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'''Castle Oblivion''', often abbreviated as "'''C.O.'''" by members of [[Organization XIII]], is a world introduced in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories]]''. It is located within the [[Realm Between]], though a digital copy of the world appears in ''[[Kingdom Hearts coded]]''. It was governed by [[Marluxia]], and consists of thirteen floors and twelve basements. After Marluxia's defeat, the Organization abandoned the castle as they lacked the manpower to keep it operational. Hidden within the castle is the Chamber of Waking, where [[Ventus]] sleeps; no one but Aqua can locate the Chamber, as she was the one who locked the castle to keep Ventus safe.

The interior of Castle Oblivion consists of simplistic white marble architecture with infrequent plinths, wall-carving, and sculptures made with a flower motif. It is divided into many '''{{a|White Room}}s'''{{?}}<!--cite the reports--> which are shaped by the memories of those exploring them through the use of [[World card]]s and [[Map card]]s; though this second part may be due to the Organization's experiments with memory.  Between each of the White Rooms is an {{nihongo|'''{{a|Entrance Hall}}'''|入口ホール|Iriguchi Hōru}} and {{nihongo|'''{{a|Exit Hall}}'''|出口ホール|Deguchi Hōru}} for each of the thirteen floors and twelve basements. The Entrance Halls contain "{{a|World Warp}}s" which allow quick travel between the floors. The castle also contains a {{nihongo|'''{{a|Pod Room}}'''|ポッドルーム|Poddo Rūmu}}, housing the [[pod]] within which Sora, Donald, and Goofy were put in hibernation; it is located on the thirteenth floor.

The thirteenth floor and the first basement each having a meeting room the Organization use; though only the top floor has a way to monitor the other floors, via a crystal ball. Naminé is kept in the top floor meeting room. The basement meeting room is dimly lit, and usually where Zexion can be found.<!--Zexion is always the first to show up here, so it stands to reason this is where he "observes" scents of darkness--> Vexen additionally has a lab of some sort, where he was working on the [[replica]] project. Marluxia is also [[Game:Marluxia|fought in sort of pocket dimension, where he freely shapes it to suit his needs]]; Sora seals the entrance, causing it to disappear.

In ''Kingdom Hearts Re:coded'' the interior of the castle is five separate white rooms modified to match the basics layouts of '''{{a|Destiny Islands}}''', '''{{a|Traverse Town}}''', '''{{a|Wonderland}}''', '''{{a|Olympus Coliseum}}''', '''{{a|Agrabah}}''' and '''{{a|Hollow Bastion}}'''; images from each world appear in poster-esque fashion on the walls.

<!--add Station of Rememberance, Station of Oblivion from KHReCoM/KH2FM-->Data-Sora battles Data-Roxas in the {{nihongo|'''{{a|Station of Sorrow}}'''|悲しみの園|Kanashimi no En}}, a platform of stained glass disconnected from the rest of the world, reminiscent of the Stations of [[Dive to the Heart]].

The interior is implied to be incredibly vast, to the point one would get lost in it, as was the intention of Aqua; the Organization compensate by using Dark Corridors. Axel has complained that searching the castle is next to impossible, stating it's "like counting grains of dust in a room of sneezing people".

The castle is eventually discovered by [[Xemnas]] of Organization XIII, who decides to convert it into a second headquarters for the Organization. It is intended to be a place to research memories, an important topic to the [[Nobody|Nobodies]] of the Organization, who have only their memories with which to form personalities. Xemnas sends [[Xigbar]] and [[Xaldin]] to recruit more members for the Organization, as they need a large group in order to run the castle. Despite rumors among the Organization that Xemnas intends to locate the Chamber of Waking, to complement the [[Chamber of Repose]] built under [[Hollow Bastion]], they never do.<!--cite kh2fm flashback scene-->

After defeating [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]], and restoring the damaged worlds, [[Sora]], [[Donald Duck]], and [[Goofy]] find themselves in a grassy field with [[Mickey Mouse|the King's]] dog, [[Pluto]]. They follow Pluto along the path to Castle Oblivion, and as soon as they enter the castle, they forget all of their skills and are forced to rely upon the castle's memory-based card system. Although Marluxia and Larxene tell them their memory loss is simply the nature of the castle, it is revealed that the mysterious girl Naminé is actually the one reshaping Sora's memories, so that Marluxia can use Sora as a puppet against Xemnas. The scheme fails thanks to the meddling of Axel (who was actually on orders from Xemnas and [[Saïx]] to rid the Organization of traitors), who frees Naminé, and Marluxia and Larxene are destroyed at Sora's hand. Sora then uses one of Xemnas's pods so that Naminé can restore his memories, and is eventually moved to [[Twilight Town]].