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{{Dungeons
{{Infobox Dungeon
|name = Lorule Castle
|image= File:ALBW Lorule Castle Exterior.png
|image = [[File:Lorule-Castle.png|300px]]
|location = {{Term|ALBW|Lorule|link}}
|location = [[Lorule]]
|game = ALBW
|game = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds|A Link Between Worlds]]''
|item = {{Term|ALBW|Red Mail|link}} or {{Term|ALBW|Blue Mail|link}}
|item = [[Red Mail]]
|mini-boss =  
|boss = [[Arrghus]]<br>[[Ball and Chain Trooper]]<br>[[Gigabari]]<br>[[Moldorm]]
{{List|
|element = {{Element|Shadow}} {{Element|Fire}}
{{Term|ALBW|Arrghus|link}} {{Small|(Yellow)}},
|quest = Unlock entrance to [[Throne Room]]
{{Term|ALBW|Gigabari|link}} {{Small|(Purple)}},
|theme music = [[File:ALBW Lorule Castle.ogg|noicon]]
{{Term|ALBW|Lorule Ball and Chain Soldier|link}} {{Small|(2×)}},
{{Term|ALBW|Moldorm (Boss)|link}} {{Small|(Purple)}},
}}
}}
|quest = Unlock entrance to {{Term|ALBW|Throne Room|link}}
|theme music = "{{Term|Series|Lorule Castle (Theme)|link}}"
}}
{{Term/Store|Lorule Castle||Series, ALBW}} is a location and the final {{Term|ALBW|Dungeon|link}} in {{ALBW}}.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 159}}</ref> It is {{Term|ALBW|Lorule|link}}'s incarnation of {{Term|ALBW|Hyrule Castle|link}} and thus is the home of the Royal Family of {{Term|ALBW|Lorule}}. The final room of the {{Term|ALBW|Lorule Castle|display=Castle}}, the {{Term|ALBW|Throne Room|link}} where {{Term|ALBW|Yuga Ganon|link}} is battled, is demarcated as a separate {{Term|ALBW|Dungeon}}.
==Entrance to the {{Term|ALBW|Lorule Castle|display=Castle}}==
[[File:ALBW Lorule Castle.png|180px|left|thumb|Interior of {{Term|ALBW|Lorule Castle}}]]
After {{Term|ALBW|Yuga|link}} has abducted both {{Term|ALBW|Princess Zelda|link}} and {{Term|ALBW|Impa|link}} from {{Term|ALBW|Hyrule Castle|link}}, he spirits them away to {{Term|ALBW|Lorule Castle}} through a {{Term|ALBW|Fissure|link}} in {{Term|ALBW|Princess Zelda}}'s private office. {{Term|ALBW|Link|link}} gives chase, using {{Term|ALBW|Ravio's Bracelet|link}} to follow the fiend, and arrives in the private office of {{Term|ALBW|Princess Hilda|link}} inside {{Term|ALBW|Lorule Castle}}. Following {{Term|ALBW|Yuga}}'s merging with {{Term|ALBW|Ganon|link}} into {{Term|ALBW|Yuga Ganon|link}}, {{Term|ALBW|Princess Hilda|display=Hilda}} casts a barrier around {{Term|ALBW|Lorule Castle}}, blocking the entrance supposedly to keep {{Term|ALBW|Yuga}} and his minions from escaping. After {{Term|ALBW|Link}} has rescued all of the {{Plural|ALBW|Sage|link|display=Seven Sages}} and obtained the {{Term|ALBW|Triforce of Courage|link}}, {{Term|ALBW|Princess Hilda|display=Hilda}} lifts the barrier blocking the entrance, allowing the hero access to the {{Term|ALBW|Lorule Castle|display=Castle}}'s interior through the front door.
==Themes and Navigation==
[[File:Lorule Castle Interior.png|thumb|right|180px|The central chamber of {{Term|ALBW|Lorule Castle}}]]
By the time {{Term|ALBW|Link|link}} has gained the {{Term|ALBW|Triforce of Courage|link}}, {{Term|ALBW|Lorule Castle}} has been overrun by {{Plural|ALBW|Enemy|link}} who will attack {{Term|ALBW|Link}} on sight. {{Term|ALBW|Lava|link}} fills much of the {{Term|ALBW|Dungeon}}, making for a very perilous journey through the structure. {{Term|ALBW|Link}} must make use of {{Term|ALBW|Ravio's Bracelet|link}} in several instances to reach seemingly unreachable places, and he must also manipulate light and darkness to see certain things that would otherwise be hidden to the eye.
{{Term|ALBW|Lorule Castle}} consists of a central chamber where a grated metal platform hangs above a pit of {{Term|ALBW|Lava}}, with spiraling stairways along the walls that climb four floors high. On the first and second floors, several ledges and small rooms containing {{Plural|ALBW|Treasure Chest|link}} and {{Plural|ALBW|Fairy|link}} can be reached through creative uses of {{Term|ALBW|Link}}'s abilities. Guarding the staircase to the second floor is the {{Term|ALBW|Dungeon}}'s first of five {{Plural|ALBW|Sub-Boss|link}}, the fire-wielding {{Term|ALBW|Lorule Ball and Chain Soldier}}.
Upon reaching the third floor, {{Term|ALBW|Link}} sees a huge set of doors with the images of four more {{Plural|ALBW|Sub-Boss}} on them. Akin to {{TWW}}, each of the four major rooms of the {{Term|ALBW|Lorule Castle|display=Castle}}, accessed from the third and fourth floors, contains familiar elements from previous {{Plural|ALBW|Dungeon}} along with new and unique puzzles, culminating in a battle against a returning {{Term|ALBW|Boss}} from earlier in {{Term|ALBW|Link}}'s adventure: a {{Term|ALBW|Moldorm (Boss)|link}}, a {{Term|ALBW|Gigabari|link}}, an {{Term|ALBW|Arrghus|link}}, and another {{Term|ALBW|Lorule Ball and Chain Soldier}}. With the defeat of each of these {{Plural|ALBW|Enemy}}, their image on the large doors will light up. The doors will open once all four are defeated, leading to {{Term|ALBW|Princess Hilda}}'s private office and the {{Term|ALBW|Throne Room|link}} of the {{Term|ALBW|Lorule Castle|display=Castle}}.
===Puzzle rooms===
The first puzzle room contains a small maze with blockading walls that can be raised or lowered with {{Plural|ALBW|Shock Switch|link}}. {{Term|ALBW|Link}} makes his way through the maze using {{Term|ALBW|Wall Merging}} and throwing {{Plural|ALBW|Bomb|link}} over the blockades to remotely activate the {{Plural|ALBW|Shock Switch|display=Switches}}. Partway through, {{Term|ALBW|Link}} finds a {{Term|ALBW|Big Bomb Flower|link}} that he must lead past several {{Plural|ALBW|Lorule Soldier|link}} and {{Plural|ALBW|Medusa|link}}, in order to destroy a {{Term|ALBW|Rock|link|display=Large Cracked Rock}} at the end of the maze. There, he finds a {{Term|ALBW|Small Key|link}} that unlocks the door to the {{Term|ALBW|Sub-Boss}} battle against a purple {{Term|ALBW|Moldorm}}.


'''Lorule Castle''' is a location in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds|A Link Between Worlds]]''. It is [[Lorule]]'s incarnation of [[Hyrule Castle]] and thus is the home of the Royal Family of Lorule. The main item of the dungeon is the [[Red Mail]].
The second puzzle room consists mostly of {{Term|ALBW|Lava}} with several platforms that {{Term|ALBW|Link}} can stand upon. {{Term|ALBW|Link}} can walk between these platforms on a pathway made of a series of small, purple platforms that only emerge from the {{Term|ALBW|Lava}} when he gets very close to them, while an assortment of {{Plural|ALBW|Guruguru Bar|link}}, {{Plural|ALBW|Medusa}} and {{Plural|ALBW|Chasupa|link}} threaten to knock him off. {{Term|ALBW|Link}}'s objective in this room is to allow a {{Plural|ALBW|Spiked Ball|link}} to roll from the north edge to the south by following it closely enough that the emerging platforms keep it out of the {{Term|ALBW|Lava}}. The {{Plural|ALBW|Spiked Ball}} collides into another one blocking the path to a small room, in which {{Term|ALBW|Link}} is attacked by a series of {{Plural|ALBW|Flying Tile|link}}. After dealing with them, a second exit from the small room opens, leading to another area of the {{Term|ALBW|Lava}} room. {{Term|ALBW|Link}} must repeat the process of making a pathway emerge for a rolling {{Plural|ALBW|Spiked Ball}} from the north edge, only this time he needs to use {{Term|ALBW|Wall Merging}} several times in quick succession to remain close enough to the {{Plural|ALBW|Spiked Ball}} until it collides into another one. This unblocks the path to a {{Term|ALBW|Small Key}}, to be used on a door in the room's northwest corner that leads to the {{Term|ALBW|Sub-Boss}} battle against a purple {{Term|ALBW|Gigabari}}.


==Entrance to the Castle==
[[File:ALBW Lorule Castle Torch.gif|thumb|right|180px|The {{Term|ALBW|Torch}}-lighting mechanism in the third puzzle room]]
[[File:Lorule Castle Entrance 2.png|thumb|left|300px|Link prepares to enter Lorule Castle through its front door]]
The third puzzle room is a dark room containing a large pit, with a winding path of invisible floor above it that leads to the other end of the room. At the beginning of the pit is a lit {{Term|ALBW|Torch|link}}, with several more unlit {{Plural|ALBW|Torch}} appearing along the path. At any time, {{Term|ALBW|Link}} can extinguish a {{Term|ALBW|Torch}}'s flame to bring total darkness to the room, which also reveals the floor. However, when the floor is visible, several mechanical walls roll into place and block {{Term|ALBW|Link}} from proceeding. Re-lighting a {{Term|ALBW|Torch}} removes these walls but makes the floor invisible again. This forces {{Term|ALBW|Link}} to observe and memorize the path while it is visible, then traverse it to the next {{Term|ALBW|Torch}} while it is invisible. At the north end of the room is a {{Term|ALBW|Small Key}} and a door leading to the second {{Term|ALBW|Sub-Boss}} battle against a {{Term|ALBW|Lorule Ball and Chain Soldier}}.
After [[Yuga]] has abducted both [[Princess Zelda]] and [[Impa]] from [[Hyrule Castle]], he spirits them away to Lorule Castle through a crack in Princess Zelda's private office. [[Link]] gives chase, using [[Ravio's Bracelet]] to follow the fiend, and arrives in the private office of [[Princess Hilda]] inside Lorule Castle. Following Yuga's merging with [[Ganon]] into Yuga Ganon, Hilda casts a barrier around Lorule Castle, blocking the entrance supposedly to keep Yuga and his minions from escaping. After Link has rescued all of the [[Sage|Seven Sages]] and obtained the [[Triforce|Triforce of Courage]], Hilda lifts the barrier blocking the entrance, allowing the hero access to the castle's interior through the front door.


==Themes and Navigation==
The final puzzle room has several pools of {{Term|ALBW|Lava}} that {{Term|ALBW|Link}} must cross using moving platforms, {{Plural|ALBW|Raft|link}}, and the {{Term|ALBW|Hookshot|link}}, while a {{Term|ALBW|Wallmaster|link}} continually appears and tries to slam down on him. There are two hidden eye-like spheres, like those seen in {{Term|ALBW|Skull Woods|link}}, that {{Term|ALBW|Link}} needs to recover and throw onto a pair of pedestals. Once he accomplishes this, a {{Term|ALBW|Small Key}} appears that leads to the {{Term|ALBW|Sub-Boss}} battle against a yellow and green {{Term|ALBW|Arrghus}}.
[[File:Lorule Castle Interior.png|thumb|right|300px|The central chamber of Lorule Castle]]
By the time Link has gained the Triforce of Courage, Lorule Castle has been overrun by enemies who will attack Link on sight if he gets close enough. Lava fills much of the dungeon, making for a very perilous journey through the structure. Link must make use of Ravio's Bracelet in several instances to reach seemingly unreachable places. He must also manipulate light and darkness to see certain things that would otherwise be hidden to the eye. In some areas, Link must return orbs resembling eyeballs to their statues in order to open doors leading to the four sections of the castle. He must also make use of several of the items obtained from [[Ravio]], such as the [[Hookshot]], [[Bomb]]s, [[Fire Rod]], [[Ice Rod]], etc in order to fully navigate the dungeon. The main item of the dungeon, the Red Mail, is found on a ledge at the southern edge of the fourth floor of the main chamber, where Link must put out the torches in order to see two small pathways that can be walked to reach the ledge.


Akin to [[WW]], within each of the four major sections of the castle, Link must fight a boss or mini-boss he has faced previously throughout his adventure. These four enemies respectively are: [[Arrghus]], a [[Ball and Chain Trooper]], a [[Gigabari]], and a [[Moldorm]]. With the defeat of each of these enemies, an image of them lights up on the main door leading to the inner sanctums of the castle. Once all four of these enemies is defeated, the door leading to Princess Hilda's private office and the Throne Room of the castle opens.
===Items===
The {{Term|ALBW|Compass|link}} is found in a {{Term|ALBW|Treasure Chest|display=Chest}} on the fourth floor of the central chamber. The main {{Term|ALBW|Item|link}} of the {{Term|ALBW|Dungeon}}, the {{Term|ALBW|Red Mail|link}}, is found on a hidden ledge just to the south of the {{Term|ALBW|Compass}}. {{Term|ALBW|Link}} must put out all of the {{Plural|ALBW|Torch|link}} on this floor to reveal two narrow pathways that he can walk across to reach the ledge. If {{Term|ALBW|Link}} has not yet acquired the {{Term|ALBW|Blue Mail|link}}, it will be found here instead, with the {{Term|ALBW|Red Mail}} then appearing in the {{Term|ALBW|Swamp Palace|link}}.


==Trivia==
===Minor Enemies and Traps===
*Parts of Lorule Castle's theme contain reversed portions of Hyrule Castle's theme music.
{{Gallery List|Enemies
|ALBW= Bawb, Chasupa, Flying Tile, Guruguru Bar, Lorule Soldier, Lorule Spear Soldier, Medusa<br/>{{Small|(Fire)}}, Medusa<br/>{{Small|(Ice)}}, Purple Mini-Moldorm, Spiked Ball, Wallmaster
}}


==Enemies and Traps==
==Nomenclature==
<gallery>
{{Nomenclature}}
File:Arrghus ALBW.png|[[Arrghus]]
File:BallChainSoldierALBW.png|[[Ball and Chain Trooper]]
File:Gigabari ALBW.png|[[Gigabari]]
File:Moldorm ALBW.png|[[Moldorm]]
</gallery>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Lorule Concept Art - Edited.jpg|Artwork of Lorule Castle
File:Lorule Concept Art - Edited.jpg|{{Term|ALBW|Lorule Castle}} artwork
File:ALBW Lorule Castle Shadow Link.png|The front gate to {{Term|ALBW|Lorule Castle}} with {{Term|ALBW|Shadow Link|link}} standing close by
File:ALBW Lorule Castle Entrance.png|{{Term|ALBW|Link}} prepares to enter {{Term|ALBW|Lorule Castle}} through its front door
File:ALBW Lorule Castle Boss Icons.png|The door blocking the path to the {{Term|ALBW|Throne Room}}
File:ALBW Lorule Castle 1st Room.png|A {{Term|ALBW|Big Bomb Flower}} found in the first puzzle room
File:ALBW Lorule Castle 2nd Room.png|{{Plural|ALBW|Ball}} blocking pathways in the second puzzle room
File:ALBW Lorule Castle 3rd Room.png|The invisible floor revealed in the third puzzle room
File:ALBW Lorule Castle 4th Room.png|Crossing {{Term|ALBW|Lava}} while avoiding a {{Term|ALBW|Wallmaster}} in the fourth puzzle room
</gallery>
</gallery>


==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Hyrule Castle]]
* {{Term|Series|Hyrule Castle|link}}
* {{Term|Series|Lorule Castle (Theme)|link}}
* {{Term|Series|Lorule Castle (Milk Bar Musicians)|link}}
 
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Latest revision as of 18:47, 19 February 2024

Lorule Castle is a location and the final Dungeon in A Link Between Worlds.[1] It is Lorule's incarnation of Hyrule Castle and thus is the home of the Royal Family of Lorule. The final room of the Castle, the Throne Room where Yuga Ganon is battled, is demarcated as a separate Dungeon.

Entrance to the Castle

Interior of Lorule Castle

After Yuga has abducted both Princess Zelda and Impa from Hyrule Castle, he spirits them away to Lorule Castle through a Fissure in Princess Zelda's private office. Link gives chase, using Ravio's Bracelet to follow the fiend, and arrives in the private office of Princess Hilda inside Lorule Castle. Following Yuga's merging with Ganon into Yuga Ganon, Hilda casts a barrier around Lorule Castle, blocking the entrance supposedly to keep Yuga and his minions from escaping. After Link has rescued all of the Seven Sages and obtained the Triforce of Courage, Hilda lifts the barrier blocking the entrance, allowing the hero access to the Castle's interior through the front door.

Themes and Navigation

The central chamber of Lorule Castle

By the time Link has gained the Triforce of Courage, Lorule Castle has been overrun by Enemies who will attack Link on sight. Lava fills much of the Dungeon, making for a very perilous journey through the structure. Link must make use of Ravio's Bracelet in several instances to reach seemingly unreachable places, and he must also manipulate light and darkness to see certain things that would otherwise be hidden to the eye.

Lorule Castle consists of a central chamber where a grated metal platform hangs above a pit of Lava, with spiraling stairways along the walls that climb four floors high. On the first and second floors, several ledges and small rooms containing Treasure Chests and Fairies can be reached through creative uses of Link's abilities. Guarding the staircase to the second floor is the Dungeon's first of five Sub-Bosses, the fire-wielding Lorule Ball and Chain Soldier.

Upon reaching the third floor, Link sees a huge set of doors with the images of four more Sub-Bosses on them. Akin to The Wind Waker, each of the four major rooms of the Castle, accessed from the third and fourth floors, contains familiar elements from previous Dungeons along with new and unique puzzles, culminating in a battle against a returning Boss from earlier in Link's adventure: a Moldorm, a Gigabari, an Arrghus, and another Lorule Ball and Chain Soldier. With the defeat of each of these Enemies, their image on the large doors will light up. The doors will open once all four are defeated, leading to Princess Hilda's private office and the Throne Room of the Castle.

Puzzle rooms

The first puzzle room contains a small maze with blockading walls that can be raised or lowered with Crystal Switches. Link makes his way through the maze using Wall Merging and throwing Bombs over the blockades to remotely activate the Switches. Partway through, Link finds a Big Bomb Flower that he must lead past several Lorule Soldiers and Medusa, in order to destroy a Large Cracked Rock at the end of the maze. There, he finds a Small Key that unlocks the door to the Sub-Boss battle against a purple Moldorm.

The second puzzle room consists mostly of Lava with several platforms that Link can stand upon. Link can walk between these platforms on a pathway made of a series of small, purple platforms that only emerge from the Lava when he gets very close to them, while an assortment of Guruguru Bars, Medusa and Chasupa threaten to knock him off. Link's objective in this room is to allow a Spiked Balls to roll from the north edge to the south by following it closely enough that the emerging platforms keep it out of the Lava. The Spiked Balls collides into another one blocking the path to a small room, in which Link is attacked by a series of Flying Tiles. After dealing with them, a second exit from the small room opens, leading to another area of the Lava room. Link must repeat the process of making a pathway emerge for a rolling Spiked Balls from the north edge, only this time he needs to use Wall Merging several times in quick succession to remain close enough to the Spiked Balls until it collides into another one. This unblocks the path to a Small Key, to be used on a door in the room's northwest corner that leads to the Sub-Boss battle against a purple Gigabari.

The Torch-lighting mechanism in the third puzzle room

The third puzzle room is a dark room containing a large pit, with a winding path of invisible floor above it that leads to the other end of the room. At the beginning of the pit is a lit Torch, with several more unlit Torches appearing along the path. At any time, Link can extinguish a Torch's flame to bring total darkness to the room, which also reveals the floor. However, when the floor is visible, several mechanical walls roll into place and block Link from proceeding. Re-lighting a Torch removes these walls but makes the floor invisible again. This forces Link to observe and memorize the path while it is visible, then traverse it to the next Torch while it is invisible. At the north end of the room is a Small Key and a door leading to the second Sub-Boss battle against a Lorule Ball and Chain Soldier.

The final puzzle room has several pools of Lava that Link must cross using moving platforms, Rafts, and the Hookshot, while a Wallmaster continually appears and tries to slam down on him. There are two hidden eye-like spheres, like those seen in Skull Woods, that Link needs to recover and throw onto a pair of pedestals. Once he accomplishes this, a Small Key appears that leads to the Sub-Boss battle against a yellow and green Arrghus.

Items

The Compass is found in a Chest on the fourth floor of the central chamber. The main Item of the Dungeon, the Red Mail, is found on a hidden ledge just to the south of the Compass. Link must put out all of the Torches on this floor to reveal two narrow pathways that he can walk across to reach the ledge. If Link has not yet acquired the Blue Mail, it will be found here instead, with the Red Mail then appearing in the Swamp Palace.

Minor Enemies and Traps

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
LanguageNamesMeanings
Japan
Japanese
ロウラル城 (Rouraru Jō)[3]Lorule Castle
Canada
FrenchCA
Château de Lorule 
The French Republic
FrenchEU
Château de Lorule[5] 
The Federal Republic of Germany
German
Schloss Lorule[4] 
The Italian Republic
Italian
Castello di Lorule[2]Same as English.
The Republic of Korea
Korean
로우랄 성 (Loulal Seong)[6]Lorule Castle
Latin America
SpanishLA
Castillo de Lorule[7] 
The Kingdom of Spain
SpanishEU
Castillo de Lorule 
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Gallery

See Also

References

  1. Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 159
  2. "Castello di Lorule" — Weather Vane (A Link Between Worlds, Italian localization)
  3. "ロウラル城" — Map (A Link Between Worlds)
  4. "Schloss Lorule" — Map (A Link Between Worlds)
  5. "Château de Lorule" — Map (A Link Between Worlds)
  6. "또 다른 세계, 로우랄 성에 가서
    우리의 사명을 이루어 주길……
    " — Impa (A Link Between Worlds)
  7. "Castillo de Lorule" — Map (A Link Between Worlds)