Prince Link

The Hero of Legacy

The Hero of Legacy

The New Hero

The Hero

The New Champion

The Prince of Hyrule

The Sage of Time

The Vessel of Hylink

**Prince Link**, known as the **Hero of Legacy**, is the title given to the Hero who appears in The Legend of Zelda: The Demise of Hyrule. Link is bestowed this title before his departure from Skyloft. By traveling through time to awaken the Six Sages and stop the Demon King Demise from destroying Hyrule, Prince Link and his sister, Princess Zelda, become important heroes and an inspiration to many young knights.

## Biography

### Childhood

As a child Prince Link grew up in the Royal Family at Hyrule Castle, and at a young age was exposed to many stories of his parents’ heroism. He met many important figures of Hyrule in his childhood, including the four remaining Sages, Impa, his parents, and knights of great importance, all of which inspired him and drove him to help fight in the Great Monster Wave. Before he could start fighting, tragedy struck. On the day before his and his sisters 13th birthday, Demise awoke under the Forgotten Temple, and sent Flaming Rage towards his castle. Prince Link and his sister fled to the balcony where Queen Zelda summoned the Light Dragon. The dragon took the Prince and Princess to Skyrule.

### Skyrule

When the Light Dragon took the royal twins to Skyrule, Prince Link was shocked that there is a huge civilization up in the sky. They then collapsed, and are found by the priest of Hylia, Chance. Prince Link is given the Skyrulian Garments. He then meets the King of Skyrule, King Groose. King Groose and Priest Chance explain the history of Skyrule. From its origins as Skyloft, to when monarchy was established, to the Royal Split into Skyrulians and Gerudo, to the creation of Triforce Energy, and the element Triforce, to finally the present day. Link then meets Queen Livé of Skyrule. She tells him to try a few lessons at the Academy for Skyrulian Knights. Link then proceeds to finish all three classes, Fighting, History, and Flying. After this Link and Zelda, are called to the Temple by Chance. Chance shows them the Prophecy of the Legacy, which says that the Hero and Princess must find the four sages, and awaken four more, before going to the Sage’s Sanctum to retrieve the “temporal instrument.” They then will go back in time to recruit the hero’s and princesses of time long past. Prince Link is then given the Armor of Legacy, a sword and shield, a Triforce Tablet, a paraglider, and a red Loftwing, who is said to be the ancestor of the Hero’s Loftwing from long ago. He is named the Hero of Legacy, and then sent off to the surface world on a

## Abilities

Prince Link, along with his fellow heroes, are depicted throughout the series as an impressive swordsman. When he was in his childhood, he was already a decent swordfighter, but not as good as his father by any means. When trouble arises, however, Link demonstrates a natural aptitude for the ways of the sword and is able to best his enemies easily, but going to the Academy for Skyrulian Nights probably helped a little bit. As the game progresses, Link becomes known for his swordsmanship as well as his ability to quickly adapt to a wide variety of items and skillfully wield them, such as bows, Triforce Tablet Abilities, and boomerangs, among others.

In the game, Link can use his inherited Sage powers from his mother, and his fathers Champion Ability, to do a flurry rush. He is also able to learn complex techniques from the Hero of Shade.

Additionally, Link is portrayed as having an excellent physical condition, performing backflips easily. He is able to climb, swim, glide, and run at very fast speeds. However, despite this, Link has little proficiency in hand-to-hand combat, and is usually defenseless without a sword or an item. Link is easily able to pick up large stones or push blocks many times his size,

Link has many powerful abilities, items, and powers that he was given by the old heroes. A few examples are being able to turn into a wolf, able to transform with masks, and being able to use the Zonai Burst Power. He is also shown to use the power of the Triforce of Courage.

Link is also shown to be proficient with technology like the Triforce Tablet, and is very good at flying on a Loftwing, learning how to much faster then trained knights twice his age.