A LONG TIME AGO...

BEFORE LIFE BEGAN, BEFORE THE WORLD HAD FORM, THREE GOLDEN
GODDESSES DESCENDED UPON THE CHAOTIC LAND OF HYRULE. THEY WERE DIN,
THE GODDESSES OF POWER, NAYRU, THE GODDESSES OF WISDOM AND FARORE,
THE GODDESSES OF COURAGE.

DIN, WITH HER STRONG FLAMING ARMS, CULTIVATED THE LAND TO CREATE THE
EARTH. NAYRU POURED HER WISDOM ONTO THE EARTH TO GIVE THE SPIRIT OF
LAW TO THE WORLD. FARORE’S RICH SOUL CREATED ALL LIFE FORMS WHO
WOULD UPHOLD THE LAW.

THESE THREE GREAT GODDESSES RETURNED TO THE HEAVENS, LEAVING
BEHIND THE GOLDEN SACRED TRIFORCE. SINCE THEN, THE TRIFORCE HAS
BECOME THE BASIS FOR HYRULE’S PROVIDENCE. WERE THE TRIFORCE STOOD
BECAME SACRED LAND.

IN THE VAST, DEEP FOREST OF HYRULE, THE GREAT DEKU TREE SERVED AS THE
GUARDIAN SPIRIT. THE CHILDREN OF THE FOREST, THE KOKIRI, LIVED WITH THE
GREAT DEKU TREE. EACH KOKIRI HAD HIS OR HER OWN GUARDIAN FAIRY,
EXCEPT ONE. HIS NAME WAS LINK.

EARLY ONE MORNING, LINK WAS HAVING A NIGHTMARE. IT WAS THE SAME
NIGHTMARE HE HAD EVERY NIGHT. DURING A STORM, LINK WOULD FIND
HIMSELF STANDING IN FRONT OF A MYSTERIOUS CASTLE. A RIDER ON
HORSEBACK, CARRYING A GIRL, WOULD RACE BY. THE GIRL WOULD LOOK AT
LINK AS IF TO SAY SOMETHING. THEN, ANOTHER RIDER WOULD APPEAR. THIS BIG
MAN CLAD IN BLACK WOULD LOOK DOWN MENACINGLY AT LINK. LINK WOULD
THEN AWAKEN.

“LINK! HEY, GET UP, LINK! THE GREAT DEKU TREE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU!”

AS LINK OPENED HIS EYES, HE SAW A FAIRY FLOATING IN FRONT OF HIM. THIS
FAIRY’S NAME WAS NAVI. NAVI WAS SENT TO SUMMON LINK TO THE GREAT
DEKU TREE.

“OH NAVI, THOU HAST RETURNED!” SAID THE DEKU TREE. “THANK YOU, LINK,
FOR COMING. THY SLUMBER THESE PAST MOONS MUST HAVE BEEN RESTLESS,
AND FULL OF NIGHTMARES. A VILE CLIMATE PERVADES THIS WORLD. VERILY, YE
HAVE FELT IT. THE TIME HAS COME TO TEST THINE COURAGE. I HAVE BEEN
CURSED. I NEED YOU TO DISPEL THE CURSE WITH YOUR WISDOM AND COURAGE.
ART THOU PREPARED?”

LINK ENTERED THE GREAT DEKU TREE AND BROKE THE CURSE.

“WELL DONE, LINK! I KNEW THAT YE WERE WORTHY OF CARRYING OUT MY
WISHES. A WICKED MAN OF THE DESERT CAST THIS DREADFUL CURSE ON ME.
EMPLOYING HIS VILE, SORCEROUS ENERGIES, THE EVIL ONE IS SEARCHING FOR
THE SACRED REALM CONNECTED TO HYRULE. FOR IT IS THERE THAT ONE WILL
FIND THE DIVINE RELIC, THE TRIFORCE, THAT CONTAINS THE ESSENCE OF THE
GODS. WHOEVER HOLDS THE TRIFORCE CAN MAKE THEIR WISHES COME TRUE.
THOU MUST NEVER ALLOW THE DESERT MAN TO LAY HIS HANDS ON THE
SCARED TRIFORCE. THOU MUST NEVER SUFFER THAT MAN TO ENTER THE
SACRED REALM OF LEGEND. LINK, GO NOW TO HYRULE CASTEL. THERE, YE WILL
SURELY MEET THE PRINCESS OF DESTINY. PRESENT THIS STONE TO THE
PRINCESS. I HAVE FORESEEN THAT SHE WILL UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING.”

THE GREAT DEKU TREE GAVE LINK THE SPIRITUAL STONE OF THE FOREST.
BEFORE DYING, THE DEKU TREE’S LAST WORDS WERE, “THE FUTURE DEPENDS
UPON THEE, LINK. THOU ART COURAGEOUS.”