The War of Imprisonment Series Book 1: The Breaking of Time

by The Honorable Prince

The re-telling of Ocarina of Time as it branches into the Downfall Timeline. This fiction is intended to explain how exactly the downfall timeline's branch was created and to connect Ocarina of Time and A Link to the Past. It is a story of Adventure, Love, and Great Tragedy. Feedback welcome! Rated Teen for Violence, Some Language, and Some Sexual Themes. Ver. 3.0 Posted 5/29/2022

1. Forward and Notes

THIS WORK HAS UNDERGONE A MASSIVE REVISION AND RESTORATION EFFORT AND SHOULD NOW BE IN ITS FINAL FORM 5-29-2022. PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT, IT KEEPS ME GOING.

Inspired by the Legend of Zelda series by Nintendo.

Fan Fiction created by: The Honorable Prince

A fully illustrated version of this story can be found on Archive of Our Own - under the same title

Illustrations created by: , Asma Aziz, & Sadie Beltran

All respect to Shigeru Miyamoto-san, Eiji Aonuma-san, and all of the other skilled writers and original creators of the Legend of Zelda. I offer the following fan-fiction as a humble homage to your work.

All characters, places, events, and items directly related to the Legend of Zelda series are the original property of Nintendo. All original contributions made in this Fan Fiction by The Honorable Prince remain the property of the original author under The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998.

Forward:

One of my earliest, happy memories is tearing open a small, rectangular Christmas present and finding a brand-new copy of A Link to the Past. It was the very first video game that I ever owned. My father got it for me, because a friend had told him that "It was a video game that did not rot children's' brains. It challenged them with puzzles, riddles, and tricks. And it had a wonderful, moral story of good vs. evil and how a young man can make a positive difference in the world, even against overwhelming odds."

But I do not cherish this memory because it was my first video game. I cherish it, because of the hundreds of hours my father and I spent playing it together. I wasn't very good at figuring out some of the puzzles, or trying to deduce what a boss' particular weakness might be. Dad was always the best help for these things. And so he would sit in his armchair – while I sat on the floor playing – and he would quietly watch; offering a little advice here or there, when I was getting completely frustrated.

This book is dedicated to my father. We didn't always see eye-to-eye on things… but you taught me to appreciate a good adventure, and to always pay attention to the little details.

Here follows: The Legend of Zelda: The War of Imprisonment - the tale of the worst tragedy in Hylian history and yet, life still found a way to carry on.