Walkthrough:The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker/VicGeorge2K9/Part 14

This part will get you through the entire Earth Temple.

Headstone Island
With Medli on board the King of Red Lions, let's get underway. Warp to Outset Island and sail east one block to Headstone Island. Before going there, if you have ten Knight's Crests (you should have ten at this point), you may want to stop at Outset Island to visit Orca and present him with the Knight's Crests. He will then teach us a new sword technique that he and his brother have tried for years to perfect -- the Hurricane Spin. It is similar in technique to the simple spin attack, but you hold down the B button until your sword lights up, and then Link will whirl around the room spinning incredibly fast, slashing anything that touches his sword in the process. The downside is that Link will be disoriented at the end of using the Hurricane Spin. Orca will be so happy that Link has learned this technique, he will gush out tears of joy from his eyes.

Once you reach Headstone Island, the King of Red Lions will tell Link that if he needs Medli to do something, use the Command Melody to control her. Upon entering, play the Earth God's Lyric before the giant stone tablet. Medli will quietly play her harp, and the giant stone tablet will crack and crumble, opening the way to the Earth Temple. The both of them will automatically drop down the hole in the next room and enter.

Earth Temple Boss: Jalhalla
Medli will stay outside the chamber while Link goes inside. After he does, he sees a dozen or so Poes dancing around before they notice him and start running into a giant mask in the center of the chamber. Then a giant obese Poe with a lantern will form from the mask. This is the dungeon boss Jalhalla. His attacks will include sucking you toward him with air, breathing out fire at you, and even landing on you with a belly flop, cursing you for a brief bit to run into the spikes along the walls of the room.

Although intangible, Jalhalla's weakness is light. Stand under a beam of light that shines into the room and use the Mirror Shield to reflect a beam of light unto him. He will then become tangible and fall down to the floor. Pick him up and toss him into one of the spiked pillars lining the walls of the room. He will break into multiple Poes that you must strike with the sword as quickly as possible before they merge together and Jalhalla reforms -- even if there's only one Poe left! (If you have the Hurricane Spin, charge it up before Jalhalla hits the pillar and let it loose after he explodes to strike many Poes quickly.) With each reforming, the light beam will shift around faster, and Jalhalla will be tougher to beat. When the last Poe is struck down, Jalhalla's mask will try to flee by floating to the ceiling, but a beam of light will cause it to fall to the floor and be smashed, turning into a Heart Container as Link dances with joy for defeating him.

After collecting the Heart Container and stepping into the blue light in the middle of the Triforce symbol, Medli will come into the chamber, and Link will place the Master Sword in the blue light before conducting her in playing the Earth God's Lyric. The spirit of Laruto will join Medli as she plays. After the song is over, Link will pick up the Master Sword, and its handle will suddenly change shape and its blade will sparkle. We've just restored the Master Sword's former power, but it's not yet fully restored. Medli says we should go find the other sage while she stays behind in the Earth Temple to continue praying, and she also asks Link to watch Prince Komali for her. He agrees before he steps into the blue light and vanishes from the temple.

NEXT: Ice Ring Isle and a return to Forest Haven.