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The '''Twilight Era''' describes the events prior and during ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]]''. This Era takes place many years after the events of Ganondorf's Execution, where the Demon Thief was sent to [[Arbiter's Grounds]] to be punished after the [[Link|Hero of Time]] revealed his true intentions. Within this Era, a strange matter known as [[Twilight]] shrouds over [[Hyrule]] as the Shadow King, [[Zant]], plots to take over.  

After the [[Ancient Sages|Sages]] failed to execute Ganondorf, they sent him into an alternate world to Hyrule, known as the [[Twilight Realm]]. It's here where Ganondorf encounters [[Zant]], a member of the [[Twili]]. Zant was previously in line for the throne, but was snubbed, according to [[Midna]], because Zant's eyes showed lust for power; the same lust that got the Twili banished to the Twilight Realm in the first place.{{Ref|TP|1751|[[Midna]]}} Zant looked to the heavens for an answer and this is where he encountered his supposed god, Ganondorf. The Evil Demon housed his power within Zant at one request: that he merges shadow with light and create darkness. Zant took this power and usurped the throne of the Twili, he overthrew the current leader, Midna, and turned her into an imp. Zant turned the rest of the realm's inhabitants into mindless [[Shadow Beast]]s and ordered them to steal the light from the provinces within Hyrule. The Usurper King then invaded [[Hyrule Castle]], where he forced [[Princess Zelda]] to give up the throne, thus allowing the perpetual Twilight to shroud the Kingdom.

A local rancher of [[Ordon Village]], named Link, gets involved within the plot when he is attacked by [[King Bulblin]]. After waking up in the form of a [[Wolf Link|wolf]] in Hyrule Castle, he encounters the mysterious imp, Midna, who helps him escape his imprisonment. When returning to his home village, he speaks with one of the [[Light Spirit]]s of Hyrule, [[Ordona]]. The young hero learns that he must travel to the three provinces across Hyrule and restore the light. Link successfully rids the Twilight of [[Faron Province|Faron]], [[Eldin Province|Eldin]], and [[Lanayru Province|Lanayru]]. He also obtains a dark withered power known as the [[Fused Shadow]].