

He first appears while riding horseback along with two guards wandering on the road, where Link, feeling frustrated about running away from Din when she offered him to dance, accidentally tosses a branch over his shoulder, which lightly hits and bounces off the head of Onox's armored horse. Despite wearing the armor of a knight, Onox disregards the ideals of chivalry and honor, such as mercy and protecting the innocent, as just childish naivete and argues that brute strength is all the really matters. His main goal is to turn Holodrum and its inhabitants into a lifeless wasteland and keep Din around as the only mote of beauty in his world. Like in the game, he captures Din in order to put the seasons into chaos and sink the Temple of Seasons into Subrosia, though he plays a much more active role in barring Link from completing his quest by sending monsters to do his bidding, such as placing Medelock in the sunken Temple of Seasons and sending out an army of minibosses such as Aquamentus and Syger on the mountainside in order to prevent Link from reaching the castle. Though he is also able to hypnotize beings into violent, selfish manifestations of themselves, such as turning the once-honorable boxing champion Blaino into a bully that steals opponents' weapons after they're defeated. In the manga, he gains the ability to directly sap the life energy of the landscape and any lifeforms that he touches, leaving behind barren land and lifeless husks. Onox reprises his role as the main antagonist of the Oracle of Seasons manga where he is depicted as a ruthless knight who is on the search for the Oracle of Seasons, Din. From here, Link must jump onto Onox's hands, then attack the gem on his head. After Onox is defeated again, he will transform into his dragon form. Despite this, Din, will always drift back to Onox eventually. The Rod of Seasons must be used to knock Din away, or Link will be electrocuted whenever he attacks Onox. Partway into the battle, Onox will summon Din still trapped in a crystal as his shield. Onox is capable of bringing down a barrage of Falling Rocks from the ceiling, and summoning multiple Gale Winds. His armor also blocks normal attacks with the Sword, so Link must use Spin Attacks to get through. Onox deals out massive physical damage with his attacks. If Link has already saved Nayru from Veran in Oracle of Ages, when Link reaches Onox at the top of the Onox's Castle, he will reveal to Link that Princess Zelda is already being prepared for sacrifice, so that Ganon can return. After defeating Onox, rather than cursing his own fate, he mocks Link as he dies, revealing that the Flame of Destruction has been lit, and Twinrova's grand scheme is one step closer to fruition. Before Link can defeat Onox, however, he reveals his second, true form to him. Link faces Onox in two segments, the first in his natural form, using the comatose Din within a crystal to shield himself from Link's attacks. Īfter obtaining every Essence of Nature, Link goes the Northern Peak, where he uses their power to bust into Onox's Castle, breaking the protective barrier he had placed upon its entrance to bar intruders. To counter these events, Link sets out on a quest to obtain the Essences of Nature, which allow him to enter Onox's Castle on the Northern Peak to face him and revert his deeds. By capturing Din, the Oracle of Seasons, and encasing her in a crystal, Onox is able to submerge the Temple of Seasons into Subrosia and throw the flow of the seasons into chaos, resulting in the damage of the land and the weakening of the Maku Tree.
