Sidon of the Zora
Quest Giver	Yona
Location	Zora's Domain
Reward	Heart Container Vow of Sidon
Previous Quest
"The Sludge-Covered Statue"

"Sidon of the Zora" is a Main Quest in Tears of the Kingdom.

Overview[]

In the Lanayru Region, Link travelled to Zora's Domain to find clues. On his way from the main path, he found polluted waters and black gunk scattered all over Lanayru lands, and the path somewhat blocked by rocks. Upon reaching Zora's Domain, he found the place heavily polluted by the sludge, which appeared to be falling from the sky and causing harm and injury to the Zora.

Link met Yona—Sidon's fiancée. She filled Link the details of what was going on in Zora's Domain; the sludge and all the shortages they are incurring. She imposed Link to go meet Sidon at Mipha Court, who would be delighted to see him again. From there, Link met Sidon—a close friend and the Zora prince.

Sidon was ecstatic to see Link again. He briefed Link on the current situation of Zora Domain, how the sludge was affecting the populace and how the mysterious sky island above it could be connected. He was using his newfond water manipulation powers to separate the sludge from Zora's only source of clear water, poured in from Mipha Court. He could not leave the court under the risk of causing further contamination to the water.

Sidon told that he sent a historian, Jiahto, to Toto Lake to investigate a ruin that emerged from the Upheaval, which could contain clues to their situation. Link headed to Toto Lake and found him there, who was trying to decipher an ancient Zora tablet, but the majority of its contents were missing. Link searched and found the missing tablet piece, which allowed Jiahto to transcribe the rest of the tablet.

Jiahto transcribed the tablet as a riddle; indicating it needs the "mark of the king" and the "land of the sky fish" to reveal a passage in the sky. Baffled, he considered referring to the Zora king for clarity. Link headed toward the throne of the Zora's Domain, but found only Zora children. They let aloud a nursery rhyme about a "secret waterfall" somewhere.^[1]

Investigated this rhyme, Link went inside a particular waterfall and found a secret sanctorium where the king, Dorephan — King of the Zora — resided. He appeared covered in sludge and ill. But he was glad to see Link whom he thought had gone missing.

Dorpephan explained the situation on his end: He went to investigate the sludges that had fell upon the Zora and contaminated the waters, but in the process he saw a blackened monster, and what appeared Zelda with it. The monster mucked Dorephan in sludge. Under the precipice that Zelda may have turned on him, he went into hiding along with his advisor until he knew the real truth. After hearing Link's account, it left Dorephan with more questions.

Link explained the writings of the ancient Zora tablet at Toto Lake. Dorephan know of the "mark of the king" so he gave Link the answer to it: King's Scale — The mark for Zora kings. He or the other Zora do not knew what it could be actually used for, but allowed Link to take some for the purpose of the riddle. He then requested that Link inform Sidon of his situation and tell him to keep moving forward.

Relayed Dorephan's message to Sidon, he was relieved to hear Dorephan okay in a way. Taking everything into account, Sidon was convinced that everything must be connected to the sky. He asked Link to look up on the riddle and let him know of progress.

Corroboration of the riddle lead Link uptowards a floating island in the shape of a "fish" with an aerial waterfall that gushed from it. Upon looking around the floating rubble, he found what looked like a "droplet." Transcribed the final part of the riddle, Link shot a King's Scale into the droplet. It then launched the scale all the way into a lake nearby and created a pillar of light.

Indicated to be the clue to the "watery bridge," Link headed back to Sidon, who found him and Yona together. After he delivered his report, a monster covered in sludge appeared before them. Link and Sidon fought it together and vanquished it.

Yona affirmed that everyone was unharmed. She wanted Sidon to go ahead with Link to help solve the mystery of the sludge, but Sidon insisted on staying with her. After a short talk, Sidon was convinced to go with Link, and went back to his normal self. He went on ahead to go after the light, and Link followed in tandem.

At the resevoir lake, Link and Sidon stopped by the light. They later heard a calling sound in their heads. Still wondered what to do with the light, Sidon got an idea. He dove in and swam around the light, created a whirlpool until it revealed some kind of entrance. Link dove into the center and found himself in an ancient ruin. Headed deeper, Link discovered the same light atop of a mini temple and upon closer, found a Zonai gateway.

Upon activation, the light pinged all the way up to the sky island, which let out a long, aerial waterfall down onto the resevoir lake. Link regrouped with Sidon, where they later heard the same sound, now in the form of a female voice, calling them over.

Link and Sidon headed up the waterfall and reached the sky island, the source of the sludge. Climbed further upward, they reach the core of the sky island where the sludge was produced. They saw the spludging substance and above what seemed to be source of Zora's clean water. Upon activation, the large pots poured water on the spludge and seemed to have an effect, but it regenerated.^[2] The two looked around to find a way to disperse more water^[3] and activated devices to fill more water pots.

With all water pots filled, they poured a large amount of water purify the spludging fountain. However, a small greyling creature emerged from the sludge substance. Working together, Link and Sidon cleansed the miniature muck monster.

A glowing stone emerged from the remains of the sludges from whence the source of sludge was. When Sidon touched the stone, Sidon and Link are transported to a spiritual realm. There they meet the source of the voice: A masked Zora, the Sage of Water, and Sidon's distant ancestor. She congratulated Sidon for reaching her after defeating the octo monster.

Elaborated, The Sage of Water explained the brief history of Hyrule. The Sage of Water, along with her ruler King Rauru, and five other sages, fought against a lord of darkness called the Demon King, in what was known as the Imprisoning War. The Sage of Water and the others failed to defeat the Demon King. Rauru sacrified his life to seal the Demon King away.

The Sage of Water was later visited by Zelda. She delivered a message, that the Demon King's seal will be undone and that Link will need the help of the Zora and the Sage of Water's blessing in order to defeat him. The Sage of Water honored her message and will pass on her role of Sage to a worthy successor.

With all explained, the Sage of Water requested that Sidon take the role as the new sage and fight alongside Link, then disappeared. With much to be done after saved Zora's Domain, Sidon heartedly accepted to become the Sage of Water and took the stone. With his new power, Sidon gave Link the blessing of Water.^[4]

With the greyling creature's sludging stopped, the remaining sludge evaporated from Zora's Domain. The waters became purified and all the sludged Zora have been cured from their illness. Sidon, Dorephan, and the Zora thanked Link for having saved Zora's Domain. Dorephan decided to pass on the title of King to Sidon. Though initially hesitant, he heartedly accepted. Thus, Sidon ascended as king, along with his fiancée Yona as his queen.

Sidon discussed with Link about the Zelda that Dorephan supposedly saw. In short, the present-day "Zelda" must have been set apart from the real Zelda's identity. Sidon declared that they should find this "Zelda" and confront them directly. He will look more up to it, but assured Link if he needed his help, he can use his blessing to call him.

Objectives[]

Notes[]

• If completed, these following quest(s) become unavailable:
  • Mired in Muck^{[verification needed]}
• Should Zora's Domain be the last region to clear, Dorephan will inform Link to go see Purah at Lookout Landing.

See Also[]

• The Broken Slate
• Clues to the Sky
• Restoring the Zora Armor
• The Sludge-Covered Statue

Nomenclature[]

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