The Four Giants

To stop the Skull Kid, Link and Tatl work on the only clue they have; the four places stated by Tael. The two decide to head to the Southern Swamp first. Upon arriving at the swamp, Link finds the area's water poisoned, presumably due to the disappearance of the Swamp's guardian god. After venturing through the Deku Kingdom and Woodfall Temple, Link battles the dark being Odolwa. Upon defeating the foe, Link frees an "innocent spirit" from the Mask worn by the monster. Link and Tatl find themselves facing a sorrowful and powerful Giant that promptly sings to them. Tatl then surmises that the Giant was one of the "four" that Tael spoke of, as Link learns the "Oath to Order". <br><br> The two head to Snowhead Mountain, a place that has experienced a longer-than-usual period of winter, to save the next Giant. Link learns that the mountain and its surrounding areas are doomed to become an uninhabitable, eternally frozen wasteland unless he can save the Giant. While in the Goron Village, Link meets the spirit of a heroic Goron warrior named Darmani III who tried to find a way to save his people, but died in the attempt. Link plays the "Song of Healing" to heal the spirit's sorrows and house him in a Goron Mask for Link to wear. This enables Link to inhabit Darmani's body and disguise himself as the deceased Goron warrior. After learning the "Goron Lullaby", Link gains access to Snowhead Temple by lulling its guardian Goron to sleep. Link manages to free the second Giant from Goht, the evil monster of Snowhead Temple, and quell the region's eternal winter. <br><br> Link requires a horse to get to the ocean, where Great Bay is located, due to a tall gate barrier blocking the path. He discovers that Epona had been found and taken in by the sisters Romani and Cremia at Romani Ranch. However, to recover Epona, Link must arrive on the First Day, so that he can find the younger sister Romani in a healthy state to give him back his horse. After reclaiming Epona, Link heads to the cursed Great Bay, where the ocean is in disorder due to calamity at the Great Bay Temple. He finds a Zora named Mikau floating near the shore and near death. After Link pushes him to shore, Mikau tells him that he is the guitarist of a Zora band and that the band's vocalist Lulu laid some strange eggs. Mikau also reveals that Gerudo Pirates stole these eggs from Lulu and that he was fatally wounded when he tried to retrieve them for her. Using his last strength to play his guitar, he asks Link to fulfill his final request: to retrieve Lulu's eggs from the Gerudo Pirates and heal his soul. Mikau then collapses, and Link plays the "Song of Healing" to house his soul in a Zora Mask, which he dons to inhabit Mikau's body. Finding the stolen eggs in the Pirates' Fortress and at Pinnacle Rock, the young hero brings them to the aquarium in the Marine Research Lab, where they hatch. The seven baby Zoras that hatch from the eggs teach Link the "New Wave Bossa Nova", and the Professor there tells him that he must play this newly learned song to Lulu. Link heads to Zora Hall and plays the song for her. This restores her voice and awakens the Giant Turtle in Great Bay, who offers to take Link to the Great Bay Temple. Link makes his way through the Temple and defeats the evil aquatic creature Gyorg, freeing the third Giant in the process. <br><br> Link ventures east to Ikana Canyon, where the fourth and final Giant is located. However, the Poe Collector will not let him pass unless he possesses the Garo's Mask. Link heads to the Gorman Track and acquires this Mask from the Gorman Brothers after he and Epona defeat them in a horse race. He heads back to Ikana Canyon wearing the Garo's Mask, and the Poe Collector lets him pass. Link ventures to the Ancient Castle of Ikana and battles the undead king of the Ikana Kingdom, Igos du Ikana. After Link defeats him, the king explains that the Skull Kid released a curse onto Ikana when he opened the doors of the Stone Tower, resulting in the dead to linger. He tells Link that he must seal the doors of the Stone Tower to dispel the curse. To this end, he teaches Link the "Elegy of Emptiness" to enable him to enter the Temple before departing to the afterlife. Link makes his way to the Stone Tower and uses the "Elegy of Emptiness" to scale it. He traverses the Stone Tower Temple and defeats the evil Twinmold, removing the curse from Ikana Canyon and freeing the last of the Four Giants.