Twilight Princess Cutscene Transcriptions

Cutscene, Story and Legend One
After recovering ALL Tears of Light - Lanayru Light Spirit Speaking

When all was chaos, the goddesses descended and gave order and life to the world.
They granted power equally to all who dwelt in the light and then returned to the heavens.
The lands where the godesses decended came to be known as the Sacred Realm.
For ages, the people lived at ease, content in mind and body...
But soon, word of the sacred realm spread through Hyrule, and a great battle* ensuded...

(Shows link running to triforce)
Among those living in the light, interlopers who excelled at magic  appeared.
(Shows three dark links)
Weilding powerful sorcery, they tried to establish dominion over the sacred realm...
(Dark Links raise hands, Link explodes.  One Dark Link is now Link)

It was then that the goddesses ordered us three light spirits to intervene.
We sealed away the great magic those individuals have mastered.
(Link screams)
You know this magic ...

It is the dark power you seek...
The fused shadow.
O hero chosen by the goddesses...
Beware...
Those who do not know the danger of weilding power will, before long, be ruled by it.
Never forget that.

Cutscene, Story and Legend Two
Midna speaking of those magical that tried to rule the sacred realm, and of their banishment.

It was another world entirely...
the antithesis of Hyrule, where
the sun shines bright.
It's denizens became shadow that could not mingle with the light.
Eventually, most came to call it the Twilight Realm, and from it, none

could return to the world of light...
They were forever doomed to live in the Twilight, flitting in the half life of dusk, mere shadows
of Hyrule...
This is the history of the Twili as it has been passes down  from our ancestors...
Do you understand now what I am?
I am a decendant of the tribe that was banished to the Twilight Realm (angrily)!

It was a peaceful place until Zant took control of the Twilight Realm and transformed all the Twili into shadow beasts.
It's clear to me now that he somehow gained
a great evil power  previously unknown to our tribe...
In any case, I was sent from there and could no longer get into
the Twilight Realm without his power.
...But there's another tale told by my people.

Though the goddesses forbade us to return to the world of light, they left one link between the light and darkness.
Something called the Mirror of Twilight was passed to the protectors of Hyrule...
It's our only path to the Twilight Realm, and we must get there!
You'll come with me, won't you?

Cutscene, Story and Legend 3
The Sages speaking of the Dark Magic and Ganondorf's History and Banishment

He was the leader of a band of thieves who invaded Hyrule in the hopes of establishing dominion over the Sacred Realm.

He was known as a demon theif, an evil magic weilder renowned for his ruthlessness.
But he was blind...
In all of his fury and might, he was blind to any danger, and thus was he exposed, subdued, and brought to justice.
Yet...
By some devine prank, he too, had been blessed with the chosen power of the gods.
His abiding hatred and lust for power turned to purest malice.
Perhaps that evil power has been passed onto Zant.

Midna Speaking : You're just now figuring out where Zant got his powers?  It's far too late...
(End Midna)
Only the true leader of the Twili can utterly destroy the Mirror of Twilight... so Zant could merely break it into pieces.
Once broken by magic, the Mirror of Twilight became fragments, which even now lie hidden across the Land of Hyrule.

One is in the snowy mountain heights...
One is in an ancient grove...
And one is in the heavens...
You who have been sent by the goddesses, you should be able to gather the three pieces...

But you must be prepared, for a dangerous power risides in these fragments.

Cutscene, Story and Legend 4
As you enter Usurper King Zant's Lair

The people of our tribe, a tribe that mastered the arts of magic... were locked away in this world like insects in a cage.
In the shadows we regressed, so much so that we soon knew neither anger nor hatred... nor even the faintest bloom of desire.

And all of it was teh fault of a useless, do-nothing royal family that had resigned itself to this miserable half existance.
I had served and enduered in that depraved household for far too long, my impudent princess.
And why, you ask?  Because I believed I would be the next to rule our people!  THAT is why.
But would they aknowledge me as their king?  No!  And as such, I was denied the magic powers befitting our ruler.

It was then, in the thrall and hated and despair, that I turned my eyes to the heavens ... and found a god.
Ganondorf : I shall house my power in you...
If there is anything you desire, then I shall desire it too. (end Ganondorf cutscene)
My god had only one wish...
To merge shadow and light, and make darkness!