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{{Q|Aqua, Ven... One day I will set this right.|Lingering Will}}

==Development==

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

[[File:The Last Bastion of Free Will 01 KHBBS.png|thumb|left|Lingering Will rises to fight Terra-Xehanort.]]

In the end, Lingering Will is victorious in battle, but although Terra-Xehanort is knocked unconscious, it fails to expel Xehanort from Terra's body. The armored figure plunges its [[Ends of the Earth]] into the ground and slumps down, as Terra-Xehanort is consumed by the [[light]] storm created by the destruction of the [[χ-blade]] via [[Aqua]] and [[Ventus]]. The clouds that have masked the [[Keyblade Graveyard]] in darkness cover [[Kingdom Hearts]] in the sky above, and Lingering Will is left alone. It silently promises Aqua and Ventus that someday, it will set things right.

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

Eleven years later, a portal to the Badlands appears in [[Disney Castle]]. [[Sora]], [[Donald]], and [[Goofy]] enter it and find themselves standing before the kneeling Lingering Will. The animated Keyblade Armor mentions Aqua and Ventus before sensing Sora's [[Keyblade]], and it mistakes Sora for the one it had chosen, [[Riku]]. Realizing its mistake, Lingering Will asks why Sora is not him; it then wonders if Sora is Xehanort, slowly pronouncing the latter's name. Determined to fulfill the promise it made long ago to avenge itself and its friends, Lingering Will rises to its feet and picks up its Keyblade. Sora and friends draw their weapons in preparation for the upcoming fight, and after an intense struggle, they eventually defeat their silent attacker. Upon its loss, Lingering Will senses Ventus's presence within Sora and kneels back down. If Sora returns to battle Lingering Will after this, it accepts his challenge, but it states that it has nothing left to give the young Keyblade wielder other than its contempt for Xehanort.

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After returning to the point in time before their defeat in the [[Keyblade Graveyard]], the [[Guardians of Light]] are once again confronted by [[Terra-Xehanort]]. This time, however, the Lingering Will arrives and fights him, leading both of them away from the group.

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===Fighting style===

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Lingering Will, like ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s other secret bosses, is difficult to defeat. Its most basic move is a three-hit Keyblade combo almost identical to Sora's. The difference, however, is that the Lingering Will can [[Formchange]] its Keyblade into a drill-like object for the forward thrust that serves as the combo finisher. This is just one of many Formchanges the Lingering Will's Keyblade assumes during the battle against it; another Formchange it can assume is a whip that deals less damage than its blade form in exchange for greater speed and range. Lingering Will can also fly at high speeds and use Terra's [[Ultima Cannon]] [[Shotlock]]. Unlike when Terra's Shotlock is used, however, the resulting blast can be deflected via a well-timed Guard to damage the Lingering Will instead. This leaves it vulnerable to further attacks. The Lingering Will can also Formchange its Keyblade into a [[Keyblade Glider]] or cog-like object to perform extremely quick attacks.

As Terra's possessed Keyblade Armor, Lingering Will wields his former Keyblade, the Ends of the Earth. When Terra-Xehanort is created, he forsakes the Ends of the Earth in favor of [[No Name]]. Because Terra's will finds residence within his Keyblade Armor, Lingering Will picks up the Ends of the Earth upon its creation and uses it to conquer its possessed body. The Ends of the Earth remains with Lingering Will during its solitude at the Keyblade Graveyard; the animated Keyblade Armor uses the weapon a second time to battle Sora eleven years after its struggle against Terra-Xehanort.  

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File:Ends of the Earth KHIIFM.png|The [[Ends of the Earth]], once wielded by Terra.

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