Imprisoning War

:This article is about the Imprisoning War depicted in A Link to the Past. For the Imprisoning War seen in Tears of the Kingdom, go to Imprisoning War.
The term refers to two separate events, one as part of the backstory to and one as part of the backstory to . Beyond both having the same name and ending with the sealing of Ganon by the Sages, the two wars have otherwise very little in common.
The Imprisoning War taking place before was the first time in the series that Ganon's history was explained. It was later revealed to stem from events that occurred in .
==History from and ==
When the Hero of Time opened the Door of Time and drew the Master Sword, the Gerudo thief Ganondorf invaded the Sacred Realm. Ganondorf used the Triforce of Power to become the King of Evil, and in the Fallen Hero Timeline, Ganondorf stole the completed Triforce and became the Dark Beast Ganon. When Ganon made his wish to rule the world, the Sacred Realm was transformed into a twisted copy of Hyrule born out of his avarice called the Dark World.
Many years later, greedy beings were beckoned by an evil power that flowed from the Sacred Realm to become monsters. The monsters swarmed out of the Dark World and attacked Hyrule. To save the kingdom, the King of Hyrule ordered the Seven Sages to seal the entrance to the Dark World. The Knights of Hyrule joined forces with the Sages to wage war against the horde of monsters in the Imprisoning War. The Knights were nearly wiped out buying time for the Sages to complete their magical seal. All of Hyrule rejoiced in victory.
Due to the cost of resources and lives in the fight over the Sacred Realm, the Imprisoning War left Hyrule impoverished.
==Trivia==
*Deleted text from shows that the game originally included such elements as the Six Sages, the Master Sword, the Magic Mirror, and the Hylian language being forgotten. Because the game also has many direct references to , this has led many to believe that was originally intended to be the game in which the Imprisoning War occurred. However, the game also has numerous references to other Zelda games, which were deliberately added to the game by its director, Toshiaki Suzuki. While the final game itself doesn't reflect the events of the Imprisoning War, it does, in theory, work as a possible prelude to said war. But with that game's official timeline placement positioning it on a different timeline branch, it remains separate from the Imprisoning War at this time.
==Nomenclature==
==See Also==
* Great Cataclysm
* Hyrulean Civil War
* Interloper War
* Timeline Quotes On Ocarina of Time
==External links==
*Translation, comparison, and analysis of the story told in the manuals