of Link's actions. Link left his son with his sister Aryll, who in turn left him with her baby brother. This brave man raised the boy, until one fateful night the daughter of Zelda was kidnapped.
The new generations of the Hero of Courage and the Heroine of Wisdom were brought together once again. Now that the Triforce had built enough power to grant each force a level amount of strength, Link finally destroyed Ganon and saved Hyrule from his evil clutches.
This was 200 years ago. Sadly, the bloodline of Zelda ended in a violent war, and the last descendant of Link disappeared more than 90 years ago. However, whatever evil arises, it is vanquished by the people, and not by the Hero. The legend is mocked and satirized, and no one believes anything anymore. All are in doubt.
Ganon can never return. The seals of time are shut tight, and no one may control it. There is no shard of Ganon's existence left to duplicate or use in incantations. But what worries me, child, is the Triforce of Power, which could not be destroyed, for the legacy of the Gods remains in it. The new sages of Hyrule must find a young carrier, under the age of the first Hero of Time, and have him relay this Triforce to its new, and good, rightful owner within 100 years, or risk having the Triforce lose all balance and be lost. But evil spirits will want to take this Triforce, and this new child must be brave, and wield the Master Sword once again.
I, Relana, reside in the ancient village of Windfall. It has been another 97 years since my mother received this message from the Gods, and she traveled the world searching for the chosen child, but she could not. She entrusted this task to me, but now I too am growing old, unable to complete the task. I have only 3 more years until my task expires, and the Triforce shall lose its triangular balance, and Wisdom and Courage will become useless without Power to support them.
Day by day, I welcome new children into the world, making sure I use all my old strength to visit homes of new parents, and I watch these children grow. I can sense hope in most children, but as they become older, their spirit wanes and becomes more ordinary. My time is nearly up. I may not last even until the end of my 3 year deadline.
I leave this letter, and many duplicates thereof, in my home, so that after my death, there still may be hope.
May the Gods help you.
-Relana Ternaeus
Ye Disclaimer: Thou must know this by now, but alas, one must repeat this for the sake of totality. I do not own Zelda, nor do I own anything in the word that is copyrighted.
Chapter One- Legends.
There is a legend.passed down for generations. Many dispute its validity in this more modern world. Many turn to created Gods. The spirit of the Hero of Time is hardly existent. Only a handful of people know the legend well, and even fewer believe in the myths.
My name is Relana. But who I am and what I profess are two very different things. You do not yet need to know why I am telling you this. Listen well, my children.
The world was created by three benevolent Goddesses.Din, Nayru, and Farore. After many many lifetimes, the Goddesses agreed.the world was perfect. And so, their work done, they became the Triforce. What is the Triforce, you ask? It is neither spiritual nor physical. You can see it, but you cannot. You can feel it, but you cannot. It is an object that transcends the laws of space and time, and it is what spawned the darkest period in our history.
The pieces of the Triforce were found by the early Hylian people, and those people are our own ancestors. 2 of the pieces were found and passed down to descendants of the chosen ones. One was found by an evil spirit, and in a nearly-prehistoric tale, the 2 chosen ones joined forces to quell the evil, and the lost Triforce piece was given to a third, kinder tribe of nomads.
Thousands of years passed.
The Gerudo, descendants of the kind nomads, were thieves but good. The entire desert tribe consisted of women, except for one man, the son of the previous, who was chosen to continue the bloodline. There was one man of the desert who was crueler, more demanding.the Gerudo women respected him out of fear. This man, Ganondorf, came across the legend of the Triforce of Power, the lost piece that had once belonged to the tribe that was now the Gerudo. Ganondorf's corrupt heart was corrupted even more by the prospect of unstoppable power, and in a blazing fury, escaped the Gerudo.
There was a boy.A Kokiri child, actually the son of Hylians, who possessed the Triforce of Courage. And the daughter of the King of Hyrule, who possessed the Triforce of Wisdom. After the boy, Link, left his home in the forest, he met this girl, Zelda. Working together, they managed to gain hold of the Master Sword, the only weapon that could smite all evil. But upon wielding this weapon, Link allowed Ganondorf to enter the Holy Land where the lost piece of the Triforce was. The boy was also locked in a spiritual state for seven long years.
When Link and the Master Sword emerged from this slumber, Ganondorf had turned the prosperous land of Hyrule into a dark, dangerous place. But with the ever-present wisdom of Zelda, Link awakened the seven sages and used their power to confront Ganondorf. The evil Gerudo's greed and cruel intentions reached a head during their climactic battle, and Ganon the dark beast was born. However, Link, along with the 7 Sages, managed to lock away the inexperienced monster.
Link returned to the lost time he had left behind, and lived his childhood in peace. However, one day, as he searched for an old friend he had fought alongside with, a forest imp with a strange mask stole his Ocarina, and subsequently sent him to a new land, Termina. Young Link fought hard to summon the 4 Giants to prevent the Skull Kid from sending the Moon crashing into Termina, and managed to separate the evil mask from the innocent imp. The Mask was destroyed, and Link returned to Hyrule.
As word of his adventures spread, Link was once again taken to new lands: Holodrum and Labrynna. The evil sorceress Veran and the twisted General Onox brought evil on these two kingdoms, but the Hero of Time survived their onslaught, and defeated both of these evils. However, old foes of Link resurfaced during these two trials. Twinrova, composed of Koume and Kotake, told Link that the revival of Ganon was inevitable.
Link, fearing another attack by Ganon, set sail across the seas to train. However, an otherworldly storm took Link to the island of Koholint, a dream Island. As Link battled to awaken the Wind Fish and escape the Island, little did he realize he had been training for the final fight all along.
However.Link had been away from Hyrule long enough.Koholint and the other magical worlds he freed were completely different dimensions than the world Hyrule was in, and so Link's Triforce of Courage shattered into 8 pieces. Link lost his power, and Hyrule had no chance against an attack by Ganon.
While Link was battling to return home, Ganon struck. He imprisoned the many tribes of Hyrule and brought great evil back to the world. The people of Hyrule appealed to the Gods for help. And so the Gods flooded the earth with a sea of purity, which locked Ganon in the deep seas and removed the power from his body. His human body, frozen in time deep under the sea, would rest there for hundreds of years.
The legend of Link was passed down to the children on the Islands which were once the highest mountains in Hyrule. One boy, of no relation to Link, set out to rescue his sister Aryll from the Forbidden Fortress. Upon failing, the boy discovered the King of Red Lions, a magical boat that guided him to find 3 pearls that could grant him the power to wield the Master Sword, if he passed the trials of the Gods. And so, after diving deep under the Tower of the Gods, his proving grounds, he discovered Hyrule Castle, frozen. But he wielded the Master Sword, just like his spiritual ancestor, and he was truly the new hero, and so he was known was Link to many of the people he freed. But Ganondorf, who somehow escaped his bonds deep under the sea, returned and faced Link as he returned to the Forbidden Fortress for his Sister.
The Master Sword had lost its power, said Ganondorf to Link, before attempting to kill the child. However, a friendly pirate who had befriended Link during his quest, Tetra, saved him and his sister. Back in the security of Hyrule Castle, the King of Red Lions revealed himself as the King of Hyrule, and Tetra to be Princess Zelda's descendant. Link now knew he had to defeat Ganondorf, but how? Fortunately, 2 Sages, the last to survive before the great flood, returned the power to Link's weapon, and Link once again locked Ganon away.
Link grew, and the seas began to retreat. One day, a mysterious wizard threatened to revive Ganon. Link, now regarded worldwide as the true heir to the first Hero of Time, defeated this threat. But now Link knew that Ganon would strike again. Link needed to destroy him once and for all.
However, the forces to revive Ganon were already culminating, and so he returned, stronger than ever. Link once again builds power to fight Ganon, but the evil is too strong. Link cannot buy any more time, and so he uses the Silver Arrows to seal him away again. Link, now too old to fight, hopes the seal will last long enough for his son to take his place.
Ganon, captured in the spirit world once again, was wary of Link's actions. Link left his son with his sister Aryll, who in turn left him with her baby brother. This brave man raised the boy, until one fateful night the daughter of Zelda was kidnapped.
The new generations of the Hero of Courage and the Heroine of Wisdom were brought together once again. Now that the Triforce had built enough power to grant each force a level amount of strength, Link finally destroyed Ganon and saved Hyrule from his evil clutches.
This was 200 years ago. Sadly, the bloodline of Zelda ended in a violent war, and the last descendant of Link disappeared more than 90 years ago. However, whatever evil arises, it is vanquished by the people, and not by the Hero. The legend is mocked and satirized, and no one believes anything anymore. All are in doubt.
Ganon can never return. The seals of time are shut tight, and no one may control it. There is no shard of Ganon's existence left to duplicate or use in incantations. But what worries me, child, is the Triforce of Power, which could not be destroyed, for the legacy of the Gods remains in it. The new sages of Hyrule must find a young carrier, under the age of the first Hero of Time, and have him relay this Triforce to its new, and good, rightful owner within 100 years, or risk having the Triforce lose all balance and be lost. But evil spirits will want to take this Triforce, and this new child must be brave, and wield the Master Sword once again.
I, Relana, reside in the ancient village of Windfall. It has been another 97 years since my mother received this message from the Gods, and she traveled the world searching for the chosen child, but she could not. She entrusted this task to me, but now I too am growing old, unable to complete the task. I have only 3 more years until my task expires, and the Triforce shall lose its triangular balance, and Wisdom and Courage will become useless without Power to support them.
Day by day, I welcome new children into the world, making sure I use all my old strength to visit homes of new parents, and I watch these children grow. I can sense hope in most children, but as they become older, their spirit wanes and becomes more ordinary. My time is nearly up. I may not last even until the end of my 3 year deadline.
I leave this letter, and many duplicates thereof, in my home, so that after my death, there still may be hope.
May the Gods help you.
-Relana Ternaeus