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*'''"Legend of the Goddesses & the Hero of Time":''' The beginning timeline before its triple-branch. After the creation of the heavens and Hyrule, the earliest chronological game is ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword}}'' (2011), taking place on floating islands in the sky named {{s|zeldawiki|Skyloft}}, which the goddess {{s|zeldawiki|Hylia}} had lifted to safeguard the Hylian people from the monster hordes of the demon king {{s|zeldawiki|Demise}} infesting the lands below. The original incarnations of Link and Zelda, living on Skyloft along with the other Hylians during this time, are involved in a quest that explains and lays the groundwork for the patterns shown in the rest of the series. Following this, the {{s|zeldawiki|Sacred Realm}} wherein the Triforce resides is sealed, and Hyrule Kingdom is established. Then, in both ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap}}'' (2005) and ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords}}'' (originally released as part of a Game Boy Advance remake of ''A Link to the Past'' in December 2002), separate Links fight the wind mage {{s|zeldawiki|Vaati}}. Finally, in ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time}}'' (1998), a child Link takes part in a pivotal moment of the timeline when an evil human sorcerer, the original [[Ganondorf]], covets the Triforce beyond the Sacred Realm, and Link must regularly travel back and forth between periods separated seven years apart - with Link himself assuming the form of a teenager during his time in the later period - and receive help from the enigmatic [[Sheik]] in order to defeat Ganondorf and the monstrous form Ganondorf eventually assumes, Ganon. | *'''"Legend of the Goddesses & the Hero of Time":''' The beginning timeline before its triple-branch. After the creation of the heavens and Hyrule, the earliest chronological game is ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword}}'' (2011), taking place on floating islands in the sky named {{s|zeldawiki|Skyloft}}, which the goddess {{s|zeldawiki|Hylia}} had lifted to safeguard the Hylian people from the monster hordes of the demon king {{s|zeldawiki|Demise}} infesting the lands below. The original incarnations of Link and Zelda, living on Skyloft along with the other Hylians during this time, are involved in a quest that explains and lays the groundwork for the patterns shown in the rest of the series. Following this, the {{s|zeldawiki|Sacred Realm}} wherein the Triforce resides is sealed, and Hyrule Kingdom is established. Then, in both ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap}}'' (2005) and ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords}}'' (originally released as part of a Game Boy Advance remake of ''A Link to the Past'' in December 2002), separate Links fight the wind mage {{s|zeldawiki|Vaati}}. Finally, in ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time}}'' (1998), a child Link takes part in a pivotal moment of the timeline when an evil human sorcerer, the original [[Ganondorf]], covets the Triforce beyond the Sacred Realm, and Link must regularly travel back and forth between periods separated seven years apart - with Link himself assuming the form of a teenager during his time in the later period - and receive help from the enigmatic [[Sheik]] in order to defeat Ganondorf and the monstrous form Ganondorf eventually assumes, Ganon. | ||
*'''"Hyrule's Decline & The Last Hero":''' This first timeline branch assumes Link is defeated in his battle against Ganon in ''Ocarina of Time''. This leads to ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past}}'' (1992), where a Link has to contend with the revival of the demonic Ganon at the hands of the wizard {{s|zeldawiki|Agahnim}} | *'''"Hyrule's Decline & The Last Hero":''' This first timeline branch assumes Link is defeated in his battle against Ganon in ''Ocarina of Time''. This leads to ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past}}'' (1992), where a Link has to contend with the revival of the demonic Ganon at the hands of the wizard {{s|zeldawiki|Agahnim}}. The same Link stars in one more game, ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening}}'' (1993), where during a voyage outside Hyrule to hone his skills, Link washes ashore on {{s|zeldawiki|Koholint Island}}, and must wake the island guardian, a whale called the {{s|zeldawiki|Wind Fish}}, to return home. Link then contends with two separate villains named {{s|zeldawiki|Onox}} and {{s|zeldawiki|Veran}} in ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons}}'' and ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages}}'' (2001) respectively, which may lead to another revival for Ganon that Link must destroy. A new incarnation takes center stage starting in ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds}}'' (2013), a 3DS spiritual successor to ''A Link to the Past'' featuring a new Link who finds Hyrule's fate intertwined with that of its "mirror world" counterpart of {{s|zeldawiki|Lorule}}. This same Link would return in its direct sequel ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes}}'' (2015), which sees Link team up with two other Links to save the fashion-obsessed kingdom of {{s|zeldawiki|Hytopia}} from the jealousy and influence of the Drablands Witch. The last incarnation of Link in this timeline debuted in the original ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' (1986), wherein he defeats a revived Ganon and saves a princess named Zelda and the follow-up ''{{s|zeldawiki|Zelda II: The Adventure of Link}}'' (1988), where the same Link goes on a quest to awaken a different Zelda while avoiding getting killed by followers of Ganon seeking to revive the demon king once more. | ||
*'''"The Twilight Realm & The Hero's Descendants":''' The second timeline branch assumes Ganondorf was never able to enter the Sacred Realm in '' | *'''"The Twilight Realm & The Hero's Descendants":''' The second timeline branch assumes Ganondorf was never able to enter the Sacred Realm in ''Ocarina of Time'', and therefore much of that game's quest never transpired and Link never left being a child; instead, Ganondorf faced execution. Beginning this "child timeline" is ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask}}'' (2000), where the Hero of Time ends up in a surreal alternate world called {{s|zeldawiki|Termina}}, where a {{s|zeldawiki|Skull Kid}} under the evil influence of the eponymous mask has set the moon on a collision course into the land. Link must use a time-resetting method to repeatedly relive the three-day time period before doomsday so that he has the time to set up the means to avert Termina's fate. A century later, in ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess}}'' (2006), a new Link is thrust from a life as a ranch-hand into a world-spanning quest against the forces of the king of an alternate twilight realm, {{s|zeldawiki|Zant}}, and he is forced into the form of a wolf whenever he enters a twilight-covered area of Hyrule and must accept help from the Twilight native Midna to compensate. Finally, in ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures}}'' (2004), another Link goes to battle against Vaati's last chronological appearance. | ||
*'''"The Hero of Winds & A New World":''' The third timeline branch is the one that results from Link's defeat and sealing of Ganondorf in the Sacred Realm, as seen in the ending of ''Ocarina of Time''; it is referred to as the "adult" timeline. At a later date, Ganondorf is revived, and the gods flooded Hyrule to seal him back; this sets the stage for ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker}}'' (2003), where a childish Link sets sail on what is initially a quest to rescue his sister from a monstrous bird, but later on becomes a fight against a once-again-revived Ganondorf. A direct sequel to this game is ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass}}'' (2007), where a ghost ship steals away Link's ally {{s|zeldawiki|Tetra}}, and he must enlist the help of a reluctant steamboat captain, Linebeck, to rediscover her. Finally, a century later, ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks}}'' (2009) takes place on a newly discovered continent that has since been civilized with an extensive railroad network, and an incarnation of Link that is an aspiring railroad engineer is accompanied by Zelda's disembodied spirit on a quest to discover why the tracks are disappearing. | *'''"The Hero of Winds & A New World":''' The third timeline branch is the one that results from Link's defeat and sealing of Ganondorf in the Sacred Realm, as seen in the ending of ''Ocarina of Time''; it is referred to as the "adult" timeline. At a later date, Ganondorf is revived, and the gods flooded Hyrule to seal him back; this sets the stage for ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker}}'' (2003), where a childish Link sets sail on what is initially a quest to rescue his sister from a monstrous bird, but later on becomes a fight against a once-again-revived Ganondorf. A direct sequel to this game is ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass}}'' (2007), where a ghost ship steals away Link's ally {{s|zeldawiki|Tetra}}, and he must enlist the help of a reluctant steamboat captain, Linebeck, to rediscover her. Finally, a century later, ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks}}'' (2009) takes place on a newly discovered continent that has since been civilized with an extensive railroad network, and an incarnation of Link that is an aspiring railroad engineer is accompanied by Zelda's disembodied spirit on a quest to discover why the tracks are disappearing. | ||