Composer's Retreat

"Composer's Retreat" is a rumored area that would have been accessible in the cancelled Ura Zelda. It is said to resemble a worn down building located somewhere next to Kokiri Village. The player would have needed all bottles and/or at least the Giant Wallet in order to follow the steps needed to access it.

Method of Access
Oddly, this level's method of access appears to be largely consistent across most reports where it was found. To access Composer's Retreat, the player has to "restore" the Spooky Mask to an upgraded state. The process of restoring the Spooky Mask involves putting on the mask, performing a sequence of button inputs in order to activate an ACE code that would restore cut dialogue, and then talk to the Poe Collector. He would then ask Link why the mask's glow was so faint and offer his services to repair it in exchange for either 500 rupees and/or 4 Poe Souls. All 4 Poe Souls would reportedly need to be delivered to him at once, otherwise the Poe Collector would just offer his usual payment of 10 rupees for each one. The Poe Collector would then play out a broken animation that is speculated to resemble him sprinkling a powder on the mask, after which it would start to glow. The restored Spooky Mask is said to allow the player to walk through certain walls. The walls that would lead to paths towards the building are speculated to be either the one behind Royal Family gravestone in the Kakariko graveyard, the fence behind Kakariko Village's windmill or most commonly, the cracked wall in the fishing minigame area. Contrary to that, some players reported the area to sometimes replace the graveyard in Kakariko Village at seemingly random points of the game, just to have disappeared the next time the player tried entering the area.

All of the mentioned possible access points, with the exception of the area replacing Kakariko's Graveyard, would lead to a narrow, overgrown maze similar to the Sacred Forest Meadow. At the end of said maze the player would find a staircase leading up towards a grass field with sporadically placed trees, in the center of the field the decrepit building can be seen.

Appearance
Reports vary on what it looks like as it has been described to randomly change its exterior structure and material. For example, descriptions include a mansion made of wood or stone, a tower made of bricks and a church made of stone. However, there are some consistencies in the reports. For example, it appears to always look abandoned, mostly overgrown and relatively large.

During night time, the garden is said to be exclusively inhabited by Big Poes. Defeating them all would supposedly spawn a chest containing a heart piece.

The building itself appears to be structured like a dungeon, with ReDeads, Stalfos, Skulltulas and Big Poes being the most commonly reported enemies. Notable areas inside include a theatre or opera, a room resembling a church's interior, a library and a basement filled with lava and what appear to be cardboard cut-outs of several enemies and characters of the game. In the room that resembles the interior of a church the player can reportedly acquire the "Shadow Tunic" after an additional fight against Shadow Link, however some reports indicate that the fight against Shadow Link can also take place in the garden area during night time. The tunic is said to allow the player to go invisible after standing still for around 3 seconds before they will only become visible again by using the sword or any other item.

The theatre/opera area features a wooden stage with a podium located on its center. Some reports also suggested that a new song, the "Song Of Entropy" or "Ode To Entropy" can be learned there, although its effect still remains a mystery. The library reportedly contains a trap door leading to a fight against a Dead Hand inside of a hexagonal room, each side of it featuring gated off rooms reportedly containing various enemies and items. Also notable is that throughout the dungeon, several musical instruments can be found, including an ocarina, a piano, a guitar and a flute, although they cannot be interacted with. This, in conjunction with the area's name and contents, has lead players to speculate on the area's possible connection to the Composer Brothers, who can be encountered in the Kakariko Graveyard.

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