Before returning to the King of Red Lions, Link heads back into the forest to see what he can do about the fairy there. The way is infested with monsters – Miniblins along the road, Moblins, Mothulas, and Morths in the forest itself. It turns out the fairy fountain is blocked by a large boulder, but now that Link has bombs, he can open the way. The Great Fairy rewards Link for finding her by upgrading his wallet, allowing him to hold 1,000 rupees. Back on the beach, there’s another letter, offering exclusive items for sale on Rock Spire Island.
And there’s one more thing to do on the island before finding Jabun. Link visits Orca, who invites him to show the skill with the sword he’s learned by demonstrating how many times Link can hit Orca before taking three hits in return. The game is in that frustrating area of not being hard to get a rhythm going, but it requires so many successes with little margin for failure that it becomes hard to get a truly good score. The main prize here is a heart piece, awarded when Link scores 500 hits.
When Link returns to the King of Red Lions, the King points out that the storm has caused the night to last an unnaturally long time. In other words, it’s not just game convention that has Link arriving at Outset Island in time no matter how long it actually took him to get there. (I wonder if Tetra knew about the cursed night.) They sail over to where a giant stone slab is blocking the way to Jabun’s new lair, and there’s one other obstacle: they’re sucked into a giant whirlpool which makes for a timed encounter. Link has to shoot bombs to blow up the slab; once it’s gone, the whirlpool disperses and Link can sail in to meet Jabun.
Jabun, like the other keepers of the pearls, speaks in Hylian, which the King of Red Lions can understand. Link’s only privy to the King’s side of the conversation, in which he says that despite appearances, Link is not actually related to the Hero of Time, just the latest Hero to try to save the world. Jabun give Lsink Nayru’s pearl, completing the set. The King of Red Lions states the next step is to deposit the pearls in statues on three islands, and marks the spots on Link’s map: the three Triangle Islands. Interestingly, these three islands all sit at the midpoint squares between the islands where the pearls originated (Greatfish, Dragon Roost, and Forest Haven), so when lines are drawn between the six islands, the result is a giant Triforce mark on the map.
Now that Link has the third pearl, the cursed stormy night has lifted and the sky is clear again. With that, it’s time to head back to Windfall Island, to wrap up some stuff there. And that means taking a long route to fill in map squares and chat with fish. At Shark Island, northwest of Outset, the fish speculates that Link may be able to harness the power of Cyclos’ cyclones to quick travel across the sea. Heading east, the fish near Southern Fairy Island hints that there’s treasure buried beneath black soil on Outset Island. Ice Ring Isle’s fish says melting the ice requires an item – and the directions he gives place the location at the same place as the item that will cool the volcano of Fire Mountain.
Turning to the north, Link comes to a Private Oasis, which the local fish says has a map to the Triumph Forks. The next square doesn’t have an island, and without that, finding the fish in the square, if it’s even there, is impossible. This square is located at the center of the Triforce mark suggested by the pearl islands, so it’ll be worth revisiting once the pearls are placed in the statues. Continuing on, the fish by the Eastern Fairy Island talks about auctions on Windfall Island, giving Link a hint of strategy for them and suggesting one of the items up for auction is a piece of heart. Finally, Link comes to Pawprint Isle between Windfall and Dragon Roost; Link stopped here before, but didn’t look for the fish, who talks about ChuChus and notes that he’s seen Windfall’s potion maker visiting the island.
Next: Going once, going twice…
