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The {{name|Great Flood}} is the name often associated with a deluge that befell the land of [[Hyrule]] many generations after the end of | The {{name|Great Flood}} is the name often associated with a deluge that befell the land of [[Hyrule]] many generations after the end of {{OOT}} in the [[Adult Timeline]]. Described in the introduction of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]'', it occurred when [[Ganon]]dorf escaped from his imprisonment in the [[Sacred Realm]] and returned to Hyrule, after the departure of the Hero of Time.<ref>{{cite|The great evil that all thought had been forever sealed away by the hero...once again crept forth from the depths of the earth, eager to resume its dark designs.|Introduction|TWW}}</ref> | ||
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Many centuries after the initial flood, Ganondorf broke free of the seal binding Hyrule and returned, intending to reunite the Triforce pieces to reconquer the sunken Hyrule.<ref>{{cite|Do not fear. I will not kill you... I merely have need of the power that dwells within you.|[[Ganon]]dorf|TWW}}</ref> This caused a new incarnation of Link and Princess Zelda to appear to challenge Ganondorf again, as had their predecessors. After uniting the Triforce, and at the will of the old King, the sacred pieces rise into the air and vanish as the air chamber above them begins to collapse, allowing the Great Sea to pour into Hyrule. After Ganondorf is defeated, Hyrule is completely swallowed by water, leaving Link and Princess Zelda to create a new Hyrule above the waves. | Many centuries after the initial flood, Ganondorf broke free of the seal binding Hyrule and returned, intending to reunite the Triforce pieces to reconquer the sunken Hyrule.<ref>{{cite|Do not fear. I will not kill you... I merely have need of the power that dwells within you.|[[Ganon]]dorf|TWW}}</ref> This caused a new incarnation of Link and Princess Zelda to appear to challenge Ganondorf again, as had their predecessors. After uniting the Triforce, and at the will of the old King, the sacred pieces rise into the air and vanish as the air chamber above them begins to collapse, allowing the Great Sea to pour into Hyrule. After Ganondorf is defeated, Hyrule is completely swallowed by water, leaving Link and Princess Zelda to create a new Hyrule above the waves. | ||
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