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An {{nihongo|'''Absent Silhouette'''|アブセント・シルエット|Abusento Shiruetto}} is a phantom version of one of the five [[Organization XIII]] members who were eliminated at [[Castle Oblivion]] in ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]'': [[Vexen]], [[Lexaeus]], [[Zexion]], [[Marluxia]], and [[Larxene]]. They appear in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix]]'' as a set of optional bosses, and upon defeat, they relinquish a [[Lost Illusion]] and a synthesis [[Recipe]] that allows the Moogles to craft a replica of the defeated Organization member's signature weapon. Defeating an Absent Silhouette also allows Sora to challenge his or her [[Organization XIII Replica Data|Data Rematch]] at the [[Cavern of Remembrance#Garden of Assemblage|Garden of Assemblage]].

After [[Demyx]]'s "battle" in the [[Olympus Coliseum]] Underworld, a brief cutscene commences in which he explains to Sora about the Absent Silhouettes.

Whenever [[Sora]] challenges an Absent Silhouette to a battle, the Absent Silhouette takes the form of the slain member it represents and fights him. The Absent Silhouette initially appears as a dark sphere depicting a silhouette of the slain member's weapon, with thornbeams and wisps of the respective member's element circling around it.<ref>As Zexion's element of Illusion is immaterial, his sphere represents it by fading in and out.</ref> When Sora accepts an Absent Silhouette's challenge, it warps him, as well as Donald and Goofy, to the location that the Organization member it represents was defeated.<ref>The battle against Marluxia's Absent Silhouette mimics the first phase of his final battle, without his Second and Third Forms.</ref> There, it challenges them to an arduous battle.

Though they serve as rematches with bosses from ''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories'', each Absent Silhouette has a vastly different fighting style than in that game. For example, in ''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories'', Larxene throws her [[Foudre]] and Zexion uses his [[Book of Retribution]] to create doppelgangers of himself using skills stolen from his opponent, while in ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix'', Larxene's Absent Silhouette creates clones of herself for speedy attacks from multiple directions and Zexion's Absent Silhouette uses the Book of Retribution to trap his prey in a pocket dimension. The Absent Silhouettes do not speak at all; instead they simply grumble, grunt, laugh, or cry out when hit or when they perform their attacks.

#'''Vexen's Absent Silhouette''' is fought at the [[Castle Oblivion#11th Floor|11th Floor]] facsimile of [[The Old Mansion]], and it relinquishes a [[Lost Illusion]] and the [[Road to Discovery]] Recipe. The portal to the battle appears in [[Agrabah#The Peddler's Shop|The Peddler's Shop]] after the shop is remodeled during Sora's second visit to Agrabah.

#'''Lexaeus's Absent Silhouette''' is fought at the [[Castle Oblivion#Station of Remembrance|Station of Remembrance]], and it relinquishes a Lost Illusion and the [[Strength Beyond Strength]] Recipe. The portal to the battle appears at the [[Twilight Town#Sandlot|Sandlot]] after Sora defeats the Nobodies there on his second visit to Twilight Town.

#'''Zexion's Absent Silhouette''' is fought at the [[Castle Oblivion#3rd Basement|3rd Basement]] facsimile of [[Destiny Islands]], and it relinquishes a Lost Illusion and the [[Book of Shadows]] Recipe. The portal to the battle appears in the [[Underworld#Cave of the Dead: Inner Chamber|Cave of the Dead: Inner Chamber]] upon reaching it during Sora's fist visit to the Olympus Coliseum.

#'''Marluxia's Absent Silhouette''' is fought at the [[Castle Oblivion#Station of Oblivion|Station of Oblivion]], and it relinquishes a Lost Illusion and the [[Eternal Blossom]] Recipe. The portal to the battle appears in [[Beast's Castle#The Beast's Room|The Beast's Room]] after Beast decides to join Sora in order to defeat Xaldin during his second visit.<!--reword:

#'''Larxene's Absent Silhouette''' is fought at the Station of Remembrance, and it relinquishes a Lost Illusion and the [[Cloaked Thunder]] Recipe. The portal to the battle appears at the [[Port Royal#Isla de Muerta: Rock Face|Isla de Muerta: Rock Face]] after Sora lands at Isla de Muerta during his first visit after the gunpowder battle on the ''Interceptor''.

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In ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix]]'', the [[Vanitas Remnant]] and the [[Battle Mission]] Unversed appear throughout the worlds. Like the Absent Silhouettes, the Vanitas Remnant initially appears as a dark sphere depicting the Keychain of the [[Void Gear]], and the Battle Mission Unversed appear as dark spheres depicting the Unversed emblem. However, the spheres are only surrounded by wisps of darkness, without any thornbeams.

 

*It was once suggested that the Absent Silhouette is a type of Nobody, since it appears in the same fashion a Nobody does, although this is most likely untrue, as Vanitas's Remnant appears after what seems to be an Absent Silhouette, and Vanitas was an Unversed, not a Nobody.

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