#Crying obsidian series#

During the quest to find a cure, he meets Falkor the luckdragon, who becomes his steed after the death of his horse Artax.īastian, reading Atreyu's story in the real world, experiences everything Atreyu does this proves Fantasia's solution and the Empress' cure, in bringing Bastian to Fantasia to give the Empress a new name. He is summoned by the Childlike Empress to save the land of Fantasia by finding a cure for her illness and given Auryn, an amulet that makes whoever wears it the Childlike Empress' herald. His parents were killed by a Purple Buffalo soon after he was born, and his entire village raised him wherefore his name means 'son of all' in his native language.

He is a young green-skinned warrior from the Grassy Plain.

2001: Mark Rendall in Tales from the Neverending StoryĪtreyu (German spelling: Atréju) is the protagonist of the mysterious book that Bastian reads.

#Crying obsidian series#

1996: Christopher Bell provided the voice of the character in The Neverending Story animated series.1994: Jason James Richter in The NeverEnding Story III.1990: Jonathan Brandis in The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (J.1984: Barret Oliver in The NeverEnding Story.Bastian and Coreander exchange tales of their adventures in Fantastica, and Coreander reveals that a person can return to Fantastica as many times as they can think of new names for the benevolent Childlike Empress.īastian has been portrayed by five different actors: In the end, he forgets even his name, but with the help of Falkor and Atreyu, he manages to return to the human world with the capability of loving, and brings to his father the Water of Life, curing him of his melancholy. Eventually, Bastian realizes that he is beginning to lose himself, and starts a desperate last-ditch quest for his one true desire. The ceremony is interrupted by Atreyu, who is nearly killed by Bastian. Deluded by the witch Xayide, Bastian moves to the Ivory Tower and tries to have himself proclaimed Emperor. Halfway through the book, Bastian becomes a character in The Neverending Story, in a world called Fantastica ('Fantasia' in the films, sometimes).Īs the story progresses, Bastian slowly loses his memories of the real world as his wishes carry him throughout Fantastica and change him into a completely different person. During a visit to an antique bookstore, he steals a curious-looking book titled The Neverending Story, and upon reading it finds himself literally drawn into the story. He is a dreamer, who is shunned by other children due to his immense imagination. Fictional character Bastian Balthazar Buxīastian Balthazar Bux is a shy and bookish boy 10 or 11 years old who is raised by his father and still mourning the sudden death of his mother (she died of an unspecified illness).