Hyrule Historia is a Zelda encyclopedia containing never-before-seen concept art, designer commentary, and the official Zelda timeline. The book originally saw a limited release in Japan in Dec. 2012, commemorating The Legend of Zelda’s 25th anniversary. 8 months later, it was announced that the book would be brought to the English-speaking world by Dark Horse Comics.
In the intervening time, a few other translators and I embarked on a fan translation project. The results are what you see below. Because of the announcement of the official English release, the fan translation was never finished. For the most accurate version of the translation, and the missing content, please pick up a copy of the official book. Showing your support for Nintendo and Dark Horse will help encourage these companies to bring similar publications overseas!
I’m credited in the official translation as Aria Tanner. In addition to some editing, I was responsible for pages 84 to 239.
Introduction
• Pg. 2 & 3 Miyamoto’s Statement
Skyward Sword Concept Art
• Pg. 8 Link
• Pg. 9 More Link
• Pg. 10 Zelda
• Pg. 11 More Zelda
• Pg. 12 Fi
• Pg. 13 More Fi
• Pg. 14 Ghirahim
• Pg. 15 More Ghirahim
• Pg. 16 Impa
• Pg. 17 The Imprisoned & Demise
• Pg. 18 The Overworld
• Pg. 19 More Overworld
• Pg. 20 Skyloft & the Islands in the Sky
• Pg. 21 More Skyloft & the Islands in the Sky
• Pg. 22 The Knight Academy
• Pg. 23 More Knight Academy
• Pg. 24 Students of the Knight Academy
• Pg. 25 More Students of the Knight Academy
• Pg. 26 Bazaar
• Pg. 27 More Bazaar
• Pg. 28 Even More Bazaar
• Pg. 29 Yet More Bazaar
• Pg. 30 Skyloftians
• Pg. 31 More Skyloftians & Houses
• Pg. 32 Even More Skyloftians
• Pg. 33 Unused Skyloftians
• Pg. 34 The Isle of the Goddess
• Pg. 35 The Sky Islands and People
• Pg. 36 The Lumpy Pumpkin
• Pg. 37 More Lumpy Pumpkin & Milk Bar
• Pg. 38 Thunderhead
• Pg. 39 More Thunderhead
• Pg. 40 Sealed Grounds
• Pg. 41 More Sealed Grounds
• Pg. 42 Faron Woods
• Pg. 43 The Big Tree & Skyview Temple
The Timeline
Timeline Section Introduction
• Pg. 68 The Chronology of Hyrule
• Pg. 69 The Timeline
The Era of the Creation of the World
• Pg. 70 The Legend of the Gods
The Era of the Goddess Hylia
Skyward Sword
• Pg. 71 The Ancient Battle
The Sky Era
Skyward Sword
• Pg. 72 Skyloft
• Pg. 73 The Gears of Fate
• Pg. 74 The Surface
• Pg. 75 The Gate of Time
• Pg. 76 Demise’s Defeat
The Era of Chaos & the Era of Prosperity
• Pg. 77 The Sealing of the Sacred Realm
The Force Era
The Minish Cap
• Pg. 78 The Picori and the Light Force
• Pg. 79 The Sorcerer’s Birth
• Pg. 80 Searching for the Four Elements
• Pg. 81 The Great Sorcerer’s End
Four Swords
• Pg. 82 The Legend of the Four Sword
• Pg. 83 The Four Heroes
The Era of the Hero of Time
Ocarina of Time
• Pg. 84 Hyrule Kingdom in Chaos
• Pg. 85 Those Chosen by the Triforce
• Pg. 86 Those Chosen by the Triforce (Continued)
• Pg. 87 Ocarina of Time
• Pg. 88 Ocarina of Time (Continued)
• Pg. 89 Ocarina of Time (Continued)
• Pg. 90 The Deciding Battle VS Ganondorf
• Pg. 91 Ocarina of Time (Continued)
The Downfall of Hyrule
• Pg. 92 Hyrule’s Decline & Last Hero
• Pg. 93 The Imprisoning War
The Era of Light and Dark
A Link to the Past
• Pg. 94 The Princess of Light
• Pg. 95 The Princess of Light (Continued)
• Pg. 96 A Link to the Past
• Pg. 97 The End of the Dark World
Oracle of Seasons & Oracle of Ages
• Pg. 98 Trial of The Triforce
• Pg. 99 Rescuing Din
• Pg. 100 Nayru, the Oracle of Ages
• Pg. 101 The Return of the Demon King
Link’s Awakening
• Pg. 102 Adventure Within a Fleeting Dream
• Pg. 103 Seeking to Escape the Island
The Golden Era
• Pg. 104 The Great King and the Triforce of Courage
The Era of Decline
• Pg. 105 The Great King and the Triforce of Courage (Continued)
The Legend of Zelda
• Pg. 106 Legends Passed Down in Hyrule
• Pg. 107 Seeking the Triforce
Adventure of Link
• Pg. 108 Link Receives His Crest
• Pg. 109 Link’s Determination
The Era of the Hero of Time (Child Era)
• Pg. 110 The Twilight Realm & Hero’s Descendants
Majora’s Mask
• Pg. 111 Turmoil in Termina
• Pg. 112 Turmoil in Termina (Continued)
Twilight Princess
• Pg. 113 Ganondorf’s Execution
The Twilight Era
Twilight Princess
• Pg. 114 Ganondorf’s Dark Powers
• Pg. 115 Midna & Link
• Pg. 116 The Palace of Twilight
• Pg. 117 The Resistance
• Pg. 118 Princess Zelda’s Revival & Ganon’s Suppression
The Shadow Era
Four Swords Adventures
• Pg. 119 Shadow Link’s Trap
• Pg. 120 Wind Sorcerer Vaati’s Return
• Pg. 121 The Battle Against Ganon
The Era of the Hero of Time (Adult Era)
• Pg. 122 The Hero of Wind & A New World
The Era without a Hero
The Wind Waker
• Pg. 123 The Legend of the Great Flood
The Era of the Great Sea
The Wind Waker
• Pg. 124 Ganondorf’s Repeated Revivals
• Pg. 125 Adventure Brought by the Wind
• Pg. 126 Adventure Brought by the Wind (Continued)
• Pg. 127 Adventure Brought by the Wind (Continued)
• Pg. 128 Adventure Brought by the Wind (Continued)
• Pg. 129 Adventure Brought by the Wind (Continued)
The Era of the Great Sea Voyage
Phantom Hourglass
• Pg. 130 The Beginning of the Age of Exploration
• Pg. 131 Adventure on the S.S. Linebeck
• Pg. 132 Battle Against Bellum
The Era of Hyrule’s Rebirth
Spirit Tracks
• Pg. 133 The Early History of Hyrule’s Rebirth
• Pg. 134 Spirit Zelda
• Pg. 135 The Restoration of Peace
Concept Art
The Legend of Zelda Concept Art
• Pg. 138 Link
• Pg. 139 Development Documents
• Pg. 140 Game Scenes
• Pg. 141 More Game Scenes
The Adventure of Link & A Link to the Past Concept Art
A Link to the Past Concept Art
Link’s Awakening Concept Art
• Pg. 144 Development Documents
Ocarina of Time Concept Art
• Pg. 145 Link
• Pg. 146 Zelda, Sheik & Impa
• Pg. 147 Sages
• Pg. 148 Ganondorf
• Pg. 149 Ganondorf & Ganon
• Pg. 150 Scene Art
Majora’s Mask Concept Art
• Pg. 151 Link & Goron Link
• Pg. 152 Deku Link, Zora Link & Skull Kid
• Pg. 153 Tingle & Environments
The Wind Waker Concept Art
• Pg. 154 Link
• Pg. 155 Tetra
• Pg. 156 Ganondorf
• Pg. 157 Supporting Characters
• Pg. 158 Kokiri & Rito
• Pg. 159 Monsters
• Pg. 160 More Monsters
• Pg. 161 Sages
• Pg. 162 Islands
• Pg. 163 Environments
Oracle of Seasons & Oracle of Ages Concept Art
• Pg. 164 Link
• Pg. 165 Nayru
• Pg. 166 Supporting Characters
• Pg. 167 Supporting Characters
• Pg. 168 Onox & Veran
• Pg. 169 Bossblin, Ganondorf & Scene Art
Twilight Princess Concept Art
• Pg. 170 Link
• Pg. 171 Link & Wolf Link
• Pg. 172 Midna
• Pg. 173 More Midna
• Pg. 174 Zelda & Sheik
• Pg. 175 Zant
• Pg. 176 Ganondorf
• Pg. 177 Ganon & Ganondorf
• Pg. 178 Light Spirits
• Pg. 179 Sages & Hero’s Shade
• Pg. 180 Ilia
• Pg. 181 Ordon Villagers
• Pg. 182 Kakariko Villagers
• Pg. 183 Telma
• Pg. 184 Auru
• Pg. 185 Shad & Ashei
• Pg. 186 Impaz, Falbi & Fyer
• Pg. 187 Jovani, Oocoo, Purlo, Fairy
• Pg. 188 Goron Tribe
• Pg. 189 More Gorons
• Pg. 190 Zora Tribe
• Pg. 191 Rutela & Ralis
• Pg. 192 Minibosses
• Pg. 193 Monsters
• Pg. 194 Twilight Emissaries
• Pg. 195 Poe & Aeralfos
• Pg. 196 Items
• Pg. 197 More Items
• Pg. 198 Locations
• Pg. 199 More Locations
• Pg. 200 Even More Locations
• Pg. 201 Locations, Etc.
Phantom Hourglass Concept Art
• Pg. 202 Characters
• Pg. 203 Bellum
• Pg. 204 Monsters
• Pg. 205 Concept Sketches
Spirit Tracks Concept Art
• Pg. 206 Link’s Uniform
• Pg. 207 Alfonzo & Zelda
• Pg. 208 Chancellor Cole
• Pg. 209 Byrne
• Pg. 210 Malladus
• Pg. 211 More Malladus & The Demon Train
• Pg. 212 The Sages
• Pg. 213 The Lokomo
• Pg. 214 Aboda Villagers & Castle Town Citizens
• Pg. 215 Whittleton & Papuchia Villagers, Etc.
• Pg. 216 Monsters
• Pg. 217 More Monsters
• Pg. 218 Even More Monsters
• Pg. 219 Yet More Monsters
• Pg. 220 The Spirit Train
• Pg. 221 Trains
• Pg. 222 More Trains
• Pg. 223 Even More Trains
• Pg. 225 Locations
• Pg. 226 The Tower of Spirits
• Pg. 227 More Tower of Spirits
Design Retrospective
• Pg. 228 Link Design Retrospective
• Pg. 229 Link Design Retrospective (Cont.)
• Pg. 230 Zelda Design Retrospective
• Pg. 231 Zelda Design Retrospective (Cont.)
• Pg. 232 Ganon Design Retrospective
Etc.
• Pg. 238 & 239 Eiji Aonuma’s Statement
• Skyward Sword Manga
How can Majora’s Mask not be directly after Ocarina of Time?
It seems you may have misunderstood things a bit, Majora’s Mask does indeed take place directly (or a few months) after Ocarina of Time. For more clarification, please see this image http://www.glitterberri.com/content/zelda_series/hyrule_historia/timeline.jpg as well as the pages relevant to the connection between Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask ( http://www.glitterberri.com/hyrule-historia/page-110/ and http://www.glitterberri.com/hyrule-historia/page-111/ specifically).
It takes place directly after, but on a separate timeline. Check farther down the listing, and you’ll find “Hero of Time (Child)”. That’s where the break is. Everything before that is the “Main” timeline, everything after is the “Branch” timeline from when Link traveled back in time and un-did Ganon’s future in OoT.
A few years actully
Majora’s Mask, you mean? I believe you may be mistaken there. After all, page 110 of Hyrule Historia says that “after several months of wandering looking for his past friend Navi, [Link] was lost in a mysterious forest”. Moreover, Majora’s Mask’s manual states that “several months after rescuing Princess Zelda and saving the land of Hyrule, Link set foot into the mysterious world of Termina by chance while in the midst of a new journey”.
Can you post a big document of all the pages? I just got the book and want to read alongside while traveling. Thanks!
Sounds like hard work! I wouldn’t mind if someone else did it, though, I’d put a link on my site.
I made a document of all the translated pages I could find (everything apart from 12-66 and the manga at the end). I’d be happy to upload it if someone could suggest where would be best.
Can you email it to me at glitterberri.com@gmail.com?
Is the book available for sale.
It is, but only in Japan. I got mine from amazon, but I’m not sure about their availability right now. I assume that you’d at least be able to find some used copies, though.
What happened to pages four and five?
Pages four and five are basically just a table of contents. I don’t think a translation of them have been put up here yet.
O ok
Awesome page, it really helped me out for a homework to do a html page translating it all to spanish, thanks by the way.
Oh yes? I’m glad it helped. Where is the page? And why was it homework?
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First of all, thank you so much for your hard (awesome) work! I really really appreciate that someone out there takes her time to do all of this translations so other fans of zelda can enjoy this goods! But I have a question, are you going to re-upload the Skyward Sword manga? I hope so, because I really want to read it… anyway, thanks again for your hard work!
If I can find a way to upload the translation without getting in trouble with Shogakukan, Hyrule Historia’s publishing company again, I sure will!
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Anyone else notice that the only timeline that actually ends well is when link is defeated in OoT?
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Do you know what pages 4-67 and 214-237 are? They’re the only ones you haven’t translated. I just want to know what they are, but translations would be good too. Thanks!
4 – 67 are a table of contents and Skyward Sword concept art.
214 – 237 are the rest of the Spirit Tracks concept art, a retrospective on the changing characters of Zelda, Link, and Ganon, and an info list about each Zelda series installment.
All will be translated, I believe.
Thanks!
Very good on the translations! But when will there be releases on the sketches of skyward sword and the idea of Zelda and link? Etc because I noticed that all concept art was added except for skyward sword.
Once the Spirit Tracks concept art is finished (should be this week), the Skyward Sword concept art will start going up. Gotta save the best for last! 🙂
Thanx! It’s kinda funny though that even when the nintendo timeline was released people still argue that it doesn’t prove anything ! I’m like foolio f it comes from nintendo themselves, especially this wonderful book, believe them! :/
Do you plan on uploading the whole book to mediafire or something when you fully translate the whole thing?
Because that’d be awesome.
I’d be a little worried about copyright infringement if I were to do that. I hope if someone else does, though, that they prominently credit the people who worked on the translation, and link each page back to the pages here.
Sorry to bother you again, but does anybody know if hyrule historia will ever be released in English? All I need is a confirmation from nintendo and that’s all I need.
No, I haven’t heard anything, and Nintendo of America says they have no information whether it will be released overseas.
That’s too bad. If there is ANY info on that could u post it? 🙂 it’s a good thing you translated this book. You guys did a beautiful job on it. Looking forward to seeing more stuff posted
hey is there any way possible for you to send me an e-mail of all the English translations for this book you have i’m a huge fan of Zelda and doing a report for school so would be really helpful if you could please
The only place I have them stored is on this website, I don’t have a master document with them all in one place, sorry. 🙁 You can try copy and pasting the text from each page into a word document or something.
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So I read the Zelda Hyrule Historia coming to the UK this is great news
R u serious!? I can jump for joy right now! When will it be releasing? There’s someone I need to smother in the face with this announcement because he spent believe its legit
Early Next Year
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