Hi guys! I've thought of a timeline you mightn't of thought of that follows a bit more chronilogically to release dates along with one idea that might grab ur imagination!
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My timeline theory begins similar to all the others. We begin with thecreating of the world of Hyrule and the Sacred Realm. But one day the people learn about the triforse andconsumed by greed war broke out. The Picori or Minish eventually got tired of the war and created a sword and gave it not to a Link but Gustaf. Gustaf wore a green tunic but no hat, Gustaf was then crowned King of Hyrule. Soon after he was crowned king he summoned seven maidens including his daughter to use their magic and open a portal the the sacred realm. These women were then called the sages. Inside they put all the evil people of the land and creatures so they would no longer bother Hyrule. Gustaf I believe is most likely to have summoned the sages because of the legend told in AlttP describes that to save the land the King made seven sages to end the war which relates similar to the legend in The Minish Cap. Shortly after the prince of Hyrule tried to take the triforse and a dark wozard told (didn't mean it was true) him that his sister Zelda had it. Upon putting Zelda into an eternal sleep the wizard is said to have died from too much magic being used. The prince is then ashamed and what he did and rested Zelda in a bed in a tower of the castle and anoused the every Princess in the royal family would be named Zelda.
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A few ages past all that mumbo jumbo comes the Minish Cap. Link is wearing a green tunic and no hat. This game also marks the begining of Vatii. And at the end of the game Ezlo says he can keep the cap and it looks good him. Next comes the events of A Link to the past which is specifically said by Nintendo to be earlier than the first Zelda. This is also published in The Wind Waker Stradegy guide. The Dark Wizard from the actual legend of Zelda rises again by the name Aganhim, he kidnaps the sages and takes them to the the "Dark World" which over the years has been corrupted. Link must find the master sword in the Lost woods and then go into the Dark World to save the seven maidens. The Maidens go back to living usual civic lives. Until Four Swords Adventures comes in. FSA features i believe the same maidens from A Link to the past and the same Link and Zelda because they all ready know each other and they already both seemingly know the maidens. Vatti then returns from his seal which was placed in MC. Ganon is also trying to restore his power and the tribe of the deku worship him as a leader. Link must once again find the sages and rescue them. Gorons have been restored and friendly again. Vatti is eventually recaptured back into the four sword and all is well again.
So far we have to Links. Link 1- Minish Cap and Link 2- A Link to the past, Four Swords Adventures. There is a lot of arguement about the placings of LA, OA and OS (Link's Awakening and the Oracle duo). My mind constantly changes the order wen i start thinking about the Zelda timeline. At the moment i have come up with this: Oracle of Seasons come first then followed by Oracle of Ages and at the end of Oracle of ages Link sails away in a ship. Many people dispute that they happen at the same time, i believe they dont as they have two very different endings on what Link does next. Also it is argued about that Link is on a different ship in the oracle of ages to Link's awakening but the best theory that fits it is that they are indeed the same boat. Another reason why i say they come after Four Swords adventure is that Link obtains Epona in only Four Zelda Games: OoT, MM, FSA and TP. I believe its not after the ocarina because the Hero of time Link has been reported to never return to Hyrule so that rules out OoT and MM. I know that Link only had Epona for brief moments in FSA but when you see the opening of OA and OS, Link is a child riding a child horse and looks upon Hyrule castle surronded by trees. The Castle in AlttP and FSA fits this discription the best so im say that 1 Link goes throught five games. Sounds unbelieveable but fits the timeline the best.
So Link 2 in the time line goes through AlltP-FSA-OS-OA-LA. Which is pretty big. Now Nintendo mensioned like i said earlier that the Link is AlltP is before Zelda 1 & 2. This is where Zelda 1 comes in. After trying to gain power multipul times in FSA, OS and OA, Ganon has finally resurected his dark poweres and Lnk pursues him in Zelda 1. We are once again starting a new Link to the timeline. In the end Link kills Ganon and his body is dead and cannot be restored with ease, but what about OoT? Read on to find out. In Zelda 2 Link comes across the original Zelda from the legend where the Dark Wizard put her to sleep. This is the first actual Zelda princess. Link of course awakens her and saves the day. During this time Ganon's minions are trying to revive him but of course fail. So Ganon's body is dead (note the word body). So Link 3 has now done his part in LoZ and AoL, thats all the adventures Link 3 has. (Links arent numbered i'm just numbering them to make my timeline easier to read)
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Now comes the controversal part, OoT. I of course believe in the split timeline theory which i'm sure your all aware of. If not basically there are two endings in OoT. Hyrule A and B. Hyrule A has Link turning back into a kid and warnng the king of Ganondorf villinary and Ganondorf being sent away. Hyrule B adult Link defeats Ganondorf but then goes back in time leaving Ganondorf in the sacred realm and Hyrule completely safe for now. Now to the mind boggling idea. What of there were two Ganons? Nothing to do with the timeline or twins, i believe that Ganondorf is different from Ganon. Ganon is a devilish person from the inner reaches of Hell and looks like a monster. Ganondorf is a gerodo and knows much of Hyrule and as we learn in WW he suffered in his land of Desert Colosus. I believe that Ganondorf is not the original Ganon, I believe he is Ganon's heir and in doing so is granted much power. Follow me? Ganon has a heir called Ganondorf to take his place and reak havoc in Hyrule. Okay and next comes the split. Hyrule A goes from Link as a child to Majora's Mask. And Hyrule B goes through a couple of Centurys to WW. OoT Link is the 4th Link and does OoT in Hyrule A and B and also does MM. I believe the six sages in this game are six of the ones in AlttP. But in that game there were seven. So is radical a stupid idiot that can't count? Well one of the sages in AlltP is Zelda. In the ending sequence of OoT she uses powers that look similar to the other sages. So what I'm saying is that Zelda in OoT is the 7th sage like she was in AlltP. On Hyrule B the 5th Link begins at WW and kills Ganondorf at the end of WW and then Link goes to PH. Many people say that some games in Hyrule are based after WW. This is near impossible. The King told them not to name the land. And how could they when they leave in the end? I don't think any other Hyrulean based games come after this. PH i believe will be in a totally different place. So that settles that. But where does TP go? I'm getting to it.
Heres my time line so far
Creation of the world
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War of Hyrule
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Rise of Gustav and creation of the sages
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The first Zelda
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The Minish cap
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A link to the past
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Four swords adventures
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Oracle of seasons
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Oracle of ages
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Link's Awakening
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The legend of Zelda
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Adventures of Link
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Ocarina of time
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Majora's Mask +
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Twilight Princess +
The Wind Waker
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Phantom Hourglass
So as you see i've placed Twilight princess after Majora's mask. This fits best because Ganondorf is still alive and still posses the triforse. Because of Twilight Princess's untied up ropes linking to any other game i've had to devolp a few theorys. Obviously following my timeline Ganondorf can easily come back since he was neva destroyed only pushed away from Hyrule. I believe that he came back a 2nd time and he was captured (cutscene in Twilight Princess with the sages of the mirror). This is esily plausable but the thing that most struck me was the absence of Gerodos. I believe it might of been posible that the Hylians were in no apocoliptic trouble and saw the Gerodos as a threat because in this timeline Nabooru has not betrayed Ganondorf and also in this timeline doesnt discover she is a sage to help sdave hyrule, in doing so the Hylians see all Gerodos as no importance so they take over their fortress and then throw them into exile in the twilight mirror and then the gerodos become the Twili. Possible but very dofferent from the main zelda storyline I know, but its the best thing that fits. However i dont rule out the possibilty that Nintendo could be making a sequal that takes place shortly after this where Hyrule gets flooded or connects to another game but i cant say certainty. Hope you enjoyed my theory thats all I have to say about my thoery towards Zelda. I would exspiecally like comments about my Ganon and Ganondorf theory or questions about my timeline game placement. Critism is most welcome as long as your not being too insultive about it.
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