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| game = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild|Breath of the Wild]]'' | | game = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild|Breath of the Wild]]'' | ||
| when = 100 years before the present day of ''Breath of the Wild'' | | when = 100 years before the present day of ''Breath of the Wild'' | ||
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The return of [[Ganon]] had been predicted for some time; leading to excavations that uncovered ancient technology, which Hyrulean scientists worked hard to make sense of, which reputedly had helped [[Link|a hero]] wielding the [[Master Sword|sword that seals the darkness]] and [[Zelda|a princess a sacred power]] to defeat Ganon ten thousand years before. [[Rhoam Bosphoramus Hyrule|King Rhoam]] also pushed his daughter, Zelda, to develop the "sealing power" innate to females of the royal line without success. | The return of [[Ganon]] had been predicted for some time; leading to excavations that uncovered ancient technology, which Hyrulean scientists worked hard to make sense of, which reputedly had helped [[Link|a hero]] wielding the [[Master Sword|sword that seals the darkness]] and [[Zelda|a princess a sacred power]] to defeat Ganon ten thousand years before. [[Rhoam Bosphoramus Hyrule|King Rhoam]] also pushed his daughter, Zelda, to develop the "sealing power" innate to females of the royal line without success. | ||
[[File:Great-Calamity-Guardians-Malice.jpg|thumb|left]] | |||
What was not predicted was that, [[Return of Calamity Ganon|when Ganon emerged from beneath Hyrule Castle]], it would take control of the ancient technology - the smaller [[Guardian]]s using [[Malice]]; and the huge [[Divine Beast]]s using four Malice-created proxies, the Blight Ganons, killing and trapping the spirits of their [[Champion]] pilots [[Daruk]], [[Mipha]], [[Revali]] and [[Urbosa]] within. | |||
{{float|right|[[File:Great-Calamity-Hyrule-Castle-Town-Ablaze.jpg|thumb]]}} | |||
Everyone within [[Hyrule Castle (Breath of the Wild)|Hyrule Castle]], including the King, and many outside were killed in the process, essentially destroying the Kingdom of Hyrule and causing scars which would last a century, as the ruins of settlements including [[Hyrule Castle Town Ruins|Hyrule Castle Town]] continued to litter the landscape. | |||
Amongst the survivors of the initial wave of attacks were the Princess and her appointed knight, [[Link]], the current holder of the [[Master Sword]]. While [[Despair|he comforted her when she despaired at the losses]], ultimately he would [[Zelda's Awakening|fall in battle attempting to protect her]] at the [[Ash Swamp]]. Seeing him collapse would finally trigger her sealing power, disabling all the Malice-fuelled Guardians at the location, but too late to save him. At the instigation of [[Fi|the voice within the Master Sword]], she had two [[Sheikah]] warriors take him to the [[Shrine of Resurrection]] to save his life, then [[The Master Sword (Memory)|took the Master Sword itself to Korok Forest]], to sit in a pedestal in front of the [[Great Deku Tree]] to recover. | Amongst the survivors of the initial wave of attacks were the Princess and her appointed knight, [[Link]], the current holder of the [[Master Sword]]. While [[Despair|he comforted her when she despaired at the losses]], ultimately he would [[Zelda's Awakening|fall in battle attempting to protect her]] at the [[Ash Swamp]]. Seeing him collapse would finally trigger her sealing power, disabling all the Malice-fuelled Guardians at the location, but too late to save him. At the instigation of [[Fi|the voice within the Master Sword]], she had two [[Sheikah]] warriors take him to the [[Shrine of Resurrection]] to save his life, then [[The Master Sword (Memory)|took the Master Sword itself to Korok Forest]], to sit in a pedestal in front of the [[Great Deku Tree]] to recover. | ||
[[File:Great-Calamity-Zelda-Vs-Ganon.jpg|thumb|left|Zelda faces Ganon.]] | |||
Finally, she would face Ganon alone in Hyrule Castle, and sealed it in a stalemate which left them both trapped for a hundred years, bringing the Great Calamity to a temporary end. | Finally, she would face Ganon alone in Hyrule Castle, and sealed it in a stalemate which left them both trapped for a hundred years, bringing the Great Calamity to a temporary end. |