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I headcanon that Legend did Alttp when he was 11, and he's the half brother of Fable (same father) that also happened to be born the same day so they're like half twins. The father (the king) build the house for him near the castle so he could take care of his son from distance. Legend's uncle is his mother's brother, as well as one of the best knights of Hyrule and one of the king's best friends, so he had a good excuse to make "him" a home there where he could live with his nephew.

Then in alttp the rifts to the dark world appeared. But they were small. (substituting the entrances/warps with small rifts). This explains why in the game they said Link was familiar with the rifts. Also when he came back he lost his voice.

When Hyrule was saved and Link's uncle died Impa told the kids the truth but the king still thought they weren'taware of it. As Link couldn't live alone, Impa entrusted him to her brother Lueburry and he got a small house in Suthorn village. He was like 12. This allowed the kids to meet since Impa was often visiting her brother, and brought Fable with her. Impa also thought that living far from the castle and in a happy village would help him recovering his voice. In the dark world Ganon had made a deal with an entity that could grant him more powers in the dark world (Null), and the entity then echoed him once he was defeated and proceeded to continue with what Ganon wasn't able to do. The rifts reappeared but this time they were huge, and the dark world was in pieces. The dark energy turned people into stones and not just animals or monsters. Legend had a moon pearl, luckily.

When he finally went back he decided to rebuild his house on the hill and find a normal job. He was done with being a hero. Fable wanted him to live at the castle with her and Impa but he didn't feel like a prince, it felt overwhelming, and he wanted to stay alone also because of what happened on Koholint. Also, revealing he was the prince would lead to too much attention from everyone and he didn't want that. He was about 15 when he got home from Koholint.

Then Legend was sent to Holodrum and Labrynna and during these adventures the king died for reasons linked to the antagonists of these games, either Onox or Veran ended him when he didn't have a hero to save him. The Impa seen here is a close relative to the old impa, and her "successor" in looking after Fable.

Legend got to know about his father's end (he didn't really know him, but he was still part of his family) and decided to go back home by boat (he wanted to be alone for some time), but he was already distracted and tired and the thunderstorm got him. Link's Awakening happened.

For some time (more than a year?) he worked for the blacksmith and rebuilt his home, grew a orchard like he did with his uncle and visited Impa and Fable (as the hero). He was beginning to feel good and relaxed.

And then Yuga arrived and he got to go to what once was the dark world, now Lorule. The world had changed, with the pieces beginning to merge and creating "islands". The inhabitants were clearly echoes of the ones in Hyrule, but only in appearance. They had their own stories and past. Legend didn't know if those were all made up (since the world had existed for like 6 years?) or the time had flowed differently there (spoiler: it's the second option, they were all reborn and actually lived those experiences, but while the world "rebooted" the time flowed way faster, returning to a normal speed once it was back at present time). Either way those "echoes" were their own people and they were real, so defeating Null hadn't made the disappear but had "freed" them.