The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Synopsis - Plot

Plot

Majora's Mask takes place several months after Ocarina of Time and begins with Link searching for an unnamed friend.). While riding through the Lost Woods of Hyrule on his horse Epona, the masked Skull Kid and his fairy accomplices Tatl and Tael ambush Link and steal both Epona and the powerful musical instrument, the Ocarina of Time. Link follows them into a dark cave, where he falls down a deep hole. At the bottom, the Skull Kid turns him into a Deku Scrub. Tatl starts to mock Link in his new form, but is accidentally separated from the Skull Kid and Tael due to her delay. Realizing she needs Link to find them, Tatl insists that they work together.

Link follows the Skull Kid through the cave to Clock Tower in Termina. There he meets the Happy Mask Salesman, who says he can help Link if he retrieves the Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask from the Skull Kid. Link and Tatl exit the Clock Tower in the center of Clock Town, which is preparing for the Carnival of Time. Link learns that the moon of the alternate world that this land resides in will crash into Clock Town in three days. He confronts the Skull Kid and Tael at midnight of the third day at the top of Clock Tower, not long before the moon is set to collide. Tael tells Link that he must get four giants, one from the swamp, ocean, mountains, and the canyons. Link is unable to take the mask, but retrieves the Ocarina of Time. He plays the "Song of Time" on the ocarina, which causes him and Tatl to return to the moment they first arrived in Termina.

The Happy Mask Salesman teaches Link the "Song of Healing," which returns Link to his human form and leaves him with the Deku Mask. Link then tells him he did not get the mask and the salesman becomes enraged. He tells Link that Majora's Mask has an evil, apocalyptic power inside, which was once used by an ancient tribe in hexing rituals. The ancient ones, fearing catastrophe caused by its great power, "sealed the mask in shadow forever" to prevent its misuse. This tribe later vanished and information concerning the origin and nature of the mask was lost. The Skull Kid, manipulated by Majora's Mask, is responsible for the moon threatening to destroy Termina.

Link travels between Woodfall, Snowhead, the Great Bay, and Ikana Canyon. In each region he enters a dungeon and defeats a boss that gives Link the power of one of the Four Giants who can save Termina. With all four bosses defeated, Link summons the Four Giants, who halt the moon's descent toward Termina. Majora's Mask rises from the Skull Kid and possesses the moon. With Tatl at his side, Link follows and defeats Majora's Mask, returning the moon to its proper place in the sky. The Four Giants return to their sleep and Tatl and Tael reunite with the freed Skull Kid. The Happy Mask Salesman takes Majora's Mask, stating it has been purified of its evil power. Link rides away on Epona while the people of Termina celebrate the Carnival of Time and the dawn of a new day. The game ends with a post-credits scene depicting a drawing on a tree stump of Link, Tatl, Tael, the Skull Kid, and the Four Giants.