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| '''Holy''', sometimes also called '''Pearl''' or '''Faith''', is a semi-recurring spell in the [[Kingdom Hearts (Series)|Kingdom Hearts]] Series. In each appearance, Holy makes use of rays, spheres, or pillars of holy light to damage enemies, and, in [[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]] also restores the caster's health. The first mention of Holy spells in the series comes with the [[Angel Star]] [[Heartless]], which are said to be born of Holy spells, and which absorb most forms of magic, though the spell is not useable in-game. Notably, this spell has never been useable by player characters in either the original ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' or in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''.
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| ==Appearances==
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| ===''Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep''===
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| '''Faith''' appears as a [[Deck Command]] exclusive to [[Ventus]]. It releases a circle of lasers similar to those employed by [[Roxas]] that annihilate nearby enemies and restore his health all at once. He additionally possesses the Deck Command [[Salvation]], which appears to draw upon this same power to both attack and heal at once.
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| ===''Kingdom Hearts''===
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| Although [[Sora]] cannot cast Holy in this game, a very large engine block is known as the [[Holy G]], and the Angel Star heartless are remarked to have been born of holy spells despite being beings of darkness.
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| ===''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories''===
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| Sora learns Holy at level 42. The sleight requires a mega-ether, a megalixir, and any other item card to cast, and summons a pillar of white light that lifts enemies who touch it into the air, though most bosses are immune to this lifting effect.
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| ===''Kingdom Hearts: Re: Chain of Memories''===
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| Sora learns Holy at level 47, but the casting requirements remain the same -- mega-ether, megalixir, and any other item card must be stocked. Its effect has been alterred drastically, however, and it now summons four pillars of white light to strike the targeted enemy at fixed intervals. If no enemy is targeted, the pillars of light strike Sora's position and damage any nearby enemies.
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| ===''Kingdom Hearts II''===
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| Sora cannot cast Holy of his own accord, but when escorting [[Minnie Mouse|Queen Minnie]], the reaction command ''Faith'' becomes available. When activated, it calls a pillar of white and pale-pink light from above that erupts into a wave that repels enemies when it hits the ground. Queen Minnie is also able to summon slow-moving orbs of light with homing properties that appear to draw upon the same power as the reaction command.
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| If Sora is defeated during certain boss fights, [[Mickey Mouse|King Mickey]] will become playable if the player chooses not to give up. His guard command is replaced with a spell called ''Pearl'', which fires orbs of light in a manner similar to the [[Blizzard]] spell as it appears in this game.
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| ===''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]''===
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| Holy appears as King Mickey's limit break.
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| ==Enemies that use Holy magic==
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| ===Heartless===
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| *[[Angel Star]]
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| ===Nobodies===
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| *None
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| ===Bosses===
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| *[[Roxas (Boss)|Roxas]]
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| *[[Master Eraqus (Boss)|Master Eraqus]]
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| ==Origin==
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| ===Spell Origin===
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| ''Holy'', also rendered into English as ''Fade'' (the original ''Final Fantasy''), ''White'' (''Final Fantasy IV'' upon its first English release, under the title ''Final Fantasy II''), and ''Pearl'' (''Final Fantasy VI'' upon its first English release, under the title ''Final Fantasy III''') owing to censorship of religious imagery by Nintendo of America, is a recurring spell in the ''Final Fantasy'' series. One of few White Magic spells capable of damaging the enemy, Holy is often effective against enemies alligned with darkness and the undead, though its appearance ranges from summoning orbs of light to coalescing shining pillars to blasting enemies with light-based explosions.
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| ''Faith'' also appears as a spell in ''Final Fantasy XII'', in which it augments magical power.
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| ===Etymology===
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| The word ''holy'' is of Old English origin and survives largely-unchanged from the Middle Ages with regard to pronunciation. In other Germanic languages, the word appears as ''heilig'' in both German and Dutch, and as ''helga'' in Swedish.
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| Both ''faith'' and ''pearl'' have French roots and entered the English language after the Norman Conquest. ''Faith'', spelled ''feid'' at the time, has the modern French cognate ''foi'', while Pearl has survived generally-unchanged in French as ''perle''.
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| ==Trivia==
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| *''Holy'' is one of several spells that appear recurringly in spinoff games that are not generally castable in main-sequence games. Other such spells include [[Quake]], [[Warp]], and [[Tornado]].
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| *The French equivalent is called [[Fr:Sidéral]], which has the English equivalent ''sidereal'' and relates the spell to starlight rather than to holy light.
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| *The use of ''Pearl'' might have been a creative translation based upon the spell's animation in the game in which it appeared under that name, in which it summoned three pearls of light that descended and exploded to damage an enemy. The spell ''White Wind'' is called ''Pearl Wind'' in this version of the game as well.
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