Well, it certainly seemed as though people enjoyed the first chapter well enough. Of course, I would have written this chapter anyway, but it's better when you have people showing appreciation and whatnot.
--Disclaimer: Don't really own anything. No heart attacks, now.--
A Contemporary History of Hyrule
-Chapter Two: War, War, and more War-
By this time in Hyrule, the Council of Nations had been established. This body was much like the United Nations familiar to us, the chief difference being that the Council of Nations was actually capable of doing more than sitting there looking official. And do something they did. It was their decision to lock away the Master Sword, and as the silly idea of each of the five nations having absolute veto power was not an issue, they actually had the power to do it despite the protests of the Hylians.
Furious with the decision of the Council, the Hylians called upon the Goddesses. At first they simply prayed quietly by themselves, but when that didn't work the now desperate Hylians all gathered in Hyrule field and began shouting at the top of their lungs. It wasn't long at all before the other races caught on to what the Hylians were up to, and they made the decision that the Hylians must be stopped at all costs. Thus began that chaos that was the First Battle of Hyrule Field. Hylians shredded beings indiscriminately with their superior swords. Gorons chucked explosives like nobody's business. Zoras slapped enemies with fish. Kokiri died by the second as they tried to leave the forest and join the melee. Gerudo stole swords, bombs, and fish alike and then ran off with them. Yes, it was a dark day indeed for Hyrule, not to mention a very loud one. The noise of the battle managed to rouse Nayru, who had been sleeping on the couch next to the coffee table.
Any and all Hyrulian legends about what happened next are so fantastical and blatantly false that they are not worth mentioning. The facts are these. A highly annoyed Nayru stuck her face right into the sky of Hyrule, demanding to know what was going on. The response to this was what is now known as The Great Finger Pointing, during which some Hylians are reported to have sprouted an extra arm just so they could point at all three of the other participating races (as mentioned before, the Kokiri could not leave the forest and thus were never involved in this or any subsequent Battle of Hyrule Field). When it finally became clear that they were fighting for control of the Master Sword, Nayru became even more annoyed. She ruled that since they couldn't settle it like mature adults, no one would get to use the Master Sword except a special person who would be born if needed and reborn if needed again. Dejected, the various races went their separate ways to pout.
Not unexpectedly, relations between the four races continued to deteriorate. The only trade between them was one of insults, although this trade certainly thrived. It was not uncommon for a Hylian smith or a Zora fisherman to turn to a career of writing new insults for their respective heads of state, whose creativity had run low, and make a healthy living doing it. Every time a particularly offensive insult was sent out, there was another Battle of Hyrule Field. There are a total of four thousand seven hundred and twenty-three recorded battles of Hyrule Field, as it was the only open space large enough to have a pitched battle in.
While this bloody, vicious cycle may seem silly, it was actually quite necessary to keep Hyrule from being overpopulated. Without all of those battles of Hyrule Field, the world would have been packed like a can of sardines by the time the events in Ocarina of Time were about to unfold. It is a small world, after all.
One fateful day, while an innocent Hylian woman was taking a walk around Hyrule Field with her two-year-old son, another Battle of Hyrule took place. It is important to understand how these battles began. All four armies would rush into the field without warning, fight until those not killed all fell asleep, then in the morning they would go home. Anyway, this woman and her son were out walking in the field as the Two Thousandth Battle of Hyrule Field began to rage around them. The mother was injured by a particularly vicious fish-wielding Zora early in the battle, and spent the remainder of the day limping toward the Kokiri Forest.
Now, the legend goes that the Kokiri took pity on the poor woman, took her to the Great Deku Tree, and allowed her son to stay in the forest as he grew up. Very little of this is actually based in fact. As she stumbled across the bridge and into the forest, the vicious Kokiri, still bitter that they had had no share of the battles for thousands of years, pounced upon the woman, bound her, and hauled her off to the Deku Tree to get his ruling. Luckily for her son, the Deku Tree, who was bi-polar, was in "nice mode" when they brought the woman before him. He had just finished saying that it would be fine for her son, whose name happened to be Link, to grow up in the safety of the forest, when his personality switched and he demanded that the Kokiri sacrifice the injured woman to him. The story passed down to Link was that his mother was fatally wounded when she came to the forest, but this, obviously, was a sham.
When Link was about five, a strange talking owl began to be noticed all over Hyrule. A very effective mediator, he had economic ties reestablished between the Gorons, Zoras, and Hylians within a matter of a few years. The Gerudo kept mostly to themselves, and the Kokiri really didn't matter, as they couldn't leave the forest.
Thus, the world was restored to a semblance of harmony just before the young hero embarked upon his quest. The next chapter will briefly discuss the events of Ocarina of Time, and then move on to the events immediately thereafter.
So, there's chapter two. I know these first two chapters have been a little on the short side, and the next one won't likely be too much longer, but chapter four should be a more reasonable length, I think. Please review!
--Disclaimer: Don't really own anything. No heart attacks, now.--
A Contemporary History of Hyrule
-Chapter Two: War, War, and more War-
By this time in Hyrule, the Council of Nations had been established. This body was much like the United Nations familiar to us, the chief difference being that the Council of Nations was actually capable of doing more than sitting there looking official. And do something they did. It was their decision to lock away the Master Sword, and as the silly idea of each of the five nations having absolute veto power was not an issue, they actually had the power to do it despite the protests of the Hylians.
Furious with the decision of the Council, the Hylians called upon the Goddesses. At first they simply prayed quietly by themselves, but when that didn't work the now desperate Hylians all gathered in Hyrule field and began shouting at the top of their lungs. It wasn't long at all before the other races caught on to what the Hylians were up to, and they made the decision that the Hylians must be stopped at all costs. Thus began that chaos that was the First Battle of Hyrule Field. Hylians shredded beings indiscriminately with their superior swords. Gorons chucked explosives like nobody's business. Zoras slapped enemies with fish. Kokiri died by the second as they tried to leave the forest and join the melee. Gerudo stole swords, bombs, and fish alike and then ran off with them. Yes, it was a dark day indeed for Hyrule, not to mention a very loud one. The noise of the battle managed to rouse Nayru, who had been sleeping on the couch next to the coffee table.
Any and all Hyrulian legends about what happened next are so fantastical and blatantly false that they are not worth mentioning. The facts are these. A highly annoyed Nayru stuck her face right into the sky of Hyrule, demanding to know what was going on. The response to this was what is now known as The Great Finger Pointing, during which some Hylians are reported to have sprouted an extra arm just so they could point at all three of the other participating races (as mentioned before, the Kokiri could not leave the forest and thus were never involved in this or any subsequent Battle of Hyrule Field). When it finally became clear that they were fighting for control of the Master Sword, Nayru became even more annoyed. She ruled that since they couldn't settle it like mature adults, no one would get to use the Master Sword except a special person who would be born if needed and reborn if needed again. Dejected, the various races went their separate ways to pout.
Not unexpectedly, relations between the four races continued to deteriorate. The only trade between them was one of insults, although this trade certainly thrived. It was not uncommon for a Hylian smith or a Zora fisherman to turn to a career of writing new insults for their respective heads of state, whose creativity had run low, and make a healthy living doing it. Every time a particularly offensive insult was sent out, there was another Battle of Hyrule Field. There are a total of four thousand seven hundred and twenty-three recorded battles of Hyrule Field, as it was the only open space large enough to have a pitched battle in.
While this bloody, vicious cycle may seem silly, it was actually quite necessary to keep Hyrule from being overpopulated. Without all of those battles of Hyrule Field, the world would have been packed like a can of sardines by the time the events in Ocarina of Time were about to unfold. It is a small world, after all.
One fateful day, while an innocent Hylian woman was taking a walk around Hyrule Field with her two-year-old son, another Battle of Hyrule took place. It is important to understand how these battles began. All four armies would rush into the field without warning, fight until those not killed all fell asleep, then in the morning they would go home. Anyway, this woman and her son were out walking in the field as the Two Thousandth Battle of Hyrule Field began to rage around them. The mother was injured by a particularly vicious fish-wielding Zora early in the battle, and spent the remainder of the day limping toward the Kokiri Forest.
Now, the legend goes that the Kokiri took pity on the poor woman, took her to the Great Deku Tree, and allowed her son to stay in the forest as he grew up. Very little of this is actually based in fact. As she stumbled across the bridge and into the forest, the vicious Kokiri, still bitter that they had had no share of the battles for thousands of years, pounced upon the woman, bound her, and hauled her off to the Deku Tree to get his ruling. Luckily for her son, the Deku Tree, who was bi-polar, was in "nice mode" when they brought the woman before him. He had just finished saying that it would be fine for her son, whose name happened to be Link, to grow up in the safety of the forest, when his personality switched and he demanded that the Kokiri sacrifice the injured woman to him. The story passed down to Link was that his mother was fatally wounded when she came to the forest, but this, obviously, was a sham.
When Link was about five, a strange talking owl began to be noticed all over Hyrule. A very effective mediator, he had economic ties reestablished between the Gorons, Zoras, and Hylians within a matter of a few years. The Gerudo kept mostly to themselves, and the Kokiri really didn't matter, as they couldn't leave the forest.
Thus, the world was restored to a semblance of harmony just before the young hero embarked upon his quest. The next chapter will briefly discuss the events of Ocarina of Time, and then move on to the events immediately thereafter.
So, there's chapter two. I know these first two chapters have been a little on the short side, and the next one won't likely be too much longer, but chapter four should be a more reasonable length, I think. Please review!