Terrace Scaler

The Terrace Scaler is a powerful Emblem Heartless from Literary Hearts. It is a gargoyle-like Heartless with long arms, and serves as the world boss of the World Beneath Skyscrapers. It is the first Emblem Heartless Aster Holt ever encountered. The battle against it can be read here..

Design
The Terrace Scaler's body is composed of light grey stone; it is eight feet tall and vaguely shaped like a wingless gargoyle. Its head has horns and spiky brow ridges. The legs end in points rather than feet, which aid the Terrace Scaler in climbing by driving into the surface of the wall, similar to pitons. Its arms are long and stretchable, a further boon to climbing, and end in clawed paws.

Story
When Aster and Holden Caulfield arrived outside Holden's apartment building, they saw the Terrace Scaler slowly moving up the side of the building, with Holden's sister Phoebe wrapped up in one arm. The two boys immediately started to follow up the fire escape. When they got a few floors above the Heartless, Aster climbed out onto the decorative ledge surrounding each floor of the building, then edged over to intercept it. The Terrace Scaler attempted to move past, but Aster's attacks caused it to lose its balance and let go of Phoebe. Aster caught her and started back for the fire escape, with the Heartless in pursuit. Just as the kids had safely gotten off the ledge, the Terrace Scaler bashed through the bars and started to grab for everyone. Aster tricked it into impaling its free hand on the wrecked metal, allowing Aster the opportunity to attack freely. The beast let go of the ledge, but released its heart and disappeared before it could fall.