Maleficent

"You think you can defeat me? Me, the mistress of all evil!"

- Maleficent

Maleficent is a villain in all three Kingdom Hearts games.

In Kingdom Hearts
Maleficent, the evil fairy from Sleeping Beauty, was the mastermind behind the council of evil Disney characters seen numerous times in Kingdom Hearts. Acting as a guide, she warned each of her co-conspirators that they should be wary of the darkness. One by one, each failed to listen to her and each met their demise at the end of Sora's Keyblade (with the exception of Pete, her loyalest co-conspirator). Her knowledge and control of the powers of darkness had enabled her to control the Heartless, or so it seemed. Unbeknownst to Maleficent, the Heartless were simply using her to reveal the keyhole in Hollow Bastion, and in the meantime were eating away at her heart. When Riku unlocked her heart, the darkness seeped into it, somewhat healing her wounds obtained when Sora battled her in the keep of Hollow Bastion.

Maleficent turned into a dragon (whether or not she could do it at will as in Sleeping Beauty is unknown), but the darkness did not see her through. When Sora defeated her, the darkness ate her heart and she faded away.

By defeating Maleficent, Sora obtains the fifth page of Ansem's Report, and Sora learns the Cheer ability. Defeating Dragon Maleficent rewards Sora with the Fireglow, which unlocks the ability to summon Mushu if taken to the Fairy Godmother.

Stats

 * Maleficent
 * HP: 900
 * Attack: 31
 * Defense: 24
 * MP Recovery: 47
 * Experience Points: 6,000
 * Ability Resistance:
 * Fire efficiency is reduced to 49%
 * Blizzard efficiency is reduced to 50%
 * Gravity efficiency is reduced to 2%
 * Stop efficiency is reduced to 20%
 * Abilities that knock out the opponent have an efficiency of 50%
 * Other Abilities have an efficiency of 50%
 * Maleficent's Platform
 * HP: 120
 * Experience Points: 0
 * Dragon Maleficent
 * HP: 1200
 * Attack: 31
 * Defense: 24
 * MP Recovery: 48
 * Experience Points: 6,000
 * Ability Resistance:
 * Fire efficiency is reduced to 49%
 * Blizzard efficiency is reduced to 50%
 * Gravity efficiency is reduced to 4%
 * Stop efficiency is reduced to 20%
 * Abilities that knock out the opponent have an efficiency of 50%
 * Other Abilities have an efficiency of 50%

In Chain of Memories'
Maleficent appears to Riku as a memory-based illusion in Castle Oblivion. She is one of only two characters, along with Aerith in Sora's game, to realize that she is not real. She mocks her old student, and how he once clung to her and the darkness, before he stands up to her and kills her.

In Kingdom Hearts II
Maleficent reappears in Kingdom Hearts II, in which she poses as a minor villain. Her raven, Diablo, brings her empty robe to Yen Sid's tower, and the memories of Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather bring her back to life. Like in Kingdom Hearts, she is the main wielder of the Heartless. However, she now competes with Organization XIII for supreme power. Maleficent, with the help of her only loyal follower remaining, Pete, goes from world to world reviving her other followers and building an army of Heartless. Although only Oogie Boogie is witnessed being revived, it may be guessed that she is also responsible for the return of Ursula and for Scar and Shan Yu using Heartless. She then appears in Hollow Bastion during its invasion by Heartless, holding off the Nobodies so that Sora may escape and devise a way to defeat Organization XIII. She last appears in The World That Never Was, aiding Sora once more by fending off an immense wave of Heartless with the help of Pete while he defeats Xemnas, though she claims that she will take the castle for her own afterwards. Her ultimate fate is unknown.

Trivia

 * According to Jiminy Cricket, Maleficent was personally responsible for the destruction of her world and for the capture of Princess Aurora. Maleficent is probably also responsible for the capture of Belle, Snow White, and Cinderella.
 * In the English versions in the three games, Maleficent is voiced by Susan Blakeslee. Susan Blakeslee also did the voice of Lady Tremaine in Cinderella 2 and Cinderella 3.  This may or may not be coincidental, as Maleficent and Lady Tremaine were also both voiced by the same person (in this case Eleanor Audley) in Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella respectively.

Cinematics

 * "Have you ever heard of Christmas Town?"
 * "What are you prattling on about? Kingdom Hearts belongs to me! The Heart of all Kingdoms! The Heart of all that lives! Any dominion fit to be called Kingdom Hearts must by my dominion!"
 * "I do not take orders from you!"
 * "Why Pete, this castle is perfect! Perhaps we should...aquire it?"
 * "Once again, you underestimate me."

During Battle

 * "Powers of evil, feed thy fury!"

=See Also=
 * Hollow Bastion
 * Flora
 * Fauna
 * Merryweather