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| game = Described in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]'' | | game = Described in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]'' | ||
| location = [[Hyrule]]<br/>The [[Sacred Realm]] | | location = [[Hyrule]]<br/>The [[Sacred Realm]] | ||
| characters = The [[Seven | | characters = The [[Seven Sages]]<br/>[[Ganon]]<br/>[[Knights of Hyrule]] | ||
| when = [[ | | when = [[Era of the Hero of Time]]: After the [[Defeat Ending]] of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'', before ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]'' | ||
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The '''Imprisoning War''', or '''Seal War''', is the conflict described in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> backstory which results in the [[Seven | The '''Imprisoning War''', or '''Seal War''', is the conflict described in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> backstory which results in the [[Seven Sages]] placing a seal on the [[Sacred Realm]], trapping [[Ganon]] inside. | ||
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The causes of the war trace back to Ganon's intrusion into the Sacred Realm. The ''A Link to the Past'' manual originally described that a band of thieves led by [[Ganon|Ganondorf]]{{Ref|[https://www.zeldalegends.net/files/text/z3translation/z3_manual_story.html ''A Link to the Past'' manual, translated from Japanese]|However, one day, due completely by accident, the entrance of the sacred place was opened by a band of thieves. [...] The man's name was Ganondorf, commonly known as the evil thief Ganon.}} stumbled upon the entrance to the Sacred Realm and fought and killed each other over the Triforce.{{Ref|[https://www.zeldalegends.net/files/text/z3translation/z3_manual_story.html ''A Link to the Past'' manual, translated from Japanese]|After the bloody confrontation among comrades had ended, the victor was the leader of the group.}} | The causes of the war trace back to Ganon's intrusion into the Sacred Realm. The ''A Link to the Past'' manual originally described that a band of thieves led by [[Ganon|Ganondorf]]{{Ref|[https://www.zeldalegends.net/files/text/z3translation/z3_manual_story.html ''A Link to the Past'' manual, translated from Japanese]|However, one day, due completely by accident, the entrance of the sacred place was opened by a band of thieves. [...] The man's name was Ganondorf, commonly known as the evil thief Ganon.}} stumbled upon the entrance to the Sacred Realm and fought and killed each other over the Triforce.{{Ref|[https://www.zeldalegends.net/files/text/z3translation/z3_manual_story.html ''A Link to the Past'' manual, translated from Japanese]|After the bloody confrontation among comrades had ended, the victor was the leader of the group.}} | ||
However, this has since been [[Wikipedia:Retroactive continuity|retconned]] by the ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]'', which inserts ''Ocarina of Time'' - which hadn't yet been conceived at the time of the manual's writing - as the backdrop for Ganon's presence in the Sacred Realm. According to the ''Hyrule Historia'', ''Ocarina of Time'' has a third ending which was not shown in the game. It involves [[Link (Ocarina of Time)| | However, this has since been [[Wikipedia:Retroactive continuity|retconned]] by the ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia|Hyrule Historia]]'', which inserts ''Ocarina of Time'' - which hadn't yet been conceived at the time of the manual's writing - as the backdrop for Ganon's presence in the Sacred Realm. According to the ''Hyrule Historia'', ''Ocarina of Time'' has a third ending which was not shown in the game. It involves the [[Link (Ocarina of Time)|Hero of Time]] being defeated in the final battle with Ganon, who then collects the entire [[Triforce]] before being sealed in the Sacred Realm by [[Zelda (Ocarina of Time)|Zelda]] and the other Sages.{{Ref|[https://www.glitterberri.com/hyrule-historia/page-92/ ''Hyrule Historia'', page 92]}} | ||
==The Spreading Darkness== | ==The Spreading Darkness== | ||