I'm guessing a lot of you don't know this, but this game seems to take place before Skyward Sword. This Link is the original who was given the sacred sword (Master Sword) by the goddess Hylia. He fought for her after being freed from prison on false charges and then died at the end of the battle. Hylia then put a spell on both of them so that they would return in another life and be tied together, this time both as mortals rather than a mortal and a goddess. He is seen in a comic that came with Hyrule Historia.