Back in Skyloft, I dowsed for the gate to the “great trial.” Turns out it was actually in Skyloft itself. Once I found it, I whipped out my harp and played it. It transported me to the final trial, The Goddess’s Silent Realm. Ugh, I thought I was done with these.
It took me a couple tries, but I did collect all 15 tears and complete the trial. My reward was the Stone of Trials, which will lead me to the Triforce. Smurf-Fi told me there is something else in Skyloft that has a similar marking; I must combine the two to open the way to the Triforce.
While looking around, I saw Fledge with a “…” speech bubble. I went to talk to him, and he had a game to play. He tosses pumpkins into the air, and I have to shoot them with my bow and arrows. He told me to get 600 points to get the high score, so I kept playing until I did.
My reward was a piece of heart. I then continued my search… and then I remembered a strange statue over by the waterfall where I first rescued my bird very early in the game. After placing the Stone of Trials in its missing eye socket, the statue spun around, opened up, and a cannon appeared! It shot cannonballs at the neighboring island where the goddess statue was! It broke off huge pieces of the island, revealing a temple on the underside of the island! Shocking!
It also shot out some floating things that I could use my clawshots with, to cross the gap to get to the temple. I was not going to attempt the temple tonight, but I decided to go inside and check it out real quick. It’s called the Sky Keep, and it is where the Triforce is located. It seems to be the final dungeon, but I am not sure about that. Oddly enough, the very first room has a large treasure chest. It contained the dungeon map. That’s extremely unusual for a Zelda dungeon to have the map in the very first room.
The map itself was just as odd. It consists of eight square rooms which seem to be out of order. I’m guessing this dungeon is going to have some serious puzzles. But since I wasn’t going to tackle it today, I went back out to Skyloft.
Instructor Owlan wanted me to find a rare plant for him. I was able to dowse for it, and I decided to seek it out. The search led me to Faron Woods, and oddly enough, to one of the Kikwis. This Kikwi was stressed about monsters in the area and wanted to live in a more peaceful place. So Smurf-Fi jumps out of my sword and utters this epic line:
“I can verify with only 40% accuracy that this person is a plant.” 😀 😀 😀 Anyway, she calls in the flying robot to lug the little plant person up to Skyloft. Instructor Owlan is thrilled with, and intrigued by, the little Kikwi.
I got five gratitude crystals from him. That gave me 52 in total, so I went down to Batreaux’s house to get my latest reward. He gave me a giant wallet, which can store 5,000 rupees!
He said to return to him when I have 70 gratitude crystals…he hinted that he may be able to become human at that point. We’ll see. I made a quick stop at the bazaar to sort out my items…I took my 5th bottle with me and filled it with red (life) potion. After that, I saved my game.