A child stood before the gates of Hyrule castle, oblivious to the relentless sheets of rain pounding his head and shoulders. Spellbound, he ignored the slosh that formed beneath his too-large boots as he watched the nightmarish scene before him.
The drawbridge of the great stone palace had begun to lower, as if of its own accord, adding the sound of groaning chains to the chorus of the stormy night. Before the great wooden drawbridge even reached the ground, a richly decorated horse stormed across, adding yet another voice to the onslaught of noises in the form of rushed hoof beats. The boy in green tore his eyes away from the creature's gli