Calamity Ganon: Difference between revisions

{{Term|BotW|Calamity Ganon}} is known as a primal evil that has appeared throughout Hyrule's history.<ref>{{Cite|The history of the royal family of Hyrule is also the history of Calamity Ganon, a primal evil that has endured over the ages.|Impa|BotW}}</ref> Ten thousand years before the events of {{BotW}}, he appeared to ravage the world.<ref>{{Cite|Upon Ganon's inevitable return to Hyrule, the princess and the hero fought alongside these four Champions against this ancient evil.|Impa|BotW}}</ref> In preparation for this, the [[Sheikah]] built a massive army of mechanical protectors called [[Guardian#Breath of the Wild|Guardian]]s to aid the un-named hero and princess.<ref>{{Cite|The people thought it wise to utilize their technological prowess to ensure the safety of the land, should Calamity Ganon ever return. They constructed four mechanical wonders that came to be known as the Divine Beasts. They also built a legion of autonomous weapons called Guardians.|Impa|BotW}}</ref> Four massive mobile fortresses known as [[Divine Beast]]s served as the centerpieces of this army. With this collaboration between the Sheikah and the Hylians, Ganon was sealed beneath Hyrule Castle where it he dormant for many millennia.

One hundred years prior to the game, a prophecy warned of the return of Ganon.<ref>{{Cite|The return of Ganon looms—a dark force taunting us from afar. I must learn all I can about the relics so we can stop him. If the fortune-teller's prophecy is to be believed, there isn't much time left...|Zelda|BotW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Stories of Ganon were passed from generation to generation in the form of legends and fairy tales. But there was also...a prophecy. "The signs of a resurrection of Calamity Ganon are clear. And the power to oppose it lies dormant beneath the ground."|King Rhoam|BotW}}</ref> Hoping to prepare in the same fashion as their ancestors, the Hyrulians began working to locate and excavate the Divine Beasts and Guardians.<ref>{{Cite|We decided to heed the prophecy and began excavating large areas of land. It wasn't long before we discovered several ancient relics made by the hands of our distant ancestors. These relics, the Divine Beasts, were giant machines piloted by warriors. We also found the Guardians, an army of mechanical soldiers that fought autonomously.|King Rhoam|BotW}}</ref> Four [[Champion]]s from each of Hyrule's races were chosen to pilot the Divine Beast of their people<ref>{{Cite|We selected four skilled individuals from across Hyrule and tasked them with the duty of piloting the Divine Beasts.|King Rhoam|BotW}}</ref> and the restoration of the mechanical army seemed to be a phenomenal success.<ref>{{Cite|The princess, her appointed knight, and the rest of the Champions were on the brink of sealing away Ganon...|King Rhoam|BotW}}</ref> Meanwhile, Princess Zelda worked to awaken her sealing powers alongside a young knight, Link, who had been appointed as her protector.<ref>{{Cite|One hundred years ago, there was a princess set to inherit a sacred power and a skilled knight at her side.|King Rhoam|BotW}}</ref> Zelda was determined to awaken her power and prayed at the three springs of the goddess Hylia in Hyrule, but her efforts were met with failure.<ref>{{Cite|So you didn't feel anything? No power at all?|Revali|BotW}}<br>{{Cite|I'm sorry, no.|Zelda|BotW}}</ref> Minutes after she had finished praying at the [[Spring of Wisdom]], Ganon broke the seal that kept dormant in Hyrule Castle and rose up around it. In a move that surprised everyone, however, he managed to corrupt the entire Guardian army with his Malice and turned them against the Hyrulians.<ref name="Cunning"/> Even the Divine Beasts, with their pilots slain, fell under the control of incarnations of Ganon's [[Malice]] known as the Blight Ganons.<ref>{{Cite|That...thing is one of Ganon's creations.|Mipha|BotW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|You're here to wrest control of Medoh away from Ganon, correct?|Revali|BotW}}</ref> With its strongest weapons turned against it, Hyrule was laid to ruin and Link grievously wounded, requiring him to sleep in the [[Shrine of Resurrection]] for 100 years.<ref>{{Cite|The appointed knight, gravely wounded, collapsed while defending the princess...And thus, the kingdom of Hyrule was devastated absolutely by Calamity Ganon.|King Rhoam|BotW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|I spoke with Purah about the Shrine of Resurrection we discovered earlier. As we speculated, this particular shrine is, in fact, a medical facility with the power to heal. It also has a long-term stasis function that can be activated and maintained until healing is complete.|Zelda|BotW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|You have been asleep for the past 100 years.|Zelda|BotW}}</ref> Zelda went to confront the Ganon on her own and managed to seal it once more, though this required her to also become its prisoner to maintain the seal.<ref name="Old Man">{{Cite|I assume you caught sight of that atrocity enshrouding the castle. That...is {{Color|BotW Red|Calamity Ganon}}. One hundred years ago, that vile entity brought the kingdom of {{Color|BotW Blue|Hyrule}} to ruin. It appeared suddenly and destroyed everything in its path. So many innocent lives were lost in its wake. For a century, the very symbol of our kingdom, Hyrule Castle, has managed to contain that evil. But just barely. There it festers, building its strength for the moment it will unleash its blight upon the land once again. It would appear that moment is fast approaching...|Old Man|BotW}}</ref>

Throughout Link's journey during the events of {{BotW|-}}, Ganon can be seen swarming around Hyrule Castle,<ref name="Old Man"/> where Zelda is using her power to keep him tethered there.<ref>{{Cite|The words of guidance you have been hearing since your awakening are from Princess Zelda herself. Even now, as she works to restrain Ganon from within Hyrule Castle, as she calls out for your help.|King Rhoam|BotW}}</ref> When Link arrives at the [[Sanctum]] of [[Hyrule Castle]], Ganon is found hibernating within a cocoon, attempting to regenerate a physical form.<ref>{{Cite|Hibernating within a cocoon, it attempted to regenerate a physical form after Link awoke but was forced to confront him in an incomplete state.|Hyrule Compendium|BotW}}</ref> Link awakes Ganon from this process prematurely, confronting him in an incomplete form resembling a grotesque mixture of Ganondorf, Malice, and Guardian parts. Ganon fights with a mixture of attacks used by his four incarnations of Malice (Blight Ganons).