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The land of Hyrule began the long process of healing in the wake of Ganondorf's reign of terror over the kingdom that left it a sad ruin of its former self. [[Hyrule Castle]] was eventually rebuilt near the center of Hyrule on an island in the center of what appears to be [[Lake Hylia]] (as seen in ''The Wind Waker''), which is fed by a river that is believed by some to be [[Zora's River]] itself (since Zora's River was known to feed into Lake Hylia). Hyrule's people began to rebuild their shattered kingdom, and the Hyrulean monarchy was eventually restored with [[Princess Zelda]] likely having led the effort to rebuild Hyrule and restore it to its former glory. As time would go by, it was eventually decided that a new set of [[Sage]]s would safeguard the Master Sword's power by continuously praying to the Goddesses for its power to forever remain within its enchanted blade.<ref>{{cite|I am a Zora sage. For an age, I offered my prayers here in the Earth Temple, praying that the power to repel evil would ever remain within the Master Sword.|Laruto|The Wind Waker}}</ref><ref>{{cite|I am Fado of the Kokiri tribe. I know I appear to you as a child, but the eyes can oft deceive. I am a most esteemed sage. I had been praying here so that the power to repel evil would continue to be contained within the blade of the Master Sword.|Fado|The Wind Waker}}</ref> As such, two new temples were constructed for the so-called "Sages of the Master Sword", with the [[Wind Temple]] built inside one of the mountains to the north and the [[Earth Temple]] built within another large mountain to the south.<ref>{{cite|The sages should be here in Hyrule...in the Wind Temple to the north and the Earth Temple to the south, praying to the gods.|King of Red Lions|The Wind Waker}}</ref> The temples were each built with two different entrances, one at ground level and the other residing at the mountain's summit.<ref>{{cite|Unfortunately, Ganon seems to have erected some sort of magical barrier down here in Hyrule, blocking our path to the temples. But...each temple should have another entrance high upon Hyrule's mountaintops, which are now islands above the sea.|King of Red Lions|The Wind Waker}}</ref> Three new instruments were also created to carry the Sages' prayers to the Goddesses: a harp that would be held by the Earth Sage, a violin that would be held by the Wind Sage, and a magical conductor's baton known as the [[Wind Waker]] that would be used by the sitting ruler of Hyrule to conduct the other two in unison.<ref>{{cite|That Wind Waker you hold was used long ago to conduct us sages when we played our song to call upon the gods. In those days, it was always the king who conducted for us...|Fado|The Wind Waker}}</ref> For unknown reasons (perhaps because the [[Temple of Time]] took structural damage during Ganondorf's reign and eventually collapsed), the Master Sword and the Pedestal of Time were moved to a special chamber in the basement of Hyrule Castle (protected by a giant statue of the [[Hero of Time]] himself), where stained glass windows depicted the [[Seven Sages]] and the sealing away of [[Ganon]]. So Hyrule knew peace for a time, thanks largely to the efforts of the Seven Sages and the Hero of Time who became legendary in Hylian lore.