-==IC: Elian==-
"Mostly tall tales. Stories, telling of how they were the ones to teach him skills with a blade, claiming they had defeated him in battle. Few have given his true name, and the ones that do are mutually conflicting, but one name for him that appears often is Link. Some say he fell, out in the Lost Woods, mortally wounded in his final fight with evil but unwilling to show his weakness to others. Some say he's abandoned us, racked with guilt for some undisclosed transgression. Others say his battles with darkness planted a seed of darkness in his heart, and he now lurks in the shadows, plotting Hyrule's downfall. Still others say his triumph against evil earned him a place among the gods, and he has ascended to a higher state of being. But in all these tales lie a few threads of truth. That after his battles in Labrynna, Holodrum, and Subrosia, he left the kingdom for an unknown, mysterious purpose. That he returned some of his most powerful artifacts to their former homes. And that one day, in the hour of greatest need, he will return." Elian hesitates for a moment, but, deciding he has nothing to lose and everything to gain, he continues. "There was one more rumor, your highness. But you must understand, I have only heard it but once, just before this man apprehended me. That the forces of evil seek to destroy Link. That the banishment of darkness shall last only so long as he lives. That if he is to return, new heroes must arise to be at his side, ere the darkness overtakes him, and destroys Hyrule's last hope. I admit, it sounds unlikely, but...when my master vanished he left behind a few fragments of his prophecies. Only one was complete enough to read:
For when the Hero of Oracles appears to banish the darkness, verily it shall contest his courage. But ere others arise to defend his work, his destiny shall remain void, and the world as it is shall be lost... At least, as best I could assemble it. It...it's my only clue to my master's whereabouts, and...well, now it appears that prophecy, from so many years ago, could be our only link to Link's." Elian bowed his head, and awaited word of his fate.
OOC: This'll explain why he's officially with the Knights of Hyrule, instead of just doing his own thing. He's spared, but only if he joins.
Also, here's my personal timeline theory:
MM-TP-ALttP/LA-LoZ/AoL
SS-OoT-
TWW/PH-ST-TMC-FS/FSA
The Oracle games COULD go at the end of either timeline. This would fix most of the timeline problems in a reasonable way (at least as far as I can understand). Alternatively, the Oracle games take place before TWW, and our failure in the RPG leads to that Ganondorf's escape and rise to power and the flooding of Hyrule.
