The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's official backstory revealed

The special and master editions of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild contain a map, and that map features some Hylian/Sheikah text. Zelda fan Zeltik went through the process of deciphering the text and came out with the backstory for the game.

“Hylians pass stories of a destined time long past, where multiple races lived and worked together in harmony. The Sheikah Tribe’s blue aura breathed through the land, and this mutual prosperity continued, until a cataclysmic disaster struck. The hero and the princess attempted in vain to seal the terror, which became known as the Calamity Ganon. Divine Beasts awoke from four directions, and deployed a mechanical army which made the king and his people fearful. They fractured Ganon’s power and sealed him… But the Sheikah were banished from the land ever since.”