Walkthrough:The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker/VicGeorge2K9/Part 19

This part will take you up to the first floor of Ganon's Tower.

Hyrule Castle
Make sure you're fully equipped before you head down to Hyrule Castle through the portal at the Tower of the Gods. When you arrive, go into the entrance. You'll notice that the Hero of Time statue has been broken, and that the passageway to the Master Sword chamber is open once more. Go down there, and Link will see Princess Zelda waiting for him, but the instant she turns, she vanishes in a flash of light. Ganondorf's voice fills the chamber, telling Link that with the seal removed, there's no safe place for anyone anywhere. A ring of fire surrounds the entire room, and two big Darknuts called Iron Knuckles appear within the ring of fire, with the intention of making sure Link never survives to meet Ganondorf again.

Although the battle will be somewhat tougher, the strategy of dealing with the Iron Knuckles is the same as that with the Darknuts: fight defensively, waiting to use the parry attack to strike at them from behind and slowly strip them of their armor so they will be vulnerable to your sword strikes. When both of them are defeated, the ring of fire will disappear. Replenish your hearts with the multi-colored orbs before leaving the chamber.

Go out of the castle through the other exit leading to the bridge. Once you're at the magical barrier, strike at it with the Master Sword. The barrier will then weaken and shatter, allowing Link access to the area beyond. Follow the path up the hill to a cave, fighting off Moblins, Darknuts, and Peahats along the way. When you get close to the cave entrance, use the Hookshot to pull yourself across the parts of the broken bridge, watching out for the Keese around there. Inside the cave, just continue forward and up the stairs to the door to enter Ganon's Tower.

Ganon's Tower
The first room of the first floor of Ganon's Tower is a large lava-filled cavern with bridges leading to five doors. The door ahead of you is locked, so you'll need to go into each of the other doors first to make the seals of the four main dungeon bosses appear on it to make it open. Each door takes you into a chamber where you'll go through an obstacle course similar to the four main dungeons in the game (not including Tower of the Gods or Forsaken Fortress, mind you), and at the end of the course there's a repeat of the boss battle, only in glorious black-and-white and with the soundtrack distorted, like an old science-fiction movie from the 1950s. NOTE: In each of the boss fight flashbacks, you'll only be given whatever items you had at the point where you originally fought the boss until that boss is defeated.

Proceeding onward
NEXT: The second floor of Ganon's Tower.