In "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess"...

. . . ~~~~~~~ Rebuttals ~~~~~~~ ///1. How can another country have the Ordona Province when the land of Hyrule (including Ordona) is sealed off from the outside world by a huge mountain range [1]? /// Explorers from that country travelled across the mountains and claimed the land in the name of their country. Using citizens to settle the land and make it livable. ~ ///2. Why does nobody ever mention the country that Ordona is a part of? /// I have no clue, but if I had to guess I'd say that nobody mentioned it because it isn't important. ~ ///. .. It's like calling an American from Texas a Texan. /// The example you used would actually be comparable to saying: "Hey look, a black person. " Hylians are a race of people predominant in the region of Hyrule. Coro referring to Link like that sounds a bit racist and means nothing because one can be Hylian and not be from Hyrule [1]. ~ ///As for Rusl, I again hold that my speculation is rather likely. My opponent does nothing to discredit my speculation. /// Speculating - to take to be true on the basis of insufficient evidence [2]. I think that's all that needs to be said about my opponent's speculation. ~ ///As for my opponent's map of the USA, notice how much more detail goes into the United States than to Mexico and Canada. .. /// I can logically explain why the map goes into detail with Ordona. In the game there is a need for you to travel through Ordona; giving you a more detailed map of the place simply makes sense. ~ ///However, how is the Snowpeak Ruins [3], another temple that houses a mirror shard, important to Hyrule or the Sages? /// The Snowpeak Ruins isn't a temple. It's the yetis' house. It just so happens that a mirror shard was hidden there. There are various temples in TP, but the Snowpeak Ruins is not one of those. For instance, the Temple of Time is a temple, the Forest Temple is a temple, Arbiter's Grounds is a temple. Snowpeak Ruins is a mansion that is home to a couple of yetis and is not the only non-temple dungeon in the game. ~ ///If the Temple of Time were placed in the Ordona Province, then there would be enough history right there. /// The Temple of Time could not have rightly been placed in Ordona Province by your own admission. It has existed as a part of Hyrule in previous games and therefore is another integral part of Hyrule's history. Earlier you claimed: "I will agree that Ordona is not always considered a part of Hyrule, but that is merely because it was recently annexed into Hyrule. " Even if the voters agree with your arguments that Ordon is a part of Hyrule the Temple of Time could not be placed there because it was built by the Sages and TP takes place 100 years after Ocarina of Time [3]. For Ordon province to be home to the Temple of Time it would have already existed in previous Zelda games and we wouldn't be having this specific dispute. Therefore my opponent's contention about the swords is utterly defeated because again, by his own admission: ". .. there is no evidence that the Sages are the ones who left the Master Sword in the Pedestal of Time; that was the Hero of Time. " ~ With that the debate comes to a conclusion. I have negated the resolution in more ways than one, I'll leave my opponent's strawman summary of my case un-addressed because I'm sure that the voters realize that's what the summary is. Vote Con. [1] . http://www.zeldawiki.org... [2] . http://i.word.com... [3] . http://www.zeldawiki.org...