"Nobles treated it as a dirty little family secret to not get discussed outside of carefully locked doors. I'm sure certain servants knew, but holding onto secrets like that was a source of power among the servants themselves, and they didn't tell just anyone for any reason. And the nobility who knew, well, it held an impact in how they treated others. Some were resentful of their lowly origins, and wanted to make sure other people understood that they were better, stronger, and in charge. Others gained more empathy, kindness, understanding of their own roots, and while they might at the top branches in the sunlight, they knew that without the roots, the trees would die." Zelda shrugged. "Some people are just born unkind. The trick is trying to keep the titles out of their hands. But not everyone granting the titles over the years was a discerning soul. Or even a kind one. When the Hylian throne lacked a matriarchal lead, Link has studied history in the past, and has noticed in those times, Hyrule was at its weakest and narrowest and poorest. If not in wealth, then in spirit. The last time before the Calamity that the evil Ganon attacked, there was no Queen on the throne then either. Just a king making bargains and deals unwisely. And Hyrule suffered for it, just as it suffered a hundred years ago for my mother's untimely death, and her lack o being here when she needed to be here."