Demise
Eons before the events of Skyloft, he and his army of demons broke through a fissure in the earth and sought out The Triforce. After a long war, he was eventually sealed away by The Goddess Hylia. He is resurrected during the events of the Skyward Sword, but is defeated by Link through the use of the Master Sword. However, upon his ultimate defeat, Demise utters a powerful curse stating that his hatred will not end, but will be reborn in an eternal cycle. The form of this evil is thought to be Ganon, his flaming red hair is to signify a connection to him.
Demise was an eternal entity who had conquered time itself. When the Golden Goddesses Din Farore and Nayru departed from the world, they trusted their ultimate power, The Triforce, in the hands of Hylia to protect it. However, Demise, wanting The Triforce to make the world his own, gathered an army of monsters and together launched an attack against the people of The Surface, murdering them and causing misfortunes to get their hands on the power guarded by Hylia.
To prevent the great power from falling into the hands of Demise, Hylia and the five tribes who lived on the Surface joined forces and fought back against the Demon King and his forces in a war, which would end with Demise sealed away and peace restored to the land. Due to the seal placed upon him, he assumes the monstrous form as The Imprisoned for the majority of the events that unfolded in Skyloft.
Resurrection
Ghirahim, who is actually the spirit of Demise's Sword, pursues Princess Zelda to steal her soul and thus resurrect Demise, who is his Master. Meanwhile, Demise attempts to break free of his seal by his own means in the form of The Imprisoned, but he is constantly repelled and re-sealed beneath The Sealed Grounds through the efforts of Link and Groose. When Link finally obtains The Triforce, he manages to kill Demise by driving the Statue of the Goddess from Skyloft into The Sealed Grounds as The Imprisoned awakens for the fourth time. However, Ghirahim kidnaps Zelda and takes her to the past through the Gate of Time in the Sealed Temple, where he begins a ritual to revive his master. While Link manages to defeat Ghirahim, he is too late to stop the resurrection of Demise. The Imprisoned begins to absorb Princess Zelda's soul and eventually transforms into the Demon King himself. Ghirahim welcomes back his master, but Demise pulls a dark Sword out of Ghirahim and seals his entity within the weapon. Demise continues to absorb the soul of Zelda to gain divine power; he is impressed with Link's determination to protect the Goddess and invites him to do battle. To Demise's shock, Link manages to ultimately defeat him via a mighty Down Thrust to his chest, but in his dying throes, he warns Link that it is not over, and that an incarnation of his hatred will be reborn as a being to pursue domination of the world, as well as those with the blood of the Goddess and the spirit of the Hero, in a cycle of rebirth. Demise is then sealed away within the Master Sword, where his remains begin to decay.
Species
Date of Death
4200 BGD
Children
Pronouns
He/Him
Sex
Male
Gender
Man
Presentation
Masculine
Eyes
Orange
Hair
Orange, resembling flames
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Beige with a stoney texture
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