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	Zeldamastery: Death Mountain      Before entering the land of the Gorons, Link must visit the homestead of the Sheikah, Kakariko Village. Although Impa is the only surviving Skeikah, they keep up her house as a tourist attraction. The town is being built in a great renovation project brought about by the king of Hyrule. Guards at either end of the town protect the helpless citizens from harm at the hand of stalchildren or tekites. But to continue on your way, you must endure both.      In the Royal Family's tomb, you read the music composed by the Composer Brothers Sharp and Flat. I love these names; they crack me up whenever I read them. For those of you who are music illiterate, let me inform you—sharp means to raise the pitch of a note by one half-step, while flat means to lower the pitch of a note by one half step. For information on music and of the Ocarina itself visit Zeldamaster: Music. You read the headstone, which gives you the versatile Song of the Sun. You can use it to stun redeads, but I don't know why this works—your guess is as good as mine. The redeads are decrepid mummies (gibdos are newly-buried mummies) who have not seen light for God knows how many years. The sun beconed from your Ocarina, the redeads will shiver up in fear, allowing you to slice them with your sword. Also, the Song of the Sun will make it day again out in Hyrule Field. This is useful to dispel the Stalchildren, but then brings about day, which causes the peahats to come out of their plants.      The Goron race itself is the most interesting species in the game. They live on stones harvested deep within Death Mountain. However, when you meet them, you find them to be on the point of starvation because Ganondorf has stut up Dodongo's Cavern, their primary food source. In this cavern is the lava and molten rock which, when cooled, forms the greatest top-sirloin rock that Gorons love to eat. Darunia, the game's Goron leader, does not urge you to enter the dungeon. In fact, he steers you away from attempting the feat. He gives you the Goron's Bracelet for no reason other than playing the song for him. He says that you may enter the dungeon if you feel like it, but thinks that you are too young and feeble to do so. The Gorons have high expectations for their children and subsequent warriors.      One of the enemies you encounter in Dodongo's Cavern is the Lizalfo. They are lizards who, after many years of training, have gone into the service of the great Ganondorf. They have great skills, but have not mastered the principle of watching your enemy for his comeback. Lizalfos fail miserably in this aspect. Well, that makes it easier for us; I enjoy killing these complete morons! The Dodongos themselves are resonably easy to kill, as long as you watch out for their tail spin, which will usually hit you if you're not careful. The Dodongos are the inhabitants of the Death Mountain Lava Pits, and the rulers of their own private domain. They are Miyamoto's version of fire-breathing dragons, which are prevalent in eastern culture. However, the cultures of eastern civilizations treat dragons as a prized posession, a good luck symbol. However, in western culture the knight was always out slaying the dragon. The use of a dragon as an enemy toward Link can be interpreted two ways as such: Miyamoto is trying to integrate western culture into his games or he is just desperate for a character. I choose the latter. This game is first and mostly targeted for the audience in Japan, who has had a great affection for the dragon for centuries, so would not link the idea of killing one. However, the Japanese mindset to destroy the enemy at all cost is most prevalent, so no matter the enemy, Japanese children will enjoy slaughtering this annoying character, as will all other children of the world.       Darunia speaks to you after your completing the dungeon and calls you his "sworn brother." Navi tells you that you have no idea what he's talking about. I don't see how the makers at Nintendo have the gall to insult the populus with this comment. Why wouldn't we know? Perhaps they are trying to tell us that much is ahead that we have yet to tackle. Anyway, either tain of mind you want to take, the comment is insulting. Go Back to Zeldamaster: Story Previous Part of Story Next Part of Story	GAME INFO  » Zelda Games  » Zelda I  » Zelda II  » Zelda III  » Zelda IV  » Zelda V  » Zelda VI  » Zelda VII  » Zelda VIII  » Zelda IX  » Related Games  » SSB  » SSB Melee    SURVEY  Name: Email: Have you played anything on Game Cube yet? Yes No   LINKS  » 日本のサイト  » Link's Worlds  » GC Unlimited