[QUOTE="ocarina_jedi"]I wouldn't be so quick to say that Ordon is representative of Farore. I think it makes more sense to say that Faron serves that purpose. DrumminDoc

Actually they both do. Thats why there are 4 provinces but only 3 goddesses. Faron + Ordon = Farore

The other provinces have their goddesses right in the name too.

Touche'. 

[QUOTE="ocarina_jedi"]As far as timeline theories go, I recommend this. Head over to www.gametrailers.com and search for 'zelda retrospective part 6' (the first 5 parts of the retrospective were examinations of all of the games leading up to Twilight Princess). This video is their own idea of the timeline. I don't agree with it 100% (in fact I disagree with a lot of it, and now that Twilight Princess is out, it disproves more of it), but it's a good starting point for making a timeline.Gary_Jinfield

You'd be better off forming your own opinion really by playing the games and coming to your own conclusions as a starting point. If anyone really wants to learn more about timelines, I would suggest this thread , although it is out of date and slightly bias towards a particular timeline.

I have played all of the games (except for Four Swords, and I haven't finished Adventure of Link), but I thought that that video brought up a few good ideas that I hadn't thought of, even though I have played just about the entire series.  Anybody else in need of a similar starting point could look here, I feel. 

I believe LA must be a direct sequel to ALttP. The intro shows quite clear it's a sequel (sailing a way from hyrule for new adventures). I think that was mentioned in the game book too. Anyway, the latest game before LA was ALttP, so it is most likely that LA was a direct sequel to that one. Also, even if it was released after OoT (was it?) I think LA originally was the second Zelda game developed for the SNES that was never completed.
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