It's probably dumb but after LoZ: The Wind Waker, the idea wouldn't leave me alone. What would the game right before it have looked like? And before I knew it, the plot bunny had multiplied into something I wanted to share. So...
It's said that when Ganon touched the Triforce, not only did he split the artifact but it also mentioned that he turned the Sacred Realm into a twisted version of itself. And that got me thinking...from where exactly did Rauru come from? And who built the Temple of Light? If that annoying owl is Rauru, how'd he get the ability to shapeshift? If it isn't, why can it talk and where did it come from? It isn't too much of a stretch to say that people (or beings) lived in the Sacred Realm.
In one version of the time line (with adult Link), the Sacred Realm remained corrupted as the Dark World and those within twisted as well. Ancestors of the Twili perhaps?
But in the other, Ganon never managed to grab the Triforce and so they remain as they were. But what if they decided to get involved with Hyrule? Even before the Temple of Time fiasco, that bloody owl interfered and maybe that interference carried a price.
To make a long story short, the never-ending cycle of Wisdom > Courage > Power destabilizes Hyrule and those in the Sacred Realm decided to give the world a hand by either calling the goddesses back from Heaven (Tower of Babel style) or by wiping the slate clean.
Does this sound at all interesting?
It's said that when Ganon touched the Triforce, not only did he split the artifact but it also mentioned that he turned the Sacred Realm into a twisted version of itself. And that got me thinking...from where exactly did Rauru come from? And who built the Temple of Light? If that annoying owl is Rauru, how'd he get the ability to shapeshift? If it isn't, why can it talk and where did it come from? It isn't too much of a stretch to say that people (or beings) lived in the Sacred Realm.
In one version of the time line (with adult Link), the Sacred Realm remained corrupted as the Dark World and those within twisted as well. Ancestors of the Twili perhaps?
But in the other, Ganon never managed to grab the Triforce and so they remain as they were. But what if they decided to get involved with Hyrule? Even before the Temple of Time fiasco, that bloody owl interfered and maybe that interference carried a price.
To make a long story short, the never-ending cycle of Wisdom > Courage > Power destabilizes Hyrule and those in the Sacred Realm decided to give the world a hand by either calling the goddesses back from Heaven (Tower of Babel style) or by wiping the slate clean.
Does this sound at all interesting?