Editing The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (section)

===Prelude===
The introduction of A Link to the Past chronicles the Imprisoning War, which occurred many years before the events of the game. It describes [[Hyrule]] as a beautiful kingdom surrounded by forests and mountains, and tells of an omnipotent golden power that lies hidden in the Sacred Realm, a place which cannot normally be entered by mortals. However, a dark portal to the Sacred Realm opened, causing many people to quarrel and fight each other. While many men entered the Sacred Realm, none returned. Instead, an evil power began to issue forth from the dark portal. During the main story, it is discovered that the source of the evil power is a lowly thief named Ganondorf, who got his hands on the golden power (a.k.a. the Triforce), turning the Sacred Realm into the Dark World. The king commanded the Seven Sages* to seal the gate to the Sacred Realm. Many knights had perished in the battle to protect the sages from the evil, but eventually, the seal was cast on the portal. The evil ceased to flow, and the portal was sealed. These events eventually became obscured by time, and became legend.

Many years later, a mysterious wizard known as Agahnim appeared as if from nowhere, using his magic to vanquish the King of Hyrule and take over Hyrule Castle. In doing so, he cast a spell on the knights of Hyrule, forcing them to obey him and kidnap seven maidens who descended from the seven sages of legend, intending to use them to break the seal by making them disappear into the Dark World, one by one. He eventually captures six of the maidens, leaving only the final descendant, Princess Zelda. As the game begins, Agahnim has captured Zelda and is planning on sending her to the Dark World to complete the destruction of the seal.

* -- Originally these were called the "seven wise men" but was changed to "Seven Sages" in the GBA remake so as not to contradict the fact that according to Ocarina of Time, only two of the sages were actually men.