Adult Timeline
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Template:Event The Adult Timeline is one of three branches of the series continuity, following the Adult Ending of Ocarina of Time.
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The Adult Timeline comes from a split during the events of Ocarina of Time. This was officially confirmed by Eiji Aonuma in an interview. Then, Hyrule Historia further confirmed this "split timeline". After finishing Ocarina of Time, Princess Zelda sends Link back in time, creating a split in the timeline. In the Adult Timeline, Zelda stays in the future though Link has been sent back to his own time after defeating Ganondorf and leaving him imprisoned. The later games in this timeline include The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. Some years after Ocarina of Time, Ganondorf is revived, and the people of Hyrule expect Link, the Hero, to return. When he doesn't, the goddesses flood the land of Hyrule to rid it of monsters. However, in Wind Waker, Link finds that Hyrule isn't completely flooded, rather it is in a small "bubble" at the bottom of the sea. Link breaks the seal on Ganondorf by pulling the master sword. Link then defeats Ganondorf again, causing Hyrule to be truly flooded. At the end of The Wind Waker, and throughout The Phantom Hourglass, Link and Zelda (Tetra) go looking for a "New Hyrule". Spirit Tracks takes place about 100 years after they found New Hyrule, and the Master Sword and Ganondorf are unlikely to be found in this land.