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An {{nihongo|'''Absent Silhouette'''|アブセント・シルエット|Abusento Shiruetto}} is a "ghost" version of a member of [[Organization XIII]] who had already been slain. It appears as an extra set of challenges in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix | An {{nihongo|'''Absent Silhouette'''|アブセント・シルエット|Abusento Shiruetto}} is a "ghost" version of a member of [[Organization XIII]] who had already been slain. It appears as an extra set of challenges in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix]]''. Whenever [[Sora]] challenges an Absent Silhouette to a battle, the Absent Silhouette takes the form of the slain member it represents and fights him. There are five Absent Silhouettes in total: [[Vexen]], [[Lexaeus]], [[Zexion]], [[Marluxia]] and [[Larxene]]. All of them died in ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]''. | ||
At first, the Absent Silhouette looks like a sphere of darkness with nothingness and the slain member's element circling around it; a picture of the slain member's [[weapon]] is also featured in the center of the sphere. When Sora accepts its challenge, it warps Sora, Donald and Goofy to wherever its member was last fought, with the exception of Marluxia's, which is the area of the second to last battle against him. There, it challenges him to an extremely difficult battle. | At first, the Absent Silhouette looks like a sphere of darkness with nothingness and the slain member's element circling around it; a picture of the slain member's [[weapon]] is also featured in the center of the sphere. When Sora accepts its challenge, it warps Sora, Donald and Goofy to wherever its member was last fought, with the exception of Marluxia's, which is the area of the second to last battle against him. There, it challenges him to an extremely difficult battle. | ||
An Absent Silhouette usually bears a different fighting style than the member originally exhibited in ''Chain of Memories''. For example, Larxene often threw her [[Larxene#Weapon|knives]] and Zexion created copies of himself using the stolen skills of his opponent. However, in ''Final Mix | An Absent Silhouette usually bears a different fighting style than the member originally exhibited in ''Chain of Memories''. For example, Larxene often threw her [[Larxene#Weapon|knives]] and Zexion created copies of himself using the stolen skills of his opponent. However, in ''Final Mix'', Larxene's Silhouette favors using copies of herself for speedy attacks from all directions, and Zexion's favors trapping his prey into a dimension within his weapon, a [[Zexion#Weapon|lexicon]]. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The Absent Silhouettes do not say any words at all; instead they simply grumble, grunt, laugh, and cry out whenever you hit them or when they perform their attacks. Like in ''Chain of Memories'', these members were not given English voice actors for the English audio track used for Final Mix | *The Absent Silhouettes do not say any words at all; instead they simply grumble, grunt, laugh, and cry out whenever you hit them or when they perform their attacks. Like in ''Chain of Memories'', these members were not given English voice actors for the English audio track used for Final Mix. | ||
*The voices of the Absent Silhouettes sound exactly like their Japanese voice actors in ''Kingdom Hearts: Re:Chain of Memories''. They '''were''', in fact, voiced by the Japanese cast, since the end credits quote the names of Larxene's, Marluxia's, Vexen's, Zexion's and Lexaeus' Japanese voice actors. | *The voices of the Absent Silhouettes sound exactly like their Japanese voice actors in ''Kingdom Hearts: Re:Chain of Memories''. They '''were''', in fact, voiced by the Japanese cast, since the end credits quote the names of Larxene's, Marluxia's, Vexen's, Zexion's and Lexaeus' Japanese voice actors. | ||
*It is never explained why the Absent Silhouettes are fought where they are. One possible reason is that four of the five battles take place in worlds not present in the game. Another possible explanation is that they are placed in worlds that have no purpose after they are locked. By placing Absent Silhouettes in the said worlds, they become more visitable. Another possibility is that they only appear where another member of the Organization has appeared, which is true for the four of the five locations (Demyx appeared in the Olympus Coliseum, Luxord appeared in Port Royal, Roxas, Axel, and Saïx appeared in Twilight Town, and Xaldin appeared in Beast's Castle). However, the merchant in Agrabah said that his riches were brought from a man in a black coat, which is then interpreted by Sora to be a member of the Organization. | *It is never explained why the Absent Silhouettes are fought where they are. One possible reason is that four of the five battles take place in worlds not present in the game. Another possible explanation is that they are placed in worlds that have no purpose after they are locked. By placing Absent Silhouettes in the said worlds, they become more visitable. Another possibility is that they only appear where another member of the Organization has appeared, which is true for the four of the five locations (Demyx appeared in the Olympus Coliseum, Luxord appeared in Port Royal, Roxas, Axel, and Saïx appeared in Twilight Town, and Xaldin appeared in Beast's Castle). However, the merchant in Agrabah said that his riches were brought from a man in a black coat, which is then interpreted by Sora to be a member of the Organization. | ||