The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

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This game's story is believed to take place after The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, when Zelda sent Link back in time to live out his childhood in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Story

Deep in the southern most region of the kingdom of Hyrule lies a village by the name of Ordan. Cradled in the scenic beauty of pristine farmland, the villagers of Ordan make a living by raising livestock. Among the villagers is a boy known as the most skillful rider in all the land. A boy who, it is expected, will take over the responsibility of leading Ordan as the village chief. His name is Link. Trusted and liked by all the villagers, Link is especially loved by the other children of Ordan, among who he holds unofficial status as the leader of the pack. Link spends his days as a ranch hand and learns the ways of the sword from the village's lone swordsman, Rusl, in his spare time. He often displays his newly honed skills to the village youths, which makes him even more popular.

One day, Link is showing off his swordsmanship as usual, when a monkey appears. "Hey! That's the monkey that has been causing trouble all over the village! Lets get him", cry the children. They run after the monkey into the forest. Link rushes into the heart of the woods after them and is shocked to find that the dark thickets are teeming with countless monsters. After fighting his way through their ranks, Link rescues the child and the monkey from the cage where they are held captive.

Until now, the forest had been a safe place...

The next day, after much encouragement from Rusl, Link prepares to set out and deliver the village's tribute to Hyrule Castle. Having never visited the castle before, Link is in high spirits as he prepares for his journey, but when his childhood friend Ilia notice's a wound on Epona's haunch, she gives Link an earful for being so careless with his horse. In a huff, Ilia leads Epona away.

Link tracks down Eopna and Ilia at the mystical spring nearby and attempts to apologize for injuring Epona. But no matter how many times he says he's sorry, Ilia simply refuses to forgive Link. Then Colin, a young boy from the village who idolizes Link, steps forward to mediate the situation. Thanks to Colin's explanation, Link is fianlly able to get Ilia to drop her gaurd and talk with him. Having warmed back up, Ilia tells Link, "Come back safely, and don't do anything reckless!"

Just then...

A monster astride a huge bear comes crashing out of the forest. The fearsome monster and its mount break through the gate to the spring and attack the youths. Caught off gaurd by the sudden assault, Link is helpless t stop the monster from delivering a blow that renders him unconscience. Through the fog of his half-conscience mind, Link watches Colin and Ilia get swept away off by the monster..

Link soon wakes up and runs across the bridge towards the woods. He is pulled through a newly placed black wall by a Twilight Beast, who drops him when a Triforce Symbol appears on his hand. Soon after entering the Twilight, Link turns into a wolf and then faints. Link is taken to Hyrule Castle and imprisoned in the cellars. There, he meets Midna, a mysterious character who doesn't fully reveal who she is and helps Link escape. He finally makes it to the top of the tallest tower, where he meets Princess Zelda for the first time. She tells him of the recent battle that ensued in Hyrule. Zant, an evil sorcerer, and his Twilight Beasts have killed many soldiers, and how she was forced to surrender.

After leaving Zelda, Link and Midna escape from the Twilight and return to Ordon, where they acquire the Ordon Sword and the Ordon Shield. On their way back to the Twilight, Link and Midna are stopped outside Ordon Spring where they meet Ordona, a Light Spirit. Link and Midna then go to the Twilight-covered Faron Woods where they meet the shattered remains of the Light Spirit Faron. He instructs them to find the Tears of Light to restore light to the Faron Province. Once they meet the revitalized Faron, Link finds out that he is the chosen hero of destiny.

Link and Midna then go to the forest temple and defeat Diababa. Once Diababa is defeated, they are granted the first Fused Shadow. Faron tells them to go to the Eldin Province to the west (Wii) or east (GCN). Link and Midna go into the Twilight and find Link's Wooden Sword, which Link had given to Talo. Since Link is a wolf at this time, he can smell the kids; he follows their scent to a broken bridge and fixes it.

Link and Midna then continue on to Kakariko Village, where they find the shattered form of the Light Spirit Eldin. They search Kakariko and Death Mountain for the Tears of Light, this time to restore light to Eldin Province. Link is reuinited with the kids at last, but Ilia is still missing. In Kakariko, Link meets Renado who tells Link about the Gorons at Death Mountain and how they are in an uncontrollable rage. After Link tries to go up to Death Mountain and is knocked back by a Goron, Renado tells him that Bo, the Mayor of Ordon, could beat the Gorons in strength contests.

Link begins preparing to leave Kakariko, but then Epona comes riding and Link must tame her. When he meets with Bo, Link gets a quick sumo lesson and Bo gives him the Iron Boots. Link returns to Death Mountain and reaches a large room with lots of Gorons who are ready to fight. The Goron Elder, Gor Coron, tells Link that if he can win against him in a contest of strength, he will grant him entry into the Goron mines to save the Goron Patriarch, Darbus. Link defeats Gor Coron in a sumo match and is allowed into the Goron Mines; inside, he gets the three pieces of the key to Darbus's room from the other three Goron elders. When he gets to Darbus's room, Darbus turns into a monster called Fyrus. Link saves Darbus and takes the Fused Shadow that corrupted him.

Link then travels to the Lanayru Province, which is covered in Twilight. He meets the Light Spirit Lanayru and saves the province from Twilight. He is reunited with Ilia, who is in the care of the bartender Telma. The two of them are taking care of a collapsed Zora child named Prince Ralis. Link quickly escorts them to Kakariko village where Ralis and Ilia are put into Renado's care. Link then finds out that Ilia has lost her memory. Prince Ralis's dead mother Rutela grants Link the Zora Armor.

Link heads to Lake Hylia where he enters the Water Temple. Here, he defeats Morpheel, granting him the third and final Fused Shadow. Link and Midna return to Lanayru Spring, where they learn the story of the Dark Interlopers. At the spring, they bump into Zant, who hurts Midna by trapping her in the Light World which hurts her. Link and Midna return to Hyrule Castle, where Zelda grants Midna the power to survive in the Light World.

Link and Midna go back to Faron Woods to a hidden portion called the Sacred Grove. Here, they find the Legendary Blade of Evil's Bane, the Master Sword. They go to the Gerudo Desert, which holds the Arbiter's Grounds. Here, they defeat Stallord. They head outside to find the Mirror of Twilight is broken into four pieces. They meet the Sages and learn about Ganondorf, who holds the Triforce of Power. The Sages sent him into the Twilight Realm after a failed execution.

Link and Midna go to Snowpeak, the home of Yeto and Yeta, to recover a cursed mirror shard that possessed Yeta, turning her into Blizzeta. They return to the Sacred Grove and enter the Temple of Time, where they find the Dominion Rod and recover another mirror shard from Armoghoma. They return to Kakariko, where they meet Shad, who tells them about the sky beings known as the Oocca.

Gor Coron tells Link to go to the Hidden Village near the Bridge of Eldin. There, Link and Midna find Impaz, who is the last of the Sheikahand she gives Link the Skybook. Link gets a wooden statue from Castle Town, as well as a Horse Call from Impaz, which give Ilia her memory back. Link goes back to Kakariko and shows the book to Shad, who gives him the location of the remaining owl statues around Hyrule. Link goes and moves them all, restoring the full word, which removes the seal on the owl statue in Kakariko. Link moves it and finds a cannon, which allows him to access the City in the Sky.

Link defeats the Dragon Argorok, granting him the final mirror shard. Link and Midna return to the Mirror of Twilight and enter the Palace of Twilight. Here, Link recovers the two Sols, bringing the power of light to the Master Sword. Link and Midna go defeat Zant, but find out that he is just a puppet and the real enemy is Ganondorf. Link and Midna return to Hyrule Castle once more, where they face off with Ganondorf. Link stabs him in the stomach with the Master Sword, which finishes him. Midna is then revealed to be the titular princess. She, Link, and Zelda return to the Mirror Chamber and say their final goodbyes; as Midna leaves, she shatters the mirror of Twilight into a million pieces so nothing can enter or leave the Twilight Realm again.

Dungeons

Main article: Twilight Princess Dungeons

The dungeons, in order, are as follows:

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