The King selected the hero chosen by the Master Sword, a young recruit of the royal army named Link. They were successful in not only recovering these relics of the Sheikah's Ancient technology, but were also able to reactivate and use them.

Ten thousand years later, a prophecy of Calamity Ganon's return drove King Rhoam of Hyrule to create an archaeology team to recover the Divine Beasts and Guardian army in preparation. Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.Ĭalamity Ganon first emerged in the distant past, but was defeated by an army of mechanical Guardians and four massive mechanical constructs called the Divine Beasts, that the Ancient Sheikah tribe developed with their unique technology.