The Triforce of Courage, however, shared a different fate than that of its counterparts. Unfortunately, he was unable to find any such person during his lifespan and, since his own son did not fit this archetype for being worthy to possess the one true Triforce, the King elected to split the relic into its three component parts, leaving the Triforce of Power and the Triforce of Wisdom within the kingdom.

However, the King too was human and, anticipating his death, he hoped to find someone with the innate qualities that were fitting of a worthy possessor of the Triforce for if it were to fall in the wrong hands, evil would befall Hyrule. In the backstory of The Adventure of Link, it is revealed that there was once a great and wise King of Hyrule that governed the land with the strength of the united Triforce as his command. Princess Zelda is interrogated by her brother and the evil magician about the Triforce. He was the last in a long line of Kings who wielded the entire Triforce after Link reclaimed it in A Link Between Worlds.

The King of Hyrule was the ruler of the kingdom of Hyrule long in its past that was featured in the backstory of The Adventure of Link.

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