Lich

Lich
Katakana	リッチ
Rōmaji	Ricchi
Type	Pureblood Heartless
Game	Kingdom Hearts III

Lich
Kingdom Hearts III
This haunting horror held the hearts of Sora's friends hostage. Time and again, Sora fought it back, but with each hard-won victory, it would simply slough its form and depart to another world. Its broad arsenal of magic made it a formidable foe to face alone, but in the end no Heartless could match the strength of Sora's resolve.

Location		HP		Strength		Defense			EXP
The Final World		600		55		28			0
Physical	Fire	Blizzard			Thunder			Water
x1.0	x0.5	x1.0			x1.0			x1.0
Aero	Dark		Neutral				Rapid-fire
x0.5	x0.5		x0.7				x0.5
Freeze	Electrify		Stun				Hunny
X	X		X				X
Reaction Endurance	Revenge Value		Attraction Magnification				Damage Limit
0	4		x0.8				24
Rewards
Sora: Max MP +5, Aeroga
World(s)
The Final World

"The Lich you've been fighting—it's not like other Heartless. It exists to usher hearts down to the depths of darkness."

—Young Xehanort to Sora

The Lich is a Pureblood Heartless that appears in Kingdom Hearts III. Unlike other Heartless, it does not consume hearts to create more Heartless. Rather, it captures hearts and ferries them to the abyss of darkness. Also uniquely, if caught in time, it can be forced to relinquish the hearts it has captured, allowing them to return to their bodies.

Story

Kingdom Hearts III

The Lich first appears at the Courtyard to collect Riku's heart after the guardians of light have been consumed by a Demon Tide and scattered across the worlds. After Sora chases the Lich down and frees Riku's heart, the Lich flees into a portal leading to other worlds to claim the hearts of the other fallen warriors—Aqua at the Northern Waters, Goofy at the Middle Tier, Donald Duck at the Lobby & Offices, Ventus at Main Floor: 1F, Mickey Mouse at Marsh, and Lea at The City (Night)—forcing Sora to use the power of waking to give pursuit. Upon finally vanquishing the Lich, Sora is told by Young Xehanort that he has misused the power of waking too many times, and is condemned to meet the same fate as those whose hearts are taken by the Lich.

Design

The Lich is a large black Heartless with the shape of a roughly humanoid torso. It wears a black robe which fades into white tendrils at its base, and has draping sleeves that end in pink points. Its tall, pointed headdress covers its head and long neck with a criss-crossing design ending in a flair at the shoulders that resembles white hair or feathers. Its glowing yellow eyes peer through a skull-shaped mask. A heart-shaped hole cuts through its chest, in which is stores the chained hearts it captures, bordered by a bright pink design on its robe. Three chains dangle from under its robe, ending in pink spikes that hang at alternate heights.

It bears a grey staff with a black headpiece, which also features a heart-shaped hole through it.

Its name is derived from the recurring enemy from the Final Fantasy series.

Battle

Attacks

Kingdom Hearts III

• Afterimage Slide (残像スライド, Zanzō Suraido)
• 6-fold Fire (６連ファイア, 6-ren Faia)
• Aerora (エアロラ, Earora)
• Thunder Disc (サンダーディスク, Sandā Disuku)
• Cloud Magic (クラウドマジック, Kuraudo Majikku)
• Fire Turn (ファイアターン, Faia Tān)
• Blizzaga (ブリザガ, Burizaga)
• Afterimage Water (残像ウォータ, Zanzō Wōta)