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Ghirahim is usually depicted as a man who formally speaks and formally addresses things. Sometimes he sticks his tongue out to emphasize a point. However, if Link ticks him off, he has a low temper and gets mad, and he will do anything to get what he wants.

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 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, but he is stopped by Link. The boss fight with Demon Lord Ghirahim proceeds and he states to have not used his full power, but instead, was merely toying with the young hero.  

Later on in the game, the Demon Lord makes an appearance in the penultimate dungeon, the Fire Sanctuary, for a fight similar to that of the Skyview Temple. He is much more powerful in this fight because his projectiles are much harder to dodge, and he is now protected by a metallic like armor. Ghirahim seems to be losing his calm persona in this appearance as he freaks out about losing Zelda yet again. It is now known that Ghirahim is searching for a Gate of Time since the one in the Temple of Time was destroyed.

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 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 awakened at this point. Ghirahim reveals himself to actually be Demise's equivalent to Link's [[Fi]]. Ghirahim is, in fact, 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 normally calm attitude and gone completely insane by then.

With the sword out, Ghirahim holds his hand out in front of him with a purple aura and try to catch your sword between his fingers as you swing it.  If you don't quickly pull the sword free, Ghirahim takes it away and uses it against you. To get the sword back, block one of his strikes with a shield bash and it will fly out of Ghirahim's hands so that you can retrieve it. Ghirahim may also throw the sword at you after a few strikes, or when you are too far away, signaled by raising it above his head.  Dodge it, then run over to it to pick it up before he does.  You can block it with your shield or a shield bash, but then it will be deflected towards Ghirahim and he will likely get to it first.

He also attacks 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 is holding his sword, as this tells which side he'll attack from.  If he is 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 only succeeds 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, you get a chance for a counter-attack.

Ghirahim continues to use his teleportation, but in much more creative ways. He still teleports behind you, but he can also teleport above you. If he jumps upwards and disappears, begin to sprint in any direction. He comes down to your previous location, and his swords get stuck in the ground, leaving him open for attack.

Ghirahim lifts himself and Link up on a platform which he created himself. Ghirahim carries no sword in this phase, so he uses physical attacks like punches and kicks. Since Ghirahim's metallic skin is invulnerable, he needs to be driven off the platform to another one by various attacks. As soon as Ghirahim falls down to another level, you need to deliver a fatal blow on to the weak point on his chest. Once Ghirahim gets up, he has a purple aura around his hands. If you touch the purple aura, Ghirahim catches your blade and flips you over him, close to the edge. You need to drive him off the platform twice more to finish this phase. Note that each time he is driven off the platforms, the stage becomes slightly bigger.

After exposing his weak point (the red gem in his chest), Ghirahim summons his black saber again. However, this fight is very different from the previous battles. Ghirahim holds out his sword, allowing him to block attacks with ease and he can hit you from further away. He begins to attack if you get too close (making it harder to attack his weak point). Instead of conjuring and shooting knives, he attacks with [[Sword Beam]]s 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 sword beams you return to him. Once he is 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 five 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 defeat 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 stuns him long enough to deal two or three hits. Repeat until he is down.

For the final phase, Ghirahim summons a giant sword. You'll have to completely change your strategy; he stops using sword beams, and shield-bashes only block his attack (they don't stun him). He occasionally slashes 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 forces him to block your attacks with his sword, but the Master Sword damages 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 switches his defensive stance when you've hit the blade three times, which may cause you to stagger. Be careful when you get knocked back, as Ghirahim immediately attempts to attack. The easiest way to defeat this form is to take about a second pause between each swing at his blade, he holds it up for a while.