It corresponds to the disaster caused by Calamity Ganon throughout Hyrule Kingdom that occurred on Princess Zelda's 17th birthday, one hundred years prior to event of the game. This event serves as the main historical context of the game. The second Great Calamity is an event from Breath of the Wild. As a result, the Sheikah decided to cast away their technology and adopt simpler lives, resulting in the secrets of their sciences being lost to time. Sometime after this, the King of Hyrule began to see the Sheikah and their incredibly advanced technology as a threat to Hyrule, and banished the tribe from the kingdom, scattering them throughout the land. It was then prophesied that Ganon would eventually break free of the seal as he always had.

The Hylian side was victorious and Calamity Ganon was successfully sealed. As this was anticipated by the Hylian civilization, opposing Ganon was an unnamed knight chosen by the Sword that Seals the Darkness, and a Princess blessed with an unspecified 'sacred power' (illustrated by a Triforce symbol on the Calamity Ganon Tapestry displayed at Impa's home in Kakariko Village), and the mechanical creations of the then-highly advanced Sheikah tribe: the Guardians and the four Divine Beasts.

Ganondorf rose to conquer Hyrule Kingdom as the Calamity, a monstrous creature imbuing pure hatred – or, Malice. The first Great Calamity refers to the original emergence of Calamity Ganon, 10,000 years before the events of Breath of the Wild.

Overview Breath of the Wild The First Great Calamity

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