Timeline

year 01 - The Cycle of Twilight

The Starlight Tragedy
The Starlight Festival, the night where the stars above Hyrule City on the night shine the brightest. Once marked as a day full of jousting, games and making merry, the day ended not with stargazing, but in tragedy. The magical barrier protecting Hyrule City from evil forces was shattered, and monsters stormed the city en-masse. The people of Hyrule fought back, but many were slaughtered in the aftermath. To make matters worse, assassins took advantage of the chaos and snuck into Hyrule Castle, killing the King of Hyrule and sending them through the castle windows as a gruesome message. As Hyrule mourns their King, his son Leon El Hyrule took the throne and pledged to find who was responsible for organizing the monsters and killing his father.


The Defense of Zora's Domain
Political turmoil within Zora's Domain would render them underprepared for the group of monsters that had initiated the Starlight Tragedy to strike again. Support from the forces of Hyrule would allow them to beat back the monsters, but the Domain was heavily damaged in the process and the Zora Empire had lost much of its strength. To make matters worse, the sitting Emperor, known to many as The Usurper, had abandoned their forces early on. A rebellion led by the Zora Anastasia would force the Emperor to concede power, and Emperor Riven was appointed in their place.

year 02

The Battle of Eldin
The third strike from the monsters would prove to be the most devastating. Now more powerful than before after being imbued with dark magic and in a much larger force, the monsters had become a nearly unstoppable army. Kakariko Village was devastated, and the first wave of forces moved onto Death Mountain to next conquer the Gorons. Hyrule's forces arrived, but disorganization was sown in their ranks after a Royal Family member leading the charge fled the battle. With the battle looking bad for both Kakariko Village and Goron City, a young soldier named Josh Dragelion overstepped his authority to take charge of Hyrule's forces, organizing them and narrowly managing a victory in repelling the monsters. With their support, the Gorons were then able to finish the monsters and drive them out of Eldin. A man named Shigamarsu from Kakariko Village sighted the leader of the monsters in the fray, citing him to be part of the ancient race of Twili. The factions of Hyrule agreed to band together and restore the Mirror of Twilight, in order to access the Twilight Realm and find answers.


Sailing Sunsets
The grand re-opening of the Sailing Sunsets restaurant would serve as a reprieve in these troubled times, as they launched a promotional campaign involving setting up blind dates in exchange for free meals to those who participated. Would the people of Hyrule find love even in times of strife?

Search for the Mirror of Twilight
After much searching, the combined forces of Hyrule were able to locate several potential leads into the scattered pieces of the Mirror of Twilight. The leaders of Hyrule sent out a call for aid from military members and would-be adventurers alike to pursue them. The only way to gain access to the Twilight Realm and put a stop to the Twili's war with Hyrule is to find the remaining pieces of the Mirror of Twilight and re-assemble it. Each piece was located in the Forest Temple, Goron Mines and the Lakebed Temple respectively, but the pieces had cursed these places and their surroundings.

The Forest Temple's team would encounter hordes of creatures effected by the curse, but would find help in the form of a group of monkeys. A shard of the Triforce of Courage would be discovered upon Sir Dragelion, protecting the group from a monster that had swallowed the dark artifact they were seeking. Upon the monster's defeat and the retrieval of the mirror shard, the corruption in Faron Woods would fade away as it returned to its tranquil state. But before they could return to the surface, Ursula von Brandt would be stolen away into the Twilight Realm, leaving the group in shock. The team in the Mines meanwhile would go after a group of Gorons that had been abducted by monsters and taken into the depths of the Mines. The group would rescue the Gorons, before encountering an assassin who had previously made an attempt on the Chief's life. They would summon a beast who utilized the power of the mirror shard to attack the party. The party were able to make it out and secure the shard thanks to Dormagoro, at the cost of the Goron's life.

Corruption in the waters plagued the Lakebed Temple's team as they searched for their shard of the Mirror of Twilight. Protected by a powerful and ancient artifact handed down by the Zora's Royal Family, the group were able to navigate the temple's perilous traps and the monsters within, set into frenzy by the Mirror's curse. Finding the piece swallowed by a large monster, the group would engage and defeat it. It was by Princess Rularu's acts of bravery that she gained the respect of the Zora people, cementing her as the true heir to the Zora throne.


Battle In The Twisted Sands
The people of Hyrule were finally ready to go on the offensive. Hoping to strike a critical blow and end the war before it could truly start, forces representing all the different parts of Hyrule banded together to re-assemble the Mirror of Twilight. But they would soon find a sandstorm waiting before them, kicked up by a vortex fueled by powerful magic. And on the other side of that? What was left of the Twili's monster army lay in wait, as if they had known they were coming. As the armies clashed, a team holding the pieces of the Mirror of Twilight would sneak into the Arbiter's Grounds in order to re-assemble the Mirror and put an end to all of this. Hyrule's army would defeat the monsters after a herculean effort, while the strike team would find themselves face to face with Ursula von Brandt. Having been experimented on and deeply changed before her escape, she would attempt to stop the party in their tracks before being defeated, though with no answers on why she had attacked.

But upon re-assembling the Mirror, the party would find themselves beset upon by an army of Shadow Beasts flooding in from the portal they had just opened. The Twili Raalk, who had orchestrated this war, had done so in order to open the gates between the Light World and the Twilight Realm for his true invasion force to come through. With his power, Raalk would then spread the influence of the Twilight Realm into the Light World itself. Hyrule's forces were forced to flee as the Arbiter's Grounds were engulfed in twilight.

The Shadow War has now truly begun.

year 03

The Starlight Festival
In spite of recent events, the people were tired from fighting for so long. With the war now truly beginning, it seemed crazy to hold the Starlight Festival again, two years after the Tragedy. But the people of Hyrule would band together to celebrate the life that each day brings. And to say goodbye to those they had lost by floating lanterns into the sky. Goodbyes were said, tears were shed and new romances were formed. It was a bittersweet night of peace, but peace could only last for so long in the midst of a war...

Corruption Of The Twilight Realm
Since the restoration of the Mirror of Twilight, Hyrule's people knew something was coming. But they never could have imagined what. Light was encapsulated by darkness. Dubbed the "Twilight Curtain", a veil began to fall over Hyrule. This sheet of darkness left no hearts untouched. The Ordon and Peak Provinces were the first to fall prey to its as the Curtain's greed spread throughout the land, draining their Spirits of Light of their mirth and leaving only monsters in its wake. Those unable to escape sheltered in their spiritual forms with only each other and prayers for comfort.

The Royal Family would recruit a group of volunteers from all backgrounds to drive away the Curtain and rescue those trapped within. Dubbed "Lightbringers", they would venture into the Curtain and find their forms morphed into those of beasts. Left to navigate monster-entrenched lands in unfamiliar forms, these Lightbringers would fight fang and claw to hunt the Tears of Light harbored by the monsters that wandered the land and terrorized those within. One by one, Ordona's Tears would be returned to their spring, but the Peaks were another matter. As far as anyone knew, the Peaks lacked a Spring of Light. But as the groups would reclaim the Tears from the monsters, a new Triforce Crest wielder's light would resonate with the tears, leading them to a spring hidden deep within an icy cave. It was here that the Spirit Hebra lay within. As the Springs were restored, the Spirits of Light were able to drive the darkness from their regions. But the price that had been paid by Ordon and the villages in the Peaks were a stark reminder that this war was far from over.


City In The Sky
The Twilight Curtain struck once more, this time in a place once thought impossible for it to reach. The ever-moving floating islands referred to as the Sky Province. Its serene drifting had been ground to an unsettling halt as a sheet of corrupted influence draped across ancient walls and puzzling architecture left no man or beast untainted. But with no spring to speak of, the Lightbringers would track the source of the darkness to a set of ancient ruins amidst the floating islands, called the City In The Sky.

Airships provided by the Arkwright family brought legions of volunteers and soldiers to the ruins. These squads were met with traps, monsters, and puzzles that tested not only their wisdom but their bonds and courage. Growing familiarity with their newly acquired beast forms was essential to making their way through the darkness in one piece. Amongst this group were several newly awakened wielders of Triforce shards now known as Crests. These Crest Wielders would become pivotal as at the top of these ancient ruins was the source of the Twilight Curtain: Argorok, a dragon corrupted by the magic and technology of Raalk's forces. The fight was harrowing, but magic and cunning weakened the beast and allowed the Crest wielders to use the power of the gods to attempt to purify the beast. While unable to fully purge Argorok of darkness, they were able to drive the Twilight Curtain from the Sky Province and the beast with it. The blood and sweat of our heroes had not only restored light to the skies... But also in turn discovered a rift between the two realms.

An opening into the Palace of Twilight.


Storming the Palace of Twilight
Hyrule's forces were sent through the portal and into the Palace of Twilight. With the Crest Wielders having come together and completed the Trial of the Goddess to reform the Triforce of Courage and Triforce of Wisdom, their combined magic would dispel the effects of the Twilight Realm and allow them to fight at their full strength. Hyrule's heroes would make their way into Raalk's chambers and engage the tyrant.

At the close of this battle, the Triforce would finally purify Argorok of darkness and bring Raalk to his knees. Taking a surprisingly lucid state, Raalk would reveal that he had been under the control of one he referred to as appearing like a God, whom had used the Fused Shadow to slowly take control of his mind and body. Stopping Raalk from ending things before this god could return, one of his associates would fire a dark mechanism at Raalk. Revealing this god to be the Demon Thief Ganondorf whom had been executed by the Sages and banished into the Twilight Realm, they also revealed their intentions to control Ganondorf for their own ends. Begging for his people to be saved in his last moments, Raalk's body was entirely consumed to revive Ganondorf. Extinguishing his would-be controller and engaging the party to test his abilities, Ganondorf proclaimed himself the Demon King and left to invade Hyrule. To take the Triforce for himself.

The Final Battle
The skies grew dark as Ganondorf and his armies stormed Hyrule Field, charging for Hyrule City. Hyrule's people made their final stand against Ganondorf there. During the battle, the Triforce would make itself known. But while Ganondorf was seemingly defeated due to his obsessed pursuit of the Triforce, the unthinkable happened when the Triforce itself was caught in the crossfire. Turning an unholy color, the Triforce's powers began to go out of control and nearly destroy Hyrule in the process.

Fortunately, those who had gathered would devise a plan to offer their healing magic and prayers to ease the Triforce's pain. Though it took a great deal of effort, Hyrule's heroes would succeed, and the Triforce would heal their weary bodies in turn. With good timing, as the Triforce's rampant power that had flooded into the depths below during its rampage, would bring Ganondorf back to the surface. This time transformed into a terrifying beast imbued with the Triforce's power -- Ganon.

Together, with the power of the Triforce and Sages from the past at their back, the heroes would manage to narrowly defeat Ganon. As Ganon fell through the ground and into the Depths far below, the Triforce would grant the deepest desires of those present. With Ritua's wish, nature would overflow around the field and for miles around, bringing life back to a Hyrule that had been ravaged by war. With that, the Triforce would be broken back into Crests and be scattered to the winds once more.

For a time, Hyrule was finally at peace.