Royal Family of Hyrule
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The Royal Family of Hyrule is a long-running bloodline of royalty that was established following the Era of Chaos, many years after the events of Skyward Sword. Descended from the Goddess Hylia, who was reborn as the first incarnation of Zelda, the Royal Family consists of numerous kings, a Prince of Hyrule and many princesses who share the title of Princess Zelda. Keeping a close contact with the other leaders and races within Hyrule, they rule over the land with the most prominent authority.
Throughout their history, the Royal Family of Hyrule passes down many powers and objects of sacred power, including the magical abilities that they inherited from their ancestor Hylia, the Light Force, the Goddess Harp, the Triforce of Wisdom and the Ocarina of Time. Others things passed down within the family include the legend of the of the Sacred Realm and the Picori. They maintain contact with the sky beings known as the Oocca, who are said to have helped in the early development of Hyrule, assisting in the construction of the Temple of Time to protect the entrance to the Sacred Realm watched over by the family.
Members of the family live within Hyrule Castle and are known to be buried within Hyrule Castle Graveyard and a Royal Tomb located in a graveyard behind a village formerly home to the people who protect them. Their crest is that of the one used by their ancestor during the age in which she ruled over the very same land, formerly known only as the surface. The crest depicts a Loftwing, alone the symbol of Skyloft, and the Triforce.
Appearances
With the history of Hyrule splitting and taking three different paths after the events of Ocarina of Time, the historical appearances of the Royal Family of Hyrule also splits, giving them three different destinies over the course of the three histories.
Unified Timeline
Prior to the events of Ocarina of Time, there was only one timeline.
Skyward Sword
Although the Royal Family of Hyrule is not yet established during the events Skyward Sword, their ancestor Hylia, reborn as the first Zelda, and her father Gaepora are present. Her descendants would inherit her magical abilities that she has in her life as the Goddess Hylia and would go on to establish their role as Royal Family of Hyrule many years later, after an age of chaos resulting in the establishment of the Hyrule Kingdom and Hyrule Castle at the centre of the kingdom.
The Minish Cap
During the events of The Minish Cap, the Hylian Royal Family only has two known living members: King Daltus and the Princess Zelda of the time. The Royal Valley is said to be the place where the deceased members are buried. King Gustaf is found here, along with unnamed members. The Princess Zelda and Link are childhood friends, while King Daltus is old friends with Link's relative, Smith. The Royal Family are the only ones who know the truth about the Picori.
Four Swords
In Four Swords, very little is known about the Royal Family other than all princess bearing the title of Zelda now watch over Four Sword Sanctuary, where the Four Sword no rests.
Ocarina of Time
Ocarina of Time is set 10 years after an unknown King of Hyrule unified the country during the Unification War.[1] The Sheikah, the Zora, and the Goron races have sworn fealty to the Royal Family.[2][3][4] The Zora have formed an alliance with the Royal family, even allowing the flow of the river to stop for the King's messenger,[5] and Darunia considers the King to be his "sworn brother."[6]
Adult Timeline
In this timeline, the Hero of Time defeats Ganon, resulting in him being sealed within Sacred Realm by the Seven Sages.
The Wind Waker
Sometime after the sealing of Ganondorf in the Adult Timeline, he eventually broke of his seal and once again terrorized Hyrule. With Hero of Time being nowhere to be found an the end of all hope for the land, the three goddesses who created the world ordered that the inhabitants of Hyrule move to the mountaintops. They sealed the land away and buried it beneath an ocean that came to be known as the Great Sea. Hundreds of years passed, but the blood of the Royal Family continued to live on, carrying the Triforce of Wisdom down its line. After her mother passed away prior to the events of The Wind Waker, the last remaining descendant of the Royal Family, Tetra, was completely unaware of her heritage. The last King of Hyrule, Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule, reveals her true identity as a member of the family to her by uniting the two pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom that they both held a piece of.[7] The king tells her that she is the last link in the dying bloodline and that Ganondorf must be defeated if the sealed Hyrule is to be saved.[8]
Defeated once more, the Master Sword plunged into his forehead, Ganondorf fails to take over Hyrule. Unfortunately, Daphnes had already made a wish on the completed Triforce to break to seal on Hyrule and wash it away beneath the ocean. He had also wished for Link, the Hero of Winds and successor of the Hero of Time, and Tetra, to have a hopeful future and find a new kingdom to call their own. With this, Hyrule was flooded and Daphnes perished after bidding them goodbye. The Royal Family bloodline would continue on.
Phantom Hourglas
Set shortly after the events of The Wind Waker. Tetra and her pirate crew are still voyaging to find a new land that will succeed the kingdom of old.
Spirit Tracks
When Tetra and her pirate screw discover a new land, they meet the Lokomo known as Anjean. She entrusts Tetra the Spirit Flute in return for her and her descendants vowing to protect the land, which came to be known as Hyrule, or "New Hyrule" in fanon. One hundred years later, the Princess Zelda of the time, said to be the granddaughter of Tetra, is the only known living descendant of the Royal Family in this new Hyrule.
The new Royal Family take on a similar role to their ancestors, guarding a land called Hyrule and living in a Hyrule Castle with knights. Chancellor Cole serves as the royal advisor of the princess.
Child Timeline
After having been sent back in time to his childhood by the adult Princess Zelda of Ocarina of Time, the Hero of Time began spun a new history in which Ganondorf never destroyed Hyrule Castle and took over the kingdom for 7 years. He warned the current King of Hyrule and the child Zelda of the tragic future that awaited the kindom of Hyrule is he trusted Ganondorf and spent an undisclosed amount of time with Zelda, where she then gave him the Ocarina of Time before he left the kingdom looking for his friend Navi. With knowledge of Ganondorf's actions, he was to be executed by six sages atop the Arbiter's Grounds, a prison for Hyrule's most notorious criminals. Through unknown means, the Triforce of Power appeared on his hand, allowing him to overthrow the execution and kill one of the Sages. He was then banished to the Twilight Realm as a last resort.
Twilight Princess
In Twilight Princess, the Princess Zelda of the time appears to be the only living member of the Royal Family of Hyrule, seen in her flashback scene at the throne as being the only member present. During the events of the game, Zant, the so-called "King of Twilight" working for an escaped Ganondorf, overthrew the knights of Hyrule Castle and gave Zelda a choice for the life or death of her kingdom. She chose the former, resulting in the kingdom being covered in curtains of twilight. The castle was later destroyed and Zelda helped Link battle Ganondorf, winning the battle.
Four Swords Adventures
In Four Swords Adventures, the current Princess Zelda is the only member seen. The full Triforce is now located within [[Hyrule Castle.
Decline Timelile
In an alternate timeline in which the Hero of Time is defeated by Ganondorf in Ocarina of Time, the lineage of the Royal Family remained strong, but the kingdom of Hyrule slowly diminished and went into decline.
Having defeated the Hero of Time, Ganondorf now possessed the full Triforce. He was still sealed within the Sacred Realm by Zelda and the other awakened Sages, but took the full Triforce with him and transformed it into the Dark World. Through a short period of peace, various people began to enter the corrupted Sacred Realm, not to return. Evil soon began to flow fourth from the realm and the Seal War broke out. The King of Hyrule order Seven Sages to close to entrance to the realm. This event came to be known as the Imprisoning War.
A Link to the Past
After a period of misfortune for the kingdom of Hyrule, the King of Hyrule offered a reward to the one who could end these troubles. A mysterious wizard known as Agahnim soon arrived and ended the troubles the kingdom was going through, being declared a hero by the King of Hyrule and being given the position to be the King's chief advisor. Agahnim used this as a chance to brainwash the soldiers of Hyrule and take over Hyrule Castle. He sent the descendants of the Seven Sages from the Imprisoning War into the Dark Wold, the last being the current Princess Zelda. During this time, he killed the King of Hyrule. He is later revealed to be a pawn of Ganon, who once again plans to take over the kingdom of Hyrule. When the current Link defeats him in the Dark World, he makes a wish upon the Triforce for it to restor Hyrule to its former condition, bringing the King of Hyrule back to life and Hyrule's Golden Era began.
Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons
Taking place shortly after the events of A Link to the Past but taking place within the lands of Holodrum and Labrynna, the Hylian Royal family has only a minimal role in the storyline. The same Princess Zelda from A Link to the Past does appear in the password-linked quest. The inhabitants of the two lands seem to have no royal government and nothing suggests that Queen Ambi of Labrynna's past is of Hylian royalty.
The Legend of Zelda
In The Legend of Zelda, set during the Era of Decline that followed Hyrule's Golden Era, the Hylian Royal Family was responsible for guarding the Triforce of Wisdom. When a revied Ganon attacked, the current young princess of Hyrule, Zelda, broke it into eight pieces and hid them, for which she was imprisoned by a revived him.
The Adventure of Link
In the backstory for The Adventure of Link, set at the end of Hyrule's Golden Era in the timeline where the Hero of Time is defeated by Ganon, when the kingdom of Hyrule was still unified, a wise king ruled over the land using the Triforce.[9] 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.[10][11] 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.[12] 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.[13]
See also
References
- ↑ "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)
- ↑ "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)
- ↑ "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 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)