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NOW: Hollow Bastion

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'Radiant Garden is a world that appears in the Kingdom Hearts series. The world was ruled by Ansem the Wise, and is made up of a town and a castle that overlooks the town. The town is surrounded by a tall brick wall. It also serves as the home of several Final Fantasy characters.

Hollow Bastion is the world's name after the Heartless invade and Maleficent takes over the world nine years before the first Kingdom Hearts. After the Master Control Program is destroyed in Kingdom Hearts II, Tron reminds everyone of the town's true name.

Story

In Kingdom Hearts, Hollow Bastion is the penultimate world, and serves as Maleficent's headquarters, having taken over the world and overrun it with Heartless. When Sora, Donald, and Goofy arrive, they find the Beast, injured and beaten by Riku. Riku declares himself the real Keyblade wielder, and summons the Keyblade away from Sora. Shocked, Sora collapses. Donald and Goofy proceed to follow Riku, following the King's orders to follow the "key." Riku leaves, tossing Sora's old wooden sword on the ground in front of him. After Riku's gone, the Beast attempts to get up, only to stumble. Sora gets up and tries to help the Beast, who reveals he's come to the world in search of someone important to him, and he refuses to leave without her. Sora picks up his wooden sword, and team's up with the Beast, deciding not to leave without someone important he's been searching for, as well.

After traversing the castle, Sora and the Beast arrive in the Entrance Hall. The Beast sees an illusion of Belle, only for the illusion to turn into a Heartless. Enraged, the Beast pounces on the Heartless, the doors slamming behind him. Riku then confronts Sora, telling him to give up, to which Sora refuses, saying that the darkness will destroy his body, but not his heart. Riku attempts to attack Sora, launching a ball of dark fire at him, but he's saved by Goofy. Riku asks Goofy if he'd betray the King, to which Goofy answers that he wouldn't, but that he wouldn't betray Sora, either. Donald joins Goofy and Sora. Riku mocks Sora for lacking a weapon and for relying on his heart, but Sora responds with his famous line, "I don't need a weapon. My friends are my power!" For this, the Keyblade leaves Riku and returns to Sora's hand. Riku attacks them, but is defeated, and he runs away. The Beast rejoins the party, and notes that Sora's heart won the battle.

As Riku flees from the area, he encounters Ansem, Seeker of Darkness, who promises to make Riku stronger if he succumbs to the Darkness. Ashamed from losing the Keyblade and angered with Sora, Riku succumbs. Meanwhile, Sora, Donald, and Goofy climb the castle to the chapel, where they confront Maleficent. She is quickly defeated, to which she flees to Riku. He stabs her heart with a new Keyblade he acquired, the Keyblade of heart, and releases her darkness, which transforms her into a dragon. Again, Sora and his friends defeat Maleficent. Riku reveals that Maleficent was simply a pawn under the control of the Heartless, despite her believing it was her in control, and he leaves. Sora and the gang continue until they reach the Grand Hall, where the Keyhole and the Princesses are located. Sora finds the comatose Kairi, to which Riku reveals that her heart has been lost, and that the Keyhole is incomplete without it. He also reveals that Kairi's heart is inside Sora. Sora, weakened by Kairi's reaction to Riku's Keyblade, asks Riku who he is. The possessed Riku reveals that he is Ansem, the Seeker of Darkness, and traps Goofy and Donald outside of the area so he can attack Sora and release Kairi's heart, but Sora immediately retaliates, and defeats Riku. He attempts to seal the Keyhole, but Goofy notes that the Keyhole is incomplete, and can't be sealed. Sora then stabs himself with Riku's Keyblade to release Kairi's heart. The event also destroys the Keyblade, which housed the hearts of the other princesses. Kairi awakens to see Sora disappear, after which Ansem appears and attempts to attack Kairi. However, Riku, trapped within, is able to stop Ansem long enough for Kairi, Donald, and Goofy to escape. Back in the Entrance Hall, Heartless appear and attempt to attack the trio. Kairi identifies one as Sora, and hugs it to protect it from the Heartless that attack. A bright light appears, and Sora is returned to his human self. The Beast appears, telling the group that he wouldn't leave without Belle, and so the group leaves Hollow Bastion.

On their return, they find Belle in the library, and the Beast and Belle are reunited. They encounter a mysterious Unknown figure that, after several cryptic messages, attacks Sora and the group, though Sora prevails. They jump through the Keyhole to seal it and depart to finish Ansem off.

In Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, Hollow Bastion, along with Belle, Beast, and Maleficent, appears again as figment of Sora's memories. There, Belle denies her love for the Beast to protect him from Maleficent. However, Belle is unable to completely suppress her love, and Sora has to defeat Maleficent. In the basement, Hollow Bastion appears in Riku's story, where he has to defeat Maleficent in her dragon form.

Hollow Bastion plays an active role again in Kingdom Hearts II. It first appears as part of flashbacks in Roxas's dreams, cutscenes playing out of Sora's original journey. Later, when Sora awakens, he, Donald, and Goofy travel to Hollow Bastion, where they find Yuffie, Leon, Aerith, Cid, and Merlin. The group are part of the new Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee, which meets in Merlin's House. The committee plans to restore Hollow Bastion to its former glory, before the Heartless invaded. After a minor encounter with Nobodies and Organization XIII, Sora promises to return and help the group deal with the Heartless gathered outside town.

Later, Merlin summons Sora, Donald, and Goofy to show them the book Winnie the Pooh, which serves as the gateway to the Hundred Acre Wood. When Winnie the Pooh looses his memory on account of the Heartless attacking and destroying the book, Sora promises to find all the pages.

Sora, Donald, and Goofy later return to Hollow Bastion to get Merlin so he can help them deal with Maleficent's attack on Disney Castle.

When Sora, Donald, and Goofy return to Hollow Bastion, they learn that the Restoration Committee has found Ansem's Computer and lab, and they go to the castle

In Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Hollow Bastion appears in a flash of memories to Roxas.