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==Timeline Placement== | ==Timeline Placement== | ||
The Imprisoning War takes place on the [[Decline Timeline]] sometime after the [[Defeat Ending]] of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'',{{Ref|[ | The Imprisoning War takes place on the [[Decline Timeline]] sometime after the [[Defeat Ending]] of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'',{{Ref|[https://www.glitterberri.com/hyrule-historia/page-93/ Hyrule Historia, page 93]}}. The results of the Imprisoning War set up for ''A Link to the Past''. | ||
==Preceding Events== | ==Preceding Events== | ||
The causes of the war trace back to Ganon's intrusion into the Sacred Realm. The ''A Link to the Past'' manual originally described that a band of thieves led by [[Ganon|Ganondorf]]{{Ref|[http://www.zeldalegends.net/files/text/z3translation/z3_manual_story.html ''A Link to the Past'' manual, translated from Japanese]|However, one day, due completely by accident, the entrance of the sacred place was opened by a band of thieves. [...] The man's name was Ganondorf, commonly known as the evil thief Ganon.}} stumbled upon the entrance to the Sacred Realm and fought and killed each other over the Triforce.{{Ref|[http://www.zeldalegends.net/files/text/z3translation/z3_manual_story.html ''A Link to the Past'' manual, translated from Japanese]|After the bloody confrontation among comrades had ended, the victor was the leader of the group.}} | The causes of the war trace back to Ganon's intrusion into the Sacred Realm. The ''A Link to the Past'' manual originally described that a band of thieves led by [[Ganon|Ganondorf]]{{Ref|[http://www.zeldalegends.net/files/text/z3translation/z3_manual_story.html ''A Link to the Past'' manual, translated from Japanese]|However, one day, due completely by accident, the entrance of the sacred place was opened by a band of thieves. [...] The man's name was Ganondorf, commonly known as the evil thief Ganon.}} stumbled upon the entrance to the Sacred Realm and fought and killed each other over the Triforce.{{Ref|[http://www.zeldalegends.net/files/text/z3translation/z3_manual_story.html ''A Link to the Past'' manual, translated from Japanese]|After the bloody confrontation among comrades had ended, the victor was the leader of the group.}} | ||
However, this has since been [[Wikipedia:Retroactive continuity|retconned]] by the ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]'', which inserts ''Ocarina of Time'' - which hadn't yet been conceived at the time of the manual's writing - as the backdrop for Ganon's presence in the Sacred Realm. According to the Hyrule Historia, ''Ocarina of Time'' has a third ending which was not shown in the game. It involves [[Link]] being defeated in the final battle with Ganon, who then collects the entire [[Triforce]] before being sealed in the Sacred Realm by [[Zelda]] and the other Sages.{{Ref|[ | However, this has since been [[Wikipedia:Retroactive continuity|retconned]] by the ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]'', which inserts ''Ocarina of Time'' - which hadn't yet been conceived at the time of the manual's writing - as the backdrop for Ganon's presence in the Sacred Realm. According to the Hyrule Historia, ''Ocarina of Time'' has a third ending which was not shown in the game. It involves [[Link]] being defeated in the final battle with Ganon, who then collects the entire [[Triforce]] before being sealed in the Sacred Realm by [[Zelda]] and the other Sages.{{Ref|[https://www.glitterberri.com/hyrule-historia/page-92/ Hyrule Historia, page 92]}} | ||
==The Spreading Darkness== | ==The Spreading Darkness== | ||
Regardless of how Ganon entered the Sacred Realm, his wish on the Triforce caused the realm to transform into the [[Dark World]].{{Ref|[ | Regardless of how Ganon entered the Sacred Realm, his wish on the Triforce caused the realm to transform into the [[Dark World]].{{Ref|[https://www.glitterberri.com/hyrule-historia/page-93/ Hyrule Historia, page 93]|But the Sacred Realm had become the Dark World under Ganondorf's control...}} After a while, his evil presence began to seep back into [[Hyrule]].{{Ref|[http://www.zeldalegends.net/files/text/z3translation/z3_manual_story.html ''A Link to the Past'' manual, translated from Japanese]|Yet, Ganon's evil made it to even Hyrule as it spread.}}{{Ref|[https://www.glitterberri.com/hyrule-historia/page-93/ Hyrule Historia, page 93]|Instead, only evil came out of the entrance.}} Greedy people were lured into the Dark World, never to return.{{Unsourced}} | ||
==Knights and Sages== | ==Knights and Sages== | ||
==Decline of the Hylians== | ==Decline of the Hylians== | ||
[[Hylian]]s were very common in ''Ocarina of Time'', but by the time of ''A Link to the Past'' they became merely legend.{{Unsourced}} The Hyrule Historia suggests that their bloodline was greatly diminished after the Imprisoning War.{{Ref|[ | [[Hylian]]s were very common in ''Ocarina of Time'', but by the time of ''A Link to the Past'' they became merely legend.{{Unsourced}} The Hyrule Historia suggests that their bloodline was greatly diminished after the Imprisoning War.{{Ref|[https://www.glitterberri.com/hyrule-historia/page-93/ Hyrule Historia, page 93]|However, after the Imprisoning War, the blood of the Hylians was greatly diminished compared to how it was in the past.}} Whether this is a direct result of the devastation caused by the war or a result of the passage of time is uncertain. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||