Originally Posted by rhakiath

lol the only reason this thread has spawned intelligent discussion is that I have jacked it, changed the subject to focus on one point, and also most of the people left.

In other forums, there is a report option for users to alert mods to a doomed/pointless thread, so I expected the thread to be locked by the first mod who saw it.

to celleach, link could not become the hero of time b/c he was a child, so returning to the past he couldn't get the triforce again. if he touches the triforce as a child, this happens:
:
The Master Sword is a sacred
blade which evil ones may never
touch....
Only one worthy of the title of
"Hero of Time" can pull it from
the Pedestal of Time....
However, you were too young to
be the Hero of Time....
Therefore, your spirit was
sealed here for seven years.
And now that you are old enough,
the time has come for you to
awaken as the Hero of Time!

But, remember...
Though you opened the Door of
Time in the name of peace...
Ganondorf, the Gerudo King of
Thieves, used it to enter this
forbidden Sacred Realm!
He obtained the Triforce from
the Temple of Light, and with its
power, he became the King of Evil...

If the heart of the one who holds
the sacred triangle has all three
forces in balance, that one will
gain the True Force to govern all.
But, if that one's heart is not in
balance, the Triforce will separate
into three parts:
Power, Wisdom and Courage.
Only one part will remain for the
one who touched the Triforce...the
part representing the force that
one most believes in.
If that one seeks the True Force,
that one must acquire the two
lost parts.
Those two parts will be held
within others chosen by destiny,
who will bear the Triforce mark
on the backs of their hands.

Seven years ago, Ganondorf, the
King of Thieves, used the door
you opened in the Temple of Time
and entered the Sacred Realm.
But when he laid his hands on the
Triforce, the legend came true.

:

After you opened the door of
time, the Master Sword sealed you
away in the Sacred Realm...

Your spirit remained in the Sacred
Realm...and then the Triforce fell
into Ganondorf's hands.:


as for 7 years,

zelda was wise, and link was courageous, and ganny powerful.

but zelda lacked power of sorcery until she was an adult. her courage is there, but not really balanced.

link is fully worthy at the end of an adventure, as in LttP, but as a child he is more courageous than anything.

Ganny is powerful but ruthlessness is not = courage and cunning is not= wisdom imo. sorry for epic post.