The enigma of Snowpeak Ruins.

Before I begin I would like to say sorry if I put this thread in the wrong place, or forgot to put a spoiler warning in the title despite the thread being located in 'Twilight Princess Spoilers'. If a mod believes I have done wrong, they may do as they see fit.

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Snowpeak Ruins: Twilight Princess’s fifth dungeon, second in the Twilight Mirror saga of the game. By far one of the most beautiful, yet puzzling dungeons I have ever seen. With most temples or dungeons it is simple to figure out its story, sometimes it’s even told to you outright. However, Snowpeak Ruins is an exception. What was it? How did it become a ruin in the first place? Why is it situated in such a remote location? I may be reading too much into this, but tell me, what are your opinions on this most curious of structures.

In my opinion, the building was at one point a mansion. However, why would a mansion in such a remote location have as many armaments as it does? Does that mean they expected attacks form the various beasts on the mountain, or does it mean something more? As for how it became ruined, I believe Mother Nature overwhelmed the structure beyond what it was meant to withstand. The occupants then fled, fearing it could collapse at any moment. That would probably explain the many holes in the roof.

However, there is one thing I cannot comprehend, and that is why someone in their right mind would build something so massive in such a dangerous place. If you did not notice on the ride down, the entire complex sits on a single pillar of rock in a place that must experience a lot of heavy winds.

well first.... do we agree that this is the same snowpeak from majora's mask?

If so then the only humans who lived on the peak were the sword maker and his 'eygorelike' assistant. perhaps it belonged to their family. meh not likely

It is odd that a mansion which looks to be made for humans is found here with yeti's in the area and the only known path leads from the zora's outer domain.

i suppose the yeti's could have built it but thats not likely or maybe it fell from the sky city, but i doubt the ooccoo made it.

Good-luck finding out more info Ciroton

Maybe Snowpeak was once a brisk, pleasant place, but then, as seen in Twilight Princess, Death Mountain apparently swelled, possibly even erupting, and could have changed the wheather abruptly, just like it dried out Kakariko.

I assumed the whole Snowpeak area is around where Jabu-Jabu used to be in OoT as the Adult Link, but I'm not too sure about that. I certainly don't think it's the one from Majora's Mask, though.

I doubt it's meant to be the same mountain from Majora's mask. Besides, there was no snowpeak in Majora's mask, it was called Snowhead. If you're going to try and draw connections between the two you're going to have to do better than "they have similar sounding names."

There is no way that the building is, or ever was, located in Termina because there are Hyrulian Crests on the banners throughout the building. I think I may have found a clue that it was built maybe a decade or two before TP because in one of the pictures, you see a goat from the ranch where Link lives. (Can't spell it for the life of me)

Judging by the cannons and holes I thought it could be some kind of abandoned fortress. I've seen some in reall life and they have courtyards and everything, and they're a bit simmilar to the Snowpeak ruins (except the ones I've seen are well kept and have no holes).

I dunno, maybe soldiers lived there and abandoned it after some war was over or something.

To Ciroton:
how would a picture of a goat lead you to think it was built a decade or two before TP
Ridiculous!

It is obviously a broken down ski resort building.

/sarcasm

I don't really see a problem here. Some people like to live in cold climates... like me. XD Personally I think it'd be fun there.

I agree with daeth and Sax4life
the whole mansion thing was never meant to be investigated cuz it has no history...yet lol

Originally Posted by icewizard292

I agree with daeth and Sax4life
the whole mansion thing was never meant to be investigated cuz it has no history...yet lol

What, may I ask, is so funny?

well nintendo may choose to utilize this place again in a futur or past hyrule and then we'll learn about it. the "...yet" is funny cuz they may actually use this boring insignificant building again

Some of you say that snompeak is the same mountain as snowhead mountain in MM...
But we have to remember that snowpeak is in fack surrounded by hyrule on all sides. How could Termina be like "in between" OOT.

The one thing that makes the snowpeak ruins weird to me is all of the pictures of Ordon. Plus the goatcheese, the pumpkin, what's up with that? As far as I know, the yetis haven't been to Ordona recently...so the person who built it (or funded it's building, whatever) must've been from Ordon. Or the person went to Ordon and...took pictographs? Or painted those pictures? Who knows...then they abandoned it and the yetis came in and took over?

I'm probably missing something, but that's all I have for now...

i dont think that yeto built it because they are ruins. he couldnt have built ruins unless he was like 300 years old. olso the cannons show that there was more than one person that lived there because they wouldnt need to fight anyone so it probobly was not one persons mantion but a group of people. and their other weapons on the wall and armor show the same thing. there are pictures of hyrule and stuf so it was probably a group of humans seeking refuge during a war in the remote mountain peeks and that would explain why they were ruins and why no one lived there anymore. thats what i think anyway.

Originally Posted by psychotropic

i dont think that yeto built it because they are ruins. he couldnt have built ruins unless he was like 300 years old. olso the cannons show that there was more than one person that lived there because they wouldnt need to fight anyone so it probobly was not one persons mantion but a group of people. and their other weapons on the wall and armor show the same thing. there are pictures of hyrule and stuf so it was probably a group of humans seeking refuge during a war in the remote mountain peeks and that would explain why they were ruins and why no one lived there anymore. thats what i think anyway.

Although your post was a little had to decypher, I must say that your theory of the ruins being used as a hideaway during a war is actually quite interesting. However, why would a hideout be decorated so lavashly?(sp?)

thanks. i think that they planned on staying there for awile so they built it sturdy and made it nice, so it would be a livable invironment. for example the room that yeta stayed in had a fireplace and looked very nice. yea it is a little hard to understand. i meant that if someone needed to defend their hous with a cannon it pobobly was not an indavidual owner but a group of people who had enemies. espetialy if you need a cannon living on a mountain. haha