One Missing Moment In The Zelda Timeline Could Explain A Huge Unaddressed Plot Point

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There are plenty of oddities to be found throughout timeline, but one particularly strange situation could easily be explained by a single incident unmentioned in the franchise so far. Of course, with Hyrule existing in one form or another for millennia, it is clear that the games only scratch the surface of its full history. But even so, some of these apparent omissions can be striking in the context of the games themselves.

There are many major events in that the series only briefly mentions or alludes to. For example, several games use wars to explain the issues faced by Hyrule, but very few large-scale conflicts can actually be seen occurring as part of the main plot. However, the lore of the games also suggests an event with potentially catastrophic consequences for Hyrule must have taken place in a particular branch of the series’ complex timeline, whether or not a currently unknown war also took place around that time.

The Master Sword, Link’s most iconic weapon, is curiously absent in the Fallen Hero timeline after the events of. While the blade evidently survives the Hero of Time’s clash with Ganondorf in, even if its wielder does not, this state of affairs does not last forever. Although the reincarnation of the hero who saves both Hyrule and Lorule in uses the Master Sword to do so, it is nowhere to be found in games set later in the same timeline branch.

The unclear chronological placement of and makes it difficult to say if the Master Sword disappears forever after, but the sword’s absence for a large part of history is still notable.

Of course, from a development standpoint, the reason for the Master Sword’s absence in some of these games is very clear. The Fallen Hero timeline ends with the original and its sequel. However, neither of these two titles featured the Master Sword becausethe legendary blade was one of the many recurring features of the series that were introduced in the hugely influential . Nevertheless, the Master Sword’s absence in