Symphony Master

The Symphony Master (シンフォニーマスター) is an Unversed boss fought in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep in the Castle of Dreams by Terra.

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

 * Castle of Dreams

Story
Some time after Cinderella and Prince Charming met, Terra spotted some Unversed on the balcony. Terra raced onto the balcony only to encounter the Symphony Master who promptly attacks him with its instruments. The Grand Duke tries to call the guards but they were nowhere in sight so Terra fought it off, and emerged victorious.

Design
The Symphony Master is a tall, humanoid Unversed that resembles a band conductor. It wears a light red coat with black cuffs, a high, black collar, two black M-shaped patterns on its chest, white pauldrons with gold tassels on its shoulders, and a gold trim. Its pants are white, very baggy, and have several creases on them. It has white gloves with black fingertips and knee-high, black boots with slightly curled toes. It also wears a tall, light red shako with a black feather-like decoration on it and a gold trim. The Symphony Master's black head has grey horns or ears on its sides a relatively large spike on the back of its head. Its red eyes are set in an angry expression and it always carries a gold, lightning bolt-shaped baton.

The Symphony Master is also always accompanied by three instruments that float around it; a trumpet, a violin, and a drum. Its drum is red with white rims, a white face emblazoned with the Unversed symbol, and grey, lightning bolt-shaped supports along its sides. It has two dark grey, conical drumsticks that end in gold spheres. The trumpet is almost entirely gold, save for its mouthpiece and valves, which are silver. The trumpet's slides have a unique, zig-zagging shape. The violin is fairly ordinary in appearance, save for its headstock, which is an odd V-shape, and the indentations on its sides, which are deeper than normal. It is predominantly brown with some black markings on its body. The violin's bow is gold with a grip shaped somewhat like the infinity symbol and a black, arrowhead-shaped tip. All thereof these instruments generate glowing, red musical notes as they play.

A "symphony" is an extended musical composition, scored almost always for orchestra. A master is one who is highly skilled or proficient in their field.

Abilities
The Symphony Master has the ability to control musical instruments using its conductors baton. It commands the instruments to attack either separately or in concert. The trumpet and violin will assault Terra with musical blasts, while the drum charges at him. The instruments may also charge at Terra simultaneously. When forced to fight on its own, it mainly uses its baton as a weapon by throwing it like a boomerang. It also jumps around creating shockwaves.

Strategy
At the start of the battle, the player should immediately activate their Shotlock tactic in order to deal the most damage as possible at a relatively fast rate. It is then a matter of repeating this process while dodging the Symphony Master's attacks and jumping to land your own on the boss itself and the massive instruments surrounding it.

The first line of defense this Unversed has are the instruments that fight for it, the Symphony Master commanding either its violin, trumpet, or drum to attack. The violin and trumpet will assault Terra with sound waves, while the drum merely charges at him. It may also cause all three instruments to charge at Terra at the same time. It should be noted that destroying these instruments grants rewards such as HP Balls and Munny. The Symphony Master will then shine with dark energy that damages you when its instruments are destroyed, so it is best to keep away from the boss at this point. The Symphony Master may then jump, causing a massive shockwave to erupt upon landing, this topic best dodged by a run or jump at the right moment. It is after this attack that the boss may extend the length of its conductor's baton and use it like a boomerang. Also, on a side note, attacking the boss enough times will cause it to drop its hat leaving it open to more attacks until it picks it up again, but beware as after doing so it will become enraged and glow with dark energy.

It is not necessary to destroy the instruments in order to defeat the Symphony Master. Heal when necessary and continue to use the proper Deck Commands as necessary. The Unversed will then fall with relative ease.

Trivia

 * The Symphony Master swings its baton in time to what seems to be a faster version of the Unversed Boss battle theme.