Byrne
Template:Character Byrne is a character in Spirit Tracks. He is a servant of Chancellor Cole, as well as the boss of the final floor of the Tower of Spirits.[1] When Link, Princess Zelda, and Alfonzo are on their way to the Tower of Spirits, they are confronted by the Byrne and the Chancellor. As a result, he captures Zelda's body after she has been killed.[2]
History
When Byrne was younger, he was an apprentice of Anjean, at the Spirit Tower. He desired power, and wished that the good spirits would grant it to him. When he found that nothing he did granted the power he desired, he left. He decided to become even more powerful than the spirits, and the only thing with that kind of strength was Malladus. Thus, he began working with Chancellor Cole to ressurect the ancient demon.
When Link first meets Byrne, he ambushes the hero alongside Cole and engages in a fight with Alfonzo while the chancellor extracts Zelda's spirit from her body. Upon Alfonzo's defeat, Byrne takes Zelda's body as he and Cole leave in the Demon Train.
Link does not run into Byrne again until much later in his quest, inside the Tower of Spirits after the obtaining the Fire Rail Map. Byrne confronts Link and Zelda, planning to defeat them and stop them from reforming all the Spirit Tracks. Anjean intervened, however, teleporting the children to the tower's first floor and turning to confront Byrne.
After Link returns from the Fire Realm, Byrne confronts him again on the final floor of the Tower of Spirits, fighting both him and Zelda on his own. Losing the fight, Byrne runs off to the roof of the tower, where Cole ressurects Malladus in Zelda's body. Byrne declares himself the one that freed the Demon King, and demands he gives him power, but Malladus attacks Byrne, leaving him near death. Anjean, Link, and Zelda carry him to the Spirit Train, where Zelda asks Anjean to look after him.
Strategy
Byrne will jump from pillar to pillar, of which surround the arena, while he attacks Link with his clawed hand. If Zelda grabs his arm, she will pull him off the pillar, and onto the floor, where he will be vulnerable for Link to attack. This combo is repeated throughout the battle, however Byrne will begin to adapt, and attack Zelda as well.