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Many years before {{TWW|-}} begins, the land of [[Hyrule]] was flooded by the [[Deity|Gods]] as a last resort to stop [[Ganon]]'s forces when the [[Link|Hero of Time]] didn't arrive to destroy them. Its surviving people fled to the mountaintops and tried to restore their peaceful lives. Those mountaintops became the many islands of The Great Sea. Many years passed since then, and the people have forgotten about the history of "Old" Hyrule, except as a bedtime story told to children, and in a coming of age ceremony for young boys.<br> | Many years before {{TWW|-}} begins, the land of [[Hyrule]] was flooded by the [[Deity|Gods]] as a last resort to stop [[Ganon]]'s forces when the [[Link|Hero of Time]] didn't arrive to destroy them. Its surviving people fled to the mountaintops and tried to restore their peaceful lives. Those mountaintops became the many islands of The Great Sea. Many years passed since then, and the people have forgotten about the history of "Old" Hyrule, except as a bedtime story told to children, and in a coming of age ceremony for young boys.<br> | ||
The Great Sea is "illusory", and its waters from the heavens are different from Hyrule's native waters. Because of this, only monsters and [[Fishman|Fishmen]] are able to live in the Great Sea.<ref>{{Cite book|quote=The Great Sea in {{TWW|-}} is an illusory ocean created by a torrential downpour from the heavens. Its ethereal "water" is unlike the water natural to Hyrule, and so only monsters and Fishmen are able to live there.|book=E|page= | The Great Sea is "illusory", and its waters from the heavens are different from Hyrule's native waters. Because of this, only monsters and [[Fishman|Fishmen]] are able to live in the Great Sea.<ref>{{Cite book|quote=The Great Sea in {{TWW|-}} is an illusory ocean created by a torrential downpour from the heavens. Its ethereal "water" is unlike the water natural to Hyrule, and so only monsters and Fishmen are able to live there.|book=E|page=65}}</ref> There are no fish in the Great Sea.<ref>{{Cite|Oceans... Oceans... Oceans... Oceans as far as the eye can see. They are vast seas... None can swim across them... They yield no fish to catch...|Ganondorf|TWW}}</ref> It is because of these ethereal waters that the [[Zora]] had to become the [[Rito]].<ref>{{Cite book|quote=The Zora, unable to live in the Great Sea's ethereal waters, evolved into the Rito, who are able to fly in the skies.|book=E|page=69}</ref> | ||
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