Sage Medallion

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Location and Uses
The Medallions represent the awakening and power of their respective Sages. Link obtains each of them after awakening a new Sage, whose powers are symbolically added to those of the young hero. Each Medallion bears the emblem and color of its respective element, and has the Triforce emblazoned on its back.

Modified versions of the fire and water emblems appear underneath Koume and Kotake when they manifest before Link in the Spirit Temple. The fire symbol faces to the left rather than the right, while the water symbol has eight points rather than six.

As a set, the emblems of the Medallions reappear in the Arbiter's Grounds in and in the ceiling of the vestibule of the Sealed Temple in SS undefined, after it is reassembled following the return of the Statue of the Goddess to the Surface.

List of Medallions
Below is a brief description of the Medallions. They are listed according to their order on the status subscreen.

Light Medallion
The Light Medallion is the first Medallion Link gains on his quest to save Hyrule. It is given to him by the ancient Sage of Light, Rauru, after Link awakens as the Hero of Time.

Forest Medallion
The Forest Medallion is the Medallion Link gains after defeating Phantom Ganon in the OoT3D:. It is given to him by the newly awakened Sage of Forest, Saria.

Fire Medallion
The Fire Medallion is the Medallion Link gains after defeating Volvagia in the Fire Temple and freeing all of the trapped Gorons within. It is given to him by the newly awakened Sage of Fire, Darunia. According to Darunia, it contains the "power of the fire spirits" and the Goron considers it a token of his friendship with Link.

Water Medallion
The Water Medallion is the Medallion Link gains after defeating Morpha in the Water Temple. It is given to him by the newly awakened Sage of Water, Ruto.

Spirit Medallion
The Spirit Medallion is the Medallion Link obtains after defeating Koume and Kotake and their fused form, Twinrova, in the Spirit Temple. It is given to him by the newly awakened Sage of Spirit, Nabooru. Nabooru offers it to Link in lieu of the promise she made to him when he was a child.

Shadow Medallion
The Shadow Medallion is the Medallion Link gains after defeating Bongo Bongo in the Shadow Temple. It is given to him by the newly awakened Sage of Shadow, Impa.

Method of Obtainment
While the listing above is the order seen in the Quest Status Subscreen, the Medallions can be secured in a number of different orders simply by entering a dungeon and obtaining its main item. The player can then move on to different dungeons with the new equipment. The Light Medallion must always come first, however, and it is worth noting that the Water Temple can be entered and completed before entering the Fire Temple. Also, the Shadow Temple cannot even be entered prior to beating the Water Temple, and the Forest Temple has to be cleared before Link is able to complete the Spirit Temple due to the requirement of traveling back in time. There are a total of thirty different ways to beat the temples.

Curiously, the Spirit Medallion and the "Requiem of Spirit" appear before the Shadow Medallion and the "Nocturne of Shadow" in their respective places on the Quest Status Subscreen.

Development History
During the early development stages of, Nintendo intended that the Medallions could be used by Link. Several early screenshots depict Link with the Forest Medallion (then known as the Wind Medallion) equipped, as the Medallions were the original method of warping through Hyrule instead of using the Ocarina of Time.

In a November 1997 interview by Famimaga 64, Shigeru Miyamoto explained that the Medallions, known as "Magic Medallions", were supposed to have been used in conjunction with Link's Bow and Arrow. There were to be six types of Magic Medallions, including fire, wind, darkness, and light, meaning that they might have been used instead of the Fire, Ice, and Light Arrows that turned out in the final, released version of the game.

The Forest Medallion and Water Medallion were originally the "Wind Medallion" and "Ice Medallion," but their names and corresponding dungeons were changed during development. Two icons relating to these original medallions are still present in the game's code.

Remnants of these original themes are present in the released version of, such as Saria's part in Ganon's Castle being wind-themed, Ruto's part in Ganon's Castle being ice-themed, and the presence of an Ice-themed mini-dungeon. Also, the symbols on the Medallions were never changed; the Forest Medallion has an image similar to a wind-like vortex on it while the Water Medallion bears the image of a snowflake.

Trivia

 * The symbol on the Forest Medallion resembles the one on the Bombos Medallion from . Its appearance was altered in to depict only three spirals, rather than four, likely to avoid resemblance to a swastika. The new design bears a strong resemblance to the Kokiri emblem.
 * The symbol on the Spirit Medallion resembles the or the  symbol.

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