The {{Term/Store|Faron Province||Series, TP, TPHD, SS, SSHD}},{{Exp Game|TP, SS}}<ref>{{Cite Guide|quote= |game= TP |guide= Prima |page= 10}}</ref> also known as the '''Faron Woods Area''',{{Exp Game|SS}}<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 296 {{Exp Game|SS}}}}</ref> is a recurring location situated in [[Hyrule]] in {{TLoZ|Series}}. The Province is named after its original protector, the great Water Dragon known as [[Faron (Dragon)|Faron]], from the [[Era of the Goddess Hylia]] and the [[Sky Era]]. It is later protected by the [[Spirits of Light|Light Spirit]] of the [[Faron (Spirit)|same name]] during the [[Era of Twilight]].<ref name="Name1">{{Cite Book|quote= |book= HH |publisher= |page= 74}}</ref><ref name="Name2">{{Cite Book|quote= |book=HH|publisher= |page= 116}}</ref>
'''Faron Province''' is part of the province system used for [[Hyrule]] in {{TP}} and {{SS}}. The province is named after its original protector, the great Water Dragon known as [[Faron (Dragon)|Faron]], from the [[Zelda Timeline#The Era of the Goddess Hylia|Era of the Goddess Hylia]] and the [[Zelda Timeline#The Sky Era|Sky Era]]. It is later protected by the [[Light Spirit]] of the [[Faron (Spirit)|same name]] during the [[Zelda Timeline#The Era of Twilight|Era of Twilight]].<ref>{{cite book|quote=Hyrule Castle, located in Lanayru Province, sits at the heart of the world. The provinces known as Lanayru, Faron, Eldin, and Ordona bear the same names as they did in the Era of the Goddess Hylia. They are protected by the Light Spirits who share their names.|book=[[Hyrule Historia]]|page=116|publisher=Dark Horse Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|quote=The Surface is divided into three regions. Each region is named after one of the dragons, Faron, Eldin, and Lanayru, who protect the Sacred Flames.|book=[[Hyrule Historia]]|page=74|publisher=Dark Horse Books}}</ref>
A large majority of the province is made up of the [[Faron Woods]] and other forested areas. It houses a number of ruins, including several ancient temples that have become overgrown by nature, and also at least two sacred springs.{{Fact}}
==Features and Overview==
==={{TP|-}}===
The Faron Province is situated at the furthest southern part of the Kingdom of Hyrule in {{TP}}. It is located to the north of the [[Ordona Province]], south of the [[Lanayru Province]], southwest of the [[Eldin Province]] and southeast of the [[Desert Province]] in the [[Wii]] version of the game.{{Fact}}
A large majority of the province is made up of the [[Faron Woods]] and other forested areas. It houses a number of ruins, including several ancient temples that have become overgrown by nature, and also at least two sacred springs.
[[Link#Twilight Princess|Link]], a young hero from [[Ordon Village]] in the Ordona Province, first enters the Faron Province while pursuing his friend [[Talo]] and a [[monkey]] that has recently been causing trouble in his village, leading him through Faron Woods and to the {{Term|TPHD|Forest Temple|link}}, where he finds them captured by a group of [[Bokoblin]]s. The province is then later covered in a [[Twilight|curtain of Twilight]] the next day.<ref>{{Cite|The dark clouds of dusk cover this land... This drape of shadows is called... twilight.|Faron (Spirit)|TP}}</ref> After saving the Light Spirit Faron and returning light to the area, Link sets off to return to the Forest Temple at the request of [[Midna]] to retrieve the first piece of the [[Fused Shadow]].<ref>{{Cite|That’s...what I was looking for. That’s a Fused Shadow. It’s what the light spirit called dark power...|Midna|TP}}</ref>
==Appearances==
Later on in the game, after having been permanently transformed into a [[Wolf Link|wolf]] due to [[Zant]]'s [[Shadow Crystal]], Link must return to the Faron Woods to enter the [[Sacred Grove]] hidden deep within and retrieve the [[Master Sword]] at the ruins of the [[Temple of Time]] in order to return to his human form.<ref>{{Cite|Head for the sacred grove that lies deep within the lands guarded by the spirit Faron. There you will find the blade of evil’s bane that was crafted by the wisdom of the ancient sages... the Master Sword.|Princess Zelda|TP}}</ref> The young hero later meets up with [[Rusl]] in the Faron Woods,<ref>{{Cite|I wonder if the Sacred Grove that Rusl mentioned is near this mark...|N/A|TP}}</ref> who helps him access the Sacred Grove once again, where he then must enter through the Temple of Time's remaining entrance. He is transported to a point far into the past, a time when the temple still stood in full glory. There, he collects the [[Dominion Rod]] and a [[Mirror Shard|piece]] of the broken [[Mirror of Twilight]] upon defeating [[Armogohma]].
===''Twilight Princess''===
====History====
In the Era of Twilight, a young hero from [[Ordon Village]] in the Ordona Province, [[Link#Twilight Princess|Link]], first enters the Faron Province while pursing his friend [[Talo]] and a [[monkey]] that has recently been causing trouble in his village, leading him through Faron Woods and to the [[Forest Temple (Twilight Princess)|Forest Temple]], where he finds his friend and the monkey captured by a group of [[Bokoblin]]s. The province is later covered in a [[Twilight|curtain of twilight]]<ref>{{cite|The dark clouds of dusk cover this land… This drape of shadows is called… twilight.|Faron|TP}}</ref>. After saving the Light Spirit and returning light to the area, Link sets off to return to the Forest Temple at the request of [[Midna]] to retrieve the first piece of the [[Fused Shadow]]<ref>{{cite|That’s… what I was looking for. That’s a Fused Shadow. It’s what the light spirit called dark power…|Midna|TP}}</ref>. Later on in the game, having been permanently transformed into a [[Wolf Link|wolf]] due to [[Zant]]'s [[Shadow Crystal]], Link must return to the Faron Woods to enter the Sacred Grove hidden deep within and retrieve the [[Master Sword]]<ref>{{cite|Head for the sacred grove that lies deep within the lands guarded by the spirit Faron. There you will find the blade of evil’s bane that was crafted by the wisdom of the ancient sages… the Master Sword.|Princess Zelda|TP}}</ref> at the ruins of the [[Temple of Time]] in order to return to his human form. The young hero later meets up with [[Rusl]]<ref>{{cite|I wonder if the Sacred Grove that Rusl mentioned is near this mark…|N/A|TP}}</ref> in the Faron Woods, who helps him access the Sacred Grove once again, where he then must enter through the Temple of Time's remaining entrance. He is transported to a point far into the past, a time when the temple still stood in full glory. There, he collects the [[Dominion Rod]] and a [[Mirror Shard|piece]] of the broken [[Mirror of Twilight]] upon the defeating [[Armogohma]].
During the ending credits, Link is seen riding through the province's woods on Epona.
During the ending credits, Link is seen riding through Faron Woods on [[Epona]].
====Geography and Notable Locations ====
====Areas====
The Faron Province is located to the north of the Ordona Province, south of the Lanayru Province, southwest of the Eldin Province and southeast of the Desert Province. It is the situated at the furthest southern part of the [[Hyrule|Kingdom of Hyrule]], the Ordona Province being considered another country outside of the kingdom.
{{Gallery List|Locations
*[[Faron Woods]]
|TP= Faron Woods, Hyrule Field (Faron Province), Sacred Grove
***[[Temple of Time#Twilight Princess|Temple of Time]]
*Southern section of [[Hyrule Field]]
===''Skyward Sword''===
==={{SS|-}}===
====History====
In {{SS|-}}, the Faron Province is located east of the Lanayru Province and southeast of the Eldin Province. It is situated furthest southeast on the map.
In the Era of the Goddess Hylia and the Sky Era, the Faron Province is protected by a great Water Dragon, Faron, who was ordered to protect the province by [[Hylia|the goddess herself]]. She resides with the Parella in Lake Floria, located southeast of Faron Woods. Coming from the world above the clouds, Link first visits the province when he lands on [[Hyrule|the Surface]] in his desperate mission to find his childhood friend, [[Princess Zelda#Skyward Sword|Zelda]], who landed there sometime earlier. He lands in the Sealed Grounds, and meets the elderly [[Impa#Skyward Sword|Impa]] protecting the Sealed Temple. She directs him to continue on his quest in Faron Woods, the defining feature and largest section of the Faron Province. Upon reaching the woods, he is tasked by the Kikwi elder [[Bucha]] to find the other scattered and hiding members of the tribe, who claims that putting his fear and worry to ease will help him remember where Zelda ran off to after she met him.<ref>{{cite|I've been so worried about my Kikwis. But if you could put my fears to rest, I might remember where that girl you seek ran off to, kwee.|Bucha|SS}}</ref> After doing so, he is given the [[Slingshot]], granting him access to the Deep Woods and Skyview Temple. During his search for Zelda through the woods, Link comes across to Deep Woods of Faron, where he comes across Skyview Temple and his companion [[Fi]] detects she is now located. Upon fighting and defeating the temple's boss, [[Ghirahim]], he finds the Skyview Spring, but Zelda has already left the Faron Province by then. He then moves on to the next province in his journey, the Eldin Province.
Link much later returns to the Faron Province for his first [[Silent Realm]] trial in Faron Woods. When he completes the challenge, he is given the [[Water Dragon's Scale]], allowing him access to the Great Tree. The elder Kikwi, [[Yerbal]], is found at the top of the Great Tree and sends Link to the other main part of Faron Province, Lake Floria, to meet with the province's protector. The Water Dragon known as Faron, the province's protector, had been wounded by an attack from Ghirahim. Link heals her with [[Sacred Water]] from Skyview Spring, and in return she parts the waterfall in front of the Ancient Cistern, the dungeon hiding [[Farore's Flame]]. After Link defeats the boss, [[Koloktos]], and with his newly powered sword, he proceeds to the next step in his adventure.
In the Era of the Goddess Hylia and the Sky Era, the Faron Province is protected by a great Water Dragon, Faron, who was ordered to protect the Province by the goddess [[Hylia]].<ref>{{Cite Web|quote=Long ago the Water Dragon was charged with watching over all of Faron by the goddess. |url=http://zelda.com/skywardsword/#/world/lake-floria/water-dragon|title=Official Site – The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for Wii|site=Zelda.com}}</ref> She resides with the [[Parella]] in [[Lake Floria]], located southeast of Faron Woods. Coming from the [[Skyloft|world]] above the clouds, Link first visits the Province when he lands on [[Hyrule|the Surface]] in his desperate mission to find his childhood friend, [[Princess Zelda#Skyward Sword|Zelda]], who landed there sometime earlier. He lands in the [[Sealed Grounds]], and meets the elderly [[Impa#Skyward Sword|Impa]] protecting the [[Sealed Temple]]. She directs him to continue on his quest in Faron Woods,<ref>{{Cite|She set out for {{Color|SS Blue|Faron Woods}} to discover that destiny for herself, and you must follow.|Impa|SS}}</ref> the defining feature and largest section of the Faron Province. Upon reaching the woods, he is tasked by the [[Kikwi]] elder [[Bucha]] to find the other scattered and hidden members of the tribe, who claims that putting his fear and worry to ease will help him remember where Zelda ran off to after she met him.<ref>{{Cite|I've been so worried about my Kikwis. But if you could put my fears to rest, I might remember where that girl you seek ran off to, kwee.|Bucha|SS}}</ref> After doing so, he is given the [[Slingshot]], granting him access to the [[Deep Woods]] and [[Skyview Temple]]. While searching for Zelda in the Skyview Temple, Link's companion [[Fi]] detects she is now located. Upon fighting and defeating the temple's boss, [[Ghirahim]], he finds the [[Skyview Spring]], but Zelda has already left the Faron Province by then.<ref>{{Cite|I calculate a 97% chance that she has already set out for {{Color|SS Blue|Eldin}}, where another great spring exists.|Fi|SS}}</ref> He then moves on to the next Province in his journey, the Eldin Province.
Link must visit the province one last time in order to receive Faron's section of the [[Song of the Hero]], but Faron has flooded the woods to wash away the monster infestation,<ref>{{cite|This may be news to you, but some very irksome monsters have been overrunning my woods of late. Well, I decided that I'd had enough! The easiest way to deal with the awful things was to flood the whole woods.|Faron|SS}}</ref> forcing the aged Impa guarding the Sealed Temple to create a barrier around the woods and making it impossible to move beyond the Sealed Grounds. While Link searches for a way into the woods, [[The Imprisoned]] attacks once again. After using his [[Groosenator]] to help Link re-seal The Imprisoned, Groose gets the idea to use it to launch Link into the woods. Once there, Link must find Faron. After finding Faron at the Great Tree, she reveals the reason she flooded the woods was to remove the monsters tainting the realm and to prevent them from coming back. She instructs Link to collect the various [[Tadtone]]s scattered across the submerged area.<ref>{{cite|As you just saw, I have split the melody you seek among my many Tadtones and I have hidden them around the forest.|Faron|SS}}</ref><ref>{{cite|If you wish to earn my favor, gather the Tadtones and return to me.|Faron|SS}}</ref> When he has successfully found all of the tadtones, Faron teaches Link her part of the Song of the Hero and lowers the water level so that he and the Kikwi are able to make their way around Faron Woods normally again.
Link later returns to the Faron Province for his first [[Silent Realm]] trial in the Faron Woods. He is given the [[Water Dragon's Scale]] after completing the challenge, allowing him access to the [[Great Tree]]. The elder Kikwi, [[Yerbal]], is found at the top of the Great Tree and sends Link to the other main part of Faron Province, Lake Floria, to meet with the Province's protector.<ref>{{Cite|Well, that settles that. You must seek out the mighty Water Dragon. Her lair is deep in a lake in the south of these woods, kwwwwwwrk. She watches over the flame there.|Yerbal|SS}}</ref> The Water Dragon Faron had been wounded by an attack from Ghirahim.<ref>{{Cite|Shortly before your arrival, I was attacked by a pompous creature calling himself {{Color|SS Blue|Ghirahim}}. I stood against this self-proclaimed Demon Lord, but I was wounded in the encounter.|Faron (Dragon)|SS}}</ref> Link heals her with [[Sacred Water]] from Skyview Spring, and in return she parts the waterfall in front of the [[Ancient Cistern]], the dungeon hiding [[Farore's Flame]].
====Geography and Notable Locations====
Link must visit the Province one last time in order to receive Faron's section of the "[[Song of the Hero]]", but Faron has flooded the woods to wash away the monster infestation,<ref>{{Cite|This may be news to you, but some very irksome monsters have been overrunning my woods of late. Well, I decided that I'd had enough! The easiest way to deal with the awful things was to flood the whole woods.|Faron (Dragon)|SS}}</ref> forcing the aged Impa guarding the Sealed Temple to create a barrier around the woods and making it impossible to move beyond the Sealed Grounds.<ref>{{Cite|To protect the land here, I closed the {{Color|SS Red|gate leading to the woods}} and drove back the water with a simple seal.|Impa|SS}}</ref> While Link searches for a way into the woods, [[The Imprisoned]] attacks once again. After using his [[Groosenator]] to help Link re-seal The Imprisoned, Groose gets the idea to use it to launch Link into the woods.<ref>{{Cite|See, that last battle with big ugly got me thinking about other ways to use the {{Color|SS Red|Groosenator}}! Just climb into that bad boy, and I'll give you a "lift" over to the woods, all right?|Groose|SS}}</ref> Once there, Link must find Faron. After finding Faron at the Great Tree, she instructs Link to collect the various [[Tadtone]]s scattered across the submerged area.<ref>{{Cite|As you just saw, I have split the melody you seek among my many Tadtones and I have hidden them around the forest.|Faron (Dragon)|SS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|If you wish to earn my favor, gather the {{Color|SS Red|Tadtones}} and return to me.|Faron (Dragon)|SS}}</ref> When he has successfully found all of the Tadtones, Faron teaches Link her part of the "Song of the Hero" and lowers the water level so that he and the Kikwi are able to make their way around Faron Woods normally again.
The Faron Province is located on the unnamed Surface below Skyloft, east of the Lanayru Province and southeast of the [[Eldin Province]]. It is situated furthest southeast on the map.
*[[Faron Woods]]
**The [[Great Tree]]
**[[Ancient Cistern]]
**[[Sealed Grounds]]
***[[Sealed Temple]]
**[[Deep Woods]]
***[[Skyview Temple]]
***[[Skyview Spring]]
*[[Lake Floria]]
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==Trivia==
====Areas====
*Like the goddess Farore, the '''Far'''on Province is associated with wind and flora.
{{Gallery List|Locations
*Because several other titles take place between ''Skyward Sword'' and ''Twilight Princess'' but lack the province system, it is unknown whether the system fell into disuse and returned, or simply was not referenced. Because ''Skyward Sword'' is the first game since ''Twilight Princess'' to take place in this version of Hyrule, it may be a case of retcon and the provinces have always been named.
|SS= Deep Woods, Faron Woods, Lake Floria, Sealed Grounds
*The south/southeast location of the Faron Province and its associated forested areas collides with the locations of the [[Kokiri Forest]], the [[Lost Woods]] and the [[Minish Woods]], implying that all are apart of the province and suburbs or neighbouring forests of the Faron Woods.
A large majority of the province is made up of the Faron Woods and other forested areas. It houses a number of ruins, including several ancient temples that have become overgrown by nature, and also at least two sacred springs.[citation needed]
Link, a young hero from Ordon Village in the Ordona Province, first enters the Faron Province while pursuing his friend Talo and a monkey that has recently been causing trouble in his village, leading him through Faron Woods and to the Forest Temple, where he finds them captured by a group of Bokoblins. The province is then later covered in a curtain of Twilight the next day.[5] After saving the Light Spirit Faron and returning light to the area, Link sets off to return to the Forest Temple at the request of Midna to retrieve the first piece of the Fused Shadow.[6]
Later on in the game, after having been permanently transformed into a wolf due to Zant's Shadow Crystal, Link must return to the Faron Woods to enter the Sacred Grove hidden deep within and retrieve the Master Sword at the ruins of the Temple of Time in order to return to his human form.[7] The young hero later meets up with Rusl in the Faron Woods,[8] who helps him access the Sacred Grove once again, where he then must enter through the Temple of Time's remaining entrance. He is transported to a point far into the past, a time when the temple still stood in full glory. There, he collects the Dominion Rod and a piece of the broken Mirror of Twilight upon defeating Armogohma.
During the ending credits, Link is seen riding through Faron Woods on Epona.
In Skyward Sword, the Faron Province is located east of the Lanayru Province and southeast of the Eldin Province. It is situated furthest southeast on the map.
In the Era of the Goddess Hylia and the Sky Era, the Faron Province is protected by a great Water Dragon, Faron, who was ordered to protect the Province by the goddess Hylia.[9] She resides with the Parella in Lake Floria, located southeast of Faron Woods. Coming from the world above the clouds, Link first visits the Province when he lands on the Surface in his desperate mission to find his childhood friend, Zelda, who landed there sometime earlier. He lands in the Sealed Grounds, and meets the elderly Impa protecting the Sealed Temple. She directs him to continue on his quest in Faron Woods,[10] the defining feature and largest section of the Faron Province. Upon reaching the woods, he is tasked by the Kikwi elder Bucha to find the other scattered and hidden members of the tribe, who claims that putting his fear and worry to ease will help him remember where Zelda ran off to after she met him.[11] After doing so, he is given the Slingshot, granting him access to the Deep Woods and Skyview Temple. While searching for Zelda in the Skyview Temple, Link's companion Fi detects she is now located. Upon fighting and defeating the temple's boss, Ghirahim, he finds the Skyview Spring, but Zelda has already left the Faron Province by then.[12] He then moves on to the next Province in his journey, the Eldin Province.
Link later returns to the Faron Province for his first Silent Realm trial in the Faron Woods. He is given the Water Dragon's Scale after completing the challenge, allowing him access to the Great Tree. The elder Kikwi, Yerbal, is found at the top of the Great Tree and sends Link to the other main part of Faron Province, Lake Floria, to meet with the Province's protector.[13] The Water Dragon Faron had been wounded by an attack from Ghirahim.[14] Link heals her with Sacred Water from Skyview Spring, and in return she parts the waterfall in front of the Ancient Cistern, the dungeon hiding Farore's Flame.
Link must visit the Province one last time in order to receive Faron's section of the "Song of the Hero", but Faron has flooded the woods to wash away the monster infestation,[15] forcing the aged Impa guarding the Sealed Temple to create a barrier around the woods and making it impossible to move beyond the Sealed Grounds.[16] While Link searches for a way into the woods, The Imprisoned attacks once again. After using his Groosenator to help Link re-seal The Imprisoned, Groose gets the idea to use it to launch Link into the woods.[17] Once there, Link must find Faron. After finding Faron at the Great Tree, she instructs Link to collect the various Tadtones scattered across the submerged area.[18][19] When he has successfully found all of the Tadtones, Faron teaches Link her part of the "Song of the Hero" and lowers the water level so that he and the Kikwi are able to make their way around Faron Woods normally again.
↑"The dark clouds of dusk cover this land... This drape of shadows is called... twilight." — Faron (Twilight Princess)
↑"That’s...what I was looking for. That’s a Fused Shadow. It’s what the light spirit called dark power..." — Midna (Twilight Princess)
↑"Head for the sacred grove that lies deep within the lands guarded by the spirit Faron. There you will find the blade of evil’s bane that was crafted by the wisdom of the ancient sages... the Master Sword." — Princess Zelda (Twilight Princess)
↑"I wonder if the Sacred Grove that Rusl mentioned is near this mark..." — N/A (Twilight Princess)
↑"She set out for Faron Woods to discover that destiny for herself, and you must follow." — Impa (Skyward Sword)
↑"I've been so worried about my Kikwis. But if you could put my fears to rest, I might remember where that girl you seek ran off to, kwee." — Bucha (Skyward Sword)
↑"I calculate a 97% chance that she has already set out for Eldin, where another great spring exists." — Fi (Skyward Sword)
↑"Well, that settles that. You must seek out the mighty Water Dragon. Her lair is deep in a lake in the south of these woods, kwwwwwwrk. She watches over the flame there." — Yerbal (Skyward Sword)
↑"Shortly before your arrival, I was attacked by a pompous creature calling himself Ghirahim. I stood against this self-proclaimed Demon Lord, but I was wounded in the encounter." — Faron (Skyward Sword)
↑"This may be news to you, but some very irksome monsters have been overrunning my woods of late. Well, I decided that I'd had enough! The easiest way to deal with the awful things was to flood the whole woods." — Faron (Skyward Sword)
↑"To protect the land here, I closed the gate leading to the woods and drove back the water with a simple seal." — Impa (Skyward Sword)
↑"See, that last battle with big ugly got me thinking about other ways to use the Groosenator! Just climb into that bad boy, and I'll give you a "lift" over to the woods, all right?" — Groose (Skyward Sword)
↑"As you just saw, I have split the melody you seek among my many Tadtones and I have hidden them around the forest." — Faron (Skyward Sword)
↑"If you wish to earn my favor, gather the Tadtones and return to me." — Faron (Skyward Sword)
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