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This article is about the character. You may be looking for the chapter in the Kingdom Hearts manga.

Maleficent
Japanese	マレフィセント
Rōmaji	Marefisento
Voice actors	(Ja:) Toshiko Sawada (En:) Susanne Blakeslee
Homeworld	Enchanted Dominion Hollow Bastion Radiant Garden
Origin	Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Games	Kingdom Hearts Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories Kingdom Hearts II Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Kingdom Hearts coded Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Kingdom Hearts χ Kingdom Hearts III Kingdom Hearts Dark Road Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory

Maleficent
Kingdom Hearts
First entry A sorceress of awesome power. She controls the Heartless, and is said to have destroyed many worlds. No one knows what her true intentions are. She first appeared to curse Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty" (1959). Second entry A sorceress of awesome power. She leads the villains who seek to harness the power of the Heartless. She has also tricked Riku into joining her and is using him as part of her evil plans. She first appeared to curse Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty" (1959). Third entry A sorceress of awesome power. She tried to use the Heartless for her own evil ends, but the Heartless were actually using her. She turned into a huge dragon when cornered by Sora and his friends. She first appeared to curse Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty" (1959).
Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories
Sora's Story A witch who commands the darkness. Sora faced Maleficent and her Heartless once before. She stole Belle's heart to perfect her dark powers, though Belle had seen through her plan. Reverse/Rebirth A witch who commands the darkness. Maleficent's charms won over Riku, and she empowered him with darkness. In Castle Oblivion she stood before Riku again, this time as a token of the indelible darkness in his heart.
Kingdom Hearts II
Main entry Sleeping Beauty (1959) A sorceress of frightening power. In the last adventure, she controlled the Heartless and led a group that was trying to harness the power of darkness. As part of her villainous plan, Maleficent tricked Riku into making the choice to dive into the realm of darkness. In the end, Maleficent yielded to the power of darkness herself and was defeated by Sora and his friends. But by using her last bit of evil power, she was able to come back again some time later. Timeless River Sleeping Beauty (1959) A sorceress of frightening power who's behind the strange goings-on at Disney Castle. Maleficent is determined to take over Disney Castle, and she's using the power of darkness in her evil scheme. Halloween Town Sleeping Beauty (1959) A sorceress of frightening power. She's using the Heartless as part of her scheme to bring all the worlds under her control. Lock, Shock, and Barrel are just what Maleficent needs to make trouble for Sora and his friends while they're in Halloween Town.
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
A terrifying evil fairy who commands dark magic. On one of Sora's previous adventures, Maleficent led the hordes of darkness in an attempt to conquer all worlds. It was her servant, Pete, who led her to this strange new world; while unaware of its true nature, she can see the potential it holds for steeping other worlds in darkness.
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
Sleeping Beauty (1959) A terrifying evil fairy with a command of dark magic. She attended the celebration of Aurora's birth, despite not being invited, and prophesied that 16 years later, Aurora would prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die. From Master Xehanort she learned about the existence of other worlds, and that she could rule them all by gathering seven hearts of pure light. (T) Maleficent's gleeful account of Terra's misdeeds has left Ven troubled. (VA)
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
"Sleeping Beauty" (1959) An evil fairy who wishes to see all worlds cast into darkness. She has clashed with more than one Keyblade wielder. This time, she tried to use Minnie as a bartering chip and claim the "data" of all worlds.
Kingdom Hearts Union χ
Maleficent A Sleeping Beauty (1959) A powerful witch rumored to have manipulated the Heartless to destroy numerous worlds. Maleficent B Sleeping Beauty (1959) A powerful witch rumored to have manipulated the Heartless to destroy numerous worlds.
Kingdom Hearts III
Sleeping Beauty (1959) An evil fairy who seeks to rule over all worlds. She and Pete are searching for a black box.

"You poor, simple fools! You think you can defeat me?! ME, the mistress of all evil!?"

—Maleficent to Sora, Donald and Goofy

Maleficent is a major antagonist in the Kingdom Hearts series. She is an evil fairy who made her first appearance in Disney's Sleeping Beauty. First introduced in Kingdom Hearts, Maleficent seeks to gain control over all the worlds and spread darkness throughout them. While other Disney antagonists rarely have any significance outside of their original worlds, Maleficent's influence almost always extends throughout the worlds.

In her home world of Enchanted Dominion, Maleficent curses Aurora and places the kingdom under an eternal sleep. Following her initial defeat, she expands her schemes to other worlds, becoming the ruler of Hollow Bastion and leading a band of Villains in an effort to conquer Kingdom Hearts and thus rule all worlds. Together with her loyal—if sometimes incompetent—henchman Pete, Maleficent continuously antagonizes Sora and the residents of Disney Castle.

Maleficent is also among the few individuals who have traveled through time, having traveled back to the "age of fairy tales" following her first defeat at Sora's hands. Maleficent's current plot has her seeking the Book of Prophecies and a mysterious Black Box which she believes contains it, hoping to exploit the Master of Masters's foreknowledge to further her conquest of the worlds.

Story

Kingdom Hearts Union χ

Maleficent appears in Enchanted Dominion as a projection of the Book of Prophecies, where a parallel version of the world's future events is explored by Player and other Keyblade wielders from Daybreak Town.

On the sixteenth anniversary of cursing Aurora, Maleficent is informed by her raven that Aurora has been found at a cottage with Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather and will be brought to King Stefan's castle that night. After the fairies leave a heartbroken Aurora in her room, Maleficent hypnotizes her into following a sphere of green light to a hidden tower room. When Player and the three good fairies arrive to save Aurora, Maleficent confronts Player and summons the Thorned Snake to keep them occupied. Maleficent summons a spinning wheel and compels Aurora to prick her finger on it, allowing her curse to put her to sleep. She taunts the three good fairies for their failure before leaving.

Maleficent and her goons wait at the cottage to ambush Prince Phillip, who she then locks in the dungeon of her castle. Maleficent taunts him with the knowledge of Princess Aurora's curse, and that he cannot have a life with her. While Maleficent is absent, Player and the three good fairies free Phillip, allowing him to escape the castle. As they are escaping, Maleficent spots them and destroys the bridge to block Player's exit.

Maleficent creates a forest of thorns around King Stefan's castle, slowing Phillip down. Maleficent appears on the castle bridge and confronts the group, transforming into a giant dragon. Phillip and Player fight her and briefly manage to down her, but Maleficent recovers and disarms Player. The three good fairies bless Phillip's blade, which he throws into Maleficent, causing her to evaporate into darkness.

Between Kingdom Hearts Union χ and Birth by Sleep

Despite not being invited to the celebration of Princess Aurora's birth, Maleficent attends anyway and curses Aurora to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die. However, Merryweather alters the curse so that, instead of dying, Aurora will simply fall into a deep sleep until kissed by her true love. Together, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather raise the princess in the woods, hidden from Maleficent.

Apprentice Keyblade wielders Vali, Vala, Vidar, Heimdall, Helgi, Sigrun, and Hoder visit Enchanted Dominion in preparation for their Mark of Mastery exam. There, they learn of Aurora's plight, and Hoder confronts Maleficent to lift the curse. However, Maleficent uses her dragon form to swiftly overwhelm Hoder, Heimdall, Helgi, and Sigrun. The darkness born from Hoder's brother Baldr finishes the wielders off, although the spirits of these departed wielders still believe that they had fallen to Maleficent. Kingdom Hearts Dark Road

Shortly before Aurora's sixteenth birthday, Maleficent finds Aurora and ensures her curse comes to fruition. Maleficent also imprisons Aurora's true love, Prince Phillip, in her dungeon to prevent him from breaking Aurora's curse.

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

"Don't forget. So long as there is light, there will be darkness! And in time, many more will be drawn to it. Then they all will belong to me!"

—Maleficent to Aqua

Maleficent guides Terra to Aurora.

Prior to Terra's arrival in Enchanted Dominion, Maleficent meets Xehanort, who reveals to her the existence of other worlds and the seven Princesses of Heart, whose hearts can be used to conquer all worlds. He also tells her about the Keyblade and its wielders Terra, Aqua, and Ventus. After this meeting, Maleficent gains an ambition to have dominion over all worlds.

Maleficent encounters Terra at the castle bridge, and he asks if she has seen Xehanort, but she claims not to know him. Maleficent mentions seeing a man leaving the castle, and suggests he may have been looking for Aurora. Maleficent appears to Terra again in Aurora's room, and reveals her desire to obtain seven hearts of pure light so she can rule all worlds. She offers to tell Terra about Xehanort if he steals Aurora's heart for her, but he refuses. Maleficent uses her magic to put Terra into a trance, and while he is entranced, Maleficent and Xehanort remove Aurora's heart.

Maleficent offers Terra to join her.

Once Terra snaps out of it, he demands to know what Maleficent did, but she places the blame for stealing Aurora's heart on him. Maleficent claims that Xehanort disappeared into darkness, and then offers Terra the chance to join her and collect the remaining six hearts of pure light. Terra declines and attempts to attack her; however, the castle begins shaking due to the Wheel Master Unversed, and Maleficent disappears into green flame.

Maleficent traps Aurora's stolen heart within her castle, and creates a barrier around the path to block intruders. However, this is dispelled by the three good fairies and Ventus, who break into the castle and free Aurora's heart. Maleficent confronts them as they try to escape the castle, and, as Ventus attempts to attack her, she recognizes him as the Keyblade wielder Xehanort told her of. She tells Ventus that Terra was the one who stole Aurora's heart, and decides to fight him despite Xehanort's request not to harm him. After Ventus defeats Maleficent with the help of the three good fairies, she once again insists that Terra willingly took Aurora's heart. Aqua arrives in time to hear this, and she reassures Ventus before he takes off in search of Terra. Maleficent invites Aqua to join her, but Aqua also refuses, so Maleficent drops her into the dungeon with Prince Phillip.

Phillip and Aqua prepare to fight Maleficent.

After Aqua and Phillip escape with the help of the good fairies, Maleficent surrounds the castle with thorns and then confronts them, once again taunting Aqua about Terra. Maleficent transforms into a dragon and fights the two. After a fierce battle, Phillip throws his enchanted sword at Maleficent; the blade pierces her heart, and she falls in defeat. Maleficent returns to her normal form, and is confronted by Aqua, who tells her that her downfall was caused by the power of true love. Maleficent rejects this claim and re-asserts the strength of the power of darkness.

Following this, Maleficent focuses her efforts into searching for the Princesses of Heart. Using the Corridors of Darkness, Maleficent travels to other worlds to recruit allies to join her cause; the first of which is Pete, who has been banished from Disney Town and imprisoned, and agrees to join her in exchange for his freedom.

Between Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and Kingdom Hearts

Roughly one year later, after Ansem the Wise's apprentices' experiments bring about the spread of Heartless on a large scale, Maleficent commands a swarm of Heartless into attacking Radiant Garden. The world is left destroyed, with its residents either fallen victim to the Heartless, or escaped to other worlds believing Maleficent was solely responsible for the Heartless. With the city destroyed, Maleficent moves into the now-abandoned castle, and the world is renamed to Hollow Bastion. She manages to gather most of the pages of Ansem's Report, which were scattered with the destruction of the world.

Maleficent continues her goal of collecting the hearts of the Princesses of Heart, with Pete's assistance, eventually capturing Aurora, Belle, Snow White, and Cinderella as their respective worlds fall to darkness, and imprisoning their sleeping bodies within Hollow Bastion's Great Hall. Maleficent also recruits Hades, Jafar, Ursula, Oogie Boogie, and Captain Hook to her cause, and they use the Heartless to further their own ambitions while searching for their worlds' Keyholes and the Princesses of Heart. In the meantime, Maleficent dispatches Pete to assemble an army of Heartless for her.

Kingdom Hearts

Kingdom Hearts

"The Keyblade has chosen him. Will it be he who conquers the darkness, or will the darkness swallow him? Either way, he could be quite useful."

—Maleficent about Sora.

When Riku wakes up alone in Hollow Bastion after the destruction of Destiny Islands, Maleficent approaches him and gives him a room in the castle. Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories

Later, Maleficent and her allies witness Sora, Donald Duck, and Goofy defeating the Guard Armor and and discuss using Sora as part of their plan. As her allies implement their own schemes in their respective worlds, Maleficent occasionally comes to advise or observe them, as well as make sure they continue to search for the remaining Keyholes and Princesses of Heart. Eventually, she captures Alice and seals her in Hollow Bastion with the other Princesses.

Maleficent tells Riku to forget Sora.

After Riku encounters Sora in Traverse Town with Donald and Goofy, Maleficent manipulates Riku, claiming that Sora has forgotten about him and Kairi. In exchange for assisting him as he searches for Kairi, Riku agrees to help Maleficent gather the Princesses of Heart.

In Agrabah, Maleficent checks on Jafar's progress towards finding the Keyhole and capturing Jasmine, and warns him against being careless with the darkness. Maleficent meets with Jafar again in the Lamp Chamber after Jafar captures Jasmine and uses Genie's powers to reveal the Keyhole, and she learns that Sora has continued to interfere. Sora, Donald, and Goofy interrupt them, and Sora realizes who Maleficent is, but she disappears. While they fight, Maleficent directs Riku to collect Jasmine. Back at Hollow Bastion, Maleficent warns again against letting the darkness overpower oneself. To honor her deal with Riku, Maleficent sends Riku to sail with Captain Hook to find Kairi. When Riku is skeptical of her motives, she claims to see him as a son.

Maleficent meets Riku in Monstro where Riku has been trying to taunt Sora, and warns him to be careful, as the Heartless will prey upon the darkness in his heart, but he spurns her concern as she leaves. Later, Maleficent meets Riku on Captain Hook's ship, where Kairi's comatose body is resting, and tells him that gathering the Princesses of Heart and opening Kingdom Hearts will help him recover Kairi's heart. She then gives him the power to control the Heartless.

After Riku takes Kairi to Hollow Bastion via a corridor of darkness, straining himself in the process, Maleficent reminds him of the danger of relying too much on darkness. She also tells him about the Beast, who had been able to reach Hollow Bastion from Beast's Castle by sheer force of will. She amplifies Riku's dark powers, allowing him to enter Dark Mode.

Maleficent transforms into a dragon and attacks Sora.

As Sora and the Beast enter Hollow Bastion, Maleficent uses the power of the gathered Princesses of Heart to reveal the Final Keyhole in the Grand Hall. Maleficent is joined soon after by Riku, who is now possessed by Ansem, Seeker of Darkness and armed with the Keyblade of heart. Ansem tells her that the Heartless will overrun Hollow Bastion if the keyhole is unlocked, but Maleficent only cares about using the ensuing darkness to conquer the remaining worlds. However, to her shock, the Keyhole and Keyblade are both incomplete due to the absence of Kairi's heart.

Hearing the arrival of Sora, Donald, Goofy, and the Beast at the top level of the castle, Maleficent leaves to confront them, and charges "Riku" with guarding the Princesses. However, Maleficent is defeated by Sora and forced to retreat.

Maleficent flees to the Chapel's tower with Sora and his friends in pursuit. The Ansem-possessed Riku arrives, and impales her with the Keyblade of heart, unlocking the darkness in her heart. Overwhelmed by the dark power, Maleficent transforms into a dragon and attacks Sora again, only to be defeated.

Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories

"You dare to challenge me? Pitiful fools!"

—Maleficent to Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Beast.

A memory-based illusion of Maleficent appears to Riku in the twelfth basement of Castle Oblivion, in a projection of Hollow Bastion. Aware that she is only a figment of Riku's memory, she taunts him, reminding him that he used to embrace darkness and claiming that the only people he will find from his memory are the ones with the same darkness. Riku declares that he will take out each person of darkness he encounters, and Maleficent fights him in her dragon form, only to lose.

Zexion is able to smell this Maleficent's presence, and he informs Vexen and Lexaeus of this. Vexen remarks that the real Maleficent cannot return from the Realm of Darkness on her own.

When Sora enters the memory-based Hollow Bastion, he finds that Maleficent has kidnapped Belle and is trying to trap the Beast in an effort to steal Belle's heart. Belle sacrifices herself to save the Beast, and Maleficent disappears with her heart. Sora, Donald, Goofy, and the Beast pursue her, and are able to defeat her in her dragon form, freeing Belle's heart.

Between Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II

After being impaled with the Keyblade of heart, Maleficent remembers what Xehanort had taught her and realizes she can use it to traverse time. Maleficent attempts to travel back into her past in order to undo her failures; however, she instead ends up in the data simulation of Enchanted Dominion created by the Book of Prophecies. While Maleficent seethes after repeatedly failing to alter her past, a mysterious figure speaks to her and introduces itself as Darkness. Darkness reveals that the Master of Masters devised a trap to prevent her from altering the future written in the Book of Prophecies. Darkness offers to help Maleficent return to her proper place in time, which she previously believed to be impossible.

Darkness directs Maleficent to the clocktower in Daybreak Town, where Maleficent will be able to use an incomplete lifeboat to return to the real world, and her proper time. Darkness explains that her heart alone will be sent forward in time, but, using a medium and someone with memories of her, her heart will reform her body. When Maleficent questions this method, Darkness, having read the Book of Prophecies, confirms it will work.

Darkness helps Maleficent into the clocktower's basement, where she finds the lifeboats. As she prepares to use a lifeboat, she is confronted by Lauriam, who questions her on her motives and attempts to stop her from leaving. However, Maleficent defeats Lauriam and is able to depart in the lifeboat.

Kingdom Hearts Union χ

Kingdom Hearts II

"Do not misunderstand me: I shall have my revenge on you yet!"

—Maleficent to Sora while defending him against Saïx.

After Sora leaves the Mysterious Tower, Maleficent's Raven brings Maleficent's empty robe to the Wardrobe. Seeing the robe, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather remember Maleficent's name. Using the robe as a medium and the three good fairies' memories of her, Maleficent is able to successfully return from the past to a restored body.

Maleficent condescends to the heroes.

Maleficent regroups with Pete at Villain's Vale, where Pete informs Maleficent what has transpired since her defeat, including the actions of Organization XIII and Sora. Maleficent is disgusted by Pete's chain of failures, and she breaks ties with him. However, when Pete somehow summons a door to Disney Castle's past, Timeless River, Maleficent decides to give him another chance and tasks him with interfering with the Cornerstone of Light so that she can take over Disney Castle. With the power of the Cornerstone weakened, Maleficent begins sending her dark influence into the castle, allowing the Heartless to invade and filling the Hall of the Cornerstone with thorns. When Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Minnie Mouse arrive at the Cornerstone, Maleficent projects her image before them and taunts them. Even though Sora and company successfully stop Pete and save the Cornerstone, Maleficent has Pete return to searching for new allies and powerful Heartless to place under their control.

Maleficent brings back Oogie Boogie, who has lost his memories.

Maleficent later appears in Halloween Town, where she recruits Lock, Shock, and Barrel for her plan to destroy Christmas Town. After spying on Sora, Jack Skellington, and the others at Santa Claus's house, she decides to resurrect Oogie Boogie in order to exact her revenge upon Sora, and she grants the three pranksters use of the Prison Keeper while Oogie recovers. After Oogie kidnaps Santa Claus, Maleficent prepares to turn Santa into a Heartless, but Oogie's faulty memory and uncooperative attitude drive Maleficent to leave him to his own devices.

At some point, Maleficent hires the Gullwings as spies to keep tabs on the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee's activities. They continue working for her until they discover she retreated from a battle.

Maleficent holds back the Dusks.

During the Heartless invasion of Hollow Bastion, Maleficent tries to fight the Nobody forces with her own Heartless, but they are easily outmatched, and she sets them on Sora, Donald, and Goofy instead. Later, when Saïx reveals the Organization's goal to be obtaining Kingdom Hearts, she appears and stakes her own claim on Kingdom Hearts. She has her Heartless attack Saïx, only for them to be readily defeated by Dusks. Maleficent attempts to hold off the Nobodies herself to let Sora and the others escape, demanding that they find a way to defeat the Organization for good. She is forced to retreat, but she opens a corridor of darkness underneath the protagonists, dropping them into the Realm of Darkness.

Maleficent and Pete infiltrate The Castle That Never Was while the Organization is dealing with Sora and the others, and Maleficent decides to take the castle for herself, despite Pete's misgivings. Later, as Sora and company are heading towards the final fight with Xemnas, Maleficent and Pete hold off an immense wave of Heartless to buy them time, although Maleficent points out that she will take the castle for her own afterwards.

This information is based on alternate scenes or materials and is not considered canon within the overall plot of the series.
In the manga, Maleficent caused Villain's Vale to be destroyed by the Heartless when one of her dark fantasies drew them to her. By the end of the story, Maleficent's secondary objective of finding a new castle to reside in had taken importance over her plans for world domination.

Kingdom Hearts coded

"Drag all that you see into deepest darkness!"

—Maleficent to the Shadows attacking Data-Sora

Maleficent and Pete survive the destruction of The Castle That Never Was, and Maleficent returns to plotting her conquest of the worlds. She sends Pete to Disney Castle to spy on 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. Despite her unfamiliarity with the concept of computers and computer data, she and Pete decide to conquer the data worlds and then use the link to the castle to overrun it with Heartless. She tasks Pete with interfering with the data worlds, and he cuts the link to the real world, trapping Mickey and the others.

Maleficent about to destroy Data-Sora's Keyblade.

After Data-Sora corners Pete in the digital version of Agrabah, Maleficent appears before him. Recognizing the digital Keyblade as a fake, Maleficent destroys it, and then attacks Data-Sora, only for Mickey and Data-Riku to intervene. When Data-Riku tries to attack her, Maleficent subdues him and takes him with her and Pete as they depart. She and Pete corrupt Riku with Bug Blox, forcing him to fight Sora in the data Hollow Bastion. After Sora debugs Riku's data from within, Maleficent attempts to trap him by closing the connection to the outside. Sora escapes, however, and he defeats Maleficent in her dragon form. She disappears, vowing to conquer all worlds.

When the datascape begins to collapse, Jiminy remembers that Maleficent and Pete are still inside and are in danger of being deleted. Data-Sora goes after them, and he finds them in battle against the source of the bugs, Sora's Heartless. Its attack casts them into a rift in the data, but they are rescued by Data-Riku, who escorts them from the datascape.

In Betwixt and Between, Maleficent realizes the Datascape is similar to the Book of Prophecies, which is said to be able to create new worlds. She and Pete then develop a plan to steal the worlds' data. Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX

When Data-Sora uses the Hollow Bastion World Card in the data version of Castle Oblivion, he encounters an illusion of Pete who summons a likewise-illusory Maleficent once he is defeated. She transports them to a room where Data-Sora must traverse a gauntlet of Bug Blox across bottomless gaps. They taunt Sora and disappear after he reaches them on the far side of the room.

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

"Yes. He revealed everything to me. Going about how to win a heart over to darkness. And most gloriously, the seven pure lights that would grant me the power to rule all worlds. However, I miscalculated. The worlds were too complex. That's when it occurred to me: why of course I can go about conquering other worlds in my own way. You do possess the "data" for all the worlds, do you not?"

—Maleficent reveals Xehanort motivated her to kidnap the Princesses of Heart, while revealing her new plan.

While Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are overseeing Sora and Riku's Mark of Mastery exam with Yen Sid, Maleficent and Pete invade Disney Castle and take Minnie hostage. Maleficent has her raven deliver a letter and Minnie's crown to Mickey at the Mysterious Tower, and he returns to the castle with Donald and Goofy to stop her.

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, and demands the worlds' data from Mickey. 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. Without their hostage, Maleficent and Pete retreat through a corridor of darkness, with Maleficent vowing to return for the data.

After Master Xehanort's revival in The World That Never Was, he reveals that he had manipulated Maleficent to gather the seven hearts of pure light as part of his plan to recreate the χ-blade.

Kingdom Hearts III

"Light and darkness are fated to clash. A Keyblade War is upon us. We need only wait for that destined moment. No matter the victors, the box will be revealed."

—Maleficent discusses her plans with Pete.

Having lost her opportunity to take the Datascape for her plans, Maleficent decides to instead search the worlds for the ancient Black Box, which she believes contains the Book of Prophecies.

Maleficent and Pete ask Hades about the location of the Black Box.

Maleficent and Pete travel to Mount Olympus to meet with Hades, and asks if he is aware of the Black Box and its location. Hades directs them to find Pandora's Box. Later, while Sora, Donald, and Goofy are fighting the Heartless in Thebes, Maleficent and Pete appear in front of them. Pete suggests Sora they should finish off the weakened Sora, but Maleficent brushes them off as the Black Box is more important. Later, Maleficent and Pete find Pandora's Box buried in the ground in Thebes, but, seeing it is not the Black Box, Maleficent orders Pete to throw it away. They then leave that world, unaware that Xigbar is observing them from afar.

Later, in Kingdom of Corona, Maleficent and Pete are once again unable to find the Black Box. Pete is skeptical about the existence of the box, but Maleficent assures him that it exists since it has been "etched". Maleficent decides that the best way to search for the box was to follow after others seeking it; she and Pete begin following the real Organization XIII around the worlds, since they are also looking for the box.

In San Fransokyo, Maleficent and Pete run into Dark Riku. He demands that Maleficent explain why she is snooping, but she brushes him off.

Eventually, having failed to find the box, Maleficent concludes that the box does not exist in their period of time, and they should instead wait for it to be revealed after the Keyblade War.

In the Keyblade Graveyard, Maleficent and Pete observe from afar as Luxu brings the Black Box to his meeting with Ira, Aced, Invi and Gula.

Other appearances

Kingdom Hearts V CAST

This information is based on alternate scenes or materials and is not considered canon within the overall plot of the series.

Maleficent fights Sora in Kingdom Hearts V CAST. Maleficent appears in the non-canonical Kingdom Hearts V CAST as the main antagonist. She curses Sora with a deadly poison, forcing him to search the worlds for an antidote, and also conjures Shadow Sora to disrupt his efforts. When Sora finally makes it to her lair, Maleficent's Castle, Maleficent steals his Keyblade and tricks Sora into activating a machine that will spread darkness throughout the worlds. Ultimately, Sora defeats Maleficent in her dragon form, deactivates the machine, and concocts the antidote, once again foiling Maleficent's evil scheme.

Design

Fair and green-skinned, Maleficent's shining, yellow eyes are heavily shadowed with violet make-up, and her lips are painted red. Her head is topped with a black-horned headdress. Maleficent wears a long, tattered black robe with a purple trim and maroon edges which flare out. She carries a staff with a glowing green orb at the tip, through which she casts her spells. In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, Maleficent wears a golden ring with a circular black stone in it. This was featured in her original design from Sleeping Beauty, but it was absent in Kingdom Hearts. In Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance and the cinematic version of Kingdom Hearts Re:coded that is part of Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX, it appears once again.

Personality

Maleficent is a scheming, manipulative, and devious sorceress who is utterly determined to take over the dominion of Kingdom Hearts. She is mostly seen in a calm, calculated manner, easily manipulating Riku into assisting her aims, claiming she views him like a long lost son, while she pretends to care about helping him find Kairi. Maleficent is a very melodramatic villain, often yelling at the heroes about the power of darkness and making abnormal speeches.

Despite her intellect and immense knowledge, Maleficent still failed to notice that Xehanort was just manipulating her as a pawn to achieve his personal goals. While she constantly warned her allies about the risk of being too tempted by the darkness, the evil fairy herself was being consumed by it. However, in spite of her demise, Maleficent was still cunning enough to use the knowledge she gained from Xehanort about time-travelling to survive and try to change the past.

Realizing her previous mistakes, Maleficent became more suspicious to anyone who offered her their help, as in Kingdom Hearts Union X the evil fairy is not totally convinced by Darkness's words, demanding to know why it insisted so much into aiding her to escape from Daybreak Town, and make her return to her original time in future.

In Kingdom Hearts II, she is determined to avenge her previous defeat at Sora's hand. She does not tolerate failure, as shown when she criticizes Pete for his attempt to take over Kingdom Hearts without her.

Maleficent reveals to Aqua that Terra is being influenced by the darkness.

Despite this, she seems to tolerate the amateurish Pete as her helper. She is not without scruples, however, and has aided Sora on some occasions, yet, for her own wicked reasons. She also did not lie when she told Aqua that Terra was being affected by the darkness. By the time of Kingdom Hearts coded, she appears to have reverted to her wicked nature and is attempting to destroy Sora one more time, albeit a digital version of him. However, after she is saved by Data-Riku, she stops her attempts to eliminate him (at least for the time being), telling Sora that they are "now even". In Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, even though she does not encounter Sora, Maleficent appears with malicious intentions and tries to take over the datascape again.

While ignorant of advanced technology, Maleficent can see the potential it may have for her plans, but only if she can compare it to something she is familiar with.

Another important aspect of Maleficent's character is her superiority complex, which, while shared by many Disney Villains, she takes to the extreme. This is readily apparent in nearly every instance in Kingdom Hearts II whenever the subject of Nobodies and Organization XIII is brought up and when she faces them personally. Maleficent's narcissism extends to any Heartless she commands, despite the all-too-obvious difference in power and capabilities of Nobodies in general over the Heartless.

However, her superiority complex is not entirely unfounded as she is easily one of the most powerful characters in the series, her magic rivaled only by Master Xehanort's. Thus, her views of the Organization as insignificant could be, to her, quite true. Ironically, the Organization seems to view her the same way that she views them: as a relatively insignificant threat, shown when Saïx calmly summons some Nobodies to destroy Maleficent's Heartless and smugly calls her a fool. In contrast to Pete, she possesses extreme and completely legitimate confidence, while her minion is a weakling and doubts their chances of success. Despite Ansem's claim that the Heartless were using Maleficent, Maleficent believes she has full command over them.

Regardless, Maleficent can show caution and restraint. She never takes direct action against her enemies unless it’s absolutely necessary; instead, she leaves it to allies and minions. Maleficent never challenges a worthy foe unless she has the upper hand, like a hostage to use as a shield. Again, Maleficent shows caution by using an astral projection to check on the progress of her takeover of Disney Castle, as the Cornerstone of Light is risky to her.

While obsessed by her world-domination attitude and revenge desires, Maleficent remains focused on her goal and does not herself being distracted by anything that could be "inconsequential" to it. Being after the Black Box in Kingdom Hearts III, Maleficent decides to not take advantage on the fact that Sora lost his powers to finish him off, and prefers to not interfere in the war between him and Master Xehanort. When Luxu recovers the Black Box, after Xehanort's demise, Maleficent still showed patience. Realizing the great threat that Luxu and the other foretellers could be to her, she decides to wait the right moment to claim the box for herself, rather than face them directly.

Abilities

Maleficent in her dragon form.

Although she is the most powerful of the Disney Villains, Maleficent prefers using sorcery or employing minions to fighting directly. However, her great rage and lust for power allows her to take on the form of a monstrous dragon when necessary. If she is dealt enough damage, Maleficent will revert to her original form.

In terms of combat prowess, Maleficent is a fearsome opponent when in her dragon form. While she has proven her ability to defeat agents of light, killing four of Odin's apprentices, she has been bested numerous times by other wielders of the Keyblade.

Maleficent is able to quickly travel between worlds using Corridors of Darkness, and her heart is strong enough to resist being consumed by the darkness therein. She also has knowledge of how to travel through time, both forward and backwards, when her heart is separated from her body.

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

D-Link

In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, Maleficent becomes a Dimension Link for Terra after visiting Aurora's Chamber. While in link with Maleficent, he can perform fire magic and attacks inflicting status effects.

Maleficent's ability icons are her staff, and her raven.

	0 emblems	1 emblem	2 emblems	Command Gauge
Deck Commands	Fire Binding Strike Blackout Sleep	Fire Fira Ignite Binding Strike Blackout Sleep	Fire Fira Firaga Ignite Binding Strike Dark Firaga Blackout Sleep
Finish Commands	Thunderchaser	Thunderchaser	Thunderchaser Dragonfire	Regular Sprite	Enhanced Sprite
Abilities	—	Focus Saver	Focus Saver Drain
Emblem Chance	10%	7%	5%
Command Gauge Fill Rate on Attack		x0.5
Command Gauge Bonus	Use Dark-elemental attacks		+50%

Origin

Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty.

"Now shall you deal with me, O Prince, and all the powers of Hell."

—Maleficent before the final battle with Prince Phillip in Sleeping Beauty

Maleficent made her film debut in Disney's 1959 animated feature film Sleeping Beauty, voiced by Eleanor Audley. Appearing unexpectedly at Princess Aurora's birth ceremony, she was very disapppointed upon not receiving an invitation to the occasion. Hiding this behind a calm demeanor, she proceeds to give the infant a "gift" in the form of a curse afterwards, saying that she will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday and die. King Stefan attempted to have his guards seize her at that moment, but she escapes through her mastery over dark magic. Fearful for his daughter's life despite the fact that Merryweather's gift for the child will cause Aurora not to die but sleep should she prick her finger, King Stefan then issues a decree that all spinning wheels in the kingdom are to be burned. In a last attempt to delay Maleficent's curse and prevent Aurora from pricking her finger, the Three Good Fairies decide to take her into the woods to live and be raised as a peasant in an abandoned cottage once belonging to a woodcutter until after the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday. The fairies succeed in keeping the girl's location and identity a secret, and an enraged Maleficent sends her loyal raven Diablo to search for the girl, after her minions fail her.

Diablo discovers Aurora's whereabouts, and Maleficent then lures the girl to a spinning wheel upon her return to King Stefan's castle. Aurora pricks her finger, and then Maleficent departs for the old woodcutter's cottage, aiming to capture the princess's betrothed, Prince Phillip, who intends to meet the peasant girl that was Aurora there. Capturing the prince, Maleficent then places him in her dungeon, intending to keep him there for 100 years. However, Prince Phillip escapes Maleficent's clutches with the help of Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, while the witch attempts to stop him from reaching Aurora's sleeping form and King Stefan's castle with a forest of thorns. As Phillip cuts through them, a desperate Maleficent appears before him. Transforming into a mighty dragon, she then engages the prince in a climatic battle. In the end, Maleficent is stabbed in the heart by the Sword of Truth, with Prince Phillip going on to awaken and marry Aurora.