ive done some research and i think it goes more like this,
each of the numbers represents an incarnation of link followed by the games he is in...
~1) Ocarina of time + Majora's Mask + Twilight princess
in OoT link aquires the
triforce of courage which explains why he has it in TP then link travels to termina to search for navi, he does not find her and returns to hyrule where he grows up for real and has to dispell twilight from the kingdom.
~~) link is not here to stop ganon(dorf) so the gods flood the lands to stop him
~2) Wind Walker, Phantom hourglass
Link aquires the
triforce of courage and kills Ganon, then the world began to dry out while that was happening link traveled to another world where he met celia and saved the ocean king.
~~)the land dried out; but the king destroyed hyrule in WW so there were no towns
~3) Legend of Zelda
even though there were no towns ganon came again anyway; BUT link was there to stop him so he did and he aquired both the
triforce of wisdom and
power
~~)people began to settle in hyrule again nameing several towns after the sages in OoT
~3)Adventure of link
on link's 16th birthday impa told him Zelda fell under a sleeping spell only the triforce can break the spell AND he happens to have the
triforce of wisdom and
power already AND he was the rightful owner of the
triforce of courage so he saved the world and boom he got the girl
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i know there is a 4th incarnation for ALttP and LA but i havent played those games