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| image      = [[File:Ganondorf's Exacution.jpg]] 
| game       = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]]''
| when       = After ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]''<br/>Before [[Twilight Era]] 
| characters = [[Ganon|Ganondorf]]<br/>[[Ancient Sages]] 
| related    = [[Child Timeline]] 
}} 

The '''Failed Execution of Ganondorf'''{{Ref|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia]]'' pg. 11}} is an event that takes place as part of the [[Child Timeline]].

==''Hyrule Historia''==
After the events of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'', [[Link (Twilight Princess)|Link]] was sent back into the past to relive his childhood by [[Zelda|Princess Zelda]].{{Ref|OoT|1924\1926|Princess Zelda}}{{Ref|pg. 91|In order to right her wrongs, she played the ocarina, returning Link to his original era and allowing him to regain the seven years that had passed while he remained sealed.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}} With the knowledge of future events and the proof of the [[Triforce of Courage]], Link told the young Princess Zelda of what would happen in the future.{{Ref|pg. 113|In Hyrule, Princess Zelda was informed of what would happen in the future by Link, the Hero of Time.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}} The Princess then passed the information onto the [[Royal Family of Hyrule|Royal Family]] and Ganondorf was captured and sent to be executed.{{Ref|pg. 113|Many years later, Ganondorf, the infamous demon thief who wielded the power of magic, was finally to be executed.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}}

==''Twilight Princess''==
After Link makes his way through the [[Arbiter's Grounds]], the [[Ancient Sages|Sages]] tell Link and [[Midna]] a tale:

Several years after he had been caught, the time for the execution of the Demon Thief dawns. Ganondorf is chained to a giant stone slap atop the Arbiter's Grounds, within the [[Mirror Chamber]].{{Ref|pg. 113|The Ancient Sages performed the execution of Ganondorf in the Arbiter's Grounds.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}} One of the Sages then draws the [[Sword of the Six Sages]] and thrusts it into the abdomen of Ganondorf. However, by a "divine prank",{{Ref|name=DV|TP|1715|[[Ancient Sages]]}} the Triforce of Power shines bright on the hand of Ganondorf and he avoids death, killing the Sage of Water as he breaks free of his shackles.{{Ref|name=survive|pg. 113|However, Ganondorf, who had been chosen by the Triforce of Power, did not perish, and managed to kill one of the sages.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}} In a rush of panic, the remaining Sages seal him within the [[Twilight Realm]] via the [[Mirror of Twilight]].{{Ref|pg. 113|Thrown into a panic, the remainder of the sages used the Mirror of Twilight to banish Ganondorf to the Twilight Realm.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}}

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