She created the Goddess Sword and the spirit Fi to aid her chosen hero, who would reveal himself when he drew the sword from its pedestal. As the Triforce could not be wielded by a god, Hylia renounced divinity and transferred her soul to the body of a mortal who would come of age when Demise returned. Knowing the seal on Demise would not hold, she devised a plan. She suffered grave injuries in the battle. Hylia rallied the remaining land dwellers, fought back the evil forces led by Demise, and sealed them away.

The outcrop would later become known as Skyloft. Hylia gathered the surviving humans on an outcrop of earth and sent it to The Sky beyond a Cloud Barrier of her creation. He rose an army of malevolent forces against Hyrule. One day, the Demon King Demise sought to take it and make the world his own. The Triforce was entrusted to the goddess Hylia during the Era of Hylia, known more fully as the Era of the Goddess Hylia.

Era of Hylia Main article: Ancient Battle They left behind the Triforce, an all-powerful artifact which would grant its holder their heart's desire. Their labor complete, the goddesses departed for the heavens.

Farore, the Goddess of Courage, created life. Nayru, the Goddess of Wisdom, bestowed order upon the world. Din, the Goddess of Power, created the earth. The beginning of the timeline encompasses the events of Skyward Sword, The Minish Cap, Four Swords, and Ocarina of Time, in that order.Ĭreation of the World Main article: Creation of the Worldīefore time began, the three Golden Goddesses descended upon the chaos that was Hyrule.

2.2.3 Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages.

Nintendo intends for the timeline to be flexible and open to re-interpretation, the better to fit in new additions to the series. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Creating a Champion states that everything before the Breath of the Wild backstory has faded to myth.

The portion of the timeline preceding the three-way split is known only as Hylia & the Hero of Time. Hyrule Historia released a third branch named the Fallen Hero Timeline, which resolved timeline contradictions with respect to the titles released before Ocarina of Time. In 2007, producer Eiji Aonuma confirmed the existence of two parallel timelines branching from Ocarina of Time, now officially named the Child Timeline and Adult Timeline. The timeline had previously existed in a highly confidential document conceived of at least by 2003. Though the series began in 1986, Nintendo did not publish a master timeline until Hyrule Historia in 2011. The Zelda Timeline refers to the fictional chronology of The Legend of Zelda series. The timeline shown on page 10 of Encyclopedia

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