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IV.
Unbalanced Harmony
Tears after the Legend of Zelda faded into the stuff of Hyrulean
legend, in the blowing sand and the harsh climate of the desert,
the cunning King of the Gerudo Thieves, Ganondorf Dragmire, found
the way to break the mystic seal of Rauru.
He discovered he would need three sacred stones - one held by the
Kokiri, one by the Goron, and one by the Zora. He then would
require the magical Ocarina of Time to open the seal, which was
held by a member of the royal family. Climbing upon his black
Gerudo steed, Ganondorf went to each of the tribes and attempted
to get their stones by destroying them - he poisoned the Kokiri's
guardian tree, he infested the cave which held the Goron's food
source with monsters, and he made the protective deity of the
Zora, Lord Jabu-Jabu, go mad and swallow the daughter of King
Zora XVI, Princess Ruto. He then went to hold an audience with
the King of Hyrule, in an attempt to find which royal family
member had the Ocarina. Ganondorf knew that it was only a matter
of time before he had all the pieces to his plan complete.
Time, however, definitely did not seem on Ganondorf's side...
Meanwhile, in the middle of an ensuing war in Hyrule, an
exhausted Hylian woman entrusted her infant to the Deku Tree in
Kokiri Forest before dying. Named Link - Link the First - the boy
was raised as one of the enigmatic elven Kokiri without any
knowledge of his parents (as it is known, Kokiri have no parents).
Even by age 10 he was still unlike all the other Kokiri - they
all had faerie guardians. All except Link. One night, he had a
nightmare that would haunt his dreams for many months - during a
rainy night, in front of a magnificent castle, a young girl would
be riding away on horse in the arms of a woman. She would give
Link a stare of helplessness, and looked like she needed to say
something. Behind them rode an evil-looking man with green skin
in black armor. He would frighten Link, who would stir and awake
uneasily.
One night, after his
dreams, a faerie came to Link. Her name was Navi, and she told
him that the Great Deku Tree, the guardian of the Kokiri, needed
his help. Link went to the Tree, who explained to Link he was
cursed. Upon entering the Tree, Link vanquished the source of the
curse. But the Deku Tree was nearly gone.
Giving Link a green
gem, he told Link with his dying breath to visit the Princess of
Destiny in Hyrule Castle. Negating the myth that a Kokiri would
die if they were to leave the village, Link departed with Deku
Shield and Kokiri Sword in-hand, to the reluctance of his
childhood companion Saria.
After a short journey,
Link and Navi found the Princess - Princess Zelda II, the first
known descendant of the Zelda put into an enchanted sleep - and
the girl from Link's dream. She told Link of the evil man from
his dream, who wanted the Triforce. She told Link the only way to
stop him was to find the other two Spiritual Stones and with her
Ocarina of Time, open the door to the Golden Land in the Temple
of Time.
After traveling and
curing the curses of the Goron and the Zora, Link brought the
stones to the castle. But, just like in Link's dream the man in
black armor was chasing Princess Zelda in the arms of her
nursemaid Impa on a horse. Zelda threw the Ocarina of Time to
Link, who caught it and fled to the Temple of Time. There, he
played the Song of Time, which opened the gate to a bleak Hyrule
seven years into the future. As fate would have it, the evil man
tricked the young hero, and he stole the Triforce from the Golden
Land before the lad could enter.
The name of this king
of thieves is Ganondorf Dragmire, but he is known by his alias,
Mandrag Ganon, which means "Ganon of the Enchanted Thieves."
Then, the whole world
as Link knew it, ended.
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