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{{Item | {{Infobox Item | ||
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| | |Artwork TMC= File:TMC Four Sword Artwork.png | ||
|Sprite FS= File:FS Four Sword Sprite.png | |||
| | |Sprite FSA= File:FSA Four Sword Sprite.png | ||
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|game= ALttP&FS, FS, FSA, TMC | |||
|other= TMC (Himekawa), FS (Himekawa) | |||
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Repelling and banishing evil, | |||
Creating clones of the wielder, | |||
Providing [[Time Travel]] when in need of Force Gems, | |||
Sensing portals to the Dark World, | |||
Breaking curses | |||
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|comp= [[Master Sword]] | |||
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The {{Term/Store|Four Sword|Four Swords|Series, ALttP, FS, FSA, TMC}},{{Exp Game|ALttP, FS, FSA, TMC}}<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 124 {{Exp Game|ALttP, FS, FSA, TMC}}}}</ref> also known as the '''Sacred Blade''',{{Exp Game|TMC}}<ref>{{Cite|{{Color|TMC Green|Link}}, you have the {{Color|TMC Red|sacred blade}} now. We must rely on you.|King Daltus|TMC}}</ref> and the '''Sacred Sword''',{{Exp Game|TMC}}<ref>{{Cite|The {{Color|TMC Green|Picori}} should know how to create a new {{Color|TMC Red|sacred sword}}.|King Daltus|TMC}}</ref> is a recurring {{Term|Series|Item|link}} in {{TLoZ|Series}}. It is a legendary magical blade that sparkles with magical power, and it has a hilt of gold, usually encrusted with a jewel that varies in color. As its name implies, when wielded by one of pure heart, it has the power to split its pedestal into four near-identical copies of themselves.<ref>{{Cite|It has mysterious powers... Legends say that when mighty Vaati attacked, a hero arose and saved the people from destruction. They go on to say that by using this sword, the one was as four, and the four combined their strength!|N/A|FS}}</ref> Like its spiritual counterpart in the series, the {{Term|Series|Master Sword|link}}, it possesses the power to repel evil, meaning that like the {{Term|Series|Master Sword}}, it cannot be touched by those of impure heart.<ref name=Quote1>{{Cite|Your swords are filled with the power to repel evil!|N/A|FSA}}</ref> The only person shown to have wielded the {{Term|Series|Four Sword}} in gameplay is the hero of {{Term|Series|Hyrule|link}}, {{Term|Series|Link|link}}. Typically when it is in use by {{Term|Series|Link}}, it will split him into four copies of himself with differing colored tunics: green, red, blue and purple. It has often been used to seal evil entities away such as {{Term|Series|Vaati|link}} and later {{Term|Series|Ganon|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|That is the sacred blade I spoke of, the Four Sword. Sealed away in its forged steel is Vaati, the wind mage.|N/A|FS}}</ref> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
{{Main|Picori Blade}} | {{Main|Picori Blade}} | ||
[[File: | [[File:TMC Stained Glass Hero of Men Artwork 2.png|thumb|right|240px|The {{Term|TMC|Picori Blade}} and the {{Term|TMC|Light Force}} being given to the {{Term|TMC|Hero of Men}}]] | ||
Unlike the | Unlike the {{Term|Series|Master Sword}}, the {{Term|Series|Four Sword}} was not originally of the world of {{Term|Series|Hyrule}}, nor did it originally go by that name. As revealed in {{TMC|-}}, the {{Term|Series|Four Sword}} began as a creation of a race of tiny, thumb-sized beings known as the {{Term|TMC|Minish|link}} (known as the "Picori" by {{Plural|TMC|Hylian|link}}) and was known as the {{Term|TMC|Picori Blade|link}}.<ref name=Quote2>{{Cite|The gifts the Picori gave the humans... What you call the Picori Blade was the first of those gifts. The second... Well, you call it light force, but it is a source of limitless magical power.|Ezlo|TMC}}</ref> According to the {{Term|TMC|Minish Legend|link}}, long in {{Term|TMC|Hyrule}}'s past, a war broke out across the land when an army of dark creatures descended upon it and wreaked havoc. Just as all seemed lost, a young man known as the {{Term|TMC|Hero of Men|link}} rose up to defend {{Term|TMC|Hyrule}}, and the tiny {{Term|TMC|Minish}} descended from the sky to bring him a sword, the {{Term|TMC|Picori Blade}}, and a golden light, the {{Term|TMC|Light Force|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|The tiny Picori appeared from the sky, bringing the hero of men a sword and a golden light.|N/A|TMC}}</ref><ref name=Quote2/> Using these two gifts, the hero drove back the creatures and locked them all away within the {{Term|TMC|Bound Chest|link}}, sealing it with the {{Term|TMC|Picori Blade}} itself.<ref name=Quote3>{{Cite|With wisdom and courage, the hero drove out the darkness.|N/A|TMC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Do you know about that sword, Link? It is called the Picori Blade, and it locks much evil away in that chest.|Minister Potho|TMC}}</ref> Following these events, the {{Term|TMC|Picori Blade}} was carefully enshrined by the people of {{Term|TMC|Hyrule}},<ref>{{Cite|When peace had been restored, the people enshrined that blade with care.|N/A|TMC}}</ref> while the {{Term|TMC|Light Force}} was magically sealed inside {{Term|TMC|Hyrule}}'s {{Term|TMC|Princess Zelda|link|display=Princess}}. For many years afterward, the blade that would one day become the {{Term|TMC|Four Sword}} was kept in the care of the {{Term|TMC|Royal Family of Hyrule|link}}. It was brought out of {{Term|TMC|Hyrule Castle|link}} once each year for the annual {{Term|TMC|Picori Festival|link}} held to honor the service the {{Term|TMC|Minish}} rendered during the war against evil.<ref name=Quote4>{{Cite|The legend has it that, long ago, the Picori gave us this blade. Whoever wins the competition earns the honor of touching the sacred blade.|Minister Potho|TMC}}</ref> | ||
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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
==={{ALttP|-}}=== | ==={{ALttP|-}}=== | ||
When completing {{ALttP | When completing {{ALttP}} for the [[Game Boy Advance]], the secret [[Palace of the Four Sword]] dungeon becomes available. Here, Link must defeat more challenging versions of the bosses from {{ALttP|-}} and recover shards of the Four Sword. Once all four shards are collected, Link must fight four [[Dark Link]]s. After defeating them, the shards unite and become the Four Sword. | ||
==={{FS|-}}=== | ==={{FS|-}}=== | ||
[[File:Four | [[File:FS Link Split Into Four.png|thumb|right|240px|Link drawing the Four Sword for the first time]] | ||
In its titular appearance, the Four Sword appears as a sacred blade enshrined in the [[Four Sword Sanctuary]] that seals away a great evil, the Wind Sorcerer [[Vaati]]. According to legend, when Vaati rose to power some time in the past, he carried off many beautiful maidens to his [[Palace of Winds|palace]] and terrorized the people of [[Hyrule]] until a heroic young man wielding a Sword appeared.<ref>{{Cite | In its titular appearance, the Four Sword appears as a sacred blade enshrined in the [[Four Sword Sanctuary]] that seals away a great evil, the Wind Sorcerer [[Vaati]]. According to legend, when Vaati rose to power some time in the past, he carried off many beautiful maidens to his [[Palace of Winds|palace]] and terrorized the people of [[Hyrule]] until a heroic young man wielding a Sword appeared.<ref>{{Cite Manual|quote=In his assaults on the villages, Vaati would kidnap any beautiful girls who caught his fancy.|game= ALttP&FS|page=30}}</ref> The hero was able to defeat Vaati, seal him within the blade of the Sword, and rescue the maidens. Nobody seemed to know how this young man succeeded where countless others had failed, but the maidens spoke of how his Sword caused him to split into four copies of himself and how the four who were one worked together to subdue the Wind Sorcerer. Following these events, the blade was left enshrined deep within the forests of Hyrule, in the Four Sword Sanctuary where it served as Vaati's prison.<ref>{{Cite Manual|quote=As rumors of the blade's power to divide a person into four entities spread, the people built a shrine to protect it.|game= ALttP&FS|page=31}}</ref> | ||
{{FS|-}} begins many years after these events. [[Princess Zelda]] goes with her childhood friend, [[Link]], for a stroll through the Four Sword Sanctuary to check the seal on Vaati, which the princess senses is weakening. When they arrive, a dark figure descends upon the scene and captures the princess. Vaati reveals that the seal of the Four Sword is broken and that he will rage once again,<ref>{{Cite|My name is Vaati. I am the great wind mage! The seal is broken... so I shall rage yet again!|Vaati|FS}}</ref> but not before carrying Princess Zelda off to his palace above the clouds and making her his bride.<ref>{{Cite|I shall make you my bride!|Vaati|FS}}</ref> The Wind Mage knocks Link out and carries the princess away, and shortly thereafter three fairies descend upon the scene as Link comes to, revealing to him what has become of the princess and explaining the power of the Four Sword to him. Seeing that he will have need of its power, Link draws the blade from its pedestal and is shattered into four colorful copies of himself. The four Links then use the Four Sword, now also shattered into four versions of itself (each having a different colored jewel to match the Link that wields it), to work their way across Hyrule to acquire the Keys necessary to open the way to Vaati's Palace. The heroes, after much toil, succeed in this endeavor and reach the palace, where they battle Vaati and, with the Sword's power, succeed in defeating him, resealing him within its blade. They free Princess Zelda from her captivity and return the blade to its resting place in the Four Sword Sanctuary, once again holding Vaati at bay. | {{FS|-}} begins many years after these events. [[Princess Zelda]] goes with her childhood friend, [[Link]], for a stroll through the Four Sword Sanctuary to check the seal on Vaati, which the princess senses is weakening. When they arrive, a dark figure descends upon the scene and captures the princess. Vaati reveals that the seal of the Four Sword is broken and that he will rage once again,<ref>{{Cite|My name is Vaati. I am the great wind mage! The seal is broken... so I shall rage yet again!|Vaati|FS}}</ref> but not before carrying Princess Zelda off to his palace above the clouds and making her his bride.<ref>{{Cite|I shall make you my bride!|Vaati|FS}}</ref> The Wind Mage knocks Link out and carries the princess away, and shortly thereafter three fairies descend upon the scene as Link comes to, revealing to him what has become of the princess and explaining the power of the Four Sword to him. Seeing that he will have need of its power, Link draws the blade from its pedestal and is shattered into four colorful copies of himself. The four Links then use the Four Sword, now also shattered into four versions of itself (each having a different colored jewel to match the Link that wields it), to work their way across Hyrule to acquire the Keys necessary to open the way to Vaati's Palace. The heroes, after much toil, succeed in this endeavor and reach the palace, where they battle Vaati and, with the Sword's power, succeed in defeating him, resealing him within its blade. They free Princess Zelda from her captivity and return the blade to its resting place in the Four Sword Sanctuary, once again holding Vaati at bay. | ||
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[[File:FSA Green Link.png|right|200px]] | [[File:FSA Green Link.png|right|200px]] | ||
In its second appearance, the Four Sword is shown to still rest in the Four Sword Sanctuary for several centuries.<ref>{{Cite|These six maidens guard the portal to the Four Sword Sanctuary to keep it safe.|Zelda|FSA}}</ref> The Sword still seals away the Wind Sorcerer Vaati after he was re-sealed within it by Link and Princess Zelda.<ref>{{Cite|This sword guards the seal on the wind sorcerer Vaati.|N/A|FSA}}</ref> With the passing of time, the people have come to feel a sense of peace and security. However, dark storm clouds soon blacken the skies of Hyrule and fill all who see them with fear and dread.<ref>{{Cite|Swiftly and suddenly, dark clouds covered all of Hyrule. Ominous clouds that filled all those who saw them with fear... A sense of dread swept across the land.|N/A|FSA}}</ref> This has caused some to fear that the seal of the Four Sword binding Vaati may once again be weakening.<ref>{{Cite|The sky has become so dark and foreboding... I'm worried about the seal that binds the wind sorcerer Vaati.|Zelda|FSA}}</ref> The specter of Vaati's return causes such disturbance that Princess Zelda sees fit to convene a meeting of the six other [[Maiden|Shrine Maidens]] that guard the different regions of Hyrule and have the power to open the way to the Four Sword's resting place.<ref>{{Cite|Now, the shrine maidens and I must open the portal to the Four Sword's resting place.|Zelda|FSA}}</ref> Intending to inspect the Sword's seal herself, Zelda decides to take Link along with her for extra security while she checks to see if Vaati's return is really imminent. | In its second appearance, the Four Sword is shown to still rest in the Four Sword Sanctuary for several centuries.<ref>{{Cite|These six maidens guard the portal to the Four Sword Sanctuary to keep it safe.|Zelda|FSA}}</ref> The Sword still seals away the Wind Sorcerer Vaati after he was re-sealed within it by Link and Princess Zelda.<ref>{{Cite|This sword guards the seal on the wind sorcerer Vaati.|N/A|FSA}}</ref> With the passing of time, the people have come to feel a sense of peace and security. However, dark storm clouds soon blacken the skies of Hyrule and fill all who see them with fear and dread.<ref>{{Cite|Swiftly and suddenly, dark clouds covered all of Hyrule. Ominous clouds that filled all those who saw them with fear... A sense of dread swept across the land.|N/A|FSA}}</ref> This has caused some to fear that the seal of the Four Sword binding Vaati may once again be weakening.<ref>{{Cite|The sky has become so dark and foreboding... I'm worried about the seal that binds the wind sorcerer Vaati.|Zelda|FSA}}</ref> The specter of Vaati's return causes such disturbance that Princess Zelda sees fit to convene a meeting of the six other [[Maiden|Shrine Maidens]] that guard the different regions of Hyrule and have the power to open the way to the Four Sword's resting place.<ref>{{Cite|Now, the shrine maidens and I must open the portal to the Four Sword's resting place.|Zelda|FSA}}</ref> Intending to inspect the Sword's seal herself, Zelda decides to take Link along with her for extra security while she checks to see if Vaati's return is really imminent. | ||
[[File: | [[File:FSA Introduction.png|thumb|left|240px|Shadow Link tricking Link into drawing the Four Sword to release Vaati]] | ||
Upon opening the portal to the Four Sword Sanctuary, the entire party of the Shrine Maidens, Zelda and Link are surprised by the emergence of [[Dark Link|Shadow Link]], who kidnaps the Shrine Maidens and Zelda before luring Link through the portal to the Four Sword Sanctuary.<ref>{{Cite|Ah! Wh...who are--? It can't be... You're... Link?!|Zelda|FSA}}</ref> Seeing he has no weapon to duel his dark doppelganger, Link draws the Four Sword from its pedestal, causing himself to split apart in the same manner the Sword had worked previously, causing him to split into four different colored versions of himself.<ref>{{Cite|If you draw the sword, you must know what will happen. Will you still draw forth the sword?|N/A|FSA}}</ref> Shadow Link laughs and makes a quick exit as Vaati escapes his prison once again and sends the four Links far away with a whirlwind. Upon awakening, the four meet [[Kaepora Gaebora]], who tells them that they must master the power of the Four Sword in order to defeat Vaati and rescue Zelda and the Shrine Maidens.<ref>{{Cite|Hoot hoot! At last, you're awake, Link. I am Kaepora Gaebora. ... You sword is weak, but you can restore its power by infusing it with Force Gems.|Kaepora Gaebora|FSA}}</ref> To do this, they must gather a total of 2,000 [[Force Gem]]s in each area they visit to fully power up the Four Sword and give it the [[Power to Repel Evil]].<ref>{{Cite|To return the sword to its full strength, find the source of that power: Force Gems. Gather Force Gems wherever they lie, and rescue the maidens and Princess Zelda.|N/A|FSA}}</ref><ref name=Quote1/> In this manner, the four heroes work their way across Hyrule and gradually rescue all of the maidens with the power of the Four Sword.<ref>{{Cite|...Ah! Link?! Is that you? And the shrine maidens! You're all safe... I'm so relieved.|Zelda|FSA}}</ref> They eventually reach the [[Palace of Winds]] and confront Vaati, ultimately destroying him for good using the blade's power.<ref>{{Cite|Link! You've defeated the wind sorcerer Vaati. ...!|Zelda|FSA}}</ref> However, it turns out that the true evil behind Vaati's release and the evil plaguing Hyrule is [[Ganon]], who has stolen a [[Trident]] possessing the great magic of an evil spirit.<ref>{{Cite|Ganon... This beast was once of the Gerudo... Once human. He was called Ganondorf! King of Darkness, ancient demon reborn. The wielder of the trident!!|Zelda|FSA}}</ref> Confronting Ganon alongside Princess Zelda, the four heroes succeed in subduing him while the Shrine Maidens magically seal him within the blade of the Four Sword.<ref>{{Cite|Now, the Four Sword... Place the sword that sealed away the darkness on the pedestal.|Zelda|FSA}}</ref> The Sword is returned to the Four Sword Sanctuary soon after, now serving as the prison of Ganon. | Upon opening the portal to the Four Sword Sanctuary, the entire party of the Shrine Maidens, Zelda and Link are surprised by the emergence of [[Dark Link|Shadow Link]], who kidnaps the Shrine Maidens and Zelda before luring Link through the portal to the Four Sword Sanctuary.<ref>{{Cite|Ah! Wh...who are--? It can't be... You're... Link?!|Zelda|FSA}}</ref> Seeing he has no weapon to duel his dark doppelganger, Link draws the Four Sword from its pedestal, causing himself to split apart in the same manner the Sword had worked previously, causing him to split into four different colored versions of himself.<ref>{{Cite|If you draw the sword, you must know what will happen. Will you still draw forth the sword?|N/A|FSA}}</ref> Shadow Link laughs and makes a quick exit as Vaati escapes his prison once again and sends the four Links far away with a whirlwind. Upon awakening, the four meet [[Kaepora Gaebora]], who tells them that they must master the power of the Four Sword in order to defeat Vaati and rescue Zelda and the Shrine Maidens.<ref>{{Cite|Hoot hoot! At last, you're awake, Link. I am Kaepora Gaebora. ... You sword is weak, but you can restore its power by infusing it with Force Gems.|Kaepora Gaebora|FSA}}</ref> To do this, they must gather a total of 2,000 [[Force Gem]]s in each area they visit to fully power up the Four Sword and give it the [[Power to Repel Evil]].<ref>{{Cite|To return the sword to its full strength, find the source of that power: Force Gems. Gather Force Gems wherever they lie, and rescue the maidens and Princess Zelda.|N/A|FSA}}</ref><ref name=Quote1/> In this manner, the four heroes work their way across Hyrule and gradually rescue all of the maidens with the power of the Four Sword.<ref>{{Cite|...Ah! Link?! Is that you? And the shrine maidens! You're all safe... I'm so relieved.|Zelda|FSA}}</ref> They eventually reach the [[Palace of Winds]] and confront Vaati, ultimately destroying him for good using the blade's power.<ref>{{Cite|Link! You've defeated the wind sorcerer Vaati. ...!|Zelda|FSA}}</ref> However, it turns out that the true evil behind Vaati's release and the evil plaguing Hyrule is [[Ganon]], who has stolen a [[Trident]] possessing the great magic of an evil spirit.<ref>{{Cite|Ganon... This beast was once of the Gerudo... Once human. He was called Ganondorf! King of Darkness, ancient demon reborn. The wielder of the trident!!|Zelda|FSA}}</ref> Confronting Ganon alongside Princess Zelda, the four heroes succeed in subduing him while the Shrine Maidens magically seal him within the blade of the Four Sword.<ref>{{Cite|Now, the Four Sword... Place the sword that sealed away the darkness on the pedestal.|Zelda|FSA}}</ref> The Sword is returned to the Four Sword Sanctuary soon after, now serving as the prison of Ganon. | ||
==={{TMC|-}}=== | ==={{TMC|-}}=== | ||
In {{TMC|-}}, many years have passed since the original {{Term|TMC|Picori Blade}}'s first appearance during the war. The annual {{Term|TMC|Picori Festival}} is put on, marking the one hundredth year since the {{Term|TMC|Minish}} last came to {{Term|TMC|Hyrule}}. The festival's sword-fighting tournament winner gains the honor of approaching the {{Term|TMC|Bound Chest}} and touching the {{Term|TMC|Picori Blade}} itself;<ref name=Quote4/> The winner this year is a new face in Hyrule, a dark stranger named [[Vaati]].<ref>{{Cite|Let the award ceremony commence! Vaati, champion of the competition, you may approach the blade!|Minister Potho|TMC}}</ref> however, the stranger reveals himself to be {{Term|TMC|Vaati}}, a powerful sorcerer, and uses his dark magic to blast open the {{Term|TMC|Bound Chest}}, thinking the {{Term|TMC|Light Force}} is inside, shattering the {{Term|TMC|Picori Blade}} in the process.<ref>{{Cite|...?!? Empty? There was nothing in there but those monsters? What is the meaning of this? Well, I know the force I'm after is somewhere out there. I'm in no hurry. I can take my time searching for it. Heh heh heh...|Vaati|TMC}}</ref> When the evil sorcerer turns {{Term|TMC|Princess Zelda}} to stone, {{Term|TMC|King Daltus|link}} sends {{Term|TMC|Link}} (and consequently his companion, {{Term|TMC|Ezlo|link}}) on a quest to restore the {{Term|TMC|Picori Blade}} and use its power to break {{Term|TMC|Vaati}}'s curse on {{Term|TMC|Princess Zelda}}.<ref>{{Cite|If Link has recovered, then yes, I would like to ask this of him. Please, turn my precious Zelda back to normal. The Picori should know how to create a new sacred sword.|King Daltus|TMC}}</ref> | |||
To this end, {{Term|TMC|Link}} has the blade's fragments reforged into the {{Term|TMC|White Sword|link}} by the master {{Term|TMC|Minish}} smithy {{Term|TMC|Melari|link}} and learns from the {{Term|TMC|Minish}} that he needs the mystical {{Term|TMC|Four Elements|link}} in order to transform it into a new, sacred sword.<ref name=Quote5>{{Cite|Wow! That was fast work! But not so fast that I didn't finish your sword! Here, take a look! I call this blade the White Sword!|Melari|TMC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Once you infuse it with the power of the elements, it will become a sacred blade!|Melari|TMC}}</ref> The {{Term|TMC|Four Elements}} are the crystalline jewels infused with the powers of the major four elements of the world: earth, fire, water and wind. They are scattered all across {{Term|TMC|Hyrule}} in different locations, and {{Term|TMC|Link}} must take them to the {{Term|TMC|Elemental Sanctuary|link}} located in {{Term|TMC|Hyrule Castle|link}}'s courtyard in order to infuse each into the blade of the reforged sword.<ref>{{Cite|If you want to infuse the sword, you must go to the elemental sanctuary. The sanctuary is a strange realm, trapped between two worlds. It is the bridge between the Minish world and the human world.|Melari|TMC}}</ref> Meanwhile, {{Term|TMC|Vaati}}, still searching for the {{Term|TMC|Light Force}},<ref>{{Cite|You all know of the power the Picori gave to mankind, do you not? The golden light force of limitless magical power... I want it!!! It is somewhere here in Hyrule! Go now, and bring me this power!|King Daltus|TMC}}</ref> learns that it rests in a sealed chamber within the {{Term|TMC|Elemental Sanctuary}}, and that the sacred blade is necessary to gain access to it. The sorcerer decides to wait for {{Term|TMC|Link}} to restore the sacred blade and use him to gain entry to this chamber. This plan succeeds when {{Term|TMC|Link}} successfully retrieves the final {{Term|TMC|Four Elements|display=Element}}, the {{Term|TMC|Wind Element|link}}, from the {{Term|TMC|Palace of Winds|link}} and brings it to the {{Term|TMC|Elemental Sanctuary}}, where infusing its power into the blade alongside the others fully regenerates the blade and transforms it into the {{Term|TMC|Four Sword}}. This opens the chamber, revealing the location of the {{Term|TMC|Light Force}}, which turns out to be embodied within the body of {{Term|TMC|Princess Zelda}}. {{Term|TMC|Vaati}} learns this and takes {{Term|TMC|Princess Zelda}} to the roof of the newly-transformed {{Term|TMC|Dark Hyrule Castle|link}} to perform the ceremony necessary to extract the {{Term|TMC|Light Force}} from her.<ref>{{Cite|Well, you're too late. A mere three more chimes to the bell will bring the ceremony to its end! And with the third toll of the bell, I will become like a god! And your precious Princess Zelda will be nothing more than cold, dead stone.|Vaati|TMC}}</ref> {{Term|TMC|Link}} arrives in time to stop the ceremony and is forced to confront {{Term|TMC|Vaati}} in several deadly forms. By creating four copies of himself, {{Term|TMC|Link}} finally manages to defeat him. | |||
The {{Term|TMC|Four Sword}} allows {{Term|TMC|Link}} to create up to three {{Plural|TMC|Links|link|display=copies}} of himself. | |||
==Design== | ==Design== | ||
The Four Sword is a double-edged blade with a spear-point at its tip and a fuller hilt, which has usually been depicted as being gold in color. The hilt is engraved with an eye-like symbol, likely a reference to its history with [[Vaati]] the Wind Mage. On the pommel of the Sword's hilt near the top, the Sword is typically depicted as having a round jewel whose color usually reflects its wielder. For example, the part of the Four Sword wielded by the green Link will have a green jewel whereas the red Link's Sword will have a red jewel. In Link's case, the Sword will have a green, red, blue and purple jewel in each of its clones for each copy of Link. When the Sword is not in use however, it appears that the jewel has a dull greenish color likely to reflect its dormancy. | The Four Sword is a double-edged blade with a spear-point at its tip and a fuller hilt, which has usually been depicted as being gold in color. The hilt is engraved with an eye-like symbol, likely a reference to its history with [[Vaati]] the Wind Mage. On the pommel of the Sword's hilt near the top, the Sword is typically depicted as having a round jewel whose color usually reflects its wielder. For example, the part of the Four Sword wielded by the green Link will have a green jewel whereas the red Link's Sword will have a red jewel. In Link's case, the Sword will have a green, red, blue and purple jewel in each of its clones for each copy of Link. When the Sword is not in use however, it appears that the jewel has a dull greenish color likely to reflect its dormancy. | ||
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==Nomenclature== | ==Nomenclature== | ||
{{ | {{Nomenclature}} | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File: | File:FSA Artwork.png|Official artwork depicting the four Links wielding the Four Sword against the forces of Vaati and Ganon | ||
File:Four sword clash.png|Two Four Swords clashing | File:Four sword clash.png|Two Four Swords clashing | ||
File:Four Sword.png|The Four Sword as seen on the title screen of {{TMC|-}} | File:ALttP Four Sword Green Sprite.png|Green {{Term|ALttP|Four Sword}} seen in {{ALttP|-}} | ||
File:ALttP Four Sword Red Sprite.png|Red {{Term|ALttP|Four Sword}} seen in {{ALttP|-}} | |||
File:ALttP Four Sword Blue Sprite.png|Blue {{Term|ALttP|Four Sword}} seen in {{ALttP|-}} | |||
File:ALttP Four Sword Purple Sprite.png|Purple {{Term|ALttP|Four Sword}} seen in {{ALttP|-}} | |||
File:FS Four Sword Resting Sanctuary Sprite.png|{{Term|FS|Four Sword}} with blue pommel gem seen in the {{Term|FS|Four Sword Sanctuary}} from {{FS|-}} | |||
File:FS Four Sword Title Sprite.png|The {{Term|FS|Four Sword}} as seen on the title screen of {{FS|-}} | |||
File:TMC Elemental Sanctuary 2.png|The former {{Term|TMC|Picori Blade}} after being transformed into the {{Term|TMC|Four Sword}} from {{TMC|-}} | |||
File:TMC Four Sword Sprite 3.png|The newly-forged {{Term|TMC|Four Sword}} from {{TMC|-}} | |||
File:TMC Four Sword Sprite 2.png|The {{Term|TMC|Four Sword}} as seen on the title screen of {{TMC|-}} | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* | * {{Term|Series|White Sword|link}} | ||
* {{Term|Series|White Sword (Two Elements)|link}} | |||
* {{Term|Series|White Sword (Three Elements)|link}} | |||
{{Ref}} | {{Ref}} | ||
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