Rytex
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Well, I finished Skyward Sword yesterday, and so, without further ado, my new timeline is presented!
Key: CoH = Creation of Hyrule, WoT1 = War of/over Triforce Number 1 ((SS Backstory), WoT2 = War of/over Triforce Number 2 (Imprisoning War), EoH = Establishment of Hyrule (pre-Minish Cap), FUH = Full Unification of Hyrule (Pre-Ocarina of Time), FDoG = Final Destruction of Ganon (Linked Oracle Games).
Font effects: Bold = Game, Italics = Major Event, BoldItalics = Major Game (duh)
One more note: For MC/WoT2, it means that it came right after it... Not that it was a game...
These are major events that affect the timeline, therefore, I think they deserve a spot on it.
This timeline is incredibly complicated!
...................../-?
CoH-WoT1-SS
.....................\...Adult Link Saga............/-TWW/PH-ST
Zelda Proper TL:EoH-TMC/WoT2-FUH/OoT
..........................Child Link Saga............\MM-TP-4S/4SA-ALttP/LA-TLoZ/TAoL-OoX/FDoG
Here comes the explanation:
In the beginning, the goddesses created the Triforce and the Hyrule. Hyrule has been created. Numerous gods and demigods exist alongside them. Among them are Demise and Hylia. Demise wants the Triforce so he can rule the world. He sets out to gain it. In the process, Hylia hides it and sends Skyloft into the sky. Demise is sealed away for thousands of years, held by Zelda from the future. Ages pass until the events of Skyward Sword take place. The placement of SS should be obvious, due to the fact that Hyrule is established, the Master Sword is forged, and the reason for the entire series is explained.
Well, here comes the fun part. There is another split in the timeline. It sounds terribly too complicated, but here's the logic behind this. In the original continuity of the game, Zelda goes back to the past to keep Demise sealed, right? Here's the thing. In the future, Ghirahim kidnaps Zelda and takes her back to the past where she was keeping Demise sealed. Now, the past is altered because Ghirahim frees Demise and Link defeats him. So now, there are two past ages. One, where Zelda sleeps and Demise is still sealed away, and the other Past, where Demise was freed and destroyed early. The latter is the side of the split where continuity of the series truly begins. In the other continuity, Link left, taking the Master Sword with him, there is no Demise (due to him being dead), and basically, the entire series on this side has been completed.
So now, on the side of Continuity, let us begin.
Well, at the end of the game, Zelda decides to stay on the planet. Well, this will eventually lead to the establishment of the Royal Family and the Nation of Hyrule.
This makes Minish Cap the next game. Only one real explanation I can give is that the land is immensely smaller than Ocarina of Time's Hyrule is, meaning the kingdom isn't quite stable enough to expand. Well, Vaati comes and he is sealed in the Four Sword.
The second war begins at the end (the Imprisoning War). The monsters are invading. Someone finds the Golden Land. The search for the Triforce to rid the land of monsters and make one legendary begins. The dark interlopers (Sheikah tribe?) are banished.
Now, this part is completely assumption from clues in the AoL instruction book as well as past events.
In the AoL Instruction book, it says that the Prince of Hyrule believed that his sister knew about the location of the Triforce and got a wizard to try to force her to tell him the location. I believe the prince is Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule, the wizard is Vaati, and the Zelda is the original Zelda from Minish Cap.
Here are the reasons for the above...
1. Daphnes somehow survived, healthy, for at least one hundred years to watch his kingdom vanish. He was most likely cursed to watch this happen, and this would be a plausible trigger for the curse.
2. At this point, Vaati would probably be the only wizard powerful enough to force the Princess to tell. He also may have bargained with Daphnes to let him get the Light Force in exchange for forcing her to tell the location of the Triforce.
3. the Original Zelda would still have the Light Force inside her, making her a target for revenge and/as well as power for Vaati and Daphnes.
Zelda is put into a deep sleep, and daphnes turns on Vaati or vice versa. either way, Vaati winds up sealed in the Four Sword and Daphnes is cursed. He sets the decree that all firstborn females will have the name Zelda, and he puts her in the Northern Palace.
At some point, Four Swords takes place. nothing much to say about it. The King soon unites Hyrule to the state it is in in Ocarina of Time. During the fighting, Link's mother dies and leaves him in the Deku Tree's care. This makes Ocarina of Time next.
The famed original split occurs here, so I will start with Child side.
The obvious sequel is Majora's Mask.
After saving the world, Link continues searching for Navi. Whether or not he wants to return to Hyrule is now irrelevant.
At some point during the long interval, Ganon gets banished to the Twilight Realm. He influences Zant and takes over the Twilight Realm through him. Soon, it spills over into Hyrule, making Twilight Princess next.
As always, reasons:
1. Old Kakariko is seen, ransacked, and only one person living in it. It's sign has the same characters as the one in Ocarina of Time.
2. Hyrule hasn't been flooded, meaning it's still in Hyrule and not someplace else.
3. Skull kid is alive and still knows Saria's Song.
4. Hyrule is bigger and has a small province to call its own.
Ganondorf is killed at the end of the game. Nevertheless, Twinrova were never killed in this timeline, keep that in mind.
Next, Vaati's seal has weakened, 4 Swords happens, the end. His seal weakens again, and this time, he resurrects Ganon through his hatred (I'm assuming), just like Zant and the Twili did. Four Swords Adventures comes next, causing Ganondorf to become sealed in the Sacred Realm, where he finds the Triforce and creates the Dark World. After it at some point comes A Link to the Past.
More reasons...
1. The terrain looks similar to how it did in 4SA.
2. Ganon has the trident he got in 4SA and resides in the Dark world. He's also now a pig, like at the end of 4SA.
At the end of the game, Link undoes everything by wishing the game's events undone. want proof?
1. Link's uncle died. He "recovered" at the end.
2. the King was killed by Agahnim. He "returned" at the end.
3. The Dark World disappeared, returing to the Golden Land.
4. Ganon returned for TLoZ.
5. Many Characters who had been sealed there returned to the Light World (such as Flute Boy who turned into a tree).
Enough proof?
Now, Ganon is resurrected in this process, as I said. Here's the thing. Why did he remain in Pig form? I think he can't change back. He's stuck in the Dark World without the Moon Pearl, and so his Pig form is now his only form.
Link's Awakening is a direct sequel to the game.
The Legend of Zelda is next, further on down the timeline. Ganon breaks free from the Sacred Realm he was trapped in, and so he captures Zelda. Zelda shatters the Triforce of Wisdom, sending the pieces all over Hyrule, and instructing Impa to find any hero and to tell him to assemble the Triforce and rescue her. The new Link does this, and kills Ganon yet again, taking the Triforce of Power for himself, while returning the Triforce of Wisdom to Zelda.
They've only found two Triforce pieces: Wisdom and Power. Courage is still hidden. Ganon gets completely destroyed here. Now, a few months later, the new Link finds the original Zelda and restores her, making The Adventure of Link next. At some point soon, the full Triforce is put in Hyrule Castle.
Finally comes the Oracle games. Since Twinrova has never been killed on this end (they were only killed in the Adult Timeline), they go about making their mischief, and causing Onox and Veran to screw with Holodrum and Labrynna respectively. When all is said and done in both places, they attempt to resurrect Ganon once again, sacrificing themselves. They only succeed in resurrecting a mindless Ganon and, as such, he proves easy for Link to utterly destroy.
Now for the Adult Timeline...
Wind Waker is next, albeit a hundred years after Ocarina of Time (at least).
Ganon matured after being sealed in the Sacred Realm for a long time. but he gets sealed in stone at the end of the game.
Tetra and Link set off to find the New Hyrule, though it will be their land.
Phantom Hourglass is next, due to it being a direct sequel. A hundred years after that, Spirit tracks comes. Now, the Triforce was reunited in TWW, but I think that somehow, someway, it gets put in the other land's castle, though Hyrule IS explicitly mentioned.
This ends the timeline. Yay.
How'd I do?
Please rate based on facts, not opinions. Does it fit and do the games flow well together like this? is what I'm asking.
Key: CoH = Creation of Hyrule, WoT1 = War of/over Triforce Number 1 ((SS Backstory), WoT2 = War of/over Triforce Number 2 (Imprisoning War), EoH = Establishment of Hyrule (pre-Minish Cap), FUH = Full Unification of Hyrule (Pre-Ocarina of Time), FDoG = Final Destruction of Ganon (Linked Oracle Games).
Font effects: Bold = Game, Italics = Major Event, BoldItalics = Major Game (duh)
One more note: For MC/WoT2, it means that it came right after it... Not that it was a game...
These are major events that affect the timeline, therefore, I think they deserve a spot on it.
This timeline is incredibly complicated!
...................../-?
CoH-WoT1-SS
.....................\...Adult Link Saga............/-TWW/PH-ST
Zelda Proper TL:EoH-TMC/WoT2-FUH/OoT
..........................Child Link Saga............\MM-TP-4S/4SA-ALttP/LA-TLoZ/TAoL-OoX/FDoG
Here comes the explanation:
In the beginning, the goddesses created the Triforce and the Hyrule. Hyrule has been created. Numerous gods and demigods exist alongside them. Among them are Demise and Hylia. Demise wants the Triforce so he can rule the world. He sets out to gain it. In the process, Hylia hides it and sends Skyloft into the sky. Demise is sealed away for thousands of years, held by Zelda from the future. Ages pass until the events of Skyward Sword take place. The placement of SS should be obvious, due to the fact that Hyrule is established, the Master Sword is forged, and the reason for the entire series is explained.
Well, here comes the fun part. There is another split in the timeline. It sounds terribly too complicated, but here's the logic behind this. In the original continuity of the game, Zelda goes back to the past to keep Demise sealed, right? Here's the thing. In the future, Ghirahim kidnaps Zelda and takes her back to the past where she was keeping Demise sealed. Now, the past is altered because Ghirahim frees Demise and Link defeats him. So now, there are two past ages. One, where Zelda sleeps and Demise is still sealed away, and the other Past, where Demise was freed and destroyed early. The latter is the side of the split where continuity of the series truly begins. In the other continuity, Link left, taking the Master Sword with him, there is no Demise (due to him being dead), and basically, the entire series on this side has been completed.
So now, on the side of Continuity, let us begin.
Well, at the end of the game, Zelda decides to stay on the planet. Well, this will eventually lead to the establishment of the Royal Family and the Nation of Hyrule.
This makes Minish Cap the next game. Only one real explanation I can give is that the land is immensely smaller than Ocarina of Time's Hyrule is, meaning the kingdom isn't quite stable enough to expand. Well, Vaati comes and he is sealed in the Four Sword.
The second war begins at the end (the Imprisoning War). The monsters are invading. Someone finds the Golden Land. The search for the Triforce to rid the land of monsters and make one legendary begins. The dark interlopers (Sheikah tribe?) are banished.
Now, this part is completely assumption from clues in the AoL instruction book as well as past events.
In the AoL Instruction book, it says that the Prince of Hyrule believed that his sister knew about the location of the Triforce and got a wizard to try to force her to tell him the location. I believe the prince is Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule, the wizard is Vaati, and the Zelda is the original Zelda from Minish Cap.
Here are the reasons for the above...
1. Daphnes somehow survived, healthy, for at least one hundred years to watch his kingdom vanish. He was most likely cursed to watch this happen, and this would be a plausible trigger for the curse.
2. At this point, Vaati would probably be the only wizard powerful enough to force the Princess to tell. He also may have bargained with Daphnes to let him get the Light Force in exchange for forcing her to tell the location of the Triforce.
3. the Original Zelda would still have the Light Force inside her, making her a target for revenge and/as well as power for Vaati and Daphnes.
Zelda is put into a deep sleep, and daphnes turns on Vaati or vice versa. either way, Vaati winds up sealed in the Four Sword and Daphnes is cursed. He sets the decree that all firstborn females will have the name Zelda, and he puts her in the Northern Palace.
At some point, Four Swords takes place. nothing much to say about it. The King soon unites Hyrule to the state it is in in Ocarina of Time. During the fighting, Link's mother dies and leaves him in the Deku Tree's care. This makes Ocarina of Time next.
The famed original split occurs here, so I will start with Child side.
The obvious sequel is Majora's Mask.
After saving the world, Link continues searching for Navi. Whether or not he wants to return to Hyrule is now irrelevant.
At some point during the long interval, Ganon gets banished to the Twilight Realm. He influences Zant and takes over the Twilight Realm through him. Soon, it spills over into Hyrule, making Twilight Princess next.
As always, reasons:
1. Old Kakariko is seen, ransacked, and only one person living in it. It's sign has the same characters as the one in Ocarina of Time.
2. Hyrule hasn't been flooded, meaning it's still in Hyrule and not someplace else.
3. Skull kid is alive and still knows Saria's Song.
4. Hyrule is bigger and has a small province to call its own.
Ganondorf is killed at the end of the game. Nevertheless, Twinrova were never killed in this timeline, keep that in mind.
Next, Vaati's seal has weakened, 4 Swords happens, the end. His seal weakens again, and this time, he resurrects Ganon through his hatred (I'm assuming), just like Zant and the Twili did. Four Swords Adventures comes next, causing Ganondorf to become sealed in the Sacred Realm, where he finds the Triforce and creates the Dark World. After it at some point comes A Link to the Past.
More reasons...
1. The terrain looks similar to how it did in 4SA.
2. Ganon has the trident he got in 4SA and resides in the Dark world. He's also now a pig, like at the end of 4SA.
At the end of the game, Link undoes everything by wishing the game's events undone. want proof?
1. Link's uncle died. He "recovered" at the end.
2. the King was killed by Agahnim. He "returned" at the end.
3. The Dark World disappeared, returing to the Golden Land.
4. Ganon returned for TLoZ.
5. Many Characters who had been sealed there returned to the Light World (such as Flute Boy who turned into a tree).
Enough proof?
Now, Ganon is resurrected in this process, as I said. Here's the thing. Why did he remain in Pig form? I think he can't change back. He's stuck in the Dark World without the Moon Pearl, and so his Pig form is now his only form.
Link's Awakening is a direct sequel to the game.
The Legend of Zelda is next, further on down the timeline. Ganon breaks free from the Sacred Realm he was trapped in, and so he captures Zelda. Zelda shatters the Triforce of Wisdom, sending the pieces all over Hyrule, and instructing Impa to find any hero and to tell him to assemble the Triforce and rescue her. The new Link does this, and kills Ganon yet again, taking the Triforce of Power for himself, while returning the Triforce of Wisdom to Zelda.
They've only found two Triforce pieces: Wisdom and Power. Courage is still hidden. Ganon gets completely destroyed here. Now, a few months later, the new Link finds the original Zelda and restores her, making The Adventure of Link next. At some point soon, the full Triforce is put in Hyrule Castle.
Finally comes the Oracle games. Since Twinrova has never been killed on this end (they were only killed in the Adult Timeline), they go about making their mischief, and causing Onox and Veran to screw with Holodrum and Labrynna respectively. When all is said and done in both places, they attempt to resurrect Ganon once again, sacrificing themselves. They only succeed in resurrecting a mindless Ganon and, as such, he proves easy for Link to utterly destroy.
Now for the Adult Timeline...
Wind Waker is next, albeit a hundred years after Ocarina of Time (at least).
Ganon matured after being sealed in the Sacred Realm for a long time. but he gets sealed in stone at the end of the game.
Tetra and Link set off to find the New Hyrule, though it will be their land.
Phantom Hourglass is next, due to it being a direct sequel. A hundred years after that, Spirit tracks comes. Now, the Triforce was reunited in TWW, but I think that somehow, someway, it gets put in the other land's castle, though Hyrule IS explicitly mentioned.
This ends the timeline. Yay.
How'd I do?
Please rate based on facts, not opinions. Does it fit and do the games flow well together like this? is what I'm asking.
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