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[Raien]

Princess Zelda is specially tied to the kingdom of Hyrule. She possesses a special relationship with the people of Hyrule; representing the kingdom in a significant manner that the kings have not been able to compare with. She acts as Hyrule's source of hope, salvation, and in a manner of speaking, it's light.

So when Hyrule was sealed away under the Great Sea, Zelda was no longer Hyrule's princess. With her connection to Hyrule severed, Zelda could no longer act as the kingdom's light; she became merely the pirate Tetra. When the kingdom was on the verge of revival, and Zelda's power was returned to her, Tetra became Princess Zelda once again. When the Triforce of Wisdom was taken from her, Zelda did not lose her princess form, since Hyrule still had hope of recovery. It was only when the kingdom was completely drowned that Princess Zelda was completely severed from her title once again, becoming again the pirate Tetra.

Yet according to current TWW-ALTTP theories, the Hyrule that is ruled by the Hylian descendants is not the dead Hylian kingdom, but a very new kingdom built merely upon the memories of the Hylians who once lived there. So with the Hylian kingdom dead, does the Zelda rule necessarily apply after TWW? Could the death of the old Zelda naming tradition leave room for a "rebirth" of that tradition?

What do you all think?

[The Missing Link]

Anything is possible, really. Once you go beyond Wind Waker and ride off toward the sunset, you enter fanfiction-land no matter how you cut the mustard. Does Hyrule unsinkify itself? Does Hyrule raise itself from the depths? Or is Hyrule founded somewhere else? No one knows, and there's no evidence to be found because nothing explicitly references Wind Waker's events whatsoever, so there's no way we can know what happens after.

In that light, it's whatever you want it to be.

[Chaltab]

Anything is possible, really. Once you go beyond Wind Waker and ride off toward the sunset, you enter fanfiction-land no matter how you cut the mustard. Does Hyrule unsinkify itself? Does Hyrule raise itself from the depths? Or is Hyrule founded somewhere else? No one knows, and there's no evidence to be found because nothing explicitly references Wind Waker's events whatsoever, so there's no way we can know what happens after.

In that light, it's whatever you want it to be.

Yeah, pretty much. We'll have to wait and see if Phantom Hourglass gives us any clues to Hyrule's hypothetical return, but for now there's no definite way to explain it.