T H E L E G E N D O F Z E L D A T W I L I G H T P R I N C E S S ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ /\ ~ /\/\ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Table of Contents i.........................................................................Legal ii..............................................................Version History iii....................................................................Foreword iv..............................................................Zelda Storyline v..................................................................Guide Format vi........................................................................Index ACT ONE...........................................................Ordon Village I......................................................Subservient Twilight II..............................................................Cat Handler III................................................................Tutorial IV.................................................Journey Into Faron Woods V..............................................Faron Descends Into Twilight ACT TWO.......................................................Twilight Princess I.........................................................The World of Ruin II.........................................................Sword and Shield III.................................................Chosen Hero of the Gods IV........................................................The Forest Temple ACT THREE.....................................................Province of Eldin I.......................................................Servant of Twilight II...........................................................Forgotten Hero III..........................................................Sumo Wrestling IV..........................................The Passage Into Death Mountain V...............................................................Goron Mines ACT FOUR.......................................................Lanayru's Plight I........................................................Castle Under Siege II........................................................Serenade of Water III.........................................Under the Great Bridge of Hylia IV.......................................................Flight to Kakariko V............................................................Lakebed Temple ACT FIVE....................................................Shadows of the Past I....................................................Midna's Desperate Hour II.................................................The Blade of Evil's Bane III............................................Mirage of the Ancient Gerudo IV........................................................Arbiter's Grounds ACT SIX..........................................................Mirror, Mirror I............................................................Yetis and Soup II...........................................................Snowpeak Ruins III..........................................................Temple of Time ACT SEVEN..................................................Ascension to the Sky I........................................................Fractured Memories II.......................................Hidden Village of the Shadow Tribe III................................................Cannon Ride to the Stars IV..........................................................City in the Sky ACT EIGHT.....................................................Heart of Darkness I........................................................Palace of Twilight II....................................................Of Worlds Left Behind Appendix A...................................................Villages And Towns Appendix B............................................Shopkeepers and Minigames Appendix C........................................................Midna's Hints Appendix D....................................................Items and Potions Appendix E................................................Sidequests and Others Appendix F........................................................Storyline FAQ Appendix G.............................................................Epilogue Appendix H...............................................................E-Mail /\ i. Legal / \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /______\ The real notoriety, the kind predisposed for the men behind the / \ / \ curtain and not for silly little people who create guides, goes / \ / \ to executive producer, Mr. Miyamoto, Director Eiji Aonuma, the / \/ \ two talented script writers, Aya Kyogoku and Takayuki Ikkaku, -------------- all the fabulous translators at NOA, and anybody else associated with that avant-garde think tank who tarnished many days writing the story and dialogue. I am simply the middleman in this process. If you are going to take quotes, obviously everybody has free enterprise over that, but if you're going to take the FAQ in its totality, all this humble public servant wants is a microcosm of all his hard work to show up in a one line credit after spending hours wringing his knowledge and time out like a ubiquitous savant. This game is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. GAMEFAQS.COM, a division of CNET Networks Entertainment Copyright 2007 Jacob Stutsman The Legend of Zelda is a Registered Trademark of Nintendo Co, Ltd. This FAQ is published on Gamefaqs.com, a division of CNET Networks Entertainment, using the Registered Trademark of Nintendo Co, Ltd. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this FAQ or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. First Gamefaqs.com printing January 2007 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Printed in the U.S.A. Other sites that have been given permission to use it: Twilight-Princess.org Neoseeker.com Supercheats.com Zeldauniverse.net Zeldalegends.net Zeldac.net /\ ii. Version History / \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /______\ Version 0.10 – December 30th, 2006 – Written up to Faron Woods; / \ / \ Foreword, Guide Format, Legal, Version History, and E-Mail / \ / \ started (Wasn't accepted because I didn't know about the rule / \/ \ that incomplete in-depth guides are not available for -------------- acceptability) Version 0.60 – January 6th, 2007 – All necessary dialogue completed; Most dialogue up to Lakebed Temple finished, rest of process accelerated thanks to TheHylia.com's visual guide; Appendices A and B started Version 0.90 – January 12th, 2007 – Added Zelda Storyline, Index, Midna's Hints, Items and Potions, Sidequests and Others, and Storyline FAQ; Main script nearly done up to City in the Sky Version 0.95 – January 25th, 2007 – Added some periphery dialogue; Corrected most of the mistakes; Edited, and thus made changes to the entire guide; Added a ton of characters to the Index Version 0.99 – February 15th, 2007 –Added some minor things such as the Hero's Shade dialogue and letters; Shored up some of the other dialogue to make it more complete; Added greatly to the Foreword and Storyline FAQ sections Version 1.00 – February 22nd, 2007 – Minor additions; Added Epilogue To Do List – Hopefully very little besides gather whatever dialogue I know remains. Perhaps I'll edit it to a less perfunctory state at a later time when I revisit this. /\ iii. Foreword / \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /______\ This is of course the second guide I have partaken in, the first / \ / \ being a Gold Medal Guide I wrote for the oft-shunned but oddly / \ / \ addictive Star Fox Assault. It's a draughty little game, open / \/ \ as cannon fodder to those more willing to mince their teeth -------------- at its flaws, but it exposed to me the world of guide crafting, a world I have only approached with a detached torpidity, one where I can espouse my love affair with the game and yet am still on due trajectory to paint around its corners and write anything but a full length guide. Twilight Princess was a likely candidate, but the availability of the Wii sunk that battle ship rather swiftly as I spent two weeks on a gladiatorial blood lust making Walmart employers quit in a fit of rage, swearing they'd die happy if they never heard the word Wii again. No, those kinds of things are left to better men with more tact and guile and a saintly air of patience that's transcendental to my sophomoric, pagan-like, almost barbaric need for things in the immediate. So without a current Twilight Princess game script guide on the site, and with the original caloric equivalent of a robot on wheels, I set to mark my footprint in the sands of GameFAQs by crafting this guide. The very nature of an FAQ presupposes that there are questions to be asked. Perhaps the demand for a game script doesn't presuppose that people are starving for it, but for anyone that loves the worlds and characters of Zelda, or for anybody that is in a timeline debate and simply wants to prove somebody wrong with a line of dialogue, this FAQ is for you, Real Man of Genius. As I set out to author this guide, one of the first paths in the forest I came to was the foreword. Forewords are usually where authors leave their odious stench, but for now I'm making a slight addendum from the original transcript. Since I have written this guide, I have received many complimentary tokens of gratitude and appreciation, most of a highly savory quality from e-mails and the like, giving me the pleasure of communicating with brothers in arms across the vast web of the internet. Some who have had criticism or disappointments, too, have approached me in the most gracious manner befitting a sensible person. However, the opposite does not waver either. It is strange, and even a little embarrassing, to show up on Slashdot, joystiq, 4 Color Rebellion, 1Up.com, and thehylia.com, and it is absolutely surreal to hear such exoteric remarks, begotten for both good and for ill, brandished as if you're not even in the room. They're talking about ME, and it's the realization more than anything, because to me it might as well be like nobody is reading. People are simply marks on a hit counter that ascend in a predetermined order without meaning or denomination. Then you go to a webpage and find out that people are talking about you. And you read it, and you absorb it all, and your thoughts are malleable around both the good and the bad even though neither can be particularly endearing. It is strange then that I am independent of others, and yet for a brief time thoughts can touch across time and space. Others can move on, forgetting that there ever was a Twilight Princess game script. I, however, have to live with this perpetually. In the perception of the mind, I might as well not even be real. To the mind I am simply some words on a page. I am some sort of faceless entity, masked beneath layers of text and silly writing. As such, this is my only way of communicating with you. I hope somewhere in time, this guide is useful to you. I ask only that when you come to the table you take it seriously, and if a single person was able to remove something out of it, then I know that this was worth it. This script might be about Zelda, but somewhere along the way, you can't help but leave parts of yourself embedded in it. So while the main script will obviously be the penultimate draw of this carnival show, these small words can be important, too. Since this is a foreword, I do have something to say on the nature of them. Stephen King once said that there are two people who read the author's foreword: the editor and the author's closest friends and family. People who write, whether it be for a guide or magazine article or a book, are nefariously wordy creatures that bath in their ability to write distended soliloquies. This is quite literally a fore word, giving the author a chance to be out of character, out of book. The corollary is that the writer in character is much more interesting. In this case I might not be the writer of these words, but the principle is the same. For the writer loves to write, and that is why he wants to write, even if no one is reading. And given that there is no editor and that the intended readership is ambiguous at best with regards to author relationship, it is doubtful that anyone will read this. If you do, you are a braver man than most. /\ iv. Zelda Storyline / \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /______\ As my culinary tastes in storytelling goes, I enjoy casting my / \ / \ net on a wide-ranging group. Lord of the Rings. Adaptation. / \ / \ Castaway. Redwall. Sword of Shannara. One Flew Over the / \/ \ Cuckoo's Nest. Goldeneye. Rudy. The last one says a lot about -------------- the movie since I hold Notre Dame in particular contempt (my uncle authored the name Crying Irish, and I find it encapsulates the Notre Dame mentality rather strikingly). There are longer stories than Zelda. There are most certainly deeper stories than Zelda. Growing up though, I had a reverential appreciation for few worlds. Hyrule towered above the rest not because the story was long, nor because it was deep, but because it was mythical, alluring, a capitulation to Mr. Miyamoto's lavish scope and altruistic mindscape that lends in full force to the imagery and poetry and spiritual essence of the game. Zelda was my Tolkein. It was the story I had on the raised platform so I wouldn't get bowled over by a giant stone ball Indiana Jones style. Every time I say the word Hyrule a frictionless electrical pulse runs up my spine and does an Evel Knievel U-turn back down. Ganon ignites a brooding feeling without having that geekish fantasy flair. Perhaps those feelings were implanted there like an alien chip because the games are just that damned good, but that alone speaks to Nintendo's storytelling prowess, not how pretentiously airy and mysterious and convoluted they try to be. In the grip of a bad storyteller a complicated story can turn to horribly thick pancake batter. Nintendo does not get in the way of the eternal battle between Link and Ganon in the realm of Hyrule. It's smooth, like water. I hold the triumvirate of theme, atmosphere, and setting aloft in the art of videogame storytelling. Theme because stories lost in the woods are about as useful as fighting a bear with a pogo stick. Atmosphere and setting because you're busy playing the game; these two things are assistants, not divergences. Cutscenes are preferable, but upon further playthroughs they knife the game and rift it apart. Music and art and tone are appreciable vehicles while you play. Cutscenes have their place, but I like them not because they assist with plot, after all Nintendo's hardly Hemmingway oor Hawthorne or King, or even Stone or Kaufman in the cinematic realm, and not because Nintendo has a gritty penchant for dialogue, but because they have a knack for stark imagery that mimeographs the feeling of what Zelda is all about: adventure wound with boundless captivation. The original Zelda was made in a primordial age before cutscenes and Hollywood envy and the beanstalk clutching upwards toward the final end of videogames as a serious art form, but it still had a bountiful atmosphere and an amorous setting. Many can appreciate this figurative Cro-Magnon because it was one of those Promethean games that gave fire to the industry, although despite its old school flair, it is basic and it is rudimentary and it is a literal Cro-Magnon. My appreciation gestates because I can still fall in love with Zelda and the Triforce and the feeling that there's a secret behind every bush even long after I've tried burning every bush in Hyrule with a magical candle. Sure it's cheap and it's limited and it's maddeningly frustrating under a certain microscope, but tone and atmosphere are timeless entrepreneurs. Pressed under a different intonation the game could be as silly as finding a princess in another castle, but Zelda still remains epic to this day and the Triforce just as alluring. The three golden triangles merely had humble beginnings as two powerful artifacts. It was not until Link to the Past where it espoused such cogent and cohesive themes. "Money is the root of all evil" is a common colloquialism, but it should be amended to say that selfishness is the root of all evil. The primordial selfishness of humanity has subsisted in Zelda since the beginning, perhaps explaining Ganon's pigness in Legend of Zelda. This theme has been so tautly wound through the Zelda series that it sings. The ancient goddesses of legend wove Hyrule in their imagery and likeness in strands of wisdom, courage, and power. Left behind in their brevity was the Golden Power, a wish-granting relic of magnanimous stature and influence, shining upon the gold-hewed shores of the Sacred Realm. It did not go unnoticed from covetous eyes, however, and in a series of brutal Hylian conflicts between esteemed and greedy men, blood was spilled because man exists in a solitary jungle where the lust of his heart is king. The knowledge of the path to the power of the Sacred Realm remained a hidden entity, that was until Ganon, a powerful sorcerer and the leader of a band of thieves, stumbled upon the Sacred Realm one day. Having brutally slain his own men, he took the Golden Power in his hands and threatened to make the kingdom of Hyrule his own. Many of these themes are echoed in Twilight Princess, in particular amongst Jovani and Zant. Not every intention for the Golden Power was ill-gotten, but as a wise man once said, it is a paradox how one could be smart enough to accumulate wealth yet stupid enough to want it. In Link to the Past, any man that stumbled upon the gate to the Golden Power would fall into a realm of darkness and be transfigured into a beast that summarized the reflection of his own heart, even though a wolf is more fitting for Link than a rabbit. These ideas are neat and clean and natural and could probably pass a white glove inspection. Many stories are horribly smudged by the author's fingerprints. One writer once described this as a grotesquerie. A story without author interference has a demonstrable advantage. Humans being what they are, melodramatically emotional and clingy creatures, it is a tried and true axiom of storytelling that a thematically simple story can pack the roundhouse punch of Chuck Norris if it's well told. Needlessly complex and psychoanalytically interesting can flat line emotionally (another adverb and that sentence would've capsize). Zelda has a mathematical precision. Its history is told through every ancient and forlorn statue. Its story basks implicitly in its atmosphere. Not a word of dialogue is spoken when Link pulls the Master Sword from its place, and yet its one of the definitive moments in videogame history. And when the Essence of the Triforce whispers in secret wishes of a young hero and the Master Sword is superlatively reposed in its pedestal for the rest of eternity, the Legend of Zelda did not draw to its end. I cannot go on much further in a storyline discussion without invoking the timeline debate. Timeline debates are perpetually murky waters. I just want to abridge the entire thesis and appreciate the artistry and beauty that is the timeline. The dichotomy of that is Zelda broad-brushed in a series of organizable facts. Their basis is mathematical principle. To me that is cold and unnerving. As Doc Oc said in Spiderman 2, they can't understand T.S. Elliot, but I can't understand the theory of relativity. That is not to say that they cannot appreciate the artistic merit and that I cannot appreciate all of the facts. Outside of Four Swords Adventure there is not a Zelda storyline fact that I do not know and that I have not organized alphabetically in my own color-coded Rolodex. However, I find certain timeline theories prudish at best. I simply want the emancipation of all the pseudo science talk so I can amend it all down to a neat explanation that only has a facsimile of some of the details to back it up. The creators are human, and to err is human, so the details are in error. I still love the details, after all without details there is no cohesion in the slightest; they simply are wont to betray the timeline enthusiast since facts only humbly align when trying to form a massive web between all of the games with infinite connections and continuity. This might sound arbitrary at best, but without the creators we have nothing, and so to look at the intentions of the creators and appreciate their humanism is in my mind the best amiable guiding light. That is to say that some people take every word literally. I say that the creators had intentions, some of them not always clear, but nothing was hewn into the story by accident. It was put in there with purpose. Therefore we must understand that purpose if we are to arrive at an appropriate conclusion. But the different intonations and biases and foundations people come to the table with fuel the debates like a self-sustaining toy train. As long as the creators keep igniting controversy, the fossil fuel will never run dry. At the bottom of this guide I give my personal thoughhts on timeline and storyline theories, not all of which I truly believe but the culmination of which I find fascinating. You are free to check them out at will. /\ v. Guide Format / \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /______\ This guide is formatted to allow the ultimate in streamline / \ / \ technology while keeping the totality of the script in mind. As / \ / \ you can see, most of this guide is structured in such a way / \/ \ that it looks like a movie script with acts and chapters and -------------- dialogue and actions with growing empathy. I can't say that this will be sent off to New Line, but it should make it easier for the reader. GENERAL GUIDE FORMAT Formatting this guide was mystifying in a sense because I had two general derivatives: I could either exclude in the main script the dialogue not born out of the necessary progression of the story or include in the main game script everything up to a certain point. The former sounded neat and ordered with a naturally seismic divide between necessary and unnecessary, but what is considered necessary? For instance if you talk to Sera at the beginning of the game, she'll tell you about her cat, but it's not necessary. Other examples are even more hazy and translucent. In fact most dialogue tends to pertain to Link's main goal. Do I section off all of Colin's early lines about the fishing rod from the necessarily lines about the fishing rod? Do all of the villagers' lines at the beginning of the game really need to be separated from the rest? No, instead I arranged all of the dialogue in a natural progression in respects to what section of the game it inhabits. However, for the sake of continuity, it would make little sense to dump dialogue from Ordon Village in the middle of Snowpeak as it would fissure the flow of the game, so the final section of the game where Ordon Village becomes a necessity, the quest for the sword and shield, becomes the breaking point for the dialogue being dumped into the optional section. This format is overlaid for most other villages and towns, although if the player needs to return for whatever reason, such as the quest for Ilia's memory, that would go in the main game script. Corralled into their own sections, this guide also includes nearly every other line of dialogue imaginable in this game. Some of them, like Coro's lantern shop, are necessarily for the completion of the game, but they can also be found in their respective places. SCRIPT FORMAT Typically, the last character that was mentioned in caps is the one that's still talking. That's subject to being interrupted momentarily by an action. But for the most part each line without a line break signifies one box of dialogue in the game. Think of the line break like pressing A in the game. You're turning the page to the next box of dialogue. Two separate chunks of dialogue with two line breaks in between is a moment in the game where a character stops talking to you but you reengaged dialogue and they still have something new to say. These are generally the rule of the road here. The other rule of Zelda Script Club...besides beating each other senseless to satiate the equivalent of a primordial stress ball and standing outside my house with the faint hope I might offer you sanctuary inside, which you will do, by the way...is that everything flows from a logistical point of view story wise. Much of the dialogue inhabiting the game is meant to be tackled in only a faint recollection of an order, but I structured them in such a way that you could read them and almost feel like you're reading an actual script. It all has purpose and clearly defined meaning and an actual method to the madness in how they're ordered. Besides that there are a lot of yes/no questions and some branching responses you can only get by performing certain actions. Most of those are included in a logical order, too. I tried to write in every line of dialogue I could possibly find. Also, many lines of dialogue are repeated, and the repeated lines are either kept or excised based on what I deemed fair (for instance if a character gives you the same line of dialogue after a yes/no question, it will probably be omitted). One final note. Very rarely you will find a line of dialogue that is bracketed on either side by parentheses. These denote an alternate bit of dialogue you might get depending on the circumstance but wasn't worth typing out again. /\ vi. Index / \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /______\ Because the dialogue in Twilight Princess is so massive, and / \ / \ because the ordering of this guide might be a little more / \ / \ convoluted than previously hoped, I have set up and organized / \/ \ an index so a line of dialogue from a specific character might -------------- be easier radared in and pinpointed. The more important the character, the more premium content they are given. Use it with care. All dialogue from the main script is categorized by act and chapter. For instance a line from Act Five Chapter Two is listed as 5.2. If it's in an appendix, the appendix letter is in front of it, so B1 would mean the first part of Appendix B, the Baby Goron Shop. Appendix A is further broken down, so A1.2 would be the Ordon Village dialogue after the Goron Mines. CASTLE TOWN Agitha....................................................................E2 The ten-year-old princess of the bug kingdom, Agitha seeks the golden bugs to invite to her ...uh, ball. Giggly and bubbly, she recites childish rhetoric whenever you deliver to her a bug. Charlo..................................................................A4.1 Charlo is the sage elder who collects donations outside of the goat pen in the eastern thoroughfare. Chudley.............................................................A4.1, B3 Chudley is the pompous owner of the high- rolling Castle Town store in the central plaza. Doctor Borville...............................................4.4, 7.1, A4.1 This bumptious doctor takes up shop in western Castle Town. Beware of this disorderly's tenacious attitude. Gengle....................................................................E3 Jovani's cat, frozen in gold on his head until twenty Poes are dispatched. Jovani....................................................................E3 Smitten with his lust for money, Jovani was transformed into the very gold he craved when he sold his soul to an evil spirit. Kili, Hanna, and Misha.............................................A4.1, B12 Kili, Hanna, and Misha are the three girls who lurk outside of Purlo's shop and squeal whenever Link comes by. Madame Fanadi...........................................................A4.1 Madame Fanadi resides in an affluent corner of the southern thoroughfare and in a fit of clairvoyance mimeographs your future life and love to you verbatim. Malver....................................................................B9 Chudley reforms his ways after Malo Mart monopolizes his Castle Town store and adopts a new name and attitude. Louise..............................................................5.1, 7.1 Louise is Telma's Persian cat and has a white, velvety down. Assists Link when he's in feral form. Purlo....................................................................B12 Purlo is the flaky proprietor of the STAR game in the eastern thoroughfare, but his feudal fun is really a scam. Soal....................................................................A4.1 Soal sits outside of Chudley's shop, shining shoes for a meager fee. Agitha's Stalker........................................................A4.1 This man lurks outside of Agitha's window, trying to catch a peek at the bug princess. Cafι Hylians..................................................4.1, 4.3, A4.1 These Hylians spend their day at the cafι in the central plaza. There is the woman clerk, the lone philosopher, a couple that met thanks to Fanadi's magic, and an old woman and a man. Castle Town Animals...........................................4.1, 4.3, A4.3 The animals included are the two dogs in the western and eastern thoroughfares and the group of cats, led by Gengle, that meet outside of Jovani's house. Castle Town Gorons................................................A4.1, A4.3 The Gorons that inhabit the path up to the observation deck and sell items that a swordsman might need. Castle Town Shop Hylians......................................A4.1, A4.2, B9 These Hylians stand outside of the Castle Town shop, and later when Malo Mart takes over, they move inside of it. Children................................................4.1, 4.3, A4.1, A4.2 The children in the alleyway of the southern thoroughfare talking about Jovani and the Zora child. Complainers by Fountain.............................................4.1, 4.3 This couple spends their time by the fountain in the central plaza complaining about the water shortage to a Hylian soldier. Forlorn Lover.....................................................A4.1, A4.2 This woman stands outside of Fanadi's, awaiting the man she had seen in her fortune. Gossiping Women....................................................4.1, A4.2 These women stand along the eastern thoroughfare and gossip about the Zora child. Group by Fountain.............................................4.1, 4.3, A4.1 The group by the fountain in the central plaza that discusses bathing and Purlo's STAR game. Hylian Soldiers and Guards....................................2.1, 4.1, A4.1 Soldiers in and around the castle. Most of them are cowards according to the towns people. Lanayru Province Guide........................................4.1, 4.3, A4.1 This old woman guide and two of her friends stand in the central plaza outside of the shop and give you information about the spirit and the province. Marketplace Hylians.....................................................A4.1 The Hylian that inhabit the marketplace in the southern thoroughfare. Marketplace Venders................................................A4.1 A4.2 The venders that man the shops in the marketplace along the southern thoroughfare. People in Line......................................................4.1, 4.3 The people waiting for the hot springwater after the water in Castle Town dried up. Shop Guard..........................................................A4.1, B9 The shop guard stands outside of the Castle Town shop, prohibiting entry for anybody with dirty shoes. Springwater Vender.................................................4.1, A4.1 This Goron and his son sell hot springwater in the southern thoroughfare. CHILDREN, THE Beth The daughter of Sera and Hanch, Beth often tires of Talo and Malo's childish antics and is smitten with Link. With family........................................................1.1 Slingshot..........................................................1.2 Tutorial with Link.................................................1.3 They went into the woods...........................................1.4 In love with Hyrule Castle.........................................1.5 Saved by Link from the twilight....................................3.2 Caring for Colin...................................................3.4 Taking care of Prince Ralis........................................4.4 Feeding Colin hot water...........................................A3.1 Zora boy depressed................................................A3.2 Wants to meet Zora royal family...................................A3.3 Colin Colin, the often-overlooked son of Uli and Rusl, diligently seeks to emulate Link. Though scared of swords, he carries one in the final credits in one of the game's more striking scenes. Making a fishing rod...............................................1.1 Caring for Epona...................................................1.2 Everybody else went into the woods.................................1.4 Meets with Ilia....................................................1.5 Link will save us..................................................3.2 Captured by King Bulblin...........................................3.4 Going to be just like Link.........................................3.5 Helping Prince Ralis get better....................................4.4 You can do everything, Link........................................7.1 Cared for by Beth and Luda........................................A3.1 Prince Ralis still depressed......................................A3.2 Prince Ralis went back home.......................................A3.3 Ilia Ilia is the daughter of Mayor Bo. She often tends to Epona even though the horse prefers Link. Washes Epona for Link..............................................1.1 Mad at Link........................................................1.5 Girl and her wolf..................................................4.1 Saving Prince Ralis................................................4.4 A completely stranger like yourself, Link..........................7.1 Trying to remember.................................................7.2 Memory restored....................................................7.3 Horse whisperer...................................................A3.2 Malo Malo, the son of Pergie and Jaggle, is a shrimpy toddler that somehow opens a store and unshackles the chains of commerce from the common, unwashed man. Wants a slingshot..................................................1.2 Tutorial with Link.................................................1.3 Talo went into the woods...........................................1.4 Talo's a liar......................................................1.5 It was a nightmare.................................................3.2 Building Malo Mart.................................................3.4 Bow game..........................................................A3.1 Malo Mart...........................................................B8 Malo Mart sidequest.................................................E1 Talo Talo is the brother of Malo and is a raucous youth that always gets into trouble. Get a slingshot for us.............................................1.2 Tutorial with Link.................................................1.3 Lost in Faron Woods................................................1.4 Can't pass unless I have the sword.................................1.5 I told you Link would save us......................................3.2 Colin is courageous................................................3.4 Faithful watch....................................................A3.1 Whoa, monster.....................................................A3.2 DEATH MOUNTAIN Darbus...................................................3.5, 7.1, 7.2, A2.1 The daunt patriarch of the Goron tribe that resides on Death Mountain. He was transformed into a terrible monster by the power of the Fused Shadow. Gor Amoto..........................................................3.5, A2.1 Gor Amoto is a vertically challenged Goron with packs of steam curling from the geysers on his body. Gor Coron................................................3.4, 7.1, 7.2, A2.1 A mere shadow of a Goron in stature yet impeccable in courage. Gor Ebizo......................................................3.5, A2.1, E1 Gor Ebizo is a crotchety old Goron with anemic posture. He assists Malo in collecting funds to start a shop in Castle Town. Gor Liggs......................................................3.5, A2.1, E1 This tattoo-riddled elder Goron is far-sighted in all things. Death Mountain Trail Gorons...................................3.2, 3.3, A2.1 Gorons strewn along the Death Mountain trail. None of them are given names, and most merely assist you up the trail by use of their backs. Goron Council......................................................3.4, A2.1 Gorons that inhabit the inner sanctum of Death Mountain along with the elder and patriarch. Goron Escort.......................................................5.1, A2.2 This Goron, upon escorting Telma back to Castle Town, returned to the springs, never to escort another person again. Springwater Gorons.....................................3.4, A2.1, A2.2, A2.3 Gorons that bathe in the Death Mountain spring. KAKARIKO VILLAGE Barnes Barnes is the brilliant bomb maker in Kakariko. Scaring the children...............................................3.2 Storehouse destroyed...............................................3.4 Can't get supplies.................................................3.4 Water bombs........................................................4.5 Making bombs......................................................A3.1 Barnes's Bomb Shop..................................................B2 Luda The daughter of Renado. Sealed the basement................................................3.2 Caring for Colin...................................................3.4 Things will get a lot quieter around here..........................7.3 Feeding Colin stew................................................A3.1 Zora boy depressed................................................A3.2 Link gave Prince Ralis courage....................................A3.3 Renado Renado is the shaman of Kakariko Village. His character design seems to draw inspiration from the Native Americans. Comforting the children in the twilight............................3.2 Tells Link to consult the mayor....................................3.3 Taking care of Colin...............................................3.4 Tales told of the ancient hero.....................................3.5 Taking care of Prince Ralis........................................4.4 Wondering about Zoras..............................................4.5 Trying to get Ilia's memory back...................................7.1 The Hidden Village is a long shot..................................7.2 Statue was here when I became shaman...............................7.3 Peace returning to village........................................A3.1 Keeping Ilia company..............................................A3.2 Kakariko Animals........................................................A3.4 These two cuccos, one brown and one white, reside in Kakariko. Village Gorons...............................................4.5, A3.1, A3.2 These Gorons matriculated down to Kakariko Village after Link defeated the Goron Mines and saved their patriarch. Young Village Goron.................................................A3.1, B1 The young Goron scouts Kakariko at night, selling his wares. GANON The eternal King of Darkness who stole the Triforce of Power from the Sacred Realm and threatened Hyrule with his malice. Sealing of...............................................................5.4 Symbiosis with Zant......................................................8.1 Emergence into the Light World...........................................8.2 LIGHT SPIRITS Eldin..........................................................3.1, 3.2, 3.5 The resident light spirit of Eldin Province. His spring can be found in Kakariko. Faron..........................................................2.3, 2.4, 3.1 The light spirit of Faron Woods. Lanayru.............................................................4.3, 4.5 The light spirit of Lanayru can be found in Lake Hylia. Ordona...................................................................2.3 The light spirit of Ordon Village. MIDNA This impish creature taunts Link and uses him for her own means, but they form an unbreakable bond when she witnesses Link's courage to save her. Meeting of...............................................................2.1 Beckons Link to steal sword and shield...................................2.2 Pulls Link into twilight.................................................2.3 Finds first Fused Shadow.................................................2.4 Finds Kakariko Gorge bridge..............................................3.1 Tells Link he'll toil in obscurity.......................................3.2 Link's a good wrangler...................................................3.3 Death Mountain is dangerous..............................................3.4 Zant will never be my king...............................................3.5 Girl and her wolf........................................................4.1 What do you say, Hero?...................................................4.2 Last of the Twilight? ...................................................4.3 Tragedy will repeat itself...............................................4.4 Exposed to light.........................................................4.5 Saved by Zelda...........................................................5.1 Change into wolf whenever you want.......................................5.2 Ancestors banished to twilight...........................................5.4 Unwelcome on Snowpeak....................................................6.1 Mirror changes people....................................................6.2 Assembling something terrible............................................6.3 Restoring magic to Dominion Rod..........................................7.1 A cannon, huh? ..........................................................7.3 Proof of false kingship..................................................7.4 Curse of the Twilight Princess...........................................8.1 Curse lifted and departure from the world................................8.2 OOCCA A race of birds that created the Hylians. They created the City in the Sky and once had contact with the royal family via the Dominion Rod. Legend of the............................................................5.3 Oocca Shop...............................................................B10 Ooccoo An Oocca that is trapped in Hyrule and is unable to get back to the heavens. She appears in dungeons and allows Link to warp out and return at any time. Meeting Ooccoo.....................................................2.4 Reuniting with Ooccoo..............................................3.5 Finding her in the Temple of Time..................................6.3 The magic has left the Dominion Rod................................7.1 City in the Sky under attack.......................................7.4 Thanking Link for his help.........................................8.1 ORDON VILLAGE Fado Although he shares a name with the Kokiri sage from Wind Waker, Fado is actually a common ranch handler who cares for Ordon Ranch. Herding goats......................................................1.1 Goat loose.........................................................1.2 Finishing up early.................................................1.5 Goat herding game..................................................3.3 Where'd Link get the duds?........................................A1.1 Let's round up the goats..........................................A1.2 Leave the scamps to me............................................A1.4 Hanch Hanch is the father of Beth and the husband of Sera even though the two are complete opposites. Can't catch a silly monkey.........................................1.1 Throwing rocks at bee hive.........................................1.2 Find something to bring back to shop...............................1.5 Attacking monsters with hawk.......................................2.2 Children are safe..................................................3.3 Daddy's so sorry..................................................A1.1 Any change in Beth?...............................................A1.2 Frightened by wolf................................................A1.4 Jaggle Jaggle is married to Pergie and is the father of Malo and Talo. Looks suspiciously like Howie Long. Musings about grass................................................1.2 Gave tykes scolding................................................1.5 The shield is safe.................................................2.2 The children in Kakariko?..........................................3.3 Look for the tykes................................................A1.1 Check in on the kids..............................................A1.2 Mayor Bo Mayor Bo is the leader of Ordon and the father of Ilia. Once bested the Gorons in a test of strength using questionable methods. Finish your chores, Link...........................................1.1 Life as a mayor is hard............................................1.2 Can't go to Hyrule without Epona...................................1.5 Is the shield hidden?..............................................2.2 Sumo wrestling and Iron Boots......................................3.3 Has Renado caught on?.............................................A1.2 Ilia forgotten my face?...........................................A1.3 Ilia sent me a letter.............................................A1.6 Pergie Pergie is the wife of Jaggle and the mother of Talo and Malo. Jaggle making shield for Rusl......................................1.2 Good luck, Link....................................................1.5 The children are alive?! ..........................................3.3 Children's mischievous sides......................................A1.2 Rusl Rusl is the husband of Uli and the father of Colin. He joined the Hylian freedom force that meets in Telma's Bar and owns a golden cucco. Sadness during twilight............................................1.1 Delivers wooden sword..............................................1.3 Late to Talo's rescue..............................................1.4 Sword lesson upon return, Link?....................................1.5 Keeping beasts at bay..............................................2.2 In Telma's Bar.....................................................5.3 Upon precipice of Sacred Grove.....................................6.3 Wounded...........................................................A1.1 Sera Sera is the wife of Jaggle and the mother of Beth. She owns the sole shop in Ordon. Goods stolen by monkeys............................................1.1 Cat comes back.....................................................1.2 Shops in Castle Town are ritzy.....................................1.5 Children are safe in Kakariko......................................3.3 Please save the children..........................................A1.1 Sera's Sundries....................................................B13 Uli Uli is the wife of Rusl and the mother of Colin, although she is currently pregnant. Lovely sunset......................................................1.1 Missing cradle.....................................................1.2 Don't do anything beyond your abilities............................1.5 Rusl, your injuries................................................2.2 Colin is alive?!...................................................3.3 The silence is chilling...........................................A1.1 No reply from Colin...............................................A1.2 Colin has grown up so suddenly....................................A1.3 Rusl has caught up with children..................................A1.4 I will wait here for them.........................................A1.5 Ordon Animals................................................2.2, A1.1, A1.4 The animals that preside in Ordon, including Sera's cat, Jaggle's dog, and brown and white cuccos. OTHERS Coro.......................................................1.4, 2.3, 2.5, B4 The ostensible Bob Ross character with the large afro and the button eyes. He is the brother of Iza and Hena and spends his time talking to animals in Faron Woods and selling lantern oil. Epona.....................................................................E9 Epona is Link's quicksilver stead. Fairy of the Winds.......................................................2.4 A fairy that inhabits the boomerang in the Forest Temple and bestows upon it the power of the wind. Falbi....................................................................4.4 Falbi is the happy-go-lucky clown manning the Flight-by-Fowl game at Lake Hylia. Fyer.................................................4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.3, 7.4 If Falbi is the comedy mask in ancient Greek drama, Fyer is the tragedy side. This stout clown mans a giant canon on the floor of Lake Hylia, delivering fantastication to all willing participants. Golden Cucco.............................................................6.3 Rusl's golden cucco that can glide great distances. Great Fairy...............................................................E4 Once you find the Great Fairy in the Cave of Ordeals at the Gerudo Desert, she releases fairies to all of the springs around Hyrule. Guardians of the Sacred Grove............................................5.2 The stone statues that guard the Master Sword and the Temple of Time. Hena......................................................................B6 Hena is the attendant in the fishing hole in Upper Zora's River. She has a bird named Purdy and dreams of meeting the Legendary Fisherman of Hyrule's past. She has a sloppy brother named Coro and a sister named Iza. Hero's Shade.............................................................2.4 A mysterious undead warrior that appears as a golden wolf and teaches Link the seven hidden skills. Impaz...............................................................7.2, B15 The descendant of an ancient shadow tribe sworn to serve the royal family, Impaz awaits the chosen messenger to the heavens in the dusty Hidden Village. Iza.............................................................4.2, 4.3, B7 The sister of Coro and Hena, Iza runs a rafting Service in Upper Zora's River. Monkey..............................................................2.3, 5.2 This is the monkey that Link encounters during his journeys in Faron. Plumm....................................................................B11 Plumm is a plucky parrot that runs the balloon game at Lake Hylia while Link is in beast form. She rarely gives Link his do credit when he bests her game. Postman Simply known as the Postman, this letter carrier traverses Hyrule and expedites his delivery service no matter what part of Hyrule the person is in. Black wall up ahead................................................3.1 Postman at Ordon...................................................3.3 Dropped letter into hot spring.....................................4.4 What to order?.....................................................5.3 Letter from Barnes.................................................6.1 Three letters in fact..............................................6.3 Letter from Renado.................................................7.1 Letter from Shad...................................................7.3 Final letters for Link.............................................8.1 Cave of Ordeals.....................................................E4 Skull Kid...........................................................5.2, 6.3 A mischievous imp that resides in the lost woods. Once said to have been people that were transformed when they wondered into the forest. Trill....................................................................B14 This primly myna bird is the pet of Coro, but unlike his laid back owner, Trill is quick to judgment. PRINCESS ZELDA The primp and proper princess of Hyrule. Forced to watch as her kingdom diminishes to twilight, she stays in her tower awaiting the chosen hero of the gods. First meeting with.......................................................2.1 Saves Midna in her desperate hour........................................5.1 Helps to defeat Ganon....................................................8.2 REFERENCES Green garb of ancient hero...............................................2.4 Hero's Bow of the legendary savior.......................................3.5 Zora armor of the hero of legend....................................4.4, 4.5 Proud tribe that served the Royal Family.................................7.2 Descendant of Impa and Old Kakariko......................................7.2 SAGES Empyreal beings of energy, the sages serve and protect the land of Hyrule. Ancient sages' crafting of Master Sword..................................5.1 Current sages' sealing of Ganon..........................................5.4 Current sages' origins and explanations..................................6.1 Apologizing for sealing of Ganon.........................................8.1 TELMA'S BAR Ashei Ashei is a bluff femme fatale that grew up in the mountains with her father. The getup wasn't a costume.........................................5.1 Growing up in the mountains........................................5.3 The blizzard and a beast...........................................6.1 Someone must know what happened....................................6.3 Innocent face gives me heartburn..................................A4.2 Auru This old man abides his company in Telma's Bar and has more than a passing interest in Gerudo Desert. The young man named Link...........................................5.1 Criminals banished by a cursed mirror..............................5.3 Tale of mirror from sages..........................................6.1 Useless weapons...................................................A4.2 Shad Shad is a scholarly fellow that diligently studies the ancient sky people known as the Oocca. I acted rather snotty..............................................5.1 Legend of the Oocca................................................5.3 Ilia's memory is the last clue.....................................7.1 Sky writing and the cannon.........................................7.3 Didn't give up on father's dreams..................................8.1 Legendary hero look...............................................A4.2 Telma The owner of Telma's Bar along the southern thoroughfare in Castle Town. Sent for the doctor................................................4.1 Flight to Kakariko.................................................4.4 Concerned about Zoras..............................................4.5 Goron reliability..................................................5.1 How's Ilia doing?..................................................5.3 Ashei on Snowpeak..................................................6.1 Rusl and the Sacred Grove..........................................6.3 Foolishness of a man...............................................7.1 Look after Ilia....................................................8.1 TWILI The descendents of the Twili were powerful magicians that tried to establish dominion over the Triforce. Banished to the Twilight Realm, they lived there under Midna's rule until Zant used Ganon's power to establish kingship. Sealing of...............................................................4.3 Legend of Midna's ancestors..............................................5.4 Only the true leader of the Twili can destroy the mirror.................7.4 Zant establishes control of..............................................8.1 YETO AND YETA Yeto and Yeta are two docile Yetis that live at the apex of Snowpeak. Yeto looks like a superhuman peanut, and Yeta looks like a human in sheepskin. Finding of...............................................................6.1 Sickness of Yeta and finding of the mirror...............................6.2 Sled minigame............................................................B16 ZANT The King of Twilight who had his Power bestowed by Ganon and overthrew Midna. He systematically turns Hyrule into twilight, abiding by his master's wishes to create ultimate darkness. Conquering of Hyrule......................................................2.1 First meeting with........................................................4.5 Resurrection of Stallord..................................................5.4 Defeat in Palace of Twilight..............................................8.1 ZORA'S DOMAIN Prince Ralis.......................................................6.1, A5.2 The son of the late Queen Rutela. He collapsed in the bastion of the withering sun along the way to Hyrule Castle while delivering a letter to Princess Zelda. Queen Rutela........................................................4.2, 4.4 The leader of the Zoras, she was executed by Zant as a show of power. She is survived by her son Prince Ralis. Basin Zoras.............................................4.3, 6.1, A5.1, A5.2 These Zoras inhabit the lower basin of Zora's Domain. Hylian Zoras..............................................4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 These Zoras investigate the water shortage at Lake Hylia and guard the temple until Link clears Lakebed. Springwater Zoras.......................................................A2.3 The Zoras that migrated to the Death Mountain springs after Prince Ralis returned to Zora's Domain safely. Throne Room Zoras..................................4.2, 4.3, 6.1, A5.1, A5.2 These Zoras inhabit the throne room of Zora's Domains. /\ Act One - Ordon Village / \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /______\ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \/ \ -------------- Act One Chapter I – S u b s e r v i e n t T w i l i g h t ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subservient Twilight RUSL Tell me...Do you ever feel a strange sadness as dusk falls? They say it's the only time when our world intersects with theirs... ...The only time we can feel the lingering regrets of spirits who have left our world. That is why loneliness always pervades the hour of twilight... But enough talk of sadness...I have a favor to ask of you, Link. I was supposed to deliver something to the royal family of Hyrule the day after tomorrow... Yes, it was a task set to me by the mayor, but...would you go in my stead? You have...never been to Hyrule, right? In the kingdom of Hyrule there is a great castle, and around it is Castle Town, a community far bigger than our little village. ...And far bigger than Hyrule is the rest of the world the gods created. You should look upon it all with your own eyes. It is getting late... We should head back to the village. I will talk to the mayor about this matter. [They depart for Link's house, but the hour is late, so Rusl continues home, leaving Link in the bloom of the twilight - We see Ilia court Epona indolently to the hot springs as Fado rushes to Link's house, a yell passing his lips] FADO Hey! Link! You there? Hey, you mind helpin' me herd the goats? They ain't listenin' to me lately! Hey, where's Epona? [The diminishing light cascades into Link's house – He leaves, abiding Fado's company upon the ground below] C'mon, now, hurry on up an' bring Epona with you. [If Link tries to leave for Ordon Village] Hey hey, where are you goin' without Epona? Hurry on up an' bring her with you, bud. [Link rushes through the shadowy coat of the forest, which parts ways to let in the path to the springs, where he finds Ilia bathing Epona in the eerie glow of the twilight] ILIA Oh, hi, Link. I washed Epona for you! Epona is a girl too, so you have to treat her nice like one! Oh, but listen, Link... Could you do something for me? Can you use a piece of grass to play that song for me? You know, the one that Epona likes? I tried to play it for Epona, but I just can't seem to play it the way you can, Link. [Link plucks a reed from the ground and blows into it] It's such a nice melody... Epona looks happy. Well, she's all prettied up now, so I suppose you can ride her back. But don't you make her do too much, OK? What's the matter? Aren't you going to help out at the ranch? [Straddling Epona, Link returns to Ordon Village, a homely ranch at the foot of Hyrule, where the villagers gather in clusters] SERA Ah, if it isn't young Link. Are you going to close down the ranch for the day? I just closed the shop, myself. I'm sure you know all about the mischievous monkeys that've been coming into the village lately... Those things worry me a bit. I'd better lock up tight here... I couldn't stand to have any more goods stolen... Can't trust that good-for-nothing husband to do anything right... BETH C'mon, Dad! You can't catch a silly little monkey? HANCH Uhh... Well... No. No, I can't. SERA Oh... Listen to us babble on. I didn't mean to keep you. All right, off to work with you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SERA Why don't you stop by and do a little shopping some other time? BETH Well... Have a good time at work, Link! HANCH ...And be careful out there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COLIN Oh... Hi, Link. I'm making you a fishing rod, y'know! All I have left to do is paint it, so get ready for fishing! I just need to finish painting it today... Then I need my dad to look it over... My dad, he always has to stick his nose in everything, y'know... RUSL Ah, great timing, Link! There was something I had forgotten to tell you. My son Colin is making a fishing rod so the two of you can play together. He should finish it today, so you come get it at the house tomorrow. Now, it is Colin's first fishing rod, so it may not be the best one out there...but you will be kind and use it anyway, right? See you tomorrow! ULI Good evening, Link. This is a lovely sunset, is it not? It is kind of you to spend time with my husband, you know... It gives me time for myself! Oh, do you have to go put the livestock to bed now? Well, you should go to the ranch before the sun goes down. MAYOR BO Oh. Link. Looks like you're goin' to help Fado. Good job. He headed up to the ranch ahead of you. You go finish up your chores before the sun goes down. Go on. Get up to the ranch and help out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FADO Sorry to get you over here in such a hurry, Link! These guys have been awful skittish lately. They won't listen to a word I say. Sorry to ask, bud, but how's about you an' Epona herd 'em into the barn real quick? We ain't got much time, so you think you can do it for me? (No) I'm bettin' that with you two helpin' out, it'll be done in no time. Just say the word once y'all are ready to get started! Y'all about ready to start herdin' these goats? (Yes) Much obliged there, bud! OK, then, go on an' herd all these little scamps into the barn for me! Dang, if it ain't a good thing y'all came! OK, then! Herd them goats into the barn with Epona! [The confluence of goats shrivels and expands like a school of fish as Link herds them into the barn] Link, Epona... Much obliged to both of y'all! I can cover everythin' tomorrow without havin' to trouble you, so just sit back an' relax, bud. Oh... But, uh, how 'bout today? Wanna practice with fences? Just wait a spell, bud. I'll get them fences set up. Hoo, sorry that took so long! OK, then! Y'all ride all you want! Y'all get tired of ridin', just jump the gate an' head back into the village, OK, bud? Ain't nothin' cooler than fence jumpin' done just right! If y'all press A to dash just as you get near a fence, y'all can jump over the middle of it. Oh, an' if y'all get tired of ridin', just go ahead an' jump the gate to head back to the village. I'll put everythin' away today! Act One Chapter II – C a t H a n d l e r ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cat Handler TALO (Calling up to Link's house) Hey, wake up, Link! It's morning already! [Inside Link is nimble and awake – He goes outside, and the westerly sun dissolves whatever haze is left over his eyes] Oh, Link! Didja hear? They're selling a slingshot at the store right now! A SLINGSHOT! MALO I wonder how powerful it is... I... I need... I must try it... BETH Talo, if you and Malo want it so badly, just buy it at my parents' shop! TALO Do you see any Rupees in my hand? I can't afford that thing! C'mon, Beth, can't you just loan it to us for a while? BETH You know I'd get in trouble for that! If you two want it, save up your allowances or something. MALO But... our allowances are terrible... Aww, I wish I was born into a family with a slingshot instead of one with a waterwheel... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TALO C'mon, Beth. We just want to LOOK at it a little! So can you get it? The slingshot? From the shop? MALO ...Yeah, and if you can't do that, let's just trade families, OK? BETH KNOCK IT OFF! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Colin, angled away from the rest of the children, dutifully guards Epona] COLIN Hi, Link... You have the day off work today, right? So...I finished the fishing rod I was making. Link, I figured I'd give it to you first thing in the morning, but... My dad said, "You just wait until Link comes to get it!" So I didn't bring it to you... It's also the first day off in a while for Epona, right? She must be happy... Link, my mom has the fishing rod I made for you. Aww, I wish I'd brought it with me... (Link tries to saddle up Epona] You have the day off from work, don't you, Link? You have to give Epona a day off, too. Poor girl... Why don't you let Epona take the day off, too! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HANCH Well hey, 'morning, Link. Got a day off from work today, m'boy? Not me. The wife's been hassling me... Today's the day to restock our store. Look! See? Up there in that tree... If you use C and then (analog stick) or (wand) to move the cursor around, you can get a better view. Yeah, some Ordon bees built themselves a fine nest up there, and I was thinking about knocking it down... Our cat hasn't come home since yesterday, so the wife's in a bad mood. At the very least, I need to bring something home to her... I want to knock that nest down so I can get the bee larva inside! Our cat hasn't come home since yesterday, so the wife's been in an awful mood... I don't want to make her even angrier... SERA Ohhhh... Awww... ...Oh, my... It's young Link... ...Welcome, m'dear. You... You didn't happen to see my little cat out there, did you? He ate the fish we were going to have for supper last night, and I gave him a good scolding...but then he went out and hasn't returned... I'm so fraught with worry for him... I've exhausted myself... Ohhhh... I'm terribly sorry...but my mind is so filled with thoughts of my little cat that I simply can't deal with costumers right now... Ohhh... If I had known this was going to happen, I would have let my little kitty eat fish to his heart's content... Link, m'dear... I'm sorry, but would you leave me be? I'll serve you milk later. Ohhhh... I'm terribly sorry...but my mind is just filled with thoughts of my kitty right now... I'll bet he's getting pretty hungry about now... He's probably longing for a fish fresh out of the river... HANCH Huh? Oh! Sorry! Sorry! Didn't realize it was you, Link. I was thinking maybe I could knock it down by throwing rocks at it... But, of course, it's so high up... It makes that pretty hard to do... [Bees gravitate around their nest, buzzing like a million humming mouths – Hanch hurls a rock at it, hitting it square, agitating the bees - He breaks for the river as they swoop in on him in a disorganized, throbbing squadron] ULI Oh, um, good morning to you. If you are looking for my husband, he took his sword and left early this morning. But I must ask, Link... You have not seen a cradle come floating by here, have you? It is a baby's cradle made of finely woven tree bark... Oh, such a misfortune... How far could it have drifted, I wonder... What am I to do? I made that cradle when my first child was born, and I have cherished it all these years... Just where could it have floated off to, I wonder... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MAYOR BO Mornin', Link. Sounds like Fado's handlin' things at the ranch on his own today. When he's up there alone, I always figure some calamity or other's gonna happen... FADO WHOOOOOOOAAA!!! A GOAT GOT LOOSE! IT'S HEADIN' FOR TOWN! SOMEBODY STOP IT! [If Link whiffs] MAYOR BO Argh! The town's precious livestock... THAT's why I'm uneasy about leavin' the ranch in Fado's hands... If you plant your feet by holdin' down A and hang on to that goat, you'll calm him down real quick. If any more goats get loose, you be sure to grab 'em like that... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MAYOR BO The goats are gettin' out, the monkeys are causin' trouble... It's tough bein' mayor! FADO WHOOOOOOOAAA! 'NOTHER LOOSE GOAT! SOMEBODY STOP IT! [If Link misses again] MAYOR BO Argh... Another one of the town's precious livestock... Link... Get it right, lad! I want you to plant your feet by holdin' down A and then grabbin' that critter... [If Link overpowers the goat] MAYOR BO Aw... Fado did it again... These goats have been awful skittish lately... You always gotta be on your toes! Sorry 'bout that, Link. But thanks to you, that goat didn't get away! (That Fado... Looks like I'll be garnishin' the cost of that goat from his wages!) The goats are gettin' loose, the monkeys are causin' trouble... It's tough bein' mayor! You've heard 'bout 'em, right, Link? Those monkeys? Apparently they've been comin' into the village lately. If you see 'em causin' any trouble, can you teach 'em a lesson for me? I've gotta wonder, what are wild monkeys doin' in town? Did the woods run out of food? At any rate, if you see 'em causin' any trouble, could you teach 'em a lesson for me? [Link tries to enter the Mayor's house] Eh? Oh, did you need Ilia for somethin'? Sorry, sonny, but I was told that if you came by today, I wasn't to let you inside. She's locked herself in her room, workin' like crazy on somethin' or other... Sorry, sonny...but Ilia told me not to let you in today. She'll be awful sore at me if I break my word. She's the spittin' image of her late mother, that girl... Right down to her strong will... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FADO What's goin' on, Link? I thought I told y'all to take the day off, bud! Everythin's fine 'round here! I'm keepin' a close eye on these scamps, an' that's the truth. What's the deal, bud? If y'all got some free time, how's about you go spend it with them young rascals? Go on, now! Get goin', bud! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HANCH That hurts... Ow... If rocks won't work, then what am I supposed to do? PERGIE Hi, Link. Welcome. If you're looking for my hubby, he took a break from working and went outside. I wouldn't be surprised if he's taking a nap somewhere... He's in the middle of making a shield for Colin's dad, Rusl, right at the moment. See it? Right over there. Though it looks like it's far from being done... Sorry you came all this way to find him out and about... Link! My boys Malo and Talo aren't giving you headaches, are they? If they are, you feel free to scold them anytime you like. JAGGLE Yo, Link! Try talking to me from there with A while Z-targeting! Whoa. Hey. You climbed up here without even yelling up at me first. You're a spry one, huh? Well, whatever... Yo! There you are! Check this out... You know Sera, at the general store? Well, isn't that her cat over there? He's just been sitting there next to my house, having a staring contest with the creek. You don't suppose he's thinking he's gonna catch a fish, do you? Ha ha ha! A cat can't catch no fish! Anyway, that's not what I was meaning to tell you about. I want you to take a look at something... See that grass growing there on the edge of that rock? Haven't I seen you whistling with that stuff? I figured it was pretty rare to see it growing in a place like that, so I thought I'd let you know. I bet you could hop across these rocks with just a quick little (analog up), couldn't you? What's that stuff thinking, growing on a rock like that? I guess I just don't understand grass. Well, since you're up here, why don't you use (analog up) to hop over there and play a tune for me? HANCH (if you break the bee hive with the hawk) Owww... Using a hawk... Brilliant... Maybe I'll start practicing my grass whistle... JAGGLE Call me crazy, but I could listen to that grass whistle all day long! So, anyway... I guess I'll just get back to my lounging. Wow, isn't this just ridiculously good weather? Sure is peaceful... [If Link punctures an entire pumpkin patch] YO! DON'T WASTE FOOD! [Link calls the hawk and rescues the cradle from the monkey] ULI Oh! Link! That cradle! Did you go to the trouble of finding it for me? My thanks to you! Oh, that reminds me! There is something I am supposed to give to you... Do you think you could carry that cradle and come with me back to my house? [If you didn't talk to her before] Oh, my... Link! I have been looking for that cradle! I made it when my first child was born, and I have cherished it all these years. Did you know all this somehow? Did you find it and bring it back to me on purpose? My thanks to you! That reminds me... There is something I am supposed to give you... Do you think you could carry that cradle and come with me back to my house? [Link carries the cradle to the house for Uli] My thanks to you, Link. Yes, yes... I had nearly forgotten... I am supposed to give you this... All right... Here you go! [Link receives the fishing rod carved by Colin] It is a little...unpolished. My son, Colin, made this under the instruction of his father. You can use it if you like. When my son Colin grows up, I want him to be just like you. He really is a sweet boy... He can just be a little...timid. COLIN Oh, you got it... I hope you like it... Aren't you off of work today, Link? Epona finally has a day off, too... [Link draws the fishing rod into the river and catches a Greengill – The cat, with the fish skewered between its jaw, bounds back to Sera's house] SERA Oh, my, Link! You simply MUST hear this! Just take a look! My little kitty Link came back! And he brought a fish back with him. He was worried about me being angry! [If you didn't talk to her before] Oh, my! Link! Come in! Oh, you simply MUST here this! My little kitty cat is so amazing! Today, he caught a fish all by his little old self! How do you think he caught it? Maybe he's a genius! Ohhh, just look... Isn't he so cute, the way he laps up that milk? Say, m'dear, why don't you have some, too! I'm in a good mood, so it's on the house today! Oh, don't worry, you don't have to return the empty bottle, m'dear. You can reuse it--you know, put something else in it. Recycling is a very important thing, m'dear! I'm sure YOU'D never do anything of the sort, but kids these days toss things out like the whole world was disposable! It's criminal! So, what do you say, m'dear? Is there anything you want today? Feel free to look around using (analog stick). Hey, don't just gawk at me! Check out my wares using (analog stick). See you again soon! Welcome, m'dear! Interested in something? Take a looking using (analog stick). The slingshot is 30 Rupees. Do you want to buy it, m'dear? (I'll buy it.) (No thanks.) What are you doing buying a slingshot, you naughty thing? You're too old for toys! Will you at least let the kids play with it? Oh, I should tell you, if you happen to run out of pellets, you can also use pumpkin seeds. Act One Chapter III – T u t o r i a l ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tutorial RUSL Ah, just in time, Link! I just delivered something to your room! Oh, I see you got the fishing rod. Colin will be pleased. And it works better than you would think, right? Well, have a good one... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TALO Link has a slingshot! WHOA! BETH Wow! You had enough money to buy it, Link? MALO Preparations complete... TALO OK, wow, this is great! Let's see how powerful that slingshot is! Hit the targets AND those scarecrows! BETH I can't believe you two brats are so obsessed about this. It just shows what little boys you both still are. These two will never let it go, Link. Just show them. First, use (wand) to aim. [Link tries to leave] TALO Whoa, wait! Are you going somewhere, Link? (No) BETH These two are obsessed with your slingshot. They won't shut up about it, so can't you show it to them, pretty please? MALO ... (Yes) BETH Not that I know this for SURE, but I bet if you're out of pellets, you can use plain old pumpkin seeds. MALO That's it, Beth... Enough lies. You HAVE to have used the slingshot before. Admit it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TALO OK! This time, you have to get to the end, Link! BETH Ooh, he's gonna show it to us! You're so sweet, Link! MALO Preparations...complete... TALO This time you have to hit the targets and the scarecrow so we can see how powerful that thing is! BETH These two are just obsessed with that slingshot. Which makes sense, since they're just little immature boys. You know these brats will never let you get away, Link. You're going to have to stick it out. Just point with (wand) to aim! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TALO What's wrong, Link? BETH I'm pretty sure that you go to the - screen to set the slingshot to B. Then you press B to use it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MALO Hurry, shoot so we can see it... TALO Hurry up and show us! BETH I can teach you how to use it... MALO You go to the - screen and set the slingshot to B... Then you press B to fire. It's not complicated. [Link hits the target] BETH Whoa! You hit it! You hit it! It says in the slingshot manual that you can tilt (analog stick) to look around while using the slingshot. MALO I thought you weren't interested, Beth... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TALO Hey! Are you going somewhere again, Link? (No) (Yes) BETH These two won't let up until you show it to them, Link. MALO Set it to B on the – screen... Use pumpkin seeds for pellets... Beth has used this before... [At this point, if you return, the course resets, and you might get these bits of alternate dialogue when you hit the scarecrow again] BETH That's amazing, Link! (Amazing!) You know, you can tilt [analog stick] to look around while you use the slingshot. It said so in the slingshot manual! (It said you can tilt [analog stick] to look around...) MALO Did you call US obsessed with this thing? You're the one memorizing the manual... (Let me guess, that's what it said in the manual, right, Beth?) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TALO There's still some left! Hurry! Hurry! BETH I'm pretty sure you use (wand) to aim with (reticule) and tilt (analog stick) to look around... MALO ...You know too much. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TALO There's still some left. BETH You point with (wand) to aim (reticule) and tilt (analog stick) to look around! TALO Beth, admit it. You've used this thing before. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TALO There are still targets left! BETH There are five in all! MALO Tilt (analog stick) to look around and then just aim (reticule) with (wand)... [If you try to leave] Link, you're so close! [Link destroys all of the targets] BETH, TALON, AND MALO Whoa! Amazing, Link! BETH If you lock on with Z, then you don't have to aim with the cursor at all! TALO Gee, you really are amazing, Link! [If you already have the sword] BETH Yeah, you are! You can use swords and slingshots and everything! TALO Hey, yeah, that reminds me, you've gotta teach us how to use a sword, too! Seriously! Lately these monkeys have been coming out of the woods and playing tricks on us! We want to get them GOOD! C'mon, teach us how to use a sword! [If you don't have the sword] BETH By the way, Link... Were you expecting Colin's dad to bring something by here? 'Cause he did. TALO Oh, yeah! That's right... What was that, anyway?! MALO I command you to tell us... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TALO What did Colin's dad bring? BETH Ooh, yeah! I can't stop thinking about it! Show me! MALO Hurry up... Hurry up! [Link enters his house and draws the sword from the chest – When he shows it to the children, their eyes expand, and their minds are emblazed with thoughts of swatting back foreboding enemies with the wooden blade] BETH Ooh, my! Isn't that a wooden sword, Link? TALO Whoa... She's right! Hey, can I see it for a sec? Seriously! Lately these monkeys have been coming out of the woods and playing tricks on us! We want to get them GOOD! C'mon, teach us how to use a sword! (No) What?! Aw, gee, why not?! MALO Get off your high horse. Just show us. TALO C'mon, be a pal, Link... Teach us how to use a sword! (Yes) YES! [We enter the sword tutorial] All right! First off, we wanna see THAT move! The slice! Um... You just swing (wand), right? [Link tries to leave] Where are you going?! You gotta teach me how to use a sword! [If you do the wrong move] ...I don't think that's right... I thought that you just swung (wand) to do a slice? [Link scuffs the scarecrow across the chest, causing it to whiplash like a springboard] Wow! A horizontal slice! Was that it? Was it? I think I've seen you do a vertical slice before, too. You know, by swinging (wand) while Z-targeting. All right, next... [Or you might get...] Wow! A vertical slice! Was that it? Was it? I think I've seen you do a horizontal slice before, too. You know, by just swinging (wand). All right, next... BETH Ooh! Ooh! I wanna see that other move, Link! Yeah, you target with Z and then just tilt (analog stick) forward and swing (wand). MALO ...Oh, please. The stab? [If Link does the wrong move] BETH Ooh! That was SO great, Link. MALO ...But that wasn't the stab... BETH What are you mumbling about?! Link did that on purpose! Hey Link! Do it again! Show how you flex your muscles and stab! Y'know, target with Z, then tilt (analog stick) forward and swing (wand)! [Link stabs the scarecrow] Ooh, Link! Just amazing! Since you're at it, how about you show us that other move... Y'know, that little twirly thing you do! I love that! What do you call it? A spin attack? MALO You just lightly shake the Nunchuk side to side... [If Link does the wrong move] ...Pssh! He didn't spin at all! But all you do is lightly shake the Nunchuk from side to side... [Link spin attacks] BETH Ooh, WOW! Thanks, Link! I'm sorry you have to waste your time with these little brats when you must be tired from doing all the important stuff you do! TALO Hey, wait! You've gotta show us the jump attack before you go! You know, the one where you go "HYAAH!" and leap through the air! MALO That thing you do with A while Z-targeting? [If Link does the wrong move] TALO What are you doing? That's not it! The one where you JUMP! MALO Did I not say you use A while Z-targeting? [Link performs the jump attack] BETH, TALON, AND MALO WHOA! Act One Chapter IV – J o u r n e y I n t o F a r o n W o o d s ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Journey Into Faron Woods TALO Thanks, Link! So, uh, I... I think I get it... Kinda... Hmm... Maybe not... So this means that anytime one of those naughty monkeys shows up... WAH! [A monkey appears from the periphery] C'MERE, YOU! [Talo, Malo, and Beth rush after it straight on its tail, plunging deep into the woods] COLIN Everyone went into the woods... I wonder if they're OK... Where'd everyone go off to? [Link lags behind, only catching up to Beth and Malo when they pull up short of the spring] BETH Talo and Malo went chasing like crazy people after that monkey. I can't keep up with those two... Link, you should chase after them on Epona! MALO ...They went that way. The rest is up to you, Link... Human legs...too slow to catch monkeys... [Link plunges into the shimmering woods of Faron – The light dims as the path snakes its way through the twisting belly of a cave – At the other end Link meets an ostensibly Bob Ross-inspired character named Coro in the shadows of his hut] CORO Whoa! An Ordonian! Hey, guy! Listen, I'm not sure you should be wandering around the woods without a lantern. Just because it's daylight doesn't mean it's safe. There are a ton of caves and dank spots around here that get pretty dark even in the middle of the day. Here! Go on, guy. Take this! [Coro offers Link a lantern] See, I sell lantern oil here... I'm trying to drum up sales by giving away free lanterns! It's a business tactic, guy! See, as long as you've got oil to fuel your lantern, you can light your way and set fire to stuff. They're the best! Go on, guy! Try setting a fire under that big pot! [Link sets the logs ablaze] That's right! See! It's on fire, guy! Yeah! You keep using that lantern anytime you feel the need. And if it runs out of oil, you come see me to get it refilled! [If you go back to Ordon] COLIN Talo still hasn't come back... Didn't you see him, Link? Where could Talo have gone? BETH Link, did you find Talo? Sounds like the monkeys caught him, not the other way around! Maybe I'll just go home... MALO ...They're late... Still haven't come back from the woods... ...Hungry... Wait a while... If they don't come back... Let's leave them and go home and eat... NARRATIVE You found a play wooden sword! It's Talo's... [Link thrusts the lantern out in front of him, luminous splotches of halo rings guiding him through the winding cave – On the other side of the ethereal forest he finds a key, which he uses to dismount the gate to the Forest Temple] TRILL GRRRARRR! FWEEEEEEEEEEET! Hey! Punish the evildoers! ...Huh? Hey! The evildoers are all gone? ...Wait, are you...a costumer? Oh! Hey! Sorry! So sorry! Please forgive me! Welcome! Hey! Buy something! Anything! [Talo is holed up inside of a cage in front of the Forest Temple] TALO HEEEEELP! Lemme out of here, please! Hey, Link, c'mon! PLEASE! Help me! Set me free! [Link splinters the bars on the cage with his wooden sword, and he escorts Talo back to Ordon Village] If you hadn't come, Link... Gee, me and that monkey would've gotten eaten, probably! She's actually a pretty nice gal, that monkey... She tried to protect me, so we got captured together. Um, Link... You're not gonna mention this to my dad, are you? He's always telling me to never, EVER go into the forest, 'cause he says it's dangerous... So you really can't tell him! Really! You have to promise! RUSL Link! My son told me Talo disappeared into the woods and had not returned. I came as soon as I heard... But it looks like you have brought him home already... I apologize. Such a task should not fall to you. Tell me, have you noticed how strange this wood seems lately? I feel... uneasy about what may lie in wait... Anyway, Link... Tomorrow is finally the day. You will be departing for Hyrule. I think it is a good thing I have given this task to you... Good luck! And return safely! If you are lucky, you may even get to meet Princess Zelda! Ah ha ha! Act One Chapter V – F a r o n D e s c e n d s I n t o T w i l i g h t ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Faron Descends Into Twilight FADO Hey! Link! So, almost time for you to get goin', huh, Link? So how's about we finish up early today, bud? Gotta get them chores done! If y'all wanna get them goats back into the barn, then climb up onto Epona an' holler at me. [Link saddles Epona] OK, then! Let's get started! [Speak to Fado during the goat herding] Hmm? What all's the matter, bud? Y'all lookin' to start over again, Link? (No) Well then, hurry on up an' get the job done! (Yes) Hoo! Now, THAT is dedication! Wantin' to do the job perfect! OK, then. Let's try 'er again! [If you herded slower than three minutes] Hey, Link, what's wrong? Y'all were (time above three minutes} slower than usual. [If you herded faster than three minutes] Hoo, boy, but y'all can herd! That was (time below three minutes) faster than usual! Well, that about wraps 'er up for today, so how's about y'all head on over to the mayor's place? So, Hyrule, huh? What kinda place is it, bud? I ain't never so much as set foot outside Ordon... Hoo... Y'all are makin' me jealous! I'll cover for y'all at the ranch while you're gone! Since you're goin' all the way to Hyrule, y'alll better enjoy as much of the trip as you can! OK, then, y'all get outta here. Head on over to the mayor's place, an' make it quick! [Epona buckles, leaping the gate to Ordon Village – Mayor Bo and Ilia await Link in front of their house - Ilia rushes to Epona's side] MAYOR BO Oh, done herdin' for the day, Link? Well, nice work. The royal gift Rusl told you about is ready, so you should get ready for your trip to Hyrule Castle. Now, the royal family requested this gift specifically, so it's real special. It'd be...bad...if the representative of Ordon were to be late for such an occasion, you get me, lad? ILIA The path before you is long, my sweet horse...but please bear Link safely along it. Wait... What's this? What's happened? She's injured, isn't she? Link? How could you! You were pushing Epona too hard again! I bet you hurt her leg jumping fences, didn't you! MAYOR BO Now, now Ilia. There's no need to get so hot with him... ILIA FATHER! How can you be so easy on him? You're the MAYOR! You should start acting like one! You poor thing... It'll be all right, Epona. I'll take you to the forest spring right now. Once we soothe you in the spirit's spring, you'll feel better in no time! MAYOR BO W-Wait! Ilia!!! Why, without Epona... The gift won't get delivered in time! Oh, this won't do... What's a father to do... There's no way you'll be able to deliver our town's gift without Epona... FADO WHOOOOOOOAAA! A GOAT GOT LOOSE! IT'S HEADIN' FOR TOWN! SOMEBODY STOP IT! [Link wrangles the goat to the ground] MAYOR BO Sorry to always be puttin' you through this, Link. Well... You'd better get goin' and figure out what you're gonna do about Epona. Maybe you can head up to where Ilia is and see if she won't give you the horse back. Link, can't you find a way to get her to give back Epona? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ULI Oh, hello there, Link. Are you going to start preparing for your departure? It will seem lonely here while you are gone in Hyrule. You must promise to take care of yourself and try not to do anything beyond your abilities. I am sure it will be a long journey. Good luck. RUSL The time has come! Well, Link... Can I at least interest you in one serious sword lesson once you return from Hyrule? You have talent with a blade. If you were to get proper instruction, I bet you could be a very skilled swordsman. You can let me know once you return, but I want you to give it some serious consideration... For now, put this village out of your thoughts and leave things to me. PERGIE Hi, Link. I've heard a rumor about you! So, you're going to Hyrule Castle? Isn't that just incredible... How wonderful for you! But I suppose I should be apologizing to you for the trouble Talo and Malo caused you yesterday... They're a mischievous pair...but they'll always be a pair of angels to their father and me. Thank you so much. Link, you take care. And you come back safe. Link. You take good care of yourself. JAGGLE Yo, Link. Sorry if my little tykes were causing you trouble yesterday. I gave them a ferocious scolding, so I hope you forgive them. Oh, and hey... You be careful on your trip to Hyrule Castle, Link! Must be nice to have such fine weather on the day of your departure... I'm sure we don't need to worry about you...but you be careful all the same! HANCH Oh... Link. Owww... Sorry about my face... The swelling won't go down... Oh, I heard you're going out on an errand for the mayor, m'boy. Must be nice... Me, I'm restocking again today... Today I REALLY need to find something to bring back to sell at the shop... The wife's in a nasty mood today, so I don't want to disappoint her again. That'd be...bad. SERA Oh, Link. Back again? M'dear, I hear you're going to the castle. Is that true? Why, how nice... I'm sure the shops in Castle Town are quite ritzy! So, are you shopping again today? You can check out my wares with (analog stick). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COLIN ......Link, are you going to see Ilia? Maybe it's just me...but those guys don't normally let people through... Um, Link, you think... You think we can go to see Ilia together? Link... C'mon, let's go... BETH Link! Hello again! Ooh! Ooh! You're going to Hyrule Castle, aren't you, Link? That must be sooooo nice... I want to go to Hyrule, too! I mean, there's nothing that looks good on me in this town... Come back soon, Link! When you get back, you have to tell me all about Castle Town! TALO Hey, we've been waiting for you, y'know, Link. Yesterday was soooo much fun! Yeah, chasing that monkey was great! I was just telling Malo here about how we wanted to show it to him, but we let it go instead! MALO Oh, YOU didn't get caught, Talo? TALO Oh! Colin! Way to spoil everything by telling your dad. Nice job. MALO Yeah, thanks a lot! We got scolded by our dad something awful. I thought it was never gonna end... TALO I bet you're trying to go see Ilia, aren't you? Well, there's no way I'm gonna let you pass! Oh, hey, neat! Link! Lemme borrow that wooden sword! If I'd had that wooden sword yesterday, I could've handled it all alone, definitely! C'mon! Let me borrow that wooden sword right now! (Sorry, kid.) What?! Why not? It's OK! Just lemme borrow it! Look, we're never gonna let you leave here until you tell us we can borrow it, Link! If you wanna get past here, Colin, you'd better start talking, fast. Make Link let us borrow that sword. MALO Sheesh, you ARE my brother, Talo...but that's pretty low... TALO Come on, be a pal, Link! I'll take real good care of it, so lemme borrow your wooden sword! (Sorry, but no.) What?! Why not? Aw, I thought for sure you were gonna let me borrow it! Colin! Start asking him to lemme borrow it, will ya? MALO I still don't understand that logic... TALO I'll be real careful when I use it, so c'mon! Lemme borrow your wooden sword! {Sorry, but no.) Gee, I thought for sure you'd lemme borrow it this time. Well, I guess neither of us is going anywhere. {I understand. OK.) Whoa! YESSS! With this thing... I'll show 'em! COLIN Link. Thanks... Those guys are always teasing me... What's so fun about swinging something like that around, anyway? I hate it... It's scary... But when I grow up, I'm gonna be just like you, Link! I don't want to learn about swords or anything, but could you teach me how to ride a horse sometime? Can you?! You have to promise! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TALO Check out THESE sword moves, Malo! If I'd had this wooden sword yesterday, I could've caught that naughty monkey, don'tcha think? MALO Wait, weren't you just telling me how you DID catch the monkey? With Link? TALO Uh, yeah um, anyway... Practice! Time to practice! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TALO I bonked it with this wooden sword and caught it really quick, but I felt kinda bad for it, so I let it go! MALO But you didn't have a wooden sword then, did you? Mr. Liar? TALO Uh, yeah um, anyway... Practice! Time to practice! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TALO Time to practice! MALO Something's fishy about this... [Link enters the mossy forest path but is barred from entering the spring by a rigid gate] COLIN Link! ILIA If you came to take Epona back, you can FORGET it! Why don't you think about what you've done for a change! I won't open the gate until you change your attitude! COLIN Ilia, you don't know what happened yesterday... Listen, I don't know if she'll listen to me, but let me try to explain about Talo and the monkey, OK? You crawl in here through the tunnel in back while I do, Link. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ILIA Give up! I don't care how long you wait there, I'm not letting you take Epona! COLIN You know how to get in here, right? Go around through the tunnel in the woods while you can. Hurry up, Link! I'll talk to her in the meantime... [Link crawls through the tunnel into the spring] ILIA I had no idea... I hadn't heard the details about Talo's capture... But, Colin... So you still prefer your master over me, huh, Epona? Don't worry about your horse, Link. Fortunately, it looks like the injury isn't too serious. You two can go on together. But, Link... Can you at least promise me this? No matter what happens on your journey, don't try to do anything...out of your league. Please. Just come home safely. [Boar hooves resonate from the implacable distance beyond the gate – King Bulblin splinters it, and his caravan knocks Link unconscious and pierces Ilia with an arrow – They saddle the children up, leaving Link floating in the shimmering spring – When Link awakes, an eerie twilight begins to descend upon Faron, and as he runs, he sees a gate up ahead cloaked in an ancient darkness - He is pulled through] /\ Act Two - Twilight Princess / \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /______\ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \/ \ -------------- Act Two Chapter I – T h e W o r l d o f R u i n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The World of Ruin [Link awakes in a jail cell, transfigured into a feral beast – A short chain locks his leg into place, and a hopelessness breaks over him as he is doomed to rot in the prison, that is until an imp creature appears from beyond the bars] MIDNA I found you! Oooh! Aren't you scary! Eeh hee! Are you sure you want to be doing that? Snarling and glaring at me? Well, that's too bad... I was planning on helping you...if you were nice. Eeh hee! That's much better! You humans are obedient to a fault, aren't you? Oops! But you AREN'T a human anymore, are you? You're a beast! Eeh hee! There, there. You be a good boy and calm down. No need to bite! You look kind of surprised! Eeh hee hee! So! I bet you're wondering, where exactly are we?! Well, I'll make you a deal. If you can get over here, maybe I'll tell you! Eeh hee! Come on! What's the matter with you? Get over here, now! If you can't force your way out, why don't you see if there's some kind of hole you can squeeze through? I mean, places like this are always full of holes, right? [Link burrows beneath the ground and comes out on the other side] Hmph! I guess you're not completely stupid after all! Listen, I like you, so I think I'll get you out of here. But in exchange for my help, you have to do EXACTLY as I say! If you need anything from me, just press (Up on D Pad) to give me a sign! So, are we all clear? Good. Now, come on! Get moving! Huh? What's that? Try pressing Z! You should know how to do this! [Link sees a chain hanging from the ceiling] Oh... Well, well... Eee hee hee! Want to see something interesting? You're a beast! You should know what to do! Use your senses with (D Pad) and poke around... [His teeth latch on to the chain, and the full impact of his weight opens a gate – Hylian soldiers in spirit form reside along the dewy sewer way] HYLIAN SOLDIER #1 Huff... Huff... Can't...run...any...farther... That's...far enough...right? I'll be safe here...I think... What was that noise?! Don't... Don't anything come near me! MIDNA I doubt you're used to your new body yet, so I'll just tell you... Think about how you fought enemies in your human form... Just because your shape has changed doesn't mean your instincts have as well! HYLIAN SOLDIER #2 What are these black things... Where are they coming from... And how do we get out of here?! HYLIAN SOLDIER #3 What are these black monsters... I've never seen anything like them... [Midna disappears and coalesces on the other side of the grate] MIDNA This way! Over here! I'll be waiting for you, but you'll have to help yourself for a change! What are you doing? Do you ever try just looking down? HYLIAN SOLDIER #4 Please...I am but a lowly soldier. Please...someone save me from these evil creatures... Ahhhh! [Link safely reaches the other side] MIDNA Eee hee! Awww, did the detour tire you out, little wolf? By the way... Are you honing your senses with (D Pad) like you should? It looks like the spirits in here... They're all soldiers. Where in the world could we be? Eee hee! You want out of here, right? OK! We're off! [Stairs crumble as you climb them] Ugh... What are you doing? I guess I have to do EVERYTHING for you... I'll guide you to the sure footing, so target me with Z and follow me with A! [The stairs sweep up to the top of the tower] So... You know where we are yet? Eee hee! Well...if you go to the top, you might figure it out! [Link leaps through the window – Outside is a tranquil, dowdy world frozen in time] So, we were finally able to get out. And look at the sky! Isn't the black cloud of twilight looking beautiful today? Do you know where this is? You STILL don't know? Eee hee hee! Look, there's someone I want to introduce you to...but I'll need you to go to that tower to do it! [A Hylian soldier cowers on the rooftop] So there are even spirits up here, huh? This whole spirit thing is pretty new to you, isn't it? Even though these guys can see those monsters, they don't know a thing about you! If you think I'm lying, why don't you check it out? Hone your fine senses with (D Pad)... Eee hee! HYLIAN SOLDIER #5 What... What are these monstrous birds? What in the world is happening here? Ah, our poor Hyrule Castle! MIDNA Look! Just a little farther! [Link springs from the shingles and enters through a window in an adjacent tower – The stairs spiral up to a hardwood door that leads to a one time opulent room that now gazes out on the bleak world of ruin – In the corner is a woman, cloaked, elegant, stately, even as she is draped in sadness] PRINCESS ZELDA ...Midna?! MIDNA Eee hee! You remember my name? What an honor for me... PRINCESS ZELDA So, this is the one for whom you were searching... MIDNA He's not exactly what I had in mind, but...I guess he'll do. PRINCESS ZELDA ...You were imprisoned? I am sorry. MIDNA Poor thing, he has no idea where this is or what's happened... So, don't you think you should explain to him what you've managed to do? You owe him that much... ...Twilight Princess! Eee hee! PRINCESS ZELDA Listen carefully... This was once the land where the power of the gods was said to slumber. This was once the kingdom of Hyrule. But that blessed kingdom has been transformed by the king that rules the twilight... It has been turned into a world of shadows, ruled by creatures who shun the light. [Flashback to the throne room of Hyrule Castle – Hylian soldiers fall to the monsters of the twilight as the imposition of the Twilight King's rule is born] ZANT It is time for you to choose: surrender or die. Oh yes, a question for all the land and people of Hyrule... Life? Or death?! PRINCESS ZELDA Twilight covered Hyrule like a shroud, and without light, the people became as spirits. Within the twilight, they live on, unaware that they have passed into spirit forms... All the people know now is fear... Fear of a nameless evil... The kingdom succumbed to twilight, but I remain its princess... I am Zelda. MIDNA You don't have to look so sad! We actually find it to be quite livable! I mean, is perpetual twilight really all that bad? PRINCESS ZELDA Midna... This is no time for levity. The shadow beasts have been searching far and wide for you. Why is this? MIDNA Why indeed? You tell me! Eee hee hee! PRINCESS ZELDA Time has grown short. The guard will soon make his rounds. You must leave here, quickly. Please, you must leave quickly...before the guard comes. [At the bottom of the stairs the door squeals, and cracks of light cascade through] MIDNA Not that way! The guard's coming! Boy, he's prompt! [Link leaves through window] Eee hee hee! Well? Do you understand where we are now? I guess a promise is a promise, so I'll let you go back to where you first tumbled into twilight... But...are you really sure you should be going back? Are you sure you aren't forgetting anything important? Eee hee! Do you want to save them? Well, in that case, little Midna would be happy to help you! But... Well, you'd have to be my servant...and like a servant, you'd have to do exactly as I say! Why don't you go back, take a little time, and give it some thought. Eee hee hee! [Using the power of twilight, Midna transports Link back to Ordon Springs, but his beastly transfiguration stays] Oh, that's right. I forgot to mention one thing... Though you may have left the darkened realm, you haven't transformed back to your former self...and you won't anytime soon! Now why could that be? Eee hee hee! See you later! Act Two Chapter II – S w o r d a n d S h i e l d ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sword and Shield MIDNA So, um, what next? Eee hee hee! Did you think I'd disappeared? Listen, there's another thing I forgot to tell you... Don't think you can just run off and save your friends, because you can't. Just beyond that bridge, the land is covered in twilight. Last time, a shadow beast pulled you through the curtain of twilight... But if you want to go that way this time, you'll need the cooperation of someone FROM the twilight...like me! So you really have no choice but to do what I say. Saving your friends and all that... Well, that'll depend on your actions... Because you never can trust words, you know. Right now, I want a sword and shield that'll suit me. You do understand me, don't you? Eee hee hee! So, what do you plan to do? While you're here dawdling, the twilight continues to expand. Come on! Hurry it up! Boy, you sure are thick! The land in that direction is covered in twilight! Only someone FROM the twilight can put you BACK in the twilight! So if you want to back in there, you have to do as I say and go find a sword and shield somewhere. Come on! How many times do I have to tell you? If you want to get back into the twilit Hyrule, you need to bring back both a shield and a sword. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SQUIRREL Wait! I don't know what you've come here to do, but if you're going into town, be careful! THEY came and made both the forest and the village a mess... They kidnapped the children from the village... But you're different... You're not a bad thing, are you? I can tell, because you smell like the trees of Ordon... If you run into any trouble, try talking to the animals in town. We animals understand one another, so you'll be fine! HANCH Ohhh... How did it come to this? The children... Please say nothing's happened... Please forgive your good-for-nothing father... BROWN CUCCO Huh? Fresh face, huh? You're a sharp one to realize that ya needed to come introduce yourself to me! If ya want to know anything about this town, I can tell ya. Whaddaya say? (No thanks.) Psssh... I can see ya tell it like it is... Lone wolf and all that... (Tell me.) Let me tell ya... This is usually a quiet little village, but there was a bit of a ruckus today. If you gotta know, monsters attacked the village and made off with the little brats. ...Ya look a bit like a monster yourself. If ya gonna be hangin' around town, ya may wanna stay outta sight of the people! WHITE CUCCO #1 Whoa... You stink like the guy from the ranch... You didn't...EAT him, did you?! ...Huh? You're friends? ORDONIAN FROG #1 The town rascals used to play around here a lot, so there's lots of stuff buried nearby. If you dig with (Down on D Pad), you might uncover something... ORDONIAN FROG #2 To humans, this must seem like just an average country town, but to us, it's paradise! You should take a good look around this town... You may see stuff sparkling brightly...or you may not, depending on how good your senses are. Were you able to see this town as I do? As a place sparkling with treasure? You take care of those senses! ORDONIAN FROG #3 Ribbit! Ribbit! ...I didn't think anyone would come calling, so I haven't thought of anything to say... Sorry... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JAGGLE Oh! About that shield... MAYOR BO Hey! Not so loud... JAGGLE I checked, as we discussed. MAYOR BO M-Monsters! No use! Quick! Hide! ORDONIAN DOG Were you trying to listen to the humans talk? Do you understand human words? That's amazing! I tried to listen with A, too, but I don't understand human words. If you sneak up on them and try listening, I bet you hear something good. If you're too far away, you can't hear, so you have to sneak up close and listen with A. If they're talking about food, you be sure to tell me about it. [Get within earshot] JAGGLE H-Hey... Did the monsters leave? MAYOR BO Hoo... Hah... I think they scattered... We gotta hurry before the monsters find us again... You bring the shield that's at your house. I'll go to Rusl's place and get the sword we were to present in Hyrule. Hurry! I'm gonna have to go search for those children in Rusl's stead. He's too injured to move quick... JAGGLE Gotcha, Mayor. I'll hurry and get the shield. You wait here... MAYOR BO No good! Run! [If you didn't scare them off the first time] MAYOR BO ...So, that shield is still in your house, right? JAGGLE Uh, yeah, it should be in our storage loft. MAYOR BO Good! Go grab it, quick as you can! Rusl got wounded pretty bad, so he can't go search for the kids. I'll take over for him. JAGGLE But Rusl had a sword, Mayor! And he STILL got hurt! If you're unarmed, you're done for! MAYOR BO I'll be fine. The sword we were goin' to present to the royal family should still be at Rusl's house. JAGGLE Oh yeah? All right, I understand, Mayor. I'll hurry up and get that shield. You just wait here... MAYOR BO No good! Run! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MIDNA That's not a bad bit of information you heard, huh? Ugh... Look at that open window. This village is full of idiots. So... We should jump up there...but from where? HANCH MON-MONSTER! You've returned for more, haven't you?! My... My daughter... Return her! And TAKE THIS! [Hanch, having mastered the art of the reeds, bombards Link with a hawk] ORDONIAN CAT Were you attacked by that hawk? You're no match for him... I'm sorry! That person calling the hawk is my master's...husband. You could sneak up from behind and scare him, meow. You smell the same as the ranch hand named Link, so I know you're a nice wolf! ORDONIAN DOG Nighttime walks are so nice, aren't they?! I hope I find something good buried today! I love digging holes and looking for treasure! Look around using your senses and use (Down on D Pad) to dig in suspicious areas. You're sure to find something! MIDNA C'mon, let's get up on the roof from here and scare that guy. Look at him...posing like he's all important... Wait until he sees us! Eee hee hee! HANCH WHOA! [Link assails the house through an arrant window and steals the shield] MIDNA Eee hee! Found it! Found it! It looks...kind of cheap... All right, then... Next is a sword. Hurry up and get one! ORDONIAN CAT You smell the same as the ranch hand named Link, so I know you're a nice wolf! My senses are keen, so I just know these things! You have good sense too, right? Though Link doesn't seem so good at stuff like that... RUSL What was that sound?! The children could not have returned...could they? I must go out and search one last time. You get inside the house. I have placed the sword that was to be our gift to Hyrule on the couch. If the mayor comes for it, please give it to him. ULI But, darling...your injuries! RUSL Beast! I have found you! Foul BEAST! [Link evades Rusl's attacks and finds a plush mound of dirt alongside the house – He burrows into it and steals the sword] MIDNA All right... So now you have a sword. Looks like you can actually be useful when you concentrate! All right... No more detours. I'm going to take you back into the twilight. Go back to the woods where you first transformed into that shape! WHITE CUCCO #2 Ah... To be a wolf on a night when the moon rides high... Beautiful! Tell me, is your true form a human who is not currently in the town? ...Nah, Just teasing! You're lucky... Your sharpened senses and your soft-looking coat... Lovely! The earth in this area is so soft and fluffy... I love this spot! Your hair looks soft and fluffy, too... Now I have ANOTHER favorite thing! Ahh... You're lovely... I want you to fix me with those keen eyes and use your senses! Act Two Chapter III – C h o s e n H e r o o f t h e G o d s ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chosen Hero of the Gods ORDONA Wait... Come...to my spring... You have...been transformed...by the power...of shadow... Come...to me... Beware...A shadow being...it approaches... [A creature of the shadow descends from the twilight portal, but Link defeats it] O brave youth... I am one of four light spirits that protect Hyrule at the behest of the gods. I am Ordona. The black beast you slayed was a shadow being. It had come to seize the power of light I wield. My brethren in Hyrule have already had their light stolen by these fell beasts. The entire kingdom has been reduced to a netherworld ruled by the cursed powers of darkness. The blight will not stop with Hyrule. Before long, the entire world of light will fall into the hands of the king who rules the twilight. To save this land from the king of twilight, the lost light must be recovered. The three light spirits who have lost their light must be revived. There is but one who can revive them and redeem this land... You. You still have not discovered your true power... Those transformed by twilight usually cannot recover their original forms... Unless... If you were to return Faron Woods where you were first transformed... If you were to revive the light spirit... There, by the power of the light spirit, you may find the means to regain your other state of being... [Further down the path is the leering blanket of twilight] MIDNA Hey... Look... The Faron Woods that you know so well... They're now covered in twilight. You might not be able to come back here, but... Do you still want to go? (No) It really doesn't matter to me what you do... The only thing that'll happen if you just stand here is the steady spread of twilight... Eee hee! Want me to let you into the twilight? (No) Wait... This is wrong... (Yes) [Midna pulls Link into the twilight] Hmm! So these are the weapons you use in your world? You really think this thing can slay the creatures of twilight? ...Well, I won't use these, but I'll hang on to them for you! All right, a promise is a promise... I trust you enough to help. In exchange for my help, though, I need you to gather some things for me. Look, I can't tell you all the details now, but it'll be easy, trust me... But enough about that. Do you hear that noise? It's the lamentation of the spirit that had its light stolen... Where in the world could it be? Eee hee! Better get going, don't you think? Don't blame me for your world's fate if you don't hurry up and find that light! Come on! Snap to it! [Shadow creatures fence Link in] Aww... We're penned in again! Pffft! Who do they think they're dealing with? No need to take these little pests on one at a time, right? You can take them all at once! So... You can handle this by yourself, can't you? Good luck! 'Bye! [After the final shadow creature revives its fallen comrades] What's the holdup? If you leave the last one alive, it's just going to use that shriek to bring the others back. Listen, let me help you out here! Just move like I tell you! You just hold down B and I'll expand an energy field. Enclose all of your enemies within it and release the button! [After Link defeats the shadow creatures, he finds the weakened light spirit in its spring] FARON ...Please...be careful... These woods...have changed... The dark clouds of dusk cover this land... This drape of shadows is called...twilight. In this twilight, those who lived in the light...become as mere spirits...it is a place...where the dark ones and evil creatures dwell... ...I...am a spirit...of light... ...Blue-eyed beast. Look...for my light... Retrieve the light stolen by the dark beasts...and keep it...in this vessel. In the shadows of twilight...the dark insects are as...invisible...as normal beings are here... Let me use the last of my power...to reveal the locations of the dark insects...that consumed the light... ...Find...the insects of darkness... The dark insects... They are the form taken by evil...once it has latched on to...our scattered light... Mark...these words... In the shadows of twilight...the dark insects are as...invisible...as normal beings are here... Please...look in the places I have marked on your map and recover the Tears of Light from these...insects of darkness... [If you try to leave Faron Woods] MIDNA Wait! Wait! Don't go too far! You still have stuff to do here in these woods, don't you? Come back! [Midna spies an opening into Coro's house] Hm... Looks like we can get in there! Well, well... A spirit in here, too... CORO Wh...What's with these bugs? Those things aren't normal! They're so big... So weird... So creepy... C'mon, get away, bugs... Shoo... Get out of here... Awww, come on, bugs... I mean, gimme a break, guy... You can't just wander around people's houses like that... You stay away, bugs... Seriously, just back off... [After you defeat the insects inside of Coro's house] Wha...WHAAT? They just...died? Oh, boy, I have NO idea what's going on around here... Are there more of those bugs...outside? Ohh... Maybe I should just lay low for a while... [The search for the remaining insects takes Link back through the snaking cave, and on the other side, Midna glides Link over the curling fog below] [If you walk into the fog] Now, see... That's what I was warning you about. I'm telling you, I don't think we're going to get through here too easily. So... What'll we do? MIDNA Hey... Think we can get across over here? (There! Let's cross over there!) [When Link reaches the Forest Temple, he finds a monkey besieged upon a wooden post as insects scamper along the ground below] MONKEY Yeek eek! Help! [Link destroys the insects] Someone... Someone helped me? Boy, lucky for me... Ever since the boss went funny in the head, there've been scary monsters everywhere... Those village kids got led through the woods for some reason... The whole forest is so weird now... What's happened? The boss is threatening his friends... The village kids got kidnapped... I mean, what's going on in these woods now, anyway? Act Two Chapter IV – T h e F o r e s t T e m p l e ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Forest Temple NARRATIVE The Vessel of Light is full of tears, and light has returned to this area! MIDNA Aww, but it was so nice here in the twilight... What's so great about a world of light, anyway? Eee hee hee! See you later! FARON My name is Faron. I am one of the spirits of light who dwell in Hyrule. I use the life force of the gods to protect this forest. O brave youth... In the land covered in twilight, where people roam as sp