Dodomai Palace

Dodomai Palace is a location in. It is unlocked after completing Dordung Cave.

Features and Overview
Dodomai Palace is a large castle and the residence of Duke Onkled, the ruler of Gamelon. The palace is situated in the south, atop a tall hill that looks over much of the island. Following Ganon's siege however, the palace has become overrun with monsters, and is now in control by the minion Hektan. Zelda enters the area from the forested exterior, where a stream of water inhabited by Arkadais flows into the palace sewer tunnel. Here Zelda encounters Impa, who reveals through the Triforce of Wisdom that King Harkinian had been captured by Ganon, and Lord Kiro imprisoned by Hektan. Zelda enters the palace by riding on the backs of the Arkadais into the sewers.

Inside the pitch dark sewer tunnel, Zelda fights with Zolas and Keese, and reaches the iron grate barricading the rest of the palace. Zelda slips through this and enters the castle gates, where she fights Darknuts patrolling the grounds. One of the Darknuts drops a Key to the gates, leading to the interior of the palace. Inside is a hallway with several doors leading into alternate paths. Two doors in the upstairs hallway are locked, preventing entry to the palace library. The door at the bottom of the steps leads to another hall with broken furniture and cobwebs covering the walls. A Key sitting on a smashed pillar opens the next door, where Impa can optionally be found again.

The very first door in the main hallway leads to a series of stone staircases, where falling spikes try to impede Zelda's progress. At the top of this room is a door that leads to the outside palace walls, where Zelda faces Hektan. After he is defeated, Zelda earns a Life Heart, and continues to the window of a small tower. Inside she finds Lord Kiro bound by chains and frees him. He reveals to her that Duke Onkled is corrupt and had betrayed the King. He tells her to strike the head of a portrait within the palace library to enter Onkled's chamber. He escapes and leaves behind the Key to the library.

Zelda uses the Key to enter the library, where she finds the portrait upstairs. Striking the portrait reveals another Key, which opens the next door to Duke Onkled's room. Inside the Duke pleads Zelda not to hurt him, and reveals the entrance and gives the Key to Reesong Palace, where Ganon is hiding. He is then apprehended by Lord Kiro. A Triforce Map then appears at the end of the room. After completing the stage, Nokani Forest opens as a new stage.

Trivia

 * Along with Reesong Palace, Dodomai Palace is one of two stages in the game to have a puzzle of any kind. Zelda must strike the portrait in the library in order to find the Key required to enter Duke Onkled's chamber.