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==Story==
==Story==
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[[Link (Breath of the Wild)|Link]] and [[Zelda (Breath of the Wild)|Zelda]] are searching for the source of the [[gloom]] afflicting [[Hyrule]] in the [[Depths]] [[Beneath Hyrule Castle]]. There, they find murals depicting beings called [[Zonai]] and events recalling a battle with [[Demise|a demon king]]. Traveling further, they see a red-haired corpse held down by a strange [[Right Arm]]. A tear-shaped object falls from the arm - apparently weakening it - and as Zelda picks it up, [[Ganon|the corpse]] revives. Still corpse-like, it ravages Link's health, ruins his right arm, shatters the [[Master Sword]] and causes a huge [[Upheaval]] which raises [[Hyrule Castle (Tears of the Kingdom)|Hyrule Castle]] into the air, opening a chasm that Zelda falls into. Link jumps after her, but she is [[warp|warped]] away, and only the mysterious hand saves him from the chasm.
[[Link (Breath of the Wild)|Link]] and [[Zelda (Breath of the Wild)|Zelda]] are searching for the source of the [[gloom]] afflicting [[Hyrule]] in the [[Depths]] [[Beneath Hyrule Castle]]. There, they find murals depicting beings called [[Zonai]] and events recalling a battle with a demon king. Traveling further, they see a red-haired corpse held down by a strange [[Right Arm]]. A [[Secret Stone|tear-shaped object]] falls from the arm - apparently weakening it - and as Zelda picks it up, [[Ganon|the corpse]] revives. Still corpse-like, it ravages Link's health, ruins his right arm, shatters the [[Master Sword]] and causes a huge [[Upheaval]] which raises [[Hyrule Castle (Tears of the Kingdom)|Hyrule Castle]] into the air, opening a chasm that Zelda falls into. Link jumps after her, but she is [[warp|warped]] away, and only the mysterious hand saves him from the [[chasm]].


Later, Link awakens on [[Great Sky Island]], where [[Rauru (Tears of the Kingdom)|a spirit's voice]] explains that he nearly died, and that he had to replace his corrupted necrotic arm with the strange arm, as it was beyond repair. After finding the [[Decayed Master Sword]], he travels to the Island's [[Temple of Time (Tears of the Kingdom)|Temple of Time]]. However, he is denied access, and Rauru explains that the arm - which was originally his own - has weakened, and he must restore it with [[Light of Blessing|Lights of Blessing]] from the island's three [[Shrine of Light|Shrines of Light]]. Returning to the Temple of Time after receiving the [[Ultrahand]], [[Fuse]] and [[Ascend]] powers; he receives a vision of Zelda which grants him the [[Recall]] power. Stymied by a second door which relies on his own strength, waning after Ganondorf's ravaging of his health, Link uses Recall to obtain a fourth Light of Blessing from another shrine, and trades them to a [[Goddess Statue]] for a heart container, restoring the first part of what he'd lost.
Zelda awakens in the distant past, and is found by the first King of Hyrule, the [[Zonai]] [[Rauru (Tears of the Kingdom)|Rauru]], and his [[Hylian]] wife, [[Sonia|Queen Sonia]]. The two take her in. Visiting the king's sister, the scholar [[Mineru]], she reveals that finding the tear-shaped object - a Zonai "secret stone" - awakened and amplified her latent power to manipulate time, a power she shares with Sonia; while Rauru possesses the same sacred light she used to defeat Calamity Ganon. Unfortunately, Zelda has neither the knowledge or training required to reverse her trip through time and return to the present. Mineru does bring up one potential alternative, the forbidden art of [[draconification]] - which involves swallowing a secret stone and becoming an immortal dragon - but notes that "to become an immortal dragon is to lose yourself", making it an unappealing possibility. Meanwhile, the Gerudo King Ganondorf attacks Hyrule and after seeing the power of Rauru, Sonia and Zelda, decides to pretend fealty to Hyrule as a way to obtain a secret stone of his own.


After exiting through the door, Rauru's ghost says goodbye and disperses into beads of light. At the end of a path, Link finds a mysterious light, and is bade by the Master Sword to place it in. The Master Sword is sent through time to Zelda, standing in the same place; while Link remains, hearing only a message from Zelda to find her. The [[Light Dragon]] then disperses the [[Cloud Barrier]] keeping him from the [[Surface]], and he dives down to [[Hyrule]] Kingdom.
Time passes, and Zelda becomes close to the ancient royals, while Sonia trains her in the use of her time power. This lasts until Ganondorf kills Sonia in front of Zelda and takes her secret stone, becoming the powerful "Demon King" and summoning a [[Blood Moon]] to give himself a monster army. Unable to stem the tide, the grieving Rauru is convinced to give secret stones to the leaders of the Gerudo (who have rejected the Demon King), Gorons, Rito and Zora. Along with Zelda and Mineru, who already have stones, they become powerful [[sage]]s in Rauru's service. The night before the final battle, Zelda tells Rauru about finding Ganondorf - withered, but still alive and powerful - in the present, and is convinced they can't win; but Rauru tells her they must try anyway. Ultimately, while they cannot kill Ganondorf, they manage to imprison the Demon King at the cost of Rauru's life.


Link then travels to [[Lookout Landing]]. There, he meets [[Purah]], who is now physically in her twenties after partially reversing her age reduction, and has become the head of Lookout Landing. She sends him to meet [[Hoz|Captain Hoz]] at the [[First Gatehouse]], who is on a mission to find and recover Link and Zelda. Upon arriving, Link, Hoz and the others see Princess Zelda staring at them from afar, before she flies away, and disappears in a burst of light.
In the aftermath, Zelda fears for Link in the future. As she worries, she feels a pull to a place where there is a strange hole in space, which the [[Decayed Master Sword]] emerges from. Hearing from the sword that Link survived Ganondorf's attack, Zelda is relieved, and comes to a decision. To restore the Master Sword, and bathe it in sacred power to make it as strong as it can be, she swallows her secret stone, sacrificing her personality and self to become a [[Light Dragon]]. With the Master Sword embedded in her head, she flies high into the sky.
 
In the present, Link awakens on [[Great Sky Island]]; where Rauru's voice explains that he nearly died, and that he had to replace his corrupted necrotic arm with the strange arm, as it was beyond repair. After finding the Decayed Master Sword, he travels to the Island's [[Temple of Time (Tears of the Kingdom)|Temple of Time]]. However, he is denied access. The ghost of Rauru manifests and explains that the arm - which was originally his own - has weakened; to get through [[The Closed Door]], Link must restore it with [[Light of Blessing|Lights of Blessing]] from the island's three [[Shrine of Light|Shrines of Light]]. Returning to the Temple of Time after receiving the [[Ultrahand]], [[Fuse]] and [[Ascend]] powers; he receives a vision of Zelda which grants him the [[Recall]] power, based on her power to manipulate time. Stymied by a second door which relies on his own strength, waning after Ganondorf's ravaging of his health, Link uses Recall to obtain a fourth Light of Blessing from another shrine, and trades them to a [[Goddess Statue]] for a heart container, restoring the first part of what he'd lost.
 
After exiting through the door, Rauru's ghost says goodbye and disperses into beads of light. At the end of a path, Link finds a mysterious light, and is bade by the Master Sword to place it in. The Master Sword is sent through time to Zelda, standing in the same place; while Link remains, hearing only a message from Zelda to find her. The Light Dragon then disperses the [[Cloud Barrier]] keeping him from the [[Surface]], and he dives down to [[Hyrule]] Kingdom.
 
Surviving the fall, Link then travels to [[Lookout Landing]]. There, he meets [[Purah]], who is now physically in her twenties after partially reversing her age reduction, and who has become the head of Lookout Landing. She sends him to meet [[Hoz|Captain Hoz]] at the [[First Gatehouse]], who is on a mission to find and recover Link and Zelda. Upon arriving, Link, Hoz and the others see Princess Zelda staring at them from afar, before she flies away, and disappears in a burst of light.


Confused, Link heads back to rendezvous with Purah, where he fills her in on the events that happened at the First Gatehouse. With this knowledge, Purah informs Link that several regional phenomena have been reported by each of the four main races: The [[Rito]], [[Zora]], [[Goron]] and [[Gerudo]]. After this explanation, Purah activates the [[Skyview Towers]], the equivalent of the [[Sheikah Tower|Sheikah Towers]] from the previous game. Purah then gives Link the [[Paraglider]] and sends him on his way.  
Confused, Link heads back to rendezvous with Purah, where he fills her in on the events that happened at the First Gatehouse. With this knowledge, Purah informs Link that several regional phenomena have been reported by each of the four main races: The [[Rito]], [[Zora]], [[Goron]] and [[Gerudo]]. After this explanation, Purah activates the [[Skyview Towers]], the equivalent of the [[Sheikah Tower|Sheikah Towers]] from the previous game. Purah then gives Link the [[Paraglider]] and sends him on his way.  

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