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Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad about a narrated voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State in the so-called heart of Africa.[1] Charles Marlow, the narrator, tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames. This setting provides the frame for Marlow's story of his obsession with the ivory trader Kurtz, which enables Conrad to create a parallel between what Conrad calls "the greatest town on earth", London, and Africa as places of darkness.[2]
Void Termina, also known as the "Destroyer of Worlds," is the true main antagonist and final boss of "Kirby Star Allies". It is an ancient being that has been reincarnated throughout the ages, and is worshipped by Hyness's cult, who call it their Dark Lord. Long ago, Void Termina was sealed away by four warriors who used mystical spears that Hyness removed from the Jamba Heart at the beginning of the game's story. Because of an imperfection in the ritual, pieces of the Jamba Heart scatter throughout space, including on Popstar, where they possess Whispy Woods, King Dedede and Meta Knight. At Hyness's behest, the three Mage Generals search through space to recover the Jamba Heart pieces so Void Termina can be revived. Once Hyness sacrifices himself and the Mage Generals to the Jamba Heart at the Divine Terminus, the seal is fully broken and Void Termina reawakens.
 is one of the three playable characters of "Birth by Sleep", and the sole playable character of "A Fragmentary Passage", a direct sequel bundled in "Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue". She is a nimble character who specializes in magic attacks while dealing weak physical damage. As the only one among her friends to achieve the rank of Keyblade Master by the start of the game, she is tasked by Master Eraqus to watch over Terra and retrieve Ventus when he runs away from home. While attempting to protect Ventus and save Terra from Xehanort's control, she becomes trapped in the realm of darkness, where she remains suspended in time throughout the series until the events of "Kingdom Hearts III".
"Kingdom Hearts" follows the adventures of Sora, a cheerful teenager who fights against the forces of darkness. He is joined by Donald Duck, Goofy and other Disney characters who help him on his quest.
Nomura has stated that Riku's name can be interpreted as "land", since the on'yomi pronunciation of Japanese word for "land" is , similar to how Sora's name is identical to the Japanese word for "sky", . Riku's character represents one of the series' main themes, "the light and the dark sides of hearts," alongside Sora. On the character's role in "Dream Drop Distance", Nomura emphasized Riku as the game's main focus as it shows the character's growth across the series.
"Birth by Sleep Final Mix", an update of "Birth by Sleep", features a secret episode that slightly expands on Aqua's time in the Realm of Darkness, battling Heartless with Eraqus's Keyblade. In "", Aqua is revealed to be one of the many people connected with Sora's heart. She also makes a cameo in "" as part of Sora's memories and in the ending where she is still at the shores in the dark realm. Aqua reappears in "Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue" as the main playable character of "Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep – A Fragmentary Passage", which further depicts her time spent in the realm of darkness during the events of the original game. There, she encounters her friend Mickey Mouse, who attempts to help her escape, but she remains behind to protect Riku from the Heartless. Aqua returns in "Kingdom Hearts III" as both a major character and a heartless boss.
 is the main protagonist of the "Kingdom Hearts" series, and the sole playable character of the original game. He is portrayed as a cheerful teenager who lives on the Destiny Islands with his two childhood friends, Riku and Kairi. When his world is beset by creatures of darkness known as the Heartless, Sora comes into possession of a weapon of light called the Keyblade, and he embarks on a journey alongside Donald Duck and Goofy to protect other worlds from the Heartless and nobodies and other forces of evil.
In the "Kingdom Hearts" universe, travel between worlds is normally not possible. Worlds are protected from extraterrestrial interference by an invisible shell. When the heart of a world is opened, the shell breaks apart, appearing as a meteor shower. Fragments from the wall are called "Gummi blocks" and are used to make spaceships called "Gummi Ships", which serve as the main mode of travel between the various worlds. Gummi Ships can be shaped into any structure, and the origin of the Gummi Ship material allows for travel to other worlds. Gummi blocks serve different functions, from navigation to offense and defense. Other methods to travel between worlds are the "corridors of darkness" and the "lanes between"—interdimensional pathways through which frequent travel eventually erodes unprotected users' hearts with darkness. These pathways are normally used by Heartless and Nobodies, but have been used by other characters in the series, including Riku and Mickey Mouse.
Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, portrayed by Marlon Brando, is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Francis Ford Coppola's film "Apocalypse Now" (1979). Colonel Kurtz is based on the character of a nineteenth-century ivory trader, also called Kurtz, from the novella "Heart of Darkness" (1899) by Joseph Conrad.
The relationship with Herbert is the basis for the claim that Fitton was the "dark lady" of Shakespeare's sonnets. Herbert is one of the main candidates for the identity of the Fair Youth, a character who betrays the poet by having an affair with the Dark Lady, hence the claim that Fitton might be the lady. The suggestion was first made by Thomas Tyler in his 1890 edition of the sonnets. It was taken up by Frank Harris in several books, including "The Women of Shakespeare" and "Shakespeare and his Love". His influential biography "The Man Shakespeare" asserted that Fitton had ruined Shakespeare's life and that he died "broken hearted for love of the Dark Lady."
Cinderella appears as one of the Disney Princesses of Heart in the "Kingdom Hearts" series, captured by Maleficent, who destroyed her world. The main character, Sora, rescues Cinderella, as well as the other Princesses, and she returns home. She is only mentioned in the sequel, "Kingdom Hearts II". Her story prior to being captured takes place prominently with her home world, Castle of Dreams, in the prequel, "Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep"; she meets Ventus, who she mistakes for a mouse despite the obvious fact he's not, Aqua and Terra. In the "Final Mix" version of the game, her world is seen in the Realm of Darkness at the climax, Maleficent having destroyed it and captured her.
Kurtz is a central fictional character in Joseph Conrad's novella "Heart of Darkness". A trader of ivory in Africa and commander of a trading post, he monopolises his position as a demigod among native Africans. Kurtz meets with the novella's protagonist, Charles Marlow, who returns him to the coast via steamboat. Kurtz, whose reputation precedes him, impresses Marlow strongly, and during the return journey Marlow is witness to Kurtz's final moments.
The are creatures born from the darkness of people's hearts, lacking a body or soul, serving as the most common type of enemy the player encounters in the "Kingdom Hearts" series. Their name is derived from their lack of a heart, despite originating from people's hearts. When darkness consumes a character's heart, they become corrupted and turn into Heartless. The Heartless act as forces of darkness, seeking to consume more hearts, including those of worlds.
The main antagonist is initially introduced as "Roger Bacon"; his true identity is Albert Simon, a former Cardinal who achieved immortality and wields dark powers. The secondary antagonist is Dehuai, a powerful dark sorcerer obsessed with obtaining power over a dark god. Yuri's party are aided by Japanese Army Lieutenant Yoshiko Kawashima and her subordinate Kato. Returning characters from "Koudelka" include its titular protagonist Koudelka Iasant, a gypsy medium and mother of Halley; and the true Roger Bacon, a 12th century philosopher who achieved imperfect immortality.
Francis Ford Coppola's acclaimed Vietnam War film "Apocalypse Now" (1979) centers on the protagonist's mission to find and kill the renegade Colonel Kurtz (played by Marlon Brando), based on Conrad's character, who has gone rogue far up a river, deep in the Southeast Asian jungle. The script acknowledges "Heart of Darkness" as a source of information, and the last words of Colonel Kurtz, "The horror! The horror!", echo those of his namesake in the novel.
The are the monsters of the Shadow Line, the front line warriors who establish Dark Stations in a city to propagate the darkness within the hearts of humans with their personal rulings to extend the Shadow Line's railways. If they are defeated in at their human-size, they can use the very darkness that they have gathered to make themselves grow into giants. When a Shadow Creep is destroyed, the Dark Station and city are restored to their original states.
An evil wizard who is pained by love and care, No Heart seeks to destroy all the feelings in the world. No Heart wears a magic amulet which gives him most of his power, including the power to shape-shift into various animals. No Heart lives in a dark castle in the storm clouds. Like many other fictional TV villains of the time, No Heart's obsession is world domination.
"Shining in the Darkness" is set in the Kingdom of Thornwood. The king's daughter and the main character's father have vanished, while the evil sorcerer Dark Sol (not to be confused with the "Shining Force" villain Darksol) has appeared to threaten the kingdom. The main character is charged to find the Arms of Light, rescue the princess and his own father, and stop Dark Sol.
He is included in the 1993 video game adaptations "" and "". Although he acted as the main antagonist for both games, he also acted as an ally character in the former, using his strength to help in a task early in the game. In the "Disney Princess" video game, he acts as the main antagonist of Belle's chapter. Like in the film, he attempts to rabblerouse the villagers into attacking the castle. This time, however, he simply tries to convince the villagers the castle was evil and of dark magic, and thus needed to be destroyed, and to that end tried to abduct Mrs. Potts, Chip, Cogsworth, and Lumiere to act as proof. However, Belle outsmarted him. He also had a mention in "Kinect Disneyland Adventures", and also appeared briefly as a disguise for the villain Misrabel in "". Gaston also appears as a non-playable character in the "Kingdom Hearts" video game "Kingdom Hearts χ" as an antagonist who controls an army of Heartless.
The TV comedy "Community" referenced the documentary in the episode "", in which two characters say ""Hearts of Darkness" is way better than "Apocalypse Now"."
One method for collecting Hearts is through the MOE (Mind Over Emotion) System. During conversation, the player will occasionally be allowed to select a response under constraint of time. Depending on the player's selection, the conversation partner will release Hearts indicating their reaction. Their favor for the main character will change accordingly. There's more than one MOE System in the game, and one of them being the "Battle MOE" System. Battle MOE is a group attack system. Every now and then, the player will be given the chance of pairing up with one of the battle members for a group attack. Depending on the selections, the player will get different moves. Some group attacks result in heal spells, some in group attacks, etc. The feelings of the party members towards the main character will change during combat. The character that the player selects to perform the team attack will be more pleased with the main character and will release Red Hearts, indicating happiness. The characters who don't get picked will be angry and will release "Blue Hearts", indicating sadness.
The "Kingdom Hearts" series is directed by Tetsuya Nomura, the character designer of the games. Nomura has stated that unlike working with "Final Fantasy" characters, keeping the main character Sora alive and interesting over multiple games is a challenge. He also stated that though many of the Disney characters are not normally dark and serious, there were not many challenges making them so for the story, and despite this, their personalities shine because they maintain their own characteristics. Though Disney gave Nomura freedom in the characters and worlds used for the games, he and his staff tried to stay within the established roles of characters and boundaries of the worlds. When deciding which worlds to include in the game, the development staff tried to take into account worlds with Disney characters that would be interesting.
The film ends happily for the trio of main characters: Bunny and Jim are to be married, and Jean-Pierre has enrolled at Dr. Hunt's university as a feminist studies major, becoming in the process the ideal companion for Hunt.The film's plot loosely parallels that of novel "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad, as well as "Apocalypse Now", which was also partly based on "Heart of Darkness". Both "Heart of Darkness" and "Apocalypse Now" feature a character named Kurtz who has gone deep into the jungle to become the deranged leader of a group of "savages"; these peoples engage in barbaric rites as an alternative to the rigid and restrictive values of the outside world. The name of the character Ford Maddox, one of the men who recruits Margo to enter the jungle, refers to author Ford Madox Ford, who collaborated on three novels with Conrad (though not on "Heart of Darkness"). When Kurtz and Hunt battle with fencing swords, Kurtz is stabbed, and her dying words are: "You don't know what it's like, trying to face David Letterman with a book on male insensitivity ... All right, I was exploiting the Piranha women. You don't know what it was like. David Letterman, God, the horror ... the horror of that show ... the horror." In "Heart of Darkness", Kurtz's dying words are: "The horror! The horror!"
 is one of the three playable characters of "Birth by Sleep". He is a Keyblade wielder who is trained by Master Eraqus alongside Aqua and Ventus, developing a strong sibling-like bond and sharing his dream of becoming a Keyblade Master with them; gameplay-wise, he performs slower, heavier-hitting attacks than Aqua and Ventus. During an exam to obtain the Mark of Mastery, Master Xehanort manipulates the trials to stimulate the darkness that resides inside of Terra, for which he is denied the rank. He is thus easily manipulated by Xehanort's encouragements to channel his darkness into power, ultimately turned into the first of Xehanort's thralls with his will transferred into his armor while his heart is transformed into a Heartless enslaved to Terra-Xehanort's will. But Terra is restored during the events of "Kingdom Hearts III".
Although Safran initially intended the series to be an ensemble, with Alex the lead protagonist, this changed after Chopra was cast. As the show's "face" and featured in its publicity campaign, Alex dominated the storyline and became the main character. Although she was initially written as Caucasian, Safran completely rewrote her character with Chopra in mind, tweaking her background as she became half-Indian and spent 10 years in Mumbai. Her casting also helped change Alex's personality; in one change, the "jaded and brooding" Alex became "fun and warm". Safran initially focused on the character's dark side, saying that he had never imagined a positive side: "Priyanka came in and played all of that but as a character who was always in control. And still warm and vibrant because she knew no one was going to get through her walls. From that point on, Alex was the kind of character who can have humor, who can have heart."