Termina

Termina is a parallel world to Hyrule and the setting of Majora's Mask.

Background Information
The setting of Majora's Mask is filled with many characters similar in appearance to those introduced in Ocarina of Time. After he had journeyed through time to fulfill his destiny and take place among legends as the Hero of Time, Link set out to find a lost friend (most commonly speculated to be his Fairy partner Navi). This led him to meet the Skull Kid, who, possessed by Majora's Mask, stole Link's mount, Epona, and changed him into a member of the Deku race. He found Termina to be separate universe parallel to Hyrule. Termina was in great danger, as its Moon was falling, about to crash into the central settlement of Clock Town.

This was indeed the work of the evil mask that had possessed Skull Kid, and Link had to set out to awaken the four Guardian Giants in order to stop the Moon from crashing to the ground and destroying Termina.

Termina is more technologically advanced than Hyrule, having factories, rock bands, mayors, clocks, hotels, bars, tourist shops, etc. However, it lacks in the magic abilities possessed by their Hylian counterparts.

Gods & Legends
Though the Triforce symbol does appear some places in Termina, it does not seem to play a significant role in the lives of the Terminans, as opposed to in Hyrule, where it is more or less what the world revolves around. Though no tale is told about the creation of Termina, Zelda.com states the following:


 * When Hyrule was created by the three goddesses at the beginning of time, there were certain side effects of its creation which Din, Nayru and Farore did not anticipate. As the three holy women breathed life into the world and chased away Emptiness, their potent breath slipped through tiny cracks in the folds of space and created millions of alternate worlds in the process. One of these worlds became the land known as Termina.

In Termina, Link meets up with four Giants, the Guardians of Termina, who, after going their separate ways from Clock Town, have been trapped in the temples in the North, South, East and West of Termina. The tale of these Giants and how Termina became a land divided into five different areas, is told by Anju's Grandmother.

Each year the citizens of Termina hold a festival in Clock Town in order to celebrate these Gods, and it is that time of the year when Link comes to Termina. This festival is called the Carnival of Time.

Technology in Termina
The citizens of Termina seem to be more knowledgeable when it comes to technology of different types than their Hyrule counterparts. An example of this is the Clock Town in the center of Termina, which is an amazing town with a marvelous Clock Tower in the middle, and the city built around it. They also have a money bank, something which might indicate that the people of Termina are more sophisticated than inhabitants of Hyrule when it comes to money. The telescope is another example, as well as the fact that nearly every house in Termina has a functioning replica of the Clock Tower's face. The Bomb Shop has a drawing on the wall of a rocket with the caption: Bomb Powered Flight.

Apart from the Termanians, the Zoras are involved in several examples of higher technology. These range from their temple, which behaves similarly to a hydro-electric power plant, to the Indigo-Go's, a jazz/rock band. Boats in the Great Bay are motorized as opposed to being manually propelled.

The music in Majora's Mask follows the theme of advanced technology, containing one of the few electric guitar pieces of music in Zelda history, as well as having electronica theme music for Them, a modern bossa nova for one of the songs, and a combination of futuristic and traditional instruments in several locations, such as the inverted Stone Tower.

Geography
There are several important landmarks in Termina, as can be seen in the map on your right. Some of these include:


 * Clock Town
 * Goron Shrine
 * Great Bay
 * Deku Palace
 * Ikana Canyon
 * Romani Ranch
 * Woodfall
 * Zora Hall

Name

 * The name Termina fits the darker nature or Majora's Mask. It derives from "terminal", which means "will end."
 * Its name may also derive from the phrase "world terminus" used to describe places where one can access many other areas (such as Hyrule Field from the previous game) and referring to Termina's compass-like geography.