Not many details are expressly confirmed about Ocarina of Time's Hyrulean civil war. When Link leaves his forest home, all he knows is that ' a wicked man from the desert' is attempting to harness the power of the Triforce, and he's advised to seek out the ' Princess of Destiny.' While child Link goes about his journey to retrieve the Spiritual Stones, he travels to distant corners of Hyrule, where hints of the Royal Family's ineffective rule can be seen. Players assume the role of a Link raised as a Kokiri and share his ignorant world view. Ganondorf is the immediate threat in Ocarina of Time, so the troubles that predate the game's narrative are rarely mentioned. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time sees Ganondorf plunge Hyrule into chaos by the time of Link's adulthood, but even the apparently flourishing kingdom of Link's childhood has signs of turmoil there are many subtle indicators Ocarina of Time's Hyrule is suffering consequences of a war that ravaged the realm not even a decade prior to the game's beginning. The settings of Zelda games are almost uniformly kingdoms in crisis, as the series is chiefly concerned with a confrontation between good and evil destined to reoccur throughout the ages.
