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If you would seek the
sacred triangle, listen well. The resting place of the sacred triangle,
the Sacred Realm, is a mirror that reflects what is in the heart, the
heart of one who enters it. If an evil heart, the Realm will become
full of evil; if pure, the Realm will become a paradise.
The Triforce...the sacred triangle... it is a balance that weighs the
three forces:
Power, Wisdom, and Courage.
If the heart of the one who holds the sacred triangle has all three
forces in balance, that one will gain the True Force to govern all.
But if that one's heart is not in balance, the Triforce will separate
into three parts:
Power, Wisdom, and Courage.
Only one part will remain for the one who touched the Triforce...the
part representing the force that one most believes in. If that one seeks
the True Force, that one must acquire the two lost parts. Those two
parts with be held within the ones chosen by destiny, who will bear
the Triforce mark on the back of their hands.
-The Book of Mudora

The Triforce
is a sacred relic created by the goddesses when they left the earth.
The Triforce contains a small but powerful part of the goddesses power.
It had the power to bestow upon its owner three titles that gave the
owner great powers. They were: "The Forger of Strength",
"The Keeper of Knowledge", and "The Juror
of Courage". It also had the power to grant the wishes of
any person who touches it, whether they are good or bad. If a person
was to touch the Triforce, three forces must be in balance: Power,
Wisdom, and Courage. If one was to touch the Triforce and the forces
are not balanced, the Triforce would split into three parts. The person
that touched the Triforce would be left with one part of the Triforce
that most represented the force that was strongest in the person.
The other two parts would travel to the ones chosen by destiny. If
that person that touched the Triforce really wanted the rest of the
Triforce, that one must seek out the persons that that have the symbol
of the gods, the Triforce, on the back their hands. For they are the
keepers of the other two pieces of the Triforce.
After years,
the races in Hyrule spread out and started to build temples for the
gods. Rumors started up about some of the temples containing entrances
to the Sacred Realm,
or the Golden  Land.
The people began searching for the Triforce vigorously. Verses like
this made people look even harder:
In a realm beyond sight,
The sky shines gold not blue,
There, the Triforce's might
Makes mortal dreams come true.
The races
then accused each
other of hiding the Triforce and they began fighting. And thus, the
Great War began. And all of this was being recorded in the Book of
Mudora. The verse above came from the Book of Mudora. The Book of
Mudora was a collection of Hyrulian legend, lore, and myths all recorded
before Ganondorf touched the Triforce. Only few can read the ancient
Hyrulian text that is featured in the Book of Mudora, and some scholars
still disagree on some of the writing. And so, little is known about
the ancient times before the Great War.
Though many
people searched for the Triforce and the entrance to the Sacred Realm,
none found it. Except one person from the desert, with one thing on
his mind: ruling Hyrule. That man's name was Ganondorf Dragmire, the
king of the Gerudo. Ganondorf found the entrance to the Sacred Realm
hidden behind an impenetrable door called the Door of Time. In front
of the Door of Time, there was an alter; and on the alter there was
an inscription. It said:
Ye who
owns three Spiritual Stones
Stand with the Ocarina of Time
And play the Song of Time
The Zoras, Gorons, and
the Koriki each were given a Spiritual Stone, keys to the Sacred Realm.
And the other key, the Ocarina of Time, was protected by the Royal
Family. One who wanted to enter the Sacred Realm would need all four
keys. Ganondorf tried to get them from the races, but they wouldn't
give it to him. But when Link collected them and the Ocarina of Time
and opened the Door of Time, there was another key. The Master Sword,
the Blade of Evil's Bane, forged by the sages to protect Hyrule. When
it was forged, the sages infused the Master Sword with a power so
great, on few could wield it, and the new power made the Master Sword
glow. Because it could only be wielded by few people, the sages built
a shrine to protect it. They called the shrine the Temple of Time,
and placed the Door of Time in front of the Master Sword, which resided
in the Pedestal of Time. The Master Sword could only be pulled from
the Pedestal of Time by the Hero of Time. The Master Sword was the
final door between the real world and the Golden Realm.
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