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|location = [[Skyview Temple]], [[Fire Sanctuary]], [[Sealed Grounds]]

Ghirahim is a member of a Demon Tribe that attempted to take over The Surface but was stopped by The Goddess. What happened to him between then and the events of Skyward Sword are unknown.

Throughout the game, Ghirahim makes many attempts to revive the Demon King by sacrificing Zelda. His first attempt occurs when Link and Zelda are riding on their [[Loftwing]]s. Ghirahim summons a tornado and knocks Zelda off of her bird into the Sealed Grounds below, but he fails to capture her.

Ghirahim appears again for a brief moment when Link enters the Skyview Temple. He nearly reaches Zelda at the end of the temple where he is stopped by Link. The boss fight with Demon Lord Ghirahim proceeds, and he states to have not used his full power.

In the next temple, the Earth Temple, Ghirahim appears again in the boss arena, but he will not be fought this time. Instead, he summons the boss of that temple, Scaldera.

Later in Lanayru Province, Ghirahim appears again after the Lanayru Mining Facility in the Temple of Time. He blows up the boulders blocking the way and attempts to yet again kidnap Zelda. Impa, the servant of the Goddess, blocks Ghirahim's attack with a large blue force field, giving Zelda time to go through the Gate of Time. Link then distracts Ghirahim long enough to allow Impa through the Gate of Time before she destroys it. Ghirahim, in frustration of losing Zelda again, promises in a fit of rage to kill Link, and Ghirahim teleports away.

Ghirahim makes a brief appearance in the end of the Ancient Cistern to summon another boss. He awakens a Shiva-like statue as the boss of the Ancient Cistern, Koloktos.

Ghirahim makes his final stand by arriving at the Sealed Grounds where Demise was just destroyed. He ambushes Link and captures the newly awakened Zelda. He escapes to the past to try to revive Demise in the past, since he was destroyed in the present. Ghirahim summons a horde of enemies to keep Link from approaching Zelda and himself. Link eventually fights through the horde, but Ghirahim has already begun Zelda's sacrifice, and Ghirahim reveals his true form. His entire body is almost entirely hard metal except for a gemstone in his chest. Link manages to defeat Ghirahim, but Demise had already awaken at this point. Ghirahim reveals himself to actually be Demise's equivalent to Link's Fi. Ghirahim is Demise's sword. Demise transforms Ghirahim into his true sword form while Ghirahim laughs hysterically. It can be assumed that Ghirahim has completely lost his calm attitude and gone completely insane.

Demon Lord Ghirahim is the first boss of Skyward Sword.  Link encounters him in [[Skyview Temple]] as both search for Zelda.  In battle, he prefers to toy with his enemy, initially opting to go weaponless and cunningly block attacks.

Ghirahim will slowly advance towards you as the fight begins.  If your sword isn't drawn, Ghirahim will slap you for one heart damage. This can be blocked with a shield bash, causing Link to automatically draw his sword, but it's best to have your sword drawn before Ghirahim gets close enough.

 

Once Ghirahim sustains enough damage, a cut scene will show him licking his lips and materializing his sword. From this point on, Ghirahim will fight more seriously. Instead of heedlessly advancing towards you, he will try to keep his distance, often backing away, even jumping back to avoid your attacks.

He will also attack by dashing at you and sweeping with his sword, signaled by crouching for a moment with his sword at his side.  Note which side he's holding his sword, as this will tell which side of you he'll attack from.  If he's holding it to his right, he'll attack you from your left, and vice-versa.  This is especially important in parrying and countering this attack.  A dodge will only succeed if you side-hop away from the direction of attack, or backflip.  Sword slashes must be directed toward him in order to be effective (''i.e.'' if he dashes to your right, swing to the right).  A spin attack however should work from either side if timed well.  After his attack misses or is halted is your chance for a counterattack.

After exposing his weak point (the red gem in his chest), Ghirahim will summon his black saber again. However, this fight is very different from the previous battles. Ghirahim will hold out his sword, allowing him to block attacks with ease, and will attack if you get too close (making it harder to attack his weak point). Instead of conjuring and shooting knives, he will attack with skyward strikes if you're at a distance. These can be deflected with the shield, or returned with a sword slash in the same direction. He sends these horizontally or vertically, and you can stun him by returning these. Be careful, as he can still reflect the skyward strikes you return to him. Once he's stunned, run up to him and stab his chest. Another way to defeat him is to go sword-to-sword with him: shield-bash his attacks and stab at his chest to deal damage. He takes around 5 stabs to defeat, but it takes much longer than it seems, since he puts his guard back up every time he takes a hit. You can beat him very quickly if you charge up a skyward strike, and stab at his chest after shield-bashing his attack. Provided you do this at a distance, the skyward strike will stun him long enough to deal 2 or 3 hits. Repeat until he's down.

For the final phase, Ghirahim summons a giant sword. You'll have to completely change your strategy; he stops using skyward strikes, and shield-bashes only block his attack (they don't stun him). He will occasionally slash at you with the sword, knocking off a heart if he hits. Don't be fooled by the size of the sword: he attacks surprisingly quickly, and it has a very long reach. To defeat Ghirahim for good, you have to break his sword and stab at his chest again. Slashing at Ghirahim will force him to block your attacks with his sword, but the Master sword will damage Ghirahim's blade. You have a limited time to hack away at his sword and break it completely, before Ghirahim retreats. Throughout the battle, Ghirahim constantly repairs his sword, and occasionally switches his defensive stance, which may cause you to stagger. Be careful when you get knocked back, as Ghirahim will immediately attempt to attack. The easiest way to beat this form is to randomly slash at Ghirahim's sword until it breaks, and stab him until he's down.