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I was looking through the interwebs and my copy of Hyrule Historia when a few questions popped up in my head regarding the "official" placement of a few games in the Defeated Timeline. Specifically, Links Awakening, The Legend of Zelda, and The Adventure of Link.
My first question is about what happens in between the ending of Links Awakening and the beginning of The Legend of Zelda? As we know, at the end of Links Awakening after Koholint fades away and Link wakes up stranded in the ocean on a remaining plank of wood from his ship. What I want to know is, what happens next exactly? First off, I'm not entirely sure if the Link in LA and the Link in LoZ are supposed to be the same one, but assuming they are, how does Link get to land when his ship was destroyed? Are we to assume he just drifted there naturally and he coincidentally ended up on Hyrule as opposed to some other landmass? If so, how did he end up where we start in LoZ? Where exactly did he wash up on shore and why doesn't the game start there instead?
My second question is in regards to the land of Hyrule in LoZ. In LoZ, our hero is set upon rescuing the princess, Zelda, from the evil Ganon, but in order to do so, he must recollect the 8 fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom that Impa scattered across Hyrule upon the princesses request. Hyrule being a kingdom and having a princess, you would think there would be a bit more followers or common folk. The Hyrule in LoZ has very scarce inhabitants except for the occasional old man, old woman, or shopkeeper, as well as the main characters in our story, Link, Zelda, Impa, and Ganon. The downsized population aside, where are all of these people living exactly? Everyone you meet in Hyrule is either in a cave, a hole in the ground, or a sealed room inside a dungeon. The only buildings in this land seem to be the dungeons scattered across the land. It isn't until AoL that Hyrule appears to be further inhabited by more common folk and buildings. The only recurring geographical location that is familiar to us is Death Mountain. Since this is supposedly the same Hyrule from Ocarina of Time and given the placement of Death Mountain, I think we can safely assume that this,
is where the events in LoZ take place since it is the only place that geographically would make sense. However, tying back into my previous question, this would make everything in this region:
either a river or a lake of sorts due to the closeness of Zoras Domain. To further this explanation, the presence of River Zora in LoZ sort of prove that that area is indeed a river. Which means no where in the area of Hyrule from LoZ could Link have washed up on shore. Does this mean that the Links from LA and LoZ are different? Perhaps, but then what happens to the Link in LA? Did he drown? Wash up somewhere else and live out the rest of his life?
My last question is in regards to the main quest in LoZ and AoL. Link searches Hyrule for the eight fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom, and then defeats Ganon and recovers the Triforce of Power. Then, later in AoL, Link is in search for the remaining Triforce of Courage. What I want to know is what happened to the Triforce of Courage in the first place? Hasn't it always been with Link? In Ocarina of Time, Link acquired the Triforce of Courage after Ganondorf touched the Triforce and it split in three, and since then it has been passed down through generations. Zelda always inheriting the Triforce of Wisdom, Link always inheriting the Triforce of Courage, and Ganondorf always having the Triforce of Power. At what point in between Ocarina of Time and a Link to the Past did Link stop possessing the Triforce of Courage? How was the King of Hyrule able to use the power of the Triforce bringing on the Golden Era previous to The Legend of Zelda if the Triforce was still split into three? Before ALttP, Ganon still possessed the Triforce of Power when he was sealed away during the Imprisoning War and still had it when he escaped. I guess what I'm asking is, how does someone lose their piece of the Triforce?
Anyways, I apologize for the really long ramble. A brief overview: How does Link end up in Hyrule after Links Awakening? Where in Hyrule do the events in The Legend of Zelda take place? And lastly, how does someone lose their piece of the Triforce?
My first question is about what happens in between the ending of Links Awakening and the beginning of The Legend of Zelda? As we know, at the end of Links Awakening after Koholint fades away and Link wakes up stranded in the ocean on a remaining plank of wood from his ship. What I want to know is, what happens next exactly? First off, I'm not entirely sure if the Link in LA and the Link in LoZ are supposed to be the same one, but assuming they are, how does Link get to land when his ship was destroyed? Are we to assume he just drifted there naturally and he coincidentally ended up on Hyrule as opposed to some other landmass? If so, how did he end up where we start in LoZ? Where exactly did he wash up on shore and why doesn't the game start there instead?
My second question is in regards to the land of Hyrule in LoZ. In LoZ, our hero is set upon rescuing the princess, Zelda, from the evil Ganon, but in order to do so, he must recollect the 8 fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom that Impa scattered across Hyrule upon the princesses request. Hyrule being a kingdom and having a princess, you would think there would be a bit more followers or common folk. The Hyrule in LoZ has very scarce inhabitants except for the occasional old man, old woman, or shopkeeper, as well as the main characters in our story, Link, Zelda, Impa, and Ganon. The downsized population aside, where are all of these people living exactly? Everyone you meet in Hyrule is either in a cave, a hole in the ground, or a sealed room inside a dungeon. The only buildings in this land seem to be the dungeons scattered across the land. It isn't until AoL that Hyrule appears to be further inhabited by more common folk and buildings. The only recurring geographical location that is familiar to us is Death Mountain. Since this is supposedly the same Hyrule from Ocarina of Time and given the placement of Death Mountain, I think we can safely assume that this,
is where the events in LoZ take place since it is the only place that geographically would make sense. However, tying back into my previous question, this would make everything in this region:
either a river or a lake of sorts due to the closeness of Zoras Domain. To further this explanation, the presence of River Zora in LoZ sort of prove that that area is indeed a river. Which means no where in the area of Hyrule from LoZ could Link have washed up on shore. Does this mean that the Links from LA and LoZ are different? Perhaps, but then what happens to the Link in LA? Did he drown? Wash up somewhere else and live out the rest of his life?
My last question is in regards to the main quest in LoZ and AoL. Link searches Hyrule for the eight fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom, and then defeats Ganon and recovers the Triforce of Power. Then, later in AoL, Link is in search for the remaining Triforce of Courage. What I want to know is what happened to the Triforce of Courage in the first place? Hasn't it always been with Link? In Ocarina of Time, Link acquired the Triforce of Courage after Ganondorf touched the Triforce and it split in three, and since then it has been passed down through generations. Zelda always inheriting the Triforce of Wisdom, Link always inheriting the Triforce of Courage, and Ganondorf always having the Triforce of Power. At what point in between Ocarina of Time and a Link to the Past did Link stop possessing the Triforce of Courage? How was the King of Hyrule able to use the power of the Triforce bringing on the Golden Era previous to The Legend of Zelda if the Triforce was still split into three? Before ALttP, Ganon still possessed the Triforce of Power when he was sealed away during the Imprisoning War and still had it when he escaped. I guess what I'm asking is, how does someone lose their piece of the Triforce?
Anyways, I apologize for the really long ramble. A brief overview: How does Link end up in Hyrule after Links Awakening? Where in Hyrule do the events in The Legend of Zelda take place? And lastly, how does someone lose their piece of the Triforce?