Hyrulean Civil War: Difference between revisions

The '''Hyrulean Civil War''' refers to a war within [[Hyrule]] that is described by the [[Deku Tree Sprout]] in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]''.{{Ref|OoT|854|Deku Tree Sprout}} This specific war takes place several years before the beginning events of ''Ocarina of Time''. It describes a great war that took place in Hyrule, in which a mother fled to the forest with baby in hand. This is one of several wars that take place in the mythos of [[The Legend of Zelda (Series)|''The Legend of Zelda'' series]].  

Before the Kingdom of Hyrule became unified there was a great war. Among the fires of the war, there was a mother fleeing from the chaos with a baby in hand. Gravely injured, she flees into the forest, known as the [[Kokiri Forest]].{{Ref|pg. 84|In the midst of the confusion, a lone woman fled the fires of war, babe in arms, and escaped to the forbidden forest.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}} She encounters the guardian diety of the forest, the [[Great Deku Tree]] and entrusts him with her baby.{{Ref|pg. 84|She entrusted her child to the spirit of Kokiri Forest, the Deku Tree.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}} The Deku Tree senses the destiny of the infant and that he would be somehow play a pivotal role in the future events of Hyrule, thus he decides to raise him within the safe confines of the forest.{{Ref|pg. 84|The Deku Tree, sensing that the infant’s destiny was intertwined with Hyrule’s future, took the child in.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}} Shortly after stumbling into the forest, the mother passes away.{{Ref|pg. 84|After the child’s mother breathed her last, the babe was raised as Kokiri|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}} Her son, would go on to become the Hero of Time, [[Link]].{{Ref|pg. 84|This boy would later become Link the Hero.|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]''}}