The Adult’s Timeline

The Hero Who Never Was

Wind Waker

Eras after The Hero of Time sealed Ganon away in the Sacred Realm, Ganondorf broke the seal and tried his hand again at ruling over Hyrule. He brought forth an army and waged war against the Hyruleans. People prayed for a hero to come and save the world. But he never did.

What happened to this lost hero? Unwilling to take up the role? Vanquished before seeing his day in battle? His absence is a shadow on the legend of Hyrule, and one that brought insurmountable consequences.

As Ganondorf drew nearer to the Triforce, King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule and his people prayed to the gods to save them from the darkness. The goddesses flooded the lands, sealing Ganondorf and his army below an endless ocean, using the The Master Sword as their seal.

This hero’s failure brought forth a new world. Those lucky enough to make it to the mountaintops created new civilizations on islands amidst a vast sea.

The Hero of Winds

Wind Waker

Commonly referred to as Toon Link, thanks to the Super Smash Bros. series, The Hero of Winds is the first hero to fight evil after the fall of Hyrule. Link heads out to an adventure on the Great Sea along with the pirate Tetra and her crew of miscreants in search of his kidnapped sister. The adventure turns much more sinister when it is revealed that the returning Ganondorf is behind the ordeal and seeks to gain control of the fallen Hyrule, despite it being completely sunken and void of any civilization.

The talking red boat named The King of Red Lions gives Link the Wind Waker baton, which allows him to control the winds itself. The duo rescue his sister and reunite with the pirate crew and Tetra at the secluded monster keep of Forsaken Fortress. After retrieving the The Master Sword from the Tower of the Gods, Link, the King, and Tetra head down into the submerged Hyrule Castle, only to discover that Tetra is actually an incarnation of Zelda, with the jewelry around her neck being the Triforce of Wisdom.

After regaining the lost power of The Master Sword and reuniting the pieces of the Triforce of Courage hidden throughout the Great Sea, Link makes his final stand against Ganondorf. In a valiant effort, Link pierces the Master Sword through Ganondorf’s head, turning him to stone. The King of Red Lions, revealed to be Daphnes Nohanson Hyrule, floods the castle once again and sends Link and Tetra back up to the surface.

Phantom Hourglass

Yearning to keep the legend of Hyrule alive, Link and Tetra set sail in search for a land on which to found a new prosperous kingdom. After exploring for days, the crew find themselves in unknown waters. Upon entering a Ghost Ship they see floating in the middle of nowhere, the two find an interesting relic known as the Phantom Hourglass, but are soon separated when a ruckus causes Link to fall into the ocean.

Washed up ashore, Link teams up with Ciela, Oshus and Captain Linebeck to seek out the Ghost Ship by collecting the Spirits of Wisdom, Courage and Power. As they locate and enter the Ghost Ship, they discover that Tetra has been turned to stone. Oshus then reveals to Link that he is the Ocean King and that both he and Ciela had disguised themselves to hide from the life-eating monster, Bellum. The only way to save Tetra is to find and destroy Bellum, who resides in the Temple of the Ocean King.

Bellum, being the horrendous sea monster it is, is immune to most mortal attacks. Link must take the Phantom Sword and forge it with pure metals in order to even stand a chance. In a resilient effort on the part of Link’s crew, Bellum is found and defeated, and the sands of the Phantom Hourglass poured into the sea. With Bellum’s curse released, Tetra is turned back into her normal self, and Oshus turns back into the Ocean King, and drifts away with the three spirits at his side.

Link and Tetra sail away from the surreal sea journey and eventually hit land, claiming it to be New Hyrule. Much like how Zelda and The Hero of The Goddess set the ground for the first Kingdom of Hyrule, The Hero of Winds and Tetra set the beginnings for a brighter future for the Hylian race.

The Hero of Spirits

Spirit Tracks

Centuries after Phantom Hourglass, New Hyrule is chugging along (hehe). With a set of intricate railroad tracks laid about the kingdom, this incarnation of Link is setting out to be a Royal Engineer! But then The Demon Train lays siege to the land. Yes, an evil train now threatens to disrupt the peace of this new kingdom. It turns out that Princess Zelda had a few corrupt people under her command who seek to unleash Malladus, the former tyrant of the land.

The Traitor Chancellor Cole is able to awaken Malladus and escape The Dark World using The Demon Train, but with the help of Zelda’s new ability to possess nearby knights to do her bidding, Link is able to subdue the evil train and battle Cole and Malladus.

With the threat now destroyed, Link is given three options: continue with his engineering work, keep practicing his sword skills, or admit that he has no idea what he wants to do with his life, like any young man or woman who just received their diploma. Which ever decision he makes, Hyrule is saved once again and The Hero of Spirits can ride the tracks freely across the kingdom.

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