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.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.The identity of this child remains unclear throughout the remainder of the series, until Bastian is tricked upon rereading a chapter (after Xayide had caused her own demise by reading from the book) by his classmate Fallon, with whom he had started to bond, and thus finding out that Fallon is the other "Chosen One".īastian has been portrayed by five different actors: In the Hallmark mini-series "Tales from the Neverending Story", it is mentioned to Xayide, by the Great Turtle (Morla), that Bastian is not the only chosen one but that there is another. 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. 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 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).
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