Community:The Sacred Realm

The Sacred Realm was a long running Zelda fan website that focused on fan works while also providing typical game information and media for each Zelda game. The site was founded and owned by Lysia and later merged with Zelda Universe.

History
The site launched on November 20, 2001 with the title The Legend of Zelda: Lysia's Website but was soon re-named The Legend. At the beginning of 2005, the title was changed to Legends and Adventure, however Lysia was still not entirely happy with the name. In April, 2009, the site became known as The Sacred Realm, and no more name changes were planned.

On May 4th, 2009, The Sacred Realm joined the Zelda Wiki collaboration project and became one of its Masterminds.

In June 2011, The Sacred Realm merged with Zelda Universe. The site had become too large for Lysia to run alone in her free time, and Zelda Universe was looking for a new webmaster, so the merger hit two birds with one stone.

Legends Place
Legends Place, often referred to as LP by members, was the forum on The Sacred Realm. It was an active community that in 2009 won the site the Golden Light Arrow Award from Exploding Deku Nut, an award for the most lively forums.

Legends Place was added to the site in December 2004, however the site also had a couple of free-hosted boards earlier in its history.

The Hero of Time
In late 2005, Lysia was contacted by the director of an independent Zelda film called The Hero of Time to see if it would be possible to showcase the film on the site. A series of pages were set up for the movie, and The Sacred Realm became the official site for the movie and its progress updates until late 2008, when nearing release, an official site for the film was created. The Sacred Realm continued to host the official discussion board for the film after its release.

Fan Fiction Contest
From 2008 onwards, The Sacred Realm hosted an annual Zelda fan fiction contest in the middle of the year. Entries were in the form of short stories, and the top three entries, as decided by a panel of three judges, were awarded prizes.