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Hyrulian Timeline.

      Please note first of all, these are NOT official dates. I made them up myself. MOST of the events mentioned have all happened, according to various sources (the games, books, comics and cartoons), but Nintendo have never actually given out any dates as such. It's merely for entertainment value, and a good guide if you wish to write a fan-fiction story. The timeline will help you to see what order the events in all the games happened and who did what and when. Another point of interest is the number of Links and Zeldas. I have put numbers next to them when each generation is born. Link and Zelda I are from The Ocarina of Time on the Nintendo 64. Link and Zelda II are from A Link to the Past on the SNES and Link's Awakening on the Gameboy. Zelda III is mentioned in Zelda II, as a Princess put to sleep generations ago. Finally Link III and Zelda IV are from the original The Legend of Zelda games on the NES, The Legend of Zelda and Link's Adventure. However, since interest has become revived in Zelda, many people have been questioning which games go where in time. I worked out the order as being 5, 3, 4, 1 and 2, a theory I found supported by large Zelda sites. Shiguru Miyamoto, creator of Zelda, has now apparently stated, that the order is "3, 5, 1 and 2, with 4 going anywhere". Which now really throws us all into confusion. I still think my order is correct, because in that order, certain elements just don't work out anymore. But it's up to you. This is MY version of the timeline. It's not right, but its not wrong, it's up to you to decide which order you think is correct. These are two days that apear in the Zelda Comics: Day of the Triforce - One day of the year when all the Triforces' powers cease to work. A Day of the Triforce occurs once a decade. (Occurs in The Legend of Zelda Comic #5) Evil Power Day - Named this by Zelda Headquarters, when this occurs 'Once a lifetime', all of the evil magic in Hyrule be harnessed by one wizard. Ganon tried to unsuccessfully blast Link with a spell containing all of the evil magic, but it backfired. (Occurs in The Legend of Zelda Comic #2) 0 Hyrulian Chronology The Goddeses three Din (Power), Narayu (Wisdom), and Fahore (Courage) descend from a distant nebula and create the land of Hyrule. 5 Hyrulian Chronology The Goddeses complete their work, leaving a mystical object called the Triforce. They hide it in a place called The Golden Land, or The Sacred Realm. Humans and Hylians are also created at this time. 1100 Hyrulian Chronology The Hylians rise as the most superior race, building great cities, buildings, The Temple of Time and Hyrule Castle. 1450 Hyrulian Chronology The Book of Mudora is written - a collection of Hylian legends and lore. 2270 Hyrulian Chronology Link I and Zelda I are born in Hyrule. 2280 Hyrulian Chronology Link I is called by the Deku Tree to undertake a great quest. Link travels from the Kokiri Forest to Hyrule, where he meets Princess Zelda I. She asks him to retrieve 3 magical stones, which will open the gateway to the Secret Realm. Meanwhile, Ganondorf Dragmire plots to enter the Sacred Realm to take the Triforce for himself. He attempts to kidnap Zelda, but her nursemaid Impa hides her away. Link collects the 3 stones and places them in the Temple. The doors open, and he takes the Master Sword, but Ganondorf steps through the gateway to take the Triforce, and Link is frozen in time. 2287 Hyrulian Chronology Link I is awakened, older and stronger. He finds a different Hyrule, bleak and desolate, due to Ganondorf's evil wishes. With the help of Zelda I, he finds six medallions of the six sages. Link, Zelda and the ages use their power to overthrow Ganondorf. They manage to seal him in the Sacred Realm, after a long, hard battle. (note, in Zelda 3 it says seven wise men (there were six sages, and 4 were female - could the Hylians have forgotten their own history?) and the Knights of Hyrule (Link and Zelda were the only ones to fight him) sealed up Ganondorf into the Golden Land (The Sacred Realm), and this battle is called the Imprisoning War.) 3000 Hyrulian Chronology Link II and Zelda II are born in Hyrule. 3014 Hyrulian Chronology The Wizard Agahnim appears in Hyrule and solves current disasters of the time. He is declared the people's hero and made Chief Advisors but then secretly overthrows the King and destroys the seal that imprisons Ganondorf in the Dark World. Princess Zelda contacts Link telepathically, pleading for him to help. Link manages to defeat Agahnim and Ganondorf, using the power of the Master Sword, and brings the Triforce to Hyrule. 3015 Hyrulian Chronology Link travels around the world, but on his way back to Hyrule, he gets shipwrecked on the mysterious Koholint Island. To get off, he has to awaken the Windfish. He eventually does, but the Island is destroyed in the process. Others say it was simply a dream... 3256 Hyrulian Chronology Hyrule Castle and Kakariko Village are attacked by an army from the neighbouring land of Sosaria. They are left in ruins and the villagers and the Royal Family flee to the North. However, the Sosarians fail to invade further. The land becomes a wasteland, left to the monsters, who destroy any remaining buildings. The Master Sword, which was housed in the Lost Woods in this area, goes missing, persumably stolen by monsters. 3258 Hyrulian Chronology North Castle is built on the Great Northwestern Plains. It is bigger, and far more magnificant than Hyrule Castle. 3937 Hyrulian Chronology One of the Hyrulian Kings hides the Triforce of Courage. His son cannot find it, but a wizard tells him that the Prince's younger sister, Zelda III knows of it's whereabouts. When Zelda refuses to tell, the wizard puts her in a deep sleep from which she may never awaken. In his grief the Prince places Zelda on an alter in North Castle and demands that every female child born in the castle from then on, must be named Zelda. 4488 Hyrulian Chronology Impa is born in Hyrule. 4402 Hyrulian Chronology King Harkinian is born in Hyrule. 4520 Hyrulian Chronology The evil wizard Ganon appears, and steals the Triforce of Power from North Castle. He makes the Underworld his domain and uses Death Mountain as his main base, where monsters already run riot on the waste wasteland of Southwest Hyrule. 4525 Hyrulian Chronology Link III is born in Catalia. Zelda IV* is born in Hyrule. * Note, according to Hyrulian legend, every princess born into the household since Zelda III was put to sleep has supposedly been named Zelda. This could mean that although she is the fourth Zelda to star in the games, it is not the correct number. 4540 Hyrulian Chronology Zelda inherits the Triforce of Wisdom. However, she fears Ganon will steal it and so shatters it into pieces and sends Impa to look for a hero. Ganon captures Zelda and imprisons her in Death Mountain. Impa meets up with Link and asks him to rescue Zelda. Link recovers the Triforce of Wisdom, defeats Ganon, recovers the Triforce of Power, and saves Zelda. 4541 Hyrulian Chronology Link discovers a strange mark on his hand. Impa tells him it means he is the one chosen to recover the Triforce of Courage and awaken Zelda III from a sleeping spell. Link successfully completes the quest, but what becomes of the Triforce of Courage after, is unknown. 4542 Hyrulian Chronology Ganon is somehow resurrected and again steals the Triforce of Power. Link and Zelda go on many adventures to recover it. Day of Evil Power occurs, as well as a Day of the Triforce. We wait to see how the Legend will continue...