Triforce: Difference between revisions

The {{Term/Store|Triforce||Series}},<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 13 {{Exp Game|Series}}}}</ref> also known as the '''Ultimate Power''',<ref name="Ultimate Power">{{Cite|One dark, fateful day, the earth cracked wide and malevolent forces rushed forth from the fissure. They mounted a brutal assault upon the surface people, driving the land into deep despair... They burnt forests to ash, choked the land's sweet springs, and murdered without hesitation. They did all this in their lust to take the {{Color|SS Red|ultimate power}} protected by Her Grace, the goddess.|N/A|SS}}</ref> is a sacred golden relic left behind by the [[Golden Goddesses]], [[Din (Goddess)|Din]], [[Nayru (Goddess)|Nayru]], and [[Farore (Goddess)|Farore]], once they finished creating the realm, which came to be known as [[Hyrule]].<ref name="ALttP Manual 3">{{Cite manual|quote= |game= ALttP|page= 3}}</ref><ref name="E 70">{{Cite Book|quote= |book= HH|publisher= |page= 70}}</ref> The Goddess [[Hylia]] was tasked with the protection of this world and the Triforce.<ref name="E 70"/><ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 12}}</ref> After Hylia ceases to exist as a goddess, the Triforce is protected by the [[Royal Family of Hyrule]], the sages and the Sheikah.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 44}}</ref>

The Triforce consists of three separate triangles: the '''[[Triforce of Power]]''' is always depicted as the top piece, with the '''[[Triforce of Courage]]''' typically represented by the right piece, and the '''[[Triforce of Wisdom]]'''<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= A&A|publisher= |page= 383}}</ref> typically represented by the left piece.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= HH|publisher= |page= 76}}</ref> Although the Triforce was created by gods, it can never be used by one,<ref>{{Cite|For while the supreme power of the Triforce was created by gods, all of its power can never be wielded by one. Knowing this power was her last and only hope, the goddess gave up her divine powers and her immortal form.|Zelda|SS}}</ref> possibly the goddesses' way of giving hope to all the mortal beings in Hyrule.<ref>{{Cite|Somehow, I think that may have been their way of giving hope to all the mortal beings of the land.|Zelda|SS}}</ref>