Who are the legends in your created world (for good or evil)? Are they the current generation or do those from centuries back still exude influence (for good or evil) on the way things are done and the people doing them today? In my Fairy Kingdom, I make the Queen’s and Eileen’s mutual great-granny someone who was their realm’s worst monarch and her behaviour is continuing to have ramifications despite her being long dead. I refer to this character but it is not her story I’m telling. (Though I suspect I shall at some point!).
And are your legends all they are cracked up to be anyway? Does anyone challenge the traditional legends?