Link is just a farm boy, but is there something to his past? a powerful warrior tasked with protecting Hyrule and the royal family, killed in battle, a baby found by a great tree along with a sword.
Zelda wants more than anything to return to her rightful throne, however she cannot face her past yet until she has control over her new found powers, for now she hides her true self under the name Sheik, until she is ready to be the Princess of Hyrule.
Vaati just wanted to be a free spirit, going where the wind leads him, well if you control the wind then it can take you anywhere. He never wanted to be a hero, but is indebted to Link for saving his life, he wants to become a powerful wind mage, but absolute power corrupts absolutely.
We all know these characters from the many games, the legends, but what if it was one story. One tale that evolved into many tales, many different legends about the hero who saved Hyrule, the hero who saved the great sea, or the hero who saved Termina. The Princess who unified the land and defeated the evil and also inhabits the spirit of the goddess Hylia. The villain, who brought terror to the land, who maybe was just misunderstood.
On a journey to save his sister, a boy is caught in a struggle older than the great sea.
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One thousand years ago, the greatest hero of all Time fought against Time's greatest enemy.
The people rejoiced in the victory, but when the evil returned, the hero did not.
Watching the unstoppable destruction, the golden godessess buried the land of Hyrule in water, keeping their foe from conquering the kingdom.
Hyrule is now only a word on a page to the people on the great sea.
Even though Hyrule is lost to them, they still cling to old traditions. And after all these years, the era without a hero will finally end.
The legends will be reborn.
Reborn on an ocean breeze.
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