Pirate Stronghold

The Pirate Stronghold is location and also a mini-dungeon featured in Skyward Sword. It served as the headquarters of the gang of pirates led by Scervo who captured and took over Skipper's Sandship that protects Nayru's Sacred Flame.

Appearance and Features
The Pirate Stronghold is one of the many islands spreadout along the Lanayru Sand Sea and is the headquarters of the pirate crew who took the Sandship from Skipper. It is first visited by Link and Skipper who are looking for clues to help them find the Sandship. Skipper notes with skulls on top of poles and the gigantic skull of a dragon or fish that the place was as scary as he thought it would be, but also says the pirates are all dead.

After entering the interior of the pirate's base, Link finds an object called a Timeshift Orb. The orb features the same effect of a Timeshift Stone turning the surrounding area into a past or present state. However, instead of remaining stationary in a single area, Link can pick up, drop, and move around with the orb giving him access to large amount of puzzles. With this newly found object Link travels through the stronghold solving puzzles in both the sandy present and the past. At the end of mini-dungeon he installs the Timeshift Orb into another generator. As an effect, the gigantic skull of a dragon or fish opens outside of the dungeon revealing the remains of the Sandship. Analyzing the wreakage of the ship, Fi notes that she added the option to dowse for the ship. With that, Link and Skipper set sail once again to track down the ship.

Enemies that are found outside and inside of the Pirate Stronghold include Thunder Keese, Lizalfos, Beamos, Technoblin, Armos, Deku Babas, and Quadro Baba.