The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword: Difference between revisions

|developer= [[Nintendo EAD]], [[Monolith Soft]] {{Small|(Additional support)}}<ref>{{Cite Web |retrieved= October 4, 2022 |url= https://www.monolithsoft.co.jp/games/wii/ |title= Wii - GAMES |site= Monolith Soft Co., Ltd.}}</ref>

|designer= [[Hidemaro Fujibayashi]] (director), [[Eiji Aonuma]] (producer), [[Koji Kondo]] (sound composer), [[Takeshi Hama]] (sound composer), [[Shiho Fujii]] (sound composer), [[Mahito Yokota]] (sound composer), [[Hajime Wakai]] (sound composer)

{{Release|US= November 20, 2011<ref name="E 7">{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 7}}</ref>|JP= November 23, 2011<ref name="E 7"/>|UK= November 18, 2011<ref>{{Cite Web|quote= Release date: 18/11/2011|author= |published= |retrieved= May 22, 2019|url= https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Wii/The-Legend-of-Zelda-Skyward-Sword-283531.html|title= The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|site= Nintendo UK|type= }}</ref>|AU=November 24, 2011<ref>[http://gamesites.nintendo.com.au/zelda-skyward-sword/ The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]</ref>|KR=November 24, 2011<ref>[http://nintendo.co.kr/zelda25th/index.html Official Korean website]</ref>}}

{{Release|US= September 1, 2016<ref>{{Cite Web|quote= Release date: Sep 01, 2016|author= |published= |retrieved= July 8, 2020|url= https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/the-legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword-wii-u/|title= The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|site= Nintendo.com|type= }}</ref>|JP= September 1, 2016|UK= September 1, 2016}}

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  |{{Game Rating|ESRB|E10+}}

  |{{Game Rating|PEGI|12}}

  |{{Game Rating|CERO|A}}

  |{{Game Rating|ACB|M}}

  |{{Game Rating|USK|12}}

  |{{Game Rating|ClassInd|10}}

  |{{Game Rating|GRAC|A}}

|platform= [[Wii]], [[Wii U]]

[[File:SS Hylia and Surface Races.png|thumb|left|300px|{{Term|SSHD|Hylia}} along with the other races of the {{Term|SSHD|Surface|display=Surface}}|link=Ancient Battle]]

Long before the events of {{SS|-}}, the earth cracked and evil forces rushed out of the fissure.<ref>{{Cite|{{Color|SS Black|One dark, fateful day, the earth cracked wide and malevolent forces rushed forth from the fissure.}}|Fi|SS}}</ref> These forces attacked the people of the earth, slaughtering them and destroying their land.<ref>{{Cite|{{Color|SS Black|They mounted a brutal assault upon the surface people, driving the land into deep despair... They burnt forests to ash, choked the land's sweet springs, and murdered without hesitation.}}|Fi|SS}}</ref> They did this in search of the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce|link}}, the ultimate power capable of granting any wishes of its holder.<ref>{{Cite|{{Color|SS Black|Handed down by the gods of old, this power gave its holder the means to make any desire a reality.}}|Fi|SS}}</ref> This power, passed down by the {{Plural|SS|Golden Goddess|link}}, was guarded by {{Term|SSHD|Hylia|link}}, the goddess of the land.<ref>{{Cite|{{Color|SS Black|They did all this in their lust to take the}} {{Color|SS Red|ultimate power}} {{Color|SS Black|protected by Her Grace, the goddess.}}|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}} gathered the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce}} and the remaining survivors onto a piece of earth and sent it skyward beyond the clouds.<ref>{{Cite|{{Color|SS Black|To prevent this great power from falling into the hands of the evil swarming the lands... the goddess gathered the surviving humans on an outcropping of earth. She sent it skyward, beyond the reach of the demonic hordes. Beyond even the clouds.}}|Fi|SS}}</ref> This piece of land came to be known as {{Term|SSHD|Skyloft|link}}. With the {{Plural|SS|Human}} safe, {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}} joined the land dwellers and fought the evil forces in a war of unmatched scale and ferocity. {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}} eventually sealed the evil forces away, restoring peace to the {{Term|SSHD|Surface|link|display=Surface}}.<ref>{{Cite|{{Color|SS Black|With the humans safe, the goddess joined forces with the land dwellers and fought the evil forces, sealing them away. At last, peace was restored to the surface.}}|Fi|SS}}</ref> However, the {{Plural|SS|Human}} remained in {{Term|SSHD|Skyloft}}, as {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}} knew that the seal on the evil would not hold forever. {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}} knew that she would be powerless to stop the forces for a second time, so she required the use of the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce}} to defeat them again. However, a goddess cannot use the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce}}, so {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}} gave up her immortality and was reincarnated as a mortal {{Term|SSHD|Hylian}}.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 11}}</ref>

===The {{Term|SSHD|Wing Ceremony}}===

In present-day {{Term|SSHD|Skyloft|link}}, a small civilization has been formed where most memories and records of the {{Term|SSHD|Surface|link|display=Surface}} have been forgotten and lost. The people of {{Term|SSHD|Skyloft}} know next to nothing about the land beneath the {{Term|SSHD|Cloud Barrier|link}}. A young man named {{Term|SSHD|Link|link}} is having a strange dream depicting a gigantic {{Term|SSHD|The Imprisoned|link|display=dark beast}} and a mysterious {{Term|SSHD|Fi|link|display=person}}. He is awoken by a {{Term|SSHD|Loftwing|link}} owned by his childhood friend, {{Term|SSHD|Zelda|link}}. The {{Term|SSHD|Loftwing}} gives him a letter from {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} asking him to meet with her at the {{Term|SSHD|Statue of the Goddess|link}} in preparation for the annual {{Term|SSHD|Wing Ceremony|link}} scheduled to take place that day.<ref>{{Cite|Hey, sleepyhead. I know how much you like to sleep in, so I'm guessing this letter will be your alarm clock this morning. Did I guess right? Rise and shine, {{Color|SS Blue|Link}}! Today's the {{Color|SS Red|Wing Ceremony}}! You promised to meet me before it starts, remember? You'd better not keep me waiting.|Zelda|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} arrives at the {{Term|SSHD|Statue of the Goddess}} to find that his {{Term|SSHD|Crimson Loftwing|link}} has gone missing and begins to search for it.<ref>{{Cite|You'd better go on ahead and see if you can find where your bird has gone!|Zelda|SS}}</ref> After overhearing {{Term|SSHD|Groose|link}}, {{Term|SSHD|Cawlin|link}}, and {{Term|SSHD|Strich|link}}, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} discovers that they're responsible for his {{Term|SSHD|Loftwing}}'s disappearance,<ref>{{Cite|You thought a big {{Color|SS Red|Crimson Loftwing}} like that was gonna go down without a fight? But we got him, and I don't care how tough those birds are supposed to be. He's not getting out of that pen anytime soon, boys.|Groose|SS}}</ref> and that they hid his bird deep in the {{Term|SSHD|Waterfall Cave|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|It sounds like Groose and his buddies had a plan to capture your bird and hide him near a {{Color|SS Red|waterfall}}.|Pipit|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} takes a {{Term|SSHD|Practice Sword|link}} from the {{Term|SSHD|Sparring Hall|link}} and enters the {{Term|SSHD|Waterfall Cave}}. On the other end of it, he meets up with {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}, who came to assist him in finding his {{Term|SSHD|Loftwing}}.<ref>{{Cite|Hey, Link, I was hoping I'd find you here. I heard you'd gone searching for your bird around the waterfall, so I thought I'd fly around and help you look.|Zelda|SS}}</ref> They start to continue down the path, but {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} hears a strange voice calling out to her,<ref>{{Cite|Huh...? Who... Who's that? Who's calling for me?|Zelda|SS}}</ref> but quickly assures {{Term|SSHD|Link}} that nothing is wrong.<ref>{{Cite|Oh, sorry, Link. I got distracted for a moment. Let's go!|Zelda|SS}}</ref> The two find the {{Term|SSHD|Loftwing}} and free him. {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} then asks {{Term|SSHD|Link}} if he heard the voice she had heard earlier,<ref>{{Cite|But before you go, I have to ask you something. I...I heard this voice a few moments ago. Did you hear it too?|Zelda|SS}}</ref> and says that she feels as if someone is calling out to her.<ref>{{Cite|It's been happening a lot lately. It's the strangest feeling... Almost like someone is calling out to me.|Zelda|SS}}</ref> She proceeds to tell him about the possibility of land beneath the clouds called the {{Term|SSHD|Surface|display=Surface}}, said to be far more vast than {{Term|SSHD|Skyloft}}.<ref>{{Cite|Some of Father's old texts talk about a place called the {{Color|SS Red|surface}}. The old tales describe a whole world under there, far more vast than Skyloft!|Zelda|SS}}</ref> She quickly brushes it off,<ref>{{Cite|Oh, sorry, Link. We don't have time to talk! Let's get going. Look, your bird's waiting for you!|Zelda|SS}}</ref> and the two fly to the {{Term|SSHD|Wing Ceremony}} together.

With all of the participants ready, the {{Term|SSHD|Wing Ceremony}} begins. Despite {{Term|SSHD|Groose}} and his lackeys' efforts to prevent him from winning,<ref>{{Cite|Hey! Don't you know this is my day to get all the glory?|Groose|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Yeah, you heard him! Let's see how you fly with egg on your face.|Cawlin|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} succeeds in grabbing the {{Term|SSHD|Bird Statuette|link}} from the talons of another {{Term|SSHD|Loftwing}}, making him the victor.<ref>{{Cite|You got the {{Color|SS Gold|Bird Statuette}}! It proves your victory today. Wait till Zelda sees this!|N/A|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} and {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} proceed to the {{Term|SSHD|Statue of the Goddess}} to complete the ceremony, where {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} bestows the blessings of the goddess upon {{Term|SSHD|Link}} and gives him the {{Term|SSHD|Sailcloth|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Great goddess, guiding light and protector of our people, grant us your blessing and mercy as I act in your stead during this ceremony. {{Color|SS Gold|Valiant youth who grasped victory at the celebration of the bird folk... In accordance with the old ways... I now bestow the blessings of the goddess upon you. The blessings of the goddess drift down from the heavens aloft a sail, which I now pass on to you.}}|Zelda|SS}}</ref> To conclude the ceremony, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} must jump off the {{Term|SSHD|Statue of the Goddess}} and land safely using the {{Term|SSHD|Sailcloth}}.<ref>{{Cite|You have to jump off the statue! Look down. See that {{Color|SS Red|big}}, {{Color|SS Red|round design}} on the courtyard below? To finish the ceremony, you need to drop down right into the center of it!|Zelda|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} pushes him off instead, and he manages to land in the center. {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} praises him and proposes that the two fly around the clouds together in celebration.<ref>{{Cite|That was perfect! You're amazing, Link! You know, Link, seeing as how you won today... And with the weather being so nice... You think maybe you'd like to, you know, go fly around the clouds together?|Zelda|SS}}</ref> However, as they are flying, a mysterious black tornado suddenly appears and rips {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} from her {{Term|SSHD|Loftwing}}, causing her to fall beneath the {{Term|SSHD|Cloud Barrier}}. {{Term|SSHD|Link}} tries to rescue her but is knocked unconscious by the tornado in the process.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 292}}</ref>

[[File:SS Fi Artwork.png|thumb|180px|left|The spirit, {{Term|SSHD|Fi}}, who leads link to the {{Term|SSHD|Goddess Sword}}|link=Fi]]

{{Term|SSHD|Link}}'s {{Term|SSHD|Loftwing}} takes him back to {{Term|SSHD|Skyloft}}. That night, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} has a dream depicting {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} falling into the jaws of the same beast from his earlier dream. After waking up back in the {{Term|SSHD|Knight Academy}}, he explains the events that transpired to {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}'s father, {{Term|SSHD|Gaepora|link}}. Although {{Term|SSHD|Gaepora}} tells him to rest, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} soon hears the voice of the mysterious spirit once more and leaves his room, following the spirit to the {{Term|SSHD|Statue of the Goddess}}. A doorway opens, revealing the {{Term|SSHD|Chamber of the Sword|link}}. Inside, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} finds a {{Term|SSHD|Goddess Sword|link|display=Sword}} in a pedestal. The figure appears from the sword and introduces herself as {{Term|SSHD|Fi|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|According to your social customs, I should provide you with my personal designation. {{Color|SS Blue|Fi}} is the name I was given.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} tells him that he must take the {{Term|SSHD|Goddess Sword}} from the pedestal and embark on his journey as the chosen hero of {{Term|SSHD|Hylia|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Come, Link. You must take up this sword. As the one chosen by my creator, it is your destiny.|Fi|SS}}</ref> Although he is apprehensive at first, {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} tells him that {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} is still alive,<ref>{{Cite|The one you seek, honorable {{Color|SS Blue|Zelda}}, is still alive.|Fi|SS}}</ref> and {{Term|SSHD|Link}} draws the blade. The two are joined moments after by {{Term|SSHD|Gaepora}}, who explains his hidden knowledge of a prophecy that foretold what is taking place before him.<ref>{{Cite|The very knowledge of this room's existence is a secret passed down to a select few each generation, along with a handful of words... {{Color|SS Gold|When the light of the goddess's sword shines bright, the great apocalypse will wake from its long slumber. Do not fear, for it is then that a youth, guided by my hand, shall reveal himself in a place most sacred.}}|Gaepora|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|{{Color|SS Gold|The youth will be guided by one born of the blade--one who is also youthful in likeness yet wise with knowledge immeasurable.}}|Gaepora|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Gaepora}} tells {{Term|SSHD|Link}} that to reach the {{Term|SSHD|Surface|display=Surface}} and rescue {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}, he must pierce the {{Term|SSHD|Cloud Barrier}}, something nobody has ever done before.<ref>{{Cite|This is no easy task, Link. The world below is a forsaken place, and to reach it you must pierce the cloud barrier below. In living memory, no one has ever done this.|Gaepora|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} remedies the situation by given them the {{Term|SSHD|Emerald Tablet|link}}, which opens a passage through the {{Term|SSHD|Cloud Barrier}} to the {{Term|SSHD|Surface|display=Surface}}.<ref>{{Cite|This tablet will illuminate a path through the clouds to the land below. Take it, and place it within the altar behind me.|Fi|SS}}</ref>

===Searching for {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}===

[[File:SS Ghirahim Artwork.png|thumb|200px|right|The evil {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} who fights with {{Term|SSHD|Link}}|link=Ghirahim]]

The next day, after receiving his green {{Term|SSHD|Knight's Uniform|link}} as the only graduating member of his class,<ref>{{Cite|That green uniform is what our knights will be wearing this year. To be honest, I've had my doubts about the color. But oddly enough, seeing you wear this uniform, I can't imagine a more fitting color for you. It's as though you were born to wear it.|Gaepora|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link|link}} makes preparations and heads to the {{Term|SSHD|Surface|link|display=Surface}} to find {{Term|SSHD|Zelda|link}}. As he descends, he arrives at the {{Term|SSHD|Sealed Grounds|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Master Link, we've arrived. This is the fabled {{Color|SS Blue|surface}} that has long been part of Skyloft legend. By my calculations, you are currently positioned in a location known as the {{Color|SS Blue|Sealed Grounds}}.|Fi|SS}}</ref> He notices a dark aura emanating from the center of a large pit. Upon witnessing this, he has yet another vision of the {{Term|SSHD|The Imprisoned|link|display=large beast}}. He descends into the pit and approaches the {{Term|SSHD|Sealing Spike|link|display=stone}}, and hears a voice telling him to strike it with a {{Term|SSHD|Skyward Strike|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|...Young one... Child of destiny descended from the sky... Raise the sword of the goddess skyward... Take aim at the evil aura and unleash its power...|Impa|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} does so, and the sinister aura disappears. Afterward, he heads to the {{Term|SSHD|Sealed Temple|link}} at the top of the large crater. Inside, a mysterious {{Term|SSHD|Impa|link|display=old woman}} gives him a hint about {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}'s whereabouts, urging him to venture into the nearby {{Term|SSHD|Faron Woods|link}} to find her.<ref>{{Cite|That girl has her own purpose she must pursue, as do you. She set out for {{Color|SS Blue|Faron Woods}} to discover that destiny for herself, and you must follow.|Impa|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} ventures into {{Term|SSHD|Faron Woods}} to search for {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} and shortly thereafter meets {{Term|SSHD|Gorko|link}} the {{Term|SSHD|Goron|link}} after saving him from a group of {{Plural|SS|Red Bokoblin|link}}, showing him a {{Term|SSHD|Bird Statue|link}} in return.<ref>{{Cite|Whew! Thanks for jumping in there to rescue me, bud!|Gorko|SS}}</ref> Continuing his search, he discovers {{Term|SSHD|Machi|link}} the {{Term|SSHD|Kikwi|link}} and rescues them from even more {{Plural|SS|Red Bokoblin}}. {{Term|SSHD|Machi}} tells him that they ran into {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}},<ref>{{Cite|That's weird, koo-woo. A little while ago I ran into another funny animal like you, but that one was a girl.|Machi|SS}}</ref> and that she hid with {{Term|SSHD|Bucha|link}}, the elder.<ref>{{Cite|A pack of those mean red guys were after here, kwee, but she escaped with the Kikwi {{Color|SS Blue|elder}}.|Bucha|SS}}</ref> After rescuing the other {{Plural|SS|Kikwi}}, {{Term|SSHD|Bucha}} directs {{Term|SSHD|Link}} towards the {{Term|SSHD|Deep Woods|link}} in the direction that {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} went.<ref>{{Cite|I think she headed down that way toward the temple, kwee...but be sure to take great care if you follow her. That area is crawling with monsters.|Bucha|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Bucha}} also gives him the {{Term|SSHD|Slingshot|link}} to aid him later. He meets up with {{Term|SSHD|Gorko}} who tells him about the {{Plural|SS|Goddess Cube|link}} scattered across the {{Term|SSHD|Surface|display=Surface}}.<ref>{{Cite|If I remember right... Yup, this is one of the things the goddess was said to have left behind for the hero of legend. Pretty amazing, right? I even thought up a name for these things. I have been calling them Goddess Cubes!<br/>Makes sense, right?|Gorko|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} then enters the {{Term|SSHD|Skyview Temple|link}} after {{Term|SSHD|Fi|link}} senses {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}'s aura inside.<ref>{{Cite|Master Link, I have detected {{Color|SS Blue|Zelda}}'s aura emanating from this structure. However, I have also detected the presence of numerous monsters.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} ventures through the {{Term|SSHD|Skyview Temple}} and obtains the {{Term|SSHD|Beetle|link}} along the way, eventually arriving at the doorway to the {{Term|SSHD|Skyview Spring|link}} where {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} is said to be. Before he can enter, a strange figure appears in front of him. He explains to {{Term|SSHD|Link}} that he is responsible for the tornado that brought {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} to the {{Term|SSHD|Surface|display=Surface}}.<ref>{{Cite|Look who it is... I thought that tornado I stirred up would have tossed and torn you apart, yet here you are. Not in pieces. Not that your life or death has any consequence.|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> He tells {{Term|SSHD|Link}} that {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} is just beyond the door to the {{Term|SSHD|Skyview Spring}}<ref>{{Cite|It's just the girl that matters now, and I can sense her here...just beyond this door. Yes, we plucked Her Majesty from her perch in the clouds, and now she's ours.|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> He then introduces himself as {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim|link}}<ref>{{Cite|Oh, but listen to me. I'm being positively uncivil. Allow me to introduce myself. I am the Demon Lord who presides over this land you look down upon, this world you call the surface. You may call me {{Big|{{Color|SS Blue|Ghirahim}}}}. In truth, I very much prefer to be indulged with my full title: {{Big|Lord Ghirahim}}. But I'm not fussy.|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} tells him that he and his forces nearly captured {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} before a {{Term|SSHD|Impa|link|display=Servant of the Goddess}} helped her escape.<ref>{{Cite|By all rights the girl should have fallen into our hands already. She was nearly ours when that loathsome servant of the goddess snatched her away.|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} then prepares to fight {{Term|SSHD|Link}}, threatening to beat him within an inch of his life.<ref>{{Cite|This turn of events has left me with a strong appetite for bloodshed. Still...it hardly seems fair, being of my position, to take all of my anger out on you. Which is why I promise up front not to murder you... No, I'll just beat you within an inch of your life!|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} defeats him, but {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} realizes that {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}'s presence faded from the area and leaves,<ref>{{Cite|I fear I spent far too long teasing and toying with you. The girl's presence has all but faded from this place, which means there's no reason to linger here.|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> threatening to kill {{Term|SSHD|Link}} if he interferes with him again.<ref>{{Cite|Good-bye, sky child. Run and play this time. Get in my way again, though, and you're dead.|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} enters the {{Term|SSHD|Skyview Spring}}, and {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} translates words that {{Term|SSHD|Hylia|link}} left for him,<ref>{{Cite|Master, I have a message written in the language of the gods of old. Allow me to translate for you.|Fi|SS}}</ref> indicating that {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} must purify her body at two different springs.<ref>{{Cite|{{Color|SS Gold|From the edge of time I guide you, the one chosen to carry out the goddess's mission. The spirit maiden who descended from the clouds must travel to two sacred places to purify her body. You stand in one of these places:}} {{Color|SS Red|Skyview Spring}}{{Color|SS Gold|. The other is known as the}} {{Color|SS Red|Earth Spring}}{{Color|SS Gold|. This second spring is hidden away deep within the scorched earth of}} {{Color|SS Red|Eldin}}{{Color|SS Gold|.}}|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} then receives the {{Term|SSHD|Ruby Tablet|link}} from the {{Term|SSHD|Statue of the Goddess}} in the {{Term|SSHD|Skyview Spring}}, giving him passage to the {{Term|SSHD|Eldin Volcano|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|My analysis suggests you should take the tablet to the altar in Skyloft. Doing so will likely open a new {{Color|SS Red|column of light}} on the surface, allowing you to descend to another area and continue your search for Zelda.|Fi|SS}}</ref>

[[File:SS Impa Artwork.png|thumb|110px|left|The woman aiding {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}|link=Impa]]

{{Term|SSHD|Link}} returns to {{Term|SSHD|Skyloft|link}} and places the {{Term|SSHD|Ruby Tablet}} alongside the {{Term|SSHD|Emerald Tablet}} inside the {{Term|SSHD|Chamber of the Sword}}. With a new entrance to the {{Term|SSHD|Surface|display=Surface}} accessible, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} travels to the {{Term|SSHD|Eldin Volcano}}, where he continues his journey to find {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}.<ref>{{Cite|Master, this is {{Color|SS Blue|Eldin Volcano}}. It is an active volcano rich with the power of the earth.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} meets a pair of {{Plural|SS|Mogma|link}} who state they saw someone run past them, so they direct him in the direction they went.<ref>{{Cite|Huh? You're looking for a friend? NOT treasure? So that must have been your pal that passed by earlier, {{Color|SS Red|sprinting by}} without so much as a glance in this direction. It was sorta a blur of movement, so I didn't get a real good look, but I knew it wasn't one of those red creeps. Your pal must have gone straight up here, so why don't you follow?|Cobal|SS}}</ref> After continuing through the {{Term|SSHD|Eldin Volcano}}, he meets {{Term|SSHD|Tyto|link}} who explains how a group of {{Plural|SS|Red Bokoblin}} took over his territory.<ref>{{Cite|Grrr... Those creeps just shimmied on in and took over our territory.|Tyto|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} defeats the {{Plural|SS|Red Bokoblin}} and {{Term|SSHD|Tyto}} gives him the {{Plural|SS|Digging Mitts|link}} in return.<ref>{{Cite|You're one tough customer! Thanks for all your help! I don't blame you for not knowing this, but us {{Color|SS Blue|Mogmas}} always honor our debts. Let me give you something to prove it. Any special requests? Oh, right. You're trying to find your friend, aren'tcha? In that case, take these things! They're something pretty special, if I say so myself.|Tyto|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} is eventually confronted by a mysterious person, who states that {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} is close ahead.<ref>{{Cite|Zelda is ahead... Hurry.|Impa|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} eventually reaches the {{Term|SSHD|Earth Temple|link}} at the top of the {{Term|SSHD|Eldin Volcano}} and finds it locked.<ref>{{Cite|They busted up the {{Color|SS Red|key to that door}} and hid the pieces all over the place. I'm telling you, one of the {{Color|SS Red|five pieces}} is buried right around here.|Ledd|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Cobal|link}} the {{Term|SSHD|Mogma}} mentions a girl similar to {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} got taken into the {{Term|SSHD|Earth Temple}}.<ref>{{Cite|Hey, that reminds me... That {{Color|SS Red|strange blonde girl in the weird clothes}} got taken away too.|Cobal|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} searches and finds the five {{Plural|SS|Piece of the Key|link}} and enters the {{Term|SSHD|Earth Temple}} after {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}. {{Term|SSHD|Link}} makes his way through the {{Term|SSHD|Earth Temple}}, obtaining the {{Term|SSHD|Bomb Bag|link}} along the way. He enters the room just before the {{Term|SSHD|Earth Spring|link}} and discovers a chain on the ground emanating {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}'s aura.<ref>{{Cite|Master, I detect Zelda's aura in the surrounding area. I detect an especially strong reaction from this chain. I calculate the probability Zelda was bound by it recently at 95%.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} rushes ahead searching for {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}, but {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} appears once again. He tells {{Term|SSHD|Link}} that his troops had captured {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} so he rushed over to the {{Term|SSHD|Earth Temple}}, but when he got there someone had already rescued {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} from the chain.<ref>{{Cite|I heard my underlings had finally captured the spirit maiden, so of course I rushed over here. What can I say? I was excited. Flustered, even... But what did I find when I arrived? That agent of the goddess... {{Small|She had once again... You see, what I'm trying to say is...}} {{Big|That goddess-serving dog escaped with the girl! I MUST have the spirit maiden to resurrect my master! I MUST HAVE HER!}}|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> In his frustration, {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} turns a boulder into {{Term|SSHD|Scaldera|link}} and makes it attack {{Term|SSHD|Link}}.<ref>{{Cite|There's someone special I'd like you to meet. Oh, don't be shy! I need to vent all this unhealthy anger, and your agony is such a great stress reliever. It won't take more than a few moments with my friend before you're charred to a satisfying crisp. And let me tell you, that will put a spring in my step!|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} triumphs against {{Term|SSHD|Scaldera}} and proceeds to the {{Term|SSHD|Earth Spring}}. There, {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} is seen with the mysterious woman from earlier in front of a golden portal. The woman prevents her and {{Term|SSHD|Link}} from reuniting,<ref>{{Cite|You cannot go to him, Your Grace. Remember what we discussed. Restrain yourself. Focus on the task at hand.|Impa|SS}}</ref> and {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} sadly tells {{Term|SSHD|Link}} that she has to leave and apologizes to him before entering the portal.<ref>{{Cite|I... I have to go. I'm sorry, Link.|Zelda|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} tries to follow her, but the woman stops him. She chastises {{Term|SSHD|Link}} for his failure to arrive in a timely fashion,<ref>{{Cite|It took you far too long to get here. Looking at you, I fear the {{Color|SS Blue|goddess}} is mistaken in her choice of agents. If this failure is any indication, you have no hope of defending Her Grace from those who seek to assail her.|Impa|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|The truth of it is you were late. You were late, and you failed to protect her.|Impa|SS}}</ref> and follows {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} through the portal, which disappears in a flash of light. {{Term|SSHD|Link}} is left hurt and frustrated, and {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} translates another message from {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}}, revealing that {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} is headed to {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Desert|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|{{Color|SS Gold|From the edge of time I guide you, the one destined to carry out the goddess's mission. The spirit maiden who descended from the clouds has passed through the Earth Spring and makes her way to a fated place. The parched desert of Lanayru... That is where the chosen will pass through the}} {{Color|SS Red|Gate of Time}} {{Color|SS Gold|into a distant world.}}|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} is then given the {{Term|SSHD|Amber Tablet|link}} which will open an entrance to {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Desert}}.<ref>{{Cite|If you transport this tablet back to the statue in Skyloft, a new column of light will appear that will allow you to travel to the {{Color|SS Blue|Lanayru region}}.|Fi|SS}}</ref>

{{Term|SSHD|Link}} returns to {{Term|SSHD|Skyloft}} and places the {{Term|SSHD|Amber Tablet}} inside the {{Term|SSHD|Chamber of the Sword}}, creating another entrance to the {{Term|SSHD|Surface|display=Surface}}.<ref>{{Cite|I've confirmed the location of a third opening in the cloud barrier in the sky ot the southwest. It will allow you to reach a new area on the surface. I suggest going there as soon as you are sutiable prepared.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} sets out for {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Desert}}. {{Term|SSHD|Link}} arrives at the {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Mine|link}} near the eastern corner of {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Desert}}.<ref>{{Cite|A report, Master Link. We have arrived at the {{Color|SS Blue|Lanayru Mine}}.|Fi|SS}}</ref> While traveling through the {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Mine}}, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} comes across a {{Term|SSHD|Timeshift Stone|link}} that when hit, reverts the immediate area to its past state.<ref>{{Cite|I am able to confirm that a time shift has occured within this space. Any impact to the blue stones creates a sustained temporal disruption field in the surrounding area. Readings show that this area {{Color|SS Red|is in a past time state}}.|Fi|SS}}</ref> Doing so revives the {{Plural|SS|Ancient Robot|link}} which worked in the {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Mine}}.<ref>{{Cite|Where did you come from, dzzzzt? We're here collecting Timeshift Stones and transporting them to the {{Color|SS Blue|Lanayru Mining Facility}}.|Ancient Robot|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} eventually leaves the {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Mine}} and enters {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Desert}}.<ref>{{Cite|We have arrived at {{Color|SS Blue|Lanayru Desert}}. The terrain in this area changed dramatically as climate forces rapidly turned it into a desert.|Fi|SS}}</ref> While exploring {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Desert}}, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} discovers an {{Term|SSHD|Ancient Robot}} trapped in a cage by a pair of {{Plural|SS|Technoblin|link}}. {{Term|SSHD|Link}} frees the {{Term|SSHD|Ancient Robot}} and in return, the {{Term|SSHD|Ancient Robot}} upgrades his {{Term|SSHD|Beetle}} to the {{Term|SSHD|Hook Beetle|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Thank you, zrrt! If you hadn't come along, they would have sucked all of the electricity out of me, vrrm! Oh... look at that, zrrpt... You have a {{Color|SS Gold|Beetle}}. It appears to be an older model of Lanayru fabrication. As thanks for saving me, I will upgrade {{Color|SS Red|that}} for you, zwooop. Give it here for a second, phwing!|Ancient Robot|SS}}</ref> After making his way through {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Desert}}, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} finds the {{Term|SSHD|Temple of Time|link}}. However, the entrance is blocked by a large pile of rubble. {{Term|SSHD|Gorko}} nearby explains to {{Term|SSHD|Link}} that {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} and {{Term|SSHD|Impa}} entered the {{Term|SSHD|Temple of Time}} just before an explosion covered the entrance.<ref>{{Cite|This is a sacred place known as the {{Color|SS Blue|Temple of Time}}. I could not believe my eyes when I saw a {{Color|SS Red|human who lives on the legendary Isle of the Goddess}}! It wore clothes just like the ones  

written about in the ancient manuscripts! And it looked just like you, bud! It came with another person...and they entered the temple! I wanted to chase after them... But then there was an explosion all of a sudden! And the entrance... Well, you can see for yourself, bud.|Gorko|SS}}</ref> A nearby {{Term|SSHD|Ancient Robot}} explains that a second entrance can be found in the {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Mining Facility|link}} in the center of {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Desert}}.<ref>{{Cite|If you want to reach the Gate of Time, you will need to pass through that door, bzzap. Huh? You need another way in, phoo-weep? Well, {{Color|SS Blue|Lanayru Mining Facility}} and the {{Color|SS Blue|Temple of Time}} {{Color|SS Red|are connected underground}}, dzzt.|Ancient Robot|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} turns on the {{Term|SSHD|Power Generator|link}} which brings the {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Mining Facility}} out of the {{Term|SSHD|Sinksand|link}}, allowing {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to venture inside. Obtaining the {{Term|SSHD|Gust Bellows|link}} along the way, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} eventually reaches the inside of the {{Term|SSHD|Temple of Time}}. {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} and {{Term|SSHD|Impa}} stand at the {{Term|SSHD|Gate of Time|link}}, but just before {{Term|SSHD|Link}} can join them, {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} breaks through the rubble blocking the entrance to the {{Term|SSHD|Temple of Time}}. {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} casts a barrier in front of {{Term|SSHD|Link}}, preventing him from reaching {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}. {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} proceeds to engage in battle with {{Term|SSHD|Impa}}. In the midst of the frenetic action, {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} gives {{Term|SSHD|Link}} the {{Term|SSHD|Goddess's Harp|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Link! Link, here! You'll need this where you're going.|Zelda|SS}}</ref> As {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}}'s magic barrier dissipates, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} intervenes in the battle and saves {{Term|SSHD|Impa}}, allowing her and {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} to escape through the {{Term|SSHD|Gate of Time}}. On their way through, {{Term|SSHD|Impa}} instructs {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to return to the {{Term|SSHD|Sealed Grounds}} and then destroys the {{Term|SSHD|Gate of Time}} to prevent {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} from following them.<ref>{{Cite|Link! You must go now.<br/>Return to the old woman at the Sealed Grounds. Tell her what happened here. She will know where you must go!|Impa|SS}}</ref> After vowing to kill {{Term|SSHD|Link}} the next time they meet, {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} leaves the scene.<ref>{{Cite|Now you've done it,<br/>Link. I blame myself. I should have reprimaded you the last time we met, but instead I was...soft. I'd take pleasure in punishing you, but I have no time for recreation. But next time, I'll do more than just beat you senseless. I'll make the affair so excruciating, you'll deafen yourself with the shrill sound of your own screams.|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref>

[[File:SS The Imprisoned Render.png|thumb|180px|left|{{Term|SSHD|The Imprisoned}} that escaped from its seal|link=The Imprisoned]]

As {{Term|SSHD|Link}} descends to the {{Term|SSHD|Sealed Grounds}}, {{Term|SSHD|Groose|link}} intercepts him in midair and both fall to the {{Term|SSHD|Surface|display=Surface}}. As {{Term|SSHD|Groose}} is shocked with what he sees around him,<ref>{{Cite|But...how... Wh-why... Wha-what... Where am I?!|Groose|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} explains the situation, calming the former.<ref>{{Cite|Uhhhh... Whoa... You're kind of imploding my mind right now... But I think I get what you're saying...|Groose|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Groose}}'s old attitude quickly returns and he tells {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to head back to {{Term|SSHD|Skyloft}}, hoping to find and rescue {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} himself.<ref>{{Cite|I see... Right, Link. Thanks for getting me here. You've done a good job. You can head home. Big {{Color|SS Blue|Groose}} will handle the search for {{Color|SS Blue|Zelda}} from here. Yup. I'll track her down, save her, and then give her a lift back to Skyloft...|Groose|SS}}</ref> However, the old woman at the {{Term|SSHD|Sealed Temple}} tells {{Term|SSHD|Groose}} that he will not be the one to save {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}},<ref>{{Cite|I only speak the truth. You are not the one who will save her. The spirit maiden, your {{Color|SS Blue|Zelda}}, can only be saved by another. It has been his fate to do this thing, and in doing so save us. As it was decided long before you were brought crying into this world.|Impa|SS}}</ref> and he leaves the {{Term|SSHD|Sealed Temple}} in anger. The old woman reveals that {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}'s bodyguard's name is {{Term|SSHD|Impa}}.<ref>{{Cite|Greetings, Link. Were you able to catch up with {{Color|SS Blue|Zelda}}? Ah, I see. So the guardian was there as well, was she? The one you saw by Zelda's side is known as {{Color|SS Blue|Impa}}. She is a being sent forth by the {{Color|SS Blue|goddess}} to aid Zelda in her quest.|Impa|SS}}</ref> The old woman then teaches {{Term|SSHD|Link}} the "{{Term|SSHD|Ballad of the Goddess|link}}".<ref>{{Cite|The two have traveled somewhere in order to accomplish the great task destiny has set before them. However, now that Impa has destroyed the gate that they used, there is only one way left to find them. You must make use of the {{Color|SS Blue|harp}} given to you by Zelda. ...Tell me, Link, have you attempted to play the harp that you recieved? My sense is that you have not yet familiarized yourself with it. Very well, I shall teach you how to play it. Listen well and do as I say.|Impa|SS}}</ref> As he plays it on the {{Term|SSHD|Goddess's Harp}}, a large structure appears behind him and is revealed to be a second {{Term|SSHD|Gate of Time}}.<ref>{{Cite|The great slab standing before you is known as a {{Color|SS Blue|Gate of Time}}. It is the last of its kind in existence... The only portal binding our world to the one where Zelda now resides.|Impa|SS}}</ref> Before the old woman can finish explaining, a beast known as {{Term|SSHD|The Imprisoned|link}} responds to the appearance of the {{Term|SSHD|Gate of Time}} and breaks free of its seal.<ref>{{Cite|This shaking... I fear the seal has been broken. I expected that it would react to your summoning the gate, but I never imagined the seal would break so quickly. Link, there will be time to explain later. Right now, you must hurry to the bottom of the pit outside.|Impa|SS}}</ref> Outside, {{Term|SSHD|Groose}} becomes scared from the sudden shaking.<ref>{{Cite|Whoa! Wh-what's with all the shaking? The whole ground is heaving... I thought it was supposed to be solid down here!|Groose|SS}}</ref> Although it is too powerful for {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to destroy, he succeeds in sealing {{Term|SSHD|The Imprisoned}} back into its pit with a {{Term|SSHD|Skyward Strike|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Now, Link! Strike the sealing spike with a {{Color|SS Red|Skyward Strike}}, and restore the seal! Quickly!|Impa|SS}}</ref> The old woman states that she is impressed that {{Term|SSHD|Link}} was able to confine {{Term|SSHD|The Imprisoned}} again, although {{Term|SSHD|The Imprisoned}} will likely escape its bonds once again soon.<ref>{{Cite|Though the Imprisoned had only just begun to awaken and break its bonds, I'm impressed you were able to restore the seal keeping it captive. Unfortunately, you have only succeeded in buying us a little more time in which to act. The behemoth you beat back into confinement is a horror of unspeakable power. Judging by what I saw, I would not be surprised if the seal gave way again soon.|Impa|SS}}</ref> The old woman and {{Term|SSHD|Link}} return to the {{Term|SSHD|Gate of Time}} where the old woman explains to {{Term|SSHD|Link}} that he cannot activate the second {{Term|SSHD|Gate of Time}} until the {{Term|SSHD|Goddess Sword}} is more powerful.<ref>{{Cite|...As you can see, the gate is nothing more than a slab of cold stone for now. It is sleeping. Rousing it from its slumber would require great power. Yes, I believe a shot of holy light from your {{Color|SS Red|Skyward Strike}} might just do it... Ah, sorry to disappoint you, boy, but for now your sword lacks the power necessary to awaken the gate. First, you and your sword must grow together.|Impa|SS}}</ref> She tells {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to seek out the three {{Plural|SS|Sacred Flame|link}} of the {{Plural|SS|Golden Goddess|link}} for this purpose.<ref>{{Cite|{{Color|SS Red|Faron Woods}}...{{Color|SS Red|Eldin Volcano}}...and {{Color|SS Red|Lanayru Desert}}... A {{Color|SS Red|sacred flame}} is hidden somewhere in each of these lands. Seek them out, and purify your sword in their heat. Only after your blade has been tempered by these three fires will it be fully imbued with the {{Color|SS Red|great power}} for which you search.|Impa|SS}}</ref> The old woman directs {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to {{Term|SSHD|Skyloft}} where someone holds the knowledge of the lyrics to the {{Term|SSHD|Ballad of the Goddess}}, which has clues hidden of where to find the three {{Plural|SS|Sacred Flame}}.<ref>{{Cite|Clues to finding the sacred flames have been woven into the lyrics of a song precious to your people, the {{Color|SS Red|Ballad of the Goddess}}. These clues are your best hope of finding your way to the flames. Return to {{Color|SS Blue|Skyloft}}. Somewhere on your island is one whose {{Color|SS Red|knowledge}} of this old song will point you in the right direction.|Impa|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Groose}} returns with a feeling of uselessness and laments that he is unable to save {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}.<ref>{{Cite|I hate even sayin' this, but I guess you got it all figured out, Grannie. Me, well, there's nothin' I can do to help {{Color|SS Blue|Zelda}}. I'm useless.|Groose|SS}}</ref> However, the old woman states that he will find his part to play in {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}}'s plans.<ref>{{Cite|Ah. You sell yourself short, my friend. You'll see in time that you have your own role to play in all this.|Impa|SS}}</ref>

{{Term|SSHD|Link|link}} returns to {{Term|SSHD|Skyloft|link}} to find clues to the whereabouts of the three {{Plural|SS|Sacred Flame|link}}. He is eventually brought to {{Term|SSHD|Gaepora|link}} who knows the lyrics to the "{{Term|SSHD|Ballad of the Goddess|link}}".<ref>{{Cite|What? You want to know the lyrics to the song Zelda sang on the day of the Wing Ceremony? You know, I'm not much of a singer... You just want the lyrics? Oh! What a relief. You really put me on the spot there for a moment. I believe the lyrics go something like this... {{Color|SS Gold|Oh youth, guided by the servant of the goddess...unite earth and sky, and bring light to the land.}} That's the first part, but as I recall, there's a second verse to the song. {{Color|SS Gold|Oh youth, show the two whirling sails the way to the Light Tower, and before you a path shall open, and a heavenly song you shall hear.}} I believe that's the whole thing.|Gaepora|SS}}</ref> Using the {{Term|SSHD|Gust Bellows|link}}, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} rotates one windmill in {{Term|SSHD|Skyloft}} to make it face the {{Term|SSHD|Light Tower|link}} like the {{Term|SSHD|Ballad of the Goddess}} suggests, but the second windmill is missing the {{Term|SSHD|Propeller|link}} used to turn the windmill.<ref>{{Cite|So you're curious about that windmill, eh? Pretty smart design, I gotta say. See, you can always turn the windmill so that it can always catch the wind no matter which way it's blowing. But... Well, there used to be this little {{Color|SS Red|propeller}} attached to the windmill so that you could turn it. The thing flew off ages ago. It must have dropped down off the edge, down beneath the clouds. The windmill's been uselessly sitting there ever since.|Jakamar|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Jakamar|link}} nearby mentions that {{Term|SSHD|Gondo|link}} at the {{Term|SSHD|Bazaar|link}} said that he has a flying robot that can carry objects back from the {{Term|SSHD|Surface|link|display=Surface}}.<ref>{{Cite|But how would you even go looking for the propeller in the first place? Once something falls through the clouds, it's gone for good. ...Hang on. Come to think of it, {{Color|SS Blue|Gondo}} at the Scrap Shop told me that someone in his family once used a {{Color|SS Red|flying robot}} to haul junk back from beneath the clouds.|Jakamar|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} asks {{Term|SSHD|Gondo}} about the flying robot to see if he can use if to retrieve the {{Term|SSHD|Propeller}} but finds that the robot, named {{Term|SSHD|LD-301S Scrapper|link}}, has been broken for a long time.<ref>{{Cite|Well, I'm happy to hear that someone else believes me, but I don't think I can help you. You see, my grandpa's old robot... What's it called again... Oh, hey, that's right... I remember! His name is {{Color|SS Blue|Scrapper}}. He may not be much to look at these days... But he was an amazing robot once! When you called him, he would go anywhere and haul anything! Sadly, as you can see now...he's just another busted ol' hunk of junk...|Gondo|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Gondo}} mentions that he can fix {{Term|SSHD|LD-301S Scrapper}} with an {{Term|SSHD|Ancient Flower|link}}, however, he has no idea what an {{Term|SSHD|Ancient Flower}} is.<ref>{{Cite|But old Gramps did tell me this:<br/>you can get him working again with the extract from an {{Color|SS Gold|Ancient Flower}}.<br/>It's like oil to this guy. But I've never even heard of, much less seen, any such thing!|Gondo|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} then gives him an {{Term|SSHD|Ancient Flower}} that he found at {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Desert|link}}, much to {{Term|SSHD|Gondo}}'s surprise.<ref>{{Cite|WHAT?! You have one?! Are you kiddin' me?! That's amazing! So this is an {{Color|SS Gold|Ancient Flower}}?! I can feel some slick, oily stuff coming out of its stem! Great, with this we can fix {{Color|SS Blue|Scrapper}}! ...Wait right here! I'll have him up and running in no time!|Gondo|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|LD-301S Scrapper}} reawakens and thanks {{Term|SSHD|Gondo}} for fixing him.<ref>{{Cite|Thank you, BZZRT! I've got a full tank of energy, and I'm ready to carry anything, zzzzt!|LD-301S Scrapper|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|LD-301S Scrapper}} is reluctant to help {{Term|SSHD|Link}} at first, but upon seeing {{Term|SSHD|Fi|link}}, he agrees to help {{Term|SSHD|Link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Hmmph. This individual may have restored my operations, but I am not inclined to offer assistance, zrrt. Serving children is very low in my task priority, dzzt!|LD-301S Scrapper|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Who are you?!<br/>ZRRPT-FOOOSH! Your name is...Fi? Dzzt! Should I call you Mistress Fi? Are you looking for something, Mistress Fi? I... I understand, vrrt! At your request, I will carry anything, regardless of weight or destination... whizzt!|LD-301S Scrapper|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} eventually finds the {{Term|SSHD|Propeller}} near the {{Term|SSHD|Earth Temple|link}} on the {{Term|SSHD|Eldin Volcano|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|This is the {{Color|SS Red|Windmill Propeller}} you were searching for. It is now possible to retrieve this using the robot whose services we have elisted.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|LD-301S Scrapper}} then carries the {{Term|SSHD|Propeller}} back to {{Term|SSHD|Jakamar}}.<ref>{{Cite|Here's that {{Color|SS Red|windmill propeller}}, zzzazt!|LD-301S Scrapper|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Jakamar}} then fixes the {{Term|SSHD|Propeller}} back onto the windmill.<ref>{{Cite|Hmm... Somehow I get the feeling this is all some elaborate prank, but I guess I'll try to fix this thing...|Jakamar|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} is then finally able to turn the windmill to face the {{Term|SSHD|Light Tower}}, causing the {{Term|SSHD|Light Tower}} to open upwards to reveal a new platform. {{Term|SSHD|Link}} needs to perform the "{{Term|SSHD|Ballad of the Goddess}}" on the {{Term|SSHD|Goddess's Harp}} by the shrine at the top of the structure, as written on a nearby {{Term|SSHD|Stone Tablet|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Let sound the goddess's song<br/>Beneath the light's radiance<br/>Unto her chosen hero shall fall<br/>A piercing ray of guidance|Stone Tablet|SS}}</ref> In response, the {{Term|SSHD|Light Tower}} fires a beam into the large {{Term|SSHD|Thunderhead|link}} in the distance, creating an opening. {{Term|SSHD|Link}} is able to fly into the {{Term|SSHD|Thunderhead}}, where he discovers the {{Term|SSHD|Isle of Songs|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Master Link, I have memories of this island. It is known as the {{Color|SS Blue|Isle of Songs}}. Signs indicate that it was left here fo you by the goddess, Master.|Fi|SS}}</ref> Inside, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} strikes a {{Term|SSHD|Goddess Crest|link}} with a {{Term|SSHD|Skyward Strike}} which makes a {{Term|SSHD|Statue of the Goddess}} appear, simultaneously awakening a message from {{Term|SSHD|Hylia|link}} within {{Term|SSHD|Fi|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Master Link, I have important information. When you struck the crest with a Skyward Strike from your sword, a message from the {{Color|SS Blue|goddess}} awakened deep within my memory. The goddess intended this message for you, Master. These are her words.|Fi|SS}}</ref> The message states that to obtain the {{Plural|SS|Sacred Flames}}, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} must complete three trials and receive three tools.<ref>{{Cite|{{Color|SS Gold|He who seeks the}} {{Color|SS Blue|sacred flames}}{{Color|SS Gold|, listen well, for I guide you from my place at the edge of time. The}} {{Color|SS Blue|sacred flames}} {{Color|SS Gold|are three in number. To obtain them, you must also earn relics known as the}} {{Color|SS Blue|three sacred gifts}}{{Color|SS Gold|. For each}} {{Color|SS Red|trial}} {{Color|SS Gold|you overcome, you shall be blessed with one of the gifts... Make use of the power of these gifts, and you will find your way to the purifying}} {{Color|SS Blue|sacred flames}}{{Color|SS Gold|.}}|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} then teaches {{Term|SSHD|Link}} a {{Term|SSHD|Song|link}} known as "{{Term|SSHD|Farore's Courage|link}}".<ref>{{Cite|{{Color|SS Gold|Now, I bestow unto you a melody. It will serve you as a key, opening the first trial that awaits you deep in the wilds of}} {{Color|SS Red|Faron Woods}}{{Color|SS Gold|.}} That song is called {{Color|SS Blue|Farore's Courage}}. Its rousing melody will guide you.|Fi|SS}}</ref>

[[File:SS Faron Model.png|thumb|300px|left|The Water Dragon, known as {{Term|SSHD|Faron (Dragon)}}|link=Faron (Dragon)]]

With this new song, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} travels to {{Term|SSHD|Faron Woods|link}} and uses "{{Term|SSHD|Farore's Courage}}" to reveal the {{Term|SSHD|Trial Gate|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|If you can pinpoint the origin of this aura using dowsing, I conjecture the song you learned at the Isle of Songs, Farore's Courage, will reveal the gate.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} thrusts the {{Term|SSHD|Goddess Sword}} into the {{Term|SSHD|Trial Gate}} and is taken to the {{Term|SSHD|Silent Realm|link}}, a parallel dimension created by {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}} for the chosen hero to prove himself.<ref>{{Cite|Thrust your sword into the center of the mark on the ground before you.|Fi|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|As expected, I cannot follow you into this realm, for this trial calls out to your mind alone. This is the nature of places known as {{Color|SS Blue|Silent Realms}}. They are domains of the spirit, accessible only to the goddess's chosen hero. This particular trial, {{Color|SS Blue|Farore's Silent Realm}}, tests the limits of your courage.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} is tasked with filling his {{Term|SSHD|Spirit Vessel|link}} with the {{Plural|SS|Tear of Farore|link}} while avoiding the {{Plural|SS|Guardian|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|That is your {{Color|SS Gold|Spirit Vessel}}. When this vessel is full, it will signify you have successfully completed the trial, allowing your spirit to grow. This, in turn, will allow the goddess to bless you with a {{Color|SS Red|new power}}. To fill the {{Color|SS Gold|Spirit Vessel}}, you need to search for something known as a {{Color|SS Gold|Tear of Farore}}. There are many of them spread across this strange world.|Fi|SS}}</ref> After {{Term|SSHD|Link}} manages to fill the {{Term|SSHD|Spirit Vessel}}, he receives the {{Term|SSHD|Water Dragon's Scale|link}}, allowing him to swim deeper in {{Term|SSHD|Water (Terrain)|link}} and perform a spin maneuver.<ref>{{Cite|You got the {{Color|SS Gold|Water Dragon's Scale}}!<br/>This sacred gift left by the goddess grants you the power to explore underwater and even execute a spin maneuver!|N/A|SS}}</ref> Back in {{Term|SSHD|Faron Woods}}, he uses the {{Term|SSHD|Water Dragon's Scale}} to get inside the {{Term|SSHD|Great Tree|link}} through an underwater passage.<ref>{{Cite|There must be places here in the woods that you haven't visted yet, kewww. You should use the Water Dragon's Scale to explore areas you couldn't even get to before, kewww!|Bucha|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} climbs to the top where he meets the {{Term|SSHD|Kikwi}} hermit, {{Term|SSHD|Yerbal|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|They used to call me {{Color|SS Blue|Yerbal}}. Now I'm just the old {{Color|SS Blue|Kikwi hermit}}. I watch over this forest here...when I'm not nappin'.|Yerbal|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} asks him about the {{Plural|SS|Sacred Flame}} to which he explains how {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}} left {{Term|SSHD|Farore's Flame|link}} in the care of the {{Term|SSHD|Faron (Dragon)|link|display=Water Dragon}}.<ref>{{Cite|You're out questing for a flame to enhance your sword, kwwrk? So that you can find someone important to you, eh? How about that... A human who can see me and seeks a great flame, kwwwrk!|Yerbal|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|The flame that you seek...is most likely {{Color|SS Blue|Farore's Flame}}. Yes, yes... Farore's Flame... That story begins very long ago, when the goddess was still with us, kwwwrk... The goddess gave the flame to the {{Color|SS Blue|Water Dragon}}, a great spirit that presides over {{Color|SS Blue|Faron Woods}}. The way I hear it is she left the flame in the care of the Water Dragon so that one day the mighty dragon could pass it on to the "{{Color|SS Blue|one from the sky}}"...|Yerbal|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Yerbal}} gives {{Term|SSHD|Link}} directions to her lair in {{Term|SSHD|Lake Floria|link}}, as well as the solution for opening the sealed door to {{Term|SSHD|Lake Floria}}.<ref>{{Cite|Her lair is deep in a lake in the south of these woods, kwwwwwwrk.<br/>She watches over the flame there.|Yerbal|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|To open the gate, you have to channel the {{Color|SS Red|power of the goddess}} into the symbol carved into its doors, kwwwrk! Oh, but it isn't so simple! The symbol is incomplete. To unlock the gate, you must make the symbol whole.|Yerbal|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} successfully opens the gate and enters {{Term|SSHD|Lake Floria}}. While traveling through the small river in {{Term|SSHD|Lake Floria}}, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} encounters a {{Term|SSHD|Parella|link}}, who is frightened at the sight of {{Term|SSHD|Link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Ack! Another human!|Jellyf|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} trails after the {{Term|SSHD|Parella}} who demands {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to stop following her.<ref>{{Cite|Quit following me, pest! If you don't move along, I'll be forced to tell Her Excellence the Water Dragon about your little incursion!|Jellyf|SS}}</ref> To the {{Term|SSHD|Parella}}'s surprise, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} persists and breaks through a wooden barrier blocking his path.<ref>{{Cite|GAH! How is that even possible? I've never seen a human pull off a spin like that!|Jellyf|SS}}</ref> The {{Term|SSHD|Parella}} notices that {{Term|SSHD|Link}} carries the {{Term|SSHD|Water Dragon's Scale}} and realizes that he is the chosen hero and gets the idea that {{Term|SSHD|Link}} can help the {{Term|SSHD|Water Dragon}}.<ref>{{Cite|Wait... That's a {{Color|SS Blue|Water Dragon's Scale}}! Does that make you the emissary of the goddess, like the Water Dragon said? Hey, I've got an idea! Maybe you can help Her Excellence!|Jellyf|SS}}</ref> The {{Term|SSHD|Parella}} explains that someone came in with a gang of monsters and attacked the {{Term|SSHD|Water Dragon}}.<ref>{{Cite|Yeah, about that... It happened really recently. This weirdo came in here with a gang of monsters and went right after Her Excellence. My lady the Water Dragon is a fierce fighter, and, boy, did she gobble up most of those monsters in the first few seconds.|Jellyf|SS}}</ref> The attacker managed to wound the {{Term|SSHD|Water Dragon}} and that the {{Term|SSHD|Parella}} don't have what they need for the {{Term|SSHD|Water Dragon}} to heal completely, so she asks {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to talk with the {{Term|SSHD|Water Dragon}}.<ref>{{Cite|Thing is, there were just so many of them! While she was distracted, the weirdo leading all those creatures managed to wound her. She's healing up now, but she says we don't have enough special water for her to make a full recovery. So could you please go talk with Her Excellence and see if you can help her out? I'll even take you to her. Follow me!|Jellyf|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} eventually reaches the {{Term|SSHD|Water Dragon}}'s lair, and he finds {{Term|SSHD|Faron (Dragon)}}, the {{Term|SSHD|Water Dragon}} presiding over {{Term|SSHD|Faron Woods}}. {{Term|SSHD|Faron (Dragon)}} notices that {{Term|SSHD|Link}} carries the {{Term|SSHD|Water Dragon's Scale}} and realizes that {{Term|SSHD|Link}} must be {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}}'s chosen hero, however, {{Term|SSHD|Faron (Dragon)}} isn't convinced.<ref>{{Cite|...Hmm? I say, that's one of MY scales you have there! A sacred gift such as that could only be carried by the goddess's chosen hero. But could you really be him?|Faron (Dragon)|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|You've come here seeking a {{Color|SS Red|sacred flame}}, have you? I knew it. But I'll be straight with you. A shrimpy boy like you hardly looks the part of the goddess's chosen hero. There's no doubt about it. A test is in order to prove you're everything you say you are.|Faron (Dragon)|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} learns that the mysterious attacker was {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim|link}} and now is healing in a {{Term|SSHD|Water Basin|link}} full of {{Term|SSHD|Sacred Water|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Shortly before your arrival, I was attacked by a pompous creature calling himself {{Color|SS Blue|Ghirahim}}. I stood against this self-proclaimed Demon Lord, but I was wounded in the encounter. The wounds he's given me are stubborn things. I have been forced to recuperate in this basin of {{Color|SS Blue|sacred water}}.|Faron (Dragon)|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Faron (Dragon)}} tells {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to bring her {{Term|SSHD|Sacred Water}} to heal her wounds, promising to reveal the path to {{Term|SSHD|Farore's Flame}} in return.<ref>{{Cite|{{Color|SS Red|Bring me the container of sacred water}} that I require. Do me this favor, and I'll gladly show you where to find the sacred flame you desire.|Faron (Dragon)|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} returns to the {{Term|SSHD|Skyview Spring|link}} and bottles some {{Term|SSHD|Sacred Water}}.<ref>{{Cite|There is a 95% probability that the water here is identical to the water within the Water Dragon's basin. I suggest we take it back to her.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} pours it into the {{Term|SSHD|Water Basin}} and {{Term|SSHD|Faron (Dragon)}} is revived.<ref>{{Cite|Behold the full majesty of {{Color|SS Blue|Faron}}. Water Dragon and guardian of these lands! I stand tall--healed and whole once again! Human. You have done well to bring me the {{Color|SS Blue|sacred water}} I asked you for.|Faron (Dragon)|SS}}</ref> In return, {{Term|SSHD|Faron (Dragon)}} reveals that {{Term|SSHD|Farore's Flame}} lies within the {{Term|SSHD|Ancient Cistern|link}}, and tells {{Term|SSHD|Link}} that they will meet again.<ref>{{Cite|Go. The sacred flame you seek lies within this place.|Faron (Dragon)|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|I imagine you and I will cross paths again. Until then, do not lower your guard. Farewell, boy.|Faron (Dragon)|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} ventures through the {{Term|SSHD|Ancient Cistern}} obtaining the {{Term|SSHD|Whip|link}} along the way. {{Term|SSHD|Link}} eventually reaches the room before the {{Term|SSHD|Sacred Flame}} but is stopped by {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}}. He explains to {{Term|SSHD|Link}} that he is busy trying to revive the {{Term|SSHD|Demise|link|display=Demon King}} and he doesn't want {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to get in his way.<ref>{{Cite|You certainly are persistent... I'm terribly busy trying to find the clues that will help me revive the demon king. Your incessant buzzing around my head like some irksome gadfly when I'm THIS busy is... Well, it's making me very disagreeable.|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} animates the robotic monster {{Term|SSHD|Koloktos|link}} and leaves the room, leaving {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to battle {{Term|SSHD|Koloktos}}. {{Term|SSHD|Link}} takes down {{Term|SSHD|Koloktos}} and enters the next room where he finds {{Term|SSHD|Farore's Flame}}. {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} tempers the {{Term|SSHD|Goddess Sword}} with the {{Term|SSHD|Sacred Flame}}, transforming it into the {{Term|SSHD|Goddess Longsword|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|The flames of Farore have improved your sword, making it longer and sharp enough to do twice as much damage!|N/A|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} tells {{Term|SSHD|Link}} that he can now learn a new song and that they should return to the {{Term|SSHD|Isle of Songs}}.<ref>{{Cite|With your sword now enhanced, you are ready to learn a new melody. We should return to the {{Color|SS Blue|Isle of Songs}}.|Fi|SS}}</ref>

[[File:SS Sandship Exterior.png|thumb|right|350px|The {{Term|SSHD|Sandship}} coming to a stop after {{Term|SSHD|Link}} reveals it|link=Sandship]]

{{Term|SSHD|Link}} returns to the {{Term|SSHD|Isle of Songs}} and receives a new message from {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}}.<ref>{{Cite|The goddess intended this message for you, Master. These are her words. {{Color|SS Gold|He who seeks the}} {{Color|SS Blue|sacred flames}}{{Color|SS Gold|, listen well, for I am the one guiding you from my place at the edge of time. Two}} {{Color|SS Blue|sacred flames}} {{Color|SS Gold|remain. Should you desire to possess them, you must obtain the other}} {{Color|SS Blue|sacred gifts}}{{Color|SS Gold|. For each}} {{Color|SS Red|trial}} {{Color|SS Gold|you overcome, you shall be blessed with another gift. Harness the power of these gifts, and let there be no doubt you shall find yourself standing before the majesty of the}} {{Color|SS Blue|sacred flames}}{{Color|SS Gold|. Now, I give you another melody. It will serve as a key to unlocking your next trial, which awaits you within the shifting sands of}} {{Color|SS Red|Lanayru Desert}}{{Color|SS Gold|.}}|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} is then taught a new song, "{{Term|SSHD|Nayru's Wisdom|link}}".<ref>{{Cite|The song you just heard is called {{Color|SS Blue|Nayru's Wisdom}}. Use this song of knowledge to find the next trial.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} then heads for {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Desert}} to search for another {{Term|SSHD|Trial Gate}}. {{Term|SSHD|Link}} locates the {{Term|SSHD|Trial Gate}} and enters a new {{Term|SSHD|Sacred Realm}}, known as {{Term|SSHD|Nayru's Silent Realm|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|This is the second trial, known as {{Color|SS Blue|Nayru's Silent Realm}}. It will test your {{Color|SS Red|wisdom}}, Master.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} collects all of the {{Plural|SS|Tear of Nayru|link}} and completes the trial, earning him the {{Plural|SS|Clawshot|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|You got the {{Color|SS Gold|Clawshots}}! With this sacred gift, you will be able to explore areas that were previously unreachable!|N/A|SS}}</ref> He uses the {{Plural|SS|Clawshot}} to access the {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Caves|link}}, where he meets {{Term|SSHD|Golo|link}} the {{Term|SSHD|Goron}} who says he is researching the ancient three {{Plural|SS|Dragon}} of the {{Term|SSHD|Surface|display=Surface}}.<ref>{{Cite|I almost never get visitors! My name is {{Color|SS Blue|Golo}}, and I am researching the {{Color|SS Red|legend of the three dragons}}, one of which is said to live here!|Golo|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} mentions that he is looking for a {{Term|SSHD|Sacred Flame}} and {{Term|SSHD|Golo}} gives him a key to access the {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Sand Sea|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|If you want to get to the Lanayru Sand Sea, you are going to need this key!|Golo|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|A report, Master. This is {{Color|SS Blue|Lanayru Sand Sea}}. This whole area was once a vast ocean. But the water has all evaporated, now the area is a sea of sand.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} states that the next {{Term|SSHD|Sacred Flame}} is somewhere in the region and {{Term|SSHD|Link}} begins his search.<ref>{{Cite|This area operated on a new form of power. There is a 90% probability that the {{Color|SS Red|sacred flame}} is located ahead. I recommend exploring this sand sea.|Fi|SS}}</ref> At the edge of the harbor, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} strikes a {{Term|SSHD|Timeshift Stone}} in an old {{Term|SSHD|Boat|link}}, which revives the {{Term|SSHD|Ancient Robot}}, {{Term|SSHD|LD-301N Skipper|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Who am I, brrzrrt...? I am the proud skipper of the ship that protects {{Color|SS Red|Nayru's Flame}}|LD-301N Skipper|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|LD-301N Skipper}} explains that he once captained the {{Term|SSHD|Sandship|link}} tasked with protecting {{Term|SSHD|Nayru's Flame|link}}. {{Term|SSHD|LD-301N Skipper}} explains that he and his crew were attacked by monsters that were after {{Term|SSHD|Nayru's Flame}}.<ref>{{Cite|It was the day of the storm, phoo-weep... My crew and I were navigating the seas as usual, vrrm... And then those brutes, bzzt... the pirates, suddenly attacked us, brrzt. They were after {{Color|SS Red|Nayru's Flame}}, zzpt. My crew was imprisoned... vrrrt... and I was thrown into the sea!|LD-301N Skipper|SS}}</ref> The monsters then used the {{Term|SSHD|Sandship}}'s ability to turn invisible to hide away from {{Term|SSHD|LD-301N Skipper}}.<ref>{{Cite|After that, I took this boat and went searching for my ship and crew, but they were nowhere to be found, bzzt. It haunts me, wondering where my ship could be, phweep... I'd bet my hat they've turned the ship invisible and are hiding out somewhere, vrrm! You can't see it.|LD-301N Skipper|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} tells {{Term|SSHD|LD-301N Skipper}} that he was searching for {{Term|SSHD|Nayru's Flame}} and {{Term|SSHD|LD-301N Skipper}} offers for {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to help him search for the {{Term|SSHD|Sandship}}.<ref>{{Cite|You say you're searching for {{Color|SS Red|Nayru's Flame}}, bzzt? Oh... So you need {{Color|SS Red|Nayru's Flame}} to find someone important to you, vrrrm...? In that case, you should help me search for my ship and crew, phweep! If you'll help me, vzzzt, then I guess I'll let you on my boat.|LD-301N Skipper|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} agrees, and {{Term|SSHD|LD-301N Skipper}} mentions that before they can search for the {{Term|SSHD|Sandship}}, they need a proper {{Term|SSHD|Ancient Sea Chart|link}}, which they can find at {{Term|SSHD|Skipper's Retreat|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|If you're going to navigate these treacherous waters, then you need a proper {{Color|SS Gold|sea chart}}, doo-weep! There is a {{Color|SS Gold|sea chart}} in my shack at {{Color|SS Blue|Skipper's Retreat}}, bzzzt. So first you need to get on this boat and set a course for {{Color|SS Blue|Skipper's Retreat}}!|LD-301N Skipper|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} climbs to the top of {{Term|SSHD|Skipper's Retreat}} and locates the {{Term|SSHD|Sea Chart}} within.<ref>{{Cite|We've arrived, vweep! My shack is at the very top, vrrm! The {{Color|SS Gold|sea chart}} we need is in my shack, zrrt.|LD-301N Skipper|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Master, I have determined that this is {{Color|SS Gold|Skipper's sea chart}}. Let's take it back to him.|Fi|SS}}</ref> With the {{Term|SSHD|Ancient Sea Chart}} in hand, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} and {{Term|SSHD|LD-301N Skipper}} set out for the {{Term|SSHD|Shipyard|link}} to search for clues relating to the {{Term|SSHD|Sandship}}'s location.<ref>{{Cite|The Shipyard is where we used to build out ships, vrrt. My ship was built there too, vweep! If you go to the Shipyard, you might find some clues to the location of my ship, brrzrrt!|LD-301N Skipper|SS}}</ref> After traversing the {{Term|SSHD|Rickety Coaster|link}} and reaching the {{Term|SSHD|Construction Bay|link}}, {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} suggests that they dig through the built-up sand to find any clues.<ref>{{Cite|Master, we have arrived at the Shipyard construction bay. With the passing of many years, this structure has filled with sand. I recommend looking in the sand for a clue that may direct you to the location of the ship.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} begins to blow away the sand but is attacked by a {{Term|SSHD|Moldarach}} who had built a nest in the unused {{Term|SSHD|Construction Bay}}.<ref>{{Cite|Master, it would appear that in the many years this factory went unused, monsters have moved in and built a nest.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} explains that since the nest has been made by the {{Term|SSHD|Moldarach}}, it had probably destroyed any clues relating to the {{Term|SSHD|Sandship}}.<ref>{{Cite|I now estimate that the chance of finding a clue in the sand here as to the ship's location is extremely low.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} returns to {{Term|SSHD|LD-301N Skipper}} and explains the situation, to which {{Term|SSHD|LD-301N Skipper}} states that the only other place that they can search for clues would be the {{Term|SSHD|Pirate Stronghold|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|So my ship wasn't here, zrrt?<br/>Then there is only one place left for us to look for clues, vrrm... Brrzrrt. This could be scary, but... we have to head to the stronghold of the pirates who stole my ship, phweep!|LD-301N Skipper|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} enters the {{Term|SSHD|Pirate Stronghold}} and brings a {{Term|SSHD|Timeshift Orb|link}} to a pedestal that raises the outside of the {{Term|SSHD|Pirate Stronghold}}.<ref>{{Cite|This object is called a {{Color|SS Gold|Timeshift Orb}}. I conjecture that, unlike the Timeshift Stones we've seen, this device was designed to be carried around and installed in different locations.|Fi|SS}}</ref> Outside, {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} is able to gather enough information to allow {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to douse for the {{Term|SSHD|Sandship}}.<ref>{{Cite|There is a 60% probability that these masts and these sails are from the ship that protects {{Color|SS Red|Nayru's Flame}}. You can now set your {{Color|SS Red|dowsing}} ability to search for the ship that holds {{Color|SS Red|Nayru's Flame}}.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} tracks down the {{Term|SSHD|Sandship}} and reveals it from its invisibility, and he quickly climbs on board. {{Term|SSHD|Link}} ventures through the {{Term|SSHD|Sandship}} and defeats the pirate captain, {{Term|SSHD|LD-002G Scervo|link}}, and obtains the {{Term|SSHD|Bow|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Master, that synthetic life-form...<br/>There is a 99% chance that it was the {{Color|SS Blue|pirate}} described by the captain. I can't help but admire the tenacity it has displayed in staying alive and functional all these years.|Fi|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|You got the {{Color|SS Gold|Bow}}! Now you can hit targets at a very long range. Arrows also do a lot more damage than Deku Seeds.|N/A|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} hits a {{Term|SSHD|Timeshift Stone}} which reverts the entire {{Term|SSHD|Sandship}} to a past state, allowing {{Term|SSHD|LD-301N Skipper}} to climb aboard.<ref>{{Cite|Link! Good job, vweep! Now the ship looks just like it used to, phoo-weep! That makes me so happy, vrrm! Now I just need you to go rescue my {{Color|SS Blue|crew}}, vweep! I'm pretty sure they're being held in the {{Color|SS Blue|brig}} inside the ship, brrzrrt!|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} frees the crew and in return, they give him a {{Term|SSHD|Small Key|link}} so he can get to the {{Term|SSHD|Captain's Cabin|link}} as well as instructions on how to find {{Term|SSHD|Nayru's Flame}}.<ref>{{Cite|If you want to reveal {{Color|SS Red|Nayru's Flame}}, you're going to have to regain control of this ship, phoo-weep. The control room is next to the brig, but its huge door is sealed shut and you'll need a key to open it, vrrm. First you should head to {{Color|SS Blue|captain's cabin}}, zrrt! The control-room key should be in there, vweep! Please take this {{Color|SS Red|key}} as thanks for rescuing us, vrrrrm. This {{Color|SS Red|key}} will open the door to the {{Color|SS Blue|captain's cabin}}, vweep. You can get to the captain's cabin through a door on the deck in the back, vrrm.|Ancient Robot|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} finds the {{Term|SSHD|Squid Carving|link}} and uses it to unlock the door to the {{Term|SSHD|Control Room|link}} where he can find {{Term|SSHD|Nayru's Flame}}.<ref>{{Cite|Master, I conjecture that this is the {{Color|SS Red|key}} to the control room mentioned by the crew.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} enters the room, but before he can find {{Term|SSHD|Nayru's Flame}}, large tentacles tear holes in the ship.<ref>{{Cite|A report, Master. Judging by their size, these {{Color|SS Red|tentacles}} belong to a monster of considerable size. The current situation is difficult to determine with complete accuracy, but signs indicate that this ship is under attack. If we do nothing, there is an 80% chance the ship will capsize.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} hurries outside and battles the gargantuan monster {{Term|SSHD|Tentalus|link}} to stop it from tearing apart the {{Term|SSHD|Sandship}}. {{Term|SSHD|Link}} defeats {{Term|SSHD|Tentalus}} and finds {{Term|SSHD|Nayru's Flame}}, purifying and reforging the {{Term|SSHD|Goddess Longsword}} into the {{Term|SSHD|Goddess White Sword|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|The flames of Nayru have transformed your blade, expanding Fi's powers. She can now help you use your {{Color|SS Red|dowsing}} ability to search for more objects!|Fi|SS}}</ref> With his {{Term|SSHD|Goddess White Sword}} now enhanced, {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} advises {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to return to the {{Term|SSHD|Isle of Songs}} and learn a new melody.<ref>{{Cite|With your sword enhanced, you can learn a new melody. I recommend we return to the {{Color|SS Blue|Isle of Songs}}.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|LD-301N Skipper}} thanks {{Term|SSHD|Link}} for helping him get his {{Term|SSHD|Sandship}} back and explains that he and his crew were able to fix all the damage caused by {{Term|SSHD|Tentalus}}.<ref>{{Cite|Thank you for getting me my ship back, vrrm. It may have been half wrecked, but my crew and I got it shaped up to almost proper working order in no time, vrrt.|LD-301N Skipper|SS}}</ref>

[[File:SS Master Sword Artwork.png|thumb|right|125px|The fully tempered {{Term|SSHD|Master Sword}}, blessed by {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}|link=Master Sword]]

With only one {{Term|SSHD|Sacred Flame}} left, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} returns to the {{Term|SSHD|Isle of Songs}} and receives a message from {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}} and learns the song known as "{{Term|SSHD|Din's Power|link}}".<ref>{{Cite|The goddess intended this message for you, Master. These are her words. {{Color|SS Gold|He who seeks the}} {{Color|SS Blue|sacred flames}}{{Color|SS Gold|, listen well, for I am the one guiding you from my place at the edge of time. The last of the}} {{Color|SS Blue|sacred flames}} {{Color|SS Gold|still eludes you. To obtain it, you must claim another}} {{Color|SS Blue|sacred}} {{Color|SS Gold|gift. For each}} {{Color|SS Red|trial}} {{Color|SS Gold|you overcome, you shall be blessed with another gift. Make use of the power of these gifts, and you will most certainly find the path to the}} {{Color|SS Blue|sacred flames}}{{Color|SS Gold|. Now, I bestow unto you another melody. Let it serve as a key to unlocking your final trial. It awaits you upon}} {{Color|SS Red|Eldin Volcano}}{{Color|SS Gold|.}}|Fi|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|According to my records, that song you just heard is called {{Color|SS Blue|Din's Power}}. Use this song of might to locate the last trial.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} returns to {{Term|SSHD|Eldin Volcano}} and enters the third {{Term|SSHD|Silent Realm}}, {{Term|SSHD|Din's Silent Realm|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|You stand within {{Color|SS Blue|Din's Silent Realm}}, the third trial. It will test the limits of your {{Color|SS Red|power}}.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} successfully collects all 15 {{Plural|SS|Tear of Din|link}} and is given the {{Plural|SS|Fireshield Earring|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|You got the {{Color|SS Gold|Fireshield Earrings}}!<br/>With these, you can stand any heat without a sweat. This is one of the three sacred gifts left by the goddess.|N/A|SS}}</ref> Using the protective jewelry, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} heads to the {{Term|SSHD|Volcano Summit|link}} and {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} states that the final {{Term|SSHD|Sacred Flame}} is most likely in this region.<ref>{{Cite|I calculate the probability of finding the final {{Color|SS Red|sacred flame}} here at 90%. I recommend searching for flames.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} eventually reaches a gate of {{Term|SSHD|Fire|link}} where he finds {{Term|SSHD|Gorko}} trying to get past the flames.<ref>{{Cite|The heat back there did not bother me a bit, but these flames right here are another matter. I wish there was something we could do to put out these flames...|Gorko|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} pours {{Term|SSHD|Water|link}} on a nearby {{Term|SSHD|Frog|link}} statue which extinguishes the {{Plural|SS|Fire}}, but then finds a larger statue that requires more {{Term|SSHD|Water}} than an {{Term|SSHD|Empty Bottle|link}} would be able to hold.<ref>{{Cite|All I can say is that is a big frog with a big thirst. I do not think the amount of water one of your little {{Color|SS Gold|bottles}} can hold is going to cut it this time. Hmmm... You will have to have a {{Color|SS Red|big container}} to hold the water needed for this job. Got anything like that?|Gorko|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} returns to {{Term|SSHD|Faron (Dragon)}} and asks if he can borrow her {{Term|SSHD|Water Basin}} to carry enough {{Term|SSHD|Water}}, which she allows.<ref>{{Cite|Oh? You wish to borrow my {{Color|SS Red|water basin}}? Hmm... Very well. I have recovered, and I have no intention of having to soak in it again soon!|Faron (Dragon)|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} calls {{Term|SSHD|LD-301S Scrapper}} to carry the {{Term|SSHD|Water Basin}} and they return to the {{Term|SSHD|Eldin Volcano}}.<ref>{{Cite|As usual, vrrrt, I shall await you in the skies above.|LD-301S Scrapper|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Master, your task here is complete for the moment. We should return to the sky so that we can set a course for the volcano.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|LD-301S Scrapper}} descends to the entrance of {{Term|SSHD|Eldin Volcano}} instead of the {{Term|SSHD|Volcano Summit}}, and he refuses when {{Term|SSHD|Link}} asks him to return to the {{Term|SSHD|Sky}} so they can get to the {{Term|SSHD|Volcano Summit}}.<ref>{{Cite|What's going on, brzzt? I almost blew a rotor trying to slow myself during that descent, zrbt... Anyway, this is where you wanted the water, right? WHAT?! THE SUMMIT? Why didn't you say so from the start, bzzrt? I don't want to carry this thing back to the sky. IT'S HEAVY, BRZZZT!|LD-301S Scrapper|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} is then forced to escort {{Term|SSHD|LD-301S Scrapper}} up to the {{Term|SSHD|Volcano Summit}} on foot.<ref>{{Cite|I'll follow you up the volcano, zzzrt, and you make sure nothing touches me. Got it? Good!|LD-301S Scrapper|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|LD-301S Scrapper}} pours the {{Term|SSHD|Water}} and the {{Term|SSHD|Frog}} statue and the {{Plural|SS|Fire}} are extinguished.<ref>{{Cite|You want me to pour the water on this? No problem, zzzbrt!|LD-301S Scrapper|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|The flames blocking your path have been fully extinguished. I recommend proceeding ahead.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} then ventures through the {{Term|SSHD|Fire Sanctuary|link}} and meets {{Term|SSHD|Guld|link}} the {{Term|SSHD|Mogma}}, who gives him a clue to find a huge treasure.<ref>{{Cite|So here's the deal... Word in the tunnels is there's a huge treasure hidden in these here ruins... But nobody who's ever seen it has come back to tell the tale. Countless treasure hunters have disappeared in here! Poof! Gone. As a treasure digger, I gotta warn you to just turn around and enjoy the many peaceful years of diggin' left to you, but... You're gonna do this no matter what I say, aren't ya? All right, then... I'm gonna let you in on an ancient treasure-hunting legend passed down among generations of Mogmas. Every Mogma worth a handful o' dirt knows this one... Here we go... "Ye who seek the entrance to the king's treasure, look for the {{Color|SS Red|two statues that face one another}}." "Show your bravery and {{Color|SS Red|jump into the mouth of the sleeping statue}}. Do this, and the path will open before you."|Guld|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} continues through the {{Term|SSHD|Fire Sanctuary}} and frees the {{Term|SSHD|Mogma}}, {{Term|SSHD|Silva|link}}, who gives him the {{Term|SSHD|Mogma Mitts|link}} in return.<ref>{{Cite|But those are some busted, old diggin' mitts. Ya can't go using them for treasure huntin'! I got it! As thanks, I'm gonna give ya a replacement pair from my secret stash! Don'tcha go nowhere!|Silva|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} frees another {{Term|SSHD|Mogma}}, {{Term|SSHD|Bronzi|link}}, who in thanks gives {{Term|SSHD|Link}} the {{Term|SSHD|Dungeon Map|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|This here's some super-secret info that I put together. Took some real sweat and work too. I had to survey this place near a hundred times to figure it out, but... You ready for this? Now don't go faintin' when I tell ya. Right around here, there is... {{Big|A {{Color|SS Red|hidden room}}!}}|Bronzi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} meets another {{Term|SSHD|Mogma}}, {{Term|SSHD|Plats|link}} who gives him a {{Term|SSHD|Piece of Heart|link}} in apology for thinking that {{Term|SSHD|Link}} was a monster.<ref>{{Cite|Hey, don't get all angry! I thought you were one of them. Sorry, guy! Lemme give ya something good to make up for it. Hang on there a sec.|Plats|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} finally reaches {{Term|SSHD|Din's Flame|link}}, however, before he can access the {{Term|SSHD|Sacred Flame}}, he finds {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} looking around the room.<ref>{{Cite|...Oh, hello there, Link.<br/>I see you're still among the living.<br/>Fancy meeting you here. We seem to bump into each other time and time again. Oh, it's no coincidence, though, is it? You and I, we're bound by a {{Color|SS Red|thread of fate}}.|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} shows {{Term|SSHD|Link}} some ancient drawings and explains that he has found out about the existence of the second {{Term|SSHD|Gate of Time}}.<ref>{{Cite|Look at these old drawings! Until I found these, I was...upset about that little stunt the goddess's guard dog pulled at the {{Color|SS Red|Gate of Time}}. What was that twig's name again? {{Color|SS Blue|Impa}}? Well, never mind that, because these drawings suggest the existence of a second Gate of Time. This news has just filled my heart with rainbows!|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} asks {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to reveal its location and in return, he will spare his life, but he refuses.<ref>{{Cite|Do you remember when I told you that the next time we met, I'd make your ears bleed from the sound of your own screams? Well, I've been thinking... Perhaps corporal puishment is a touch harsh. I might be willing to forgive and forget if you'll strike a deal. ...All I ask is that you tell me where I can find the other Gate of Time. That's not too much to ask, is it?<br/>Oh, and don't you play coy with me.<br/>I know that you know, so why not let me in on the fun?|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> Although {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} partially transforms his body to become more powerful, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} succeeds in besting him, incurring his wrath.<ref>{{Cite|You filthy scamp! You have awakened a wrath that will burn for eons! I swear to you, whatever it takes, I will drag you into an eternity of torment!|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} leaves the {{Term|SSHD|Fire Sanctuary}} and {{Term|SSHD|Link}} obtains the final {{Term|SSHD|Din's Flame}}, improving the {{Term|SSHD|Goddess White Sword}} into the {{Term|SSHD|Master Sword|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|The flames of Din have imbued your blade with a sacred white light that demons revile.|N/A|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Master, now that it has been tempered by the last of the sacred flames, your blade has finally revealed its true form. You now hold the {{Color|SS Red|Master Sword}}.|Fi|SS}}</ref>

With the evil-repelling sacred blade in hand, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} returns to the {{Term|SSHD|Sealed Grounds|link}} to open the {{Term|SSHD|Gate of Time}}.<ref>{{Cite|With this sword's great power, you can awaken the Gate of Time within the {{Color|SS Blue|Sealed Temple}}. I recommend you make your way to this location.|Fi|SS}}</ref> However, before {{Term|SSHD|Link}} can activate the {{Term|SSHD|Gate of Time}}, {{Term|SSHD|The Imprisoned}} breaks from its seal once again, reacting to the power of the {{Term|SSHD|Master Sword}}.<ref>{{Cite|No... I fear the {{Color|SS Red|seal has given way once again}}. That {{Color|SS Red|terrible beast}} is awakening even as we speak. It is likely that the monster reacted to the sacred power given off by your sword. I wish it had not happened, but there was no other way to open the gate. So it goes... Link, you must imprison the beast once again.|Impa|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} manages to seal {{Term|SSHD|The Imprisoned}} away for a second time with help from {{Term|SSHD|Groose|link}}, who came out of his depression and built a {{Term|SSHD|Bomb}}-flinging {{Term|SSHD|Groosenator|link|display=catapult}} to deal with the monster.<ref>{{Cite|Duh huh huh! Try not to drool on your shirt as you stare at this amazing superweapon I've been working on! I call it...the {{Color|SS Red|Groosenator}}! Leaves you speechless, doesn't it? That's only natural. You wouldn't believe how much time I put into building this beauty. Here--check it out! First, I got all the fences cluttering the area of out the way. Then I laid down rails for her to run on. All by myself, of course. I don't know what came over me! I had no clue I had the talent to make something like this, you know? Anyhow, you just tell me where you want me to place my shots, and I'll put a hurting on that ugly monster!|Groose|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|It seems you were successful in imprisoning the monster again. You have my thanks,<br/>Link. As do you, {{Color|SS Blue|Groose}}.|Impa|SS}}</ref> Finally, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} is able to activate the second {{Term|SSHD|Gate of Time}}.<ref>{{Cite|Do not fear it. This is what we have waited for. At long last, the gate has been reactivated. Standing before you is a path that transcends the flow of time. It is a portal to the past...to the very place where {{Color|SS Blue|Zelda}} now waits.|Impa|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} goes through the {{Term|SSHD|Gate of Time}}, arriving shortly after {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}} had sealed away the Demon King, {{Term|SSHD|Demise}}, and sent {{Term|SSHD|Skyloft}} heavenward with the surviving {{Plural|SS|Human}} and the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|...At last. I've been expecting you, Link. You are doubtless overwhelmed, so I will explain things as simply as I can. This is the {{Color|SS Red|Temple of Hylia}}, though it will come to be known as the {{Color|SS Blue|Sealed Temple}} sometime in the future. You stand in the past, ages before your own time. Here the goddess, Hylia, has only just sealed away {{Color|SS Blue|Demise}}... And little time has passed since the goddess sent the outcropping of rock into the sky that would one day become Skyloft.|Impa|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} meets with {{Term|SSHD|Zelda|link}}, who explains the events of the war between {{Term|SSHD|Demise}} and {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}}.<ref>{{Cite|I think it's time you learned the whole story. Let me try to explain... The old gods created a {{Color|SS Red|supreme power}} that gave anyone who possessed it the ability to shape reality and fulfill any desire. They called it {{Color|SS Gold|the Triforce}}. In his thirst to make the world his own, {{Color|SS Blue|Demise}} readied a massive army of monsters for war. He sought to take the Triforce for himself by force. The goddess feared for her people. She used her power to send both them and the Triforce into the sky on a slice of earth she cut away from the land. This floating rock became the new home of our people. In time, it came to be known as {{Color|SS Red|Skyloft}}.|Zelda|SS}}</ref> After she sealed away {{Term|SSHD|Demise}}, {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}} knew that her power would not bind him forever.<ref>{{Cite|After a long and fierce battle, the {{Color|SS Blue|goddess}}, {{Color|SS Blue|Hylia}}, succeeded in sealing away Demise. However, soon after the demon king was imprisoned, it became clear that the seal would not hold long against his fearsome power. Hylia had suffered grave injuries in her battle with the demon king.<br/>She knew that if he broke free again, there would be no stopping him.|Zelda|SS}}</ref> With this in mind, she devised a plan to destroy {{Term|SSHD|Demise}} once and for all.<ref>{{Cite|In order to put an end to the demon king, Hylia devised two separate plans and set them both into motion.|Zelda|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}} first created {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} in order to aid her chosen hero.<ref>{{Cite|First, she created {{Color|SS Blue|Fi}}. She made the spirit that resides in your sword to serve a single purpose: to assist her {{Color|SS Red|chosen hero}} on his mission.|Zelda|SS}}</ref> Second, {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}} knew that the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce}} could only be used by a mortal to destroy {{Term|SSHD|Demise}}, so she gave up her immortality and transferred her soul to the body of a mortal.<ref>{{Cite|Her second plan...was to abandon her divine form and transfer her soul to the body of a mortal. ...She made this sacrifice, as you have likely guessed, so that the {{Color|SS Red|supreme power created by the old gods}} could one day be used. For while the {{Color|SS Red|supreme power}} of the {{Color|SS Gold|Triforce}} was created by the gods, all of its power can never be wielded by one. Knowing this power was her last and only hope, the goddess gave up her {{Color|SS Red|divine powers}} and her {{Color|SS Red|immortal form}}.|Zelda|SS}}</ref> The chosen hero became {{Term|SSHD|Link}}, and the reborn goddess became {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}.<ref>{{Cite|You've probably figured it out by now, haven't you, Link? You are the {{Color|SS Red|chosen hero}}, and I, {{Color|SS Blue|Zelda}}... I am the {{Color|SS Red|goddess reborn as a mortal}}.|Zelda|SS}}</ref>  She also reveals that The Imprisoned is Demise's weakened form,<ref>{{Cite|Stripped of his true physical form by the seal that binds him, he takes the shape of an abomination. But even in his hideous state, he's more than capable of devouring this land if we allow him to do what he desires.|Zelda|SS}}</ref> and thanks {{Term|SSHD|Link}} for repeatedly confining it in the {{Term|SSHD|Sealed Grounds}}.<ref>{{Cite|Back in our own time, you've already driven him back into his prison twice now. I can't thank you enough for that, Link.|Zelda|SS}}</ref> She blesses the {{Term|SSHD|Master Sword}} with the power of {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}}, causing it to take on its true form, the {{Term|SSHD|True Master Sword|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|{{Color|SS Gold|Valiant}} {{Color|SS Red|hero}}{{Color|SS Gold|, you have endured many hardships and journeyed far in your quest to reach this place. Along your travels you have found wisdom, power, and courage, and for this I shall bless your sword with the goddess's power. May it give you and your sword the strength to drive back the abomination that threatens this land!}}|Zelda|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|The goddess has blessed your blade, and the Master Sword has at last achieved its ultimate form!|N/A|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}} knew that {{Term|SSHD|Link}} would charge headfirst into peril without hesitation if it meant saving {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}, and {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} apologizes to {{Term|SSHD|Link}} for using him (as {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}}) to bring about the ultimate destruction of {{Term|SSHD|Demise}}.<ref>{{Cite|I knew that if it meant saving Zelda, you would throw yourself headfirst into any danger, without even a moment's doubt... I... I used you. I can't begin to tell you how sorry I am for pulling you into all of this, Link.|Zelda|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} then tells {{Term|SSHD|Link}} that as the reincarnation of {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}}, she must remain in a deep sleep for thousands of years to keep {{Term|SSHD|Demise}} imprisoned within his seal.<ref>{{Cite|To ensure that the seal holds, I will remain here in this time...deep in sleep for thousands of years.|Zelda|SS}}</ref> She seals herself into a crystal and tells {{Term|SSHD|Link}} that he must find and use the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce}} to destroy {{Term|SSHD|Demise}} so that she will be able to wake up in their own time.<ref>{{Cite|When Demise is finally gone, there will be no more need for the seal that binds him, and then I'll be able to wake up.|Zelda|SS}}</ref> After an emotional goodbye, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} returns to the present and sets out to find clues to the location of the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce}}.<ref>{{Cite|True to legend, the Triforce is the one thing with the power to vanquish Demise. It is thought to have been hidden within Skyloft by the goddess. Sadly, that is all we know of where it rests. All other clues to its whereabouts have been lost to the ages. Link, you have likely<br/>come to the same conclusion, but I will spell it out just the same. The key to finding the Triforce must be in {{Color|SS Blue|Skyloft}}. Go now, Link.<br/>Find the Triforce.|Impa|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Groose}} decides to stay behind at the {{Term|SSHD|Sealed Grounds}} to help the old woman.<ref>{{Cite|Link...I've made up my mind. I'm not going back. I'm staying right here with Grannie.|Groose|SS}}</ref>

[[File:SS Levias Possessed Render.png|thumb|left|250px|{{Term|SSHD|Levias}} possesed by {{Term|SSHD|Bilocyte}}|link=Bilocyte]]

[[File:SS Levias Model.png|thumb|right|260px|{{Term|SSHD|Levias}} freed from {{Term|SSHD|Bilocyte}}|link=Levias]]

{{Term|SSHD|Link|link}} returns to {{Term|SSHD|Skyloft|link}} where the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce|link}} is supposedly hidden, and asks {{Term|SSHD|Gaepora|link}} what he knows about it.<ref>{{Cite|What do I know of the {{Color|SS Gold|Triforce}}...?|Gaepora|SS}}</ref> However, {{Term|SSHD|Gaepora}} has little knowledge of the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce}},<ref>{{Cite|It's true that the ancient texts make several mentions of the Triforce within their pages. Unfortunately, the actual location of the Triforce isn't illuminated in any of those tomes. Its whereabouts are lost to history. Sorry, Link. It shames me<br/>to say it, but my knowledge is of little use on this subject.|Gaepora|SS}}</ref> and instead directs {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to {{Term|SSHD|Levias|link}}, the great Sky Spirit, who would most likely know the location of the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce}}.<ref>{{Cite|Though, there is one whose vast knowledge may be of use... Surely you're familiar with {{Color|SS Blue|Levias}}, the great {{Color|SS Red|sky spirit}} who has guarded our realm for ages? Levias has served as the protector of our skies for a long time, and his knowledge of our world is encyclopedic, to put it mildly. If anyone in the entirety of Skyloft and beyond were to know about the Triforce, it would be him.|Gaepora|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Gaepora}} instructs {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to talk to Instructor {{Term|SSHD|Owlan|link}} about the location of {{Term|SSHD|Levias}}, as he recently did reasearch on the subject.<ref>{{Cite|I imagine in your travels you've taken notice of the tremendous {{Color|SS Red|thunderhead}} that suddenly appeared in our skies. Recently, I've heard rumors suggesting that Levias is trapped inside that massive cloud. I asked {{Color|SS Blue|Instructor Owlan}} to look into this troubling cloud in order to determine if there is any truth to these rumors. I had meant to inquire about his findings earlier but completely forgot about it after Zelda went missing. {{Color|SS Blue|Instructor Owlan}} can fill me in on the details later, so why don't you go speak with him yourself and see what his investigation has revealed?|Gaepora|SS}}</ref> However, Instructor {{Term|SSHD|Owlan}} informs {{Term|SSHD|Link}} that {{Term|SSHD|Levias}} has been acting strange lately and suggests that he is possessed.<ref>{{Cite|If I'm correct, Levias is the one inside the thunderhead. But...that's not the Levias that we all know. That's...a {{Color|SS Red|monster}}! It certainly looks like Levias, but last time I approached him, he came rushing at me! And his eyes...<br/>They were full of malice. People change... Or old, wizened creatures change, rather. Perhaps it's more that...he is possessed by something. That's how it felt to me.|Owlan|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} insists that he must talk with {{Term|SSHD|Levias}}, so {{Term|SSHD|Owlan}} teaches him and his {{Term|SSHD|Loftwing|link}} the {{Term|SSHD|Spiral Charge|link}} manuever to try and free {{Term|SSHD|Levias}}.<ref>{{Cite|If we can somehow free him from whatever it is that has a hold over him, then there's a chance he will return to his senses. Listen well, Link, because<br/>I'm about to teach you a very powerful bird-riding technique. It's called the {{Color|SS Red|Spiral Charge}}! Using the Spiral Charge, you can rid Levias of the blight that has hold of him!|Owlan|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Owlan}} suggests that {{Term|SSHD|Link}} speaks to {{Term|SSHD|Pumm|link}}, the owner of the {{Term|SSHD|Lumpy Pumpkin|link}}, as he makes an offering of his {{Term|SSHD|Pumpkin Soup|link}} to {{Term|SSHD|Levias}} on a yearly basis.<ref>{{Cite|Maybe the {{Color|SS Red|owner of the Lumpy Pumpkin}} might know something. Every year he makes an offering of his pumpkin soup for Levias.|Owlan|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} offers to take the {{Term|SSHD|Pumpkin Soup}} to {{Term|SSHD|Levias}} in his stead, and brings it inside the {{Term|SSHD|Thunderhead}}.<ref>{{Cite|You say you'll deliver a pot of my soup to Levias?|Pumm|SS}}</ref> The {{Term|SSHD|Pumpkin Soup}} succeeds in luring in {{Term|SSHD|Levias}}, however, {{Term|SSHD|Levias}} is indeed possessed by a creature known as {{Term|SSHD|Bilocyte|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|I must apologize for my earlier behavior. A most peculiar and irksome pest possessed me. I was not myself.|Levias|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} battles and destroys {{Term|SSHD|Bilocyte}}, rescuing {{Term|SSHD|Levias}} and returning him to his senses.<ref>{{Cite|But that business is done with now! The delicious aroma of that soup has restored me to my senses.|Levias|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Levias}} correctly gusses that {{Term|SSHD|Link}} is the chosen hero and that he is seeking the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce}}.<ref>{{Cite|Ah, I see it now. Link, you are the goddess's chosen hero. How interesting... I assume you've come to hear what I know of the {{Color|SS Gold|Triforce}}.|Levias|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Levias}} explains that even he does not know where the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce}} lies, but he did have a clue given to him by {{Term|SSHD|Hylia|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Even I do not know where it rests now. Oh, but the goddess did entrust me with a hint as to the Triforce's location.|Levias|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Levias}} intructs {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to seek out the three {{Plural|SS|Dragon|link}} on the {{Term|SSHD|Surface|link|display=Surface}} who know of three separate parts to a song known as the "{{Term|SSHD|Song of the Hero|link}}", which will supposedly lead the way to the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce}}.<ref>{{Cite|The clue is a song, meant to be played on the harp you hold. It is known as the {{Color|SS Red|Song of the Hero}}. The song is the {{Color|SS Red|key}} to revealing the secret location of the Triforce. The goddess split this song into four parts. She entrusted one part to me and the other three to the dragons of the land. You must gather each of the {{Color|SS Red|parts of the Song of the Hero}}. Seek out the dragons, and convince them to teach you their parts. When they've taught you what they know, come to me and I will complete the song with my own voice! The dragons can be found at Faron Woods, Eldin Volcano, and Lanayru Desert. Go on, then. Find the dragons you now seek!|Levias|SS}}</ref>

When {{Term|SSHD|Link}} descends to {{Term|SSHD|Faron Woods|link}}, a mysterious anomaly prevents him from going anywhere but the {{Term|SSHD|Sealed Grounds|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|A report, Master. An {{Color|SS Red|unusual phenomenon}} is taking place in Faron Woods, making it impossible to descend directly into them at the moment.|Fi|SS}}</ref> Upon arrival, {{Term|SSHD|The Imprisoned}} breaks from its seal for a third time.<ref>{{Cite|Link, bad news!<br/>That beast looks like it's about to break free again! Gotta get into position! Hang tight!|Groose|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} teams up with {{Term|SSHD|Groose|link}} to seal {{Term|SSHD|The Imprisoned}} for a third time.<ref>{{Cite|The beast has been sealed into its prison for a third time.|Impa|SS}}</ref> Back in the {{Term|SSHD|Sealed Temple|link}}, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} explains that he must learn the full {{Term|SSHD|Song of the Hero}} to retrieve the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce}}, and the old woman explains that {{Term|SSHD|Link}} cannot enter {{Term|SSHD|Faron Woods}} because it is currently flooded with {{Term|SSHD|Water (Terrain)|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|It is right your search led you here. The {{Color|SS Blue|Faron Woods}} are close by. Unfortunately, there has been an unusual turn of events in the woods... I am unsure of what happened, but a short while ago, I noticed the path to the woods was completely flooded.|Impa|SS}}</ref> To keep the {{Term|SSHD|Sealed Grounds}} safe from this flood, the old woman placed a seal on the gate to {{Term|SSHD|Faron Woods}} that will only hold as long as the gate is not opened.<ref>{{Cite|To protect the land here, I closed the {{Color|SS Red|gate leading to the woods}} and drove back the water with a simple seal. The seal will only hold as long as the gate remains closed, meaning you will not be able to open it without flooding these lands.|Impa|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Groose}} decides to use his {{Term|SSHD|Groosenator}} to fling {{Term|SSHD|Link}} into the woods.<ref>{{Cite|See, that last battle with big ugly got me thinking about other ways to use the {{Color|SS Red|Groosenator}}! Just climb up into that bad boy, and I'll give you a "lift" over to the woods, all right?|Groose|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} lands in the flooded woods and investigates the inside of the {{Term|SSHD|Great Tree|link}}, where the {{Term|SSHD|Water (Terrain)}} supposedly emerged from.<ref>{{Cite|The water came gushing out of the {{Color|SS Red|base of the tree}} behind me and flooded the entire woods.|Bucha|SS}}</ref> Inside, {{Term|SSHD|Faron (Dragon)}} appears to {{Term|SSHD|Link}} from the {{Term|SSHD|Water (Terrain)}}, where she informs him that she flooded {{Term|SSHD|Faron Woods}} in order to get rid of the monsters in the area.<ref>{{Cite|This may be news to you, but some very irksome monsters have been overrunning my woods of late. Well, I decided that I'd had enough! The easiest way to deal with the awful things was to flood the whole woods.|Faron (Dragon)|SS}}</ref> She offers him the challenge of collecting the notes to her part of the "{{Term|SSHD|Song of the Hero}}" in the form of {{Plural|SS|Tadtone|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|As it happens, almost every inch of greenery in the area is submerged.<br/>So it's here, in this flooded land, that I will test you. If you're up to completing the task I ask of you, I see no reason why I shouldn't reward you with the melody you seek. As you just saw, I have split the melody you seek among my many Tadtones and I have hidden them around the forest. If you haven't already guessed,<br/>Link, here's your task:<br/>take this score and {{Color|SS Green|collect}} all my little musical friends out there. You can use that score to figure out how many Tadtones are in each group. Find them, collect them, and bring them back to me. If you can do that, well, then I'll just have to see you as someone worthy of learning the {{Color|SS Blue|Song of the Hero}}.|Faron (Dragon)|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} completes the challenge and is taught {{Term|SSHD|Faron (Dragon)}}'s part of the {{Term|SSHD|Song of the Hero}} before she decides to cause the flooding to recede, returning {{Plural|SS|Faron Woods}} to its original state.<ref>{{Cite|Oh, Link!<br/>You've gathered all the Tadtones, haven't you? That's no small feat! Or should I say no small beat, kewwwww! Ahem... Anyway, hurry and return to the {{Color|SS Blue|Water Dragon}}!|Bucha|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Ah, you've brought back all my colorful little Tadtones. You are indeed worthy of being called a hero. This much is clear. I'm good for my word, so I will teach you my part of the song you seek.|Faron (Dragon)|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Originally, I had planned to keep these woods underwater so that those awful monsters could never return. But your task is far from over, and you're not exactly at home in the water. I suppose I'll return the woods to their natural state.|Faron (Dragon)|SS}}</ref>

When {{Term|SSHD|Link}} descends to {{Term|SSHD|Eldin Volcano}} to visit the {{Term|SSHD|Eldin (Dragon)|link}} the {{Term|SSHD|Fire Dragon}}, a volcanic eruption throws him out of the sky, knocking him unconscious. As he comes to, he finds that the {{Plural|SS|Red Bokoblin|link}} had set up a new base in the area and took the opportunity to badly injure {{Term|SSHD|Link}} and steal his {{Plural|SS|Item|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Haven't ya noticed? They swiped all your stuff!|Plats|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} finds himself in a cell with no way out, until {{Term|SSHD|Plats|link}} the {{Term|SSHD|Mogma|link}}, whom he had met in the {{Term|SSHD|Fire Sanctuary|link}}, burrows in and reveals that he had stolen {{Term|SSHD|Link}}'s {{Plural|SS|Mogma Mitts|link}} back from the {{Plural|SS|Bokoblin}}, allowing {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to burrow out of the cell and begin recovering his {{Plural|SS|Item}}.<ref>{{Cite|While you were out, they shook you down good, pal! You're gonna want to get your stuff back before ya go and try anything else. I can get you started. I stole these back for ya...|Plats|SS}}</ref> However, without the {{Term|SSHD|Master Sword|link}}, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} is unable to fight the {{Plural|SS|Red Bokoblin}} directly and must use stealth to evade them and find his {{Plural|SS|Item}}.<ref>{{Cite|Whaddya thinkin'? You shouldn't be out here in the open with no way to defend yourself... This place is crawlin' with thugs! Well, just be careful they don't spot ya while you're sneakin' around!|Plats|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} manages to recover his {{Term|SSHD|Master Sword}} in the {{Term|SSHD|Volcano Summit|link}}, where {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} explains that she noticed {{Term|SSHD|Eldin (Dragon)}}'s aura emanating nearby.<ref>{{Cite|Please excuse me for leaving your side during this brief trouble with the volcanic eruption. While I was here, I detected a strong source of power emanating from the area to the far right. Signs indicate a 60% chance that the dragon who knows a verse from the {{Color|SS Blue|Song of the Hero}} dwells there.|Fi|SS}}</ref> After some time, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} manages to recover all of his {{Plural|SS|Item}} and finds {{Term|SSHD|Eldin (Dragon)}}, who is suprised to see a {{Term|SSHD|Human|link}} that can withstand the heat of the {{Term|SSHD|Volcano Summit}}.<ref>{{Cite|Ho! A man of flesh and blood has walked his way to the hear of my burning hall! Now this is something.|Eldin (Dragon)|SS}}</ref> Unlike {{Term|SSHD|Faron (Dragon)}}, {{Term|SSHD|Eldin (Dragon)}} recognizes {{Term|SSHD|Link}} as {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}}'s chosen hero and teaches him his part of the "{{Term|SSHD|Song of the Hero}}".<ref>{{Cite|If I have the right of it, the mark you bear upon your hand is not just a fashionable decoration. There can be no doubt about it, then. The goddess has chosen you to hear the melody I have guarded for her all these years. Listen well, human child. I will sing you my part of the {{Color|SS Blue|Song of the Hero}}.|Eldin (Dragon)|SS}}</ref>

[[File:SS Lanayru Model.png|thumb|right|200px|{{Term|SSHD|Lanayru (Dragon)}} cured from his illness|link=Lanayru (Dragon)]]

When {{Term|SSHD|Link}} descends to visit the {{Term|SSHD|Thunder Dragon}}, {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru (Dragon)|link}}, he finds {{Term|SSHD|Golo|link}} the {{Term|SSHD|Goron}} who asks him about his search for {{Plural|SS|Sacred Flame}}.<ref>{{Cite|Hello, hello, Link. How is your search for that {{Color|SS Blue|sacred flame}} going? Did you find it?! I have been dying to hear whether you found it. Well...did you? ...So after that wild, long adventure, you found it! Link, you<br/>are truly amazing.|Golo|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Golo}} tells {{Term|SSHD|Link}} that he discovered a narrow passageway that leads to a hidden area in {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Desert|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|You know, I think it is time I tell you what I found out about the legend of the three dragons. I am certain there is a hidden area just beyond here in the desert! You see, I found a {{Color|SS Red|narrow passageway}} that was too tight for me to fit through. And my gut tells me that one of the three dragons of legend, the {{Color|SS Red|Thunder Dragon}}, lives there!|Golo|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} crawls through the small tunnel and ends up in {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Gorge|link}}, where {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru (Dragon)}} supposedly lives.<ref>{{Cite|This is {{Color|SS Blue|Lanayru Gorge}}. Legend tells of a dragon loyal to the goddess living in this area.|Fi|SS}}</ref> However, he finds nothing but a large skeleton, suggesting that {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru (Dragon)}} had somehow died. {{Term|SSHD|Link}} recovers a {{Term|SSHD|Small Key|link}} and finds a room with a {{Term|SSHD|Timeshift Stone}} in a {{Term|SSHD|Mine Cart|link}}, which, before it broke down, was about to be sent to {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru (Dragon)}}.<ref>{{Cite|We were just about to transport this Timeshift Stone to Master Thunder Dragon, vweep.|Ancient Robot|SS}}</ref> Activating the {{Term|SSHD|Timeshift Stone}}, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} is able to proceed around and through the caves to reach {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru (Dragon)}}'s skeleton, shifting time backwards to a point when he was still alive. {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru (Dragon)}} is shown to be very ill and on the verge of death.<ref>{{Cite|We got permission from our master, the Thunder Dragon, to dig for {{Color|SS Blue|Timeshift Stones}}, vweep. But {{Color|SS Blue|Master Thunder Dragon}} is very ill right now, brrzrrt. I'm worried about him, vrrm. At this rate, our master may cease functioning, vweep...|Ancient Robot|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru (Dragon)}} realizes that {{Term|SSHD|Link}} is {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}}'s chosen hero, and explains that he cannot teach {{Term|SSHD|Link}} his part of the {{Term|SSHD|Song of the Hero}} in this condition.<ref>{{Cite|Hold on, now. Didn't you just say you came from the sky, Link?<br/>So then you're the hero chosen by the goddess, aren't you? I see... Well, that is something... Although I must apolgize. You see, I can't really help you. I may have enough strength for a brief chat like this, but... Well, as you can see, I am quite ill. Cough... I'm in no shape to sing...|Lanayru (Dragon)|SS}}</ref> The only way {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru (Dragon)}} could be cured would be to eat the fruit from the {{Term|SSHD|Tree of Life|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|The robots were worried about me, so they planted a {{Color|SS Red|seedling from the Tree of Life}}. The fruit of this tree is said to be able to cure any illness...|Lanayru (Dragon)|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|What are you doing with that seedling, vrrm?! {{Color|SS Blue|Master Thunder Dragon}} needs {{Color|SS Red|fruit from the Tree of Life}} to recover!|Ancient Robot|SS}}</ref> A {{Term|SSHD|Life Tree Seedling|link}} was planted in {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru Desert}}, but it is unable to flourish in the desert's harsh climate, so {{Term|SSHD|Link}} takes it to the {{Term|SSHD|Sealed Grounds}}.<ref>{{Cite|Make sure you plant that seedling where it can grow to maturity, phoo-weep. I fear growing the seedling to maturity in {{Color|SS Red|Lanayru Province is impossible}}, brrzrrt. We're all counting on you, vweep!|Ancient Robot|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} brings the {{Term|SSHD|Life Tree Seedling}} back through the {{Term|SSHD|Gate of Time}} to the {{Term|SSHD|Temple of Hylia}}, where he plants it, allowing it to grow and sprout a {{Term|SSHD|Life Tree Fruit|link}} in present day's {{Term|SSHD|Sealed Temple}}.<ref>{{Cite|Oh yeah! Now this is a tree I could look at all day! It's like a symbol for this temple...or something!|Groose|SS}}</ref> Taking the fruit, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} brings it to {{Term|SSHD|Lanayru (Dragon)}} and saves his life, allowing him to teach {{Term|SSHD|Link}} his part of the "{{Term|SSHD|Song of the Hero}}".<ref>{{Cite|Oh, you've done it, boy. I can feel the fruit's effect surging through me! It's exhilarating! I feel like a proper dragon again! Just because I have eternal life doesn't mean I can't get mighty sick!<br/>Thanks to you, boy, this old dragon will keep on charging awhile yet! I owe you a big thank-you, so allow me to perform a moving rendition of my part of the {{Color|SS Blue|Song of the Hero}}! I should warn you, I've got a mean set of pipes and I know how to use them! This'll clean out those ears, boy, so brace yourself!|Lanayru (Dragon)|SS}}</ref>

With the three parts of the "{{Term|SSHD|Song of the Hero}}", {{Term|SSHD|Link}} returns to {{Term|SSHD|Levias}} in the {{Term|SSHD|Thunderhead}}.<ref>{{Cite|Well done, Master. You've successfully collected three parts of the Song of the Hero. I recommend you return to the sky and meet with the great sky spirit, {{Color|SS Blue|Levias}}, to complete the song.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Levias}} combines the three {{Plural|SS|Dragon}}' parts with his own to teach {{Term|SSHD|Link}} the entirity of the "{{Term|SSHD|Song of the Hero}}".<ref>{{Cite|Bahah! So you've learned all three parts of the song from the dragons, eh? You have done well, young one! True to my word, I will perform the last part of the song for you. Ahem...|Levias|SS}}</ref> With the full song in hand, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} returns to {{Term|SSHD|Skyloft}} and uses the song to open the {{Term|SSHD|Trial Gate|link}} to the final {{Term|SSHD|Silent Realm|link}}, the {{Term|SSHD|Goddess's Silent Realm|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Now that you know the song, I trust you know what to do with it. That old song opens a door to a great {{Color|SS Blue|trial}}. Should you succeed in conquering the challenge awaiting you there, I'm certain the path to the {{Color|SS Gold|Triforce}} will be revealed to you.|Levias|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Master Link. You have entered the last of the trials, the {{Color|SS Blue|Goddess's Silent Realm}}.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} collects all of the {{Plural|SS|Sacred Tear|link}} and receives the {{Term|SSHD|Stone of Trials|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|You got the {{Color|SS Gold|Stone of Trials}}!<br/>This engraved object was created to lead the chosen hero to the hidden location of the Triforce!|N/A|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} explains that a second {{Term|SSHD|Stone of Trials}} exists somewhere in {{Term|SSHD|Skyloft}}, and bringing the two together will reveal the path to the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce}}.<ref>{{Cite|The {{Color|SS Red|Stone of Trials}} you just obtained is actually one of a pair, Master. Another similar object with a mark just like the one you hold exists somewhere on this island. Combining the two should open the way to the {{Color|SS Gold|Triforce}}.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} identifies the {{Term|SSHD|Stone of Trials}} as the missing eye of a statue of a {{Term|SSHD|Bird|link}} and replaces the missing eye, revealing the {{Term|SSHD|Sky Keep|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|A report, Master Link.<br/>My calculations indicate an 85% chance that the structure you uncovered houses the {{Color|SS Gold|Triforce}}.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} enters the mysterious {{Term|SSHD|Dungeon|link}} and eventually reaches a mark on the ground, where {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} instructs {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to offer his {{Term|SSHD|True Master Sword}} to it to reveal a piece of the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce}}.<ref>{{Cite|Master Link, you have<br/>reached the mark. Offer your sword to it. If you do this, I calculate a high probability that you will be shown the way to a part of the {{Color|SS Gold|Triforce}}.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} conquers the many trials in the {{Term|SSHD|Sky Keep}}, and finally he obtains the completed {{Term|SSHD|Triforce|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|The {{Color|SS Gold|Triforce}} is complete! With its power, you have the ability to make Zelda's wish of {{Color|SS Red|vanquishing}} {{Color|SS Blue|Demise}} a reality.|N/A|SS}}</ref>

[[File:SS Triforce Assembled.png|thumb|200px|left|The {{Term|SSHD|Triforce}} assembled atop the {{Term|SSHD|Statue of the Goddess}}|link=Triforce]]

With the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce}} in hand, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} is transported to the top of the {{Term|SSHD|Statue of the Goddess|link}} and he makes his wish: the destruction of {{Term|SSHD|Demise}}.<ref>{{Cite|Master, I believe at this juncture that a prayer is required. The ultimate goal we have traveled so far for is now within reach. Focus now, and wish with all your might for the {{Color|SS Red|destruction}} of {{Color|SS Blue|Demise}}.|Fi|SS}}</ref> In response to his wish, the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce}} breaks the entire {{Term|SSHD|Isle of the Goddess|link}} breaks free from {{Term|SSHD|Skyloft}} and it plummets down to the {{Term|SSHD|Surface|display=Surface}}, returning to its original location at the {{Term|SSHD|Sealed Grounds}}, crushing and destroying {{Term|SSHD|The Imprisoned}} as it attempts to escape its confines once more.<ref>{{Cite|Master Link, I have news.<br/>I have confirmed that the Isle of the Goddess, which was formerly a part of {{Color|SS Blue|Skyloft}}, has returned to the surface. Furthermore, I have detected the successful eradication of {{Color|SS Blue|Demise}}. Your prayers to the {{Color|SS Gold|Triforce}} have been heard.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} concludes that since {{Term|SSHD|Demise}} has been destroyed, {{Term|SSHD|Zelda|link}} will awaken from her sleep.<ref>{{Cite|In light of these factors, the seal Zelda maintained through her agelong sleep is no longer necessary. My projections indicate she will wake momentarily. I advise you to make your way to the Sealed Temple as soon as possible.|Fi|SS}}</ref> Descending from the {{Term|SSHD|Statue of the Goddess}}, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} rushes into the {{Term|SSHD|Sealed Temple}} to witness {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}'s awakening, along with {{Term|SSHD|Groose}} and the old woman. The group bears witness to {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}'s return from her long sleep, and she and {{Term|SSHD|Link}} are finally reunited.<ref>{{Cite|Good morning...Link...|Zelda|SS}}</ref>

The group has a heartfelt reunion, but out of nowhere, {{Term|Series|Ghirahim}} ambushes them.<ref>{{Cite|This is all very touching, really, but I'm afraid I have to cut this emotional moment short.|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> He abducts {{Term|Series|Zelda}} and enters the {{Term|Series|Gate of Time}}, intending to use her to resurrect {{Term|Series|Demise}} in the distant past.<ref>{{Cite|It's best for everyone if you forget about your friend. The little {{Color|SS Blue|goddess}} is mine now! My master may have perished in this age, but in the past he lives yet!<br/>I'm taking the girl back through that gate to help me revive the {{Color|SS Blue|demon king}}!|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Groose}} tries to stop him, but {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} just insults him and swats him away with ease.<ref>{{Cite|...Stand down. You're in my way, and the sight of your appalling hair makes smy gorge rise.|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} escapes through the {{Term|SSHD|Gate of Time}}, taking {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} with him.<ref>{{Cite|You've done a fine job of spoiling my plans to revive the demon king in this age, so I see no point in dawdling here. But the past...oh, the past... So full of possibilities. I shall resurrect him there with the divine soul of this golden-haired girl!|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> Regaining his strength from the ambush, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} pursues him to the past, finding {{Term|SSHD|Impa}} on the ground as he emerges from the {{Term|SSHD|Gate of Time}}. {{Term|SSHD|Impa}} explains that {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} ambushed her and passed through the large doors at the front of the {{Term|SSHD|Temple of Hylia}} with {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}.<ref>{{Cite|Urgh... Link...?<br/>It's Ghirahim... He appeared out of thin air and got the drop on me. Don't worry about me... You must chase after him! He ran through the {{Color|SS Red|great doors at the front of the temple}}. You may yet catch him before it's too late. Hurry!|Impa|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} heads out to the {{Term|SSHD|Sealed Grounds}} where {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} is beginning the ritual to revive {{Term|SSHD|Demise}}, who is still sealed in the past. To prevent {{Term|SSHD|Link}} from stopping the ritual, {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} has his troops assail {{Term|SSHD|Link}} in {{Term|SSHD|Horde Battle|link|display=absurd numbers}}.<ref>{{Cite|Hear me, my hordes! The spell is nearly complete! The demon king returns! Until then, you WILL keep that whelp from interfering with my ritual. I don't care if the whole lot of you get lodged on the end of his blade. You will buy me the time I need! Do not fear him... Fear my wrath if you fail me!|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} in his anger destroys the horde quickly and reaches {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} at the bottom of the spiral pit.

[[File:SS Ghirahim Render 3.png|thumb|120px|left|{{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} in his true form]]

{{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} expresses his rage at {{Term|SSHD|Link}} for being too quick and throws {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} into the air, preparing to fight {{Term|SSHD|Link}}.<ref>{{Cite|You're far too quick, boy! I realize a simple child like you knows nothing of magic, but spells like this take time and a steady hand! Can't you wait quietly like a good boy? HMM? You petulant brat... You've pushed me too far. I've waited my whole existence for this! This is my moment! You know what? Fine! If you're so intent on hurrying to your grave, I'll be happy to show you the way! This time there will be no heroic escape. I was a fool to toy with you and let you walk away with your life before, but I won't make that mistake again. {{Big|That, I promise!}}|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> He raises {{Term|SSHD|Link}} and himself on a high platform and reveals his true form as {{Term|SSHD|Demise's Sword|link}}, a spirit comparable to {{Term|SSHD|Fi|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|I've let a mere boy make a fool of me for the last time. You stand before a demon...or should I say, a {{Color|SS Red|weapon}} without mercy!|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} states that he will kill {{Term|SSHD|Link}} in an ironic way: by driving him off a high cliff.<ref>{{Cite|For you, boy, I've prepared a most appropriate and humiliating death. I even have a pet name for it--I call it the {{Color|SS Red|endless plunge}}! First, I will take my time bludgeoning you, and when I grow bored of it, I will {{Color|SS Red|drive you to the edge}} and deliver a last strike to send you {{Color|SS Red|falling to your doom}}! I'll delight in casting your body into this pit and snuffing out the flame of your life! Your broken body will serve as fine sustenance for the demon king!|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> However, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} does exactly that, driving {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} to the edge of the platform and knocking him off before plunging his {{Term|SSHD|True Master Sword}} into his chest, hurting him greatly. {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}}'s rage peaks as he summons different blades with which to battle.<ref>{{Cite|{{Big|{{Big|You wretched brat!}}}}|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} continues to strike the gemstone in the center of {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}}'s chest, besting him much to {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}}'s humiliation.<ref>{{Cite|This... This is preposterous.<br/>Driven to my knees by a simple child of man. Laughable! No matter how many times we clash, I can't prevail! You think I can't defeat you? You think I can't win?? Boy...what are you?|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> However, {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} reveals that the ritual he started continued while they battled.<ref>{{Cite|Ah... But never mind that. Victory is still mine to savor. While we fought, the ritual I started continued... At last, it's complete! The demon king shall devour the soul of the goddess and resurrect in his full glory!|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|The Imprisoned}} rises from the pit in the {{Term|SSHD|Sealed Grounds}}, swallowing {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}'s soul and returning to his original form: {{Term|SSHD|Demise}}.

[[File:SS Demise Render.png|thumb|240px|{{Term|SSHD|Demise}} in his true form|link=Demise]]

{{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} welcomes back his master before the latter silently raises his hand,<ref>{{Cite|Welcome back to us, {{Color|SS Blue|Master}}.|Ghirahim|SS}}</ref> using his power to draw his blade out from within {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}}. {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}} is then drawn into the blade, and {{Term|SSHD|Demise}} expresses his fascination with {{Term|SSHD|Link}}'s courage.<ref>{{Cite|...So you are the chosen knight of the {{Color|SS Blue|goddess}}. Intriguing...|Demise|SS}}</ref> He remarks in disgust at {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} and how {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}} was magnificent while immoratal,<ref>{{Cite|The goddess lowered herself to a mortal existence to keep me imprisoned. How pathetic. This bag of flesh pales in comparison to the magnificence of her previous form.|Demise|SS}}</ref> and he causes {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} to fall from the air, but before she can hit the ground, {{Term|SSHD|Groose}} arrives from nowhere and catches her.<ref>{{Cite|{{Big|{{Big|Don't worry, Link!<br/>Groose has got this!}}}}<br/>Link, I... I caught her!<br/>She's OK!|Groose|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Demise}} expresses his fasination of how {{Term|SSHD|Groose}} and {{Term|SSHD|Link}} would stand up to him, while {{Plural|SS|Human|link}} from the past would have ran at the sight of him.<ref>{{Cite|Hmm... So you and that other human would stand before obliteration to aid the goddess, would you? How curious... The humans I've known were weak things. Hardly more than insects, shivering under rocks and ready to flee at a mere glimpse of me. When last I walked this world, they did little more than scream and cling to their goddess, mewling and praying... Counting on her to protect them. How amusing to think those cowards begot someone like you.|Demise|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Groose}} tells {{Term|SSHD|Link}} that it will take some time for {{Term|SSHD|Demise}} to fully absorb {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}'s soul, giving {{Term|SSHD|Link}} a chance to save her by destroying him.<ref>{{Cite|Link, it's all on you!<br/>Oh, and listen up! Grannie had some info for you! The old girl says it'll take time for that grease wad to absorb Zelda's soul completely! If you can take him down before her soul gets all sucked up into that... thing, you might still have a chance!|Groose|SS}}</ref> Seeing {{Term|SSHD|Link}} defy his expectation of humankind by standing against him, {{Term|SSHD|Demise}} decides to give {{Term|SSHD|Link}} the chance to duel him in another realm for the fate of the world, creating a dark portal that he enters.<ref>{{Cite|If you fear for your life, do not follow me. You can spend what little time your world has left cowering and crying, as befits your kind. But if you truly desire to raise your blade against the world I would build, come for me. I've waited eons to return. I can spare a few more moments to let you decide.|Demise|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} warns {{Term|SSHD|Link}} that he will not be able to go back if he enters the portal, unless he defeats {{Term|SSHD|Demise}}, and gives wishes him good luck.<ref>{{Cite|Master Link, I have<br/>important information for you. Once you enter this portal, my analysis indicates a 0% chance that you will be able to return, unless you are able to vanquish your foe.|Fi|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|And, Master...good luck.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} follows him through the portal and finds {{Term|SSHD|Demise}} against a backdrop of the sky. {{Term|SSHD|Demise}} speaks with {{Term|SSHD|Link}} before their battle begins, telling him of his intention to destroy him and take the {{Term|SSHD|Triforce}} to rule the world for eternity.<ref>{{Cite|Ah, so you've decided to meet your end in battle after all. It pleases me greatly to see such misplaced valor, human. Take a moment to appreciate your surroundings, for where we stand shall serve as your tomb for eternity. The hate for the gods that has boiled in my veins... You will taste all of it in the bite of my blade. The only question left is how long you will manage to remain standing before I take your life. Try to keep it interesting for me, would you? And when you do fall, know that your world and everything in it is mine to dominate... Mine to subjugate... Mine to rule! When I finish with you, you can take solace in knowing your friends and kin will soon follow, as I wipe all who oppose me from the face of this world! It won't be long now. At last, the almighty power I've sought for millennia... I will take the {{Color|SS Gold|Triforce}} for my own... And the world shall be under my foot for eternity!|Demise|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Demise}} is bested by {{Term|SSHD|Link}} at swordplay, so {{Term|SSHD|Demise}} summons a thunderstorm to power his blade with {{Term|SSHD|Lightning|link}}. However, {{Term|SSHD|Link}} uses this to his advantage and does the same with the {{Term|SSHD|True Master Sword}} and uses electrified {{Plural|SS|Skyward Strike|link}} to match {{Term|SSHD|Demise}}'s power. Finally, {{Term|SSHD|Demise}} is knocked down on his back, and {{Term|SSHD|Link}} leaps into the air, performing the {{Term|SSHD|Fatal Blow|link}} with the electified {{Term|SSHD|True Master Sword}}, plunging it through the Demon King's chest. {{Term|SSHD|Demise}} stumbles to his feet and watches as his sword, {{Term|SSHD|Ghirahim}}, as it disintegrates from his hand. {{Term|SSHD|Demise}} commends {{Term|SSHD|Link}} for his fight, but warns him that he is not finished.<ref>{{Cite|Extraordinary. You stand as a paragon of your kind, human. You fight like no man or demon I have ever known. Though this is not the end.|Demise|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Demise}} casts a curse that his will renew his {{Term|Series|Malice|link|display=hatred}} time and time again.<ref>{{Cite|My hate...never perishes. It is born anew in a cycle with no end! I will rise again!|Demise|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Demise}}'s curse binds those who share the {{Term|Series|Princess Zelda|link|display=blood of the goddess}} and those with the {{Term|Series|Link|link|display=spirit of the hero}} to his {{Term|SSHD|Ganon|link|display=reincarnated hatred}}, making them all be reborn to fight again in a [[The Legend of Zelda (Series)|cycle without end]].<ref>{{Cite|Those like you... Those who share the blood of the goddess and the spirit of the hero... They are eternally bound to this curse. An {{Color|SS Blue|incarnation}} of my hatred shall ever follow your kind, dooming them to wander a blood-soaked sea of darkness for all time!|Demise|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Demise}} slowly fades away until he is just a black cloud, when the {{Term|SSHD|True Master Sword}} glows a bright light. {{Term|SSHD|Link}} raises his blade and absorbs the remains of the Demon King into the {{Term|SSHD|True Master Sword}}.<ref>{{Cite|I have confirmed the eradication of the demon king. His residual consciousness has been absorbed into the {{Color|SS Gold|Master Sword}}... and is now {{Color|SS Red|sealed away}}.|Fi|SS}}</ref>

{{Term|SSHD|Link}} opens his eyes to find that he is in the {{Term|SSHD|Temple of Hylia}}, where {{Term|SSHD|Impa}} congratulates him.<ref>{{Cite|You have done well, Link.|Impa|SS}}</ref> He turns around to find {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} and {{Term|SSHD|Groose}}, where {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} confirms that the battle has been won, and the three prepare to return to their own time.<ref>{{Cite|Link... Thank you.<br/>I think it's over... Finally...it's all over.|Zelda|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Hey, so things look pretty sewn up here. What do you say, guys?<br/>Ready to head back to our own time? Grannie was really worried about you two. We don't want to keep the old girl in suspense too long.|Groose|SS}}</ref> Before they leave, {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} appears and brings {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to a pedestal in the {{Term|SSHD|Temple of Hylia}}.<ref>{{Cite|...Master, I must speak with you.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} explains that since {{Term|SSHD|Link}} has defeated {{Term|SSHD|Demise}}, he has fulfilled his role as the hero, and that {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} had also fulfulled her role as the hero's guide.<ref>{{Cite|Master Link, you have<br/>successfully protected the goddess reborn and defeated Demise, fulfilling your role as the {{Color|SS Red|hero}} of legend. My purpose here is complete.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} instructs {{Term|SSHD|Link}} to plunge the {{Term|SSHD|True Master Sword}} into the pedestal, where he will leave it and {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} to rest for eternity.<ref>{{Cite|Therefore, I ask you to dissolve our arrangement as master and servant. Drive the sword into the pedestal before you, and I will return to the sword to enter a sleep without end.|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} does so, but just before she enters her endless sleep, {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} tells {{Term|SSHD|Link}} that while she is unable to feel true emotion, she feels something best equated to happiness due to her time spent with {{Term|SSHD|Link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Link, hear me.<br/>My purpose was to obey the command of the goddess and lead you, the chosen hero of this land, on your quest. When I first awoke and began this task, I perceived it as merely serving my function as a servant to Her Grace. However, I have come to consider the information corresponding to our time together among the most precious data I have on record. I do not have the capability to fully understand the human spirit, Link... But now, at the end of my journey with you, as I prepare to sleep within the Master Sword forever, I experience a feeling I am unable to identify. I lack sufficient data to be sure of my conclusion, but I believe this feeling correlates closest to what your people call...happiness. Our partnership is at an end, and even as we speak, I feel my consciousness fading away. Before I enter the sleep that calls me to the sword, I wish to relay to you words that I recorded many times over the course of our journey. Many have said them to you thus far, but I now wish to say them for myself... Thank you, Master Link.<br/>May we meet again in another life...|Fi|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Fi}} and {{Term|SSHD|Link}} part, and {{Term|SSHD|Link}} turns around to see {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} and {{Term|SSHD|Impa}} having a similar conversation.<ref>{{Cite|What? Impa, why? Come with us!|Zelda|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Impa}} is unable to return with the group to the future, as she is a being of that past.<ref>{{Cite|Zelda, Your Grace, you possess the memories of the goddess. You must understand why that is not possible. I am a being of this age.<br/>My place is here.|Impa|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Impa}} states that as a member of the {{Term|SSHD|Sheikah|link}}, she must watch over the {{Term|SSHD|True Master Sword}} to ensure that {{Term|SSHD|Demise}} does not reawaken, as well as the {{Term|SSHD|Gate of Time}}.<ref>{{Cite|The last remnants of {{Color|SS Blue|Demise}} are decaying slowly within the sword. Someone must stay behind to watch over this blade. His spirit must not reawaken. He must never be allowed to threaten the world again. This is the nature of the task given to my tribe. As a member of the {{Color|SS Blue|Sheikah}}, the goddess's chosen guardians, I gladly welcome this duty.|Impa|SS}}</ref> She declares that she will also watch over the{{Term|SSHD|Triforce}}, and that it will eventually be [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|secreted away from the knowledge of humankind]] to preserve the peace.<ref>{{Cite|Zelda, I shall watch over the {{Color|SS Gold|Triforce}}. {{Color|SS Gold|Its power is too great to leave in the grasp of man. Dependence on its might is an invitation to disaster. When it has served its purpose, it must be secreted away to lie dormant once again...the knowledge of its existence hidden from mortal history.}} These are the words the goddess spoke to me long ago. I remember them well. As do you, I'm sure.|Impa|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} gives {{Term|SSHD|Impa}} one of her bracelets and {{Term|SSHD|Impa}} promises {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} that even though she will destroy the {{Term|SSHD|Gate of Time}}, they will meet again.<ref>{{Cite|Do not despair, Zelda. You and I will surely meet again someday.|Impa|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}}, {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}, and {{Term|SSHD|Groose}} all return to their own time, and the {{Term|SSHD|Gate of Time}} disappears, revealing that {{Term|SSHD|Impa}} destroyed it in the past. The old woman meets with them and she shows {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} the bracelet that she had given to {{Term|SSHD|Impa}} in the past, revealing that the old woman was an elderly {{Term|SSHD|Impa}} all along.<ref>{{Cite|...See? I told you we'd meet again.|Impa|SS}}</ref> As the group realizes this, {{Term|SSHD|Impa}} vanishes in particles of light, her duty to {{Term|SSHD|Hylia}} finally fulfilled. As the group laments {{Term|SSHD|Impa}}'s death, the large gate in the back of the {{Term|SSHD|Sealed Temple}} opens to reveal the {{Term|SSHD|True Master Sword}}, remaining in the pedestal where {{Term|SSHD|Link}} had left it in the past.

After the credits, it is shown that {{Term|SSHD|Gaepora|link}}, {{Term|SSHD|Cawlin|link}}, and {{Term|SSHD|Strich|link}} fly down through the {{Term|SSHD|Cloud Barrier|link}} to meet with {{Term|SSHD|Zelda|link}}, {{Term|SSHD|Link|link}}, and {{Term|SSHD|Groose|link}}. {{Term|SSHD|Groose}} returns to {{Term|SSHD|Skyloft|link}} with the others, bidding farewell to {{Term|SSHD|Link}} and {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}, who are seen on the {{Term|SSHD|Statue of the Goddess|link}}. {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} tells {{Term|SSHD|Link}} that she had always dreamt about the {{Term|SSHD|Surface|link|display=Surface}} and that she wants to remain there,<ref>{{Cite|Look around us! As a child, I always dreamed of a world below. I wanted to see the surface with my own eyes and feel the land's warm breeze on my skin. I... I think I want to live here. I always want to feel solid ground beneath my feet, see the clouds above my head, and watch over the {{Color|SS Gold|Triforce}}.|Zelda|SS}}</ref> and asks what {{Term|SSHD|Link}}'s intentions are for the future.<ref>{{Cite|What about you, Link?<br/>What will you do now?|Zelda|SS}}</ref> {{Term|SSHD|Link}} smiles at her, and both his and {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}'s {{Plural|SS|Loftwing|link}} fly back into the sky, implying that {{Term|SSHD|Link}} chose to stay with {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}}.

After the events of {{SS|-}}, the {{Plural|Series|Human|link}} begin repopulating the {{Term|Series|Surface|display=Surface}}, and the descendants of {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} became known as {{Plural|Series|Hylian|link}}.{{Note|According to {{HH}}, the {{Plural|Series|Hylian}} are the descendants of {{Term|Series|Hylia}}.<ref name="HH 77">{{Cite Book|quote= |book= HH |publisher= |page= 77}}</ref> However, {{E}} states that {{Term|Series|Hylia}} lived ''among'' the {{Plural|Series|Human}}.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 14}}</ref> In {{SS}}, the people of Skyloft are only ever referred to as humans.}} A long era of peace reamined on the land, and the {{Term|Series|Surface|display=Surface}} was later renamed to {{Term|Series|Hyrule|link}}.<ref name="HH 77"/> However, despite {{Term|SSHD|Zelda}} and {{Term|SSHD|Link}}'s efforts to keep the {{Term|Series|Triforce}} a secret, it was discovered and word spread across {{Term|Series|Hyrule}}. Many people began to seek out the {{Term|Series|Triforce}}, causing an all-out war known as the {{Term|Series|Interloper War|link}} in the {{Term|Series|Era of Chaos|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|For ages, the people lived at ease, content in mind and body... But soon, word of the Sacred Realm spread through Hyrule, and a great {{Color|TPHD Red|battle}} ensued...|Lanayru (Spirit)|TPHD}}</ref> A powerful group of sorcerers known as the {{Plural|Series|Dark Interlopers|link}} found where the {{Term|Series|Triforce}} was hidden in the {{Term|Series|Sacred Realm|link}}, and in order to keep the {{Term|Series|Triforce}} safe, the {{Plural|Series|Golden Goddess|link}} sent the {{Plural|Series|Spirit of Light|link}} to banish them to the {{Term|Series|Twilight Realm|link}}.<ref name="E 11">{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 11}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Book|book= HH |publisher= |page= 113}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Among those living in the light, {{Color|SS Red|interlopers}} who excelled at {{Color|SS Red|magic}} appeared. Wielding powerful {{Color|SS Red|sorcery}}, they tried to establish dominion over the Sacred Realm. It was then that the goddesses ordered us three {{Color|SS Red|light spirits}} to intervene. We sealed away the {{Color|SS Red|great magic}} those individuals had mastered.|Lanayru (Spirit)|TPHD}}</ref> This will later cause the events of {{TP}}.<ref name="E 11"/>

*{{SS|-}} is said to have taken the longest development period in the history of the franchise.<ref>[http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=110380 GoNintendo - Zelda Wii has the longest development cycle since Ocarina of Time]</ref>

*This is the second game in the series that requires an external accessory (the Wii MotionPlus) to be played, the first being {{MM}} in the [[Nintendo 64]] version (which required the Expansion Pak).

*{{SS|-}} is the second game in the franchise that shares its Japanese subtitle with the rest of the world, being a direct romanization of the English title (スカイウォードソード); the first is {{TP|-}} (トワイライトプリンセス). {{TLoZ}}, {{TAoL}}, {{FS}}, {{OoT}}, and {{MM|-}} all use the same title in English and Japanese, but they are not directly romanized.