~*~ The Legend of Zelda ~*~
Tale of Beyond
Whispers of Beginnings
Long ago, in the olden times and in the what was the old ways of the land of Hyrule, there is an age-old legend that has long since been passed down into the minds, souls, and hearts of those that lived within the realm of this land. Children knew of this legend, a legend that had once been a reality for some, in a loop of wisdom and mistakes that, should the fate of time allow, would not be repeated yet might be generated in circles of misfortune and misery. Those that claim to have been a witness to the horrible events, have long since been buried into the soft soil beneath them and allowed the land to regenerate their spirits into flowers and stars that shine down upon the accursed land like diamond eyes in the darkness.
This legend is the tale of Link, the Hero of Time and the boy whose very soul and body was trapped in the light of the Scared Realm for many years. His heroics, once he was freed of the Sacred Realm, saved the land many a time from the Dark Gerudo King, Ganondorf, and others who dared to disrupt the peace of Hyrule, and the hero who often laid down his life to keep the peace within his home. His soul once rested in the darkness that had been called the Evil World, the other side of the Light World and the mirror image of what the Triforce of legend had once become, and who had lived countless lives over the tales of his heroics. It is a tale that weaved itself in the history of the land, eventually becoming myths and children's bedtime stories until it settled down into what is now known as mere legend. It was just a tale that had been believed to be made up, even the texts of history make little to no mention of Link's heroic deeds
Yet, among the many tales of heroes and villains clashing for the rule of the land, there is a legend that only a few of the Royal Family know of and are willing to tell it. One that tells of four sacred pendants that allowed those who wanted to escape their World and live in another for short periods of their lives or the remainder of their own days. These pendants went into other Worlds that were, and still are, unknown the vast majority of Hylains, Worlds that were set in the heaves above. One was sealed secretly in a vault, one held by the Zora, one in a grave of a Queen, and one lost to memory. The pendants were created centuries ago by a Sheikah mage who had harnessed the power of travel between Worlds and into the lands of the imagination.
That story has many pages that make up the Beyond tale and many more pages are still there to be written. This is the first part of the tale of Beyond that tells the journey of a single pendant to the Human World, the telling of a future Child of Prophecy, and the beginning of a new era of Hyrule.
