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===''The Adventure of Link''=== | ===''The Adventure of Link''=== | ||
[[File:AoL pg6.jpg|thumb|right|The wise king who ruled with the Triforce.]] | [[File:AoL pg6.jpg|thumb|right|The wise king who ruled with the Triforce.]] | ||
In the backstory for ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]];'' long ago, when the kingdom of Hyrule was still unified, a wise king ruled over the land using the Triforce.<ref>{{cite manual|quote=Long ago, when Hyrule was one kingdom, a great ruler maintained the peace in Hyrule using the Triforce.|game=Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|page=6}}</ref> Unfortunately, this wise king passed away, and his son and heir could only inherit the Triforce in part, because the king had hidden the Triforce of Courage away in the [[Great Palace]] until someone with special inborn qualities could find it.<ref>{{cite manual|quote=After the king died, the prince of the kingdom should have inherited everything, but he could only inherit the Triforce in part.|game=Zelda II:The Adventure of Link|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite manual|quote=The king had left Power and Wisdom in the kingdom, but had hidden Courage, because only an individual with a strong character and a special inborn quality could use it without disastrous results.|game=Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Classic NES Series)|page=8}}</ref> The young prince was swayed by the counsel of a corrupt wizard, who told him that his sister, [[Princess Zelda]], was hiding the missing pieces. The prince interrogated the princess, but she would reveal nothing. In retaliation, the wizard cast a spell over Zelda, causing her to fall into an eternal sleep.<ref>{{cite manual|quote=The prince immediately questioned the princess, but she revealed nothing. The wizard threatened to send her into an eternal sleep if she did not talk.|game=Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|page=7}}</ref> The prince, stricken with guilt, issued a decree that all females born into the royal household were to be named Zelda in honor of his sister.<ref>{{cite manual|quote=So that this tragedy would never be forgotten, he ordered every female child born into the royal household to be given the name Zelda.|game=Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|page=8}}</ref> | In the backstory for ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]];'' long ago, when the kingdom of Hyrule was still unified, a [[King of Hyrule (The Adventure of Link)|wise king]] ruled over the land using the Triforce.<ref>{{cite manual|quote=Long ago, when Hyrule was one kingdom, a great ruler maintained the peace in Hyrule using the Triforce.|game=Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|page=6}}</ref> Unfortunately, this wise king passed away, and [[Prince of Hyrule|his son]] and heir could only inherit the Triforce in part, because the king had hidden the Triforce of Courage away in the [[Great Palace]] until someone with special inborn qualities could find it.<ref>{{cite manual|quote=After the king died, the prince of the kingdom should have inherited everything, but he could only inherit the Triforce in part.|game=Zelda II:The Adventure of Link|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite manual|quote=The king had left Power and Wisdom in the kingdom, but had hidden Courage, because only an individual with a strong character and a special inborn quality could use it without disastrous results.|game=Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Classic NES Series)|page=8}}</ref> The young prince was swayed by the counsel of a corrupt wizard, who told him that his sister, [[Princess Zelda]], was hiding the missing pieces. The prince interrogated the princess, but she would reveal nothing. In retaliation, the wizard cast a spell over Zelda, causing her to fall into an eternal sleep.<ref>{{cite manual|quote=The prince immediately questioned the princess, but she revealed nothing. The wizard threatened to send her into an eternal sleep if she did not talk.|game=Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|page=7}}</ref> The prince, stricken with guilt, issued a decree that all females born into the royal household were to be named Zelda in honor of his sister.<ref>{{cite manual|quote=So that this tragedy would never be forgotten, he ordered every female child born into the royal household to be given the name Zelda.|game=Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|page=8}}</ref> | ||
===''A Link to the Past''=== | ===''A Link to the Past''=== | ||
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===''The Minish Cap''=== | ===''The Minish Cap''=== | ||
The Hylian Royal Family is depicted only by two living members. However, [[Royal Valley]] is said to be the place where deceased members are buried. [[Gustaf]] is found here, along with unnamed members. The only known living members are [[Princess Zelda]] and the [[Daltus|King of Hyrule]]. Link and Zelda are depicted as childhood friends, and the King and [[Smith]] are said to be old friends. The Royal Family is said to be the ones who know the truth about the [[Minish|Picori]]. | The Hylian Royal Family is depicted only by two living members. However, [[Royal Valley]] is said to be the place where deceased members are buried. [[King Gustaf]] is found here, along with unnamed members. The only known living members are [[Princess Zelda]] and the [[King Daltus|King of Hyrule]]. Link and Zelda are depicted as childhood friends, and the King and [[Smith]] are said to be old friends. The Royal Family is said to be the ones who know the truth about the [[Minish|Picori]]. | ||
===''Twilight Princess''=== | ===''Twilight Princess''=== | ||
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The Hylian Royal Family has been featured strongly in a few Zelda games, including Ocarina of Time and The Minish Cap. The most prominent member of the Hylian Royal Family is Princess Zelda, who appears in nearly every game. Several other members also appear across games, or are referred to.
The Hylian Royal Family is, in general, the most prominent of all leaders in Hyrule. They keep close contact with the other leaders or races/tribes as a whole.
There is no current proven family tree or bloodline, due to a lack of information regarding Zelda's mother, or her grandparents. Without this information, it is impossible to construct a comprehensive family tree.
Appearances
The Legend of Zelda
In The Legend of Zelda, the Hylian Royal Family was responsible for guarding the Triforce of Wisdom. When Ganon attacked, the young princess of Hyrule, Zelda, broke it into eight pieces and hid them, for which she was imprisoned by Ganon.
The Adventure of Link
In the backstory for Zelda II: The Adventure of Link; long ago, when the kingdom of Hyrule was still unified, a wise king ruled over the land using the Triforce.[1] Unfortunately, this wise king passed away, and his son and heir could only inherit the Triforce in part, because the king had hidden the Triforce of Courage away in the Great Palace until someone with special inborn qualities could find it.[2][3] The young prince was swayed by the counsel of a corrupt wizard, who told him that his sister, Princess Zelda, was hiding the missing pieces. The prince interrogated the princess, but she would reveal nothing. In retaliation, the wizard cast a spell over Zelda, causing her to fall into an eternal sleep.[4] The prince, stricken with guilt, issued a decree that all females born into the royal household were to be named Zelda in honor of his sister.[5]
A Link to the Past
In the backstory for A Link to the Past, the King of Hyrule convened the Seven Sages to seal the entrance of the corrupted Sacred Realm and stop the flow of evil power.[6] The conflict between the Knights and Ganon later became known as the Imprisoning War, in which Ganon was sealed inside the Dark World. Hyrule was at peace for a long time, until unexplained plagues and famine began to ravage the kingdom.[7] The king was troubled by these developments, and ordered an investigation into the seal on the Dark World. The seal was intact, so the king advised the people to pray to the gods for solace.[8]
As if to answer their prayers, a wizard named Agahnim appeared and ended the troubles using an unknown form of magic.[9] This greatly pleased the king, who made him his chief adviser and priest and declared him to be the second coming of the Seven Sages.[10][11]
The king's blind trust of Agahnim would be his undoing, however. Agahnim seized power and eliminated him, beginning to conduct secret magical experiments in the castle towers.[12][13] When he usurped power, Agahnim used the king's name to enact false decrees, such as the order for Link's arrest and signs offering rewards for whoever finds the descendants of the Seven Sages.[14][15]
The Princess Zelda is the last of the descendants of the Sages that Agahnim sends into the Dark World in order to break the Sages' seal. After Link defeats Agahnim, who is revealed to be nothing more than Ganon's alter ego, and Ganon himself, he makes a wish on the Triforce restoring Hyrule to harmony. The ending montage shows a scene of the king, newly restored to life and ruling the kingdom again.
Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time opens just after the Hyrulean Civil War has ended and the king has unified the land of Hyrule.[16] The Sheikah, the Zora, and the Gorons have sworn fealty to the Royal Family.[17][18][19] The Zora have formed an alliance with the Royal family, even allowing the flow of the river to stop for the King's messenger,[20] and Darunia considers the King to be his "sworn brother."[21]
When the King of the Gerudo people, Ganondorf swears fealty to the King, his daughter Princess Zelda distrusts him because of strange visions she has been experiencing recently. She believes that Ganondorf is after the Triforce and the Sacred Realm, but her father does not believe her.[22] She appoints Link to act as her messenger, and her nursemaid Impa teaches him Zelda's Lullaby, which proves his connection to the Royal Family.[23]
As Ganondorf seizes power, Impa spirits Zelda away from the castle, disguising her as Sheik. The Royal Family is restored once again when Ganondorf is defeated and sealed in the Sacred Realm by the Sages.
The Ocarina of Time is a magical instrument associated with the Royal Family.[24] This is the only instrument that can open the Door of Time and is one of the keys to the Sacred Realm.
Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons
The Hylian Royal family has only a minimal role in the series storyline. Zelda does appear in the password-linked quest. The inhabitants of Holodrum and Labrynna of the present seem to have no other royal government. Nothing suggests that Queen Ambi of the past is of Hylian royalty.
Four Swords
The Wind Waker
As Hyrule was buried in the Great Flood prior to The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, the last remaining descendant of the Royal Family, Tetra, is completely unaware of her heritage. The last King of Hyrule, Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule, reveals her true identity to her by uniting the two halves of the Triforce of Wisdom.[25] The king tells her that she is the last link in the dying bloodline and that Ganondorf must be defeated if Hyrule is to be saved.[26]
When Link and Zelda finally duel Ganondorf atop Ganon's Tower, the king has a change of heart and realizes that his ancient kingdom is not worth living for. He makes a wish on the Triforce for Hyrule to be washed away, and admonishes his successors to find their own land and not cling to the lost kingdom of Hyrule.[27][28][29]
Four Swords Adventures
The Minish Cap
The Hylian Royal Family is depicted only by two living members. However, Royal Valley is said to be the place where deceased members are buried. King Gustaf is found here, along with unnamed members. The only known living members are Princess Zelda and the King of Hyrule. Link and Zelda are depicted as childhood friends, and the King and Smith are said to be old friends. The Royal Family is said to be the ones who know the truth about the Picori.
Twilight Princess
Zelda appears to be the only living descendant of the Royal Family of Hyrule, depicted in the scene "The Invasion of Hyrule," when she is the only Royal Family member guarding the throne. It is also mentioned that she made the decision to engulf Hyrule in Twilight rather than relinquish it, hinting that there was no higher power.
Spirit Tracks
Like in Twilight Princess, Zelda is the only living descendant of the Royal Family in this new Hyrule, one put in place by her grandmother, Tetra, of The Wind Waker fame. However, this Zelda title adds political ties to the Royal Family as well, with the inclusion of Chancellor Cole as her royal adviser.
References
- ↑ "Long ago, when Hyrule was one kingdom, a great ruler maintained the peace in Hyrule using the Triforce." (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link manual, pg. 6)
- ↑ "After the king died, the prince of the kingdom should have inherited everything, but he could only inherit the Triforce in part." (Zelda II:The Adventure of Link manual, pg. 6)
- ↑ "The king had left Power and Wisdom in the kingdom, but had hidden Courage, because only an individual with a strong character and a special inborn quality could use it without disastrous results." (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Classic NES Series) manual, pg. 8)
- ↑ "The prince immediately questioned the princess, but she revealed nothing. The wizard threatened to send her into an eternal sleep if she did not talk." (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link manual, pg. 7)
- ↑ "So that this tragedy would never be forgotten, he ordered every female child born into the royal household to be given the name Zelda." (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link manual, pg. 8)
- ↑ "The King of Hyrule called upon the Seven Sages of Hyrule, as well as the Knights to seal the source of this evil." (A Link to the Past (Japanese version) manual, pg. 7)
- ↑ "Pestilence and drought, uncontrollable even by magic, ravaged the land." (A Link to the Past manual, pg. 6)
- ↑ "The King of Hyrule was greatly troubled, and had the seal studied, but found nothing. The people had nothing else to do but pray to the gods." (A Link to the Past (Japanese version) manual, pg. 9)
- ↑ "A stranger named Agahnim came and quelled the disasters with a previously unseen form of magic." (A Link to the Past manual, pg. 6)
- ↑ A Link to the Past manual, pg. 6
- ↑ "The people heralded him as a hero; the King proclaimed him to be the second coming of the seven sages, appointed him priest, and invited him to the castle." (A Link to the Past (Japanese version) manual, pg. 9)
- ↑ "Of late, rumors have traveled their whispering path with alarming frequency. Rumors saying Agahnim now rules the country with his magic... Rumors of strange magical experiments in the castle tower at night..." (A Link to the Past manual, pg. 7)
- ↑ "A mysterious wizard known as Agahnim appeared as from nowhere...and with strange magic powers he eliminated the good king of Hyrule..." — Prologue (A Link to the Past)
- ↑ "(Picture of Link) WANTED! For kidnapping Princess Zelda. Call a soldier if you see him!" — Sign (A Link to the Past)
- ↑ "I will give 100 Rupees to the man who finds me the descendants of the seven sages. THE KING" — Sign (A Link to the Past)
- ↑ "Some time ago, before the King of Hyrule unified this country, there was a fierce war in our world." — Great Deku Tree (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "Here lie the souls of those who swore fealty to the Royal Family of Hyrule The Sheikah, guardians of the Royal Family and founders of Kakariko, watch over these spirits in their eternal slumber." — Grave (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "An aquatic race, they are longtime allies of Hyrule's Royal Family. I heard that only the Royal Family of Hyrule can enter Zora's Domain..." — Kaepora Gaebora (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "Big Brother has shut himself up in his room saying, "I will wait in here for the Royal Family's messenger!"" — Goron (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "The flow of this waterfall serves the King of Hyrule. When the King slumbers, so too do these falls." — Inscription at Zora's River (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "Has Darunia, the big boss of the Gorons, really lost so much status to be treated like this by his Sworn Brother, the King?" — Darunia (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "Yes. I told my father about my dream...However, he didn't believe it was a prophecy...But...I can sense that man's evil intentions!" — Zelda (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "The song I just taught you has some mysterious power. Only Royal Family members are allowed to learn this song. Remember, it will help to prove your connection with the Royal Family." — Impa (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "You found the Ocarina of Time! This is the Royal Family's hidden treasure which Zelda left behind. It glows with a mystical light..." — Ocarina of Time item description (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "This necklace you wear is part of a sacred treasure called the Triforce of Wisdom, which has been passed down for many ages within the royal family of Hyrule." — Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "If he succeeds, my ancient kingdom under the sea will be turned into a land of shadow and despair...and so will the world you know above the waves." — Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "Wash away this ancient land of Hyrule! Let a ray of hope shine on the future of the world!!!" — Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "If only I could do things over again...Not a day of my life has gone by without my thoughts turning to my kingdom of old. I have lived bound to Hyrule. In that sense, I was the same as Ganondorf." — Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule (The Wind Waker)
- ↑ "Ah, but child... That land will not be Hyrule. It will be YOUR land." — Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule (The Wind Waker)