from Phantoms, the dungeon does not feature a curse that Link needs to protect himself from for a limited amount of time. Synopsis Spirit Tracks takes place at the end of the "Adult Timeline" within the Zelda continuity: it takes place a century following the events of The Wind Waker and its direct sequel Phantom Hourglass. In the past, the Demon King Malladus engaged in an endless war with the Spirits, who eventually sealed him away using the Spirit Tracks, train lines stretching across the land, and the Tower of Spirits. A century prior to the game, new settlers arrived from the flooded land of Hyrule and made their home there, calling it "New Hyrule". The story opens with Link going through his final exam and graduation ceremony as an Engineer, who both drives trains across the land and serves the royal family currently headed by Princess Zelda. The ceremony is disparaged by Zelda's chancellor Cole, who claims trains are futile as the Spirit Tracks are vanishing from the land. Zelda contacts Link and he helps her escape the castle to investigate the disappearing Spirit Tracks. When the tracks to the tower vanish mid-journey, Cole, revealing himself as a demon in service to Malladus, steals Zelda's body for Malladus to use as his host with help from his accomplice Byrne. Cole fragments the Tower of Spirits in an attempt to loosen Malladus' chains, and the different levels of the tower are suspended in space. Link and the disembodied Zelda find their way to the now-fragmented Tower of Spirits, where they meet Anjean, a Lokomo who serves the Spirits of Good. She asks Link and Zelda to restore the Spirit Tracks and the Tower of Spirits to prevent Malladus' return. Link must explore the floors of the Tower to retrieve glyphs that function as maps of the Spirit Train, a train located within the tower. While doing so, Link is nearly killed by a Phantom, a deadly guard of the tower, but he is rescued by Zelda, who discovers her ability to possess and control Phantoms. With the help of the Lokomos across New Hyrule, Link and Zelda restore the Spirit Tracks and most of the Tower of Spirits. Byrne eventually ambushes Link in the Tower, with Anjean revealing Byrne to be a rogue Lokomo before teleporting Link and Zelda away and battling Byrne herself. After fully restoring the Tower and