Hyrule Historia – More Translations

As time passed by, the Era of the Goddess Hylia begun. Suddenly, a great evil arose from the depths of earth and tried to claim the Triforce. This evil was the fearsome demon tribe and its leader Demise, and they wanted the ultimate power of the Triforce to control the world.

To protect the Triforce from falling into the hands of the demon tribe, she sent it skyward to the heavens on a piece of land along with the surviving humans. Then, to isolate sky and earth, she sealed the surface under a barrier of clouds.

The Goddess, who remained on the ground with the remaining tribes, fought for her life and finally managed to seal away Demise.

Ganondorf’s malice had been sent to the shadowy Twilight Realm, and it was there that he encountered the ambitious and frustrated Zant. Ganondorf infused Zant with limitless powers to help him fulfil his selfish ambitions, and he had but one request of him: to merge light and shadow and create a world of darkness.

Zant slowly built up his powers until he could cover the Twilight Realm in darkness and turn his tribesmen into mindless monsters.

The Twili princess Midna was turned into a hideous imp and had to escape to the Light World.

Link fought through the trials in the Tower of the Gods to test his courage and gain access to the Master Sword sealed away in Hyrule Castle at the bottom of the ocean.

Link assaulted Forsaken Fortress and challenged Ganondorf, but the Master Sword had lost　its powers and couldn’t harm Ganondorf’s body. As Tetra tried to come to the rescue, Ganondorf saw through her disguise and realized that she was Princess Zelda. In the nick of time, Link and Zelda are rescued and flee the Forsaken Fortress.

Link became friends with the fairy Ciela, Oshus’ companion, and earned the help of Captain Linebeck. They sailed across the ocean on board of the S.S. Linebeck.

After getting the clues that lied inside the Temple of the Ocean King by navigating through it little by little with the “Phantom Hourglass,” Link saved the spirits of power, wisdom and courage.