Editing Hollow Bastion

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:''For the article about the world itself, see [[The Radiant Garden]].''

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{{nihongo|'''Hollow Bastion'''|ホロウバスティオン|Horou Basution}} is a [[World|world]] from ''[[Kingdom Hearts (game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]''. In ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', the world was expanded into the town and other areas.  

Not based on a Disney film, though showing Disney influence, Hollow Bastion is a colossal castle that towers above the rest of its world, the [[Radiant Garden]]. At one point, it was the only remaining part of the world, along with the waterways beneath it. Because of this, the world itself was known as "Hollow Bastion" in ''Kingdom Hearts'', ''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories'', and most of ''Kingdom Hearts II''. However, it regains its original name of Radiant Garden by the end of ''Kingdom Hearts II''.

 

 

==Setting==

[[Sora]] and the rest of the party enter Hollow Bastion at the '''Rising Falls''', appropriately named as there are waterfalls that run up instead of down. Jumping on mystical floating rocks and ledges takes the party to the first of many magical platforms that are scattered throughout the castle. The platform takes Sora to the '''Castle Gates''', the main entrance of Hollow Bastion which is made up of a set of balconies and lifts running outside the castle. From here, the party can travel down into the underground water system or enter the castle itself.

 

Going in the doors at the other end of the Castle Gates area takes the party to the massive two-level '''Entrance Hall''', where a large puzzle must be solved to continue up the castle by allowing access to the second half of the Castle Gates area. Going left takes the party to the '''Library''', also the site of a large puzzle involving organizing misplaced books; [[Belle]], [[Yuffie]], [[Leon]] and [[Aerith]] can later be found here after the Hollow Bastion [[Keyhole]] is locked. Also accessible from the Library is the first of many entrances to the '''Lift Stop''', a series of magic lifts separated by mystical barriers.

Continuing up the castle by taking the lift on the other side of the Castle Gates area is the '''Great Crest''', where the largest of the magic lifts is located. After a long and slow journey across the front of the bastion, the party is dropped on the other side, where they can take the Lift Stop to the next area, the '''High Tower''', where the crest can be moved to create a way up to the upper levels of the castle. Through the Lift Stop at the opposite end of the High Tower is the entrance to the castle '''Chapel''', where the confrontations with [[Maleficent]] take place. Once passed, the area holding Hollow Bastion's Keyhole and the [[Princesses of Heart]], the '''Grand Hall''' is open to confront [[Riku]] in. Beyond the Grand Hall, in a Heartless symbol-shaped portal, lie the '''Dark Depths''' where Sora and company fight Behemoth, and the Keyhole here is sealed.[[File:109.jpg|thumb|148px|The Castle Chapel]]

In the [[End of the World]]'s [[World Terminus]], Sora is transported to an unseen section of what is supposedly Hollow Bastion. All that is there is a hallway that appears similar to the corridors near Ansem's study in ''Kingdom Hearts II'', and a chamber with a strange apparatus. It has a large computer and several human-sized pods attached. The computer has a message that must be read before Sora can leave;

:''Ones born of the heart and darkenss, devoid of hearts, ravage all worlds and bring desolation.''

:''Seize all Hearts and consummate the great heart.''

:''All hearts to be one, one heart to encompass all''

:''Realize the destiny:'' ''the realm of Kingdom Hearts''

:''The great darkness sealed within the great heart.''

:''Progeny of darkness, come back to the eternal darkness.''

:''For the heart of light shall unseal the path.''

:''Seven hearts, one keyhole, one key to the door.''

:''The door of darkness, tied by two keys''

:''The door to darkness to seal the light''

:''None shall pass but shadows, returning to the darkness''

:''Ones born of the Heart and darkness, hunger for every heart until the dark door opens''

This may be where Xehanort and his cohorts tore their hearts from their bodies and became Heartless.

Promotional images and movies for ''Kingdom Hearts II'' depict Sora, Donald and Goofy in battle in the High Tower area of the castle as it appeared in this game, as well as five Organization members at an unspecified location outside the castle; however, these areas are inaccessible in the second game.

===''Kingdom Hearts II''===

[[File:Hollow_Bastion_KH2.jpg|thumb|Hollow Bastion as it appears in ''Kingdom Hearts II'']]Because of the damage to Hollow Bastion in the first game, much of the focus in Hollow Bastion the second time around is on the village that surrounds the bottom of the castle. Sora, Donald, and Goofy arrive in the '''Marketplace''', which houses the world's [[Moogle]] shop, as well as [[Uncle Scrooge]] and the accessory shop of his venturing nephews [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie]]. ''[[w:c:finalfantasy:Main_Page|Final Fantasy]]'' fans will also note two familiar faces who run the world's [[w:c:finalfantasy:Wedge|armor shop]] and [[w:c:finalfantasy:Wantz|item shop]]. Past the Marketplace is the '''Borough''', which sits next to one of the massive walls of the village defenses. From there, the party can drop in on their friends at '''Merlin's House''' or continue to the '''Bailey''', which eventually suffers a bit of damage at the hands of the [[Heartless]].

The good news is the damage to the Bailey allows access to the remains of the Castle by opening up an entrance to the '''Restoration Site'''. Fighting their way through this area in turn takes them to the '''Postern''', site of a save point and the entrance to the bastion itself. Going inside, the party must navigate the twisting '''Corridors''' before reaching the end at '''Ansem's Study''', where many of the mysteries surrounding [[Ansem the Wise|Ansem]] can be solved, but many more created.

====Ansem's study and computer====

Ansem's Study was the private study of [[Ansem the Wise]] in [[Hollow Bastion]]. The room contained a throne and desk, containers filled with [[heart]]s, and books. As leader of [[Radiant Garden]], he used it to store his research on the heart. [[King Mickey]] and Ansem often talked in there. There was a portrait of [[Xehanort]] in the study, though it is unknown if Ansem or Xehanort put the painting up there. Behind the painting, it shows the password which are the [[Princesses of Heart]]. There was a secret passage in the wall that leads to Ansem's Computer.

[[Image:dtdscreen.gif|thumb|left|Computer screen]]

Ansem's Computer is a complex computer system used by [[Ansem the Wise]] during his rule over [[Radiant Garden]], and later used by his apprentices after his exile. It contains an elaborate network copied from ENCOM, containing the [[Space Paranoids]] world.

It once had information regarding [[Heartless]], [[Nobody|Nobodies]], [[Organization XIII]], and Ansem the Wise. However, when [[Sora]] and co. tried to access information on it, the only data that was not corrupted (possibly by Xemnas) was a file regarding Ansem the Wise.

The computer continues to be used by [[Xemnas]] to access the [[Room of Sleep]]. It allows access to the Heartless Manufacturer, and activates the laser that transports users to Space Paranoids. On the other side of the computer room is the small, but often missed '''Heartless Manufactory'''.

[[Image:Bbs18.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Terra]] and [[Ven]] in the Radiant Garden]]

===''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''===

It has been confirmed that the Radiant Garden will make an appearance in [[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]. [[Terra]] and [[Ven]] are at the cliffs of the world. Terra states that some time ago Ven saved him. Ven replies that it was the natural thing to do because they're friends. At the Great Maw, Terra, carrying an unconscious Ven, tells someone (who it was wasn't shown) that he doesn't care about becoming master and, as he summons his Keyblade, that he uses his power for his friends.

Hollow Bastion was once a glorious castle towering over the Radiant Garden and owned by a respectful king, [[Ansem the Wise]]. Much of the history of the castle is unknown, other than that Ansem ruled from it. However, eventually Ansem's apprentice [[Xehanort]] overthrew his former mentor, and remodeled the castle to include mechanical components. The result was a twisted bastion; half beautiful castle, half distorted factory. According to [[Leon]], [[Maleficent]] invaded Hollow Bastion's world with her Heartless nine years before the events of ''Kingdom Hearts''. Some residents managed to escape, many of whom ended up in [[Traverse Town]]. However, the youngest known resident, [[Kairi]], was sent into the ''oceans of the worlds'' by Xehanort and ended up in [[Destiny Islands]]. During her reign in the castle as one of [[Xehanort's Heartless|Ansem's]] minions, it is probable that Maleficent either created or remodeled the castle's keep, which has decorations and models of roses and her thorned plants.

Sora, Donald and Goofy arrive at Hollow Bastion in time to find [[Riku]] attacking another intruder, the [[Beast]]. Sora, Donald, and Goofy confront Riku, but he declares he is the Keyblade's true holder; it jumps into his possession, leaving Sora defenseless except for his [[Toy Sword|old wooden sword]]. Shocked at this revelation, Sora collapses to the ground. Riku departs, and Donald and Goofy, having been ordered to follow the Keybearer, reluctantly follow him. The Beast staggers on despite his injuries, and Sora quickly gets over his shock to help him. The Beast reveals that he is looking for [[Belle|someone]] important to him, and refuses to depart without her. Sora, sympathizing, takes up his old wooden sword, and the two team up to enter the castle.

After traversing the castle waterways to unlock the main door, Sora and Beast enter Hollow Bastion. Beast witnesses an illusion of Belle transforming into a Heartless, and, enraged, jumps the Heartless, with the doors slamming shut behind him. Riku, Donald, and Goofy appear soon after, where Riku orders Sora to give up, though Sora refuses to leave without Kairi. Sora informs Riku that while the darkness may destroy his body, it can't harm his heart, and Riku decides to test Sora's theory by firing a dark energy bolt at him. Sora, believing it to be the end, braces himself, but Goofy rushes in and blocks the blast with his shield. After being questioned by Riku, Goofy swears that he will never betray [[Mickey Mouse|King Mickey]], but won't betray Sora after all that they have been through together, and asks Donald to apologize to the King for him; however, Donald also chooses his friendship with Sora over King Mickey's orders and rejoins Sora. Sora informs Riku that he doesn't need the Keyblade; his friends and heart are the only weapons he needs. Sora's strength of heart with his friends back by his side pulls the Keyblade away from Riku and back to him. After a fierce battle, Riku is defeated and flees. Beast rejoins the party after watching the encounter, observing that Sora's heart was what helped him win.

Riku is upset at losing the Keyblade, but encounters [[Xehanort's Heartless]], who promises him that he can make Riku's heart stronger through darkness and allow him to regain possession of the Keyblade. Jealous and angry at Sora and shamed over his loss of control of the Keyblade, Riku succumbs to his pledge and powers, and becomes consumed by the darkness. In the meantime, Maleficent has attempted to use the gathered [[Princesses of Heart]] to open the Bastion's [[Keyhole]]. The Heartless-possessed Riku meets with her to check her progress, where Maleficent declares she will control and use the darkness for her own purposes; however, neither she nor Ansem-Riku can unlock the Keyhole without [[Kairi|Kairi's]] missing heart.

Sora and friends manage to travel through the labyrinth of a castle to reach the chapel; there they meet with and confront Maleficent. Overconfident in her abilities and underestimating those of Sora's gang, she is soundly defeated. Escaping back to Riku for help, she is stabbed through the heart by his [[Keyblade of People's Hearts]], made from the hearts of the six Princesses. It unlocks the darkest parts of her heart and allows her to transform into a large, powerful dragon; however, Sora's party defeat her again, and she is consumed and burned away by the darkness. Riku disappears after her defeat, and Sora and company travel to the Grand Hall, where the Keyhole and Princesses are located, to find and confront him. There, Sora finds Kairi unconscious on the floor in front of the partially opened Keyhole. He tries to wake her, but Riku appears to tell Sora her heart is missing. Riku continues to tell Sora that Kairi is one of the princesses and that her heart is within his him. Sora is able to realize that Riku is no longer in control of his own body. Riku knocks both Donald and Goofy back behind a preset barrier, and Kairi's heart reacts to the Keyblade of People's Hearts' power, causing Sora crippling pain. Xehanort's Heartless then attacks at him, but Sora recovers and blocks the strike in time. After an intense battle over who would possess Kairi's heart, Sora emerges victorious.

[[File:111.jpg|thumb|146px|left|The Rising Falls]]

Riku disappears, but the Keyhole begins reacting to the presence of Kairi's heart. Sora attempts to lock the Keyhole, but without Kairi's heart, it is not complete and cannot be sealed. Sora puts two and two together and realizes what he has to do; despite Donald and Goofy's desperate pleas, Sora stabs himself with the Keyblade of People's Hearts left in Riku's wake, releasing all of the princesses' hearts (including Kairi's) and completing the Keyhole, but Sora falls into darkness himself.

Kairi wakes just in time to see Sora disappear. As Kairi, Donald, and Goofy mourn the loss of Sora, Xehanort's Heartless, now in full possession of Riku's body and having shaped it into one resembling his original human self, reappears, declaring that Kairi's purpose is over, effectively deciding to kill her. Donald and Goofy bravely make a stand against Xehanort's Heartless, but both know that, without Sora, they may not be able to stop him. However, before Xehanort's Heartless can attack, Riku projects himself from his stolen body, manages to establish enough control to stop him in his tracks, and warns Kairi and the others that the Heartless called by Xehanort's Heartless will soon overrun the castle at which they heed and run to escape. The three return to the entrance, and hesitate due to Kairi's reluctance to leave Sora and Riku behind; Goofy himself is still concerned about the Keyhole (apparently failing to realize that, without Sora and the Keyblade, the Keyhole cannot be stopped). An apparently non-hostile Heartless arrives; Donald shouts at it to get lost and whacks it over the head with his staff, but Kairi realizes that the Heartless is, in fact, Sora. At that moment, massive legions of Heartless attack, and swarm Kairi and Sora's Heartless, much to Donald and Goofy's horror. However, a brilliant flash of light blows the Heartless back, and in place of the Heartless, there is Sora, fully restored. Beast stays behind to hold off the Heartless and continue looking for Belle, and so the group departs Hollow Bastion.

[[Cid]] manages to find a way to allow them to return and seal the Keyhole. They return and help Beast reunite with the re-awakened Belle, and jump through the Keyhole to fight a [[Behemoth]] Heartless. After a conversation with [[Leon]]'s group, who have returned to restore their home world, Sora seals the Keyhole at Hollow Bastion.

In the ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix]]'' version, Sora also has his first encounter with [[Organization XIII]] in the chapel by way [[Xemnas]], here known only as "Unknown". After some cryptic messages (such as stating that Sora is incomplete and looks just like [[Roxas|"him"]]), Xemnas departs. It is revealed in ''Kingdom Hearts II'' that this battle takes place shortly after Xemnas recruited [[Roxas]] into the Organization, and he fought Sora to test his abilities.

===''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories''===

In [[Riku]]'s Story, Hollow Bastion is recreated inside [[Castle Oblivion]] as a figment of his memory. It is the first world he enters and fights a memory recreation of Maleficent in her Dragon form.  

In [[Sora]]'s story, Hollow Bastion is also recreated as a figment of his memory. It is where the Beast, Belle & Maleficent which were created from his memory are, and Belle is denying her love for the Beast and [[Sora]] has to defeat Maleficent in her Dragon form.

But opposed to the first game, it focuses more on the relationship between [[Beast]] and [[Belle]].

Sora and his friends reunite with [[Leon]], [[Yuffie]], [[Aerith]], and [[Cid]], who have started the [[Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee]], an organization attempting to rebuild the world that they once lived in. After reuniting with [[Merlin]] as well, Leon makes Sora, Donald, and Goofy honorary members of the committee and takes them to view the restoration work on the Bailey. There, after a surprise attack, the party has their first real encounter with [[Organization XIII]] in the form of taunts and cryptic messages. After defending the town from Nobodies and unlocking the pathway to other worlds via his committee card, Sora heads out to search for [[Mickey Mouse|King Mickey]] and Riku.

The party returns briefly to visit and assist Merlin, who has a surprise: [[Winnie the Pooh|Pooh]]'s book, the entrance to the [[100 Acre Wood]]. However, a raid by [[Heartless]] damages the book when they try to steal it from Sora's group, leading to Pooh's amnesia and the search for the book's Torn Pages.

When the party is called again to Hollow Bastion, they reunite with [[Cloud]], who vows to go after [[Sephiroth]]. They then are sent by Cid and Merlin to assist Leon in the Bastion itself; along the way, they meet the Gullwings for the first time. After reaching the Bastion, they first see Ansem's study and are introduced to his seemingly malfunctioning computer system after a brief encounter with [[Tifa]]. After an unplanned trip to [[Space Paranoids]] courtesy of [[Stitch]], they finally meet with the King in Ansem's study, who promises to talk after they finish helping [[Tron]]. Sora and his party copy Tron's scrambled data, finding out about [[Ansem the Wise]].

Mickey explains about Ansem the Wise, his imposter, and the Heartless and Nobodies that resulted, most notably [[Xemnas]]. While he explains many things to them, Sora learns that the King can't tell him about Riku. He charges them to go find the missing Riku and Kairi, but there is a sudden explosion outside the Bastion. Heartless and Nobodies are pouring through a hole blown in the outer wall. Sora's party encounter Maleficent, who orders her Heartless to attack, and the Gullwings, who they trick into joining Leon's side. They also find Sephiroth, looking to fight Cloud.

The party makes their way to the Bailey, where they witness the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee, the Gullwings, Cloud, and Tifa's attempts to stop the Heartless, as well as an encounter between Cloud and Sephiroth. Mickey orders them to find Riku and Kairi instead of fighting the Heartless, but Sora refuses and leaps into the frey, joined by Donald and Goofy. Their first encounter is with [[Demyx]], who attempts to eliminate Sora again. However, Sora and his group take out Demyx for good. Mickey catches up with them and admits his earlier decision was hasty. An explosion caused by a Heartless causes a boulder to fly at Mickey; Goofy takes the blow instead and is seemingly killed. Spurred on by his sacrifice, the three jump into the battle, assisted by the other residents of Hollow Bastion. Goofy is alright in the end and reunites with them; together, they work to halt the Heartless invasion.

 

====Third Visit====

On the third and final main visit to Hollow Bastion, the [[Master Control Program]] has taken over Cid and Ansem the Wise's computers, causing the [[claymore]]s in Hollow Bastion to go crazy and attack the residents. Sora, Donald, and Goofy go into Space Paranoids to contact Tron while Cid works on a program to delete the MCP. When downloaded into Tron, the party is able to retake control of Hollow Bastion's computers and restore order. In addition, Tron finds information on Ansem's data of Hollow Bastion's existence before the Heartless came, then reveals it to all residents, reminding everyone its true name and nature: the Radiant Garden.

Image:Kairi's Grandmother.jpg|[[Kairi's Grandmother]]

Image:KH2Squall.jpg|[[Leon]] ([[Squall Leonhart]])

Image:Kh2-yuffie.jpg|[[Yuffie]]

Image:KHII Aerith.jpg|[[Aerith]]

Image:Cid.jpg|[[Cid]]

Image:Moogle2.jpg|[[Moogles]]

Image:Final Fantasy Girl.jpg|[[The Gullwings|Gullwings]]

Image:Ansem the Wise.png|[[Ansem the Wise]]

Image:Xehanort-AnsemDesciple_CG.jpg|[[Xehanort]]

Image:KH-Merlin.jpg|[[Merlin]]

Image:Xehanort_Heartless.jpg|[[Xehanort's Heartless|Ansem]]

Image:Maleficent20CGI.jpg|[[Maleficent]]

Image:Pete0.jpg|[[Pete]]

Image:Dragon_Maleficent.jpg|[[Maleficent (Dragon)]]

Image:Scrooge0.jpg|[[Scrooge McDuck]]

Image:Huey.jpg|[[Huey, Dewey, and Louie|Huey]]

Image:Dewey.jpg|[[Huey, Dewey, and Louie|Dewey]]

Image:Louie.jpg|[[Huey, Dewey, and Louie|Louie]]

Image:stitch.jpg|[[Stitch]]

Image:ChickenLittle3.jpg|[[Chicken Little]]

CloudKH2LowerBoxbetterquality.png|[[Cloud]]

Image:TifaCG.jpg|[[Tifa]]

Image:Kh2-sephiroth2.jpg|[[Sephiroth]]

===''Kingdom Hearts''===

Image:Wyvern-Heartless.jpg|[[Wyvern]]

 

 

 

===''Kingdom Hearts''===

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Image:IMG_0663.jpg|'''Bailey''' before the Battle of 1000 Heartless

Image:IMG_0664.jpg|'''Borough'''

Image:IMG_0666.jpg|'''Marketplace'''

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* Upon taking the lift in the '''Lift Stop''' connected to the library in ''[[Kingdom Hearts (game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'', Sora and party will arrive at an inside area atop the castle. By using first person view, looking upwards reveals stain glass windows that share the same pattern as the pillars in the '''Station of Awakening'''.

 

 

Image:HollowBastionTitle.png|Logo of Hollow Bastion.

Image:Hollow Bastion Logo 2.png|Second logo of Hollow Bastion.

File:Hollow Bastion World.png|World logo of Hollow Bastion as it appears in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''

Image:Ansem's_study.jpg|Ansem's study

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