Era without a Hero: Difference between revisions

Following the defeat of the Demon King Ganon, Princess Zelda and the remaining [[Seven Sages|Sages]] seal the Evil King away.{{Ref|pg. 122|Princess Zelda seals away Ganon with the help of Link, the Hero of Time and the sages|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}} The Princess feels bad that Link missed out on his childhood as he was kept in the [[Temple of Light]] for seven years. She in turn used the [[Ocarina of Time]] to send Link back to his own era.{{Ref|pg. 122|and returns the hero to his original era.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}} With peace now restored to the Kingdom, the [[Master Sword]] was layed to rest in the [[Temple of Time]]{{Ref|pg. 122|She replaces the Master Sword in its pedestal and firmly closes the Door of Time so that the Sacred Realm will never again be opened.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}} and the Hero of Time's story was passed down.{{Ref|pg. 122|The legend of the Hero of Time and the kingdom where the power of the gods sleeps is passed down through the ages, even after Hyrule Kingdom is gone.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}}  

Following a brief period of peace in Hyrule, Ganon's seal began to weaken and he returned to the surface from the depths of the ground and once gain shrouded Hyrule in darkness.{{Ref|pg. 123|Ganondorf, who had once been sealed away, returned from the depths of the earth and covered Hyrule in darkness once again.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}} The people of Hyrule prayed that the legendary hero would return to save the land from darkness but he was nowhere to be found.{{Ref|pg. 123|The people hoped that the legendary hero would show up to save them a second time, but… the hero did not appear.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}}  

The [[King of Hyrule]], [[Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule]], was left hopeless. The King then decided to leave the fate of Hyrule in the hands of the [[Golden Goddesses|Godessess]].{{Ref|pg. 123|With no hope of salvation left, King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule decided to entrust the fate of Hyrule to the Goddesses.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}} The Godessess of legend informed the people of Hyrule to climb to the mountaintops before they proceeded to flood the Kingdom and the Demon King in the process.{{Ref|pg. 123|The Goddesses instructed the chosen people to flee to the mountaintops before drowning both Hyrule and Ganondorf in a massive flood and sealing it at the bottom of the ocean.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}} Daphnes decided that he was to stay within the flooded Hyrule and he instructed the Princess to split the [[Triforce of Wisdom]] into two separate pieces and to flee to the surface of the ocean.{{Ref|pg. 123|The King was to be sealed along with Hyrule, and he instructed the princess to split the Triforce of Wisdom into two and flee to the sea with a few of her servants.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}}