Aeons ago, the deities of power, courage, and wisdom descended to the world of chaos. They created the world that we know and left behind a symbol of their strength, the Triforce, which they hid in the Golden Land.
After many years, an opening was found that led from our fair Hyrule to the Golden Land, where the mystical Triforce was still hidden. Many sought treasure in this place, but none returned - only beings of great evil emerged from the Golden Land.
The King of Hyrule gathered the Seven Sages to find a way to seal the entrance to the Golden Land so that his kingdom would be safe from the evil there. The Sages succeeded and brought peace again to Hyrule.
However, strange things have been happening in Hyrule since the appearence of Agahnim, a mysterious sorcerer who gained fame for extinguishing a devastating blaze of unknown origin some years ago.
One night, a girl's voice woke Link from his sleep. "Help me... My name is Zelda... I am in the castle dungeon." Not knowing if the voice was a dream or reality, Link stepped into the rain and forbidding darkness...
Link leaps into action, heading to nearby Hyrule Castle to save the princess. Link descended deep into the castle, where he found the princess and escorted her to the safety of her sanctuary. There, she told Link that he must uncover the three Mystical Pendants from their resting places and sheathe the legendary Master Sword. With this in mind, Link set out on his journey.
Unmindful of the danger, Link gathered three Mystic Pendants and used them to free the Master Sword. With the comforting weight of the Master Sword in his palm, Link was able to cut a swath through Agahnim's magical defenses, only to discover that the sorcerer was merely the puppet of the ancient Ganon!
Agahnim had somehow found a way to breach the barrier between the Light and the Dark World where Ganon had been imprisoned for hundreds of long years. The only thing standing in their way was Link, whom Ganon had built up quite a resentment.
Using such legendary weapons as the Hookshot, Pegasus Shoes and the Magic Mirror, Link journeyed between the Light World and Dark World, freeing Ganon's seven captives and gathering the Magic Crystals which unlocked Ganon's Dark Tower.
In the end, Link defeated Ganon in an epic battle high atop the King of Evil's shadowy citadel. Ganon was once again imprisoned in his dark cell, but Link began to question the strength of the Seven Sages' seals on the Dark World.
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