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[[File:Triforce1.jpg|thumb|150px|The Triforce within the [[Pyramid of Power]]]]Few have ever possessed the Triforce, or any fraction thereof. For the better part of the series, the Triforce of Power, the Triforce of Wisdom, and the Triforce of Courage are held by Ganon, Zelda, and Link respectively.<ref name=wisdom>{{cite|And the other, who holds the Triforce of Wisdom...is the seventh Sage, who is destined to be the leader of them all... It is I, the Princess of Hyrule, Zelda.|Princess Zelda|OOT}}</ref><ref name=sign>{{cite|It was a sign that the powers of the chosen one rest within you...and that they are awakening. Look at your awakened form... The green tunic that is your garb once belonged to the ancient hero chosen by the gods... His power is yours. His is the true power that slept within you. Your name is [Link]. You are the hero chosen by the gods.|Faron|TP}}</ref><ref name=sage>{{cite|In all of his fury and might, he was blind to any danger, and thus was he exposed, subdued, and brought to justice. Yet... By some divine prank, he, too, had been blessed with the chosen power of the gods. His abiding hatred and lust for power turned to purest malice...|A Sage|TP}}</ref><ref>{{cite|[Link]... Hero sent by the goddesses... Like you, I have been granted special powers by the goddesses...|Princess Zelda|TP}}</ref><ref>{{cite|You have controlled the wind and crossed the seas, and here, near the end of your quest, the power of the gods has been bestowed upon you... Surely, from this moment on, you shall be known as the Hero of Winds...|King of Red Lions|TWW}}</ref><ref name=bloodline>{{cite|This necklace you wear is part of a sacred treasure called the Triforce of Wisdom, which has been passed down for many ages within the royal family of Hyrule. Your mother passed this down to you and instructed you to treasure it...and to guard it with your life. [...] You are the true heir of the royal family of Hyrule...the last link in the bloodline. You are Princess Zelda.|Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule|TWW}}</ref><ref name=resonating>{{cite|My Triforce of Power is resonating! Ha! At long last, I have found you... Princess Zelda!|Ganondorf|TWW}}</ref> However, there have been other Triforce possessors in the past, possessing the Triforce in its entirety. The prologue of ''The Adventure of Link'' reveals that the [[King of Hyrule (The Adventure of Link)|King of Hyrule]] used the Triforce to keep peace in the kingdom.<ref>{{cite manual|quote=It is said that a long ago, when Hyrule was one country, a great ruler maintained the peace in Hyrule using the Triforce.|game=The Adventure of Link|page=6}}</ref> In ''A Link to the Past'', Ganon acquired the complete Triforce, yet he was trapped within the Sacred Realm by the Seal of the [[Sage]]s, and as such, was unable to fully exploit the Golden Power.<ref name=Quote5>{{cite manual|quote=One day, quite by accident, a gate to the Golden Land of the Triofrce was opened by a gang of thieves skilled in the black arts. [...] In a long running battle, the leaders of the thieves fought his way past his followers in lust for the Golden Power. After vanquishing his own followers, the leader stood triumphant over the Triforce and grasped it with his blood-stained hands.|game=A Link to the Past|page=5}}</ref><ref name=Quote8>{{cite manual|quote=[...]Ganon's evil army swarmed from the tainted Golden Land into Hyrule and attacked the castle. The wise men and the Knights Of Hyrule combined forces to wage war on this evil horde. [...] However, their lives were not lost in vain, for they bought precious time for the Seven Wise Men to magically seal Ganon in the Golden Land.|game=A Link to the Past|page=5-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite|The person who rediscovered the Golden Land was Ganondorf the evil thief. Luckily, he couldn't figure out how to return to the Light World...|One of the Seven Maidens|A Link to the Past}}</ref> In ''The Wind Waker'' Ganon was able to reform the complete Triforce, yet before he was able to harness its power, the [[Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule|King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule]] stepped in, claimed the Triforce, and entreated the Goddesses to flood Hyrule and save the realm from Ganon’s evil.<ref>{{cite|It can only be called fate. ...That here, I would again gather the three with the crests. ...That I should lay my hand on that which grants the wishes of the beholder... That when power, wisdom, and courage come together, the gods would have no choice but to come down...|Ganondorf|The Wind Waker}}</ref><ref name=Quote13>{{cite|He who touches it will have whatever he desires granted... That is what you said, is it not, Ganondorf? Gods of the Triforce! Hear that which I desire! Hope! I desire hope for these children! Give them a future! Wash away this ancient land of Hyrule!|Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule|The Wind Waker}}</ref> In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Skyward Sword]]'', Link gathered all three pieces of the Triforce in the [[Sky Keep]], a dungeon in [[Skyloft]] placed there by [[Hylia]] to hide the precious relic until the time her chosen hero arose. He then prayed to it for the eradication of [[Demise]].<ref>{{cite|Master, I believe at this juncture that a prayer is required. The ultimate goal we have traveled so far for is now within reach. Focus now, and wish with all your might for the destruction of Demise.|Fi|Skyward Sword}}</ref> | [[File:Triforce1.jpg|thumb|150px|The Triforce within the [[Pyramid of Power]]]]Few have ever possessed the Triforce, or any fraction thereof. For the better part of the series, the Triforce of Power, the Triforce of Wisdom, and the Triforce of Courage are held by Ganon, Zelda, and Link respectively.<ref name=wisdom>{{cite|And the other, who holds the Triforce of Wisdom...is the seventh Sage, who is destined to be the leader of them all... It is I, the Princess of Hyrule, Zelda.|Princess Zelda|OOT}}</ref><ref name=sign>{{cite|It was a sign that the powers of the chosen one rest within you...and that they are awakening. Look at your awakened form... The green tunic that is your garb once belonged to the ancient hero chosen by the gods... His power is yours. His is the true power that slept within you. Your name is [Link]. You are the hero chosen by the gods.|Faron|TP}}</ref><ref name=sage>{{cite|In all of his fury and might, he was blind to any danger, and thus was he exposed, subdued, and brought to justice. Yet... By some divine prank, he, too, had been blessed with the chosen power of the gods. His abiding hatred and lust for power turned to purest malice...|A Sage|TP}}</ref><ref>{{cite|[Link]... Hero sent by the goddesses... Like you, I have been granted special powers by the goddesses...|Princess Zelda|TP}}</ref><ref>{{cite|You have controlled the wind and crossed the seas, and here, near the end of your quest, the power of the gods has been bestowed upon you... Surely, from this moment on, you shall be known as the Hero of Winds...|King of Red Lions|TWW}}</ref><ref name=bloodline>{{cite|This necklace you wear is part of a sacred treasure called the Triforce of Wisdom, which has been passed down for many ages within the royal family of Hyrule. Your mother passed this down to you and instructed you to treasure it...and to guard it with your life. [...] You are the true heir of the royal family of Hyrule...the last link in the bloodline. You are Princess Zelda.|Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule|TWW}}</ref><ref name=resonating>{{cite|My Triforce of Power is resonating! Ha! At long last, I have found you... Princess Zelda!|Ganondorf|TWW}}</ref> However, there have been other Triforce possessors in the past, possessing the Triforce in its entirety. The prologue of ''The Adventure of Link'' reveals that the [[King of Hyrule (The Adventure of Link)|King of Hyrule]] used the Triforce to keep peace in the kingdom.<ref>{{cite manual|quote=It is said that a long ago, when Hyrule was one country, a great ruler maintained the peace in Hyrule using the Triforce.|game=The Adventure of Link|page=6}}</ref> In ''A Link to the Past'', Ganon acquired the complete Triforce, yet he was trapped within the Sacred Realm by the Seal of the [[Sage]]s, and as such, was unable to fully exploit the Golden Power.<ref name=Quote5>{{cite manual|quote=One day, quite by accident, a gate to the Golden Land of the Triofrce was opened by a gang of thieves skilled in the black arts. [...] In a long running battle, the leaders of the thieves fought his way past his followers in lust for the Golden Power. After vanquishing his own followers, the leader stood triumphant over the Triforce and grasped it with his blood-stained hands.|game=A Link to the Past|page=5}}</ref><ref name=Quote8>{{cite manual|quote=[...]Ganon's evil army swarmed from the tainted Golden Land into Hyrule and attacked the castle. The wise men and the Knights Of Hyrule combined forces to wage war on this evil horde. [...] However, their lives were not lost in vain, for they bought precious time for the Seven Wise Men to magically seal Ganon in the Golden Land.|game=A Link to the Past|page=5-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite|The person who rediscovered the Golden Land was Ganondorf the evil thief. Luckily, he couldn't figure out how to return to the Light World...|One of the Seven Maidens|A Link to the Past}}</ref> In ''The Wind Waker'' Ganon was able to reform the complete Triforce, yet before he was able to harness its power, the [[Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule|King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule]] stepped in, claimed the Triforce, and entreated the Goddesses to flood Hyrule and save the realm from Ganon’s evil.<ref>{{cite|It can only be called fate. ...That here, I would again gather the three with the crests. ...That I should lay my hand on that which grants the wishes of the beholder... That when power, wisdom, and courage come together, the gods would have no choice but to come down...|Ganondorf|The Wind Waker}}</ref><ref name=Quote13>{{cite|He who touches it will have whatever he desires granted... That is what you said, is it not, Ganondorf? Gods of the Triforce! Hear that which I desire! Hope! I desire hope for these children! Give them a future! Wash away this ancient land of Hyrule!|Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule|The Wind Waker}}</ref> In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Skyward Sword]]'', Link gathered all three pieces of the Triforce in the [[Sky Keep]], a dungeon in [[Skyloft]] placed there by [[Hylia]] to hide the precious relic until the time her chosen hero arose. He then prayed to it for the eradication of [[Demise]].<ref>{{cite|Master, I believe at this juncture that a prayer is required. The ultimate goal we have traveled so far for is now within reach. Focus now, and wish with all your might for the destruction of Demise.|Fi|Skyward Sword}}</ref> | ||
Aside from the three known Triforce Holders, to date, | Aside from the three known Triforce Holders, to date, three other people have possessed a part of the Triforce: in ''Twilight Princess'', Princess Zelda conferred the Triforce of Wisdom to [[Midna]] allowing her to exist in the [[Light World|World of Light]].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lYK_8GpHFE</ref><ref name=heal>{{cite|Accept this now, Midna, I pass it to you.|Princess Zelda|Twilight Princess}}</ref> In ''A Link Between Worlds'', [[Yuga]] comes into possession of the Triforce of Power after he merges with Ganon, and later steals the Triforce of Wisdom from Hilda, who had taken it from Zelda shortly before. Though [[Zant]] never actually possessed any part of the Triforce, he received his power from Ganon, thus indirectly receiving power from the Triforce of Power.<ref>{{cite|I shall house my power in you... If there is anything you desire, then I shall desire it, too.|Ganondorf|Twilight Princess}}</ref> | ||
When two bearers of the Triforce are in proximity with one other, their Triforce piece will resonate. This is demonstrated in ''Ocarina of Time'' when Link's, Zelda's, and Ganondorf's Triforce pieces glow once the young hero reaches the top of [[Ganon's Tower]].<ref name=resonate>{{cite|The Triforce parts are resonating... They are combining into one again... The two Triforce parts that I could not capture on that day seven years ago... I didn't expect they would be hidden within you two! And now, finally, all the Triforce parts have gathered here!|Ganondorf|OOT}}</ref> In ''The Wind Waker'', it is illustrated once again when Ganondorf grabs [[Tetra]] and his Triforce piece resonates, revealing that Tetra is the possessor of the Triforce of Wisdom.<ref name=resonating/> | When two bearers of the Triforce are in proximity with one other, their Triforce piece will resonate. This is demonstrated in ''Ocarina of Time'' when Link's, Zelda's, and Ganondorf's Triforce pieces glow once the young hero reaches the top of [[Ganon's Tower]].<ref name=resonate>{{cite|The Triforce parts are resonating... They are combining into one again... The two Triforce parts that I could not capture on that day seven years ago... I didn't expect they would be hidden within you two! And now, finally, all the Triforce parts have gathered here!|Ganondorf|OOT}}</ref> In ''The Wind Waker'', it is illustrated once again when Ganondorf grabs [[Tetra]] and his Triforce piece resonates, revealing that Tetra is the possessor of the Triforce of Wisdom.<ref name=resonating/> | ||