Changes: Lorule Castle

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Template:Dungeons Lorule Castle is a location in A Link Between Worlds, and the final dungeon of the game. It is Lorule's incarnation of Hyrule Castle and thus is the home of the Royal Family of Lorule. The main item of the dungeon is the Red Mail. The final room of the castle, the Throne Room is demarcated by the game as a separate dungeon.

Entrance to the Castle

After Yuga has abducted both Princess Zelda and Impa from Hyrule Castle, he spirits them away to Lorule Castle through a crack in Princess Zelda's private office. Link gives chase, using Ravio's Bracelet to follow the fiend, and arrives in the private office of Princess Hilda inside Lorule Castle. Following Yuga's merging with Ganon into Yuga Ganon, Hilda casts a barrier around Lorule Castle, blocking the entrance supposedly to keep Yuga and his minions from escaping. After Link has rescued all of the Seven Sages and obtained the Triforce of Courage, Hilda lifts the barrier blocking the entrance, allowing the hero access to the castle's interior through the front door.

Themes and Navigation

Lorule Castle Interior — The central chamber of Lorule Castle

By the time Link has gained the Triforce of Courage, Lorule Castle has been overrun by enemies who will attack Link on sight if he gets close enough. Lava fills much of the dungeon, making for a very perilous journey through the structure. Link must make use of Ravio's Bracelet in several instances to reach seemingly unreachable places. He must also manipulate light and darkness to see certain things that would otherwise be hidden to the eye. In some areas, Link must return orbs resembling eyeballs to their statues in order to open doors leading to the four sections of the castle. He must also make use of several of the items obtained from Ravio, such as the Hookshot, Bombs, Fire Rod, Ice Rod, etc in order to fully navigate the dungeon. The main item of the dungeon, the Red Mail, is found on a ledge at the southern edge of the fourth floor of the main chamber, where Link must put out the torches in order to see two small pathways that can be walked to reach the ledge.

Akin to The Wind Waker, within each of the four major sections of the castle, Link must fight a boss or mini-boss he has faced previously throughout his adventure. These four enemies respectively are: Arrghus, a Ball and Chain Trooper, a Gigabari, and a Moldorm. With the defeat of each of these enemies, an image of them lights up on the main door leading to the inner sanctums of the castle. Once all four of these enemies is defeated, the door leading to Princess Hilda's private office and the Throne Room of the castle opens.

Trivia

Parts of Lorule Castle's theme contain reversed portions of Hyrule Castle's theme music, but if most of the dungeon has been completed, Ganon's theme can be heard playing.
The Lava in the Castle could serve the purpose to help smith and forge weapons, during the fourth variant of Lorule's theme the clanging of a metal hammer on a sword can be heard.

Enemies and Traps

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Arrghus
Ball and Chain Trooper
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Gigabari
Moldorm Purple ALBW.png

Moldorm
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Lorulean Knight

Gallery

The front gate to Lorule Castle with Shadow Link standing close by
Link prepares to enter Lorule Castle through its front door
Artwork of Lorule Castle
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The door blocking the path to the final boss

References

Names in Other Regions
Language		Name	Meaning
	French	Château de Lorule	Lorule Castle
	Spanish^LA	Castillo de Lorule	Lorule Castle

Dungeons in The Legend of Zelda Series

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 ==Trivia==
 *Parts of Lorule Castle's theme contain reversed portions of Hyrule Castle's theme music, but if most of the dungeon has been completed, Ganon's theme can be heard playing.
+*The Lava in the Castle could serve the purpose to help smith and forge weapons, during the fourth variant of Lorule's theme the clanging of a metal hammer on a sword can be heard.
 ==Enemies and Traps==
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 File:Big Bari.png|[[Gigabari]]
 File:Moldorm Purple ALBW.png|[[Moldorm]]
-File:Lorule Soldier aLBW.png|[[Knight of Lorule]]
+File:Lorule Soldier aLBW.png|[[Lorulean Knight]]
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