Hektan

Hectan (pronounced ) is the fifth boss in, and is located in Dodomai Palace.

Biography
Hectan is an old wizard with blue robes and hair who is a minion of Ganon. He captures the Royal Retainer and holds him in Dodomai Palace after Ganon imprisons King Harkinian. Zelda fights Hectan in the palace, who taunts her by disappearing and reappearing randomly. She however defeats him, and he dissolves into a pool of blue liquid and leaves behind a beating Life Heart. Zelda frees the Royal Retainer afterwards and learns that Duke Onkled had betrayed King Harkinian.

Strategy
Hectan is capable of sending fireballs that deal several hearts worth of damage if they strike Zelda. He is however weak to the sword, and a single slash will defeat him.

Etymology
Hectan may be derived from Hecate, the Greco-Roman goddess of witchcraft.