[SPOILERS] An Ancient "Legend" (Warning: Spoilers About an Early Quest)
So again from [this stream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9IoqnUz19c) I noted a very interesting piece of dialogue in regard to BotW's backstory. This one comes from a quest you are given after getting the paraglider, which leads you to Impa.
>...So you're finally awake.
>It has been quite a long time...Link.
>I am much older now, but...you remember me, don't you?
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>What is the matter?
>You are looking at me as though I am a stranger to you. Those eyes... They lack the light of familiarity.
>It is I, courageous one. Impa. Surely you must at least remember the name Impa?
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>I see... So you have lost your memory.
>Well, it matter not. In fact, that may actually be a blessing in disguise for the time being.
>Dearest Link... Please come a bit closer.
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>A hundred years ago...
>Yes... A hundred years ago, the kingdom of Hyrule was destroyed.
>After you fell, Princess Zelda's final wish was to place you in a sacred slumber.
>An then...all alone... Alone she went to face Ganon.
>Before Princess Zelda went to nobly meet her fate...she entrusted me with some words she wished to say to you.
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>I have been waiting 100 years to deliver the princess's message.
>However!
>These words, which the princess risked her life to leave you... Well, if you are to hear them...
>You must be prepared to risk you life as well.
>But I am afraid that burden may be too much to bear while you are still without your memories.
>I leave the choice to you. When you feel you are ready to receive the princess's message, return to me.
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>The Words that the princess risked her life to impart to you...I cannot pass them on to someone who lacks conviction.
>Are you prepared to risk your life for the greater good?
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>[I am.]
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>Ha!
>Not a memory to your name, yet you are as intent as ever to charge forward with only courage and justice on your side.
>You have not changed a bit. Once a hero, always a hero.
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>Very well.
>Since you have lost you memory, I will recount for you all that has happened...
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>The History of the royal family of Hyrule is also the history of Calamity Ganon, a primal evil that endured over the ages.
>This evil has been turned back time and time again by a warrior wielding the soul of a hero, and a princess who carries the blood of the Goddess.
>With the passage of time, each conflict with Ganon faded into legend.
>So listen closely as I tell you of this "legend" that occurred 10,000 years ago.
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>"Hyrule was then blossoming as a highly advanced civilization.
>Even the most powerful monster posed little threat to the denizens of the realm.
>The people though it wise to utilize their technological prowess to ensure the safety of the land, should Calamity Ganon ever return.
>They constructed four mechanical wonders that came to be known as Divine Beasts.
>They also built a legions of autonomous weapons called Guardians.
>The Divine Beasts were piloted by four individuals of exceptional skill from across the land.
>And thus, the plan to neutralize Ganon was forged."