The Goddess Hylia
Long ago, The Goddess Hylia was entrusted with the protection of The Triforce after the Golden Goddesses created the world. She held that duty throughout the Era of Hylia. Then one day, the Demon King Demise and his Demons suddenly appeared from a fissure beneath the ground, and began attacking the people on the Surface in an attempt to seize The Triforce and rule the world. To protect her people as well as The Triforce, Hylia gathered the surviving Hylians on an outcrop of earth and sent them into the sky away from danger along with The Triforce, which was secretly hidden in the outcrop's Sky Keep, and created a Cloud Barrier to separate the Sky from the world below. With the surviving Hylians safe above the clouds, the Goddess rallied the remaining surface tribes which include the Gorons, Kikwi, Parella, Mogma and the Ancient Robots to battle Demise and his forces. Wielding the Goddess Sword, she eventually defeated and sealed him away in Hylia's Realm, which would come to be known as The Sealed Grounds centuries later, restoring peace to the land.
However, Hylia had suffered grave injuries during the war, and also knew that the seal would not hold the Demon King forever. To combat this, she made several preparations for Demise's inevitable return. She created Fi, a spirit that would reside in the Goddess Sword, and gave her the purpose of assisting the Chosen Hero throughout his future journey, and also left several messages for the Chosen Hero to guide him on his quest. Additionally, she created several trials held in the Silent Realm that would test the Chosen Hero's Power, Wisdom, and Courage, and left gifts to help her Chosen Hero find their way to the Sacred Flames in order to empower the Goddess Sword into the Master Sword. She also created the Isle of Songs, which housed three Songs that would open the way to each of these trials. Furthermore, she left behind the Goddess's Harp, which would be used later by her mortal incarnation and the Chosen Hero. She created the Goddess walls to help her chosen hero.
The Goddess Hylia also appointed three Dragons to protect the regions of the Surface: Faron to watch over Faron Woods, Eldin to watch over Eldin Volcano, and Lanayru to watch over Lanayru Desert. She also appointed the spirit Levias as warden of the Sky. Each of them were left with a part of the Song of the Hero, a melody that would unlock the Chosen Hero's final trial. She entrusted them to teach the Chosen Hero their part of the Song, since should the Chosen Hero succeed in completing the last trial, the path to The Triforce would open to them. Her final action was to willingly shed her divinity and power in order to transfer her soul to the body of a mortal, so that she could use the power of The Triforce when the time came, presumably perishing in the process.
Centuries later during the Sky Era, Hylia is reborn on Skyloft as a mortal girl named Zelda. She was born with no memory of her previous existence as the Goddess, and as such was not aware of her true nature. One day while flying with Link, the eventual Chosen Hero, after the Wing Ceremony, she is tossed out of the Sky onto the Surface by a massive tornado summoned by the Demon Lord Ghirahim. She is found and rescued from capture by Impa shortly after, who helps her remember her previous life as the Goddess as well as her original purpose. With the help of Impa, who was sent out to help her at her own request centuries prior, Zelda sets out to pray at the Goddess Statues located in each Temple across the Surface to purify her body, gradually gaining more memories of her previous existence.
At the Temple of Time, Zelda gives Link the Goddess's Harp before travelling with Impa through the temple's Gate of Time to escape from a surprise attack by Ghirahim. To prevent the Demon Lord from following them, Impa destroys the Gate of Time. The two arrive a thousand years into the past, and make their way to the Temple of Hylia, where they await Link's arrival. When he arrives later, Zelda explains to him her true nature as the mortal reincarnation of The Goddess Hylia, and blesses the Master Sword with her power.
However, as the living embodiment of The Goddess Hylia, Zelda stays in the past to ensure that Demise remains imprisoned. She apologizes to Link for involving him in the war against Demise, explaining that Hylia needed someone with an "unbreakable spirit" and that she took advantage of Link's motivation to save Zelda Despite being unaware of this plan, Zelda still feels remorseful and decides that she must atone. She seals herself into an amber crystal and falls into a deep slumber for a thousand years, but not before she gives Link one final task: to find The Triforce and use it to destroy Demise once and for all.
After Link successfully uses The Triforce to destroy Demise, Zelda awakens from her millennium-long slumber and the two are finally reunited. The reunion is short-lived however, as Ghirahim attacks and takes Zelda through the Gate of Time, with the goal of using her soul to revive the Demise in the past. As Link follows him, Ghirahim orders his troops to keep him at bay while he begins the ritual, but Link manages to reach and defeat him. However, the ritual had continued during the fight, and Demise is freed as The Imprisoned before absorbing Zelda's soul and returning to his true form.
During the final battle between Link and Demise, Zelda's comatose body is kept safe within the Sealed Temple. Link successfully defeats and seals Demise within the Master Sword, and Zelda's soul returns to her and she recovers. With peace returned to the land and the war finally over, Zelda and Link return to the present. Later, while enjoying the view from atop the Goddess Statue, Zelda tells Link that she had fantasized about the Surface for so long and decides that she wants to live there permanently, and asks Link if he would like to do the same.
For her selfless acts to protect the Hylians who bear her name, The Goddess Hylia is among the most praised and beloved deities in all of Hyrule.The descendants of her mortal incarnation would go on to establish the kingdom of Hyrule upon the Surface in the Era of Prosperity, their bloodline becoming the long-lasting Royal Family of Hyrule. There is a tradition for women born into the royal bloodline to be named "Zelda" after her mortal embodiment.
Divine Classification
Goddess
Religions
Species
Realm
Church/Cult
Family
Children
Pronouns
She/Her
Sex
Female
Gender
Woman
Presentation
Feminine
Eyes
Gold
Hair
Gold
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Gold
Aligned Organization
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