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:''"Royal Family" redirects here. For the royal families of [[Termina]], see [[Deku Royal Family]] and [[Ikana Royal Family]].
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{{ImageCaption|image=File:Crest of Hyrule.png|size=150px|align=right|caption=The [[Royal Crest|crest of the Royal Family of Hyrule]].|captionalign=center}}
 
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{{Monarchy
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|name = Royal Family of Hyrule
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|image = [[File:Crest of Hyrule.png|250px]]
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|caption = The [[Royal Crest|crest of the Royal Family of Hyrule]]
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|game = {{LOZ}}<br>{{AOL}}<br>{{ALTTP}}<br>{{OOT}}<br>{{TWW}}<br>{{TMC}}<br>{{TP}}<br>{{ST}}<br>{{ALBW}}
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|race = [[Hylian]]
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|realm= [[Hyrule]]
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|establishment = [[Zelda Timeline#The Era of Prosperity|Era of Prosperity]]
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|seat = [[Hyrule Castle]]
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|king = [[Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule]]<br>[[King Daltus]]<br>[[King Gustaf]]<br>[[King of Hyrule (The Adventure of Link)]]
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|heirs = [[Princess Zelda]]<br>[[Prince of Hyrule]]
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|servants = [[Sheikah]], [[Soldier]]s, [[Vassals]]
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|traitors = [[Agahnim]], [[Ganon]]dorf, [[Chancellor Cole]]
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|theme music = [[File:TWW Hyrule King Appears.ogg|170px|noicon]]
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The '''Royal Family of Hyrule''' is a long-running bloodline that was established following the [[Zelda Timeline#The Era of Chaos|Era of Chaos]], many years after the events of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Skyward Sword]]''. Descended from the Goddess [[Hylia]], who was reborn as the first incarnation of [[Zelda]], the Royal Family consists of numerous kings, a [[Prince of Hyrule]] and many princesses who share the title of Princess Zelda. Keeping a close contact with the other leaders and races within Kingdom of [[Hyrule]], they rule over the land with the most prominent authority.
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The '''Royal Family of Hyrule''' is a long-running bloodline that was established following the [[Zelda Timeline#The Era of Chaos|Era of Chaos]], many years after the events of {{SS}}. Descended from the Goddess [[Hylia]], who was reborn as the first incarnation of [[Princess Zelda|Zelda]], the Royal Family consists of numerous kings and queens, a [[Prince of Hyrule]] and many princesses who share the title of Princess Zelda (some of which have also become queen). Keeping a close contact with the other leaders and races within the Kingdom of [[Hyrule]], they rule over the land with the most prominent authority.
   
Throughout their long history, the Royal Family of Hyrule passes down many powers and sacred objects, including the magical abilities that they inherited from their ancestor Hylia, the [[Light Force]], the [[Goddess Harp]], the [[Triforce#Triforce of Wisdom|Triforce of Wisdom]] and the [[Ocarina of Time (Item)|Ocarina of Time]]. Others things passed down within the family include the legend of the of the [[Sacred Realm]] and the [[Picori]]. They maintain contact with the sky beings known as the [[Oocca]], who are said to have helped in the early development of Hyrule, assisting in the construction of the [[Temple of Time#Ocarina of Time|Temple of Time]] to protect the entrance to the only Sacred Realm, the family watching over the temple until it falls into ruin.
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Throughout their long history, the Royal Family of Hyrule passed down many powers and sacred objects, including the magical abilities that they inherited from their ancestor Hylia, the [[Light Force]], the [[Goddess Harp]], the [[Triforce#Triforce of Wisdom|Triforce of Wisdom]] and the [[Ocarina of Time (Item)|Ocarina of Time]]. Others things passed down within the family include the legend of the of the [[Sacred Realm]] and the [[Minish|Picori]]. They maintain contact with the sky beings known as the [[Oocca]], who are said to have helped in the early development of Hyrule, assisting in the construction of the [[Temple of Time#Ocarina of Time|Temple of Time]] to protect the entrance to the Sacred Realm, the family watching over the temple until it falls into ruin. They also held [[Picori Blade]] in their possession between the [[War of the Bound Chest]] and the events of {{TMC}}, sponsoring a yearly sword-fighting tournament in which the winner was granted permission to touch the sword in a ceremony outside of [[Hyrule Castle]].
   
Members of the Royal Family live within the various incarnations of [[Hyrule Castle]] and are known to be buried within [[Hyrule Castle Graveyard]] and a [[Royal Tomb]] located in a [[Kakariko Village Graveyard|graveyard]] behind [[Kakariko Village]]. For many generations, they have been protected by their ancestor's chosen guardians: the mysterious [[Sheikah]] tribe. Their crest is newer variation of the [[Goddess Crest]] used to represent their ancestor during the age in which she ruled over the very same land, formerly known only as the Surface located below the sky nation of [[Skyloft]]. The crest depicts a [[Loftwing]], alone the symbol of Skyloft, and the sacred relic of the [[Golden Goddesses]]: the [[Triforce]].
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Members of the Royal Family live within the various incarnations of Hyrule Castle and are known to be buried within [[Hyrule Castle Graveyard]] and a [[Royal Tomb]] located in a [[Kakariko Village Graveyard|graveyard]] behind [[Kakariko Village]]. For many generations, they have been protected by their ancestor's chosen guardians: the mysterious [[Sheikah]] tribe. Their crest is newer variation of the [[Goddess Crest]] used to represent their ancestor during the age in which she ruled over the very same land, formerly known only as the Surface located below the floating island of [[Skyloft]]. The crest depicts a [[Loftwing]], alone the symbol of Skyloft, and the sacred relic of the [[Golden Goddesses]]: the [[Triforce]].
   
 
With the history of Hyrule splitting and taking [[Zelda Timeline#Split of the timeline|three different paths]] after the events of {{OOT}}, the historical appearances of the Royal Family of Hyrule also splits, giving them three different destinies over the course of the three histories.
==History and Appearances==
 
With the history of Hyrule splitting and taking [[Zelda Timeline#Showdown between the Hero of Time and the King of Evil: Split of the timeline|three different paths]] after the events of ''[[Ocarina of Time]]'', the historical appearances of the Royal Family of Hyrule also splits, giving them three different destinies over the course of the three histories.
 
   
===Unified Timeline===
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==Unified Timeline==
 
Prior to the events of ''Ocarina of Time'', there was only one timeline containing the events of ''Skyward Sword'', ''The Minish Cap'' and ''Four Swords''.
 
Prior to the events of ''Ocarina of Time'', there was only one timeline containing the events of ''Skyward Sword'', ''The Minish Cap'' and ''Four Swords''.
   
====''Skyward Sword''====
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===''Skyward Sword''===
Although the Royal Family of Hyrule is not yet established during the events ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Skyward Sword]]'', their ancestor Hylia, reborn as the first Zelda, and her father [[Gaepora]] are present. Her descendants would inherit her magical abilities that she has in her life as the Goddess Hylia and would go on to establish their role as Royal Family of Hyrule many years later, after an age of chaos resulting in the establishment of the Hyrule Kingdom and Hyrule Castle at the center of the kingdom.
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Although the Royal Family of Hyrule is not yet established during the events {{SS}}, their ancestor Hylia, reborn as the first Zelda, and her father [[Gaepora]] are present. Her descendants would inherit her magical abilities that she has in her life as the Goddess Hylia and would go on to establish their role as Royal Family of Hyrule many years later, after an age of chaos resulting in the establishment of the Hyrule Kingdom and Hyrule Castle at the center of the kingdom.
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====''The Minish Cap''====
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===''The Minish Cap''===
During the events of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap|The Minish Cap]]'', the Hylian Royal Family only has two known living members: [[King Daltus]] and the Princess Zelda of the time. The [[Royal Valley]] is said to be the place where the deceased members are buried. [[King Gustaf]] is found here, along with unnamed members. The Princess Zelda and [[Link]] are childhood friends, while King Daltus is old friends with Link's relative, [[Smith]]. The Royal Family are the only ones who know the truth about the Picori.
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During the events of {{TMC}}, the Hylian Royal Family only has two known living members: [[King Daltus]] and the Princess Zelda of the time. The [[Royal Valley]] is said to be the place where the deceased members are buried. [[King Gustaf]] is found here, along with unnamed members. The Princess Zelda and [[Link]] are childhood friends, while King Daltus is old friends with Link's relative, [[Smith]]. The Royal Family are the only ones who know the truth about the Picori.
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====''Four Swords''====
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===''Four Swords''===
In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords|Four Swords]]'', very little is known about the Royal Family other than all princess bearing the title of Zelda now watch over [[Four Sword Sanctuary]], where the [[Four Sword]] now rests.
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In {{FS}}, very little is known about the Royal Family other than all princess bearing the title of Zelda now watch over [[Four Sword Sanctuary]], where the [[Four Sword]] now rests.
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====''Ocarina of Time''====
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===''Ocarina of Time''===
''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'' is set 10 years after an unknown [[King of Hyrule]] unified the country during the [[Hyrulean Civil War|Unification War]].<ref>{{cite|Some time ago, before the King of Hyrule unified this country, there was a fierce war in our world.|Great Deku Tree|Ocarina of Time}}</ref> and during the [[Zelda Timeline#The Era of the Hero of Time|Era of the Hero of Time]]. The Sheikah, the [[Zora]], and the [[Goron]] races have sworn fealty to the Royal Family.<ref name=Grave>{{cite|Here lie the souls of those who swore fealty to the Royal Family of Hyrule The Sheikah, guardians of the Royal Family and founders of Kakariko, watch over these spirits in their eternal slumber.|Grave|Ocarina of Time}}</ref><ref name=Owl>{{cite|An aquatic race, they are longtime allies of Hyrule's Royal Family. I heard that only the Royal Family of Hyrule can enter Zora's Domain...|Kaepora Gaebora|Ocarina of Time}}</ref><ref>{{cite|Big Brother has shut himself up in his room saying, "I will wait in here for the Royal Family's messenger!"|Goron|Ocarina of Time}}</ref> The Zora have formed an alliance with the Royal family, even allowing the flow of the river to stop for the King's messenger,<ref>{{cite|The flow of this waterfall serves the King of Hyrule. When the King slumbers, so too do these falls.|Inscription at Zora's River|Ocarina of Time}}</ref> and [[Darunia]] considers the King to be his "sworn brother."<ref>{{cite|Has Darunia, the big boss of the Gorons, really lost so much status to be treated like this by his Sworn Brother, the King?|Darunia|Ocarina of Time}}</ref> Still ruling the kingdom but never seen, he dismisses the predictions of [[Zelda#Ocarina of Time|his daughter]] about Hyrule being taken over by the [[Gerudo]] thief [[Ganondorf]] to be untrue.
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{{OOT}} is set approximately 10 years after an unknown [[King of Hyrule]] unified the country during the [[Hyrulean Civil War]].<ref>{{cite|Some time ago, before the King of Hyrule unified this country, there was a fierce war in our world.|Great Deku Tree|OoT}}</ref> The Sheikah, the [[Zora]], and the [[Goron]] races have sworn fealty to the Royal Family.<ref name=Grave>{{cite|Here lie the souls of those who swore fealty to the Royal Family of Hyrule The Sheikah, guardians of the Royal Family and founders of Kakariko, watch over these spirits in their eternal slumber.|Grave|OoT}}</ref><ref name=Owl>{{cite|An aquatic race, they are longtime allies of Hyrule's Royal Family. I heard that only the Royal Family of Hyrule can enter Zora's Domain...|Kaepora Gaebora|OoT}}</ref><ref>{{cite|Big Brother has shut himself up in his room saying, "I will wait in here for the Royal Family's messenger!"|Goron|OoT}}</ref> The Zora have formed an alliance with the Royal family, even allowing the flow of the river to stop for the King's messenger,<ref>{{cite|The flow of this waterfall serves the King of Hyrule. When the King slumbers, so too do these falls.|Inscription at Zora's River|OoT}}</ref> and [[Darunia]] considers the King to be his "sworn brother."<ref>{{cite|Has Darunia, the big boss of the Gorons, really lost so much status to be treated like this by his Sworn Brother, the King?|Darunia|OoT}}</ref> Still ruling the kingdom but never seen, he dismisses the predictions of [[Princess Zelda#Ocarina of Time|his daughter]] about Hyrule being taken over by the [[Gerudo]] thief [[Ganon#Ocarina of Time|Ganondorf]] to be untrue.
   
 
When the [[Link#Ocarina of Time|Hero of Time]] awakens from his seven-year sleep in the Sacred Realm, Hyrule Castle is long since destroyed, replaced by [[Ganon's Castle]], and Hyrule has been taken over by Ganondorf. With the exception of Princess Zelda, whether or not the king, or any other unseen members of the Royal Family at the time, were killed or went into hiding remains unknown.
 
When the [[Link#Ocarina of Time|Hero of Time]] awakens from his seven-year sleep in the Sacred Realm, Hyrule Castle is long since destroyed, replaced by [[Ganon's Castle]], and Hyrule has been taken over by Ganondorf. With the exception of Princess Zelda, whether or not the king, or any other unseen members of the Royal Family at the time, were killed or went into hiding remains unknown.
   
 
Sometime prior to the events of the game, the [[Composer Brothers]] of [[Kakariko Graveyard]] composed songs for the Royal Family of Hyrule. Also during their lifetime, their sercret mission was to investigate the mysterious powers that the family had inherited.
 
Sometime prior to the events of the game, the [[Composer Brothers]] of [[Kakariko Graveyard]] composed songs for the Royal Family of Hyrule. Also during their lifetime, their sercret mission was to investigate the mysterious powers that the family had inherited.
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===Adult Timeline===
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== Downfall Timeline ==
 
[[File:ReturnOfTheKing.png|thumb|right|The King, the seven Maidens and four [[Soldier]]s in ''A Link to the Past'']]The Downfall Timeline is the timeline in which Link, the Hero of Time, despite his best efforts, was defeated by Ganondorf in the final battle. This turn of events created the timeline containing ''A Link to the Past'', the ''Oracle'' series, ''Link's Awakening'', ''A Link Between Worlds'', ''The Legend of Zelda'', and ''The Adventure of Link''. Having defeated the Hero of Time, Ganondorf now possessed the full Triforce. He was subsequently sealed within the [[Dark World]] by Zelda and the other awakened sages, taking the Triforce with him. During a short period of peace, various people began to enter the corrupted Sacred Realm, not to return. Evil began to flow forth from the seal, and so the King of Hyrule ordered [[Sage#A Link to the Past|Seven Sages]] to close the entrance to the realm once more. This event came to be known as the [[Imprisoning War]].
In this timeline, the [[Link|Hero of Time]] defeats Ganon, resulting in the latter being sealed within Sacred Realm by the [[Sages|Seven Sages]]. This timeline contains the events of ''The Wind Waker'', ''Phantom Hourglass'' and ''Spirit Tracks''.
 
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===''A Link to the Past''===
 
[[File:DeadKing.png|56px|left|The dead king shown in the introduction of ''A Link to the Past'']]After a period of misfortune for the kingdom of Hyrule, the King offered a reward to the one who could end these troubles. A mysterious wizard known as [[Agahnim]] soon arrived and ended those troubles with his sorcery, being declared a hero by the King and given the position to be his chief advisor. Agahnim used this position as a means to brainwash the soldiers of Hyrule and take over Hyrule Castle. He sent the descendants of the Seven Sages from the Imprisoning War into the Dark Wold, the last being the current Princess Zelda. During this time, he killed the King of Hyrule. He is later revealed to be a pawn of [[Ganon]], who once again plans to take over the kingdom. When the current Link defeats him in the Dark World, he makes a wish upon the Triforce for it to restore Hyrule to its former condition, bringing the King of Hyrule back to life and spawning Hyrule's [[Zelda Timeline#Gold Era|Golden Era]].
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====''The Wind Waker''====
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===''Oracle of Ages'' and ''Oracle of Seasons''===
 
Taking place shortly after the events of ''A Link to the Past'' but within the lands of [[Holodrum]] and [[Labrynna]], the Hylian Royal family has only a minimal role in the storyline. The same Princess Zelda from ''A Link to the Past'' does appear in the [[Linked Game|password-linked quest]], however. The inhabitants of the two lands seem to have no royal government in the present day, although [[Queen Ambi]] of Labrynna's past presides over the land. The royalty of Labrynna appear to have no direct connection to that of Hyrule, however.
[[File:Portrait.jpg|thumb|right|Tetra's ancestor and her courtiers.]]
 
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Sometime after the sealing of [[Ganondorf]] in the Adult Timeline, he eventually broke of his seal and once again terrorized Hyrule. With the Hero of Time being nowhere to be found an the end of all hope for the land, the [[Golden Goddesses|three goddesses who created the world]] ordered that the inhabitants of Hyrule move to the mountaintops. They sealed the land away and buried it beneath an ocean that came to be known as the [[Great Sea]]. Hundreds of years passed, but the blood of the Royal Family continued to live on, carrying the Triforce of Wisdom down its line. After [[Tetra's Mother|her mother]] passed away prior to the events of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]'', the last remaining descendant of the Royal Family, [[Tetra]], was completely unaware of her heritage. The last King of Hyrule, [[Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule]], reveals her true identity as a member of the family to her by uniting the two pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom that they both held.<ref>{{cite|This necklace you wear is part of a sacred treasure called the Triforce of Wisdom, which has been passed down for many ages within the royal family of Hyrule.|Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule|The Wind Waker}}</ref> The king tells her that she is the last link in the dying bloodline and that Ganondorf must be defeated if the sealed Hyrule is to be saved.<ref>{{cite|If he succeeds, my ancient kingdom under the sea will be turned into a land of shadow and despair...and so will the world you know above the waves.|Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule|The Wind Waker}}</ref>
 
   
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===The Golden Era===
Defeated once more, with the [[Master Sword]] plunged into his forehead, Ganondorf fails to take over Hyrule. Unfortunately, Daphnes had already made a wish on the completed Triforce to break to seal on Hyrule and wash it away beneath the ocean. He had also wished for Link, the Hero of Winds and successor of the Hero of Time, and Tetra, to have a hopeful future and find a new kingdom to call their own. With this, Hyrule was flooded and Daphnes perished after bidding them farewell. The Royal Family's bloodline would continue on.
 
 
[[File:AoL pg6.jpg|thumb|The wise king who ruled with the Triforce]]
 
In the backstory for {{AOL}}, set during the [[Zelda Timeline#Golden Era|Golden Era]] when the Kingdom of Hyrule was still unified, a [[King of Hyrule (The Adventure of Link)|wise king]] ruled over the land using the Triforce.<ref>{{cite manual|quote=Long ago, when Hyrule was one kingdom, a great ruler maintained the peace in Hyrule using the Triforce.|game=Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|page=6}}</ref> Unfortunately, this wise king passed away, and his son and heir could only inherit the Triforce in part, because the king did not believe he possessed the necessary qualities. So the king hid the Triforce of Courage away in the [[Great Palace]] until someone with special inborn qualities could find it.<ref>{{cite manual|quote=After the king died, the prince of the kingdom should have inherited everything, but he could only inherit the Triforce in part.|game=Zelda II:The Adventure of Link|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite manual|quote=The king had left Power and Wisdom in the kingdom, but had hidden Courage, because only an individual with a strong character and a special inborn quality could use it without disastrous results.|game=Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|page=8}}</ref> The young prince was swayed by the counsel of a corrupt wizard, who told him that his sister, Princess Zelda, was hiding the missing pieces. The prince interrogated the princess, but she would reveal nothing. In retaliation, the wizard cast a spell over Zelda, causing her to fall into an eternal sleep.<ref>{{cite manual|quote=The prince immediately questioned the princess, but she revealed nothing. The wizard threatened to send her into an eternal sleep if she did not talk.|game=Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|page=7}}</ref> The prince, stricken with guilt, issued a decree that all females born into the royal household were to be named Zelda by law and not tradition in honor of his sister.<ref>{{cite manual|quote=So that this tragedy would never be forgotten, he ordered every female child born into the royal household to be given the name Zelda.|game=Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|page=8}}</ref>
   
 
This marked the end of the Golden Era and began the [[Zelda Timeline#Era of Decline|Era of Decline]], where Hyrule as a kingdom began to diminish in size and power over time.
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Set shortly after the events of ''The Wind Waker''. Tetra, [[Tetra's Pirate Crew|her pirate crew]], and the Hero of Winds are still voyaging to find a new land that will succeed the kingdom of old.
 
   
====''Spirit Tracks''====
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===''The Legend of Zelda''===
 
In {{LOZ}}, set during the Era of Decline that followed Hyrule's Golden Era, the Hylian Royal Family is responsible for guarding the Triforce of Wisdom. When a revived Ganon attacked, the young princess Zelda of this era broke it into eight pieces and hid them, an act for which she was imprisoned by Ganon. Her loyal servant, an elderly [[Sheikah]] named [[Impa#The Legend of Zelda|Impa]], manages to escape imprisonment and request help from a young, [[Link#The Legend of Zelda|sword-wielding boy]].
When Tetra and her pirate crew discover a new land, they meet the [[Lokomo]] known as [[Anjean]]. She entrusts Tetra with the [[Spirit Flute]] in return for her and her descendants vowing to protect the land, which came to be known as Hyrule, or "New Hyrule" in [[wikipedia:fanon|fanon]]. One hundred years later, the Princess Zelda of the time, said to be the granddaughter of Tetra, is the only known living descendant of the Royal Family.
 
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===''The Adventure of Link''===
The new Royal Family take on a similar role to their ancestors, guarding a land called Hyrule and living in a Hyrule Castle with knights. [[Chancellor Cole]] serves as the royal advisor of the princess.
 
 
Despite many generations having passed since the tragedy of of the [[Sleeping Zelda]] that marked the end of Hyrule's Golden Era and the law that made is so that every princess thereafter must be called Zelda. The only known person known to carry on knowledge of that legend is the elderly Impa from the previous game, who tells Link the legend and helps him awaken the ancient sleeping princess. The young hero goes on to successfully find the hidden [[Triforce of Courage]] and awaken the princess.
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===Child Timeline===
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==Child Timeline==
After having been sent back to his childhood by the adult Princess Zelda of ''Ocarina of Time'', the Hero of Time began a new history in which Ganondorf never destroyed Hyrule Castle and failed to take over the kingdom for 7 years. He warned the current King of Hyrule and the child Zelda of the tragic future that awaited the kingdom if nothing was to be done. He gains the Royal Family's trust and subsequently spends an undisclosed period of time with Zelda, after which she then gives him the Ocarina of Time as a farewell gift on his journey to look for his friend [[Navi]]. With knowledge of Ganondorf's actions, he was to be executed by the six sages atop [[Arbiter's Grounds]], a prison for Hyrule's most notorious criminals. Through unknown means, the [[Triforce#Triforce of Power|Triforce of Power]] appeared on his hand, allowing him to avoid the execution and kill one of the sages. He was then banished to the [[Twilight Realm]] as a last resort.
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After having been sent back to his childhood by the adult Princess Zelda of ''Ocarina of Time'', the Hero of Time began a new history in which Ganondorf never destroyed Hyrule Castle and failed to take over the kingdom for seven years. He warned the current King of Hyrule and the child Zelda of the tragic future that awaited the kingdom if nothing was to be done. He gains the Royal Family's trust and subsequently spends an undisclosed period of time with Zelda, after which she then gives him the Ocarina of Time as a farewell gift on his journey to look for his friend [[Navi]]. With knowledge of Ganondorf's actions, he was to be executed by the six sages atop [[Arbiter's Grounds]], a prison for Hyrule's most notorious criminals. Through unknown means, the [[Triforce#Triforce of Power|Triforce of Power]] appeared on his hand, allowing him to avoid the execution and kill one of the sages. He was then banished to the [[Twilight Realm]] as a last resort.
   
 
This timeline contains the events of ''Majora's Mask'', ''Twilight Princess'' and ''Four Swords Adventures''.
 
This timeline contains the events of ''Majora's Mask'', ''Twilight Princess'' and ''Four Swords Adventures''.
   
====''Twilight Princess''====
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===''Twilight Princess''===
In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]]'', the Princess Zelda of the time appears to be the only living member of the Royal Family of Hyrule, as seen in her flashback scene at the throne during [[Zant|Zant's]] attack. During the events of the game, Zant, the so-called "King of Twilight" working for Ganondorf, overpowers the knights of Hyrule Castle and gives Zelda a choice for the life or death of her kingdom. She chose the former, resulting in the kingdom being covered in [[Curtain of Twilight|twilight]]. The castle was later destroyed after the battle with Beast Ganon, and Zelda helps Link combat Ganondorf on horseback.
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In {{TP}}, the Princess Zelda of the time appears to be the only living member of the Royal Family of Hyrule, as seen in her flashback scene at the throne during [[Zant]]'s attack. During the events of the game, Zant, the so-called "King of Twilight" working for Ganondorf, overpowers the knights of Hyrule Castle and gives Zelda a choice for the life or death of her kingdom. She chose the former, resulting in the kingdom being covered in [[Curtain of Twilight|twilight]]. The castle was later destroyed after the battle with Beast Ganon, and Zelda helps Link combat Ganondorf on horseback. During the ending sequence, the throne room of Hyrule Castle is shown again in its full glory.
   
====''Four Swords Adventures''====
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===''Four Swords Adventures''===
In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures|Four Swords Adventures]]'', the current Princess Zelda is the only member seen. The full Triforce is now located within Hyrule Castle.
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In {{FSA}}, the current Princess Zelda is the only member seen, and precides over the seal of the [[Four Sword]] with the six [[Shrine Maidens]].
   
===Decline Timeline===
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== Adult Timeline ==
 
In this timeline, Ganon is defeated by the [[Link#Ocarina_of_Time|Hero of Time]] and is subsequently sealed within the [[Dark World]] by the [[Sage#Ocarina of Time|Seven Sages]]. This timeline contains the events of ''The Wind Waker'', ''Phantom Hourglass'' and ''Spirit Tracks''.
In an alternate timeline in which the Hero of Time is defeated by Ganondorf in ''Ocarina of Time'', the lineage of the Royal Family remained strong, but the kingdom of Hyrule slowly diminished and went into decline. Having defeated the Hero of Time, Ganondorf now possessed the full Triforce. He was subsequently sealed within the [[Dark World]] by Zelda and the other awakened sages, taking the Triforce with him. During a short period of peace, various people began to enter the corrupted Sacred Realm, not to return. Evil soon began to flow fourth from the seal, and so the King of Hyrule ordered Seven Sages to close to entrance to the realm once more. This event came to be known as the [[Imprisoning War]].
 
   
 
===''The Wind Waker''===
This timeline contains the events of ''A Link to the Past'', ''Oracles of Seasons'', ''Oracles of Ages'', ''Link Awakening'', ''The Legend of Zelda'' and ''The Adventure of Link''.
 
 
[[File:Portrait.jpg|thumb|right|Tetra's ancestor and her courtiers.]]
 
Sometime after the sealing of [[Ganon#The Wind Waker|Ganondorf]] in the Adult Timeline, he eventually broke of his seal and once again terrorized Hyrule. With the Hero of Time nowhere to be found, and the end of all hope for the land in sight, the [[Golden Goddesses|three goddesses who created the world]] ordered that the inhabitants of Hyrule move to the mountaintops. They sealed the land away and buried it beneath an ocean that came to be known as the [[Great Sea]]. Hundreds of years passed, but the blood of the Royal Family continued to live on, carrying the Triforce of Wisdom down its line. After [[Tetra's Mother|her mother]] passed away prior to the events of {{TWW}}, the last remaining descendant of the Royal Family, [[Tetra]], was completely unaware of her heritage. The last King of Hyrule, [[Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule]], reveals her true identity as a member of the family to her by uniting the two pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom that they both held.<ref>{{cite|This necklace you wear is part of a sacred treasure called the Triforce of Wisdom, which has been passed down for many ages within the royal family of Hyrule.|Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule|TWW}}</ref> The king tells her that she is the last link in the dying bloodline and that Ganondorf must be defeated if the sealed Hyrule is to be saved.<ref>{{cite|If he succeeds, my ancient kingdom under the sea will be turned into a land of shadow and despair...and so will the world you know above the waves.|Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule|TWW}}</ref>
   
 
Defeated once more, with the [[Master Sword]] plunged into his forehead, Ganondorf fails to take over Hyrule. Unfortunately, Daphnes had already made a wish on the completed Triforce to break to seal on Hyrule and wash it away beneath the ocean. He had also wished for Link, the Hero of Winds and successor of the Hero of Time, and Tetra, to have a hopeful future and find a new kingdom to call their own. With this, Hyrule was flooded and Daphnes perished after bidding them farewell. The Royal Family's bloodline would continue on.
====''A Link to the Past''====
 
[[File:DeadKing.png|56px|left|The dead king shown in the introduction of ''A Link to the Past'']]{{ImageCaption|image=File:RoyalFamily.gif|size=180px|align=right|caption=The [[King of Hyrule|King]], Zelda and the [[Maiden]]s, flanked by loyal [[Castle Guards]]|captionalign=center}} After a period of misfortune for the kingdom of Hyrule, the King offered a reward to the one who could end these troubles. A mysterious wizard known as [[Agahnim]] soon arrived and ended those troubles with his sorcery, being declared a hero by the King and given the position to be his chief advisor. Agahnim used this position as a means to brainwash the soldiers of Hyrule and take over Hyrule Castle. He sent the descendants of the Seven Sages from the Imprisoning War into the Dark Wold, the last being the current Princess Zelda. During this time, he killed the King of Hyrule. He is later revealed to be a pawn of [[Ganon]], who once again plans to take over the kingdom. When the current Link defeats him in the Dark World, he makes a wish upon the Triforce for it to restore Hyrule to its former condition, bringing the King of Hyrule back to life and spawning Hyrule's [[Zelda Timeline#Gold Era|Golden Era]].
 
   
====''Oracle of Ages'' and ''Oracle of Seasons''====
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Set shortly after the events of ''The Wind Waker''. Tetra, [[Tetra's Pirate Crew|her pirate crew]], and the Hero of Winds are still voyaging to find a new land that will succeed the kingdom of old.
Taking place shortly after the events of ''A Link to the Past'' but within the lands of [[Holodrum]] and [[Labrynna]], the Hylian Royal family has only a minimal role in the storyline. The same Princess Zelda from ''A Link to the Past'' does appear in the [[Linked Game|password-linked quest]], however. The inhabitants of the two lands seem to have no royal government and nothing suggests that [[Queen Ambi]] of Labrynna's past is of Hylian royalty.
 
   
====The Golden Era====
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When Tetra and her pirate crew discover a new land, they meet the [[Lokomo]] known as [[Anjean]]. She entrusts Tetra with the [[Spirit Flute]] in return for her and her descendants vowing to protect the land, which came to be known as Hyrule, or "New Hyrule" in [[wikipedia:fanon|fanon]]. One hundred years later, the Princess Zelda of the time, said to be the granddaughter of Tetra, is the only known living descendant of the Royal Family.
In the backstory for ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|The Adventure of Link]]'', set during the [[Zelda Timeline#Golden Era|Golden Era]] when the Kingdom of Hyrule was still unified, a [[King of Hyrule (The Adventure of Link)|wise king]] ruled over the land using the Triforce.<ref>{{cite manual|quote=Long ago, when Hyrule was one kingdom, a great ruler maintained the peace in Hyrule using the Triforce.|game=Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|page=6}}</ref> Unfortunately, this wise king passed away, and his son and heir could only inherit the Triforce in part, because the king did not believe he possessed the necessary qualities. So the king hid the Triforce of Courage away in the [[Great Palace]] until someone with special inborn qualities could find it.<ref>{{cite manual|quote=After the king died, the prince of the kingdom should have inherited everything, but he could only inherit the Triforce in part.|game=Zelda II:The Adventure of Link|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite manual|quote=The king had left Power and Wisdom in the kingdom, but had hidden Courage, because only an individual with a strong character and a special inborn quality could use it without disastrous results.|game=Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|page=8}}</ref> The young prince was swayed by the counsel of a corrupt wizard, who told him that his sister, Princess Zelda, was hiding the missing pieces. The prince interrogated the princess, but she would reveal nothing. In retaliation, the wizard cast a spell over Zelda, causing her to fall into an eternal sleep.<ref>{{cite manual|quote=The prince immediately questioned the princess, but she revealed nothing. The wizard threatened to send her into an eternal sleep if she did not talk.|game=Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|page=7}}</ref> The prince, stricken with guilt, issued a decree that all females born into the royal household were to be named Zelda by law and not tradition in honor of his sister.<ref>{{cite manual|quote=So that this tragedy would never be forgotten, he ordered every female child born into the royal household to be given the name Zelda.|game=Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|page=8}}</ref>
 
   
 
The new Royal Family take on a similar role to their ancestors, guarding a land called Hyrule and living in a Hyrule Castle with knights. [[Chancellor Cole]] serves as the royal adviser of the princess.
This marked the end of the Golden Era and began the [[Zelda Timeline#Era of Decline|Era of Decline]], where Hyrule as a kingdom began to diminish over time and became separate from its former unification established during the Unification War ten years prior to the events of ''Ocarina of Time''.
 
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====''The Legend of Zelda''====
 
In ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'', set during the Era of Decline that followed Hyrule's Golden Era, the Hylian Royal Family is responsible for guarding the Triforce of Wisdom. When a revived Ganon attacked, the young princess Zelda of this era broke it into eight pieces and hid them, an act for which she was imprisoned by a Ganon. Her loyal servant, an elderly [[Sheikah]] named [[Impa#The Legend of Zelda|Impa]], manages to escape imprisonment and request help from a young, [[Link#The Legend of Zelda|sword-wielding boy]].
 
 
====''The Adventure of Link''====
 
[[File:AoL pg6.jpg|thumb|The wise king who ruled with the Triforce]]
 
Despite many generations having passed since the the tragedy of of the [[Sleeping Zelda]] that marked the end of Hyrule's Golden Era and the law that made is so that every princess thereafter must be called Zelda. The only known person known to carry on knowledge of that legend is the elderly Impa from the previous game, who tells Link the legend and helps him awaken the ancient sleeping princess. The young hero goes on to successfully find the hidden [[Triforce of Courage]] and awaken the princess.
 
   
 
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"Royal Family" redirects here. For the royal families of Termina, see Deku Royal Family and Ikana Royal Family.

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The Royal Family of Hyrule is a long-running bloodline that was established following the Era of Chaos, many years after the events of Skyward Sword. Descended from the Goddess Hylia, who was reborn as the first incarnation of Zelda, the Royal Family consists of numerous kings and queens, a Prince of Hyrule and many princesses who share the title of Princess Zelda (some of which have also become queen). Keeping a close contact with the other leaders and races within the Kingdom of Hyrule, they rule over the land with the most prominent authority.

Throughout their long history, the Royal Family of Hyrule passed down many powers and sacred objects, including the magical abilities that they inherited from their ancestor Hylia, the Light Force, the Goddess Harp, the Triforce of Wisdom and the Ocarina of Time. Others things passed down within the family include the legend of the of the Sacred Realm and the Picori. They maintain contact with the sky beings known as the Oocca, who are said to have helped in the early development of Hyrule, assisting in the construction of the Temple of Time to protect the entrance to the Sacred Realm, the family watching over the temple until it falls into ruin. They also held Picori Blade in their possession between the War of the Bound Chest and the events of The Minish Cap, sponsoring a yearly sword-fighting tournament in which the winner was granted permission to touch the sword in a ceremony outside of Hyrule Castle.

Members of the Royal Family live within the various incarnations of Hyrule Castle and are known to be buried within Hyrule Castle Graveyard and a Royal Tomb located in a graveyard behind Kakariko Village. For many generations, they have been protected by their ancestor's chosen guardians: the mysterious Sheikah tribe. Their crest is newer variation of the Goddess Crest used to represent their ancestor during the age in which she ruled over the very same land, formerly known only as the Surface located below the floating island of Skyloft. The crest depicts a Loftwing, alone the symbol of Skyloft, and the sacred relic of the Golden Goddesses: the Triforce.

With the history of Hyrule splitting and taking three different paths after the events of Template:OOT, the historical appearances of the Royal Family of Hyrule also splits, giving them three different destinies over the course of the three histories.

Unified Timeline

Prior to the events of Ocarina of Time, there was only one timeline containing the events of Skyward Sword, The Minish Cap and Four Swords.

Skyward Sword

Although the Royal Family of Hyrule is not yet established during the events Skyward Sword, their ancestor Hylia, reborn as the first Zelda, and her father Gaepora are present. Her descendants would inherit her magical abilities that she has in her life as the Goddess Hylia and would go on to establish their role as Royal Family of Hyrule many years later, after an age of chaos resulting in the establishment of the Hyrule Kingdom and Hyrule Castle at the center of the kingdom.

The Minish Cap

During the events of The Minish Cap, the Hylian Royal Family only has two known living members: King Daltus and the Princess Zelda of the time. The Royal Valley is said to be the place where the deceased members are buried. King Gustaf is found here, along with unnamed members. The Princess Zelda and Link are childhood friends, while King Daltus is old friends with Link's relative, Smith. The Royal Family are the only ones who know the truth about the Picori.

Four Swords

In Four Swords, very little is known about the Royal Family other than all princess bearing the title of Zelda now watch over Four Sword Sanctuary, where the Four Sword now rests.

Ocarina of Time

Template:OOT is set approximately 10 years after an unknown King of Hyrule unified the country during the Hyrulean Civil War.[1] The Sheikah, the Zora, and the Goron races have sworn fealty to the Royal Family.[2][3][4] The Zora have formed an alliance with the Royal family, even allowing the flow of the river to stop for the King's messenger,[5] and Darunia considers the King to be his "sworn brother."[6] Still ruling the kingdom but never seen, he dismisses the predictions of his daughter about Hyrule being taken over by the Gerudo thief Ganondorf to be untrue.

When the Hero of Time awakens from his seven-year sleep in the Sacred Realm, Hyrule Castle is long since destroyed, replaced by Ganon's Castle, and Hyrule has been taken over by Ganondorf. With the exception of Princess Zelda, whether or not the king, or any other unseen members of the Royal Family at the time, were killed or went into hiding remains unknown.

Sometime prior to the events of the game, the Composer Brothers of Kakariko Graveyard composed songs for the Royal Family of Hyrule. Also during their lifetime, their sercret mission was to investigate the mysterious powers that the family had inherited.

Downfall Timeline

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The King, the seven Maidens and four Soldiers in A Link to the Past

The Downfall Timeline is the timeline in which Link, the Hero of Time, despite his best efforts, was defeated by Ganondorf in the final battle. This turn of events created the timeline containing A Link to the Past, the Oracle series, Link's Awakening, A Link Between Worlds, The Legend of Zelda, and The Adventure of Link. Having defeated the Hero of Time, Ganondorf now possessed the full Triforce. He was subsequently sealed within the Dark World by Zelda and the other awakened sages, taking the Triforce with him. During a short period of peace, various people began to enter the corrupted Sacred Realm, not to return. Evil began to flow forth from the seal, and so the King of Hyrule ordered Seven Sages to close the entrance to the realm once more. This event came to be known as the Imprisoning War.


A Link to the Past

The dead king shown in the introduction of A Link to the Past

After a period of misfortune for the kingdom of Hyrule, the King offered a reward to the one who could end these troubles. A mysterious wizard known as Agahnim soon arrived and ended those troubles with his sorcery, being declared a hero by the King and given the position to be his chief advisor. Agahnim used this position as a means to brainwash the soldiers of Hyrule and take over Hyrule Castle. He sent the descendants of the Seven Sages from the Imprisoning War into the Dark Wold, the last being the current Princess Zelda. During this time, he killed the King of Hyrule. He is later revealed to be a pawn of Ganon, who once again plans to take over the kingdom. When the current Link defeats him in the Dark World, he makes a wish upon the Triforce for it to restore Hyrule to its former condition, bringing the King of Hyrule back to life and spawning Hyrule's Golden Era.

Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons

Taking place shortly after the events of A Link to the Past but within the lands of Holodrum and Labrynna, the Hylian Royal family has only a minimal role in the storyline. The same Princess Zelda from A Link to the Past does appear in the password-linked quest, however. The inhabitants of the two lands seem to have no royal government in the present day, although Queen Ambi of Labrynna's past presides over the land. The royalty of Labrynna appear to have no direct connection to that of Hyrule, however.

The Golden Era

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The wise king who ruled with the Triforce

In the backstory for Template:AOL, set during the Golden Era when the Kingdom of Hyrule was still unified, a wise king ruled over the land using the Triforce.[7] Unfortunately, this wise king passed away, and his son and heir could only inherit the Triforce in part, because the king did not believe he possessed the necessary qualities. So the king hid the Triforce of Courage away in the Great Palace until someone with special inborn qualities could find it.[8][9] The young prince was swayed by the counsel of a corrupt wizard, who told him that his sister, Princess Zelda, was hiding the missing pieces. The prince interrogated the princess, but she would reveal nothing. In retaliation, the wizard cast a spell over Zelda, causing her to fall into an eternal sleep.[10] The prince, stricken with guilt, issued a decree that all females born into the royal household were to be named Zelda by law and not tradition in honor of his sister.[11]

This marked the end of the Golden Era and began the Era of Decline, where Hyrule as a kingdom began to diminish in size and power over time.

The Legend of Zelda

In Template:LOZ, set during the Era of Decline that followed Hyrule's Golden Era, the Hylian Royal Family is responsible for guarding the Triforce of Wisdom. When a revived Ganon attacked, the young princess Zelda of this era broke it into eight pieces and hid them, an act for which she was imprisoned by Ganon. Her loyal servant, an elderly Sheikah named Impa, manages to escape imprisonment and request help from a young, sword-wielding boy.

The Adventure of Link

Despite many generations having passed since the tragedy of of the Sleeping Zelda that marked the end of Hyrule's Golden Era and the law that made is so that every princess thereafter must be called Zelda. The only known person known to carry on knowledge of that legend is the elderly Impa from the previous game, who tells Link the legend and helps him awaken the ancient sleeping princess. The young hero goes on to successfully find the hidden Triforce of Courage and awaken the princess.

Child Timeline

After having been sent back to his childhood by the adult Princess Zelda of Ocarina of Time, the Hero of Time began a new history in which Ganondorf never destroyed Hyrule Castle and failed to take over the kingdom for seven years. He warned the current King of Hyrule and the child Zelda of the tragic future that awaited the kingdom if nothing was to be done. He gains the Royal Family's trust and subsequently spends an undisclosed period of time with Zelda, after which she then gives him the Ocarina of Time as a farewell gift on his journey to look for his friend Navi. With knowledge of Ganondorf's actions, he was to be executed by the six sages atop Arbiter's Grounds, a prison for Hyrule's most notorious criminals. Through unknown means, the Triforce of Power appeared on his hand, allowing him to avoid the execution and kill one of the sages. He was then banished to the Twilight Realm as a last resort.

This timeline contains the events of Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess and Four Swords Adventures.

Twilight Princess

In Twilight Princess, the Princess Zelda of the time appears to be the only living member of the Royal Family of Hyrule, as seen in her flashback scene at the throne during Zant's attack. During the events of the game, Zant, the so-called "King of Twilight" working for Ganondorf, overpowers the knights of Hyrule Castle and gives Zelda a choice for the life or death of her kingdom. She chose the former, resulting in the kingdom being covered in twilight. The castle was later destroyed after the battle with Beast Ganon, and Zelda helps Link combat Ganondorf on horseback. During the ending sequence, the throne room of Hyrule Castle is shown again in its full glory.

Four Swords Adventures

In Four Swords Adventures, the current Princess Zelda is the only member seen, and precides over the seal of the Four Sword with the six Shrine Maidens.

Adult Timeline

In this timeline, Ganon is defeated by the Hero of Time and is subsequently sealed within the Dark World by the Seven Sages. This timeline contains the events of The Wind Waker, Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks.

The Wind Waker

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Tetra's ancestor and her courtiers.

Sometime after the sealing of Ganondorf in the Adult Timeline, he eventually broke of his seal and once again terrorized Hyrule. With the Hero of Time nowhere to be found, and the end of all hope for the land in sight, the three goddesses who created the world ordered that the inhabitants of Hyrule move to the mountaintops. They sealed the land away and buried it beneath an ocean that came to be known as the Great Sea. Hundreds of years passed, but the blood of the Royal Family continued to live on, carrying the Triforce of Wisdom down its line. After her mother passed away prior to the events of The Wind Waker, the last remaining descendant of the Royal Family, Tetra, was completely unaware of her heritage. The last King of Hyrule, Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule, reveals her true identity as a member of the family to her by uniting the two pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom that they both held.[12] The king tells her that she is the last link in the dying bloodline and that Ganondorf must be defeated if the sealed Hyrule is to be saved.[13]

Defeated once more, with the Master Sword plunged into his forehead, Ganondorf fails to take over Hyrule. Unfortunately, Daphnes had already made a wish on the completed Triforce to break to seal on Hyrule and wash it away beneath the ocean. He had also wished for Link, the Hero of Winds and successor of the Hero of Time, and Tetra, to have a hopeful future and find a new kingdom to call their own. With this, Hyrule was flooded and Daphnes perished after bidding them farewell. The Royal Family's bloodline would continue on.

Phantom Hourglass

Set shortly after the events of The Wind Waker. Tetra, her pirate crew, and the Hero of Winds are still voyaging to find a new land that will succeed the kingdom of old.

Spirit Tracks

When Tetra and her pirate crew discover a new land, they meet the Lokomo known as Anjean. She entrusts Tetra with the Spirit Flute in return for her and her descendants vowing to protect the land, which came to be known as Hyrule, or "New Hyrule" in fanon. One hundred years later, the Princess Zelda of the time, said to be the granddaughter of Tetra, is the only known living descendant of the Royal Family.

The new Royal Family take on a similar role to their ancestors, guarding a land called Hyrule and living in a Hyrule Castle with knights. Chancellor Cole serves as the royal adviser of the princess.

Known Members

Ancestors

Princes and Kings of Hyrule

Princesses of Hyrule

Other

Tetra's Mother

See Also

References

  1. "Some time ago, before the King of Hyrule unified this country, there was a fierce war in our world." — Great Deku Tree (Ocarina of Time)
  2. "Here lie the souls of those who swore fealty to the Royal Family of Hyrule The Sheikah, guardians of the Royal Family and founders of Kakariko, watch over these spirits in their eternal slumber." — Grave (Ocarina of Time)
  3. "An aquatic race, they are longtime allies of Hyrule's Royal Family. I heard that only the Royal Family of Hyrule can enter Zora's Domain..." — Kaepora Gaebora (Ocarina of Time)
  4. "Big Brother has shut himself up in his room saying, "I will wait in here for the Royal Family's messenger!"" — Goron (Ocarina of Time)
  5. "The flow of this waterfall serves the King of Hyrule. When the King slumbers, so too do these falls." — Inscription at Zora's River (Ocarina of Time)
  6. "Has Darunia, the big boss of the Gorons, really lost so much status to be treated like this by his Sworn Brother, the King?" — Darunia (Ocarina of Time)
  7. "Long ago, when Hyrule was one kingdom, a great ruler maintained the peace in Hyrule using the Triforce." (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link manual, pg. 6)
  8. "After the king died, the prince of the kingdom should have inherited everything, but he could only inherit the Triforce in part." (Zelda II:The Adventure of Link manual, pg. 6)
  9. "The king had left Power and Wisdom in the kingdom, but had hidden Courage, because only an individual with a strong character and a special inborn quality could use it without disastrous results." (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link manual, pg. 8)
  10. "The prince immediately questioned the princess, but she revealed nothing. The wizard threatened to send her into an eternal sleep if she did not talk." (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link manual, pg. 7)
  11. "So that this tragedy would never be forgotten, he ordered every female child born into the royal household to be given the name Zelda." (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link manual, pg. 8)
  12. "This necklace you wear is part of a sacred treasure called the Triforce of Wisdom, which has been passed down for many ages within the royal family of Hyrule." — Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule (The Wind Waker)
  13. "If he succeeds, my ancient kingdom under the sea will be turned into a land of shadow and despair...and so will the world you know above the waves." — Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule (The Wind Waker)


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