Zelda

Zelda

Like in most games, Zelda is the princess of all of Hyrule. When Ganon attacked Hyrule and took the Triforce of Power and led his army into Hyrule, Zelda took the Triforce of Wisdom and broke it into 8 pieces and told her servant, Impa, to find someone with enough courage to find the pieces and use it to destroy Ganon. But the evil king found out about this and imprisoned Zelda. Finally, Link found the Triforce of Wisdom, defeated Ganon, and saved the princess.

Zelda II

Even though The Adventure of Link happens right after The Legend of Zelda and even has the same Link, the game has a very different Zelda. This Zelda sleeps in a chamber and cannot wake up until someone finds the Triforce of Courage and uses it on her.

A long time ago, the King of Hyrule died, and passed the Triforce down to his son, the next king. But the Triforce was incomplete, missing only a third of it's power, which is Courage. A wizard told him that the only one who knew where it is was the princess Zelda. They questioned her, but she wouldn't say, so the wizard put her in a endless sleep. When the wizard died afterwards, the prince ordered every princess born in the royal family to be called Zelda, so the tragedy would never be forgotten, and thus this was her name on every single game afterwards.

A Link to the Past

When Agahnim captured Zelda, she telepathically talks to Link and tells him to rescue her from Agahnim. When rescued, he takes her to a sanctuary where a Loyal Sage lives, and leaves her with the sage to find the Master Sword. But Agahnim kills the sage and takes the princess back to the castle. She dissappears before Link and Agahnim go to the Dark World. After Link rescues the 7 maidens, the last one, Zelda, tells Link where Ganon is.

Link's Awakening

Zelda doesn't appear in this game, and thus is not an actual character, but she is mentioned once. Right after A Link to the Past, Link travels on a ship to new lands, but is shipwrecked in an island. The first person he meets there is Marin, who he confusses for Zelda.

Ocarina of Time

The Prophesy

One day, princess Zelda wakes up from a dream. In her dream, she sees dark clouds in the sky, covering Hyrule in darkness, but then a light shot out of the forest, cleared the sky, and a figure appeared. It turned into a person, holding a stone, and followed by a fairy. Since she had studied prophesies, she thought someone would come from a forest with a stone and a fairy and take down some kind of evil form.

When Zelda tells her father, he doesn't believe her, but her servant, Impa, the last Sheikah, does, and so tries to protect her. Then, a man from the dessert named Ganondorf comes and visits the king. Zelda believes that this man is the evil darkness that surrounded Hyrule in her dream. She tried to warn her father, but doesn't believe a thing, so he sends her out of the room so he can talk privately with Ganondorf. She goes into the garden and looks inside one of the windows to the Throne Room, where her father and Ganondorf are, and spies on them.

Link

Link goes through the castle guards and into the garden where he meets Zelda. She notices that Link is wearing green chlothes, like the light, and has a fairy. When she finds out that he's from the Kokiri Forest and has a green stone idenical to the one in her dream, she realizes that he is the boy from her dreams. She tells him of her dream, Ganondorf, and the legend of the Triforce. The Triforce can grant a wish to anyone who obtains it, but to get it you need 4 things: the 3 Spiritual Stones, one which Link has; and the Ocarina of Time, which Zelda has. Using these in the Temple of Time opens the Door of Time which leads to the Sacred Realm, where the Triforce is hidden. She believes that Ganondorf wants the Triforce for himself. She tells Link to find the other Stones so they can beat Ganondorf. He is led out by Impa, and Zelda waits for him to return.

The Mistake

By the time Link found the 3rd stone, Zelda couldn't wait much longer. She went to the Temple of Time, and (somehow) made some kind of vision for Link so that when he grabs the Ocarina he learns the Song of Time. With Impa, she leaves on a horse out of Castle Town, followed by Ganondorf. On her way out, she passes Link. She throws him the Ocarina of Time (but acctualy landed on the river), hoping that he will open the Door of Time and stop Ganondorf.

The following morning, Zelda notices the Triforce of Wisdom on her hand. She remembered part of the legend that she forgot to tell Link. When a person makes a wish out of the Triforce, it splits in 3. The part that mostly represents that person will go to him/her, and the other 2 will go to 2 other people who are worthy of using it. She believes that Ganondorf got the Triforce after Link opened the door, made his wish, and got the Triforce of Power, while Zelda got the Triforce of Wisdom.

For the next 7 years, Zelda trains to become a Sheikah, and goes as far as to change her name to Sheik, and (apparently) her sex to male (with magic of course!). She/he waits until Link returns, who is trapped between time until he's old enough to use the Master Sword (wich led to the Sacred Realm), and become the Hero of Time.

The Future

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Majora's Mask

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Oracle of Seasons/Ages

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Four Swords

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The Wind Waker

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Four Swords Adventures

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Minsh Cap

In The Minish Cap, Zelda appears as Link's childhood friend. She gives him his shield and is turned to stone by Vaati early on.

Twilight Princess

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Phantom Hourglass

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Spirit Tracks

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Skyward Sword

Zelda is a resident of Skyloft, a classmate of Link and one of his closest friends. She too enjoys soaring through the clouds on top of her own bird. Despite being a normal girl in the town, Zelda seems to have some special status amongst the people of Skyloft. Early on in the game, Zelda gives out a prize to whomever wins the flight race.

After Link successfully wins the race, Zelda leaps off of the ledge from Skyloft, dropping down onto Link's bird to congratulate him. Things eventually take a turn for the worse when a huge tornado is summoned causing Zelda to fall off her bird and get sucked to the land beneath the clouds. As she falls to the ground, she appears to be swallowed by a giant, black monster, called The Imprisoned. Ghirahim, a Demon Lord whom is trying to find Zelda for himself, claims that a servant of the Goddess rescued her from the tornado and she was taken to the Skyview Temple. It is unknown whether The Imprisoned is the servant of the Goddess, or if it is what the servant rescued her from, though it's more likely it's not the servant.

The evil Ghirahim and Link set out to look for Zelda. Link is out to rescue her while Ghirahim seeks her holiness for some unknown end. Her importance is a mystery, but she is referred to as an "oracle" and "a female servant of the goddess". She apparently has been taken to the Skyview Temple, but is taken elsewhere before either Link or Ghirahim have a chance to reach her, probably to the Earth Temple and then later to the Temple of Time. It is uncertain who will find her first and what will become of her.