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{{Main|Amber Tablet}}
{{Main|Amber Tablet}}
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The Amber Tablet is found in the [[Earth Spring]], located behind the room where Link fights [[Scaldera]] in the [[Earth Temple (Skyward Sword)|Earth Temple]]. As with the Ruby Tablet, hitting the Goddess Crest with a Skyward Strike leads to another message from the gods and the acquisition of the Amber Tablet.<ref>{{Cite|{{Color|SSHD Gold|From the edge of time I guide you, the one destined to carry out the goddess's mission. The spirit maiden who descended from the clouds has passed through the Earth Spring and makes her way to a fated place. The parched desert of Lanayru... That is where the chosen will pass through the}} {{Color|SS Red|Gate of Time}} {{Color|SS Gold|into a distant world.}}|Fi|SSHD}}</ref> When the Amber Tablet is returned to the altar inside the Chamber of the Sword, the entire Ancient Tablet is reassembled and a cloud rift with a yellow light pillar appears in the southwestern part of The Sky. This marks the way to Lanayru Desert, the final continuous area of The Surface reachable from The Sky.
The Amber Tablet is found in the [[Earth Spring]], located behind the room where Link fights [[Scaldera]] in the {{Term|SS|Earth Temple|link}}. As with the Ruby Tablet, hitting the Goddess Crest with a Skyward Strike leads to another message from the gods and the acquisition of the Amber Tablet.<ref>{{Cite|{{Color|SSHD Gold|From the edge of time I guide you, the one destined to carry out the goddess's mission. The spirit maiden who descended from the clouds has passed through the Earth Spring and makes her way to a fated place. The parched desert of Lanayru... That is where the chosen will pass through the}} {{Color|SS Red|Gate of Time}} {{Color|SS Gold|into a distant world.}}|Fi|SSHD}}</ref> When the Amber Tablet is returned to the altar inside the Chamber of the Sword, the entire Ancient Tablet is reassembled and a cloud rift with a yellow light pillar appears in the southwestern part of The Sky. This marks the way to Lanayru Desert, the final continuous area of The Surface reachable from The Sky.
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The {{Plural|TotK|Ancient Tablet}} are found on {{Plural|TotK|Small Island|link}} found throughout the {{Term|TotK|Sky|link}}. {{Term|TotK|Link|link}} cannot read them himself,<ref>{{Cite|It's etched with ancient Hyrulean text. You cannot read it.|Game Screen|TotK}}</ref> but they can be photographed and shown to {{Term|TotK|Wortsworth|link}} to decipher as part of the {{Term|TotK|Side Adventure|link}} "[[Messages from an Ancient Era]]". In some cases, the center of a {{Term|TotK|Small Island}} will give away when {{Term|TotK|Link}} stands on it, causing the {{Term|TotK|Ancient Tablet}} to fall to the {{Term|TotK|Surface|link}} below. In one case, the {{Term|TotK|Ancient Tablet}} will even fall into the {{Term|TotK|Depths|link}}.
The {{Plural|TotK|Ancient Tablet}} are found on {{Plural|TotK|Small Island|link}} found throughout the {{Term|TotK|Sky|link}}. {{Term|TotK|Link|link}} cannot read them himself,<ref>{{Cite|It's etched with ancient Hyrulean text. You cannot read it.|Game Screen|TotK}}</ref> but they can be photographed and shown to {{Term|TotK|Wortsworth|link}} to decipher as part of the {{Term|TotK|Side Adventure|link}} "[[Messages from an Ancient Era]]". In some cases, the center of a {{Term|TotK|Small Island}} will give away when {{Term|TotK|Link}} stands on it, causing the {{Term|TotK|Ancient Tablet}} to fall to the {{Term|TotK|Surface|link}} below. In one case, the {{Term|TotK|Ancient Tablet}} will even fall into the {{Term|TotK|Depths|link}}.
The first {{Term|TotK|Ancient Tablet}} is the only one to remained unnamed. It can be found at {{Term|TotK|Lookout Landing|link}} after {{Term|TotK|Link}} has made progress with one {{Term|TotK|Main Quest|link}} related to "{{Term|TotK|Regional Phenomena|link}}. The {{Term|TotK|Small Island}} it fell from is approximately 3000 meters above in the {{Term|TotK|Central Hyrule Sky Archipelago|link}}, among the highest in {{Term|TotK|Hyrule|link}}. It serves as an introduction to the unnamed chamberlain who wrote all 13 {{Plural|TotK|Ancient Tablet}}, including her service to the {{Term|TotK|Royal Family of Hyrule|link}}.<ref>{{Cite|Ones held y honore als hochmayde to kyng Rauru ond quen Sonia, thaerafter to his suster ond to princesse Zelda. Her on thaes grete stan ond twelf mo withalle make y endite min time with the roial familie. So michte heore remembraunce preserven for the sake of hem on whom oure hope raeste.|Wortsworth|TotK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|There's not much to go on, but you can clearly read the names of King Rauru and Queen Sonia, the founders of Hyrule. The name "Zelda" is clearly legible elsewhere in the text. The author finishes by saying that she will write about the royal family's daily lives in 13 segments.|Wortsworth|TotK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|It's short, but it's an introduction from a servant to Rauru and Sonia, the founding king and queen of Hyrule. She also waited on the king's elder sister, Mineru, as well as someone named Zelda, and wrote of their daily lives in 13 tablets. It couldn't be simpler!|Wortsworth|TotK}}</ref> {{Term|TotK|Wortsworth}} believes that this may be an account of the {{Term|TotK|Founding of the Kingdom of Hyrule|link}}, and he also notes the use of {{Term|TotK|Princess Zelda|link}}'s name.<ref>{{Cite|It certainly seems to be a royal diary left behind by a chamberlain or someone of equivalent station. The part that catches my attention is the third name mentioned—Zelda. There's no record of anyone by that name in any of the other texts we've unearthed so far. But this is evidence that the name Zelda is much older than the princess—it dates all the way back to Hyrule's founding. What's written here must be the start of a firsthand account of Hyrule!|Wortsworth|TotK}}</ref>
The Ancient Tablets, diegetically in the {{Term|TotK|Ancient Hyrulean|link}} language, are written in an imitation of Middle English, though with the occasional real word. This is an idiosyncracy unique to the English localization; in other languages, Wortsworth simply translates the text of the tablets directly before giving his understanding.
The Ancient Tablets, diegetically in the {{Term|TotK|Ancient Hyrulean|link}} language, are written in an imitation of Middle English, though with the occasional real word. This is an idiosyncracy unique to the English localization; in other languages, Wortsworth simply translates the text of the tablets directly before giving his understanding.
The following is a transcription of the unnamed {{Term|TotK|Ancient Tablet}} that can be found at {{Term|TotK|Lookout Landing}}.
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roial familie.{{List Note|During his initial translation, Wortsworth reads this line as "hyred roial".}}<br/><br/>So michte heore remembraunce preserven for the sake of hem on whom oure hope raeste.|Ancient Tablet}}
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Normally, the inhabitants of Skyloft cannot reach the Surface, and in fact its lands are simply a legend for them. However, the Ancient Tablet, when placed in the altar inside the Chamber of the Sword, allows Link to penetrate the Cloud Barrier by forming a Column of Light in each of the three regions of the surface. The tablet is broken into three parts - Emerald, Ruby and Amber. These three fragments open the way to Faron Woods, Eldin Volcano and Lanayru Desert, respectively.
The Amber Tablet is found in the Earth Spring, located behind the room where Link fights Scaldera in the Earth Temple. As with the Ruby Tablet, hitting the Goddess Crest with a Skyward Strike leads to another message from the gods and the acquisition of the Amber Tablet.[4] When the Amber Tablet is returned to the altar inside the Chamber of the Sword, the entire Ancient Tablet is reassembled and a cloud rift with a yellow light pillar appears in the southwestern part of The Sky. This marks the way to Lanayru Desert, the final continuous area of The Surface reachable from The Sky.
Tears of the Kingdom
The Ancient Tablets are found on Small Islands found throughout the Sky. Link cannot read them himself,[5] but they can be photographed and shown to Wortsworth to decipher as part of the Side Adventure "Messages from an Ancient Era". In some cases, the center of a Small Island will give away when Link stands on it, causing the Ancient Tablet to fall to the Surface below. In one case, the Ancient Tablet will even fall into the Depths.
The Ancient Tablets, diegetically in the Ancient Hyrulean language, are written in an imitation of Middle English, though with the occasional real word. This is an idiosyncracy unique to the English localization; in other languages, Wortsworth simply translates the text of the tablets directly before giving his understanding.
↑"Did you notice the number 13 there? That means there are 12 more stone tablets to be found." — Wortsworth (Tears of the Kingdom)
↑"From the edge of time I guide you, the one destined to carry out the goddess's mission. The spirit maiden who descended from the clouds has passed through the Earth Spring and makes her way to a fated place. The parched desert of Lanayru... That is where the chosen will pass through theGate of Timeinto a distant world." — Fi (Skyward Sword HD)
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