She gives Link a chest containing six crystals and ancient writings that only a great future king of Hyrule can read. Impa says that the mark on Link's hand means that he is the hero chosen to awaken Zelda. He decreed that princesses born to the royal family from that point on would be named Zelda, in remembrance of this tragedy. The prince, filled with remorse and unable to reverse the spell, had his sister placed in the castle tower, in the hope that she would one day be awakened. Zelda fell under a powerful sleeping spell, but the wizard was unable to control the wildly arcing magic and was killed by it. Princess Zelda refused to reveal its location, and the Magician, who had accompanied the prince, tried to strike her down with a spell in anger. Long ago, Zelda's brother, the Prince of Hyrule, had tried to force her into telling their recently deceased father's secrets concerning the last of the three golden treasures of his kingdom, the Triforce of Courage. Impa tells Link that the maiden is the original Princess Zelda of Hyrule from long ago, and the origin of the 'Legend of Zelda'.

Impa places the back of Link's left hand on the door, and it opens, revealing a sleeping maiden inside. He seeks out Impa, who responds by taking Link to the North Castle, where a door has been magically sealed for generations.

In The Adventure of Link, set six years after The Legend of Zelda, the now-sixteen-year-old Link notices a strange mark on the back of his left hand, resembling the crest of Hyrule. Link picks up the Triforce of Power from Ganon’s ashes and returns both pieces of the Triforce to Princess Zelda, restoring peace to Hyrule. With the completed Triforce of Wisdom, Link is able to infiltrate Ganon’s hideout and defeats him with the Silver Arrow. Link located the eight underground labyrinths, defeats several guardian monsters, and retrieves the Triforce fragments. After hearing Impa’s plea, he resolves to save Zelda and sets out to reassemble the scattered fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom, to become powerful enough to defeat Ganon. While wandering the land, the old woman is surrounded by Ganon’s henchmen, though a young swordsman named Link appears and rescues her. Before the princess is kidnapped by Ganon, she commands her nursemaid, Impa, to find someone courageous enough to save the kingdom. In an attempt to prevent Ganon from acquiring the Triforce of Wisdom, Princess Zelda splits it and hides the eight fragments in secret dungeons throughout the land. In the original The Legend of Zelda, Hyrule is engulfed in chaos after an army led by Ganon invaded it and stole the Triforce of Power. A Link to the Past (Barcode Battler II).The Legend of Zelda: An Original Version.The Knight who Sacrificed Himself for the Princess.

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