A long, long time ago, the world was once in an age of chaos.
In the midst of this chaos, in a little kingdom in the land of Hyrule,
a legend was being handed down from generation to generation,
the legend of the “Triforce”, golden triangles possessing
mystical powers.
One day, an evil army attacked this peaceful little kingdom and
stole the Triforce of Power. This army was led by Ganon,
the powerful Prince of Darkness who sought to plunge the World
into fear and darkness under his rule. Fearing his wicked rule,
Zelda, the princess of this kingdom, split up the Triforce of Wisdom
into eight fragments and hid them throughout the realm to save
the last remaining Triforce from the clutches of the evil Ganon.
At the same time, she commanded her most trustworthy
nursemaid, Impa, to secretly escape into the land and
go find a man with enough courage to destroy the evil Ganon.
Upon hearing this, Ganon grew angry, imprisoned the princess,
and sent out a party in search of Impa. Braving forests and mountains,
Impa fled for her life from her pursuers. As she reached the very limit
of her energy she found herself surrounded by Ganon’s evil henchmen.
Cornered! What could she do? … But wait! All was not lost.
A young lad appeared. He skillfully drove off Ganon’s henchmen, and
saved Impa from a fate worse than death.
His name was Link. During his travels he had come across Impa and
Ganon’s henchmen. Impa told Link the whole story of Princess Zelda
and the evil Ganon. Burning with a sense of justice, Link resolved to save Zelda, but Ganon was a powerful opponent. He held the Triforce of Power.
And so, in order to fight off Ganon, Link had to bring the scattered eight
fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom together to rebuild the mystical triangle.
If he couldn’t do this, there would be no chance Link could fight his way
into Death Mountain where Ganon lived.
