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==Synopsis==

Due to Ganondorf's uprising, the people of Hyrule desperately prayed that the Hero of Time would return and save the Kingdom, but he was nowhere to be seen,{{Ref|pg. 123| The people hoped that the legendary hero would show up to save them a second time, but because the Hero passed already, he did not appear.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}} due to the Hero of Time having returned to his own time and not returning.{{Ref|TWW|468-473|Prologue}} Left hopeless, the current [[King of Hyrule]], [[Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule]], left the fate of the Kingdom to the [[Golden Goddesses|gods]].{{Ref|TWW|474-477|Prologue}}{{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]]''}} Ganondorf's armies infiltrated Hyrule Castle, but Ganondorf fled the scene, literally abandoning his army. The Goddesses, in turn, ordered an evacuation to the mountaintops.{{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 with endless rainfall.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}} Some, including Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule, however, refuse.{{Ref|pg. 123|The King was to be sealed along with Hyrule|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}} [[Hyrule Castle]] is buried beneath the waves and drained of its color. Civilizations later developed on the islands, which were the mountaintops from before. New technologies developed, giving the new people that arose on these mountaintops a new way of life. The Great Flood changed the series drastically through the evolutionary processes of many species and destroying the cultures, technologies, and ideologies that developed within Hyrule before the flood itself. Mostly no one remembers the events that took place in the Era of the Great Sea, considering the Flood occurred hundreds of years ago and there are no vital sources of information to prove such an event. Ganondorf later rose back in full force, settling on the [[Forsaken Fortress]] and creating a massive army that would terrorize the waters of the Great Sea for many, many years until the appearance of the Hero.  

Many theories are posed regarding the tribes of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'' and their current situation in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]''. The [[Zora]] are missing. Some argue that they should have survived, considering they are excellent swimmers and thrive well in aquatic environments. But because the [[Zora's Domain]] had fresh water, the salt water in the Great Sea made them unable to live, later dying. Although this is the disputed theory, the most widely accepted theory among all the proposed theories is that they evolved into the [[Rito]], a tribe that excels in flying and delivering goods, rather than swimming. The [[Goron]]s managed to survive, yet very few remain. The [[Kokiri]] developed into the [[Korok]], from humanoid forms to wooden forms. Very little things remained from the Flood, but some things that did remain include the [[Great Deku Tree]] and [[Ganon|Ganondorf]].

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