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 Link travels towards Zora's Domain and finds the land and water polluted heavily by a thick oily [[Sludge]], making traversal and movement immensely limited in several areas. The Zora have attempted to confront the sludge using [[Splash Fruit], but have run out of supply, with numerous Zora having been wounded. Among the wounded Zora include [[King Dorephan]], who has hidden himself away in the [[Pristine Sanctum]]. Link learns from him that Princess Zelda descended from the sky on a huge sludge monster, uncharacteristically unleashing it upon the Zora, with King Dorephan sustaining his injuries from vanquishing the beast. Despite these efforts, the sludge continues to pour. Three Zora are in the middle of discussing other options when Link -- who they do not initially recognize -- arrives to the center of the Domain. After cleansing sludge off of the central statue depicting [[Prince Sidon]] and Link during their previous campaign to save the Domain, Link is recognized from the statue, and Yona, the fiancee of of Sidon, introduces herself. Yona had heard of Link almost every day from Sidon since arriving at the domain, and recommends that Link see him again up at [[Mipha Court]], on a now more developed [[Polymus Mountain]]. Yona also provides Link with the [[Zora Armor]] once more from the previous game after receiving an [[Ancient Arowana]] to finish repairing it using its scales.
-Sidon, who has been diligently using his Power of Water to separate the sludge from the water that flows into the Domain, is characteristically overjoyed to see Link once more. He recommends that Link speak with the Zora historian [[Jiahto]] at [[Toto Lake]], who has been investigating connections linking the Zora to the sky as a way to further dissect the mystery behind the sludge's presence. A riddle inscribed on an ancient Zora tablet brings Link to [[Floating Scales Island]], the "land of the sky fish", where he fuses a [[King's Scale]] provided by King Dorephan to an arrow and looses it through a formation of floating rocks that form the shape of a teardrop from a certain position. This causes a pillar of light to appear in the [[East Reservoir Lake]]. Link goes to report to Sidon, who is talking with [[Yona]] who's presence this close to the sludge has him fearing for her safety. At that moment, the three of them are ambushed by a [[Sludge Like]], and Link and [[Sidon]] unite once more to defeat it, with [[Sidon's Power of Water]] proving uniquely useful.
+Sidon, who has been diligently using his Power of Water to separate the sludge from the water that flows into the Domain, is characteristically overjoyed to see Link once more. He recommends that Link speak with the Zora historian [[Jiahto]] at [[Toto Lake]], who has been investigating connections linking the Zora to the sky as a way to further dissect the mystery behind the sludge's presence. A riddle inscribed on an ancient Zora tablet brings Link to [[Floating Scales Island]], the "land of the sky fish", where he fuses a [[King's Scale]] provided by King Dorephan to an arrow and looses it through a formation of floating rocks that form the shape of a teardrop from a certain position. This causes a pillar of light to appear in the [[East Reservoir Lake]]. Link goes to report to Sidon, who is talking with [[Yona]]; her presence this close to the sludge has him fearing for her safety. At that moment, the three of them are ambushed by a [[Sludge Like]], and Link and [[Sidon]] unite once more to defeat it, with [[Sidon's Power of Water]] proving uniquely useful.
 Sidon continues to worry about Yona, but Yona correctly identifies that Sidon is yielding to the fear of losing someone he loves, with the loss of his older sister [[Mipha]] still weighing on him. Yona insists that Sidon must overcome his past and face the future with courage as the next-in-line ruler of the Domain, and to trust the domain with Yona as he ventures with Link to investigate. After enthusiastically swearing himself to this end, Sidon and Link head to the source of the light pillar, which opens up a whirlpool leading to the underground [[Ancient Zora Waterworks]]. Upon activating the Zonai terminal at its center, a tremendous water falls from the sky onto the Lake, allowing Sidon and Link to swim up it and reach [[Wellspring Island]], where the gravity is noticeably lower. They eventually navigate their way up to the [[Water Temple]], where they find and eventually battle the source of the sludge, the mischievous [[Mucktorok]]. Zora's Domain is cleansed completely upon its defeat, and all the wounded Zora including King Dorephan are fully healed. Sidon inherits a [[Secret Stone]] from his distant ancestor - the ancient Zora [[Sage]] of Water - making himself the new Sage of Water. From this point on, Sidon can create a remote avatar and, after making the [[Vow of Sidon, Sage of Water]], has the avatar tied to a ring on Link's right pointer finger, accompanying Link permanently. This allows the [[Hylian]] [[Champion]] to call upon Sidon's Power of Water anytime. King Dorephan takes the opportunity to retire as King, and Sidon and Yona become the new King and Queen of Zora's Domain.
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 '''Finding The Fifth Sage'''
-With the four [[Regional Phenomena]] solved, Link returns to [[Lookout Landing]] to report to [[Purah]]. At that moment, a [[Blood Moon]] appears in the sky, and Purah witnesses Zelda standing on the floating [[Hyrule Castle]]. Link pursues Zelda intent on rescuing her, and hears her voice calling to him as he scales the levels of the castle searching for her. In every location he finds her however, Zelda suddenly vanishes, with hoards of monsters taking her place. Finally, he makes it to the [[Sanctum]] of the castle, where Zelda seems to finally meet him face to face. She tells Link she wants to show him something, and Hyrule Castle transforms into its former, undamaged self from before the [[Calamity]]. She tells him to take in every detail, for it will be the last thing that Link ever sees, with her voice darkening into that of [[Ganon|the corpse]] he and Zelda encountered at the very beginning. He shows himself in a channeled vision above Zelda, revealing her to be nothing more than a puppet used to trick Link. This Zelda then re-materializes into five [[Phantom Ganon]]s and attack Link simultaneously, with Link being joined and protected by the four sage descendants -- Tulin, Yunobo, Sidon and Riju -- right before being ravaged by [[Gloom]] once more. The corpse, who finally reveals himself to be the still-alive [[Demon King Ganondorf]], imparts upon Link and the sages a vision of the world he wishes to make upon his full restoration -- one of an army of monsters storming and destroying the landscape of Hyrule -- and withdraws his presence from the castle.
+With the four [[Regional Phenomena]] solved, Link returns to [[Lookout Landing]] to report to [[Purah]]. At that moment, a [[Blood Moon]] appears in the sky, and Purah witnesses Zelda standing on the floating [[Hyrule Castle]]. Link pursues Zelda intent on rescuing her, and hears her voice calling to him as he scales the levels of the castle searching for her. In every location he finds her however, Zelda suddenly vanishes, with hoards of monsters taking her place. Finally, he makes it to the [[Sanctum]] of the castle, where Zelda seems to finally meet him face to face. She tells Link she wants to show him something, and Hyrule Castle transforms into its former, undamaged self from before the [[Calamity]]. She tells him to take in every detail, for it will be the last thing that Link ever sees, with her voice darkening into that of [[Ganon|the corpse]] he and Zelda encountered at the very beginning. The corpse shows himself in a channeled vision above Zelda, revealing her to be nothing more than a puppet used to trick Link. This Zelda then re-materializes into five [[Phantom Ganon]]s and attack Link simultaneously, with Link being joined and protected by the four sage descendants -- Tulin, Yunobo, Sidon and Riju -- right before being ravaged by [[Gloom]] once more. The corpse, who finally reveals himself to be the still-alive [[Demon King Ganondorf]], imparts upon Link and the sages a vision of the world he wishes to make upon his full restoration -- one of an army of monsters storming and destroying the landscape of Hyrule -- and withdraws his presence from the castle.
 Suspecting that Ganondorf's fleeing, rather than further attacking, is due to continued efforts to rebuild his full strength, Link and the sages return to [[Lookout Landing]] to strategize. In talking with [[Purah]], they realize that there was a fifth sage that fought alongside [[Rauru]] and Zelda who has not yet been found in the present day, and that information on their whereabouts could be best gleaned from major ruins from the age of legends. The four sages depart to their homelands for information, and Link ventures alone to other parts of Hyrule.
-Link's travels then take him to [[Kakariko Village]], where a thorough survey of floating [[Ring Ruins]] that had descended around the village was underway but forestalled, due to the preconception that Zelda had ordered the floating ruins off limits. When they learn that this Zelda was a puppet of Ganondorf, [[Paya]], the new village chief, and [[Tauro]], the head of the Zonai research team, re-open access to the ruins and further surveying. Link enters the inside of the floating ruins and fetches a photograph of a stone slab engraved in Zonai script, and Tauro is able to decipher references to the [[Demon King Ganondorf|Demon King]], Zelda, the sage [[Mineru]], and a mention of a southeast location that fellow research team member [[Calip]] takes to refer to the [[Zonai Ruins]] in the jungles of [[Faron]]. Paya also recognizes the phrase "dragon land", further confirming Calips catch; as dragon-themed architecture is unique to the location of the Zonai Ruins. Tauro, Calip and Link make haste towards the ruins, setting up a small camp in the [[Popla Foothills]].
+Link's travels then take him to [[Kakariko Village]], where a thorough survey of floating [[Ring Ruins]] that had descended around the village was underway but forestalled, due to the preconception that Zelda had ordered the floating ruins off limits. When they learn that this Zelda was a puppet of Ganondorf, [[Paya]], the new village chief, and [[Tauro]], the head of the Zonai research team, re-open access to the ruins and further surveying. Link enters the inside of the floating ruins and fetches a photograph of a stone slab engraved in Zonai script, and Tauro is able to decipher references to the [[Demon King Ganondorf|Demon King]], Zelda, the sage [[Mineru]], and a mention of a southeast location that fellow research team member [[Calip]] takes to refer to the [[Zonai Ruins]] in the jungles of [[Faron]]. Paya also recognizes the phrase "dragon land", further confirming Calip's catch; dragon-themed architecture is unique to the location of the Zonai Ruins. Tauro, Calip and Link make haste towards the ruins, setting up a small camp in the [[Popla Foothills]].
-At [[Dracozu Lake]], close to the [[Spring of Courage]], Tauro finds doorways that have opened in tall, dragon-resembling pillars with metal horns at the top, containing both a riddle and a set of chests only Link is able to open. These chests contain a set of ritual dress modelled after the eternal dragon [[Farosh]] -- the [[Charged Set]]. Link follows the riddle to an altar at the "tail" of the serpent-shaped [[Dracozu River]], where he dons the Charged set and places an offering of a [[Zonai Charge]]. At that moment, the four tall pillars activate, and lightning strikes all four at once, absorbing the energy of a constant lightning storm that had previously consumed the [[Thunderhead Isles]] floating in the sky above the jungle. On [[Dragonhead Island]], the largest of these isles, Link encounters an ancient Zonai artifact that resembles a headpiece. It speaks to him, drawing him on a path that leads him to [[Tobia's Hollow]], where the headpiece activates an elevator that takes Link down into [[the Depths]] to a long abandoned [[Construct Factory]].
+At [[Dracozu Lake]], close to the [[Spring of Courage]], Tauro finds doorways that have opened in tall, dragon-resembling pillars with metal horns at the top, containing both a riddle and a set of chests only Link is able to open. These chests contain a set of ritual dress modelled after the eternal dragon [[Farosh]] -- the [[Charged Set]]. Link follows the riddle to an altar at the "tail" of the serpent-shaped [[Dracozu River]], where he dons the Charged set and places an offering of a [[Zonai Charge]]. At that moment, the four tall pillars activate, and lightning strikes all four at once, absorbing the energy of a constant lightning storm that had previously consumed the [[Thunderhead Isles]] floating in the sky above the jungle. On [[Dragonhead Island]], the largest of these isles, Link encounters an ancient Zonai artifact that resembles a headpiece. It speaks to him, drawing him on a path that leads him to [[Tobias Hollow]], where the headpiece activates an elevator that takes Link down into [[the Depths]] to a long abandoned [[Construct Factory]].
 The headpiece, now attached to a zonai vessel resembling a torso, is revealed to be the actual head of a Construct that the voice tasks Link with the remaining assembly of in order for the Construct to properly house the voice's still lingering spirit. Link journeys to four depots around the factory to procure and assemble the Construct body's arms and legs, and the fully reassembled Construct comes alive. Link navigates the Construct across the Depths to the [[Spirit Temple (Tears of the Kingdom)|Spirit Temple]] to retrieve the voice's secret stone, but not before having their way blocked by a [[Seized Construct]], an earlier prototype build of the current Construct body that became possessed by Ganondorf's power. After defeating it, the voice's spirit finally emerges from Link's [[Purah Pad]] and seals itself within her secret stone, affixing it to the Construct and finally allowing it to introduce herself to Link as Mineru, the ancient [[Sage]] of Spirit and one of the Zonai. She details how she and Zelda withdrew after Rauru imprisoned Ganon and made the final plan to prepare for Link's future battle with Ganondorf, with Zelda undergoing draconification to live long enough to repair the [[Master Sword]], and Mineru, nearing death, to preserve her spirit in the Purah Pad with the original plan of re-awakening to Link once he acquires it. If Link does not already have the Master Sword, she will urge Link to pursue it before facing Ganondorf. She makes the [[Vow of Mineru, Sage of Spirit]], and has her avatar tied to a ring on Link's right middle finger, accompanying Link permanently. This allows the [[Hylian]] [[Champion]] to call upon Mineru's Power of Spirit anytime.