Sacred Realm

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"When all was chaos, the goddesses descended and gave order and life to the world. They granted power equally to all who dwelt in the light, and then returned to the heavens. The lands where the goddesses descended came to be known as the Sacred Realm." — Lanayru

The Sacred Realm is the eternal resting place of the Triforce. After the three golden goddesses, Din, Nayru, and Farore had finished creating Hyrule, they made another realm, a parallel dimension to our world, and it was called the Sacred Realm, or the Golden Land. At the center of this new world, they planted a sanctuary, namely, the Temple of Light. This is where the goddesses descended from the world, and at their last seen position, there remained three golden triangles, the Triforce.

If a good heart enters the Sacred Realm, the Golden Land would be a peaceful, serene, place of beauty, and peace. However, if one's heart that was evil entered the Sacred Realm, it would become polluted, and evil would flood the lands. The only way to purge the Sacred Realm from evil, would be if one with a pure heart would have the courage to challenge the evil one. If defeated, the Golden Land would return to it's prior state.

A Link to the Past

"In a realm beyond sight, the sky shines gold, not blue. There, the Triforce's might makes mortal dreams come true." -The Book of Mudora description.

This game tells of a man named Ganondorf, who one day stumbled upon the gates to the Sacred Realm. He located the Triforce, and in his lust for power, he murdered his men so that he might have full control over the golden triangles. Gannondorf's wishes came true, and the evil in his heart plagued the Golden Land, corrupting the once sacred place of refuge. Gannondorf's wicked heart soon consumed him, and he turned into a dark, powerful beast, a beast named Ganon. The power he now controlled was not enough, he quickly waged a war against Hyrule, killing relentlessly, blinded by his longing for ultimate control.

The malevolent forces he fought against, the Seven Wise Men, and hundreds of brave Hylian Knights, came to the conclusion to lock Gannon away in the now Evil Realm. Though many battles were still yet to come. Gannon planned for centuries to make his return. He continued to send the Sacred Realm into complete ruin, until it was then called the Dark World. His desire, his wish, was to break the long held seal between the Dark World, and Hyrule.

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Link retrieving the Triforce

It was then, that Link, was awakened with a task. After collecting the three Pendants, and gaining possession of the Master Sword, he fought the Dark Wizard Agahnim, one of Gannon's pesky follower's who served him from the Light World. Agahnim sent Link into the Dark World, believing to have trapped him there, but it was from there, that Link gained knowledge of Gannon, and what he had done to the Sacred Realm, and it was from there, that he learned he had the power to reverse these effects.

Ensuing the rescue of the Seven Maidens, Link battled against the Prince of Darkness, and Theives, Gannon. When Link finally killed Gannon, the restoration of the Sacred Realm began. Link retrieved the Triforce, and his wish cleansed the Golden Land to what it had once been.

Ocarina of Time

"For it is in that Sacred Realm that one will find the divine relic, the Triforce, which contains the essence of the gods..." - Great Deku Tree (Ocarina of Time)


This tale starts out with a boy, Link, who learns from his guardian, the Great Deku Tree, of the Sacred Realm, and its holiness. He is sent on a mission to journey to Hyrule Castle, and meet with the Princess of Destiny, Princess Zelda. Zelda informs Link of a man who is visiting the Castle, and that she envisioned him as a shroud of dark clouds covering Hyrule, and a boy with a fairy, holding the Kokiri's Emerald, rushing to save the day.

"When evil rules all, an awakening voice from the Sacred Realm will call those destined to be Sages." -Sheik

Zelda asks Link for his help in her quest to stop "The evil man" from gaining access to the Sacred Realm. He agrees, thus trekking throughout Hyrule, collecting the other two Spiritual Stones. On Link's way to the Temple of Time, the gate to the Golden Land, he stumbles upon a wild chase between Zelda, Impa, and Gannondorf. Zelda throws the Ocarina of Time into the moat surrounding Castle Town. Link then uses it to enter the Sacred Realm, he pulls the Master Sword from the Pedestal of Time, but since he was too young to become the Hero of Time, he is put to sleep for seven years, and this is when Gannondorf uses Link as his free pass into the Sacred Realm. When Link awakens seven years older, Rauru, the light sage, describes what took place while he was asleep. He informs Link of his new task of seeking out the other sages, so that together, they can imprison Gannon in the now Evil Realm.

With the help of the sages, Link defeats the beast, Gannon, and the seven sages seal Gannon away in the Golden Land, which was now, his binding prison.

Twilight Princess

"Those who do not know the dangers of wielding power... Will soon be ruled by it." -Lanayru


The Sacred Realm and Triforce as seen in Twilight Princess

The story the Light Spirit, Lanayru tells Link is told in a... Different way. Lanayru describes early life, saying that everyone was once content in mind and body alone. Though it wasn't long before word of the Sacred Realm spread amongst the people. A war was eminent. A tribe, the Dark Interlopers, who lusted for command of the Triforce created a dark magic, known as Fused Shadows. The wicked tribe used this magic to get what they longed for; ultimate control. The goddesses intervened, designing the four Light Spirits, Lanayru, Eldin, Faron, and Ordona. These spirits chased the Dark Interlopers across the face of Hyrule, forcing them into another world, namely, Twilight.

This is the history of the Twili. A tribe who started out in wrong doings, and lusting for the Sacred Realm.