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Okay, most people on this board believe that OoT is the Imprisoning War spoken of in ALttP.
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Actually, I think you'll find the vast majority do not.
Guys like Lex and I are in the minority :/
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TP. In WW it must be noted that only Ganondorf dies. His alter ego Ganon never shows its face, which leads me to believe that Ganon still lives.
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I've wondered about that myself.
However, it's possible that the only reason we don't see "Ganon" is because in your fight with him, he doesn't have the ToP or the Trident, and is thus incapable of transforming.
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Since LoZ and ALttP Ganon do actually die, we can therefore assume that they go on separate timelines.
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I tend to disagree with that.
When you consider there wasn't even a split timeline until after OoT, it was just assumed to be a revival then, and there's no
need for them to be on separate timelines.
Not saying they can't be, but it's not necessary.
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Now, the obvious choice would be to put LoZ on the child timeline, and ALttP Ganon goes on the adult timeline.
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How so?
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It would in fact seem that ALttP must go on the adult timeline, otherwise this Imprisoning War spoken of would have no explanation. There was no seal placed in the child ending of OoT. Now, I know that a lot of people here can justify putting both of these games on the same timeline because Ganon is somehow reborn or reincarnated.
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I personally believe that FSA Ganondorf became one with "Ganon" the demon after he acquired the Trident of Power.
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It can be said that there is a rebirth in FSA, but as pointed out by Erimgard in his "Freshly Picked Oracles" thread, that line was actually mistranslated and it was supposed to say that the previous owner of the Trident was a demon reborn, not that Ganon was a demon reborn who claimed the trident. Thus, we have only one certain rebirth in the entirety of the Legend of Zelda series. I cannot help but believe that if there were another one somewhere in the timeline that they would show it to us, or tell us somehow, as that is a rather important aspect of the story.
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First off, props to Jumbie for the translation.
Secondly, I don't think they would make that big of a deal of it. The only hint we ever have of Link being reincarnated is one line said by Ganondorf in WW, that could be interpreted in different ways.
FSA Ganondorf would seem to be some sort of rebirth of Ganondorf, and as I said earlier, I believe then becomes indwelt by Ganon.
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Moving onwards, it is this reason that I feel obligated to place LoZ and ALttP on opposite timelines. Here is where the dilemma is. In the adult timeline, we have WW, in which, as previously stated, only Ganondorf dies. Ganon remains, which creates an interesting problem. In ALttP, both Ganon and Ganondorf are present, whereas in LoZ only Ganon is present. This would lead us, or at least me, to assume that the game missing Ganondorf would have to take place after WW. So, our timeline thus far looks like so:
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Well, by that reasoning, and presuming there are only two Ganon[dorfs], one on each timeline...we have another problem.
From aLttP, the chronology of events seems to be that he is Ganondorf, gets the Triforce, becomes Ganon, and then gets trapped in the SR.
This is fitting with OoT.
FSA Ganondorf turned into Ganon after getting the Trident, not the Triforce.
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If we place FS and FSA on the child timeline, we can at least explain Ganon's presence in the Sacred Realm in ALttP. In FSA Ganon was sealed in the Four Sword at the end of the game. In the GBA port of ALttP, there is a secret dungeon that can be unlocked called the Palace of the Four Sword. Within it, is the shattered Four Sword. The Palace of the Four Sword is in the Sacred Realm/Dark World, so I think it is safe to assume that Ganon was imprisoned in the Four Sword, which was then taken to the Sacred Realm where he subsequently escaped from the Four Sword.
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By placing FSA on the child timeline, you have the problem of how the Gerudos are viewed.
They are hated in OoT. Wear the Gerudo mask and talk to people...you won't get many nice replies.
However, in FSA, you are told they are a good people who honor the desert, and that it's surprising to think the King of Evil could come from them.
Placing FSA on the adult timeline, you have a flood and a forgetting of Hylian culture in between OoT and FSA to explain why the Gerudo are no longer hated.
It also accounts for the fact that FSA Hyrule is an island.
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We have this magical unexplained rebirth of not only Ganon, but also Ganondorf.
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As stated before, Ganondorf in FSA appear to be a new person.
And seeing as the Trident he owns is said to have been owned by a demon who was resurrected [as you pointed out, only OoX Ganon fits that description] and seeing as the Trident is said to turn you into the King of Evil/Darkness [a description only used for Ganon] that explains Ganon's rebirth.