Aloy and Link are at the top of the Sheikah Tower known as Tabatha Tower. Their previous battle inside of the Tena Ko'sah Shrine was harder than they had anticipated. Even with Aloy's help, Link ended up breaking a few weapons and two shields. They finally prevailed and went to that monk who wore a face veil and had arms raised with fists pressed together in front of himself to collect their reward. Back outside, they made their way over to the nearby Sheikah Tower, having to fight and kill Lizalfos that were camped nearby. It is surrounded by Malice and stone columns tinted green. Atop one of them they had spied a Great Fairy Fountain as the massive folded up pedals were a clear signal to. Looking around, they had noticed another column direction across from them surrounded with Malice that also had an eyestalk. Aloy took aim at it and fired an arrow, clearing the Malice around it so that the column toppled over to prop itself up against the tower. They glided over and were able to scale the column, then the tower itself.

Aloy now watches as Link places the Sheikah Slate into the Guidance Stone pedestal to activate the tower and get a further update of the map of Hyrule. After retrieving the Sheikah Slate, Link walks past Aloy and looks down at the Great Fairy Fountain surrounded by high rocks. Aloy joins him. Link asks her if they should go pay that Great Fairy a visit.

"If she can enhance my Shield Weaver even more then let's go for it," Aloy answered.

Link suggests that they land down there one at a time and jumps first. Aloy watches as he glides down to land near the Fairy Fountain. Link turns and waves up to her to come and Aloy does so. She lands near him and together they walk up a ramp made of mushrooms to the Great Fairy Fountain. Just like the last one, the rolled up pedals also start to pulsate from their presence.

"Boy . . . Girl," a garbled female voice eminates from within it. "Sweet boy . . . Sweet girl . . . Please . . . Listen to my story . . . I am the Great Fairy Kaysa . . . This place was once a beautiful spring . . . But as time passed, fewer and fewer travelers arrived to offer me rupees."

"Where have we heard that before," Aloy said to Link dryly.

"As a result . . . my power has abandoned me," Kaysa continued. "I'm nearly powerless now, so I beg your help. I need rupees to become whole again. All I need is five hundred rupees. Once my power has been restored, I can help you do great things, boy, girl. Now . . . If you have rupees, hand them over to me quickly." And she also thrusts her huge open hand out through the pedals at them. "In order for me to regain my power, I need five hundred rupees."

Link and Aloy glance between each other then each count out their rupees. But Link tells Aloy that they don't have enough between the two of them, but suggests that they warp to Hateno Village where he can sell some stuff since it has a more prominent general store.

"That's a good idea," she answered, then turns to Kaysa. "Ah, listen . . Kaysa . . . We're going to warp to a store to sell some stuff and then return here with enough rupees for you."

"Oh, that's great!" Kaysa said.

"And away we go," Aloy said as she takes a hold of one side of the Sheikah Slate.

The duo warp to the Myahm Agana Shrine and head down to the East Wind general store where they sell some items that they had acquired in their journey so far. They end up acquiring several hundred rupees for their haul.

"Let's warp to the top of that Sheikah Tower you just activated," Aloy said.

Together, they return there and glide back down to where Kaysa awaits them and gives her five hundred rupees.

"Thank you," she said as she snatched them away. "You are too kind."

The pedals begin pulsating as purple mist begins sprouting from the top. "Aah . . . The power," as the pedals pulsate more intently. "It's overflowing!"

The pedals burst apart to reveal the same decorum as the first Great Fairy Fountain. Kaysa bursts up out of the pool of water and leans forward to regard the duo. She has dark brown skin and pink hair, but all-in-all her appearance, mannerisms, and garb are the same as Cotera's.

"So you're the ones who brought me back from the brink," Kaysa cooed mischievously. "Oh, my . . . I see now that my first impression of you two was correct. You two most definitely are pleasant to look at. How would you like to live here with me, hmm?"

"Ah, we can't breathe underwater," Aloy answered in an uneasy tone. "And besides, we have a very important task to do."

"Hah! I'm kidding, of course," Kaysa chuckled. "But you both certainly are cute when you're blushing. I really can't thank you enough, boy, girl, but that won't stop me from trying. If you have the materials needed to enhance a piece of clothing, I will enhance your clothes. So why don't you let me take a peek in that little pouch of yours? With the power available to me . . . I can enhance your clothing a fair amount."

Aloy and Link agree and they each give her items to enhance their clothing, with Aloy in regards to her Shield Weaver. Kaysa blows a mist over first Link, then Aloy.

"And there we are," Kaysa said pleasently. "You both should be able to feel the care I put into those. It radiates off those clothes . . . Have you got other clothes you'd like me to work my magic on?"

"I don't, what about you, Link?"

Link tells her no and bids Kaysa goodbye and she submerges back into her pool.

"She was as flamboyant as Cotera," Aloy said. "The others are probably the same, if we run into them that is. Now then," as she looks around, "how do we get outta here?"

They see a narrow opening that is wide enough to slide through and leave through it. They get back down to the road and continue onward to Rito Village. They see a black Bokoblin lying down on the road fast asleep. Link sneaks up to it and stabs it through the heart with an ancient sword, killing it. They walk further up as the road begins to rise. They end up having to pass next to a high mesa with a camp atop it. They do not see any enemies around there, but they want to be past it.

It is as they are passing a boulder that it suddenly shudders and rises. Aloy gapes at the sight of a boulder with crude arms and legs, along with a gold flecked black stone protruding from the top of it.

"Wha-What is that?!" Aloy exclaimed uneasily as she takes out her hunter bow and knocks a tearblast arrow to deal with it.

Link tells her that it is a Stone Talus and that they can only be destroyed if that black rock is destroyed. He takes out the ancient sword and climbs the side hill, then jumps atop it and begins wacking the black stone repeatedly until he breaks the sword. He next takes out the ancient axe and begins wailing on it until it finally falls. He jumps off and yells for Aloy to take her shot, of which she takes aim and releases a tearblast arrow, hitting that black stone, causing it to burst to pieces. The Talus bursts into smoke and leaves behind gemstones such as sapphires, rubies, and even diamonds. Aloy and Link collect them and are soon on their way up the road once again. At the crest, they come upon a large deep chasm between their side and the other spanned only by a long narrow bridge that has no railings. Carefully, they cross the bridge to continue their journey. All the while Medoh flies around in the sky far up ahead.

The road leads them literally through a hill as the cliffs tower on each side of them, seeming to box them in. Two blue Lizalfos block their path and they are forced to fight them. With Aloy managing to slash the throat of her opponent, then in quick succession drive the point of her spear up through its chin and into its brain. Link also manages to kill the other Lizalfos with a stab through the heart. Up ahead is another blue Lizalfos that they both dispatch with a respective arrow shaft through its head. The road passes through a short natural tunnel and they emerge to look down a hillside at the stable in the distance that has coniferous trees around it and is near a cliff as a bridge nearby is stretched across it.

They head down to the stable and see a girl wearing accessories such as a hat, vest, gloves, and boots as she sweeps a section of ground with a straw broom. Behind her standing next to the doorway of the stable is Kass with accordian in hands.

"Good afternoon," the girl said as she pauses to talk to the duo. "Do you need a bed?"

"Where are we?" Aloy asked.

"Ha! Are you lost or something?" The girl asked with humorous skepicism.

"Ah, something," Aloy said.

"This is Rito Stable," the girl answered. "We can help you with horse affairs at the counter outside, or you can stay the night at the inn inside. If you're wondering why we called this place Rito Stable, well," then turns to point at a high pillar-like rock formation. "You see that tower over there?"

"Yeah," Aloy said.

The girl turns back to regard them. "We took our name from the Rito people who live there." That is when the girl makes a wry face as she stares hard at Aloy.

"Okay, what did you notice about me?" Aloy sighed, knowing that was a rhetorical question.

"What happened to your ears?" The girl answered.

"Nothing really," Aloy answered.

Link next interrupts and thanks the girl, then tells Aloy to come. They head toward the bridge and see a sign shaped like an arrow pointing at the bridge that reads, Rito Village.

"So all we have to do is cross that bridge and we'll be at the village full of bird people," Aloy mused.

They pass underneath a large wooden frame with lanterns set into the sides and cross the wooden sagging bridge. Once at the other side, they encounter a Rito with dark purple plummage and wearing trousers, a vest that resembles a breastplate, and a spear with colorful feathers set around the point. Like Kass, the Rito is tall with disproportionately long arms, large hands, and short stubby legs that end in clawed feet.

"Good afternoon," the Rito said. "Did you need something?"

Link asks the Rito his name.

"I am Gesane of the Rito."

"The Rito," Aloy said with a tone of finality.

"Yes . . . The Rito of Lake Totori," Gesane said. "Where the men are fine archers and the women better singers."

"Is that so?" Aloy mused, wondering how their women would fair against Nora women singers or their men against Nora archers, especially herself.

"You two being Hylians, I'm surprised you haven't heard that before. You should visit the village if you get the chance."

"That's why we're here," Aloy said, feeling strangely relieved that he mistook her for a Hylian on account of him not commenting about her ears. "So just keep taking this path?"

"Yes, cross the bridges and you will be in Rito Village proper," Gesane answered.

"Are you a male?" Aloy asked.

"Yes, I am."

Aloy stares at Gesane for a moment as she scans him to record the reading, Rito. "I've met one of your womenfolk back in Gerudo Town. And since males of any type are supposed to be forbidden in there," as she glances at Link for a moment, "I assumed she was a female. I didn't get her name, but she was more delicate looking than you."

"Yes, that is true."

"Anyway, we're going to go and visit your village."

Aloy and Link walk past Gesane and across the grassy tree-covered mesa with pools of water and reach another wooden bridge and cross it over to another matching mesa, then cross a bridge there to another matching mesa where they find a sledgehammer. They cross another bridge that leads up to Rito Village as the tower of rock looms large over them and they can see cylindrical buildings up there with seemingly no walls, just frames, and made of wood that are set into walkways and staircases spiraling ever upward. There are also platforms for landing or take off. They can also see more Rito up there too.

"I'd say the most important Rito around here must live up at the top," Aloy surmised.

Link agrees and they start walking towards the bridge to Rito Village. A piercing shriek suddenly fills the air, stopping the duo cold and they look up at the source. They see the Divine Beast flying around up above them. It resembles a stormbird save that it is more like it is made of stone, or whatever mineral that it is made from, and does not flap its wings. It has propellers on its underside to keep it aloft.

"Right," Aloy sighed while staring up at it, "all we have to do is get up there and make it behave itself."

They reach the side and encounter another male Rito who resembles Gesane.

"Hmm? Are you travelers?" The Gesane lookalike asked. "I'd like to show you around, but now's not really a good time."

"Because of that?" Aloy asked as she points skyward.

The Rito looks up. "Yes. That is the Divine Beast Vah Medoh. It showed a while back. The Rito warriors who flew up to check it out were shot down."

"That's horrible, are they okay?" Aloy gasped.

"Many of them will survive. They say it used to be a divine being that protected the village, but it doesn't seem very divine to me." Then looks back down at them. "Thankfully, the thing only shoots at anything flying high up above the village. But still . . . It is pretty demoralizing for us Rito to have to fly so low to the ground."

"I bet," Aloy mused.

"Any other questions?"

This time Link tells him that they cannot talk now.

"Don't let me keep you," the Rito said.

Aloy and Link go up flights of wooden stairs, and up to a Goddess Statue. That is when Link tells Aloy that he remembers they had already visited five shrines after having received their upgrades from the previous Goddess Statue.

"So what should we get?" Aloy asked. "Durability or stamina?"

Link next turns his gaze from Aloy up at Medoh. Aloy looks up at it too. She scans the Divine Beast, reading it as Divine Beast Vah Medoh, then looks back to Link with a serious expression.

"Stamina it is then," she said with a tone of finality, of which Link nods.

They pray to the Goddess Statue and it asks them what they want. Both ask for stamina and each see a green sphere encased in metal mesh enter them respectively. As it was when she last visited a Goddess Statue with her spirit orbs, Aloy feels more energized.

"Now let's go see whoever is in charge of this place," Aloy said.

The duo ascend the corkscrew stairs, passing various Rito along the way. Aloy takes note of the different colors of Rito plummage and beaks. They are also a tall people but with disproportionately long arms, large hands, and short legs, Their attire are trousers with a vest-like breastplate, but no footwear as their feet are like a bird's. As she expected, she can tell the females from the males by their more delicate appearances.

They pass a store and hear the merchant call out warm clothing and even pass another store selling sundries. They round another corner and come upon a Sheikah Shrine that is across a sagging wooden bridge and upon a seperate mesa.

"You wanna go in there first?" Aloy asked Link, and he tells her yes.

They cross the bridge and Link takes out the Sheikah Slate to open the shrine and enter it. Once down inside, they find themselves within a massive area and the voice of a monk named Akh Va'quot is in their heads telling them that he offers this test in the name of the Goddess Hylia.

They are upon a platform that overlooks a floor with a series of pedestals that have either large round disks that are blowing air or what looks to be four-sided oversized wingnuts. In the back are bars and they can see the monk through them. On either side of where they are standing are one of a pair of stairs leading away and going up. Aloy takes one stair and Link takes the other. Aloy comes upon a grating and sees an orange switch. The switch suddenly turns blue as a crystaline clink fills the air and it turns upside down so that a fan like the ones below on the floor is not on top.

I bet Link found a chest. She thought with bemusement.

She walks down the stairs and reaches the bottom as Link emerges from around the bend and comes down the stairs he had taken. She stands there as he walks up to her.

"So what did you find in that chest over there?" Aloy asked with a grin.

He shows her an ancient core and next tells her it is time to get to work figuring out that puzzle below. They go down to the floor as they begin wondering which fan to turn to where.