Igos du Ikana

"Believing in your friends and embracing that belief by forgiving failure... These feelings have vanished from our hearts."

- Igos du Ikana

In Majora's Mask, Igos du Ikana is the long dead king of the Ikana Kingdom. The two soldiers standing beside him are his bodyguards, and, in life, they were the best swordsmen of Ikana.

Once Link breaks the spell that had been cast upon these undead soldiers, Igos du Ikana will teach him the Elegy of Emptiness, which is necessary to return true light to the land of Ikana.

Strategy
Their fighting style is very similar to that of the Stalfos in Ocarina of Time. To defeat all three of them, Link must burn the drapes with the Fire Arrow, letting the light in. He must defeat his lackeys with basic sword techniques, then he should reflect a beam of light on them with the Mirror Shield when they are lying on the floor in order to completely destroy their bodies. Note that the Bremen Mask is capable of confusing the soldiers to humorous effect, as well as giving a more than generous opening to attack and kill one of the soldiers (providing Link possesses the Gilded Sword or the Great Fairy's Sword).

For Igos, Link should fight him in a similar way, attacking him several times right when he's about to attack. Igos can take off his head and chase Link while the rest of his body keeps attacking with the sword. Link must watch out for the head when it comes off, as there is no known way to counter it (rolling around with the Goron Mask can almost always avoid it, providing spikes are up). If the flying head attaches to Link, it will latch on to his face, taking hearts away in a very similar way to that of the ReDead and Gibdo in Majora's Mask and Ocarina of Time; thus, the best strategy is to try to avoid the head until it comes back to its body. Igos also has a Blue Fire breath as his mid-range attack. Then, when he falls down on the ground, Link must shine the light on him using his Mirror Shield to defeat him.

Both Igos and his lackeys back away and will not attack when Link steps into one of the rays of light. If the young hero wears the Captain's Hat while fighting Igos du Ikana (or run up to him with it while fighting the others), he will mistake Link for Captain Keeta in a humorous cutscene, but then quickly realize that it is a mask.

Also note that the Bremen Mask is not capable of confusing Igos like the soldiers.