Helmaroc King

Warning: Article Contains Spoilers
The monstrous Helmaroc King is the fourth boss in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. Link defeated it by waiting for it to bury its beak in the floor and hitting it on the head with the Skull Hammer. Four hits would break off its mask and reveal its weak spot. Link could then shoot its head with arrows and/or wait for it to bury its beak in the floor and hit its head with ether the Skull Hammer or the Master Sword. He would then repeat these attacks until Helmaroc King was killed and Link could continue along the path to Ganondorf's throne room at the top of the Forsaken Fortress.

Helmaroc King also appeared as a boss on Death Mountain in The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures.

Attacks
Helmaroc King had several attacks. Here is a list.


 * Walks across room trying to crush Link under its feet.
 * Trys to spear Link with its beak.
 * Flys across room with its talons extended (is very hard to avoid)

Mission
Helmaroc King's master, Ganondorf, sent Helmaroc King on a mission several years ago. This mission was to travel around the Great Sea, searching for young Hylian girls who have the ancient Hylian marking: long, pointed ears. It was Ganondorf's hope that one of these girls would be Princess Zelda so that he could get the Triforce of Wisdom, but he had no luck.

It was during one of these missions that Helmaroc King captured the pirate, Tetra. But the crew fought back and Tetra was dropped on top of Outset Island. Link went to save her and succeeded. However, as he and Tetra were returning, Link's younger sister, Aryll, ran to greet them. Helmaroc King, seeing Aryll and believing her to be Tetra, attack and carried Aryll off to the Forsaken Fortress. This was the cause of Link's quest and the start of the deep and bitter hatred that Link had of Helmaroc King.