Sword without a War
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The Calamity had returned. Link is missing, presumed dead, along with the Queen of Hyrule: Zelda. All seems dark, and more than ever before the world is tittering on the edge of a blade. Poised to fall into a pit of despair to which it would never return. Yet, when the world is at its darkest, and there's no hope in sight. That is when a hero will arise to light the way, and banish the shadows from whence they came. As the old legends say, where darkness rises, a hero of light will too rise to meet it. This is the story of Link, after his happily ever after.
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