There had been a great war. A huge army had risen from the barren wastelands in the west, marched to Hyrule, and thrown out all of the human inhabitants. There was very little resistance, and most simply fled in terror.
That was then. This is now. Now is about 5 years later. Now things have got worse. Now the whole land of Hyrule is under Orcish rule. What’s left of it anyway. Most of the human race has been wiped out by orcs coming down from the mountain and slaughtering people. The fetid stench of death hung in the air. The orcs thought that humans were extinct. Orcs are not very smart.
Link glanced at a picture of his parents. They had been killed by a battalion of orcs who came down from Death Mountain to search for riches. It was the only thing he was able to grab hold of as he ran. He had to abandon his home and take up with a group of rangers. With them he wandered around, generally avoiding orcs. He had been with the rangers for 2 years now, and had become quite good friends with Saria. She was one of the few females. Saria touched him on the shoulder.
“Hey, you were only 15. You would have been killed too.”
“They were actors. Good ones too. They didn’t deserve to die.”
“I finally got a sword for you.” Saria said, changing the subject, “Killed an orc to get it.”
“Thanks.” Link sighed, put the picture away, and reluctantly took the hilt of the sword.
“Get some sleep… We’re moving early tomorrow. Up the mountain.”
Link stared at her with disbelief. The mere thought of going up Death Mountain was ridiculous. There couldn’t be much more than 20 of them, and thousands of orcs up there.
“What the hell for?” Link exclaimed, “You may have a death wish but personally, I can think of better things to do. I want revenge on them orcs just as much as you do, but marching straight into certain death is not what I had in mind!”
This argument went on so long, that Link would have got more sleep had Saria not mentioned it. The whole camp seemed to think that if they could capture the main tower, the orcs would have little chance of laying their hands of them. It was better than hiding for the rest of their lives. The orcs had stopped guarding since they thought they were now the only relatively intelligent beings left. That would work to the human’s advantage.
“I used to be a guard for Hyrule, so I know that there is a crack in one of the walls.” Said Ganon, the self-proclaimed leader of the rangers, “We can enter through there, and take the main tower.”
Link stared thoughtfully at his newly acquired sword. It was sharp, and well made. He shuddered. The thought of facing thousands of orcs, all armed as well as this didn’t bear thinking about. He just couldn’t shake the feeling he was heading into eternal darkness.
