Departure
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Link is a hero. He always has been, and he always will be. It's a hard business, a hard life, but he refuses to give up. The lives of everyone he cares for lies on his shoulders.
A new threat to Hyrule has come, in the form of a beautiful woman, once Kokiri, turned dark by Ganondorf's magic. It's up to Link and a ragtag band of fighters, mages and healer to stop him: Rin, a young sheikah girl who wants nothing more than to prove her worth, Blair, a Gerudo mage with a dark past and an even darker present, Rhea, Blair's girlfriend, who can see the future, and is afraid of what she sees.
The darkness can't be fought off. It surrounds your being. It is part of you.
You are the darkness.
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