Link interrupts a highway bandit mugging a peddler named Sleazenose on the path, and to express his 'gratitude', he gives a fantastic jeweled sword to Link and takes his old sword off his hands. After trying to use it in battle, it breaks, and Link realises he'd been swindled as Ganon captures him and Zelda. Sleazenose attempts to sell the sword to Ganon, only to be captured himself instead, and the three of them luckily escape. Zelda asks the Triforce of Wisdom how to get Link's sword back, and the party sets up an ambush for Ganon as he comes after the Triforce.