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The Hero of Time playing the ocarina.



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  1. Summary

    In a time before the legends we know begin, before time was set to the rhythm it follows now, something happened whose effects still reverberate through time, caught up and amplified by later events; locked into a pattern never quite broken, though some have tried. This is how it begins...

    A boy and a girl, newly adult, on their peaceful island in the sky.
    Far in the past, a goddess, and a sworn champion, and a stranger from a strange land.
    And further back still, a god who devours and a spirit of swordcraft, who will fall together and become greater and more terrible than ever they should have.

    It is their tangled futures that will shape the aeons to come...

    (Stories are arranged in chronological order, but the complicated Optimal Reading Order begins with The Sword Reforged. Note that this is entirely optional – it mostly maximises drama, and places one spoiler for vaguely more effect.)

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    What happened after Sonic Adventure 2? Was it really quite that nonsensical? What if you saw it all from different angles... what if you blurred the lines just a little? That's Project Blur - taking the events of all the more underwhelming games after SA2 and making them make real, coherent sense with a continuous plot and maybe even consistent character development!

    Crazy, right?

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    By my count, there are four major timelines diverging from Ocarina of Time. Follow the thread of the fourth, where a seemingly insignificant divergence changes the entire course of fate.

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    After centuries of turmoil, Humanity has expanded to the stars, just as the Incubators promised. The half-AI Government of Earth is determined to turn the planet into its vision of utopia, but the shadows of utopia hide many secrets. When an alien threat the Incubators failed to mention threatens the peace, one of those secrets steps out into the light.

    In the midst of it all, an ordinary girl looks to the sky, wondering at her place in the universe.

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    25 Mar 2026

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    A young adult Ghetsis challenges Kyurem to be its hero and pays the price for his hubris. But he learns from the experience.

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    "But courage need not be remembered... for it is never forgotten."
    Though struggling with both the loss of memory and the incredible weight of past failure, Link must find a way to recover what has been lost and bring hope back to the land of Hyrule.
    An epic fantasy-style novelization of Breath of the Wild.
    Final revisions complete as of 04/15/2021! Now with ongoing Korean and French Translations!
    Fully narrated audiobook in progress--check my profile and prologue notes for details!
    Sequel posted!

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    24 Aug 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Last read: Chapter 3/2

  4. Public Bookmark 28

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    The battle is over, and Fi is at rest, having reached the end of her long journey. But not all of her work has been done, and not all of her goodbyes have been said.

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    21 Jun 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    I like the Fi in this one, and her mental realm; worth a read even though I don't agree with the characterisation of Ghirahim.

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    Zelda can sense the return of danger, and she knows she is the one destined to stop it. She won’t fail. Not with all this wisdom and all this authority at her fingertips.

    Ganondorf can feel the curse creeping up on him, but he’s no closer to finding a way out than when he first learned of it. This hatred that fights to consume him will come for all his people next if he doesn’t stop it.

    Link’s brother is missing. Bodyguard to the princess, Rift disappeared with her after the appearance of the Dark Beast in Gerudo Desert. Now a Voice is calling Link to defeat that Beast to save Hyrule and reunite his family.

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    28 May 2025