Walkthrough:The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess/VicGeorge2K9/Part 8

This part will take you through your fourth visit into Twilight.

Kakariko Village
Once Link leaves the Forest Temple, he will reappear at Eldin Spring, where Eldin will tell Link that to the north past the bridge is the province of Lanayru, and there he shall find the one he seeks (talking about Ilia). Then Link sees the children gather outside Renado's house, and Colin now comes to him, a bit weak but feeling better. He tells Link that the monsters must have taken Ilia someplace else and that he must go save her. He also says that when he thought he couldn't go on, he would think of Link and Ilia and try to hold on. Renado will tell Link not to worry about the children because he will watch after them, and he and his daughter Luda, joined by Beth and Talo, will bow towards him as a sign of gratitude.

Before we move on, let's take a visit inside the shop at is at the north end of the street. It is Barnes' Bomb Shop, and in here we want to be careful not to light up lanterns! Right now he's only selling one type of bomb because his workshop was blown up, but in order to buy a 10-pack of bombs, we're going to need a bomb bag, and Barnes is selling one for 120 rupees. You should have enough to pay for one at this point. Barnes will tell us that we can combine bombs with arrows when we need ranged explosives to blow up stuff. Hmmm...doesn't that remind you of another game?

Hyrule Field
Now that we got bombs, get on your horse and let's get riding to Lanayru Province. Here we want to exit Kakariko Village at the north end gate, so get Epona up to full gallop and jump the gate to proceed. We want to go across the Bridge of Eldin to get on the road leading to the province. After you cross the bridge, a black portal will appear over the bridge and take a portion of the center part out, so we won't be able to use it anytime in the future yet. It will also dump three shadow beings down on the side of the bridge we were on, which means we're going to have to take them down in Link's Hylian form. First slay one of them, then use the spin attack on the other two when they're close together. We now have ourselves another Midna-warp spot.

Use a bomb to blow up rocks that are in your way on the road to Lanayru Province, then proceed down the road on Epona until you reach the black wall of twilight. Dismount and approach the wall, and Midna will ask you if you want to enter. Say that you do, and Midna will pass through the wall and then pull you in through it.

Twilight
Link transforms into a wolf again, and Midna again rides on him, so continue along on the same road. Up ahead you'll see an object that looks like a purse. Go up to it and press the A button to sniff the object. Link will discover that it has the scent of Ilia, and like with the scent of the children you found at Kakariko Village, you'll see a trail of her scent on the road when you activate the sense mode. Follow the trail wherever it leads you, again while ignoring whatever attackers may find you on the road since most of them won't be directly in front of you.

Hyrule Castle Town
Soon we'll see a castle up ahead in the distance, which Midna will ask if we've seen this place before, knowing that we've been there earlier. Well, let's continue following the scent trail, which will lead us to the gate of a city. Inside is Hyrule Castle Town, and it's pretty bustling with many spirits standing around, blocking our paths here and there. Continue following the scent trail through town, and you'll find that it leads you to a place called Telma's Bar where you'll see Ilia with an older woman looking at a fallen young Zora boy, wondering if his condition has anything to do with what the soldiers were talking about in the back. If you go to the back of the bar, you'll hear soldiers speaking about their orders, and that the people can't send prayers to the spring spirit of Lake Hylia. The sergeant has marked out on the table map the area to investigate, so look at the map; a red circle marks the spot.

Now that we know where we need to go, let's leave the city the same way we came in. Head to the left where there's a narrow canyon road for you to travel on, which will lead you to the Great Bridge of Hylia which crosses over Lake Hylia. Halfway across the bridge, Link will stop and Midna will ask if he smells something funny. Apparently the entire bridge road is covered in black stuff that smells flammable. Then two fire arrows will hit both ends of the bridge, setting those ends ablaze. Midna says we're trapped, so we better find a way to get out of there. Push a nearby box toward either side, then use it to climb unto the bridge railing and take a really long plunge into a very small body of water.

Tears Of Light
NEXT: The escort mission