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Prologue

The first great war

"In the beginning, after the three goddesses Din, Nayru, and Farore created the world, they gave lands to the peoples they created. To the Poth people, our ancient ancestors, the goddesses gave the central valleys and fertile fields of the east. Threw the Poth lands was a river called the Pothite River. This river is what made the Pothite lands so fertile. This river came from the Great Sea to the east, threw the Poth lands and then heads south to Lake Hylia.

Lake Hylia and the surrounding areas were given to the Zora people; a race of fish people. Able to breath, swim, and survive underwater, as well as on land. These people were and still are friendly, and would allow the Poths to fish in their lands. To the north are the Goron mountains; the lands given to the Gorons. These people are, much like the Zora, not human. Although, unlike the Zora, are creatures made of rock and earth, and are very large in stature. They, too, are a friendly bunch, but will attack if provoked.

Another group given lands in Hyrule was the Kokiri. The Kokiri are a race of wood sprites created by the Deku tree. They take the form of children and have fairies. But they are not really children. Despite their deceitful form they are peaceful; rarely hurt others… keep to themselves.

Last but not least were the Gerudo; a race of humans, like the poths. Unlike the Poths the Gerudo were darker skinned, their hair was almost always red (the poths usually being brown haired), and were said to be created from dirt. The poths, in contrast were made from pure water from Hyrule… but I digress," said the old man tugging his gray beard thoughtfully.

"Once the lands were given to all the people-," the village elder started.

"What lands did the Gerudo get?" blurted out a young brown haired boy.

"What?" exclaimed the old man.

"You didn't say which lands the Gerudo got." The boy said again.

"Oh yes," the old man said, "the Gerudo received the lands to the west. This land was a lush and plentiful place. It had fruit trees, water a plenty, large game, honey, and many minerals and ores. This place-,"

"Nuh-uh," a young blond haired blue eyed girl named Petra interrupted in the crowd of small village children. "The west is a wasteland filled with nothin' but sand and scorpions."

"And ghosts!" added the loud mouthed boy who interrupted the elder the first time.

"I was getting to that, Peter," the old balding man scolded. "Anyway, there was peace in the lands, for a short while. That is until the western lands dried up. The Gerudo prayed to the goddess Din for help, but their prayers fell on deaf ears. Eventually the Gerudo lands didn't have any water, food, or vegetation."

"How did they live?" asked a blond boy sitting next to peter; wide eyed.

"Glade you asked, Link!" exclaimed the old man, "the Gerudo, being the traitorous people they are, tried taking the Poth lands. That was the First Hylian war.

The First Hylian war was one of great sorrow; specifically for the Poth people. These ancient people were not a united people yet. They were a cluster of tribes and clans, with no loyalty to any one patriarch, or king. So, in contrast to the Gerudo; who where united under one tribe, the Poth people were helpless to withstand the invasion from the Gerudo hordes.

The Gerudo also had much better weapons than the Poth peoples. The Gerudo were masters of the sword, bow, and many other weapons. So, in the beginning of the war it looked like the Gerudo would win, except they didn't know that fate was on the side of the Poths. The great goddess Nayru looked with pity on the Poths, and decided to come to their aid. The goddess gave the Poths the gift of wisdom. They saw that they could not fight the Gerudo alone, and decided to come together. The Poths banded together into one kingdom called Pothia, under the control of the great king Maximus the conqueror. He led the Poths to war with the Gerudo, and, with help of his allies the Gorons and Zoras, defeated the Gerudo and banished them to the desert from wince they came!" the old man exclaimed throwing his fists up dramatically, as if he himself had triumphed.

"But the goddess Din was outraged," said the elder, "The Gerudo worshiped her above all else. So when the Gerudo were defeated and banished it made the Gerudo as well as Din look weak. Din decided she would give the Gerudo a gift, and that gift was the horse.

The Gerudo became masters of this beast and were out to regain their land, their pride, and most of all revenge! They struck back at the Poths, Gorons and Zoras until they owned most of what is today Hyrule.

By this time Maximus the conqueror was an old man and had no heir. Farore looked to Maximus and admired his courage, and would bestow a gift to him; A bride. This bride was an elf created from a lock of Farore's hair. She was blond, blue eyed, and had long pointed ears much like yours," the old man pointed to Petra. "And she was the most beautiful creature in the land.

King Maximus took this bride and created an heir; Prince Raem the Great. This prince Raem became the leader of what was left of Pothia and took back the stolen lands, as well as the Gerudo lands. Raem saw the Gerudo were too powerful, having many warriors, and would probably invade again, Raem summoned a great wizard. That wizard put a curse on the Gerudo that they may only have one son born of Gerudo blood every 100 years. After that prince Raem took over the Zora and Gorons for not helping the Poths in the Second Hylian war.

Raem then renamed this new united empire Hyrule. People say that is because of king Raem's mother that the Hylians with elven features are superior and more godlike than other peoples, but the elven blood is so diluted now it really doesn't make much of a difference"

"Is the princess Zelda elven?" Peter asked, "Because I heard she looks a lot like the elf lady from the stories."

"I'm not sure," said the old bearded man, "but if anyone is, these days it is probably her."