Sealed Grounds

The Sealed Grounds is a location in Skyward Sword. Located near the Faron Woods, it is home to Impa and the seal that holds The Imprisoned.

Appearance and Features
This is the first area of the surface that Link explores after descending from the sky. The Sealed Grounds consists of a large pit that spirals downward until at the very bottom there is a magic seal that holds The Imprisoned. At the top of the pit is The Temple of Hylia, which connects to Faron Woods.

Throughout Skyward Sword Link travels back to this area multiple times to fend of The Imprisoned as it breaks its magical seal and ascends the spiral path towards the Temple of Hylia.

Link visits the Seal Grounds in the past known as the Temple of Hylia, and that Demise had just been sealed away, through the newly formed Gate of Time, he finally finds Zelda who tells him about the plan Hylia had about inheriting a mortal and Fi, and the creation of the Triforce. Zelda says to maitain the seal on Demise, she has to be put into a long sleep, as she goes in her eternal slumber she tells Link like she has always done him is to wake her up.

At this location, Link fights his last battle against Ghirahim and meets Demise for the first time.

Trivia
•Behind the large door in the present-day Sealed Grounds is the gold structure that Zelda sleeps inside. Even odder is that the gold structure is there when Link first visits the surface, and when Zelda is in the present. Meaning that Zelda existed in the past and the present.