Grim Guardianess
Japanese	マッドマザー
Rōmaji	Maddo Mazā
Translation	Mad Mother
Type	Emblem Heartless
Game	Kingdom Hearts III
KHIII tracks Battle theme - Anger Unchained

Grim Guardianess
Kingdom Hearts III
Mother Gothel's fall to darkness gave rise to this gargantuan Heartless, and it's even crueler than she was—which is saying something. Wrapping its enormous body around the tower, it used branches and brambles to try and rob Sora, Donald, and Goofy of their freedom. Sounds like Mother Gothel, all right...

Location			HP		Strength			Defense			EXP
Kingdom of Corona			2400		29			14			0
Physical	Fire		Blizzard			Thunder				Water
×1.0	×1.0		×0.7			×0.7				×0.5
Aero		Dark		Neutral					Rapid-fire
×0.5		×0.7		×1.0					×0.5
Freeze		Electrify		Stun					Hunny
✕		✕		✕					✕
Reaction Endurance		Revenge Value		Attraction Magnification					Damage Limit
25		—		×0.5					16
Rewards
Sora: Max HP +10 Goofy: Accessory slot
World(s)
Kingdom of Corona

Flower Post
File:Flower Post KHIII.png
Japanese	花杭
Rōmaji	Hana Kui
Type	Emblem Heartless
Game	Kingdom Hearts III

Location			HP		Strength			Defense			EXP
Kingdom of Corona			50		29			14			0
Physical	Fire		Blizzard			Thunder				Water
×0.2	×2.0		×1.0			×1.0				×0.5
Aero		Dark		Neutral					Rapid-fire
×2.0		×1.0		×1.0					×1.0
Freeze		Electrify		Stun					Hunny
✕		✕		✕					✕
Reaction Endurance		Revenge Value		Attraction Magnification					Damage Limit
—		—		—					—
Rewards
MP prize (1) ×2
World(s)
Kingdom of Corona

The Grim Guardianess is the Emblem Heartless of Mother Gothel, that is found in Kingdom Hearts III. It is the final boss of the Kingdom of Corona.

Story

Kingdom Hearts III

During Mother Gothel's dying moments, Marluxia senses that she has succumbed to darkness and cast a pall that threatens Rapunzel, whom the real Organization XIII requires as one of the New Seven Hearts. He thus creates this Heartless from Gothel's remains, forcing Sora to destroy it so that her lingering darkness would not hinder the Organization's plans.

Design

The Grim Guardianess is a massive tree-like Heartless. Its face is brown and wooden, with yellow eyes and a jagged mouth, while its bottom resembles a stump with scales and green markings. The Heartless insignia is present on its forehead. It is surrounded by a "mane" of green leaves, and four arms emerge from the hair, each also green and tipped with black fingers with purple fingertips.

The Grim Guardianess's name reflects Mother Gothel's grim personality and her protectiveness of the magical flower and its successor, Rapunzel. "Grim" also refers the Brothers Grimm, a pair of German academics who collected and catalogued various European folk tales including "Rapunzel." Its Japanese name, "Mad Mother," refers to her anger and status as Rapunzel's surrogate mother.

Strategy

The Grim Guardianess is the final boss of Kingdom of Corona with the Tower as the large, open arena. It will begin the battle by spawning dark sparrows from its mouth and sending them at Sora. At close range, it will swipe at the party with its four arms. It can also spawn propellers on its wrists and charge at Sora, as well as pound the ground with its head, kicking up pollen that inflicts the Sneeze status ailment. For offense, the Hyper Hammer and Drill Punch Formchanges are good choices for their high damage. Likewise, the Double Arrowguns and Magic Launcher formchanges are good choices to fight at a distance thanks to their homing capabilities.

After a while, the Grim Guardianess will emit a bright flash from its eyes, using it as a distraction while it climbs to the top of the tower and wall the party in with a cage of vines. From there, it will begin raining down cherry bombs on the area. Sora must look for gaps in the cages to escape and make his way to the Grim Guardianess, avoiding the bombardment, and must knock it from the tower to end the attack. At lower health, The Grim Guardianess gains a new attack. It will spawn several Flower Posts that will trap members of the party with a vine if they wander too close. If a party member is trapped, Sora must destroy the Flower Post to free them. If all three members are restrained, they will be trapped inside the Flower Posts and the Grim Guardianess will rip the flowers out of the ground and throw them to the ground, dealing heavy damage.

Eventually, the Grim Guardianess will coil itself around the tower once more and bombard the area again. Sora must knock it from the tower once more. So long as Sora avoids the Heartless' attacks and heals when necessary, the Grim Guardianess will fall in due time.

Grim Guardianess

Technique		Element	Status	Power	Block?	Repel LV
Scratch (引っかき, Hikkaki)		Physical	—	2.0	△	2
		Scratches with its left and right hands simultaneously.
Pollen (花粉, Kafun)		Physical	Sneeze (100%/15s)	2.5	△	—
		Slams its head into the ground and scatters pollen.
Charge (突進, Tosshin)		Physical	—	2.5 per hit	△	2
		Spins like a drill and charges at opponents 1–3 times.
Dark Bird (ダークバード, Dāku Bādo)		Dark	—	0.5 per hit	△	1
		Spawns several birds from its mouth and sends them at the targets.
Call Bomb (コールボム, Kōru Bomu)		Fire	—	2.0 per hit	△	2
		Repeatedly rains down berry-shaped bombs. Only used while on top of the tower.
After a while, Grim Guardianess's eyes emit a bright flash at the screen and goes atop the tower. During that period, it will surround Sora with circular walls with the gap being alternating between behind and in front, while using Call Bomb. After taking 120 HP of damage, it will fall off the tower. During the fight, Grim Guardianess can summon Flower Posts by waving its arms.
Guard/Block: △ = Can be blocked; O = Can be blocked and interrupted (melee) or deflected back (projectile); X = Cannot be blocked.

Flower Post

Gallery

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  Concept art of the Grim Guardianess.

Video

Notes and references

• Emblem Heartless
• Kingdom Hearts III bosses
• Kingdom of Corona

• Articles with broken file links