Dark Rites

The Dark Rites
The Dark Rites are an evil method of reincarnation depicted in the oracle series of LOZ. The basic concept is that when the three sinister flames (despair, destruction, and sorrow)are lit, and the blood of the holy sacrafice is sprinkled over the ashes of one who is deceased, the deceased one will be revived. The dark rites are, in effect, the flames themselves. The flames are lit only by causing the events they depict. When great death and tragedy grips the land, the flame of sorrow will ignite. When evil reaps havoc on the land, the flame of destruction will light. When god has struck the hour, and death is inevitable, the flame of despair will burn. Koume and Kotake Twinrova use this method to revive Ganondorf.

Sorrow
The flame of sorrow was lit in Oracle of Ages by Verian, sorceress of shadows, when she used Nayru's powers to turn people to stone, change history and even kill people.

Destruction
The flame of destruction was lit as a combination of both games. Onox helped light it by screwing up the seasons in OoS, and Verian helped light it by helping Queen Ambi build her massive tower, whose peak ends up as the location of Link's final fight against Verian.

Despair
The lighting of this flame was more subtle, but nonetheless real. When Onox captured Din, the seasons fell into chaos. When Verian posessed Nayru, the present was put into a state of urgency by changes in the past.