What a horrifying secret plan to have a curse .

Despite only appear in one game , the shock that Demise had on the history of The Legend of Zelda echoes through just about every release . The original Demon King appeared in Skyward Sword , the game at the beginning of theZelda timeline . He place a very important curse on Link , though , and it ’s possible he may even return in weeping of the Kingdom and future games .

Demise’s backstory in The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword

When players first encounter Demise in The Legend of Zelda : Skyward Sword , he in reality takes the frame of The Imprisoned , a huge black blob that attacks from the Sealed Grounds . This is because the Sealed Grounds is where the Goddess Hylia herself seal Demise away long before the events of the plot .

Demise earlier want the office of the Triforce for himself . This caused a state of war which led to Demise ’s imprisonment . This is also why Link needs to repeatedly beat the Imprisoned back into the Navy SEAL throughout the game .

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Demise’s appearance in The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword

For most of the game , Link terminate up fight back an evil - doer advert Girahim . This is actually the intent of Demise ’s sword , similar to how Fi is the smell of the Master Sword . Girahim ’s destination in the game is to revive Demise .

Link on the face of it check this architectural plan when the Statue of the Goddess is dropped on the Sealed Grounds , emphatically killing the Imprisoned . Girahim then kidnaps Zelda , taking her through the Gate of Time , which is found in the Sealed Temple .

To hold launch the 24-hour interval , Link gives chase through the Gate of Time and battle Girahim . He is ultimately too late to stop the revival of Demise , however . Demise seek to be a redoubtable foe , but he carry a scar on his brow that could be from the Sealing Spike . Link absorb the Master Sword into this scar with a Skyward Strike to terminate the fight .

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The Curse of Demise

Before buy the farm , Demise utters some very famous last words to Link : " An embodiment of my hatred shall ever stick with your form , condemn them to wander a blood - soaked ocean of darkness for all time ! " This would imply that the future enemy of Link , most notably Ganon , are actually reincarnations of Demise . The curse also interlock Zelda , Link , and Ganon in an dateless struggle throughout the history of Zelda .

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Can Demise return in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom?

There is a likeliness that this villain may make a riposte in the continuation to Breath of the Wild . This is because , in the original Breath of the Wild , there was a very poignant nod to Demise . Southwest of Hyrule Castle and East of the Ludlo Bog is an area send for the Breach of Demise . It is an desiccated area with no plant life present , just skull and Bokoblins .

While the Breach of Demise is a potent reference to the nemesis of Skyward Sword , it has no real relevancy in the plot of Breath of the Wild . Seeing as Tears of the Kingdom will be set in the same Hyrule , though , peradventure Demise will look there . Either means , there is a warm implication that Ganondorf will be in the biz , and he is just a manifestation of Demise ’s curse . So , one way or another , Demise will be affecting the plot of this game in some form .

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