After the death of the Great King of Hyrule, during the Age of Chaos (the Era of Decline), no one appeared who was able to wield the Triforce, and Hyrule divided again and again, continuing to shrink. The proud kingdom of Hyrule had once covered a vast area of land, but the passage of the ages saw its decline, and it eventually shrank into a single, small kingdom which came to be known as Lesser Hyrule.