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Roughly a century after the failed [[Ganondorf's Execution|execution]] of [[Ganondorf]] by the ancient Sages and his subsequent banishment, the Twilight Realm entered a period of political tumult when the Throne of the Twilight Realm was suddenly vacated, leaving the realm in the midst of a power vacuum as there were apparently no male heirs from the Royal Family of the Twilight Realm, the ruling family of the Twili, the descendants of the [[Dark Interlopers]] that were banished to the Twilight Realm at the conclusion of the [[Interloper War]] many generations ago. With no heir apparent, one of the primary candidates to ascend to the Throne of the Twilight Realm was one of the Royal Family's most hawkish advisers, a Twili named [[Zant]]. Zant was known to have a great lust for power and a thirst for conquest of the World of Light, Hyrule. However, it is implied that the Royal Family of the Twilight Realm had long rejected Zant's ideology that the Twili should be the rulers of both worlds rather than being trapped in the Twilight Realm like "insects in a cage", the Twili having instead grown by and large into a much gentler and peace-loving race after learning from the mistakes of their dark ancestors, who lost their own king to their greed and suffered banishment at the hands of the [[Golden Goddesses]]. Nevertheless, though the Royal Family rejected his ideas for conquest of the Light World, Zant had served the Royal Family loyally up to this point, believing that as there was no heir apparent to take the throne, he would be a natural candidate to become the next ruler of the Twili. | Roughly a century after the failed [[Ganondorf's Execution|execution]] of [[Ganondorf]] by the ancient Sages and his subsequent banishment, the Twilight Realm entered a period of political tumult when the Throne of the Twilight Realm was suddenly vacated, leaving the realm in the midst of a power vacuum as there were apparently no male heirs from the Royal Family of the Twilight Realm, the ruling family of the Twili, the descendants of the [[Dark Interlopers]] that were banished to the Twilight Realm at the conclusion of the [[Interloper War]] many generations ago. With no heir apparent, one of the primary candidates to ascend to the Throne of the Twilight Realm was one of the Royal Family's most hawkish advisers, a Twili named [[Zant]]. Zant was known to have a great lust for power and a thirst for conquest of the World of Light, Hyrule. However, it is implied that the Royal Family of the Twilight Realm had long rejected Zant's ideology that the Twili should be the rulers of both worlds rather than being trapped in the Twilight Realm like "insects in a cage", the Twili having instead grown by and large into a much gentler and peace-loving race after learning from the mistakes of their dark ancestors, who lost their own king to their greed and suffered banishment at the hands of the [[Golden Goddesses]]. Nevertheless, though the Royal Family rejected his ideas for conquest of the Light World, Zant had served the Royal Family loyally up to this point, believing that as there was no heir apparent to take the throne, he would be a natural candidate to become the next ruler of the Twili. | ||
However, the populace of the Twilight Realm had grown to distrust Zant due to the lust for power they could see in his eyes, and rather than allow him to take the throne and pursue his wild dreams of conquest, they opted to allow the seemingly lone candidate remaining from the Royal Family itself, [[Midna|Princess Midna]], to ascend to her family's throne, proclaiming her the one true "Twilight Princess" and rightful ruler of the Twilight Realm while bestowing the special status and powers of the rightful ruler of the Twilight Realm upon her. Having been passed over for the title of King of Twilight, this action sent Zant into a deep depression, possibly costing him his sanity in the process. With his hopes of ascending to the throne dashed, these events further caused Zant to distrust his own people and to resent them greatly, causing him to seek his own path to power and to turn inward away from the rest of his tribe. This also sparked a deep hatred of Midna within Zant, | However, the populace of the Twilight Realm had grown to distrust Zant due to the lust for power they could see in his eyes, and rather than allow him to take the throne and pursue his wild dreams of conquest, they opted to allow the seemingly lone candidate remaining from the Royal Family itself, [[Midna|Princess Midna]], to ascend to her family's throne, proclaiming her the one true "Twilight Princess" and rightful ruler of the Twilight Realm while bestowing the special status and powers of the rightful ruler of the Twilight Realm upon her. Having been passed over for the title of King of Twilight, this action sent Zant into a deep depression, possibly costing him his sanity in the process. With his hopes of ascending to the throne dashed, these events further caused Zant to distrust his own people and to resent them greatly, causing him to seek his own path to power and to turn inward away from the rest of his tribe. This also sparked a deep hatred of Midna within Zant, whom he felt had taken what was rightfully his and that she represented a continuation of a "do nothing" Royal Family. | ||
==A Fateful Meeting== | ==A Fateful Meeting== | ||