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The Hero of Legend

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993, 2019)

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (2001)

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (2001)

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013)

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (2015)*

As always, credit to Linked Universe

Next up is our most experienced hero! Read on for a synopsis of Legend's background according to the Zelda canon.

Heads up, this is a hefty post - probably the longest one I'll have on this blog. They don't call Legend "The Veteran" for nothing!

*There are conflicting sources regarding the status of Tri Force Heroes in the LU canon. Most fans do attribute this game to Legend.

Legend is arguably the face of the Legend of Zelda franchise. He's even recognized by Guinness World Records for Link's Awakening being the 42nd most influential video game of all time, a title awarded in 2009! His games were released over a span of nearly 30 years and showcase a wide variety of styles, stories, and mechanics. It's no wonder that he refers to himself as "The Collector"!

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)

When Legend starts his first adventure, his world is at the end of an era of peace. Various catastrophes have begun to happen, seemingly only held in check by the King of Hyrule's chief adviser, a powerful magician named Agahnim. But Agahnim is no hero; he's actually Ganon's alter ego, and his goal is to overthrow the King, break the seal to the Dark World, and rule over Hyrule himself. Things come to a head when Legend, at this time just a young boy living with his uncle, is awakened in the middle of the night by a telepathic plea by Princess Zelda - this one referred to in the Linked Universe fandom as Fable - for help.

Young Legend is thrust headfirst into adventure as Hyrule descends into chaos, his uncle is killed, and he learns that the Maidens (descendants of the powerful sages who placed the seal on the Dark World) as well as Fable are in grave danger. After a quest to retrieve the Master Sword, Legend confronts Agahnim but isn't able to defeat him. As a result he's cast into the Dark World, where Agahnim has just sent Fable and the Maidens. Legend must navigate the dangerous Dark World and rescue Fable and the Maidens, with his adventure eventually culminating in a pair of battles first against Agahnim and then against Ganon. He recovers the Triforce and wishes to revert the effects of Agahnim's/Ganon's actions and restore Hyrule to peace. The King of Hyrule, Legend's uncle, and all other victims of the violent coup are brought back to life.

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993, 2019)

This game was originally released in 1993, and a full remake for the Nintendo Switch was released in 2019.

While traveling the world on a small boat, Legend is caught in a storm and is knocked unconscious when a lightning bolt strikes the mast. He washes up on Koholint Island and is saved by a girl named Marin.

After he recovers and retrieves his equipment, he learns that the only way to leave Koholint is to collect the eight Instruments of the Sirens in order to awaken the Wind Fish, who sleeps in an egg at the top of a nearby mountaintop. However, he later finds out that Koholint is an illusion, and that awakening the Wind Fish will cause the island to disappear forever. Legend is torn: does he complete his quest and leave? He has grown very close to Marin, and awakening the Wind Fish would mean he'd never see her again. Or does he abandon his quest and stay on Koholint with Marin forever, knowing that this world is not real?

Legend discovers that Marin knows the Ballad of the Wind Fish, which is the song that will wake the Wind Fish. She also tells him of her dream of asking the Wind Fish to grant her wish of becoming a seagull so that she can leave Koholint to fly around the world. Is it possible that Marin might be real and not part of the illusion, and that's why she also wants to leave? Legend decides to complete his quest and succeeds in waking the Wind Fish. He wakes up back in the real world clinging to a piece of wreckage in the ocean, with both the island of Koholint and Marin gone. He sees the Wind Fish flying above him in the sky and, if the player has completed the entire game without receiving a Game Over, an image of Marin with seagull wings appears in the sky. It's unclear if this means that Marin's wish was granted, or if Legend is simply thinking of Marin.

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (2001)

These games are linked and can be played in either order to create a linear storyline. The main villains are Twinrova, a pair of Gerudo witches named Kotake and Koume, who send two of their minions to cause chaos and light two of the three flames needed to resurrect Ganon.

Oracle of Ages

Legend travels to the land of Labrynna by the power of the Triforce. There, Twinrova have sent Veran, the Sorceress of Shadows, to gain control of Nayru, the Oracle of Ages. From Nayru, Veran gains the ability to control time and hides the Essences of Time throughout the past. Legend must use the Harp of Ages to travel through time and retrieve them to save Labrynna.

Oracle of Seasons

Legend travels to the land of Holodrum by the power of the Trifoce. There, Twinrova have sent General Onox to imprison Din, the Oracle of Seasons. Without Din, Holodrum's seasons become erratic and the land is in peril. Legend must collect the Essences of Nature in order to defeat General Onox and save Holodrum.

Joined Storyline

After completing the initial quests of both games, Legend learns that although he defeated Veran and General Onox, they were able to light the flames beforehand. One more flame is needed to resurrect Ganon, and Twinrova plan to kidnap Fable and force her to light the final flame before sacrificing her to become Ganon's vessel. The last flame is lit, but before Twinrova are able to complete the sacrifice, Legend engages them in battle. In desperation, Twinrova sacrifice themselves instead, but they prove to be unsuitable vessels. A mindless, raging version of Ganon is born, who must be put down by Legend.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013)

On an otherwise normal day while out running errands for the blacksmith to whom he's apprenticed, Legend stumbles upon a sorcerer named Yuga turning a priest's daughter into a painting. Legend confronts Yuga but is unable to defeat him and is rescued by a mysterious man in a rabbit hood named Ravio. Legend soon learns that Yuga's goal is to use the Seven Sages, Fable among them, to revive Ganon and is collecting them by turning them into paintings. However, Legend is not quick enough to save the Sages and witnesses Fable being turned into a painting by Yuga. Yuga turns Legend into a painting too, but Legend is able to save himself using a magical bracelet gifted to him by Ravio. He finds himself in the land of Lorule, a dimension opposite Hyrule.

It turns out that Lorule destroyed its Triforce to try to prevent conflict, but as a result the land is now on the brink of ruin. Princess Hilda, Fable's Lorulean counterpart, has tasked Yuga with taking Hyrule's Triforce in order to save Lorule. Unfortunately for Hilda, Yuga has betrayed her and is attempting to take the Triforce for himself to revive Ganon, but he is defeated by Legend. Fable and the Sages are saved, and Ravio, who reveals himself to be Legend's Lorulean counterpart, helps Hilda see the error of her ways. Even though it means doom for Lorule, Hilda decides to send Fable and Legend home to Hyrule with their Triforce. Once the Triforce is back in its rightful place in the Sacred Realm, Fable and Legend wish upon it to restore Lorule's Triforce. Hilda and Ravio receive it, and Lorule is saved.

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (2015)

This game takes place Hytopia, a kingdom where fashion is life. Unfortunately for them, their princess, Styla, has been cursed to wear an ugly jumpsuit by a witch named Lady Maud. While traveling through the kingdom of Hytopia, Legend finds a notice asking for heroes to assemble and is pressed into joining the Witch-Hunting Brigade in order to enter the Drablands and take down Lady Maud. Legend is joined by two other Links - the three of them depicted as red, green, and blue - on his adventure, during which he acquires many stylish outfits.

Linked Universe Commentary

In the Linked Universe canon, Legend is depicted as having a bit of a dichotomous nature: mature due to his adventuring experience but still childish due to his age and personality. Though often exuberant and playful, he can also be prickly and irritable at times. He does at one point admit that this because of what's happened to him during his adventures, and so many fans attribute his behavior to a fear of losing people which causes him to subconsciously push others away. One popular headcanon is that his irritableness is in part due to chronic pain accumulated through too much stress on his young body, but there's not really anything in the Zelda canon or LU canon to corroborate this.

With so much material to pull from, many aspects of Legend's character harken directly back to the events of his games. His pink bunny form comes from A Link to the Past, where his exposure to dark magic in the Dark World causes him to temporarily turn into, you guessed it, a pink rabbit-like creature. Early Linked Universe material also shows that he still lives with or is at least very close with Ravio from A Link Between Worlds. In Divine Dark Reflections part 7, he even opens up enough to talk about Marin from Link's Awakening, showing just how big of an impact that adventure had on him:

Having such an extensive background and a personality to match, it's no wonder that Legend holds a special place in the heart of many Linked Universe fans!

Do you know any additional information about Legend from his games that you think others might find interesting?

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Stay tuned for more Zelda Resources for Linked Universe Fans coming soon! Next up: Sky!

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