Howling Stone
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| Howling Stone | |
|---|---|
 Wolf Link howling at the Snowpeak Trail Howling Stone (the one at his back) | |
| First appearance | Twilight Princess (2006) |
| Found | Hyrule |
| Use | Teleport to an unknown place, possibly above Hyrule, where the Golden Wolf can be found. |
The Howling Stones, also called Wind Stones, are special stones found in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. These mystical stones are located throughout Hyrule. They are similar to the Gossip Stones in that they share the Sheikah Emblem. However, the Howling Stones have a hole where the "eye" of the symbol would be on a regular Gossip Stone. The Howling Stones, as their names may suggest, emit strange songs reminiscent of howling.
If Wolf Link approaches a Howling Stone, he can position himself near it to howl along with the tune emitted by the Howling Stone. If he successfully howls the song, he is transported to a strange world where a Golden Wolf can be found. He must then howl the tune once more. Once this has been done successfully, the Golden Wolf will jump from its platform and appear somewhere on the mortal plain of Hyrule. Link, in his Hylian form must then seek out the Golden Wolf, which will transport him to another realm. Here, Link finds the Hero's Shade. This mystical undead warrior can teach Link various Hidden Skills, necessary for Link to become the true Hero.
Strangely, the songs that Wolf Link must howl along with are songs found in other Legend of Zelda games. Six stones in all can be found, five of which emit tunes similar to songs from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. The Howling Stone found near Death Mountain sings the "Song of Healing", the one in upper Zora's River is the "Requiem of Spirit", the one located in the Sacred Grove sings the "Prelude of Light", the stone found in the area surrounding Lake Hylia is "Zelda's Lullaby", the one found on the trail to Snowpeak emits the "Ballad of Gales" and the one in the Hidden Village sings the "Light Spirit Theme", an original composition for the game.
In the Original Soundtrack the 7 songs given are as follows:
- "Wolf Song 1 - Song of Healing"
- "Wolf Song 2 - Requiem of Spirit"
- "Wolf Song 3 - Prelude of Light
- "Wolf Song 4 - Zelda's Lullaby"
- "Wolf Song 5 - Song of Heroes"
- "Wolf Song 6 - The Wind Waker"
- "Wolf Song 7 - Ballad of Twilight"
