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Sacred Realm - The Sacred Realm in the story of Ocarina of Time

Sacred Realm - The realm sealed

The realm remained sealed off from the physical world by a seal that can only be opened with a unique collection of items: The three Spiritual Stones (belonging to different races in the game and also representing one of the goddesses: The Kokiri Emerald represents Farore, the Goron's Ruby represents Din, and the Zora's Saphire represents Nayru), the Ocarina of Time (which opens the seal of the Temple of Time, gateway to the Sacred Realm), and the Master Sword (which was created to defeat evil and can only be wielded by the righteous).

Sacred Realm - The seal broken

Link and Princess Zelda, discovering that Ganondorf, the game's antagonist, seeks to possess the Triforce, attempt to stop him by getting to the Sacred Realm first. Unfortunately, their efforts to stop Ganondorf merely unseal the sacred realm for him (which he would have been unable to do as he could not wield the Master Sword). Ganondorf takes the triforce, but because his heart is not in balance, he only ends up with the Triforce of Power, temporarily thwarting his plans for becoming the ruler of the world. The other pieces of the Triforce reverted to their keepers (Princess Zelda gaining the Triforce of Wisdom and Link gaining the Triforce of Courage). Although the Sacred Realm was beautiful (the midday sky was gold, not blue), it becomes warped and twisted under Ganondorf's control, as the realm reflects the heart of the last person to enter it. Only the Temple of Light at the center of the Sacred Realm remains uncorrupted.

Sacred Realm - The realm restored

At the end of Ocarina of Time, Link defeats Ganondorf, who is then sealed in the sacred realm (which can also be known as the dark world) by the Sages, mythical protectors of Hyrule. It is disputed whether the realm returned to normal after these events. (Note: At the end of "Ocarina of Time", Ganondorf said that one day he would "eliminate" the descendents of the seven sages, possibly leading up to the events in "A Link to the Past")

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "The Sacred Realm in the story of Ocarina of Time", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki