"I died." Pauses. "Years ago. It disappeared when I returned."

He thinks for a moment. He doesn't normally share much of his hero stuff with strangers, but... that's mostly because he's so sick of being a public image. Here? Nobody knows him. He's been here for months, and... nobody's really bothered him. His demeanor advances from reclusiveness to hermitude when he's not one of the most well-known people on the continent. So.

"It was in a war. But they still needed me. I heard a voice, coming back. She said my name--'Link.' That's why I know it."