Link thrusts the Master Sword into a pedestal in the Sealed Temple Fi becomes forever dormant in the sword. With his last words, Demise vows an incarnation of his hatred ( Ganon) shall ever follow "those who share the blood of the goddess and the spirit of the hero" in a cycle without end. Link defeats Demise in battle and the Demon King is permanently sealed away in the Master Sword. Ghirahim takes her to the past, where Demise is still alive, and uses her soul to revive his master. Zelda awakens from her agelong slumber only to be kidnapped by Ghirahim. Link returns to the present, gathers the Triforce, and uses it to destroy Demise. Zelda places herself in a thousand-year slumber to sustain the seal. He finds Zelda by using the Gate of Time to travel back to the Era of Hylia, to a time shortly after when Demise was sealed. Link seeks out the three Sacred Flames to temper his sword into the Master Sword, which he uses to activate the second Gate of Time at the Sealed Temple. At the Temple of Time, Zelda and Impa flee from Ghirahim by going through the Gate of Time and destroying it behind them. Her childhood friend, Link, is led by Fi to draw the Goddess Sword, and so is revealed to be Hylia's chosen hero. Zelda is rescued from his minions by Impa, whom Hylia had sent through time to help her mortal self. On the day of the 25th annual Wing Ceremony, she is taken down to the Surface in a tornado created by Ghirahim, who attempts to have her kidnapped to revive his master Demise. Thousands of years later, during the Sky Era, Hylia is reborn as Zelda in Skyloft. Sky Era Skyward Sword Main article: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword She created the Goddess Sword and the spirit Fi to aid her chosen hero, who would reveal himself when he drew the sword from its pedestal. As the Triforce could not be wielded by a god, Hylia renounced divinity and transferred her soul to the body of a mortal who would come of age when Demise returned. Knowing the seal on Demise would not hold, she devised a plan. She suffered grave injuries in the battle. Hylia rallied the remaining land dwellers, fought back the evil forces led by Demise, and sealed them away. The outcrop would later become known as Skyloft. Hylia gathered the surviving humans on an outcrop of earth and sent it to The Sky beyond a Cloud Barrier of her creation. He raised an army of malevolent forces against Hyrule. One day, the Demon King Demise sought to take it and make the world his own. The Triforce was entrusted to the goddess Hylia during the Era of Hylia, known more fully as the Era of the Goddess Hylia. Era of Hylia Main article: Ancient Battle They left behind the Triforce, an all-powerful artifact which would grant its holder their heart's desire. Their labor complete, the goddesses departed for the heavens. Farore, the Goddess of Courage, created life. Nayru, the Goddess of Wisdom, bestowed order upon the world. Din, the Goddess of Power, created the earth. The beginning of the timeline encompasses the events of Skyward Sword, The Minish Cap, Four Swords, and Ocarina of Time, in that order.Ĭreation of the World Main article: Creation of the Worldīefore time began, the three Golden Goddesses descended upon the chaos that was Hyrule.
#Zelda timeline series
Though the series began in 1986, Nintendo did not publish a master timeline until Hyrule Historia in 2011. The Zelda Timeline refers to the fictional chronology of The Legend of Zelda series. The timeline shown on page 10 of Encyclopedia