Villains

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The Villains

The Villains are a group of scoundrels from various worlds who seek to harness the power of the Heartless. They are led by Maleficent, and originally had the goal of capturing the seven Princesses of Heart and taking control of Kingdom Hearts, to rule all worlds. After their first defeat at the hands of Sora, they are much less organized, and while they occasionally cooperate on a one-on-one basis, they no longer work in concert and follow their own goals.

Each Villain is usually the boss battle for their native world.

The track "Villains of a Sort" serves as the groups theme and is used for most cutscenes involving the Villains. However, it is also used for a few other Disney villains that are unaffiliated with Maleficent's group, such as The Queen and Shan-Yu.

Story

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

Maleficent was contacted by Master Xehanort at some point before Terra, Aqua, and Ventus left the Land of Departure. He told her about other worlds, the Princesses of Heart, and Kingdom Hearts, explaining how they could be used to rule all worlds. Identifying Aurora as a Princess of Heart, Xehanort takes her heart for Maleficent on the condition she tricks Terra into thinking he had taken it. However, Aurora was saved by the combined efforts of Ventus, Aqua, and Prince Phillip.

Realizing the search for the Princesses would take a while, Maleficent resolves to gather others to help. Finding Pete, who had been banished to another dimension by Queen Minnie, she decides to free him and make him an ally.

Future members of the Villain alliance also appear in their respective worlds. Captain Hook is put in his place by Terra and Ventus, while Hades attempt to recruit a "Dark Warrior" to do his bidding is foiled by Terra and Aqua.

Between Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep and Kingdom Hearts

Maleficent spends the next decade gathering potential allies to aid her in their search for the Princesses of Heart. She eventually recruits Captain Hook, Ursula, Hades, Oogie Boogie and Jafar. The group also learns about the power of the Heartless and use them as minions in their quest. However, while the group was aware of the dangers posed by using the Heartless, they failed to realize they were just puppets of the Heartless who only obeyed them in an attempt to gain control of Kingdom Hearts.

They gathered ten of the thirteen pages of the Ansem Report, making use of the Heartless Manufactory in the basement lab of Hollow Bastion to create custom Heartless for unique worlds and command lesser Heartless for them.

The Villains have two main goals: find the Princesses of Heart and send the Heartless into the Keyholes of many worlds, destroying them in the process. Using the Heartless, the group makes Hollow Bastion their base and successfully imprisons Aurora, Belle, Cinderella, and Snow White there while destroying their Worlds.

Kingdom Hearts

Countless worlds have fallen in their quest for the Princesses of Heart. After the destruction of Destiny Islands, Riku ends up on Hollow Bastion, where Maleficent takes him in. The Villains send Guard Armor to Traverse Town to draw out the keyblade wielder. After discovering Sora, the Villains keep an eye on him; unfortunately, he begins sealing keyholes to keep them safe from destruction. After Clayton become a puppet of the Heartless, they watch him perish.

Maleficent tells Riku to forget Sora.

To turn Riku against Sora, Maleficent takes him to Traverse Town to see him with his new friends. With Riku bitter, Maleficent promises to help him find Kairi if he helps the Villains. While Jafar is defeated, Riku kidnaps Jasmine; Maleficent rewards him by having Hook take him to find Kairi. Riku appears in Monstro, planning kidnap Pinocchio to find a way to restore Kairi's heart.

After Ursula and Oogie Boogie fall to Sora as well, Captain Hook kidnaps Wendy under the assumption she's the last princess of heart. However, Riku informs him that she is not and takes Kairi to Hollow Bastion. Hook is soon defeated and Hades loses interest in the plan.

While Riku keeps Sora busy, Maleficent opens the Final Keyhole with six of the princesses hearts. Ansem possesses Riku and uses the six hearts to create a Keyblade of Heart, which he uses to unlock Maleficent's heart, leading to her defeat and heart traveling into the past.

Elsewhere, Pete is busy searching for ways to create powerful Heartless 358/2 Days, but remained unaware of Maleficent's demise.

This information is based on alternate scenes or materials and is not considered canon within the overall plot of the series.
In the Kingdom Hearts manga, Maleficent and the other villains offered the Cheshire Cat a spot in their alliance. However, the Cheshire Cat refused, leaving the group to debate whether he should be eliminated or not. Keyhole (chapter) Queen of Hearts, Cave of Wonders Guardian, Cerberus, Clayton, Jafar-Genie, Dragon Maleficent, Lock, Shock, Mr. Smee listed as villain in card game

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

While searching for Jafar's Lamp in Agrabah, Pete is followed by Axel and Roxas when they come across the villain in the Marketplace as he was looking for a secret entrance out of town to the Cave of Wonders. Later, Pete encounters Roxas and Xion during another mission in Agrabah in the the Cave of Wonders and engages them in battle.

Later, Pete appears in Neverland, making fake treasure maps for Captain Hook to follow, relying on the pirate's greed to conjure up tons of Heartless in his mad quest for riches. Template:Section-stub

Kingdom Hearts II

Maleficent and Pete prepare to take out an army of Shadows.

After Maleficent was resurrected, she and Pete try to reunite a new group. Pete contacts a former member, Hades, and try to get Jafar back, in addition to trying to find new members, such as Barbossa or Scar. Maleficent resuscitates Oogie Boogie and collaborates with him, however, he seems to have lost respect for her. After losing their base in Hollow Bastion, Maleficent thinks about turning the Castle That Never Was into her new base. Template:Section-stub

Kingdom Hearts coded

Maleficent sends Pete to Disney Castle to spy on King Mickey, and when Data-Riku transports Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Jiminy Cricket into the Datascape, Pete gets pulled in as well, appearing in a hub between the data worlds. He calls Maleficent, who uses her magic to enter as well. Template:Section-stub

Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance

Maleficent and Pete attempt to take Minnie hostage.

At Disney Castle, Maleficent reveals to Mickey how Xehanort once told her of other worlds and the seven hearts of pure light that would enable her to rule them. However, due to the complexity of the worlds, Maleficent decides to take a different approach, using the worlds' data. When Mickey refuses to yield, she attempts to attack him with her magic. However, the magical flames are blocked by one of Lea's Chakrams, while the other surprises Pete and allows Minnie to escape.

Kingdom Hearts III

Hades turns down Maleficent's request for him to continue assisting the Villains.

At the time of Xehanort's final push to assemble the χ-blade, only Pete is still interested in allying with Maleficent. Although he does share information with her on the location of a "black box", Hades has no interest in following her losing plans anymore, and Barbossa has, despite some ribbing for his past misdeeds, chosen to ally with Elizabeth Swann and the other pirates.

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  Maleficent
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  Pete
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  Hades
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  Oogie Boogie
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  Ursula
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  Captain Hook
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  Riku
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  Captain Barbossa
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  Scar
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