Editing Poe

|image = [[File:TP Poe art.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Poe from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''

|notable = [[Big Poe (The Swamp)]]<br>[[Composer Brothers]] ([[Sharp]] and [[Flat]])<br>[[Grim Repoe]]<br>[[Jalhalla]]<br>[[Phantom Guide]]<br>[[Poe Sisters]] ([[Amy]], [[Jo]], [[Beth (Poe)|Beth]], and [[Meg]])

|variants = [[Big Poe]]<br>[[Ghoul Rat]]<br>[[Hyu]]<br>[[Imp Poe]]<br>[[Key Bandit Poe]]<br>[[Lantern Poe]]<br>[[Prankster Poe]]

|comparable = [[Cubus Sisters]]<br>[[Ghini]]<br>[[Moa]]<br>[[Watcher]]

In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'', Poes are depicted with purple and white frayed robes and black faces with beak-like noses, and have a much larger presence in the game. They are first found in the [[graveyard]]. When certain graves are moved, a lantern will appear underneath. It will then wiggle, and the Poe will form. Poes float around while a whooshing noise plays, and will charge at [[Link]] while spinning their lanterns. If they are hit, they will rapidly back away, and if they are targeted, they will turn invisible and invincible. When they are defeated, their whole bodies turn black and disintegrate, causing their lanterns to drop and releasing the Poe Soul, which looks like a sad, purple flame. In the future, Poes can be found in the graveyard even without moving graves. Also in the graveyard are the [[Composer Brothers]] (also referred to as '''Poes of the graveyard''') who act much the same, but offer advice regarding the [[Sun's Song]] when defeated.

In the future in [[Hyrule Field]], a different type of Poe appears, having a split, jester-like hood and skull necklace. These ones do not care if Link targets them, and instead circle him just out of reach, dropping fire from their lanterns. They release the same type of Poe Soul. Sometimes (most often while riding [[Epona]]), a [[Big Poe]] appears instead, and flees instead of attacking. In the [[Haunted Wasteland]], a [[Phantom Guide]] appears to direct Link across it. In the original, it resembles one of the fire-dropping type, but in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D|Ocarina of Time 3D]]'', it instead is a Big Poe. Four more Poes, the [[Poe Sisters|Poe sisters]], make trouble for Link in the [[Forest Temple]].

Solely in the future, Poe Souls can be sold to the [[Poe Collector]] at the [[Ghost Shop]] in the ruins of [[Hyrule Castle Town]]. He describes them as "spirits of concentrated hatred."

In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest]]'', graveyard Poes additionally appear in a grave-filled room of [[Dodongo's Cavern]]. In ''Ocarina of Time 3D'', the fire-dropping type lacks arms, causing its lantern to float.

In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'', four Poes appear, each found in the [[Arbiter's Grounds]], where they steal four torch lights, similar to the Poe sisters. They are treated as a larger version of the [[Imp Poe]] in this game, which are much more common. Like Imp Poes, they give [[Poe Soul]]s upon defeat. Appearance-wise, they are very tall and thin with fanged, blue, corpse-like faces. However, they are not visible, so [[Wolf Link]] must use his [[sense]]s to locate and battle them. The first one stays in the torch room to battle, but the rest scatter throughout the dungeon, generally hiding in rooms full of similar lanterns mounted to the walls. Every time a Poe is defeated, the lantern burns away and the flame returns to the torch, while the empty robe remains behind for Wolf Link to sniff and learn the [[Poe Scent]]. Once all four are defeated, the way further into the temple opens.

 

At first, they hold still in the air, observing Link until he Z-targets them. At this point, they begin pursuing him, though they are incorporeal aside from when they are attacking. When able to be attacked, they are bright purple. Any of Wolf Link's attacks can damage them, with the standard bite attack allowing him to latch on and bite repeatedly. The final one acts similar to [[Meg]] of the Poe Sisters, spawning three duplicates and circling around Link. Only the real one turns purple when they prepare to attack.

In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds]]'', Poes look and act as they do in ''A Link to the Past'' and are again found in the graveyard outside the Sanctuary, and can be encountered at the very beginning of the game by moving graves. A group of three appears as an encounter in the secret passageway between the graveyard and the Sanctuary. Another group of them guards the deepest reaches of the [[Lost Woods]], only reachable when Link has all three [[Pendants of Virtue]]. They direct Link through the woods with a series of challenges involving the group twisting among themselves to confuse him. It starts with a group of eight, though if he repeatedly fails, the number will drop. For the first challenge, he must follow a specific one, for the second, he must avoid going down the same paths as two of them, and in the third, must avoid going down the same path as three of them, with the correct answer being the path he came out from.

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Poe OoT artwork.png|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'' artwork

Poe OoT pre-release screenshot.jpg|''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'' pre-release screenshot of Link aiming his bow at a Poe

CoH Poe green.png|''[[Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer featuring The Legend of Zelda]]'' sprite