Ganondorf to Ganon - A Late Night Theory

As we all know, our favorite Legend of Zelda villain has made many appearances over the course of the series in one guise or another. Today's random theory deals with him and his transformation from a semi-sane would-be dictator to a maniacal pig...thing. So first, for the sake of my bad memory, here's a list of his appearances and which forms he was in!

The Legend of Zelda: Ganon
Adventure of Link: None, except for being resurrected if you die
A Link to the Past: Ganon, also controlling Agahnim
Link's Awakening: None
Ocarina of Time: Ganondorf, then Ganon, then back to Ganondorf after being sealed
Majora's Mask: None
Oracle series: A mindless, resurrected Ganon
Wind Waker: Ganondorf, Puppet and Phantom Ganon are separate entities
Minish Cap: None
Twilight Princess: Ganondorf, also Dark Beast Ganon and working through Zant

So if we go by my timeline theory that Ocarina is chronologically first, that was when he was born and decided to rule the world. And sometime between the time he was born and the start of the actual game, the Imprisoning War occurred and he got his hands on the Triforce of Power. The Triforce, like Zelda said after the first fight with Ganondorf in Ocarina of Time, is the reason why Ganon exists. Because of his impure heart and desire to control everything, he was unable to control the power of the Triforce and it transformed him into Ganon. His sealing in the Sacred Realm suppressed the powers of the Triforce, which would be why he reappears as (semi-sane) Ganondorf while spinning into the abyss of the Sacred Realm.

So from there we go to Twilight Princess. In this form, his time in the Sacred Realm has apparently unhinged him (although if it's all white like what we saw him spinning into, I don't blame him), and his first sealing is nearly unsuccessful. The Triforce of Power plays a part in this again, reacting to his anger by giving him even more power than before. Still, even though he's gaining more power, he has more control over it, which his transformation to Dark Beast Ganon and back shows. But his defeat at the hands of Link severs his connection to the Triforce for at least a little while, and he is thrown back into the Sacred Realm (or the Twilight Realm, either one).

(Oh, wow. The Twilight Realm. I just had a theory about that, but it'll wait for another day. Back to Ganondorf.)

Right, so in the prologue to Wind Waker, maniacal Ganon gets loose and begins wreaking havoc as usual. The people pray for aid, and he is sealed along with the rest of Hyrule under the Great Sea. However, during this sealing, he apparently has time to think about things, becoming less maniacal and more understandable. Instead of trying to conquer everything for no apparent reason, he wants to conquer everything so he and his people can have a nicer place to live. (At least that's what I got from it. It's better than listening to his crazy laugh as he destroys Hyrule just because he feels like it.) Because of his calmer nature, he has more control over the Triforce, and Ganon only manifests as Puppet and Phantom Ganon. In the end, however, he dies at the hands of little Link and Zelda.

Since the Triforce came together to grant the King's wish and then disappeared (which made me a little mad, actually...), and Ganondorf became sealed with the Master Sword, all three parts of the Triforce returned to the Sacred Realm for another century or so. In that time, more people struggle to obtain the Triforce and someone ends up claiming the Triforce of Power. The problem with that is that Ganondorf held it for at least three centuries (probably longer). The individual pieces of the Triforce end up with people who are most like the ones that held them before (Link and Zelda, anyone?) and in this case, the person who ended up with the Triforce of Power was transformed into Ganon because of his Ganondorf-like nature. The same went on in A Link to the Past. The resurrected Ganon in the Oracle series is nothing more than a shell of the general personality that all the Ganons had.

So that about wraps up this theory of the day! If it makes any sense, that is. Hopefully, it does, so stick around for another theory of the day, along with random, somewhat serious rants about random, somewhat serious topics.