Editing Hollow Bastion

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'''Hollow Bastion''' is a [[world]] from ''[[Kingdom Hearts (game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'', ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]'', and ''[[Kingdom Hearts coded]]''. In ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', the world was expanded into the town and other areas. It appeared in a flashback to events from ''Kingdom Hearts'' experienced by [[Xion]] in ''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]''.

 

 

[[Ansem the Wise]] was the former ruler of this world. The castle was taken over by [[Maleficent]] and she claimed herself ruler, but she was simply being used.

[[File:Lift Stop (Art).png|thumb|150px|The Lift Stop.]]

[[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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:''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''

'''Riku's Room''' is an area not available to Sora that is revealed during Riku's journey in ''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories''.

Access to the castle is very limited in ''Kingdom Hearts II''. During the second trip to the world, the way to the castle is unlocked and leads to the '''Postern''', the site of a save point and the base 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 can be solved, but many more created.

Despite promotional images and movies for ''Kingdom Hearts II'' that depict Sora, Donald, and Goofy in battle in the High Tower area of the castle as it appeared in ''Kingdom Hearts'', the area is nonexistent in the second game.

 

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. [[Mickey Mouse]] 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.

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, which was updated and modified for research purposes.

The computer once held a vast variety of infromation regarding many subjects studied by Ansem and his apprentices, such as the [[Heartless]], [[Nobody|Nobodies]], [[Organization XIII|the Organization]], and Ansem the Wise himself. However, when Sora, Donald, and Goofy tried to access the infromation on their enemies, they found that all of it was corrupted (possibly by Xemnas). The only thing that did come up was a picture file of the true Ansem the Wise, leading to the truth being revealed about Xehanort's Heartless.

The computer continues to be used by [[Xemnas]] to access the [[Chambers of Repose and Waking|Chamber of Repose]] located several miles below the factory. It also allows access to the Heartless Manufactury on the floow below the room, 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'''.

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

[[File:Central Corruption KHRCO.png|right|thumb|Central Corruption from Inside Riku.]]

In ''Kingdom Hearts coded'' Hollow Bastion is very similar to the Hollow Bastion from ''Kingdom Hearts''. Data-Sora starts his journey in the '''Castle Gates''', he then goes to the '''Waterway''' as soon as he finds the gate is locked shut to find a way to unlock the gate. After opening the gate, he soon joins with Goofy at the '''Entrance Hall (LL)'''. After examining the Heartless slot on a door, Data-Sora and Goofy visit the '''Library''' that consists of 4 sections to search for the missing emblems. Data-Sora also chases after Donald in the '''Waterway'''. After the party is set, they travel to the '''Great Crest''' via a huge lift, Data-Sora then debugged a System Sector in the Crest. After obtaining the last emblem, they can finally chase after Pete who waits in the '''Grand Hall'''. Once he regains his Keyblade and defeats the bugged Data-Riku, Sora travels to '''Inside Riku''' via the Keyhole which appears above his friend. Data-Sora arrives in the '''Central Corruption''', and Data-Riku appears and tells the Keyblade wielder about the dangers inside of himself, before asking him to regain his [[Matrix Power|missing powers]] by travelling to corrupted versions from the Journal's entries on '''Destiny Islands''', '''Traverse Town''', '''Wonderland''', '''Agrabah''', and Hollow Bastion itself.

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

 

 

 

During the destruction of [[Destiny Islands]], Riku is approached by Ansem.  The boy opens his Heart to Darkness, allowing Ansem to linger within his Heart, and steps into a Corridor of Darkness. He awakens some time later in the Rising Falls of Hollow Bastion. Here, he is greeted by Maleficent, given a room to stay in, and is gifted with the [[Soul Eater]] blade.

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 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 at 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 Firaga]] attack 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 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.

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 then appears and reveals that Maleficent was merely a pawn of the Heartless, unable to see the darkness swallowing her heart. He then departs 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 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 him, but Sora recovers and blocks the strike in time. After an intense battle over who would possess Kairi's heart, Sora emerges victorious.

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, Ansem, 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 Ansem, but both know that, without Sora, they may not be able to stop him. However, before Ansem 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 Ansem 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.

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.

In Sora's story, Hollow Bastion is also recreated as a figment of his memory. It is where the Beast, Belle, and 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.

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.

During ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'', when Roxas experiences a short sequence of Sora's memories, the keyhole to Hollow Bastion can be seen as Sora releases his heart and his body dissipates.

After Maleficent destroys [[Data-Sora]]'s Keyblade in the [[datascape]]'s version of [[Agrabah]] and captures [[Data-Riku]], Pete takes Data-Riku to the datascape's Hollow Bastion. Without his weapon, Data-Sora is unable to fight, so Mickey travels there himself, leaving Donald, Goofy, and Data-Sora at Disney Castle. However, Sora runs off to Hollow Bastion on his own to confront Pete, and he manages to unlock the castle gate while dodging Heartless. Inside, Pete traps Sora and summons a horde of Heartless to attack, but Sora is rescued by Goofy. The two of them begin searching for a way to follow Pete deeper into the castle, while searching for Donald, who got separated from Goofy when they entered Hollow Bastion.

Sora and Goofy find Donald in the waterway, and the three of them explore the castle, with Donald and Goofy breaking [[Bug Blox]] and fighting Heartless in place of Sora. They find the pieces of the Heartless emblem that unlock the door leading to the upper levels of the castle, and at the High Tower, Data-Sora reflects on the bond he feels with Donald and Goofy. The three of them confront Pete in the Grand Hall, where he traps Donald and Goofy in a cage of blox. Desperate, Sora manifests a new Keyblade from his evolving heart and frees them. Pete retreats into the Keyhole, followed by Sora, who defeats him despite his own powers in the datascape. Pete then sets Data-Riku on him, having corrupted his data with bugs, but Data-Sora manages to subdue his friend after a drawn-out battle.

Although Data-Sora and Data-Riku emerge from the Keyhole, Riku's data is thoroughly corrupted, prompting Sora to enter Riku's personal datascape to destroy the bugs. After visiting manifestations of Riku's memories of different worlds, Sora defeats the main source of the corruption, which takes Riku's form. Maleficent attempts to block Sora from returning from inside Riku's data, but he emerges, and he defeats Maleficent's dragon form in the chapel. Mickey, Donald, and Goofy say goodbye before returning to the real world, but when the datascape begins erasing itself, Data-Sora sets off through the Final Keyhole for the innermost part of the datascape to retrieve Maleficent and Pete and to confront [[Sora's Heartless|the source of the corruption]].

As Data-Sora progresses through the datascape's Castle Oblivion, he enters a room based on his visit to Hollow Bastion. He chases after Pete, using switches to progress, and defeats him. Pete calls Maleficent, who brings them to a long, trap-filled room, forcing Sora to traverse the obstacle course to reach the far side of the room. Upon confronting the two, Sora is returned to the Entrance Hall, with an [[Ending Card]] for Hollow Bastion.

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