THE LEGEND OF
ZELDA

The camera fades in on a small village, set amongst lush tree covered rolling hills.
Snow caped mountains can be seen in the distance.
There rocky faces towering high overhead,
cast shadows on the beautiful cabins bellow made of stone and hand carved woods.
Along the tree line just on the other side of the river, sit’s a small grain mill.
Many of the villagers work here Preparing the harvested grain from fields below in the valley.
Many young children help there mothers with the daily chores.
Some milk cows, some tend to the gardens, others help with the laundry and tidy up around the houses.
Right now is no time for rest, soon winter will arrive, and there is still much work to be done.

As the camera pulls back, the true beauty of the village of Hylian Falls comes into focus.
The endless forest of trees looks like Waves of golden fire,
red and orange leaves dance about as the cool autumn wind rushes through there branches.
The grass still vibrantly green sets a stark contrast to the color of the ready to harvest fields of golden corn and wheat.

Slowly the camera turns and dives towards the river like a hawk going after its prey,
pulling up just as it reaches the water.
Along the shore line, frogs can be seen bellowing out there tunes while families of ducks float near buy.
A turtle slides into the water from the shore and a dragon fly sits perched atop a cat tail.
The water is clear and schools of fish can be seen swimming down stream trying to make it back to Lake Hylia for the winter.
As the camera moves along, taking in the surroundings, the sound of the towns men working in the fields can be heard in the distance.

Moving just above the top of the grain, the camera soars across the open field.
It is late in the after noon and the sun is seating behind the men,
only there silhouettes can be seen.
The camera swings to the left and the sun disappears behind the mountain.
There in front of the camera is a young man with his back turned,
He loads a bushel of wheat in to a wagon and wipes the sweat from his brow.
He turns to face the setting sun and the light radiates off him,
the camera swings around again and there stands LINK.
He faces the setting sun for a moment then turns and walks away headed towards the river.

The camera catches up with LINK at the river where he is splashing some water on his face.
He stares at the water; listening to the current for a moment then gets up to leave
when something catches his eye.
A shiny spot in the water, bright as a star in the sky on a cloud less night.
Thinking that he is seeing things LINK rubs his eyes and looks again but there in the water is the object. He grabs a stick and tries to poke the object but it’s just out of reach.
He gets close to the edge and stretches out, ahhhhh! Splash!!! Link falls in the river.
He comes to the surface flailing his arms and coughing. He wipes the water from his face and looks at the river bed. The object is gone.
He scours about but sees nothing, convinced that he had imagined the whole thing Link goes to climb back on shore and sees the object again, but this time it’s farther down stream.

LINK runs along the shore cutting threw trees and jumping over down logs, while keeping his eyes on the object in the water.
With all the brush in the way he is having a hard time keeping up so he dives into the river. Swimming along with the current LINK gains speed and catches back up with the object but just ahead is one of the many waterfalls on this river.
With some hesitation LINK swims right to the edge and jumps,
falling fifty feet to the river below.
He stops to reacquire The object and sees the light coming from a rock under the waterfall.

Link swims up to the rock and there stuck in it is a broken shard of a sword blade.
He tries to pull the shard from the rock but it stuck and will not come out.
The shard is radiating a bright blue light.
LINK tries again to pull the shard from the rock but cuts his hand.
He grasps his hand tightly to try to stop the bleeding,
but he is cut badly and blood drips into the water.
The blood swirls around in the water and covers the shard.
LINK stares at the broken piece of sword, and it explodes with a blinding light,
enveloping LINK and everything around him.
He reaches up to cover his eyes and the light goes away.
He drops his hands slowly and looks at them, the blood has stopped and the wound has healed. He looks at his hand in disbelief
Then looks back at the shard.
LINK reaches out his hand and grabs hold of the broken piece and pulls it from the rock.


LINK takes the shard and walks back to the village.
It is night now and everyone has gone home.
As he approaches his cabin The village elder appears from a doorway and calls out to him.
“Link is everything all right?” he asks “you had us worried “
“You disappeared for awhile and didn’t finish your chores.”
LINK tells him he is sorry and he will finish his chores in the morning, then heads off to bed.


During his sleep LINK has horrible nightmares. Visions of grueling battles with beasts,
He sees the master sword broken by an evil power and scattered throughout the land.
But the vision of a dark figure awakens him in a cold sweat.


Enter the spirit of the master sword,

“awaken LINK do not fear me”
“I am the spirit of the master sword” she says “You have awoken me from this shard, you carry”
“Your blood is that of the hero of time” “Fear not what I am about to tell you,”
“A dark power will soon arise from beyond this realm and none who walk upon this land of Hyrule can stop it,”
“Only the hero of time can call the spirit of the master sword, LINK you are that hero”
“YOU must seek out the 11 remaining pieces of the master sword and rejoin them, only then will this land be safe from evil”
“I can show you the way but I can not retrieve the pieces that power lies only within you”



So from here you don’t have a sword, you start out the game with a bow & arrow, boomerang, and a shovel.
In each dungeon you acquire a new item to help defeat the boss and one to help find the next piece of the master sword.
Also in order to restore the power to master sword LINK will have to find the pieces of the triforce.

This is just a start of an idea so please let me know what you think, constructive ideas are always welcome.
Thanks for reading, Christopher P. Taylor 6/6/09...