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Volvagia is a boss that appears in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. He is a fire dragon residing deep within the Fire Temple inside of Death Mountain Crater. After killing the King of Hyrule and usurping the throne, Ganondorf enslaved the Goron tribe with intention to feed them to Volvagia as punishment for refusing to accept him as king. Volvagia's stirrings are responsible for Death Mountain Volcano's ominous ring of fire and recent surge in activity.
He has three attacks. One where he would come out of one of various holes in the ground, fly up to the ceiling and send rocks plummeting down to Link, secondly he would come out and fly around breathing fire at Link. Thirdly he would partially come out to breath fire at Link.
He was defeated by using the Megaton Hammer (the treasure from the Fire Temple) on his head when he is partially out and attacking him with the sword while he is temporally stunned. Alternatively arrows can be fired at his head during the second attack. Upon defeating him the Fire Medallion was obtained as well as the fifth heart container (when collect in the order intended).
Origins[]
Goron legend states that long before the events of Ocarina of Time, the dragon Volvagia menaced the Gorons of Death Mountain, consuming them and sewing fear among the populace, until one Goron hero, wielding the massive Megaton Hammer, confronted and slew the beast, casting its bones into the fires of the volcano.
When Ganondorf conquered Hyrule, he used the Triforce of Power to revive the long dead dragon with intention of feeding the Gorons to him as an ironic punishment for refusing to accept him as king.
History[]
Other appearances[]
In the Ocarina of Time manga (originally released in Japan, later in America), Volvagia was initially a friend of Link's when the protagonist purchased it as a baby in Hyrule Castle Town, though in the second edition he was became influenced by Ganondorf's darkness and became evil. Link had no choice and had to fight his former friend, beheading him in the end.
According to Hyrule Historia, Valoo from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, is Volvagia's son.
Volga, from Hyrule Warriors, seems to derive his appearance and alternate dragon form from Volvagia.
Trivia[]
- The AI for Volvagia's flight patterns was tested using a miniature Arwing from the Star Fox series. The Arwing enemy is still fully functional but cannot be spawned in normal gameplay without a GameShark or other cheat device.