A Study in Fate and Prophecy - {Zelda Series Fanfiction}

Author's Preface

A Study in Fate and Prophecy

A glimpse into the lost legend of Hyrule's Tyrant-King

Of the few historical figures to notably wield the Triforce in its entirety, one stands out in his polarising acts and accomplishments. Few records of his true story remain, whether by deliberate erasure by the generations of the Royal Family that he was succeeded by, or by records being lost en masse during the Second Great Calamity, occurring centuries after the end of his reign. He is not, and will not be remembered as a legend, having lived in an era far from each incarnation of the sacred trio - Link, Princess Zelda and Ganon.

Through years of meticulous research, filtering the rumours from the truth, I have collated the most accurate and extensive database about the reign of King Veridan Argos Hyrule, including records of his fateful journeys and correspondence between those closest to him. Notably, I explore a figure often lost even further to the reaches of historical obscurity, the knight who spontaneously came to serve as his right hand, Lady Phena Clef.

I do not intend for this to be a catch-all, absolute truth, an opinion piece nor a speculative biography - rather, this paper consists of my own findings documented in an accessible and easily-understandable format, in order to shed light on a truth long lost.

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Out-of-universe author's note:

Yes, this is in fact a mockup of a Hyrulean historical document that some undefined author has put together post-Calamity. The majority of this book will not actually be the contents of this historical document! Rather, the content of the story consists of true (in-universe) events that are interspersed with the in-universe author's interpretation from centuries in the future, as well as the aforementioned records and correspondence.

As stated in the summary, I may take a few speculative liberties with canon that comes out after the time of writing, and there's a lot of stuff that's not rooted in canon at all - an inevitability when you write about an era centuries back from any canon work.

I, the actual author, will no longer speak unless explicitly stated to - all mentions of notes from an "author" come from the fictional author of the paper.