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Hyrule as it appears in {{BotW}} was by far the largest version of the realm to appear in any game to date. At about 9 km × 6.8 km in scale, its geography is approximately the size of [[wikipedia:Bermuda|Bermuda]] or [[wikipedia:San Marino|San Marino]] in the real world. | Hyrule as it appears in {{BotW}} was by far the largest version of the realm to appear in any game to date. At about 9 km × 6.8 km in scale, its geography is approximately the size of [[wikipedia:Bermuda|Bermuda]] or [[wikipedia:San Marino|San Marino]] in the real world. | ||
10000 years prior, the defeat of [[Ganondorf]]'s final reincarnation heralded a lengthy age of peace and prosperity for Hyrule. This peace came to an abrupt end 100 years prior during a cunning ambush attack by [[Calamity Ganon]], returning not as a reincarnation but an entity of [[Malice]] incarnate. The fall of the kingdom of Hyrule was swift and decisive, and by the start of the game it remains in ruins. While the civilizations of the [[Zora]], [[Gerudo]], [[Goron]], [[Rito]] and [[Sheikah]] largely survived the calamity, the kingdom itself has fallen apart, with only small, divided settlements of [[Hylian]]s remaining. | |||
The former heart of Hylian civilization, [[Central Hyrule]] including [[Hyrule Castle]] and [[Castle Town]], suffered the calamity's worst wrath, swiftly killing most of its inhabitants as Calamity Ganon seized control of the very [[Guardian]]s meant to protect the kingdom from him. Now [[Hyrule Castle]], its [[Castle Town]], the [[Temple of Time]], every Hylian military outpost and nearly every Hylian permanent settlement all lie in ruins, and all semblance of central government has collapsed. The only surviving Hylian permanent settlements are in the remote east of Hyrule: the larger [[Hateno Village]] in [[Necluda]], the smaller [[Lurelin Village]] in [[Faron Province]], and (later in the game) the newly-founded [[Tarrey Town]] in [[Akkala]]; various isolated country dwellings also manage to eke out an existence. Much of the Hylian population has become semi-nomadic, anchored by a network of managed [[Stable]]s connected by surviving country roads. A trickle of Hyruleans of all races still travel these roads, maintaining low-key elements of what was once a more bustling civilization. However, the former Central Hyrule has remained a depopulated no-man's-land roamed by deadly Guardians, littered with pools of Ganon's [[Malice]], and Hyrule Castle itself is engulfed in a swirling haze of Malice in which the specter of Ganon itself can sometimes be seen even from great distances. | |||
The non-Hylian civilizations of Hyrule not only survived, but survived with their local systems of government and infrastructure intact despite losing control of (and now constantly threatened by) the [[Divine Beast]]s four of them once commanded. Their main settlements—[[Zora's Domain]], [[Gerudo Town]], [[Goron City]], [[Rito Village]] and the Sheikah's [[Kakariko Village]]—all continue to thrive under their own local systems. | |||
And while Sheikah civilization still survives and functions, it has also steeply declined from its now-legendary zenith. In ancient times they built the [[Sheikah Tower]]s, the [[Shrine of Trials|Shrines of Trials]] as well as the Divine Beasts and [[Guardians]], all of which attest to their advanced level of science and technology. Now, their society is not only diminished but deeply fragmented. The only major virtuous Sheikah settlement is Kakariko Village in Necluda. While the elder [[Impa]] still lives there, the other surviving Sheikah elders [[Purah]] and [[Robbie]] intentionally scattered to the [[Hateno Ancient Tech Lab]] and [[Akkala Ancient Tech Lab]] on the remote edges of Hyrule, so that even if the rest of Sheikah civilization were to be annihilated in the meantime, at least one of the elders might survive long enough to finally awaken [[Link]] at the [[Shrine of Resurrection]] on the [[Great Plateau]] 100 years after the calamity. But the greatest fragmentation of the Sheikah came after a significant portion of their people defected to serve Ganon during the calamity and became the [[Yiga Clan]], with their secret [[Yiga Clan Hideout]] tucked away in the [[Gerudo Highlands]]. | |||
As a constant reminder of Calamity Ganon's enduring reach, every full [[Moon]] over Hyrule is now a [[Blood Moon]], when the Moon glows bright crimson red, the haze of Malice in the air is at its thickest, evil's power at its most potent, and Ganon's fallen foot soldiers are reanimated back to life. | |||
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