Great Cataclysm

The is mentioned in a prophecy of the Seven Sages that is referred to in . At the conclusion of the Imprisoning War, which took place ages before the events covered in the game, the Seven Sages sealed the entrance to the Dark World, keeping Ganon restrained within the realm, although the Triforce was still in his possession. The Cataclysm refers to a series of actions on Ganon's part, aiming with them to break the Seal of the Seven Sages and conquer Hyrule. Another part of the prophecy mentions that a hero is going to appear and defeat Ganon.
== Overview ==
Ganon, who possesses the Triforce but had been sealed in the Dark World by the Seven Sages, abducts seven maidens descended from the Sages, using the dark wizard Agahnim as his alter ego. The maiden in Skull Woods mentions that a hero is destined to appear and face the person that unleashed the Great Cataclysm. This hero must be descended from the Knights of Hyrule that protected Hylian royalty in the Imprisoning War.
According to writing engraved on the Pedestal of the Master Sword, the Hylians foretold that a descendant of the Knights of Hyrule would pull the sword. When the hero Link discovers the Master Sword in the Sacred Grove, he is probably the last of the line of the knights, which had been nearly wiped out in the Imprisoning War.
Aginah in the Desert of Mystery explains that according to the prophecy, Link, if indeed is the hero that will defeat Ganon, has to use the book of Mudora, in order for him to be able to read the ancient language of the Hylians.
==Trivia==
*In the instruction manual for , another reference to the prophecy is made. Link "fulfilled the Hyrulean prophecy of the Legendary Hero and destroyed the evil tyrant Ganon."
==Nomenclature==
==External links==
*Translation, comparison, and analysis of the story told in the manual of 
*Translation, comparison, and analysis of the quotes in 
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