Faron Woods
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| Faron Woods | |
|---|---|
 Link in Faron Woods | |
| Appears in | Twilight Princess (2006) |
| Country | Hyrule |
| Region | Faron Province |
| Terrain | Forest |
| Point(s) of interest | Faron Spring Forest Temple |
| Inhabitants | Coro Faron Trill |
Faron Woods is a location from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. It is a large forest located in southern Hyrule. This forest, along with the Sacred Grove, covers almost the entire southern portion of the Faron Province. With the exception of Coro, the forest is uninhabited apart from a few Monkeys and other wildlife. The forest is connected to the Ordona Province by a small bridge.
[edit] Story
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
After Zant assumes control over Hyrule, the forest becomes infested with more and more enemies, and parts of the forest become covered with a purple and poisonous fog, which can only be passed through with the use of a lantern. Eventually Zant sends his Shadow Beasts to the forest to eliminate the Light Spirit, Faron. Without the deity to protect the province, the forest falls into Twilight. One of Zant's minions, King Bulblin, kidnaps the children of Ordon Village, prompting Link to chase after him into the Twilight-covered woods. A Shadow Beast pulls him through the wall of twilight, however, and he is transformed into a wolf and loses consciousness.
Link awakens in the dungeon of Hyrule Castle, which is also covered in twilight, and meets Midna, a strange imp who helps him escape. The two travel back to Faron Woods in order to dispel the Twilight covering the area. Link meets Faron, who requires him to gather the Tears of Light, which insects of darkness carry, in a Vessel of Light to restore Faron and have him cleanse the area of Twilight. They succesfully complete this task, and the Twilight is lifted. Link, now returned to his regular form, travels together with Midna to the Forest Temple and retrieves a piece of the Fused Shadow.
Faron Woods is traversed several times throughout Link's quest, but never plays as significant a role again.
Spoiler warning: Spoilers end here.
[edit] Behind the scenes
The Faron Woods (or a similar forest) first appeared in the first 3 preview trailers for Twilight Princess. As seen here, the woods were originally an open-ended forest with no boundaries that contained individual trees. Supposedly, this would have allowed much more freedom of movement for the player. In later versions of the game however, the forest became the closed in forest that was in the final version of the game. The reason why is unknown, and it has been speculated that the location might still exist in the game's coding.
