Calamity Ganon

is a recurring major antagonist in.

BotW: is known as a primal evil that has appeared throughout Hyrule's history. Ten thousand years before the events of, it appeared to ravage the world. In preparation for this, the Sheikah built a massive army of mechanical protectors called Guardians to aid the Hero and the Princess. Four massive mobile fortresses known as Divine Beasts served as the centerpieces of this army. With this collaboration between the Sheikah and the Hylians, Ganon was sealed beneath Hyrule Castle where it lay dormant for several millennia.

One hundred years prior to the game, a prophecy warned of the return of BotW:. Hoping to prepare in the same fashion as their ancestors, the people of Hyrule began working to locate and excavate the Divine Beasts and Guardians. Four Champions from each of Hyrule's races were chosen to pilot the Divine Beast of their people and the restoration of the mechanical army seemed to be a phenomenal success. Meanwhile, Princess Zelda worked to awaken her sealing powers alongside a young knight, Link, who had been appointed as her protector. Zelda was determined to awaken her power and prayed at the three springs of the goddesses in Hyrule, but her efforts were met with failure. Minutes after she had finished praying at the Spring of Wisdom, the Calamity broke its seal and rose up around the castle. In a move that surprised everyone, however, it managed to corrupt the entire Guardian army with its Malice and turned them against Hyrule. Even the Divine Beasts, with their pilots slain, fell under the control of incarnations of Ganon's Malice. With their strongest weapons turned against them, Hyrule was laid to ruin and Link grievously wounded, requiring him to sleep in the Shrine of Resurrection for 100 years. Princess Zelda went to confront the BotW: on her own and managed to seal it once more, though this required her to also become its prisoner to maintain the seal.

Throughout Link's journey during the events of, the Calamity can be seen swarming around Hyrule Castle, where Zelda is using her power to keep him tethered there. When Link arrives at the Sanctum of Hyrule Castle, Ganon is found hibernating within a cocoon, attempting to regenerate a physical form. Link awakes Ganon from this process prematurely, confronting it in an incomplete form resembling a grotesque mixture of Ganondorf, Malice and Guardian parts. BotW: fights with a mixture of attacks used by its four incarnations of Malice.

SSBU: appears as a Spirit in and has no ability.

Calamity Ganon retroactively debuts during the second Great Calamity. In an attempt to ensure that its manifestation cannot be averted, it sends a piece of itself through the time warp used by the Diminutive Guardian to stop it from changing the future. Soon afterward, it tries to use a possessed Guardian to try and kill Zelda as she, Link, and Impa are on their way to the Ancient Tech Lab.