La Cité des Cloches

La Cité des Cloches is a world that is featured in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. It is based on the Disney film, . The world previously appeared, unnamed, in the non-canon comic El Cetro y el Reino. La Cité des Cloches is set in Paris, and is one of the worlds submerged in sleep that must be awakened.

Locations
The world's playable areas include inside and outside Notre Dame cathedral itself, the streets of Paris, the Court of Miracles, the bridge leading to the River Seine and the Miller's land.

Between Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and Kingdom Hearts
Sometime after Terra-Xehanort's descent into darkness, his heartless, Ansem, Seeker of Darkness, attacked many worlds, including La Cité des Cloches, and swallowed them into the darkness. Though it was restored after Sora defeated Ansem and destroyed the End of the World, La Cité des Cloches remained in a state of deep sleep instead of returning to the Realm of Light, plagued by Nightmare Dream Eaters.

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
<!-- --Riku--

The first scene shows Phoebus chasing Esmeralda towards a bunch of tents. However, Esmeralda soon disappears in pink smoke. She runs past Riku and into town. Phoebus asks Riku if he has seen any gypsies. Riku, unawhere that Esmeralda is one, explains that he has not. Phoebus tells Frollo that Esmeralda escaped, which further angers Frollo, who then calls Phoebus "useless"

Esmeralda then makes herself known to Riku, thanking him for saving her. Riku questions what a gypsy is and why Frollo and Phoebus are after her. Turns out that gypsies love freedom, and Frollo has organized a hunt for them all because they refuse to follow his laws. Esmeralda also mentions Frollo's strong darkness, which interests Riku. She tells him that he can learn more at Notre Dame.

Riku enters the church and meets Quasimodo. Riku asks about Frollo. Quasimodo explains that Frollo protects him from the outside world because of his merger appearance. Riku explains that people should not judge people by appearance. What's important is that their Heart shows them for who they really are. Riku convinces Quasimodo to go outside and make friends with whoever he meets. Quasimodo explains that he cannot, but Riku convinces him to lision to his heart. Riku then goes outside, saying that it's unlike him to say things like what he said to Quasimodo.

Riku reaches a bridge, where he encounters a Bullet Gargoyle. He attempts to fight it, but decides it's safer to run for now.

Phoebus has drawn his sword on Frollo, refusing to let him burn down a house just because they were believed to be hiding gypsies. Soon, the Bullet Gargoyle and Riku appear. Frollo says that the Gargoyle is a judgement of God, thinking He gave him the power to exterminate the gypsies. Riku and Phoebus prepare to fight Frollo, but Frollo walks away calmly as the Gargoyle attacks Phoebus. Riku goes after the Gargoyle, which appears to be heading towards Notre Dame.

--Sora--

When Sora enters this world, he walks past Claude Frollo, who thinks the boy to be a gypsy because of his strange clothes. Phoebus appears to bring bad news about monsters appearing in the Town Square. Sora overhears this and charges to the square, despite Phoebus's warnings. Frollo becomes angry with the news of the monsters, letting out some darkness from his body.

Sora soon reaches the square, where he encounters a deformed man on top of a Zou Elephant. The man, Quasimodo, is unawhere that he's in danger and refuses to leave because he is crowned king. However, Frollo appears, distracting Quasimodo as the Dream Eater throws him off it's back. A gypsy named Esmeralda appears and escapes with Quasimodo back into Notre Dame, with Phoebus and Frollo watching them.

Sora defeats the Dream Eaters, then enters the church to see if Quasimodo is okay. Turns out he is, and he is showing Esmeralda the bells, including his favorite, Big Marie. As this happens, three statues behind Sora come to life. Quasimodo convinces Esmeralda to stay with him forever, knowing that she'll be safe if she does, but she refuses, because gypsies hate being trapped behind stone walls. Understanding, Quasimodo decides to help her escape, even though all the doors are being guarded, by grabing her and jumping out the window.

The statues tell Sora that Quasimodo cannot leave the church by the orders of Frollo because of his appearance. When Laverne mentions her fear that Frollo will lock up Quasimodo's heart, Sora runs outside to speak with Quasimodo.

FLASHBACK: Frollo tells Quasimodo why he cannot leave the church: people will laugh at him and call him a monster if he does.

Sora confronts Phoebus outside, but Phoebus explains that he does not want to fight. Sora explains that Esmeralda went outside with Quasimodo, which is bad news because Frollo wants the gypsies exterminated. Phoebus was expelled as captain just because he was against the genocide. Now Esmeralda and the other gypsies are in danger because he found the Court of Miracles. Quasimodo overhears this and explains that Esmeralda went off into town and she gave him a pendant, which is of the town map.

As soon as the trio reach the Court of Miracles, Frollo appears and kidnaps Esmeralda, announcing that he is to burn her on the stake in the Town Square. Sora attempts to attack Frollo to free her, but he is knocked out by Frollo's darkness. When Sora wakes up, everyone is gone. He remembers what Frollo said and hurried towards the square. But by time Sora reaches the square, Esmeralda is already being burned. Quasimodo manages to save her by swinging down and pulling her out of the fire. Frollo gets mad and goes after him. A Bullet Gargoyle then appears and fights Sora.

After the battle, the events play out like in the film, with Frollo revealing to Quasimodo that he killed his mother. Frollo then falls to his death, while Phoebus saves Quasimodo from the same fate. Esmeralda and Phoebus then become a couple, and Quasimodo blesses them. Sora encounters YMX and Vanitas inside Notre Dame, then seals a keyhole, ending his story.

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The Sceptre and the Kingdom
In The Sceptre and the Kingdom, Sora and Riku arrive at La Cité des Cloches by mistake while chasing the villain who had stolen the Disney Fairies' sceptre from Disney Castle, when Donald is unable to send them to their intended destination.

The two boys appear out of nowhere and fall on top of Judge Frollo, who accuses them of being witches. They flee from Frollo and are rescued by Esmeralda, who leads them to the Cathedral of Notre Dame where they meet Quasimodo. Finally, after asking how to find a door to their world, the gargoyle Laverne guides them towards their true destination.

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
While the role the world will play in the storyline is unknown, several screenshots have surfaced which depict Sora meeting Frollo and Phoebus, Riku interacting with Quasimodo and Esmeralda, and Frollo harassing Esmeralda inside Notre Dame cathedral. One screenshot depicts Quasimodo apparently having sneaked Esmeralda out of the cathedral, and a trailer shows Quasimodo offering to aid Riku against the Gargoyle Dream Eater while protecting Esmeralda.

The game's Jump Festa 2012 trailer depicts more scenes from the world, such as Frollo harassing Esmeralda and Sora rushing to stop him; Sora, Quasimodo, and Phoebus trying to get Esmeralda to flee from the Court of Miracles before Frollo turns up, and Quasimodo swinging down to save Esmeralda from her execution. Notably, Sora is shown facing the unhooded Unknown and Vanitas inside the cathedral, while Riku faces Ansem, Seeker of Darkness on the balcony.

In the February 2012 Special Trailer, more scenes are shown, such as Quasimodo unknowingly riding a Zou Elephant during the Festival of Fools, the gargoyles apparently vanquishing a Dream Eater, and Riku facing Frollo on the balcony of the cathedral. A later scene shows Riku facing Ansem and the Unknown on the balcony.