Light ArrowStory
What happens in The Temple of Time in the main story, with the lines from its cutscenes. All the steps in order are on the quests page.
Step 14 (Young Link)
Back at the castle, the princess flees on a white horse and the man from her dream gives chase. She throws her ocarina into the moat for Link.
Link...can you hear me? It's me, Zelda...
Link, when you hold this Ocarina in your hand...
I won't be around anymore...
I wanted to wait for you, but I couldn't delay any longer...
At least I could leave you the Ocarina and this melody...
You've learned the Song of Time!
Now, Link. Play this melody in front of the altar in the Temple of Time. You must protect the Triforce!
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Step 15 (Young Link)
Set the three stones on the altar and play the song to open the Door of Time. Link draws the sword, and the man who followed him walks in behind.
Geh heh heh! Excellent work!
As I thought, you held the keys to the Door of Time!
You have led me to the gates of the Sacred Realm...
Yes, I owe it all to you, kid!
These lines in the text section
Step 17 (Adult Link)
A survivor of the Sheikah tells Link of the five temples and the Sages sleeping in them.
Link...we're back in the Temple of Time... But have seven years really passed?
It looks like you won't be able to use some of the weapons you found as a kid anymore...
Let's get out of here!
I've been waiting for you, Hero of Time...
When evil rules all, an awakening voice from the Sacred Realm will call those destined to be Sages, who dwell in the five temples.
One in a deep forest...
One on a high mountain...
One under a vast lake...
One within the house of the dead...
One inside a goddess of the sand...
Together with the Hero of Time, the awakened ones will bind the evil and return the light of peace to the world...
This is the legend of the temples passed down by my people, the Sheikah.
I am Sheik. Survivor of the Sheikahs...
As I see you standing there holding the mythical Master Sword, you really do look like the legendary Hero of Time...
If you believe the legend, you have no choice. You must look for the five temples and awaken the five Sages....
One Sage is waiting for the time of awakening in the Forest Temple. The Sage is a girl I am sure you know...
Because of the evil power in the temple, she cannot hear the awakening call from the Sacred Realm...
Unfortunately, equipped as you currently are, you cannot even enter the temple...
But, if you believe what I'm saying, you should head to Kakariko Village...
Do you understand, Link?
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Step 20 (Adult Link)
Back at the temple, the Sheikah teaches a song that brings Link straight back there.
You destroyed the wicked creatures that haunted the temple and awakened the Sage...
But there are still other Sages who need your help.
In order to awaken all the other Sages, you must become even more powerful.
You must travel over mountains...
under water...
and even through time...
If you want to return to your original time, return the Master Sword to the Pedestal of Time.
By doing this, you will travel back in time seven years....
The time will come when you will have to return here quickly... I will teach this to you for when that time comes...
The song to return you to the Temple of Time... The Prelude of Light...
You have learned the Prelude of Light!
As long as you hold the Ocarina of Time and the Master Sword,
you hold time itself in your hands...
Link, we shall meet again!
These lines in the text section
Step 25 (Adult Link)
With six Sages awake, the Sheikah shows who they really are and gives Link the arrows that can hurt the King of Evil. Then the princess is taken.
I have been waiting for you, Link.
Link, the Hero of Time...
You have overcome many hardships and awakened six Sages.
And now you have a final challenge, a showdown with Ganondorf, the King of Evil....
Before that...I have things I want to tell only to you. Please listen.
Another unknown legend of the Triforce passed down by the shadow folk, the Sheikahs....
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 will be held within others chosen by destiny, who will bear the Triforce mark on the backs of their hands.
Seven years ago, Ganondorf, the King of Thieves, used the door you opened in the Temple of Time and entered the Sacred Realm.
But when he laid his hands on the Triforce, the legend came true.
The Triforce separated into three parts. Only the Triforce of Power remained in Ganondorf's hand.
The strength of the Triforce of Power enabled him to become a mighty, evil king, but his dark ambitions were not satisfied.
To gain complete mastery of the world, Ganondorf started looking for those chosen by destiny to hold the two other Triforce parts.
The one who holds the Triforce of Courage is... You, Link!
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.
I apologize for meeting you in disguise, but it was necessary to hide from the King of Evil. Please forgive me...
On that day, seven years ago, Ganondorf attacked Hyrule Castle.
As long as you had the Ocarina in your possession, I thought Ganondorf could never enter the Sacred Realm, but...
something I could never expect happened...
After you opened the door of time, the Master Sword sealed you away in the Sacred Realm...
Your spirit remained in the Sacred Realm...and then the Triforce fell into Ganondorf's hands. He went on to invade the Sacred Realm...
Ganondorf had become the Evil King, and the Sacred Realm became a world of evil. All of this is an unfortunate coincidence.
I passed myself off as a Sheikah and hoped that you would return. I waited for seven years...
And...now you are back. The dark age ruled by Ganondorf the Evil King will end!
The six Sages will open the sealed door and lure Ganondorf back into the Sacred Realm.
I will then seal the door to the Sacred Realm from this world.
Thus, Ganondorf the Evil King will vanish from Hyrule.
Link... In order to do this, I need your courage again. Please protect me while I do my part.
And here is a weapon that can penetrate the Evil King's defenses... The power given to the chosen ones...
The sacred Arrow of Light!!!
You got the Light Arrow! Set it to C and your arrows will be powered up! The light of justice will smite evil!
That rumbling...It can't be!?
Princess Zelda...you foolish traitor!
I commend you for avoiding my pursuit for seven long years.
But you let your guard down... I knew you would appear if I let this kid wander around!
My only mistake was to slightly underestimate the power of this kid...
No... It was not the kid's power I misjudged, it was the power of the Triforce of Courage!
But, with the Triforce of Wisdom that Zelda has... When I obtain these two Triforces...
Then, I will become the true ruler of the world!!
If you want to rescue Zelda, come to my castle!