Stallord

Twilit Fossil Stallord (蘇生古代竜 ハーラ・ジガント) is the skeleton of an ancient dead beast inside the Arbiter's Grounds. Link stumbled upon it while searching for the Mirror of Twilight at the Arbiter's Grounds. Zant then appeared and plunged a magic sword into the beast's skull, bringing it back to life. This boss battle has been regarded by many as one of the greatest boss battles in the Zelda Series.

Stallord had a roughly humanoid upper body standing up from a pit of sand, and a horned animal head comparable to a goat or dragon. Its lower body was never seen.

Link fought Stallord by tackling its lower spine with his Spinner, while Stallord tried to keep him away by summoning Staltroops and spitting dark fire from its mouth. When Link had knocked away Stallord's three lowest vertebrae, the beast fell, the sandpit receded, and Link believed to have won.

However, Stallord came alive once again, and its head started floating and pushed Link into a large circular pit. Link proceeded to use the Spinner to chase Stallord, which again spat fireballs at him. After Link jumped into Stallord's head with his Spinner, it fell to the ground, and Link took his chance to slash Zant's cursed blade with the Master Sword. After doing so several times, Link destroyed the evil blade, and Stallord was dead once and for all.

It is rumored that Stallord is, in fact, the dragon Volvagia from Ocarina of Time, as he was never revived in the Twilight Princess timeline and has a very similar appearance (besides being only a skeleton), abilities (spitting fire) and same music.

Stallord appears as the final boss of the single-player mode in Link's Crossbow Training. This battle takes place in the desert beyond the Arbiter's Grounds (visible in the background) rather than within the Grounds themselves. To defeat Stallord in this timed battle, Link must destroy three red targets, one on each of Stallord's hands and on his head, while avoiding Stallord's fireball attacks and destroying the clouds of Keese the skeletal lord releases.

Behind the scenes

 * The music played while fighting Stallord is the same music as the one that plays during the fights with King Dodongo and Volvagia in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Appearances

 * The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
 * Link's Crossbow Training