The tampering of time in a generation past would unintentionally damage Hylia's magic prophesized to create a chosen hero in Hyrule's time of need. The ramifications of this would one day cause the Door of Time to open without warning. While the Sages came together in hopes of closing the door, they were too late to stop a power struggle over the Triforce that lay within it. With a great war beginning to brew, the Sages quickly realized that Hyrule would be consumed by bloodshed if the Triforce pieces were not sealed away quickly. The Sages were forced to combine their magic and shatter them, preventing anyone from gaining their power easily. But despite their shattering, the individual shards retained the will of the Triforce itself.

It is said that in times of great calamity, the scattered shards may on their own seek out those the gods deem worthy of aiding Hyrule when they are needed most. They appear on the wielder's hand without warning, taking an appearance similar to figures past who wielded the Triforce of Courage, Wisdom and Power. Dubbed "Triforce Crests" for their significance in serving as a crest of one's being chosen by the gods, these crests may lend the wielder their power in times of need, though they cannot use the crest's power willingly. These abilities include:

- The Crest of Courage when activated, projects a protective barrier around themselves and all members of their party to ward off all attacks on that turn with no damage taken. The more people protected and the stronger the attacks defended from, the more it exhausts the wielder.

- The Crest of Wisdom when activated, hones the senses to give the user pinpoint accuracy for three turns, allowing them to easily identify and hit weak spots as well as fast-moving targets. However, this burns through energy quickly.

- The Crest of Power when activated, drastically beefs up the user to grant them superhuman strength for three turns. Doing so however, leaves them exhausted when the ability wears off.

Those chosen may eventually need to come together in order to restore the Triforce pieces to their original forms when the time comes.

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- Crest Powers can only be used once per thread and requires considerable energy usage. Additional strain will use even more.

- Said abilities will ICly activate on their own and cannot be used willingly. Previous arc wielders have mastered the use of their ability, and can do so of their own volition.

- If a character sees through the rest of the arc until the end as a wielder, the goddesses will allow them to continue to utilize this ability, though plot-related effects can only be harnessed by an arc’s current wielders. Characters who were replaced as a wielder due to archival lose this ability.



- Josh Dragelion, wielder of the Crest of Courage

- Selene Merrows, wielder of the Crest of Wisdom

- Marianne de Hyrule, wielder of the Crest of Wisdom

- Revyn, wielder of the Crest of Wisdom

- Desmond Dragelion, wielder of the Crest of Courage

- Rularu Groupan, wielder of the Crest of Courage

- Oron El Hyrule, wielder of the Crest of Courage




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