Specter

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Specter
Japanese	スペクター
Rōmaji	Supekutā
Type	Construct
Game	Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories
KHCOM tracks Battle theme - Scythe of Petals

The Specter is a boss fought in Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories. It is fought in two different stages.

Story

Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories

After being defeated by Sora one-on-one, Marluxia summons the Specter and commands it to attack the Keyblade wielder while he commands it from atop its crown. Even this is no match for Sora, however, who breaks the Specter's scythe arms and attacks Marluxia. Upon defeat, Marluxia enlarges and modifies the machine, engaging in another round of combat with Sora. Once Marluxia is defeated, the Specter fades into darkness along with its commander.

Design

The Specter at first appears as a giant humanoid machine with a large flower on top and two arms with scythes at the ends, as well as a billowing tattered cape and a long thin spire going down from its body. Its body shape is overall humanoid, aside from the lack of legs, substituted with the pointed spires that seem to comprise much of the overall Nobody aesthetic. Its cloak bears a hood, similar to the Organization, although it is white-gray in color, and bears the Nobody insignia on its hood. Underneath, a head can be seen, although this is the only portion of the body that actually seems to bear physical structure, as the scythes are not actually connected to any appendages. From the flower atop its back, its master Marluxia blooms forth, almost like the pistil.

Once this form is defeated, the Specter seems to undergo a growth spurt and becomes a full-sized ship, reminiscent of other endgame battle formats such as the World of Chaos or Xemnas's Dragon Ship. The body is much more streamlined in this format, with the arms and general humanoid shape disappearing, even though the face can still be seen. The battle is fought atop the black cloak, where Marluxia, now immobile being held in place with thorns he seemingly uses for control, can be seen with the Specter in a new form, now having grown to massive size, possessing an enormous scythe of its own. In true Final Fantasy fashion, the Specter takes on angelic form, with two pairs of wings, one thin and black, and the other larger and white, bearing the shape of Marluxia's scythe. Pink-brown spiked tendrils, similar to the scarf of the Twilight Thorn, flow freely from the new "helmet" on top of its hood, which bears the vague shape of a skull. More such tendrils, black in color, billow from the sleeves.