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==Initial Appearances== | ==Initial Appearances== | ||
===Prologue=== | ===Prologue=== | ||
After {{Term|TotK|Gloom|link}} starts to seep out from below {{Term|TotK|Hyrule Castle|link}} and makes nearby people fall ill, {{Term|TotK|Purah|link}} tasks {{Term|TotK|Link|link}} and {{Term|TotK|Zelda|link}} with investigating the source, which originates in a tunnel system deep {{Term|TotK|Beneath Hyrule Castle}}. Entry to the tunnels below the castle is forbidden to all including the {{Term|Series|Royal Family of Hyrule|link}}, though the reason why has been lost to history. | After {{Term|TotK|Gloom|link}} starts to seep out from below {{Term|TotK|Hyrule Castle|link}} and makes nearby people fall ill, {{Term|TotK|Purah|link}} tasks {{Term|TotK|Link|link}} and {{Term|TotK|Zelda|link}} with investigating the source, which originates in a tunnel system deep {{Term|TotK|Beneath Hyrule Castle}}. Entry to the tunnels below the castle is forbidden to all, including the {{Term|Series|Royal Family of Hyrule|link}}, though the reason why has been lost to history. | ||
Upon arrival to the area known as the {{Term|TotK|Forgotten Foundation}}, {{Term|TotK|Zelda}} notes that the concentration of {{Term|Series|Gloom|link}} found {{Term|TotK|Beneath Hyrule Castle}} is relatively mild in spite of the effects it has on the people of the {{Term|TotK|Surface|link}}. While investigating, {{Term|TotK|Zelda}} discovers signs of {{Plural|TotK|Zonai Ruin|link|display=Ruins}} belonging to the ancient {{Term|TotK|Zonai|link}} people and excitedly documents her findings with the {{Term|TotK|Purah Pad|link}}. She eventually comes across a series of murals, which she deduces must be about the origin of {{Term|TotK|Hyrule Kingdom|link}} and the {{Term|TotK|Imprisoning War|link}} that followed. A series of murals to the right of the central relief are concealed by rocks so cannot be viewed. | Upon arrival to the area known as the {{Term|TotK|Forgotten Foundation}}, {{Term|TotK|Zelda}} notes that the concentration of {{Term|Series|Gloom|link}} found {{Term|TotK|Beneath Hyrule Castle}} is relatively mild in spite of the effects it has on the people of the {{Term|TotK|Surface|link}}. While investigating, {{Term|TotK|Zelda}} discovers signs of {{Plural|TotK|Zonai Ruin|link|display=Ruins}} belonging to the ancient {{Term|TotK|Zonai|link}} people and excitedly documents her findings with the {{Term|TotK|Purah Pad|link}}. She eventually comes across a series of murals, which she deduces must be about the origin of {{Term|TotK|Hyrule Kingdom|link}} and the {{Term|TotK|Imprisoning War|link}} that followed. A series of murals to the right of the central relief are concealed by rocks so cannot be viewed. | ||
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===The Imprisoning War=== | ===The Imprisoning War=== | ||
The area is seen again in {{Term|Series|Memory|link}} #14 "The Imprisoning War". In the distant past, {{Term|TotK|Rauru|link}} leads the {{Term|TotK|Six Sages|link}} in a battle against {{Term|TotK|Demon King Ganondorf|link}} {{Term|TotK|Beneath Hyrule Castle}} to bring an end to the {{Term|TotK|Imprisoning War|link}}. With no other choice but to sacrifice himself, {{Term|TotK|Rauru}} relies on the {{Term|TotK|Six Sages}} to distract the {{Term|TotK|Demon King Ganondorf|display=Demon King}} long enough to grab hold of his chest and bind his heart, simultaneously draining his {{Term|TotK|Magic|link}} in the process. This sacrifice traps both of them in place for millennia while {{Term|TotK|Rauru}} waits for {{Term|TotK|Link}} and {{Term|TotK|Zelda}} to arrive in the {{Term|TotK|Era of the Wilds|link}}, where they can destroy {{Term|TotK|Ganondorf}} with the {{Term|TotK|Master Sword|display=Sword that Seals the Darkness}}. | [[File:TotK The Imprisoning War.png|thumb|250px|Rauru seals the Demon King.]] | ||
The area is seen again in {{Term|Series|Memory|link}} #14 "The Imprisoning War". In the distant past, {{Term|TotK|Rauru|link}} leads the {{Term|TotK|Six Sages|link}} in a battle against {{Term|TotK|Demon King Ganondorf|link}} {{Term|TotK|Beneath Hyrule Castle}} to bring an end to the {{Term|TotK|Imprisoning War|link}}. With no other choice but to sacrifice himself, {{Term|TotK|Rauru}} relies on the {{Term|TotK|Six Sages}} to distract the {{Term|TotK|Demon King Ganondorf|display=Demon King}} long enough to grab hold of his chest and bind his heart, simultaneously draining his {{Term|TotK|Magic|link}} in the process. This sacrifice traps both of them in place for millennia while {{Term|TotK|Rauru}} waits for {{Term|TotK|Link}} and {{Term|TotK|Zelda}} to arrive in the {{Term|TotK|Era of the Wilds|link}}, where they can destroy {{Term|TotK|Ganondorf}} with the {{Term|TotK|Master Sword|display=Sword that Seals the Darkness}}. | |||
The room in which this occurs later comes to be known as the {{Term|TotK|Imprisoning Chamber|link}}. The entire area beneath the castle is sealed off throughout the ages with access forbidden to all, including the {{Term|Series|Royal Family of Hyrule|link}}. | |||
==Entrance to Beneath Hyrule Castle== | ==Entrance to Beneath Hyrule Castle== | ||
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As Link gets close to the {{Term|TotK|Forgotten Foundation}}, the avatars of the {{Term|TotK|Sages}} (if he has received their vows) will disappear, being unable to reach Link at such extreme depths. In the central chamber of the {{Term|TotK|Forgotten Foundation}}, the rocks covering a series of murals can be blown apart to reveal three additional depictions: the final battle of the {{Term|TotK|Imprisoning War}} between the sages and {{Term|TotK|Ganondorf|link}}, {{Term|TotK|Princess Zelda|link}} with the {{Term|TotK|Master Sword|link}}, and the {{Term|TotK|Light Dragon|link}}. A passage descends further to the cavern in which {{Term|TotK|Link}} and {{Term|TotK|Zelda}} first encountered {{Term|TotK|Ganondorf}}, now revealed as the {{Term|TotK|Imprisoning Chamber|link}}. The ground of the chamber has since given way to a huge chasm referred to as {{Term|TotK|Gloom's Lair}}. A tunnel at the base leads to another chasm that leads deeper still into the depths. A stone platform reaches over the void, and Link can dive from it to begin the final confrontation. | As Link gets close to the {{Term|TotK|Forgotten Foundation}}, the avatars of the {{Term|TotK|Sages}} (if he has received their vows) will disappear, being unable to reach Link at such extreme depths. In the central chamber of the {{Term|TotK|Forgotten Foundation}}, the rocks covering a series of murals can be blown apart to reveal three additional depictions: the final battle of the {{Term|TotK|Imprisoning War}} between the sages and {{Term|TotK|Ganondorf|link}}, {{Term|TotK|Princess Zelda|link}} with the {{Term|TotK|Master Sword|link}}, and the {{Term|TotK|Light Dragon|link}}. A passage descends further to the cavern in which {{Term|TotK|Link}} and {{Term|TotK|Zelda}} first encountered {{Term|TotK|Ganondorf}}, now revealed as the {{Term|TotK|Imprisoning Chamber|link}}. The ground of the chamber has since given way to a huge chasm referred to as {{Term|TotK|Gloom's Lair}}. A tunnel at the base leads to another chasm that leads deeper still into the depths. A stone platform reaches over the void, and Link can dive from it to begin the final confrontation. | ||
When Link reaches the base | Rising out of the void is an enormous tree-like structure, with roots and branches made out of solidified {{Term|TotK|Gloom}}. The front of the tree bears a demonic face, with a mouth covered in covered in brightly glowing, pulsing, {{Term|TotK|Gloom}}. When Link reaches a platform at the base, an all-out war will break out with {{Term|Series|monsters}} forming The Demon King's Army being summoned in several waves. If Link has acquired the vows of the sages, those sages will physically appear in-person to assist him in the battle. Following the battle, the mouth will open to reveal a passageway and {{Term|TotK|Colgera|link}}, {{Term|TotK|Marbled Gohma|link}}, {{Term|TotK|Mucktorok|link}}, {{Term|TotK|Queen Gibdo|link}}, {{Term|TotK|Seized Construct|link}}, and {{Term|TotK|Phantom Ganon|link}} are summoned to confront Link. If they have not been defeated during the main quest, Link will have to face the undefeated bosses in succession before being able to proceed. If all bosses have been previously defeated, the sages will urge Link to proceed onwards while each taking on a boss and caving in the passage behind Link. At this point, the only way to move forward is to confront {{Term|TotK|Demon King Ganondorf|link}} in the very deepest depths of {{Term|TotK|Hyrule|link}}, {{Term|TotK|Gloom's Origin}}. | ||
===Areas=== | ===Areas=== | ||
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===Minor {{Plural|TotK|Enemies}}=== | ===Minor {{Plural|TotK|Enemies}}=== | ||
All enemies in this location are Gloom-Wreathed. | All enemies in this location after the {{Term|TotK|Upheaval}} are {{Term|TotK|Gloom-Wreathed}}. | ||
====Before Upheaval==== | ====Before Upheaval==== | ||
{{Gallery List|Enemies | {{Gallery List|Enemies | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Beneath Hyrule Castle is the deepest point in Hyrule, with the Z-axis coordinates for Gloom's Origin being -2500. | * Beneath Hyrule Castle is the deepest point in Hyrule, with the Z-axis coordinates for {{Term|TotK|Gloom's Origin}} being -2500. | ||
* Gloom's Origin can only be visited during the final confrontation, though it is not possible to save the game, leave, or teleport away once this has begun. | * The music will change once {{Term|TotK|Link}} reaches {{Term|TotK|Forgotten Foundation}} and its intensity will increase the closer {{Term|TotK|Link}} is in distance to {{Term|TotK|Gloom's Origin}}. | ||
* {{Term|TotK|Gloom's Origin}} can only be visited during the final confrontation, though it is not possible to save the game, leave, or teleport away once this has begun. | |||
==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
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