What is the Age of Chaos mentioned in the manual?
It appears that, sometime before LoZ, the entire world entered an age of chaos or confusion. It is never made very clear what caused this chaos, or what the chaos consists of. AoL gives a clue. The age of chaos apparently didn’t end with Ganon’s death. His vile will lived on in his monsters, who awaited his return. Hyrule was on the road to ruin, because Ganon’s minions were still causing trouble. So perhaps the Age of Chaos started when Ganon’s evil began troubling the world prior to LoZ. This would make sense, because Ganon aims to take over the world and rule it with darkness and evil. It seems that the Age of Chaos started before Ganon got the Triforce of Power. For Ganon invaded Hyrule and took the Triforce of Power while the world was in the Age of Chaos. So perhaps Ganon was causing trouble before he got the Triforce of Power, or perhaps the chaos was unrelated to him, and he took advantage of it. It certainly seems that great evil can be achieved in the world without the Trifor
