Golden Compass

:This page is about the item featured in the book . For the golden relic featured in , see .
The Golden Compass is an in .
==Location and Uses==
Unlike ordinary , the does not have the usual directions of N for North and S for South. Instead, it has a variety of letters in all of its directions.
 can only find the if , and him safely exit the . and hop on to head towards when just then notices that the knight dropped a . He begins to say something to but realizes that the knight and the are already trotting away. keeps the in his pocket and decides he will give it to him later.
After tells the young hero that the might pick over as to who will take the to the , he puts his hands in his pockets and remembers the compass that fell from 's belt. The young hero then tells that the might tell them something about . discovers the directions on the other side of the , which are as follows:
*March north, then south. Gather your strength and turn east, then go west to the sunset, then return east.
*Sail southeast, into the wind. Change your course to southwest. Then head due south. The wind will carry you northeast into a calm, and then northeast again.
*Fly with the wind south-southwest until a gale blows you east-southeast. Then soar northeast and finally west-southwest to your journey's end.
After and decode the 's message, they find out it spells out "GANON SHALL RULE". Whether has or does not have the during his adventure does not greatly affect the outcome of the story.