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#47 Song of the Hero – Thunder Dragon’s Part
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Go to the Lanayru Desert light point and drop into the Lanayru Mine entrance. Golo, the Goron, will call to Link. He has something he wants to show Link. Use the Clawshots to reach the Claw Shield. He will ask if Link has found the Sacred Flame. Link tells Golo that he did. He tells Link that he believes there is a hidden area in the desert. Golo says that he found a narrow passageway but he couldn’t fit through. He thinks the Thunder Dragon lives there. Go down the pathway a short distance stop and turn right. Equip the Clawshots and target the Claw Shield across the way to get on the other pathway. Go to the end of this pathway and open a large treasure chest that contains an Evil Crystal. Go back to Golo’s location and to the end of the path. Equip the Clawshots and use the Claw Shields to maneuver through the canyon. Link will end up at the entrance to the Lanayru Caves. Go inside the tunnel and Link emerges at the cave intersections.
There are three crawl spaces that have rocks blocking them. Roll a bomb into each one. Collect the Rupees in the crawl space to the left and right. Go into the center crawl space and emerge in a cavern. To the left are Blue Butterflies. Equip the Goddess Harp and strum. A Gossip Stone appears and says, "Oddly enough, it seems that drawing a circle on certain strange walls will produce something round." The soft soil spot and two piles of rocks contain Rupees. Head for the light at the end of the cavern.
Link emerges in "Lanayru Gorge". Fi appears to confirm Link’s location and to tell him of an old mining operation for Timeshift Stones. Link is on a large plateau. To the right is a Bird Statue and behind it across the void is a locked door. To the left are the remnants of an old rail system crossing a void to a tunnel. At the end of the plateau is a large skeleton, like that of a dragon. The skull shows the sign of a soul. Directly below the edge of the plateau is a column that has a "Small Key". Equip the Hook beetle to retrieve it. Turn around and walk toward the Bird Statue. Equip the Hook Beetle and pick a bomb flower from the top of the cactus. Drop the bomb flower on the pile of rocks blocking the way to the locked door. Leap to the column and then to the ledge. A Stone Marker to the right of the door reads;
"Entry to the area ahead is
allowed only by permission of
the Thunder Dragon Lanayru."
Open the door and follow the pathway to the right. Equip the Clawshots and use the Peahats to reach a tunnel across the void. At the end of the tunnel is an old mining cart with a Timeshift Stone. Strike it with the sword to activate a Timeshift Zone. Talk to the robot and it tells Link that there are lots of big Timeshift Stones here. The robot asks Link if he has permission to be there. It then tells Link that they were about to transport Timeshift Stones to the Master Thunder dragon. Just then the mining cart begins to move away along with the Timeshift Zone.
Follow the mining cart to the door. To the left is a switch plate. Step on the switch plate to allow the cart through. In the next area Technoblins and Deku Babas come to life. Avoid them if possible. The cart will stop at another door. Step on the switch plate to the right to let the cart through. The cart will follow a rail and the Timeshift Zone will create a walkway for Link, along with some Technoblins. At the next door is a platform with a switch plate mounted high above the ground. Jump onto the vine-covered wall and climb to the platform. Step on the switch plate, then quickly drop down to follow the cart.
In the next area the cart travels the rail while a walkway appears along its path. Quickly follow the walkway forward and then to the left. Turn left and climb the vine-covered wall to the new walkway. Follow it to a ledge with a Deku Baba. Take him out and wait for the cart to stop. Equip the Clawshots and target the vines next to another new walkway. Step on the switch plate and quickly jump onto the vine-covered wall. Move across the vines leaping from one to another while avoiding steam-jets. Drop down onto a new walkway and soon the cart will stop. Equip the Clawshots and target the Claw Shields to get to the new walkway above Link.
Ahead are a number of Claw Shields mounted on columns and about seven Cursed Keese. Equip the Hooked Beetle and with some superb flying, take out the Cursed Keese. Step on the switch plate and quickly equip the Clawshots to maneuver to the Claw Shields. In the next tunnel are Green Chuchus and hanging Deku Babas. Defeat them as the cart stops at an Iron Barred gate. On the other side of the gate is a lever mounted on the wall. Equip the Whip to strike it and give it a yank down. The gate will rise and the cart continues forward. More Green Chuchus and a Technoblin. The cart will turn right and cross two voids. There are hooks mounted on the wall above each void. Equip the Whip to swing across the voids.
Ahead are more of the spike heads moving across the floor. Gee didn’t I mention them before! The cart soon stops at the door. On the right is a pathway of Sinksand leading to a lever. Dash to the lever and pull it down. The door opens and the cart moves into a large room with Technoblins, Sentrobes and tall Beamos. They are beating the snot out of Link, so use the cart as protection. Defeat the Beamos on each side of the door. Then equip the Whip and pull down the lever on the left side of the door. Follow the cart now because the door closes quickly. The cart and Link emerge outside.
A pile of rocks on the rail stops the cart. Hidden in the grass on top of a column to the right of the cart is a bomb flower. Equip the Hook Beetle and pick a bomb flower to clear the rocks from the rail. Link runs into several Deku Babas and a Quadro Baba before making it to the other side. When the cart arrives at its destination the Timeshift Zone shrinks to nothing, then expands across the plateau. The dragon is now alive. Talk to the robot on the right and it tells Link the Thunder dragon is very ill and may cease to function. On the left side of the plateau, near the rail is another robot. It tells Link that they can’t do anything with the Timeshift Stone without the Thunder Dragon’s Permission.
Turn around and walk toward the dragon. The Thunder Dragon is surrounded by clouds of smoke and a haze. Link tries to talk to the dragon and it coughs. The dragon then says, "Oh, hello…I haven’t had a visitor like you here in …quite a while. You’re a human, aren’t you? You must have some reason for coming this far. What is it?" Link tells him his name and the dragon doesn’t think much of it. The dragon then suggests adding a model number to his name. LD-LINK-16. The dragon then asks what can he do for Link. Link tells the Thunder Dragon that he needs the third part of the Song of the Hero. The Thunder Dragon then realizes that Link is the chosen hero. He then says, "I must apologize. You see I can’t really help you." The Thunder Dragon explains to Link that he is quite ill and doesn’t have enough strength to sing. He tells Link that his robots planted a seedling tree that bears a fruit that is able to cure all illnesses. But, the tree just will not grow. The Thunder Dragon thinks that this is the end for him.
Turn around and talk to the robot. The robot will tell Link that they planted the Tree of Life on the other side of the bridge. Turn right and cross the plateau to a short bridge leading to a pathway. Follow the pathway to the Sinksand waterfall and dash to the island ahead. Dash forward to the small plateau with the tree. Equip the Gust Bellows and blow away the pile of sand to reveal a Blue Stone. Strike the Blue Stone with the sword to activate the Timeshift Zone. Drop off the plateau to find a Goddes Cube near a stone wall. Raise the charged sword and strike the cube to send its energy to the clouds. Climb back onto the plateau and talk to the robot. The robot tells Link that the soil here is not suitable for growing trees. Turn toward the seedling and dig it up. This upsets the robot who tells Link the Master Thunder Dragon needs the fruit from the Tree of Life to recover. He asks Link if he means to help their master. Say – "Of course". The robot thanks Link and asks him to plant it somewhere where it will thrive.
Drop down from the plateau and onto the pathway and follow it to its end. Equip the Tough Beetle and strike the Blue Stone in the mining cart to activate the Timeshift Zone so that Link can cross the void on the new bridge. Go to the Bird Statue and choose "Go to the Sky". Head for the Faron Woods light point and drop down to the Sealed Grounds. Enter the Sealed Temple and turn to the left. Plant the seedling in the soft soil near Groose. Groose will tell Link that it will take a very long time for the seedling to grow. Turn to leave and Fi will appear. She will tell Link that this is an ideal location for the seedling to grow, but it will take far too long in "this time". Turn around, dig up the seedling and go into the Gate of Time.
Link will emerge in the Sealed Temple past. Talk to Impa and she will ask why he is here. Say – "What’s up?" Impa will look to a patch of earth and she thinks it will be a nice place to plant a tree and how much it would please Zelda to see a great tree when she awakens. Impa tells Link that it is a rare tree that would grow strong for thousands of years on end. Walk over to the soft soil spot and plant the seedling. Turn and enter the Gate of Time. Link emerges in the Sealed Temple present day to see a large mature Tree of Life with one piece of fruit. Equip the Tough Beetle to knock the "Life Tree Fruit" from the branch. Pick up the fruit, head for a Bird Statue and take to the sky.
Head for the Lanayru Desert light point and drop into the Lanayru Gorge. Run up to the Thunder Dragon and present the Fruit of Life. The Thunder Dragon is overwhelmed at Link’s gift. The scene shows Link tossing the fruit into the air and the Thunder Dragon snapping it up. There is a bright light and the Thunder Dragon gives a "ZINGA-DINGDING!" The Thunder Dragon then takes to flight and does several loop-to-loops and figure-eights. The Thunder Dragon tells Link that he has done it and he feels like a proper dragon again. The Thunder Dragon then recites his part of the Song of the Hero. The Thunder Dragon is very pleased with Link’s help and feels the need to repay him. He tells Link to give him some time to prepare and when Link next visits he will be mightily pleased.
Fi appears to confirm the receipt of this part of the song and suggests that Link take to the sky and meet with the great sky spirit Levias to complete the song. Walk up to the Thunder Dragon to talk to him. He will tell Link that he told him to wait a while longer before seeing him. But, since he is here, he says, "Let’s put this show on the road". The Thunder Dragon says "How about we make this bit of fun more meaningful". He wants to put Link through some of the challenges he had faced previously. It’s a game or more like a challenge! The Thunder Dragon gives Link a choice of "Battle!", "Silent Realm!" or "Neither". For the time being, choose "Neither". The Thunder Dragon tells Link to come back anytime. He’ll be waiting. Find a Bird Statue and take to the sky.
