The Legend of Zelda - Hyrule Historia

Ah... ...but my
body is
heavy.

it Loftwing... it feels as
doesn't I'm sorry though I'm
I couldn't stuck to
hurt keep my the ground.
anymore. promise.
I can't
But, move.
crimson Curses!

bird, I
hope that

you can
somehow
grant my
final wish.

My
spirit
will
always

be
with
you...

I pray May you
for your thrive, my
happiness comrades.
with all my

heart.

in truth, I
wanted to
take to the
skies with

you...

The Master
Sword has

become
a pillar
between
heaven and
earth...

...guided
by the
Loft-
wing...

What ...it
are you rises
doing?! to the
Hurry!! heavens...
Link!!
Jump
into the
light--
please!!

Long
live the
beautiful
land of

Hylia!

We're
taking
to the
sky!!
Gather
at the
castle!

Link
!!

The
sword!

if you
tarry,
you'll
be left
behind!
Hurry!

Take
it!!

Live on My
and bear country...
descendants--
where the hands My
of the wicked beloved
cannot reach people of
you, beyond the Hylia...My
great sea of humans.
clouds, at the
highest limits
of the sky.

...guard And
the there...
legacy
of the
gods--the
Triforce--
from the
wicked!

With a single
swing of the
sword, the
goddess Hylia
rent the earth.

Yes... As long Loftwing,
as you will you
will fly I ask your show our
with me guidance. people to
hence- the skies?
forth.

I
swear

it!

At that
moment, as
though offering
a blessing,
three dragons
appeared and
circled the two.

This
symbol--
what...?!

Hero! Present The legacy of
thy sword before the gods dwells

the goddess! within the
Master Sword.

Th--

the
loft-
wing

?!

I have Climb
kept a atop my
close eye
on your back.
battle.
You
mean
you'll
take
me as
your
rider?

We shall
fight

together--
for

eternity!

I'm not What’s
...but afraid wrong,
before to die... coward?!
I do, You are
I will nothing
defeat without
you! your gods.

Cast off your Weep!
armor and
Howl!
kneel before
me, and I Turn
and
may grant you flee!
the honor of
serving us.

Or
would you
rather these
claws rend
you asunder?

Foolish My
worm! home-
town...
...reduced The
to this. beautifu l
Will this air...the
be the last mountains...
thing I ever the rivers...
see...?

The Your
humans prayers from
are at
You war. afar won't
will vanquish the
go to
their demons!
aid!
Creatures
of the

world below.
Servants
of the
goddess.

Vast Over the course
numbers of of seven days
humans were
slaughtered. and seven nights,
the goddess's
army fought

valiantly against
the army of the

Demon King.

But, few
though they

were, the
courageous

people
continued
to fight,
their resolve
unwavering.

Wicked
desire
assaulted
the world's
surface,
staining it
the color of
obsidian...

...and the
mountains,
the plains,
and all that
flowed pure
on the earth
were ruthlessly

scoured
by fire.

Oh, it's
the
goddess! end
Someone Will you of
will save not come the
world
us! to our
aid? !

The
gods
will not
forsake
us in our
time of
need.

...be..a.ten The With Stoke
Master the god- the
...and Sword
reborn was broken dess's fires!
from by the strength,
suffer- hands of we shall
the hero,
ing. melted take to
down in the
the searing sky!
flames...

Mean-
w.h..ile
...the
goddess was
desperately
trying to hold
back an untold
evil.

...Once the This time,
legacy of I will rule
the gods everything...
is mine!

Do you Lin k. This blade
intend knows whether
to take or not you are
revenge on
the kingdom tarnished.
that held
you in
contempt?

Or will
you save

it from
doom?

You All of Re-
use me you gardless
when- seek
ever it my of
suits whether
answer. you are
you. humans
Tr.u..ly or gods...

But,
right now,

it goes
without
saying--
my spirit

will
always...

...stand
with my
friends!

The ...and The
hands of act as a Master
the most pillar to Sword, a
honorable support blade that
the land repels evil,
hero in will sunder
the land. as it the earth...
floats
Goddess, up to
I was the sky.

imprisoned And yet,
for a long it was
time, and created by
my honor the gods,
tarnished. meant for
I couldn't our use
possibly lay alone.
hands on this
in
sacred order to
sword. exert its
power on
the surface
world, it
must be
reforged
by human

hands.

The
fearsome
Demon King
will soon
raze the
surface

world with
the fires of

destruc-
tion.

I if
cannot this is
stand aside so, then
while my show me
land and how much
people fall a human is
to ruin. worth!

The My
Loftwing people,
will show you can
you the escape to
the sky.
way.

And the We To the
Loftwing aren't sky?!
birds.
has
already
left us.

Someone Someone
worthy able
to be my
rider!! to fight
the
We will if
defeat you seek Demon
King
sou ls with
the to fight me!
Demon alongside
King! "Useless"
you, we ?!
are here,
Loftwing!

...but Oh? And
there are who might

those you be?
among
us who Link, a
have the knight
courage of the
land of
to Hylia.
fight!

Humans
may look
small in
the eyes

of a
god...

I There's Wait!
am the some- Hold
white your
goddess, one fire!
Hylia. on it!

This
is a
Loftwing--
a bird
of the
gods.

it's God-
Hylia's dess
guardian
god- ?!
dess!

The Hmph! Our
one I seek search is
will not be
found here in vain,
Hylia.
in this They are
lower so fearful
world. that they
cannot tell
gods from
demons! That
is how useless
these humans
are.

Let us
fight
together,
chi ldren
of Hylia.

it's it's A Hey!
a demon! com- bird? What's
that?
Fire A demon ing
come to this
way!
arrowwws! attack
us!

...then if you
I will have need
forever
fight to of me...
defend
you. My dear
land of
Hylia!

Though people's
hearts may
change with

time, this land's
beauty, pride,
and purity
never change.

And here
...that I had
I
would thought...

be able
to
sleep in
peace.

But if you
wish to
wake the
lion...

...then
give
him

fangs!

And now it was The Lord
that it's you--my Demon Please Dagianis--
convenient King's
for you, own army come out the man
What's you want people-- into the who
more, my me to who said will light of
sword is fight? you had no soon framed
broken. need for a day. you--
I can't powerful be has been
even run upon killed by
anymore. hero. us. the Demon
King.

Orvi lle Your Our
has weapon. lit.t.. le
...mis-
tended understanding
it is my to it has been
honor to Lin k, these resolved. Your
be able to our past four premonition
present hero. years. of danger was
this blade correct. We all
understand
to you. that
now.

You
are the
only one
who can
drive off
the Demon
King and
protect
Hylia!

Lin k...
Li n k
the
Hero.

...people Far beneath
once Skyloft--
lived
on the the city in the
world sky where the
below.
young Link
now stands--

under the
thick sea of

clouds...

...a dark Back
age was when it
brewing, was still
shrouded
in fear and called
betrayal... "the
land of
Hylia"...

Free... How nice it
must be to
fly through
the great
blue sky...

...can't But
get up I...
there.

Why do
I feel
...when I like
look up this...
at that

bird?

Link! Hey!

Look
at

that!

A red
bird...
A
Loftwing
flying
through
the sky.

This comic is based on the video game The Legend of Zelda:
Skyward Sword. It includes key elements of the game’s story.

Congratulations on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the concludes the “very first Zelda tale.” Ever since Nintendo
birth of The Legend of Zelda!! And congratulations also on first started making video games, they’ve birthed a lot of
the eagerly anticipated release of the latest in the series— games and fans, but we feel Zelda in particular is a rare
Skyward Sword. We’ve been given the task of creating the game series that has tons of fans across the world who love
comic versions of Zelda games since 1999. We are thankful it passionately. We created this manga with all those many
that people enjoy the manga as much as the games. We’ve adoring Zelda fans in mind. We hope you enjoy it!
been able to produce multiple volumes, and in 2010 we
were chosen by readers for a manga award in Germany. Akira Himekawa is the pseudonym, or “unit name,” of the
Thank you kindly! So, it’s been twelve years since we female manga artist pair A. Honda and S. Nagano (self-
last drew a grown-up Link in a manga, huh? We really portraits below). They debuted in Weekly Shonen Sunday
wracked our brains even more than we usually do for the in 1991. In 1999 they began serializing The Legend of
comic versions, trying to come up with something that Zelda: Ocarina of Time in Shogaku gonensei (Fifth-grade
was worthy of the twenty-fifth anniversary and connected student) and Shogaku rokunensei (Sixth-grade student).
to Skyward Sword but would be all settled in thirty-two Ten volumes of their Legend of Zelda manga have been
pages. We think we’ve turned out a special short piece that published by Shogakukan.

The Legend Is Born!!
An exclusive Zelda comic for the
25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda

Special
32-page
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Manga by

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